Winston Churchill holding a Thompson Submachine Gun and smoking a cigar- 1940
The Joy of Trump
Friday, March 22, 2019
Winston Churchill holding a Thompson Submachine Gun and smoking a cigar- 1940
Winston Churchill holding a Thompson Submachine Gun and smoking a cigar- 1940
“Life is more intricate than it seems - always be yourself along the way” - R.I.P. #DoloresORiordan
“Life is more intricate than it seems - always be yourself along the way” - R.I.P. #DoloresORiordan (1971 – 2018)
The Birth of Cool
1880s anti-masturbation armor
Paul Newman, Burbank, California, 1958. Photographed by John R. Hamilton.
Street at night during a fog, New Bedford, Massachusetts, January 1941.
(Photo by Jack Delano)
STEVE McQUEEN
This is the interior view of Lawson airliner circa 1919
📷 🎥 @moodvintage
Pauline de Rothschild in her Paris apartment bedroom in 1969.
Photography by Horst P. Horst for Vogue.
Audrey Hepburn, 1964.
Nat King Cole and little Natalie, circa 1950s.
Navajo men on horseback, Shiprock, New Mexico, about 1920. (Photo by William H. Pennington)
📷 🎥 @moodvintage
Grace Kelly, 1956.
The Birth of Cool: Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1963-1964
Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool (1957)
Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1957 on Capitol Records. It compiles twelve tracks recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950.
Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements influenced by classical music techniques such as polyphony, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title implies, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz. Most of them were originally released in the 10-inch 78-rpm format and are all approximately three minutes long.
Yes, Bud Light is the Medicaid of beers.
The Daily ShowVerified account @TheDailyShow Mar 20Yes, Bud Light is the Medicaid of beers. Full piece:
Speak up and Be Heard - William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
He is best known for his role as an anti-slavery advocate during the years leading up to the Civil War.
He used his knowledge of the newspaper business and his skill as a writer to promote awareness of the evils of slavery.
He published his newspaper, The Liberator, until the end of the Civil War.
William Lloyd Garrison (December 10, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.
He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, which he founded with Isaac Knapp in 1831 and published in Massachusetts until slavery was abolished by Constitutional amendment after the American Civil War.
He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States.
He became involved in the anti-slavery movement in the 1820s, and over time he rejected both the American Colonization Society and the gradualist views of most others involved in the movement.
Garrison co-founded The Liberator to espouse his abolitionist views, and in 1832 he organized the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.
This society expanded into the American Anti-Slavery Society, which espoused the position that slavery should be immediately abolished.
Garrison also emerged as a leading advocate of women's rights, which prompted a split in the abolitionist community.
In the 1870s, Garrison became a prominent voice for the women's suffrage movement.
Wikipedia
William Lloyd Garrison/Quotes
I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!
I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.
Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.
With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.
Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?
Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.
That which is not just is not law.
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
5 RULES FOR WHEN NEWS ABOUT MUELLER REPORT COMES OUT. by Neal Katyal
5 RULES FOR WHEN NEWS ABOUT MUELLER REPORT COMES OUT.
1. Believe only the text of the Report, not others’ characterizations of it. This WH in particular spins “up” as “down” (like the Nunes documents).
1. Believe only the text of the Report, not others’ characterizations of it. This WH in particular spins “up” as “down” (like the Nunes documents).
2. Ask what the scope of the Report is. Is it just conspiracy with Russia? Does it include, for example, the campaign finance allegations, where federal SDNY prosecutors have said the President ordered the commission of felonies?
It’s almost never happened in American history that federal Prosecutors have said a sitting President orchestrated the commission of felonies.
3. Examine whether the Report is limited to criminal acts. Some of the most egregious allegations against Trump, like lying to the American people about his business dealings with Russia before the 2016 election and saying he had no biz in Russia, are not necessarily criminal.
Others, like being beholden to the Kremlin out of self interest, may be. Has Mueller only resolved the latter? If not, expect Congress to be taking all of that up.
4. Ask whether Mueller has actually resolved anything. Has he said there are other avenues to investigate for matters within the scope of his Report, such as a sit-down interview with Trump? Again, Congress may investigate further — but also don’t forget about state prosecutors.
5. Ask yourself, if the American people knew in 2016 what Mueller’s Report says,even if the Report says Mueller won’t indict the President, Trump would have won the election. Does this President have the judgment&transparency appropriate to serve as the nation’s highest official?
Don’t focus on the one-line spin. Focus on the facts, judgments, and limitations in the Mueller Report.
And ask yourself, if Trump had just been honest and forthcoming about all of this, we could have spared this long ordeal.
And ask yourself, if Trump had just been honest and forthcoming about all of this, we could have spared this long ordeal.
END
Neal Katyal:
Supreme Court lawyer; law professor; extremist centrist. Former Acting Solicitor General of United States
Neal Katyal:
Supreme Court lawyer; law professor; extremist centrist. Former Acting Solicitor General of United States
Source:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1108460853118918656.html
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Scathing indictment of Trump Voters
@maddow
*possible* Flynn meeting with Dmitriev may be why the judge asked Mueller's team if they considered charging him with treason.
T.Sherman
@TimothySBranch
Replying to @MaddowBlog
rachel.msnbc.com
T.Sherman
@TimothySBranch
Replying to @MaddowBlog
rachel.msnbc.com
Monday, March 18, 2019
We were born to unite with our fellow man, to join in community with the human race.
We were born to unite with our fellow man, to join in community with the human race. -- Cicero
Witness in Berlusconi’s bunga-bunga trial ‘poisoned’
Bill BrowderVerified account @Billbrowder Mar 16This is absolutely shocking. Iman Fadil, the 34 Moroccan model who was due to give evidence against former Italian PM Silvio Burlusconi (one of Putin’s best friends) in the Bunga Bunga trial suddenly died of radioactive poison before trial
A Moroccan-born model who attended Silvio Berlusconi’s bunga-bunga dinners has died in hospital, allegedly killed by radioactive poisoning.
Magistrates opened a murder investigation after the death this month of Iman Fadil, 34, who was due to give evidence at the former Italian prime minister’s bribery trial.
Ms Fadil is understood to have told her brother and her lawyer that she had been poisoned. Magistrates said that she had symptoms seen in poisoning victims. The news agency ANSA said said a toxicology test had found that she had been killed by a “mix of radioactive substances”.
Ms Fadil was scheduled to give evidence about claims that Mr Berlusconi offered to buy silence from women who attended parties at his villa near Milan and paid other guests to…
Trump’s Breitbart Biker Threat Came From the Putin Playbook—Then Tweet Deleted After Mosque Massacre
Trump threatened biker violence against leftists, then deleted the tweet after the New Zealand mosque massacre manifesto praised him as a "symbol of renewed white identity"
MOSCOW—They call themselves The Night Wolves, “a new kind of motorcycle club,” or, sometimes, “Putin’s Angels.” And just as much as the Orthodox Church or the military, the Wolves have become a symbol of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. But the idea that they might be used as his extra-legal enforcers in times of trouble is usually implicit—embedded in their flag-waving Putinized patriotism—never really spelled out.
U.S. President Donald Trump is not so subtle, however, especially when he takes his cues from the Kremlin.
Leave it to him to put the potential for violent defense of his interests by a motorcycle gang front and center in the public view.
Monkeys and Dogs: The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller its Balls, stud...
Monkeys and Dogs: The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller its Balls, stud...: The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller its Balls, study finds "Our brains are literally hardwired to worry about things, ...
What is the Psychiatric term for the flag fondling Trump so enjoys?
What is the Psychiatric term for the flag fondling Trump so enjoys?
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Climate Change - What, me worry?
Climate Change
What, me worry?
Alfred For President - You could do worse.
Friday, March 8, 2019
Manafort Sentence is a joke
Jackie SpeierVerified account @RepSpeier Manafort’s sentencing is a gross injustice. Ignoring sentencing parameters and claiming Manafort “led a life otherwise blameless” suggests Judge Ellis is patently ignorant of the basic facts of the case. And angling for a presidential judicial appointment.
Laurence TribeVerified account @tribelaw 3h3 hours agoCalling Manafort’s life of criminal collaboration with murderous dictators and of stealing tens of millions of dollars from American taxpayers “otherwise blameless” is a sick joke. It’s as though Judge Ellis himself was angling for the pardon Trump dangled in front of Manafort.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Far-right politicians across Europe are stockpiling Gold
Why is the far right obsessed with gold?
It started with a community of “gold bugs” on the fringes of the internet. Now, far-right politicians across Europe are stockpiling the precious metal.
Link: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2019/03/why-far-right-obsessed-gold
How to Redistribute Wealth—Without the Guillotine
How to Redistribute Wealth—Without the Guillotine
https://prospect.org/article/how-redistribute-wealth%E2%80%94without-guillotine#.XIAsMzwBb38.twitterThe Rise of the Inequality Industry via @thenation
Since 2008, wonks, politicians, poets, and bankers have all started talking about inequality. But are they interested in making us more equal?
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-inequality-industry/
History's solutions to runaway inequality: warfare, revolution, state collapse and plague
This is entirely consistent with the work of the French superstar economist Thomas Piketty in his magesterial Capital in the 21st Century, where he identifies causes of relatively stable equality as the massive destruction of capital, leading to much-reduced circumstances. The whole world experienced this in the 20th Century thanks to two World Wars, leading to the period of great shared prosperity the French call "the Thirty Glorious Years," when welfare states and public services allowed much broader participation in society, with great strides in productivity and innovation as their ingenuity and diligence were given room to operate.
In the USA, the post-Civil War manumission of enslaved people also acted as a great leveler: a huge percentage of American "national wealth" was in the form of brutalized, enslaved people whose enslavers were the richest people in the country, which allowed their shitty ideas and degenerate culture to drag the nation down. Once they were stripped of their "wealth," America became a much more equal nation (albeit one in which formerly enslaved people were still desperately poor), and again, the broader participation in public life allowed the country to surge past its European rivals.
Scheidel traces these "levelers" much farther back, showing how even ancient Egypt was made more egalatarian by catastrophic upheaval. At the center of his work is the question of whether today's runaway inequality can be peacefully corrected, or whether we're headed for another disaster. Certainly, the spectre of climate disaster, abetted by wealthy hydrocarbon barons who buy inaction with the excess profits from their world-killing coal and oil, seems like a good bet.
Walter Scheidel: When we view history over the long run we can see that this experience was certainly a novelty. We now know that modernisation as such does not reliably reduce inequality. Many things had to come together to make this happen, such as very high income and estate taxes, strong labour unions, and intrusive regulations and controls. Since the 1980s, liberalisation and globalisation have allowed inequality to rise again. Even so, wealth concentration in Europe is nowhere near as high as it was a century ago. America, meanwhile, is getting there—which shows that it all depends on where you look.
How to fix inequality [Open Future/The Economist]
COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS / ESCHATOLOGY WATCH / GUILLOTINE WATCH/ HISTORY / INEQUALITY / ONE PERCENTERS / THE EVENT
Just A Fool For Rachel
Rachel Maddow is my go to news person among 5 others at MSNBC and this is why I spend so many hours immersed in TV news and the Trumplandia Soap Opera.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Republicans have lost their way
The utter moral capitulation of Republicans to the sociopathic Trump, will consign them to the dustbin of history -- cowards who could not rise above their perceived self-interest, and who will forever be linked to the worst president in America's history.
Tony SchwartzVerified account @tonyschwartz Saturday, March 2, 2019
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Very, very clever to say the least because every day of Trump seems more ''Orwellian"
Friday, March 1, 2019
Trump's awful tenure is that it has galvanized the Resistance to step up
To every action there is an equal an opposite reaction. The saving grace in Trump's awful tenure is that it has galvanized the Resistance -- the majority of Americans -- to step up. We must consolidate the gains by investing in real action to make life better for all Americans.
You, too, can become great
- Mark Twain
David Pecker, Chief of National Enquirer's Publisher, Is Said to Get Immunity in Trump Inquiry
No thank you, Mr. Pecker
Something
unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just
unusual — it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse. Or at
least that’s what the top people at the National Enquirer thought. I’m
glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in
writing. Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, I’ve decided
to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and
embarrassment they threaten.
AMI,
the owner of the National Enquirer, led by David Pecker, recently
entered into an immunity deal with the Department of Justice related to
their role in the so-called “Catch and Kill” process on behalf of
President Trump and his election campaign. Mr. Pecker and his company
have also been investigated for various actions they’ve taken on behalf
of the Saudi Government.
And sometimes Mr. Pecker mixes it all together:
“After
Mr. Trump became president, he rewarded Mr. Pecker’s loyalty with a
White House dinner to which the media executive brought a guest with
important ties to the royals in Saudi Arabia. At the time, Mr. Pecker
was pursuing business there while also hunting for financing for
acquisitions…”
David Pecker, Chief of National Enquirer's Publisher, Is Said to Get Immunity in Trump Inquiry
Federal prosecutors reached an immunity deal with the tabloid executive David J. Pecker, a key witness in their…www.nytimes.com
Federal prosecutors reached an immunity deal with the tabloid executive David J. Pecker, a key witness in their…www.nytimes.com
Federal
investigators and legitimate media have of course suspected and proved
that Mr. Pecker has used the Enquirer and AMI for political reasons. And
yet AMI keeps claiming otherwise:
“American Media emphatically rejects any assertion that its reporting was instigated, dictated or influenced in any manner by external forces, political or otherwise.”
Of course, legitimate media have been challenging that assertion for a long time:
Mystery Grows Over Pro-Saudi Tabloid: Embassy Got Sneak Peek
I didn’t know much about most of that a few weeks ago when intimate texts messages from me were published in the National Enquirer. I engaged investigators to learn how those texts were obtained, and to determine the motives for the many unusual actions taken by the Enquirer. As it turns out, there are now several independent investigations looking into this matter.
To lead my investigation, I retained Gavin de Becker. I’ve known Mr. de Becker for twenty years, his expertise in this arena is excellent, and he’s one of the smartest and most capable leaders I know. I asked him to prioritize protecting my time since I have other things I prefer to work on and to proceed with whatever budget he needed to pursue the facts in this matter.
Here’s a piece of context: My ownership of the Washington Post is a complexifier for me. It’s unavoidable that certain powerful people who experience Washington Post news coverage will wrongly conclude I am their enemy.
President Trump is one of those people, obvious by his many tweets. Also, The Post’s essential and unrelenting coverage of the murder of its columnist Jamal Khashoggi is undoubtedly unpopular in certain circles.
(Even though The Post is a complexifier for me, I do not at all regret my investment. The Post is a critical institution with a critical mission. My stewardship of The Post and my support of its mission, which will remain unswerving, is something I will be most proud of when I’m 90 and reviewing my life, if I’m lucky enough to live that long, regardless of any complexities it creates for me.)
Back to the story: Several days ago, an AMI leader advised us that Mr. Pecker is “apoplectic” about our investigation. For reasons still to be better understood, the Saudi angle seems to hit a particularly sensitive nerve.
A
few days after hearing about Mr. Pecker’s apoplexy, we were approached,
verbally at first, with an offer. They said they had more of my text
messages and photos that they would publish if we didn’t stop our
investigation.
My lawyers argued that AMI has no right to publish photos since any person holds the copyright to their own photos, and since the photos in themselves don’t add anything newsworthy.
AMI’s claim of newsworthiness is that the photos are necessary to show Amazon shareholders that my business judgment is terrible. I founded Amazon in my garage 24 years ago, and drove all the packages to the post office myself. Today, Amazon employs more than 600,000 people, just finished its most profitable year ever, even while investing heavily in new initiatives, and it’s usually somewhere between the #1 and #5 most valuable company in the world. I will let those results speak for themselves.
Beck
Trump’s ability to avoid a genuine reckoning is no longer a foregone conclusion
George Conway @gtconway3d “Trump’s ability to avoid a genuine reckoning is no longer a foregone conclusion.... Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York are scrutinizing many aspects of his business.... Trump may end up wishing he had gone to Vietnam and stayed.”
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