i had some snide fuck tell me i wasn't one of the adults in the room because i was "reacting" to a comment on some website yesterday.
for some reason, i did some soul searching, and i realized they were probably right.
I don't usually recommend reading Politico, but the butthurt is just too delicious:
For some Democrats, Bernie Sanders’ latest gambit — challenging Donald Trump to a debate to cap all debates — is the last straw.
The national Strike in France has some interesting issues involving our own plight. A new law there placing restrictions on unions and easing policies on hiring and firing of employees, along with numerous other changes have evoked walkouts nationwide.
What is most astounding is that the legislation doesn't come from a right wing faction, but a Socialist administration. One elected by the same working people that they are supposed to represent.
Remember when "a Trump White House strikes fear at the heart of capitalism"?
Remember when "Wall Street’s wealthiest tycoons are spending millions to thwart Trump"?
while the Hillary ship sinks.
I recommend noticing who the die-hards are who keep pro-claiming "nothing-burger" or "Colin Powell" while the Hillary ship slides below the surface. They are the ones you never have to pay any attention to in the future.
I feel like things are shifting! The "tone" is shifting in the media, which may very well indicate the corporate game plan has changed.
First, we have a Snopes post marking the Nevada violence as 100% false:
http://www.snopes.com/did-sanders-supporters-throw-chairs-at-nevada-demo...
The Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman explains the problem with jokes about being transgender.
When I was a lad, I often heard jokes about blacks, Latinos and gays, who were regarded as amusing because of their supposed inferiority and defectiveness. Today most people would be embarrassed and offended by such humor. But, at least in some places, there is one group that is still a safe source of yuks: transgender people.
--Chapman
There is an amusing discussion over at TOP (will not link) about whether the internet volume there has declined. The free internet volume data source, Quantcast, shows a decline of 44% in unique views in the last 90 days, with a pronounced decline after the edict.
Plus you probably received a begging letter from the owner. I think his name is Ozymandias.
This is not exactly news, but it is nice to see a fellow over at CounterPunch quantifying tax cheating.
Here's the key passage:
"How much of this tax cheating involves big-time business people and how much involves mom-and-pop business operators? The IRS doesn’t say. The agency doesn’t break down the new tax evasion data by taxpayer income class.
But eight years ago, economists Andrew Johns and Joel Slemrod went through earlier IRS raw data and did just that.
