I’m warning you up front: This is not news. It’s a biased opinion piece. The only news is that Bernie Sanders has ended his presidential campaign.
Read anyway. It’ll be good for you, and you might even learn something. (more…)
Four More Years
The CDC Isn’t Understaffed, And Other Myths
It’s social media; I should just let it go. People hear something that supports their biases so they Share it without checking, and it becomes common wisdom. Sometimes it’s gets to a point where everyone knows is true so it’s no longer even discussed, and if you argue you’re nuts.
Fear and Loathing 2020: Some 4 A.M. Thoughts On Mike Bloomberg
NOTE: The following transcription has been heavily edited to reduce profanity. Nevertheless, reader discretion is advised.
The cesspit that is modern politics has surpassed itself.
Scene: It’s the middle of the night and I just now finished fixing my writeup on Sanders and Yang after a couple of hours of desperately needed sleep. Some of that was not fit to read; glad I got to it. Sleeplessness and politics should never mix; this is how we got Eagleton in ’72, after all. I’m just about to go back to bed when (more…)
The Not Fake News 