In my opinion, there are some apologies that are worse than nothing. If a course of action is harmful or annoying to others, yet we choose to pursue it anyway, it is a considered action; presumably we have weighed the pros and cons and decided that it’s still worthwhile.
One of the things that creeps me out about Mayor Pete is the corporate consultant-gabble that he sometimes drops into. It makes sense: he worked for McKinsey in his 20s, as one of the drones in the giant cash-extractive machinery of big dollar consulting. That’s where he learned to proactively leverage his synergies, I bet. [stderr]
… If I may, some opinions regarding impeachment and process.
Come you masters of war
You that build thebig gunsshareholder equity
These seem like a great way to keep score.
“A rising tide lifts all boats.”
I’ve got no idea how many times business people and venture capitalists have said that to me, but if I could, I would have personally, slowly, stabbed them in the heart for doing so.
I believe it was over at Mano’s that I hypothesized that Trump would stop appearing in New York soon, because he wouldn’t want to get perp-walked. Unfortunately I make so many snarky comments all over the place, I can’t find it or I could prop up my credentials as a psychic with it.
I am going to try to de-convolute something that is so convoluted I’m having trouble even spelling “convoluted.” I will begin with a summary of facts, and then discuss them in more detail.
The FBI announced that they arrested a white supremacist who was planning to blow up a synagogue. [slate]
We are going to have to endure some gruesome back-patting from the establishment’s permanent war party, as they jump up and down and cheer wildly for having killed an unarmed man who was trying to run away.