Ross, speaking at an economics conference in California on Monday, recounted the scene at the Florida estate when Trump interrupted dessert to inform Chinese President Xi Jinping that the US had attacked a Syrian airfield.
Warning: Death, Judicial Murder, Capital Punishment, Suicide
There are so many things wrong and confusing with how the US does what it calls “justice” that it’s hard to know where to start. For me, it’s a topic I’ve had a whole range of feelings about, for decades. I started with a politically naive “eh, shoot ’em!” viewpoint, because I hadn’t had a chance to observe and think, or to study the degree to which economic inequality and American racism drive and underpin the entire “justice” system.
I’ll stop scare-quoting “justice” system, but you should assume that when I use the word “justice” I’m probably being semi-sarcastic. Let me start at the beginning because this may wind up being a series of postings.
“J. G. Ballard was sent to cover the Fyre Festival.” That is all. [boing]
There’s an in-depth profile of Steve Bannon over at The New Yorker, [newyorker] which refrains from the “ooh, he’s a genius of strategic darkness” meme, and goes into some depth about his history as a Hollywood Big Shot (spoiler: not much big)
This one is eerily similar to the one on Orly airport. To the point where I had to do a double-take on the news, and then a triple-take, to make sure the facts were somewhat clear. [stderr]
“WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, TO PLAY US OUT!?!?!! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!?”
Code Obfuscation’s really neat stuff. Or, it can be.
It’s been hypothesized for a long time. Rogue black holes.
It’s really sad to see that the US military is so desperate and stupid that they had to try showing how capable they are, by showing how capable they aren’t.
It seems that the current trend in conflict is not to merely defeat your foe, but to humiliate them afterward.