Archive for April 8th, 2019

Aotearoa

2019-04-08

(Keep Calm and Muslim On) – Mya Gosling & Andrea Annaba:

Hey, I realized I never reached out to you about those terrible mosque shootings in New Zealand. I’m sorry.” …

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Mya Gosling & Andrea Annaba: Long White Cloud

Let Me Stake This Out

2019-04-08

(FTB stderr) – Marcus Ranum:

Donald Trump’s tax returns will mean nothing and will change nothing. My prediction is that the democrats would be better off not going after them, and just painting a big picture of what a gigantic cheater Trump must be – keep it vague and unspecific.

So, that’s my prediction. It’s going to be another “big nothing.”

Most of the democrats (like Pelosi) who are rich, are the ones who aren’t making a great big deal out of what’s in Trump’s returns because they know what we’ll find. If it triggers any public reaction, it’ll be a reaction to get mad at rich people (in general) rather than Trump (in particular) – in fact Trump, the spin-master, will probably cast his non-payment of taxes as a virtue – and his base will fall for that, too. …

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Lawrence Lessig: Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It