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Category Archives: New York Times
Manchin again (the video version)
Swamp Rabbit was hungover and tired of my blogging choices. “How come you gotta do two posts in a row about Manchin? What about all them other creeps in the U.S. Senate?” So I told him for the tenth time: … Continue reading
To the moon with you, Bezos, and beyond!
I was reading about zillionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, the world’s largest Internet company. He arguably became the richest person in history during the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to a huge upsurge in online sales. He owns Whole Foods. He … Continue reading
Posted in humor, mainstream media, New York Times
Tagged Alpha Centauri, Amazon, Blue Origin, covid-19, Jeff Bezos, support yacht, Uranus, Washington Post, Whole Foods
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A referendum on Trumpism
Donald Trump’s unwitting accomplices in the media were at it again this weekend, helping spread the lie that Democrats may have tried to “hack” Georgia’s voter registration files. The accusation was made by Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, who also happens … Continue reading
From ostrich jacket to jailhouse jumpsuit
This is what happens when you have all the money in the world but no heart or imagination: Paul Manafort — President Trump’s former campaign chairman who’s currently on trial in Virginia on charges of money laundering, tax evasion and … Continue reading
Posted in mainstream media, New York Times
Tagged consultant to dictators, Donald Trump, karaoke machine, ostrich jacket, Paul Manafort, Ukraine
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They really don’t care — ALL of them
“I really don’t care, do u?” was the message scrawled on the cheap jacket Melania Trump wore on her way to visit a detainment facility – a jail, really — for kids who were separated from their parents by U.S. … Continue reading
Mass shootings don’t faze gun freaks
From a New York Times editorial published in 2015, soon after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, CA: …Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for … Continue reading
Posted in gun nuts, mainstream media, New York Times
Tagged mass shootings, San Bernardino, Sutherland
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Let’s rate news analysts on their track records
The New York Times recently issued a “Libya is falling apart” editorial. As Glenn Greenwald noted, The Times failed to mention it was an enthusiastic supporter of U.S. air strikes that helped topple Moammar Ghadafi and destabilize Libya to the … Continue reading
Damn lies and statistics in the NY Times
Swamp Rabbit and I were jawing about a NY Times report on the high unemployment rate in France. The story seemed to imply that those left-leaning Frenchies had turned their country into an economic basket case by not scrapping a … Continue reading