"The unrest seems a rebuff to the cherished mythology imposed on Canada’s citizens from abroad and held by many Canadians themselves as moderate, rule-following, levelheaded — and just plain nice.
"According to Angus Reid poll, 68% of Canadians believe U.S. democracy cannot survive another Trump presidency, and 47% said the United States is on its way to becoming an authoritarian state." reuters.com/world/americas…
Jr is yelling at random people who are actually elected.
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Anyone heat mapping those naughty Russians? Today is supposed to be go day.
Lots of maps and random sat photos but you would think someone would gameify this so the unwashed masses could make it the most watched event on TV. We did this for the Gulf War worked great. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
I was the world's only war journo embedded with war journos cuz network wouldn't let me sneak in due to fear of lost embeds. I filmed the lead up to the Iraq War. Danny Schechter make this low budget doc about the information operations side of the war.
Marcy Wheeler lifts the rug off the latest Trump scam. She should be a full time analyst. msnbc.com/morning-joe/wa…
All that complicated actual lawyer talk is hard to follow but I assume that Donald's call for everyone to be executed would save us all from paying for trial. Here is the print version. emptywheel.net/2022/02/13/kas…
BTW According to MAGA bloggers that is a real unretouched photo from the filing. According to official sources that Fox News refuse to divulge, there are rumors that this fine hairpiece is woven from secret shredded Hillary emails and held down with conspiracy glue.
"the latest effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to release U.S. intelligence findings about Russian activity involving Ukraine as part of a concerted push to expose and influence the moves of Russian President Vladimir Putin." apnews.com/article/russia…
This handy chart is missing the late Paul Behrends' a former Marine officer who supposedly tripped and fell on his head getting out of his car and died in his driveway. Described as "the man in the center". politico.com/magazine/story…
Trump’s latest deflection is the merkin-man’s filing on Hillary. Yes the Ghost Dancers are having one last spittle stained jig. It’s like old times ….when Donald ran against Hillary.
"narcissists are prone to overconfidence and deceit , hypercompetitiveness, reckless behavior, and risk taking and are perceived as bold, aggressive, and often even as discourteous" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
"As social media and other online networking sites have grown in usage, so too has trolling – an internet practice in which users intentionally seek to draw others into pointless and, at times, uncivil conversations" neurosciencenews.com/drk-triad-trol…
Look who is in Episode Four of "Cant Get You Out Of My Head". 16 minutes in. Peter Jouvenal in his BBC Afghan hiking days
Compared to most of Curtis' films it's a hard slog (excuse the bad pun) to get through. Sort of the Heaven's Gate Extended "Holy Fuck Is This Long" Directors Cut of his Power of Nightmares. Same message: People prefer living in dreams over trying to figure out reality.