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A Loose Tiller(son) 0
Trudy Rubin believes that “Rex Tillerson is toast” and that he will shortly join the list of Drumpf dismissals. So, too, she opines, is diplomacy in America. A snippet:
But Tillerson’s downfall signifies something far more dangerous than the latest tick in the “you’re fired” Trump reality show. It reflects the collapse of U.S. diplomacy under a president who thinks he can resolve global crises by bluster and threats.
Aside:
Methinks Donald Trump forgets two things: Real life is not reality television, and reality television is not in any way “real.”
We are doomed.
AIMless 0
AOL Instant Messenger will be shut down in December.
I still have an AIM account. Mostly I use the associated email account as a spam trap.
I think the last time I used the instant messenger was in 2008.
Truth Is No Defense 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., notes the death of facts. A snippet:
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
From the Raleigh News and Observer (more at the link):
Zainab Baloch, who is Muslim, is one of seven candidates running for two at-large seats on the council. Early voting is ongoing and Election Day is Tuesday.
Her campaign posted a video on her Facebook page Friday morning showing the sign, located at 5520 Louisburg Road in northeast Raleigh.
The words “sand n—–” are painted across a photo of Baloch’s face.
Race at the Bottom 0
In a nation which was founded on theft of labor, that is, chattel slavery, and which invented racism to justify that theft of labor, it should not surprise that almost every issue ultimately winds its way back to racism and bigotry.
Setting an Example of Sportsmanship 0
Peter Iappelli, 50, of Closter (New Jersey–ed.) approached the teenage coach during a peewee game at Westwood Middle School on Saturday morning, Detective Warren Morrell said. Iappelli grabbed the boy in a bear hug that turned into a chokehold, Morrell said.
According to my local rag, the assault was prompted by Iapelli’s son being rotated out of the position of quarterback.
He has been banned from the league.
Peewee football is first- and second graders, folks.
Twits on Twitter, Morons on Media Dept. 0
Aside:
Farron is somewhat more optimistic than I.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness plays “Catch Me If You Can.”
In a related item, Josh Marshall ponders the gun nut strategy to normalize gunnuttery. Follow the link, then consider whether that strategy has any bearing on this child’s father’s gunnuttery rendering the child fatherless.