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Walleye Pikers 0

People who live in glass houses . . . .

The glamorous $5 billion campus, called Apple Park and built for more than 13,000 employees, was championed by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as a temple of design. He believed that the campus’ glass-encased, ring-shaped centerpiece could become “the best office building in the world.” But in January, as office workers began moving in after five years of construction, several employees walked into glass panes. It is unclear how many people hurt themselves, but The Chronicle found at least three incidents in a review of 911 audio and incident reports obtained from Santa Clara County in a public records request.

Three people suffered head injuries, including a middle-aged man who hit his head so hard against a glass window that he was bleeding on his eyebrow and expected to have stitches, according to 911 audio (for a transcript of the calls, click here).

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“Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge” 0

Dave Neiwert discusses how Donald Trump has fed the radical right.

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Democracy Inaction 0

TPM reports that, in a new twist on their gut-out-the-vote efforts, Republican governors have decided that no elections are better than some elections.

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Pictures of the Fall 0

Title:  Rat the President.  Image:  Aide to Rat, who is wearing a crown and carrying scepter:  Hello, Sir, you look different today.  Rat:  Yes, well, I figured if I'm gonna be king of this country, I might as well look the part.  Aide:  You're President, not a king.  Rat:  What's the differnce?  Aide:  You're one who can't chop off heads.  Rat:  This will be a long four years.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Threatening twits.

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No Strings Attached 0

Title:  Jared Kushner on the Ropes.  Image:  Jared Kushner says,

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Misdirection Play the NRA Way 0

Eugene Robinson spots a ploy:

The deliberately outrageous idea of arming classroom teachers is nothing more than a distraction, a ploy by the gun lobby to buy time for passions to cool. Don’t get sidetracked. Keep the focus where it belongs — on keeping military-style assault rifles out of civilian hands.

The National Rifle Association and its vassals in the Republican Party would like you to exhaust your outrage on a possibility that is, from the start, impossible.

Follow the link for the rest.

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QOTD 0

Winston Churchill:

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Decoding de Code 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Clifford Lazarus offers a primer on understanding what narcissists are really thinking when the mouth bland niceties.

Not that that could be at all helpful in understanding certain politicians or anything like that there good heavens gosh golly gee no.

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Sack of Trouble 1

Cat peaking out from grocery bag

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Headless of State 0

What Noz said.

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Hey! Rubio! 0

Marco Rubio’s in a snit–
Of that there is not doubt–
For someone chose to call him out,
So he decided to be a twit–
On Twitter.

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Dreams and the Man 0

Frame One:  Donald Trump imagining himself chasing bad guys while thinking,

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

Signs of the times.

Jacksonville’s Action News reported that the superintendent of Clay County Schools implicated the son of Fleming Island High School’s principal in an email to the school’s board.

In the original image, a student posing outside of the Duval County Courthouse holds a sign proclaiming “fear has no place in schools.” In the doctored images, however, the sign either shows a swastika and a racial slur or bears the slogan “women are property.”

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QOTD 0

Winston Churchill:

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“The Teacher Is in Custody” 0

A stable genius could not have predicted . . . .

A Georgia high school teacher is facing a number of charges after he barricaded himself inside an empty classroom and fired a handgun while students stood outside the door, authorities said Wednesday.

The shooting, which took place around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, led to a frantic lockdown at Dalton High School. One student suffered a minor ankle injury while running down the halls, police said at a press conference.

Via Juanita Jean.

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“Spurs that Jingle Jangle Jingle” 0

Donald Trump dressed as Superman approaching Parkland High School as gun fire sounds in the distance:  I don't need no stinking g--wait, my bone spurs.

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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Sauce for the Goose . . . . 0

Republican family values.

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