Bloomberg plans to go after Trump’s business record

Others have tried this tactic without success — remember Hillary Clinton? — but Mike Bloomberg plans to attack President Trump on his business record.

One difference: Trump’s pre-White House career can now be linked with his decisions as president. Another difference: Bloomberg will be making this argument as a multibillionaire who built a multinational company.

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How women left the GOP and became Democratic partisans: Blame the Gipper

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None of the movies nominated for an Oscar deserved to win, because none of them has Luis giving exposition or an ant playing drums.

Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

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I’ve been on a nostalgia kick the past couple of days. This morning, I hit YouTube and found and listened to the theme song to a kiddie TV show I adored when I was 5: Winchell Mahoney.

The good news is it drove the F Troop earworm out of my brain. Hooray, hooraw!

Person who offered $500 for lost cat gets mad when cat finder wants the reward

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WTF? If you offer a $500 reward for whoever finds your lost cat you should not be surprised and offended if the person who finds your cat asks for the reward.

South Korea is a 5G pioneer but the latest financial results from its telcos demonstrate why investors are nervous about the technology. www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g…

Ericsson Shareholder Urges Firm to Explore Sale to US - Report

Shares in Ericsson and Nokia received a boost on Friday after an Ericsson shareholder responded positively to US comments about taking ownership of one of the companies to counter Huawei. www.lightreading.com/5g/ericss…

College essay writing services – contract cheaters –are using aggressive email marketing and on-campus parties to attract customers, many of whom are unaware of the shadiness of the business. www.edsurge.com/news/2020…

ME: I have very important financial documents I need to review today.
ALSO ME: Helllooooooo, social media!

After a vote in Iowa that reeked of third-world treachery – from monolithic TV propaganda against the challenger to rumors of foreign intrusion to, finally, a “botched” vote count that felt as legitimate as a Supreme Soviet election – the Democrats have become the reactionaries they once replaced.

The Iowa Caucus Was Waterloo for Democrats - Matt Taibbi/Rolling Stone