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
Climate change killed libertarianism - Jacobin
Tyler Cowen coins the phrase “state capacity libertarianism” as an evolution of libertarianism that recognizes that a big, muscular, strong state is necessary to preserve and extend markets and individual freedom.
(1) This is just plain silly. The defining characteristic of libertarianism is that governments should be tiny, ideally only providing police, military and contract enforcement. To call yourself a “state capacity libertarian” is like being a “meat eating vegetarian.”
(2) I have always considered myself a liberal or progressive but I may in fact be a “state capacity libertarian.”
Fortunately, this is perfectly compatible with being a Democrat. The Democratic Party is the natural home in the US for every political philosophy other than moron racist kleptocrats.
Many others contributed pieces, I decide what goes and and often end up fixing all the bugs. Vim is now the most popular text editor. Linux Journal stopped doing a poll for “best text editor” because Vim would always win.
We must fact-check this. Mission accepted.
San Diego is a great pizza town. Here are the top 10. [San Diego Union-Tribune]
“Now we’re going to hear more suggestions from the failed mayor of Chicago and New Jersey’s corrupt ex-governor, who should be in prison.”
Marie Dressler was the biggest female star of American movies in 1933. She wasn’t a sex symbol like Jean Harlow or Marlene Dietrich. Dressler was homely, overweight, in her 60s – and moviegoers adored her.
The public loved nothing better than to see their Marie play a drunk or a dowager and steal every scene from the glamour girls less than half her age. Dressler had been down and out for most of the 1920s. That she became a star at age 60 was an achievement that told Depression-battered audiences it was never too late.
The Ukraine was part of a broad pattern of behavior that makes Trump manifestly unfit to be President. Why didn’t Congress go after all of it rather than just one, very narrow incident?
On Impeachment: A Daily Podcast with Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and host Brian Lehrer.
Animal rights activists say it’s cruel to keep elephants in captivity. [San Diego News Fix]
Ezra Klein: America is a better country today than it has ever been: More inclusive and more prosperous. There has been no better time to be alive and be American. But the trend is going in the wrong direction. Things are not getting better. They’re declining rapidly.
Acquitted [Today, Explained]
Gilbert Gottfried and Frank Sontopadre interview the delightful Ken Berry, star of “F Troop” and “Mama’s Family.” Berry discusses working alongside George Burns, Don Rickles, and Carol Burnett, as well as a brief variety series he did in 1972, “The Wow Show,” featuring then unknown Steve Martin, Teri Garr, and Cheryl Ladd, then known as Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor. I was 11 when “The Wow Show” aired, and I remember I loved it.
Berry also avoids answering whether Forrest Tucker and Milton Berle, respectively co-star and guest star of “F Troop,” were really massively hung.
I love this podcast. I’ve already listened to about a dozen episodes and I’ve got about 80 queued up.
Ken Berry [Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast!]
PETA claims victory after SeaWorld says no to trainers riding atop dolphins [San Diego Union- Tribune]
PETA launched a campaign in 2019 to pressure SeaWorld parks to ban “circus-style” behaviors where trainers stand atop the dolphins’ snouts during park performances.
