{"id":179965,"date":"2017-08-29T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/08\/29\/linkage-184\/"},"modified":"2017-08-29T05:25:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T10:25:00","slug":"linkage-184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/08\/29\/linkage-184\/","title":{"rendered":"Linkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2KkLtXB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2KkLtXB.jpg\" style=\"cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/downwithtyranny.blogspot.ca\/2017\/08\/dccc-kings-landing-consultants-are.html\">DCCC &amp; Kings Landing Consultants Are Instructing Candidates How To Deceive Democratic Primary Voters On Healthcare<\/a> (<i>DownWithTyranny!<\/i>) Seriously, replace the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC with Dr. Who Bobbleheads, or by Mr. Huffle, and you would get better results.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2017\/08\/16\/what-is-alt-left-myth-215496\">The Myth of the Alt-Left<\/a> (<i>Politico<\/i>) It was created as PR by the corporate Democrats.  As Yves Smith notes, when you&#8217;ve lost <i>Politico<\/i>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/news\/a57064\/stonewall-jackson-descendants-open-letter\/\">Stonewall Jackson&#8217;s Family Wants His Monument Removed<\/a> (<i>Esquire<\/i>) No, it&#8217;s not about heritage.  It&#8217;s about showing n*****s their place.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2017\/08\/bank-it-screw-ups-when-will-they-learn.html\">UK Bank IT Train Wreck Demonstrates Why Algos Can Be a Terrible Idea<\/a> (<i>Naked Capitalism<\/i>) Subprime lender tries to replace local sales reps with algorythms.  Failure ensues.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubstreet.com\/2017\/08\/study-says-optimum-oreo-dunk-is-four-seconds.html\">Scientists Figured Out Optimal Length of Time to Dunk Oreo<\/a> (<i>Grub Street<\/i>) 4 seconds, apparrently.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2017\/08\/third-staged-baltimore-police-body-cam-surfaces-dozens-more-cases-dropped\/\">Another staged body cam leads to 43 more dropped Baltimore prosecutions<\/a> (<i>Ars Technica<\/i>) I&#8217;ve gotta believe that this is SOP, not the proverbial bad apples.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/robert-e-lee-at-west-point\/\">Robert E. Lee at West Point<\/a>&nbsp;(<i>American Conservative<\/i>) West Point grad  Andrew Bacevich calls for Lee&#8217;s name to be removed from Lee Gate, Lee Road, Lee Hall, and Lee Barracks at the military academy.  Calls Lee a traitor.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/markstcyr.com\/2017\/08\/27\/is-facebook-staring-down-its-aol-moment\/\">Is Facebook Staring Down Its \u201cAOL Moment?\u201d<\/a> (Mark St. Cyr) Please Let this happen before the 2020 election season heats up. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/2017\/08\/26\/windscreen-phenomenon-car-no-longer-covered-dead-insects\/\">\u2018The windscreen phenomenon\u2019 &#8211; why your car is no longer covered in dead insects<\/a> (<i>The Telegraph<\/i>) Massive drop in insect populations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emptywheel.net\/2017\/08\/22\/angry-mom-oh-honey-if-anybodys-out-of-touch-its-you\/\">Angry Mom: Oh, Honey \u2014 If Anybody\u2019s \u2018Out of Touch\u2019, It\u2019s You<\/a> (<i>Emptywheel<\/i>) A wonderful take-down of Mrs. Steve Mnuchin&#8217;s snarky response to someone who noted that she used a government plane to fly to Kentucky to see the eclipse and tweeted all the brands she was wearing.&nbsp; Words like, &#8220;Parasite&#8221; and, &#8220;Blood Sucker&#8221; are very justifiably used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Using the Sousaphone (Tuba) to Parody KKK Members<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rs4P1kKK-5k\" width=\"496\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCCC &amp; Kings Landing Consultants Are Instructing Candidates How To Deceive Democratic Primary Voters On Healthcare (DownWithTyranny!) Seriously, replace the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC with Dr. Who Bobbleheads, or by Mr. Huffle, and you would get better results. The Myth of the Alt-Left (Politico) It was created as PR by the corporate Democrats. 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