I’ve been watching the protests-slash-riots over the past few days with a growing feeling of dissatisfaction not just at how […]
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The Dragon
While a lot of us were distracted with other business, this happened: SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space […]
The George Floyd thing
Dateline Minneapolis: A guy named George Floyd went into a store and bought stuff with a counterfeit $20 bill. The […]
Trump takes cautious approach to saying a rapey scumbag shouldn’t be President
That isn’t quite how the Associated Press put it, of course: Trump takes cautious approach to highlighting Joe Biden sex […]
Nepal unintentionally caricatures corona-curfews
Dateline Kathmandu: Even though the lockdown is still in effect with only designated economic activities allowed, people in Kathmandu have […]
Obscure blogger wins Iowa caucuses
This post’s headline was a lie, but it’s only slightly less ridiculous than what actually happened at Iowa’s Democratic caucuses, […]
“So you rented out a meth house”
Micah Lang writes in The Outline about her old college roommate, who’s gotten into landlording: The ranch was an investment, […]
Was Cory Booker running for commerce secretary?
Let’s recap. Cory Booker: started a presidential campaign, pushed no message I can remember other than “party unity,” and ended […]
Trump wags the dog
I spent a couple of weeks slacking off on my news reading, so the airstriking of an Iranian general took […]
I’m okay with that Vermont police chief’s Twitter account
Burlington, Vermont: Hours after the police chief in Vermont’s largest city resigned over using a fake social media account to […]
Ray of Infamy 