This Is Fine

12:01 AM

Flynn to endorse Maxine Waters' opponent in first public appearance since cooperating with Mueller http://hill.cm/c8jEcPc

Tweeted by thehill on March 17, 2018 at 12:01 AM

idk maybe he should just not be involved with politics?

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone yeaaaaaaaaaaah

Tim Stone

You may also be surprised to learn there is not, in fact, a bowling ball test (lol)

Oh, I forgot about this Bojack scene

Yuuki

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki yeppppppp, victim blaming is the worst

user15026

12:18 AM

@Yuuki Yeeeeep

GodEmperorDune

Colin Kaepernick attended Texans owner Bob McNair’s collusion case deposition in Houston wearing a KUNTA KINTE T-shirt. Kunta Kinte is a character in Alex Haley’s Roots: a west African man born in 1750 who repeatedly resisted enslavement by an American slaveowner.

Tweeted by DVNJr on March 16, 2018 at 7:14 PM

kap's shade game is on point

Tim Stone

12:39 AM

JUST IN: Five New York doctors have been indicted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in combined payments, strip club visits, and dinners in exchange for prescribing a powerful opiate spray, according to the indictment.

Tweeted by NBCNews on March 16, 2018 at 10:19 PM

I'm sorry, an opiate what?

quartata

probably a topical painkiller

Unionhawk

reverse narcan

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone i thought opiod drug dealers were death penalty now

Tim Stone

> SUBSYS® is a unique fentanyl sublingual spray that delivers a fine mist of medication underneath the tongue to provide pain relief

🤔

GodEmperorDune

what happens if you quaff the whole thing?

Tim Stone

12:42 AM

I mean I guess it's not significantly different than fentanyl patches but jfc maybe these methods of administration are a little too easy to just be giving to everyone?

Unionhawk

Good thing nothing will happen to the drug companies

It actually rules that this is a man made crisis and the companies that are pretty primarily responsible (there's a number of parties at hand here) will just go on profiteering on pain forever

Tim Stone

President Trump is slated to discuss the open communications director position with Bill Shine, the co-president of Fox News who stepped down last year, in the coming days. https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/donald-trump-television-presidency/index.html

Tweeted by kaitlancollins on March 17, 2018 at 12:48 AM

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

Tim Stone

haha hey i remember that guy!! I remember tha-- oh.

Tweeted by MichaelToole on March 16, 2018 at 11:44 AM

|:

(I had the same thought)

user15026

1:00 AM

I feel like I am missing something there

Unionhawk

offensive comedians

Tweeted by peacoatseason on March 16, 2018 at 9:15 PM

Tim Stone

@Ash This made the internet rounds a while back

So having seen that and knowing who the guy is, he pops up again and you're like "Hey I know him!" except it's for human trafficking so that kinda takes the wind out of the sails >_>

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone wat

@TimStone while back being 15 years ago

Tim Stone

Shhh

I think someone relinked it in 2016 or something, idk

But anyway

Story

user15026

@TimStone oh, it's that guy....I get the thing now.

Tim Stone

1:23 AM

D:

We have suspended Cambridge Analytica from our platform for a clear violation our policies. They cannot buy ads or administer its clients' pages. https://newsroom.fb.com/news/h/suspending-cambridge-analytica/

Tweeted by boztank on March 17, 2018 at 1:12 AM

quartata

@TimStone slightly misleading headline, apparently he just got people into the US illegally for money

Tim Stone

I mean that technically counts as human trafficking even if it's not on the more abusive end

Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Mr Putin.

Tweeted by mccaffreyr3 on March 16, 2018 at 8:46 PM

Unionhawk

Periodic reminder that Pharma companies shipped 21 million opioid pills to a West Virginia town with less than 3000 people. https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/974645061693726727

Tweeted by Zeddary on March 16, 2018 at 2:26 PM

Y E P

Mar 8 at 0:04, by Unionhawk

The Opioid Epidemic in Kermit, W.Va.

►

Jan 1 at 15:24, by Unionhawk

This year @DSACincy partnered with our city's oldest LGBT church to send aide to a small town called Kermit in West Virginia. Today we received this thank you note from a pastor in Kermit. Happy 2018 to all comrades everywhere in the world. We will win. @DemSocialists

Tweeted by DSACincy on December 31, 2017 at 11:22 PM

quartata

@TimStone no I know, but the usual connotation is "selling humans into slavery"

Unionhawk

(if you haven't seen that video, it is an excellent illustration of the human impact of the crisis)

Tim Stone

2:00 AM

Holy shit

BREAKING: Jeff Sessions Fires The Former No. 2 At The FBI Two Days Before His Scheduled Retirement https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/do-not-publish-jeff-sessions-fires-the-former-no-2-at-the?utm_term=.tcBzVdb1A

Tweeted by chrisgeidner on March 17, 2018 at 2:00 AM

So Fox just happened to accidentally publish that story early today, huh

🙄

Tim Stone

2:21 AM

JUST IN: Statement from Andrew McCabe: "I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey.” http://abcn.ws/2DyDKFh

Tweeted by ABC on March 17, 2018 at 2:12 AM in reply to ABC

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone fuuuuuuuck

sessions desperate to keep that AG job

trump's gonna fire him anyway

Tim Stone

It's not entirely unlikely that firing McCabe was the recommendation of the IG report

But Sessions could have just said that was the case after McCabe retired

GodEmperorDune

i mean its 2 days

Tim Stone

Trump likely caught wind of the report, told Sessions he had no choice but to fire him and demanded it be done

Since for Trump it's personal because he's an idiot

GodEmperorDune

yep

Tim Stone

2:29 AM

McCabe says he learned of his firing from the press release

GodEmperorDune

2:41 AM

@TimStone this is actually a huge thing

Tim Stone

Yep

GodEmperorDune

i'm uncertain how facebook plans to prevent them from getting data via another 3rd party app that people opt into

but given that most of trump's base is on facebook and not other social media, this is pretty big

user15026

3:07 AM

Shit like this breaks my heart. Fuck ICE. Fuck this whole goddamned mess.

GodEmperorDune

4:22 AM

@Ash abolish ICE, seriously

Unionhawk

@TimStone don't worry resistance twitter is already paying for his pension

Tim Stone

4:40 AM

Yeah I saw and lolwtf

Tim Stone

4:54 AM

"You know, maybe McCabe was fired for legitimate reasons"

Trump: Leeeeeeeerooy Jenkins

Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on March 17, 2018 at 4:08 AM

GodEmperorDune

5:28 AM

@TimStone love too provide evidence for the inevitable lawsuit

GodEmperorDune

5:41 AM

Holy shit “Four investigations last year ... murder, sexual battery and even possible arson ... police used search warrants to demand Google accounts not of specific suspects, but from any mobile devices that veered too close to the scene of a crime” http://www.wral.com/to-find-suspects-police-quietly-turn-to-google/17377435/

Tweeted by josephfcox on March 16, 2018 at 11:43 PM

Unclear if Google provided data, only that police convinced a judge it was a good idea. Wasn’t just limited to Android devices either—“warrant includes any device running location-enabled Google apps”

Tweeted by josephfcox on March 17, 2018 at 12:00 AM in reply to josephfcox

Yuuki

6:06 AM

@GodEmperorDune It's not just the victim blaming though, it's that this "we should outreach instead of <whatever>" approach is seemingly only applied to school shooters, who seem to be predominantly white males.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki yes

Unionhawk

1:13 PM

@TimStone ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

love too believe the cops and intelligence community are on our side

user15026

1:40 PM

@Yuuki one of my friends posted thusly: "So, if bullying is the root cause of school shootings, did anyone positing that concept ask themselves why no other countries are facing the same issue? Is the argument that American kids are really just much bigger assholes than kids in other countries? Do you actually believe that?" and it kinda sums it up nicely

Unionhawk

2:32 PM

I mean to be fair I would believe that, that sounds plausible

I'm sure it's not a thing but it sounds like it could be

user15026

Yeah, but then you get into the "why are they that way" fun discussions :)

Unionhawk

Because we walk out instead of up that's why! It's simple

user15026

Oh, right, my mistake

Unionhawk

If we just were nice to the kid who draws swastikas on his magazines then he would rethink his violent ways

user15026

Problem. Solved.

Tim Stone

3:04 PM

In statement to @NBCNews Trump atty John Dowd ties McCabe firing to a call to end Mueller probe.

Tweeted by DafnaLinzer on March 17, 2018 at 2:38 PM

Followed by multiple sources at the White House saying that Dowd wasn't speaking for the President but for himself!

Yuuki

3:33 PM

@Unionhawk Only if that kid is white though.

Don't be nice to black kids that draw swastikas on their magazines.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki this as it turns out is a direct refrance to the stoneman douglas shooter

GodEmperorDune

4:12 PM

@Ash i’d believe that Americans are much bigger assholes

GodEmperorDune

4:22 PM

A White House aide left his protonmail address with both his passwords on White House stationary at a DC bus stop. https://theintercept.com/2018/03/17/trump-russia-apple-whatsapp/

Tweeted by ryangrim on March 17, 2018 at 11:27 AM

Love to securely handle emails

Unionhawk

I don’t see pharmaceutical reps in practice (as a personal policy). Now, I see pharmaceutical advertising WITHIN the Electronic Health Record, to suggest I presribe a different product. How is this allowed?! @Rukshan @McGarryPadraig @Gillman0John @WalleyRay

Tweeted by DrMarkMurphy on March 16, 2018 at 10:43 AM

user15026

@GodEmperorDune O.o

Unionhawk

c o o l

user15026

@Unionhawk That.s gross.

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk wtf

Unionhawk

4:32 PM

@GodEmperorDune pharma is cool and good

Tim Stone

5:02 PM

@GodEmperorDune Ahahahahahaha

BREAKING: AP learns fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe maintained personal memos regarding President Donald Trump.

Tweeted by AP on March 17, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Well, duh

@Unionhawk Urghhhh so this definitely feels gross but I'm also like, not sure what the solution is? :/

Because you really can't count on doctors to bother to research new treatments either, which sucks

The GP attitude of "If I don't know about it it doesn't exist" is V. Bad

(which doesn't apply just to medication but to like, conditions themselves)

user15026

yeah, it's a weird catch-22

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone CEUs are a thing

Mad Scientist

@TimStone there's a memo for everything in this mess

Anyone reasonably innocent that talks at all with Trump is probably writing memos

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune Sure, but I'm not sure that's sufficient

(tbh it's also not really practical for any given doctor to preemptively have all the knowledge either, because there's just too much)

Unionhawk

5:23 PM

lol

Tim Stone

jfc

1. Some Dem already offered him two days of work so he (somehow??) qualifies

2. He's gonna get a bajillion dollar book deal he's fine gtfo

Unionhawk

Andrew McCabe,,, welcome to the resistance

Population: a lot of actual former cops lol

And current tbh

Lmfao my teachers strike Google alert

> Jersey City Teachers Strike, Don Jr.'s Wife Has Left Him

Tim Stone

it’s unconscionable that this photo is not used for every single story about newt gingrich

Tweeted by ashleyfeinberg on March 17, 2018 at 5:22 PM

Wait Newt has a Don Jr. photo too?

Are they like in the same forest?

What's going on here?

Unionhawk

This seems likely

Tim Stone

Are they looking for Hillary?

Unionhawk

5:28 PM

There's probably one good forest close to nyc

Tim Stone

5:41 PM

HIV/AIDS expert expected to be Trump’s next pick to head CDC: report http://hill.cm/faHUTOA

Tweeted by thehill on March 17, 2018 at 5:41 PM

I always get confused when it turns out to be someone remotely qualified

GodEmperorDune

@darth @ashleyfeinberg

Tweeted by ParkerMolloy on March 17, 2018 at 5:39 PM in reply to darth

Tim Stone

Excellent

GodEmperorDune

The president is still tweteing out evidence

Unionhawk

6:12 PM

asked about what to do about climate change if activism is a terrible idea that leads to the end of Western civilization, Jordan Peterson replies: "how did you get to this event? Did you drive here?" the interviewer says: "uh, no, public transport" which stumps Peterson https://t.co/165hz0iWGY

Tweeted by zei_nabq on March 15, 2018 at 9:21 PM

when your setup for "and yet you drive a car but are concerned about the environment, interesting" fails lmao

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk lol, rekt

@Unionhawk talking about the environmental impact of building a smart phone is much harder to go awry imo

Unionhawk

I mean he was just going for the Matt Bors comic

His argument for why activism is bad hinges on individuals being imperfect and participating in society that should be improved somewhat

And that he's very intelligent

Tim Stone

Ugh, I find his voice so grating, which I know isn't his fault unlike all the other crap but geesh

Unionhawk

Kermit the frog here, clean your room bucko

I don't care enough to not make fun of him

Tim Stone

FEC launches investigation into whether NRA accepted illegal Russian donations during 2016 election: report http://hill.cm/IYcUIIP

Tweeted by thehill on March 17, 2018 at 6:25 PM

Massachusetts now investigating Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

GodEmperorDune

6:30 PM

all the shoes are dropping this week

Tim Stone

Happy #StPatricksDay

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on March 17, 2018 at 3:00 PM

When the fountain looks a little...swampy

SaintWacko

6:55 PM

@TimStone Ha

Tim Stone

7:30 PM

Louisiana is the only state that licenses florists. But if it stops, a licensing bureaucrat says, it will have "a situation where anybody can open a floral shop and there's no method to protect the public." via @EricBoehm87 https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/16/louisiana-is-the-only-state-to-license-f

Tweeted by jacobsullum on March 16, 2018 at 8:53 PM

lol

I'm firmly in the less-licensing camp, because by and large it's just a way to extract money from people. For stuff like hair care I can see a middle ground; like I wouldn't necessarily want to walk into a shop and have someone butcher my head but someone who goes to people's houses and everyone knows what the deal is I honestly dgaf

White House may rehire top Trump personal assistant who was abruptly fired: report http://hill.cm/M79Eijb

Tweeted by thehill on March 17, 2018 at 7:37 PM

🤷

A key figure in the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal changed his name to "Dr. Spectre." No, seriously. This story is amazing. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistleblower-christopher-wylie-faceook-nix-bannon-trump?CMP=share_btn_tw

Tweeted by KevinMKruse on March 17, 2018 at 7:22 PM

lmao wtf

GodEmperorDune

this group has such a hardon for 80s movie tropes

Unionhawk

@TimStone noted non-drinker president etc (technically this is a respectable trait but)

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk Indeed

Unionhawk

7:45 PM

@TimStone idk if this should cause me to categorize "bouncers" as "private security" in my "no cops no pinkertons" rule

Tim Stone

I mean looking at the dude I feel like we can be pretty confident he was indeed Belligerent so it's hard to say tbh

Unionhawk

Like if you're getting physically removed from a bar there's a 90% chance you deserve it

Tim Stone

Oh speaking of Pinkertons

Surveillance companies like Google or Facebook pervasively surveil their employees, instill paranoia, and literally hire Pinkerton goon squads https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/16/silicon-valley-internal-work-spying-surveillance-leakers

Tweeted by molleindustria on March 16, 2018 at 1:27 PM

GnomeSlice

I have only ever seen someone physically removed from a club once and I go out a lot these days

Although the bouncers at UNIUN in Toronto wanted me to bribe them before they'd let me in

Unionhawk

We had a wild trivia night once. Some girl came up and asked if she could get a shot, bartender was like "yeah, of water". About 3 minutes later she tries to go behind the bar and he just picked her up and carried her to the back door of the bar like "no, absolutely not"

Tim Stone

7:48 PM

Yeah, you usually gotta be screwing up pretty bad for them to drag your ass out

Unionhawk

That was the night bartender just offered me and my buddy a shot on house, it was p good

It was monster vodka, but it was free so

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk lol, fantastic

murgatroid99

@TimStone That first quote is not really accurate. It's true that the security team has done exercises that involve giving people USB devices of unknown origin, but the purpose is to test people's adherence to security best practices, not to catch people out trying to steal data or whatever.

Tim Stone

8:03 PM

Sure, it was more about the second bit wherein there is a private investigation company called Pinkerton

Oh, right, it is literally the same Pinkertons

168 years later

murgatroid99

Also, that whole article seems to be hyperbolizing what can be summed up as "Employees sign an NDA when they join, and they have to abide by it"

GodEmperorDune

@murgatroid99 NDAs shouldn't cover working conditions

they should cover products, IP, and trade secrets

murgatroid99

Also, when they say "Google has become much leakier, particularly around internal discussions of racial and gender diversity", a significant amount of that is pro-diversity people getting doxxed on alt-right websites

So yeah, that part probably isn't covered by the NDA, but it's still not OK

Unionhawk

The funniest aspect of this thing, "the pinkertons are Still A Thing" is still true regardless of their role in Google

even though they don't have to do unionbusting stuff anymore (the states do that now lololololololol)

Tim Stone

8:19 PM

Incidentally it is now owned by a Swedish company though, Securitas AB

Which itself has over 300,000 employees in 53 countries

puzzlepiece87

10:42 PM

@TimStone No one can really stop serving malvertising until they take charge of their own advertising, and none of these places do, they just use Adsense. It's not just Politifact, it's literally many of the major sites on the web including NYT and everyone else.

It's really on Google and FB to insist on no-script ads

Unionhawk