This Is Fine

12:05 AM

Of note, this appears to be what set off Senate Republicans' renewed push to hold a vote

12:29 AM

WATCH: Complete exchange complete between @SenJohnKennedy & Judge Brett #Kavanaugh on high school. Senator Kennedy asks: "Did you ever get in trouble? Were you more of John Boy Walton type or a Ferris Bueller type?" https://t.co/1BaM5LiDvI

Tweeted by cspan on September 17, 2018 at 1:47 PM

(in retrospect, just awful, awful people)

GodEmperorDune

12:47 AM

@TimStone nah they're not gonna vote until they have smeared all victims that come forward

@TimStone ugh jfk3 go away

Tim Stone

Different Kennedy :P

GodEmperorDune

wat

dynasties go in the sea

Tim Stone

I mean assuming you're talking about Joe Kennedy III right?

John Kennedy is a Kennedy but not a Kennedy but also a jackass

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone see this clarifies things

Yuuki

1:21 AM

I represent a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. We will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be demanding that Judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. The nomination must be withdrawn.

Tweeted by MichaelAvenatti on September 23, 2018 at 11:33 PM

Also says this person isn’t Ramirez.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki i really wish this was someone other than avenatti

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune Personality aside, hasn't he done rather well for Stormy Daniels?

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki he has, but it seems that success has gone to his head and he is diversifying by jumping onto every center left bandwagon

Tim Stone

He's followed up

My e-mail of moments ago with Mike Davis, Chief Counsel for Nominations for U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. We demand that this process be thorough, open and fair, which is what the American public deserves. It must not be rushed and evidence/witnesses must not be hidden.

Tweeted by MichaelAvenatti on September 24, 2018 at 1:16 AM

This seems to be a furtherance of the events mentioned in the New Yorker piece, though that story only related it directly to Judge, not Kavanaugh

GodEmperorDune

i also worry specifically with avenatti that he gets out over his skis to steal the media spotlight, as he has previously with stormy daniels allegations that he walked back

Tim Stone

1:34 AM

Indeed

Still, if a woman came to him wanting her story to be told, then I guess whatever avenue she's able to do that

GodEmperorDune

true, but she'd probably be better served by going to a journalist

instead of a lawyer/media personality

Oh hottie avenatti

Unionhawk

1:57 AM

@Yuuki ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States

Unionhawk

2:14 AM

Labour proposes a private sector employee ownership plan

companies with 250 or more employees would be expected to create an inclusive ownership fund under a future labour government

GodEmperorDune

2:43 AM

Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig under scrutiny by prosecutors in offshoot of Mueller probe via @thamburger https://wapo.st/2OMS0kj?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.4569829af2f0

Tweeted by jdawsey1 on September 24, 2018 at 2:28 AM

bipartisan crimes!

Memor-X

2:57 AM

Trump White House drafting executive order targeting top tech companies: report http://hill.cm/NQ1IYLD

Tweeted by thehill on September 24, 2018 at 1:45 AM

Investigator: well we found no problems with google, they are perfectly neutral
Trump: then how about all the bad things i see about me, how come the right does have a voice!?
Investigator: they do, just that unlike the left they don't do any Search Engine Optimization

Tim Stone

3:28 AM

@GodEmperorDune He uh, he followed up with another question they should ask Kavanaugh and whew

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone whew is an understatement

This is some liberal equivalent of qanon shit

Unionhawk

@Memor-X wow it's really weird that the conservatives are fixated on this and it's definitely not indicative of some coming "for every search result you must include a promoted whitehouse.gov result"

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune If that turns out to be decidedly relevant I demand that the curators stop the simulation immediately

Unionhawk

W E I R D

Tim Stone

We will have jumped both the rails and the shark at that point

GodEmperorDune

3:32 AM

@TimStone I’m waiting for Louise mensch to jump in

Tim Stone

Republicans tearing into Judge Kavanaugh’s latest accuser, noting that while the New Yorker quotes her as “not politically motivated,” she’s a registered Democrat who also “works toward human rights, social justice, and social change.”

Tweeted by ccadelago on September 24, 2018 at 2:55 AM

"We certainly can't have human rights or social justice in our violent patriarchy!"

Thank god it's Friday tho

Memor-X

@Unionhawk lazy and free SEO

@TimStone it's monday for me. sunday for others

Unionhawk

W E I R D for the people in power to claim that these extremely powerful companies are against them

how odd

I can't explain it

It's almost like they want to play this up like they're not fundamentally on the same side at the end of the day

Memor-X

@TimStone and this would be way some victims don't speak up

GodEmperorDune

@Memor-X whoosh

@Memor-X almost as if that is working as designed

SaintWacko

4:21 AM

@TimStone Lol social justice and human rights are a partisan issue now

Tim Stone

4:41 AM

@Unionhawk tbh what's really weird is Ben Shapiro's Bernie Sanders voice, a thing everyone must reluctantly be aware of now that I am

Unionhawk

11:32 AM

@TimStone nope

The only shapiro clip I am familiar with is the one where he spends five minutes trying to analyze rap and because he doesn't understand he concludes not music because sure

Wipqozn

@TimStone Seriously, wtf

I mean okay yeah, I suppose that's proof she's a politically motivated person, but if someone in favour of "human rights" is speaking out against your judge pick then uh, maybe you shouldn't pick them then?

Wipqozn

11:46 AM

Like she's getting massive harassment for coming forward (including by the president!), and that includes death threats, so even if you don't believe her, the fact she's willing to go through all this to speak up against this guy should really make you have a "Are we the baddies?" moment about your judge.

Also I honestly don't see why anyone would ever lie about something like this to get the GOP or the president to not give someone power, because it's going exactly as you'd expect. The GOP or the president don't give a shit about sexual assault, the president has bragged about it on tape, he obviously hates woman and thinks they just exist for him to stick his dick in.

/rant

Memor-X

12:06 PM

@Wipqozn well Trump did pick Kavanaugh and you'd want like minded company

Unionhawk

Wow it's almost like USER WAS BANNED BY CMs FOR THIS POST

Memor-X

RIP @Unionhawk

Wipqozn

12:52 PM

@Unionhawk I can picture what you said and it was very clever commentary on events

Unionhawk

not really

A mere dull observation

Kevin van der Velden

1:10 PM

About what we expected from you to be honest

Unionhawk

1:21 PM

The real witty commentary was that understanding of my mortality tbh

because if you get banned from chat you die in real life

Tim Stone

1:39 PM

Geraldo asks Trump about Puerto Rico statehood. Trump says he's a firm "no" because Puerto Rico has bad politicians: "With the mayor of San Juan as bad as she is...Puerto Rico shouldn't be talking about statehood until they get some people that really know what they're doing."

Tweeted by ddale8 on September 24, 2018 at 1:38 PM in reply to ddale8

(he's on Geraldo's radio show)

But imagine your go-to defense being "their politicians don't support me"

ToxicFrog

@SaintWacko lol at "now" as if this is a remotely recent development

Tim Stone

Holy hell they tried to push a "Ramirez is also linked to Soros because she got a fellowship" conspiracy but it, again, wasn't even the right person

throws a table

Wipqozn

2:00 PM

@Unionhawk Hey now, that's supposed to be a secret

user15026

This is a distressing thread with military violence in it. But it's also good, heartbreaking journalism. https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/1044186344153583616

Tweeted by ZoeYorkWrites on September 24, 2018 at 1:11 PM

user15026

Like she says, distressing thread, but the journalism and the investigation is very well done.

Tim Stone

Off today so can’t write about Sirius buying Pandora. Luckily I wrote about it a year ago, when Sirius basically bought Pandora. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.recode.net/platform/amp/2017/6/9/15768446/pandora-sirius-streaming-music-strategy-deal

Tweeted by pkafka on September 24, 2018 at 11:55 AM

Yuuki

@TimStone Pandora's demographic is "people who are too lazy to go out and look for new music".

I am one of those people.

Nzall

@Ash This is the kind of Journalism with a capital J we need, the kind of Reporting we need. Investigative reporting where government officials fail or try to hide stuff, and revealing things they don't want us to see

Yuuki

2:12 PM

@TimStone IIRC, Soros isn't even that involved in US politics (other than being a right-wing boogeyman). His financial contributions are mostly towards civil rights in Russia, right?

Nzall

> He is a well-known supporter of American progressive and American liberal political causes and dispenses his donations through his foundation, the Open Society Foundations.

George Soros

George Soros, Hon (, ; Hungarian: Soros György, pronounced [ˈʃoroʃ ˈɟørɟ]; born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American investor, business magnate, philanthropist, political activist and author. Soros is one of the world's most successful investors. As of February 2018, Soros had a net worth of $8 billion, after donating $18 billion to his philanthropic agency, Open Society Foundations.Born in Budapest, he survived Nazi Germany-occupied Hungary and emigrated to England in 1947. He attended the London School of Economics graduating with a bachelor's and eventually a master's degree...

Tim Stone

Yeah, as with most people who have an absurd amount of money his name will turn up most places

Yuuki

@Nzall The Wikipedia page for his foundation says they gave roughly $33 million dollars to US causes.

As far as money in US politics goes, that's a pittance.

I've read that the lion's share of his work is in Central and Eastern Europe.

Nzall

@Yuuki Yeah, but all of that money went directly to opposing the GOP: anti-Bush in 2004, pro-Obama in 2012, pro-Hillary in 2016

user15026

@Nzall agreed. Like it's a horrible story but the fact they stepped up like that is just good stuff

Yuuki

2:17 PM

@Nzall There are also plenty of wealthy individuals who donated far more to opposing the GOP in those years.

Nzall

so yeah, it might have been a pittance, but it was directly aimed at getting the non-GOP candidate elected

Yuuki

The salient point is that Soros is also working in areas that Russia has always been interested in.

It seems like the GOP-Russia connection has been going on for awhile if they've been pushing against Soros as long as they have, given that there are far more "appropriate" wealthy political donors to target.

Wipqozn

@Ash That remind me. I heard on CBC radio this morning that the Canadian military is reopening a lot of older reports of sexual harassment in the military that never got resolved and is looking into them again.

Military to reopen 23 'unfounded' sexual assault cases

> Canada's military is reopening investigations into nearly two dozen cases of sexual assault after reviewing 179 old cases that had been closed as "unfounded."

> In each of those 23 files, investigators will conduct additional interviews, seek better documentation or use other investigative tools to review the cases.

> Senior military commanders decided to comb through the old cases after an internal review found that nearly a quarter of cases filed between 2010 and 2016 concluded with an "unfounded" label — a rate higher than the rate for cases investigated by civilian police forces.

I'm really confused by this sentence though:

> The release said the average unfounded rate has been declining; it dropped to eight per cent in 2016 from 17.6 per cent in 2010. The average unfounded rate for Canadian policing is about 19 per cent.

So is the unfounded rate 8% or 19%...?

Is this just referring to a specific area?

Still not sure, but there is this other article with some numbers

> Last year, 14 per cent of sexual assaults reported to police were given the "unfounded" classification, down from 19 per cent in 2016. The figure is double the seven per cent of unfounded cases identified among all criminal incidents in Canada last year.

Emphasis mine, since that's a pretty stark (but unsurprising) difference.

> Statistics Canada said more severe and violent sexual assaults were less likely to be deemed unfounded than incidents such as unwanted touching or other non-consensual sexual contact.

also this right here is a pretty great example of why the #Metoo movement is extremely important:

> Sexual assaults are among the least likely crimes to be reported to police, but last year 28,551 incidents were reported, with the biggest bumps seen in October, November and December as media stories focused on sexual abuse allegations against high-profile men, including film mogul Harvey Weinstein.

> "There has been a lot of attention to sexual assault, things like the '.MeToo' movement, the 'Time's Up' movement. We definitely feel that these might have had an impact on some of the reporting as well as police reviewing their files," said Warren Silver, an analyst with Statistics Canada.

It is great to see progress is finally being made on this stuff. Hopefully it keeps improving, because there's still a long way to go.

I mean it's literally just the start of improvement, so yeah, obviously there's a long way to go

so I think that earlier figure may have meant "8% of all crimes are unfounded, and 19% of sexual assault cases are unfounded", maybe? I don't know, confusing as heck sentence. Good job whoever edited that story.

user15026

2:38 PM

@Wipqozn 8 for military, 19 for policing I think

user15026

@Wipqozn 0h there is like miles and millions of miles to go before this even gets close to decent

user15026

Like I appreciate they are doing this but a) it's only the military looking at their cases and b) it doesn't change the pervasive societal attitudes towards women who report, among other garbage

Mad Scientist

Scoop: Rod Rosenstein is resigning

Not very well confirmed right now, but still

user15026

Like oh she's ruining his liiiiife well fuck you he ruined hers first

user15026

(sorry, this pushes my buttons, I will retreat)

user15026

2:40 PM

I gotta go get groceries anyhow

Yuuki

@MadScientist I mean, I guess he's technically resigning.

Tim Stone

A source close to Rosenstein disputes the Axios report that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned, @LauraAJarrett reports. The source says that Rosenstein expects he is being fired. Noel Francisco, the solicitor general, would take on oversight of the Mueller probe.

Tweeted by eorden on September 24, 2018 at 2:44 PM

It seems he's on the way to the White House now, expecting to be fired

Yuuki

So what does this mean for that whole mass protest thing? IIRC, one of the conditions was Rosenstein being fired.

Mad Scientist

resigning would be a bad move for him as firing him is arguably another case of interfering with the investigation

Unionhawk

@Yuuki lol

Tim Stone

2:48 PM

Worth noting that Trump isn't even at the White House, afaik 🤷

Yuuki

@Unionhawk Yeah, I doubt it's going to happen, but I'm interested if anyone actually thought that.

"What if he resigns instead of being fired?"

SaintWacko

@Yuuki MAN, THAT WOULD SUPER OWN THE LIBS IF HE DID THAT

Tim Stone

Oh my goodness this is the worst news cycle

Him being fired versus him resigning really matters and both are being stated as truths

Yuuki

@TimStone It's 2018. Every news cycle is the worst news cycle.

Unionhawk

@TimStone ooooooo apparently he was on with Dave Reuben and uh, hm

wow

Tim Stone

3:07 PM

Yes

Unionhawk

hm

Wipqozn

@Ash I saw another story that RCMP too is reopening old cases too actually. Don't have it handy right now since I'm on mobile.

Tim Stone

BREAKING: Investigators now looking at a second potential accuser in Montgomery County on SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh: https://mont.thesentinel.com/2018/09/24/supreme-court-nominee-kavanaugh-faces-more-allegations/

Tweeted by BrianKarem on September 24, 2018 at 2:02 PM

(Not Avenatti's client)

Unionhawk

3:25 PM

There's plenty of legislation that would protect Mueller's investigation sitting in Congress. This is only a crisis for the rule of law if Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan abdicate their responsibilities and let it become one.

Tweeted by ezraklein on September 24, 2018 at 3:08 PM

folks, the founder and editor-at-large of Vox dot com

Mad Scientist

@TimStone Trump doesn't fire people to their face, he delegates that stuff. So if he were to fire Rosenstein, it would not surprise me at all if he let Kelly do that

SaintWacko

Okay, so I thought we were talking about Trump, not Rosenstein. My last message makes a lot less sense now

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone almost as if when someone gratuitously ignores consent and gets away with it, it's not a one time thing

@MadScientist or he tweets it

i really hope NYT looks at their complicity in this and makes some changes, but i don't think they will. They will go "see our access journalism scoops were right, rosenstein is fired now" and ignore the part they played in it

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune Sexual assault has the highest rate of recidivism, IIRC.

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune The part I don't get (I mean, I get it, I guess) is that there doesn't seem to be a lot of dispute over the fact that at a minimum he was frequently drunk? And sure, teenagers or whatever, but like it kind of sounds like he went far beyond what's normal?

Yuuki

3:30 PM

@TimStone I put before the court that I have never been drunk.

Tim Stone

"Hahah yes we did nominate a functioning alcoholic to the Supreme Court"

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone right, and no one seems concerned about it

Yuuki

Let alone I-don't-remember-anything-I-did-last-night drunk.

@TimStone Going by what's come up, I think we should also question the "functioning" part.

GodEmperorDune

like one of the major steps in AA is that you have to make amends for all the people you hurt while drunk and kavanaugh is not even there yet? even though it was 35 years ago?

Unionhawk

no you see this calendar from 1982 says "definitely at home" that day

the evidence is all there

Tim Stone

3:33 PM

Breaking- John Bolton: Iran is responsible for attacks in Syria and Lebanon, including the downing of the Russian plane

Tweeted by FirasMaksad on September 24, 2018 at 3:30 PM in reply to FirasMaksad

Still very confused on this! 🤔

Unionhawk

The odds for iran first look strong!

Tim Stone

"The Syrians shot down a Russian plane in the wrong place because the Israelis made it go there"

" ...Iran"

GodEmperorDune

@Ash holy shit, wow, it's an awful thing but so interesting to see their process behind the investigation

Unionhawk

Keep an eye on FL governor though, that could be a factor in not iran first

somehow

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk "see i told you being anti BDS would keep us out of war with iran"

Tim Stone

3:35 PM

Alright I break from our very serious news cycle to bring you...whatever the hell this is

Join us in welcoming the newest member of the #Flyers Family, @GrittyNHL!! Learn more about Gritty: http://PhiladelphiaFlyers.com/Gritty https://t.co/njHQO1824b

Tweeted by NHLFlyers on September 24, 2018 at 3:17 PM

Unionhawk

You may be thinking "wait, what the hell does andrew gillum and whoever he's running against have to do with venezuela", and you'd be right to ask that actually!

Because it's a really good question considering the level of authority the governor of florida has

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone is all NHL this weird?

Unionhawk

that is, state-wide, commands a small militia but I think can't send them out of the country

Tim Stone

Am told by a WH source that Trump is currently on a call with Kelly, who is at the WH while POTUS is in New York.

Tweeted by anniekarni on September 24, 2018 at 3:35 PM

lol this is so bad

GodEmperorDune

how soon until there is a gofundme for rosenstein?

goddammit NYT

Unionhawk

3:39 PM

@GodEmperorDune 12 hours

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune We still don't even know if he has a job, lol

So probably already

But also wait for it to just be FAKE NEWS MEDIDA

@GodEmperorDune I don't even know

GodEmperorDune

i could not make up a better mascot for the @NHLFlyers if i designed it myself welcome to the nhl, @GrittyNHL

Tweeted by HockeyBabbler on September 24, 2018 at 3:40 PM

Tim Stone

IT'S COMING FOR OUR DELICIOUS SOULS

It's like if Trump was the damn Babadook

> "Why aren't liberals fun anymore?"

lol absolutely not today satan (The Hill)

Pete Williams is now suggesting that this meeting at the White House could be a clearing of the air and Rosenstein may keep his job.

Tweeted by JoshDorner on September 24, 2018 at 3:39 PM

tbh this seems entirely plausible it's just weird to outsiders because most people wouldn't require such coddling

NEWS: Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who murdered Botham Jean in his own home, has been fired. https://twitter.com/dallaspd/status/1044253217574596608

Tweeted by yashar on September 24, 2018 at 3:57 PM

Fired...into a jail cell, or?

GodEmperorDune

4:00 PM

@TimStone fired into another police department, where she was made chief

Unionhawk

For the first time in thirteen years the Army has failed to meet its annual recruiting goal and Army officials believe the strong U.S. economy is partially to blame. https://abcn.ws/2MTdsSV

Tweeted by ABC on September 23, 2018 at 9:15 AM

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune Sure glad Ted Cruz went out on that limb tho

@Unionhawk Ahh disrespecting our Troops smh

Flash Forward: The Trade War was necessary, for them

SaintWacko

@Unionhawk Oh, okay! Trump's just trying to strengthen the military!

Tim Stone

Putin told Netanyahu that the actions taken by the Israeli air force had a central role in the tragedy of the Russian plane

Tweeted by BarakRavid on September 24, 2018 at 4:04 PM in reply to BarakRavid

Can't wait to pick a side in this match!

DAG Rosenstein is NOW attending a previously scheduled meeting at White House as the Deputy Attorney General, says a person familiar. It is a principal meeting. Report that he resigned is not correct, the person says.

Tweeted by DelWilber on September 24, 2018 at 4:03 PM

lmao

It is worth noting by the way that he did literally have a meeting scheduled, at the White House, I guess he just went early for that little heart to heart?

At which he might have reasonably expected he could be fired but it's looking now like he wasn't!

Top Dem on House Intel Rep. Adam Schiff on MSNBC just now: This looks to me like a slow moving "Saturday night massacre."

Tweeted by MikeDelMoro on September 24, 2018 at 4:06 PM

I'm so glad that we all got out there to decry the thing that doesn't appear to be happening because that surely won't come back around to bite us

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone ya, my boi

Tim Stone

4:13 PM

Yeah, it's good to take a stand he probably should have just like...made sure it actually happened first, lol

But tbh Congress should still have protected the investigation a long time ago so 🤷

Yuuki

4:28 PM

@TimStone I mean, it's almost blindingly obvious by now why they haven't.

Tim Stone

4:45 PM

@TimStone Police are now disputing this claim

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone rekt

Tim Stone

White House on Rosenstein:

Tweeted by JonLemire on September 24, 2018 at 4:48 PM

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone gotta draw out the rose ceremony

Tim Stone

Sure glad nothing else is going on on Thursday that...ah

Yuuki

@TimStone In 2018, I have no sense of time. What's going on on Thursday?

Tim Stone

4:53 PM

Ford and Kavanaugh testify

puzzlepiece87

A rape story that thankfully ends with some closure and healing. Also, I personally can confirm, having grown up and attended a similar school in the area to Georgetown Prep, that the culture is accurately portrayed as of the mid-2000s

Tim Stone

"The proceeds from this GoFundMe will be given to Mr. Rosenstein as a token of appreciation from the loving American Citizens who support all the work he has done in overseeing the Investigation that will undoubtedly lead to the impeachment of Donald Trump." This is boring now.

Tweeted by GenePark on September 24, 2018 at 4:53 PM

lol

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone goddammit

Tim Stone

Anyway, so it sounds like Rosenstein offered to resign like a week ago which is probably necessary even if you don't want to quit because Trump likes capitulation

Yuuki

@TimStone GoFundMe? More like GoThrowMeIntoTheSea.

Tim Stone

5:02 PM

Germany looking to sell costly, rarely used drone to Canada https://trib.al/2AwnmD1

Tweeted by defense_news on September 24, 2018 at 4:47 PM

For whatever reason it's funny to me that Germany's just like "Hey Canada, want a drone? Great price, barely used!"

puzzlepiece87

I didn't realize drones were that big.

In my mind they are thin so they can stay up for a long time - which I guess doesn't really jive with a reality where they are responsible for carrying and launching heavy missiles.

Mad Scientist

@TimStone rarely used does mean we never used it at all in this case

puzzlepiece87

Maybe surveillance drones are smaller.

Yuuki

@puzzlepiece87 That high up, I don't think weight/size is that much of an issue.

Then again, air is a lot thinner up there and I'm not too familiar with aerodynamics.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki i think weight/fuel is always a thing because physics

Yuuki

5:10 PM

The thing that interests me about that drone is how much it just looks like a standard plane with no cockpit window.

Tim Stone

@puzzlepiece87 Yeah, I always get a bit surprised when I see a shot with good size reference

Like a reminder that "Oh yeah they're actually huge"

Yuuki

Aerodynamics, sure, but I wonder if future drones will have some weird designs because they don't have to concern themselves with enough space for humans.

Tim Stone

tbf this is also true for fighter jets which seem like they're "small" planes but actually are very big compared to eg a Cessna

puzzlepiece87

@Yuuki (jokingly taking you way too literally) I don't know what kind of planes you've been flying in...

@TimStone Yeah I would probably be shocked how big a fighter jet is also. In my head it's got enough space for Tom Cruise and Goose and wings, and that's basically it. And Tom Cruise is small.

As if @fredley didn't have enough to deal with: Comcast goes to the UK

I have an extra 'fml' for you if you've run out, @fredley

Tim Stone

5:44 PM

@TimStone Reporter now pointing out he never said it was those police investigating 🤷

Gabe Sherman reports that the Rosenstein leak appears to have been a "smoke bomb" to knock Kavanaugh out of the news. “The strategy was to try and do something really big,” said a source familiar with Trump's thinking. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/09/trump-wanted-to-nuke-rosenstein-to-save-kavanaughs-bacon?mbid=social_twitter

Tweeted by NatashaBertrand on September 24, 2018 at 5:31 PM

ahhhh this timeline

Yuuki

That bit of being extra careful about how we feel about the media is interesting to me.

@WildRootsStudio @NatashaBertrand additionally...Trump et al WANT us to turn on the MSM, it furthers their narrative about fake news and sows doubt. DON’T FALL FOR IT. https://t.co/CjMrgyC3RS

Tweeted by bltyoga on September 24, 2018 at 5:42 PM in reply to bltyoga

Because I already see hints of it here with regards to the NYT.

NYT isn't blameless of course because they're jumping on scoops with abandon.

Tim Stone

JUST IN: Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in a new letter, writes, "These are smears, pure and simple. ... I will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process." https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-09-24%20Kavanaugh%20to%20Grassley%20-%20Kavanaugh%20Nomination.pdf

Tweeted by chrisgeidner on September 24, 2018 at 5:54 PM

It's kind of incredible how much the letter reads like "I deserve this", and buddy, screw you

Also I know someone asked him about taking notes with a sharpie but anyone get him to explain why the hell he signs with one like Trump?

Man who claims he is a time traveller from the year 6491 'passes lie detector test' https://www.indy100.com/article/time-traveller-apextv-year-6491-pass-lie-detector-test-8384091

Tweeted by Independent on September 24, 2018 at 5:50 PM

Okay can we finally do away with those things now then?

Yuuki

One thing I find kinda, not sure "interesting" is the right word, is that so many people have been defending Kavanaugh with "it happened when he was 17 years old, it's so long ago that it doesn't matter". So you're admitting that it did happen? Because, IIRC, Kavanaugh said it didn't happen in front of Congress. So you're now saying he perjured himself?

Tim Stone

Yes, because they're very bad

Kavanaugh's story has always been "It never happened even remotely" but all his support has been like "mmm even if it did happen you know nbd"

Which is a pretty big tell 🤷

Nzall

6:00 PM

@TimStone The same people who are now saying that Kavanaugh's alleged sex offense is no big deal were also the same people who are on the first row to smack talk people killed by the police

Yuuki

Like even leaving aside whether it's nbd (which it emphatically isn't because of a literal army of reasons), perjury alone should disqualify him from justice-ship.

And should probably also result in him getting disbarred.

Nzall

for offenses that are even far lower on the acceptable crimes scale

Wipqozn

@TimStone Why? They just proved a man is from the future!

Tim Stone

@Yuuki laughs in senate majority

Unionhawk

@TimStone I mean it proves that he thinks he's telling the truth, possibly, though that's probably complicated too

Tim Stone

6:08 PM

"Most valuable player." ⚽🎤🎵 LA Galaxy star Zlatan Ibrahimovic tweeted after seven-year-old Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja stunned the crowd with her rendition of American national anthem. 🔈 Turn the sound up for this. https://t.co/lzfx5EgDQy

Tweeted by VOANews on September 24, 2018 at 5:51 PM

Yeah if I were seven in front of that many people I'd probably pee myself

aimovig, the new migraine drug, has changed my life. for low income and uninsured people, it’s not so easy. in fact, many i spoke to hadn’t even heard of it. here’s my look at the healthcare nightmare standing between poor migraine sufferers and aimovig https://splinternews.com/the-most-promising-migraine-drug-in-years-is-being-held-1829112554

Tweeted by libbycwatson on September 24, 2018 at 6:01 PM in reply to libbycwatson

Mystery event to meet House Intel Chairman Devin Nunes -- a member of Congress -- requires guests to submit to personal search, no cell phone photos, explicitly say who invited them to attend https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article218555450.html

Tweeted by timkmak on September 24, 2018 at 6:11 PM

lol, this clown

SaintWacko

@TimStone That's been this whole administration

"Oh shit, the news is reporting on some bad stuff we did! Quick, release some juicier stuff that's not actually as bad!"

murgatroid99

@TimStone As an adult I'd still be pretty uncomfortable in front of that many people

Yuuki

6:25 PM

@murgatroid99 I mean, I'm pretty uncomfortable even when there's no one in front of me.

GodEmperorDune

7:14 PM

@TimStone hmmm, accused rapist is into what he wants and ignoring what everyone else wants... hmmmm

@SaintWacko it's trump's go to move tbh

SaintWacko

@GodEmperorDune And the sad part is it still works

GodEmperorDune

@SaintWacko the more they use it, the more people become numb to it

the danger there is that people become conditioned just assume all media is bullshit, which makes it extremely easy for people in power to do all kind of awful things

the hope there is that people start to realize what the tactic is and get upset with politicians that try it

Wipqozn

Sobeys owner Empire to acquire Farm Boy in $800 million deal: business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/…

I'm just posting this since the title could be misread as a company buying a literal farm boy

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn costly boi

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune He's a very hard worker

user15026

7:24 PM

@Wipqozn Sobeys basically wants to own whatever Loblaws doesn't, it seems

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn ok i misread this as soyboys

too many bois to keep track

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune Have you heard of this new and upcoming writer, W. E. B. Du Bois?

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki marvel already has a comic about a web boi

good that this one has du for duplicate boi

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune Not sure if you missed the refrance or are just joking.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki i'd be more into this new dupe boi if he wrote about how capitalism is part of systemic oppression and founded an organization for the advancement of people of color

The Democratic candidate for Florida's 17th U.S. House district has died unexpectedly, per ABC affiliate WWSB. Cause of death unclear. http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/democratic-candidate-for-th-district-seat-dies-unexpectedly/article_fe424c1a-c026-11e8-b0fa-7724c03a0e63.html

Tweeted by sahilkapur on September 24, 2018 at 7:31 PM

i guess we now know why gritty is so inebriated

Yuuki

7:34 PM

@GodEmperorDune Wait, county chairs name her replacement?

I'm not familiar at all with Florida's local governmental structure, but that seems a bit weird.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki depends on state/local rules iirc

probably not as weird as "flip a coin to determine winner"

puzzlepiece87

@Unionhawk I think everyone knows this already, but for anyone who doesn't, polygraphs are extremely unreliable.

Yuuki

@puzzlepiece87 I personally think they're incredibly reliable.

In that they're reliably unreliable.

GodEmperorDune

@puzzlepiece87 almost as bad as eyewitness testimony

and human memory

@Yuuki yeah i'm also not sure why they don't just take #2 from the primary

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune That sounds a little too un-FPTP to be properly American. /s

puzzlepiece87

7:39 PM

Indonesian guy ended up having to play the Raft game except IRL

Unionhawk

In case anyone was wondering how much effort it would take to do entryism into a local party, don't bother it's a nightmare

Yuuki

If you didn't finish first, then a select few individuals that may or may not be part of the democratic process will decide your fate. That's the American way.

Unionhawk

and I'm assuming the nonsense here is replicated pretty much everywhere

GodEmperorDune

@puzzlepiece87 ok this is horrifying

nice ending though

puzzlepiece87

@GodEmperorDune The actual game is enjoyable though imo

Yuuki

7:41 PM

> Every week, the teenager would be brought fresh supplies of food, water and fuel by someone from his company who would come to collect the fish.

Jeez.

GodEmperorDune

@puzzlepiece87 never played it

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune Thank you for that

@Ash pretty much

Yuuki

And he'd basically live there, 77 miles off the coast, so his only human contact would be once every week?

puzzlepiece87

@GodEmperorDune Now released on HD and with more to do on Steam, but core game is still free on Itch

@GodEmperorDune Basically you start on a 2x2 wooden raft, a ridiculous number of supplies drift by you, you have a throwable hook, and you go from there. Also, shark attacks.

Nzall

@GodEmperorDune I've seen a stream on it. You're on 4 square meters of wood, you need to pick up flotsam and catch fish, fend off shark etc

puzzlepiece87

7:43 PM

It's a survival game.

Yuuki

@puzzlepiece87 I saw that on Steam some time ago, I was definitely interested.

Multiplayer is also interesting.

puzzlepiece87

It's got a nice rhythm to it, wouldn't play forever but would definitely play occasionally.

Plus from what I understand they made the shark less annoying in the full Steam version.

GodEmperorDune

@puzzlepiece87 i'll have to check this out later

puzzlepiece87

@GodEmperorDune RPS review of the itch.io version

Yuuki

I'd need to find the mental fortitude to tear myself away from Monster Hunter: World to play this.

puzzlepiece87

7:45 PM

Brace yourselves because I have one more piece of fun news and two more Google-China articles to post, here they come.

GodEmperorDune

> It’s hard to know if Raft is intended to be a commentary on the polluted nature of our oceans, but goodness me, there’s a lot of flotsam on the waves.

puzzlepiece87

@GodEmperorDune exactly lol

Copperhead(ed) snake found in Virginia

GodEmperorDune

@puzzlepiece87 snsnekt

puzzlepiece87

Would you say it speaks in tongues, @Yuuki?

Predictable consequences of Google-China begin: Google-China prototype links searches to cell phone numbers

Yuuki

@puzzlepiece87 I imagine having two heads in one body could lead one to hiss-teria.

puzzlepiece87

7:49 PM

(It's required from China's social currency laws, but now that an international company is doing it RIP the chances of that not being deployed everywhere the government asks for it)

This is more of an addition to the first article than something entirely new, but:

Hushed up internal memo confirms that Google China will be closely tracking all information related to individual activity and that a Chinese government organization will have 24/7 access to the data

GodEmperorDune

yep

Nzall

@puzzlepiece87 I mean, the entire reason Google left China to begin with was because the Chinese government demanded Google to share data. Of course now that they're planning on returning, they're going to aquiesce

puzzlepiece87

@Nzall Oh, I'm not surprised. I'm just upset that they're going back.

Nzall

@puzzlepiece87 It was inevitable, really.

puzzlepiece87

All companies in China are required to do this stuff.

Nzall

7:54 PM

Both China and India are massive growth markets for Western companies

puzzlepiece87

@Nzall Yuppppp. Saying it again for the people in the back, the sole legal directive of American corporations is shareholder return.

GodEmperorDune