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My knees are asymmetrical
Have they always been? I don’t know. Thing is, I’ve been noticing things and body parts close up. The wide view? Nah. Oh, I see what’s going on all over the world, thanks to my daily ritualistic skate over the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, News media, Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged duct tape, gaffer tape, Trump, TSA
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What do you get from a Ponzi scheme involving fine wine?
A six-year prison sentence, that’s what wine schemer Stephen Burton got. But far more impressive, he got this Daily News headline to the story: WINE PONZI SCHEMER GETS SIX YEARS TO FERMENT
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Journalism, News media, The Facts of Life
Tagged Daily News, Ponzi scheme, Stephen Burton
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The real world and…that other one
The June 22, 2026 New Yorker has a marvel of an article by Ben Taub entitled, “Allies On Ice: How the secret plans to take over Greenland have ruptured transatlantic relations.” That lede is the serious journalistic description of Taub’s … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism, MAGA, News media, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "Make America Go Away", Andy Ogles, Ben Taub, Bikers for Trump, Charlie Kirk, Congress, Danish Prime Minister, Denmark, Department of Homeland Security, Dr Phil, Greenland, Inuits, Jeff Landry, Maga hats, Mercator, Mette Frederiksen, Miles Taylor, NATO, New York Times, Nuuk Greenland, polar bears, Puerto Rico, Rachel Maddow, Republicans, Russia, Stockholm syndrome, The New Yorker, Trump, Twitter
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