10.08.2016
10.07.2016
PS You have to have cell service to get this "free" internet
Facebook Wants to Bring "Free" Internet to the U.S.
Vanity Fair
…users would have free access to a limited set of online resources, without their data plans taking a hit.
Shared from Apple News
These super-rich guys want to own democracy
How 10 mega-donors already helped pour a record $1.1 billion into super PACs
The Washington Post
Big-money groups are playing an unprecedented role in the 2016 elections.
Cal Thomas is not my favorite guy but this is a pretty interesting piece
Opinion: Cal Thomas: The New York Times used loopholes to avoid paying taxes, too
Fox News
What would you think of an individual or a company that earned a pre-tax profit of $29.9 million in one year, paid nothing in taxes and still received a $3.5 million refund?
10.06.2016
Us? Never!
Tech Giants Deny Building Spying Tools Like Yahoo Reportedly Did
Vanity Fair
Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Apple all denied that they've cooperated with the government with such a request, adding that if they were asked, they would have challenged it. "We have never received a request of this type. If we were to receive one, we would oppose it in court," an Apple spokesperson told BuzzFeed News.
Shared from Apple News
But it was only going one way, wasn't it!
Uber oopsie: Self-driving car spotted going wrong way down one-way street
Fox News
Uber's human drivers have started ratting on their robot colleagues in Pittsburgh.OK, sorry. That's a dad joke, I guess. But seriously, who could resist?
And…colleagues?
Shared from Apple News
10.05.2016
But then Hillary explained it to me and now…
Bill Clinton: I "support" Obamacare
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This'll get those pesky millennials turned on
Al Gore heading out to stump for Hillary Clinton - NY Daily News
https://goo.gl/yStTJvWe are having a bake sale for Trump
Donald Trump's Net Worth Is Down $800 Million: Bad News For Republican Candidate's Business Acumen
Inquisitr News
The poor guy's down to his last $4 billion now.
Bubba comes out swinging for…wait, who?
Bill Clinton's death spiral?
The Washington Times
Political pundits have floated a theory around throughout the general election that Donald Trump could melt into a death spiral if he sees the national and state polls turn too much against him. Perhaps, that same line of thinking should be applied to former President Bill Clinton.
Shared from Apple News
Good news: Irony is not dead after all
The unusual, unexpected, strange, weird and now bizarre presidential election - The Washington Post from Washington Post's Tweet
Trump and Vladimir Putin have the same modus operandi when presented with evidence of their misdeeds: lie and deny.
10.04.2016
A Winner Either Way
Got this communiqué from Some Guy in Seattle…
Of course this approach would put a lot of tax accountants out of business so we wouldn't want it to happen for another few years. But then…
Read this article about Trump’s taxes and found these three sentences: "Trump can write off the interest he pays on his debt and depreciate his properties. This is using a legitimate tax break that allows for the declining value of an asset over time. That’s allowed even though the assets are often growing in value.” Made me wonder who wrote that tax law. A realtor maybe?
The real culprits in this Trump tax story are the generations of Congresscritters who've created such a mess. IMO.
Some pols like to talk about filing tax returns on postcards but I like to think of writing tax law on a postcard. To wit:
If you made x dollars you owe us y dollars, where y is defined by the following formula:
(Don't worry, we have a computer. We can check your math in a nanosecond or two.)Done.
Of course this approach would put a lot of tax accountants out of business so we wouldn't want it to happen for another few years. But then…
Euphemism implodes
'The Mindy Project' has become a lesson in how to destroy a once-great character - The Washington Post from Washington Post's Tweet
In the Season 4 finale, Danny and Mindy slept together while they were trapped in an elevator.
10.03.2016
Donald Trump makes America together again
Chertoff to vote for Clinton over 'hysterical' Trump - POLITICO
Kumbaya! Suddenly all those guys liberals used to liberally freak out at are Pals of Hillary—like the cadaverous Michael Chertoff, looking pretty spry in the picture (see link). And Bushes! Papa Bush, Mama Bush, and how many little Bushlings?…why not just have a Clinton/Bush ticket and get it over with?
Nostalgia squared.
Here's a blog…
…BradBlog…that's been warning against insecure voting machines for a decade or so (like, here); nobody seems to pay attention. We used to yap about it here back then too, but we are more easily discouraged and so we quit. Fortunately we have the Russians back to remind us.
Is this the most horrifying thing I've ever seen?
Probably.
Children, get a grip. This is just plain going too far.
Let's build a wall
US cities increasingly dealing with messy goose poop problem
BOSTON (AP) - Canada geese are loud, aggressive and annoying, but worst of all they poop everywhere - a messy problem vexing ...
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Hillary's got plans for everything
Clinton expected to hit Wells Fargo in speech on 'bad corporate actors'
Reuters
U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday will unveil a plan to make it easier for consumers to take legal action against "bad corporate actors," citing Wells Fargo & Co and Mylan Pharmaceuticals, according to a campaign official. Read the full storyeverything. But 99% of them (OK, that's just a guess – it might be more) require getting Congress to do something.
Everything. But 99% of them (OK, that's just a guess – it might be more) require getting Congress to do something.
And what do you think the odds of that are?
(Hint: Less.)
What if it's actually not over by November 9?
Election Update: The Craziest End To The 2016 Campaign Runs Through New Mexico
FiveThirtyEight
It's not far-fetched to think the Electoral College would be close enough that New Mexico would make the difference, and it's not totally crazy to think that Johnson could win his home state. But for both to occur together is quite a parlay.
Please make it stop.
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