Friday News Dumpster-Fire Dump
August 27, 2021Another heavy news day, but I’m after the lesser noted items on this Friday’s News Dump day. The following a few incidents/thingies that caught my eye this afternoon — first off a good dive into…
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Biden Blowback On Terror — ‘We Will Not Forgive. We Will Not Forget. We Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay’
August 26, 2021Joe Biden is handling a shocker this afternoon, usually in his normal, low-key stand-out approach on the bombings in Afghanistan (death toll has risen, now 13 in total of American military fatalities, with 14 wounded),…
Afghan Agony: Suicide Bombers Kill 12 US Military Servicemen — Worse Shit To Hit The Future Fan
August 26, 2021Terrible bomb explosions outside Kabul airport this morning, a nasty incident to most-likely change the timbre of this whole Afghan ugly: Quick nutshell via CNN: Twelve members of the US military were killed and 15…
‘Not Fade Away’ — Charlie Watts R.I.P.
August 24, 2021Another musical notable passing today: Charlie Watts, the quiet, seemingly shy drummer for The Rolling Stones, died from undisclosed ailments in a London hospital. He was 80. One job for nearly 60 years. Watts drummed…
Pfizer Gets FDA Approval — ‘The Moment You’ve Been Waiting For Is Here’
August 23, 2021A crutch retort from the unvaccinated crazies got snatched away this Monday morning: ‘The Food and Drug Administration has formally approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The widely anticipated decision replaces the emergency use authorization granted by…
‘Ridiculous’ — And Way-So Kindergarten
August 21, 2021Contradiction and lack of any kind of self-awareness is a mainstay of being an idiot Republican nowadays, even if death is on the line: If DeathSantis is not aware, maybe he should be instructed —…
Afghan Agony: Twisted-Empty Videwpoints
August 20, 2021Latest installments of the Afghan-disaster chronicles this Friday afternoon, and how fast the week when shit happens. A cascade of events, going from reality to denial. One note of the extreme measures of getting to…
Deadly Hypocritical-Lying Of Republicans
August 18, 2021(Illustration: ‘Pokrytectvo‘ (The Hypocrisy), by Slovakian artist Rudolf Rabatin, and found here). The biggest obstacle right now in getting any kind of a handle on COVID is the nasty and ignorant pushback from MAGA hatters…
Robots And Republicans And A ‘Helicopter Full Of Cash’
August 17, 2021Some news be good today: Rescuers on Tuesday pulled 16 people out alive from rubble in Brefèt, a town in Les Cayes in the Southern department, three days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the area,…
Enigma Of Collective Soul Shines On HG Wells — ‘A Neighbor From Another World Residing In A Jar’
August 17, 2021As this Tuesday morning is a nasty news day already — between Afghanistan and COVID the shit’s in the fire. And to somewhat lessen the shit-fall, a post of mystery for all of us living…