I don't think that replacing "Democracy Dies in Darkness" with "Riveting Story for All of America" will do anything to solve the Post's self-inflicted problems. As the author writes, it sounds like a joke. -- nordy
The Israeli war cabinet has accepted the Gaza cease fire deal, despite one ultra right wing minister threatening to resign. Meanwhile, the IDF continues to bomb and shell Gaza, the West Bank, refugee camps and a hospital.
Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary has vehemently rejected any raise in the federal minimum wage, yet delivers an empassioned declaration that, unless Trump's tax cuts for billionaires and megacorporations is renewed, the country will face economic disaster.
In an address to the UN General Assembly, Secretary-General Guterres has clearly and explicited linked the L.A. wild fires to climate change. Seperatly, there has been a fire at a battery plant in northern California.
The Biden Admin. has now sanctioned leaders of both sides in the Sudanese civil war.
Via politicalwire.com: “It’s weird to find solace in the Civil War, or the Great Depression, or the beginning of World War Two, but my whole optimistic temperament depends on saying that we will get through it and emerge stronger.” — Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, in an interview with the Financial Times.
Anti-abortion advocates look for men to report their partners’ abortions. Wapo: As anti-abortion advocates launch legal efforts to stop abortion pills from reaching women in states with bans, they are increasingly turning to one group with uniquely intimate and specific information to help them find cases: male sex partners of women who decided to end their pregnancies.
The strategy propelled a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed last month by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that cited firsthand information from an unnamed “biological father” to accuse a New York doctor of illegally providing abortion pills to a woman in the Dallas area, according to two people familiar with the case’s origins. -- nordy
As late as the early 20th Century, both the wife and the children of a marriage were property of the husband. In this case, it occurs to me that the accuser might not have any actual proof of what he alleges; the woman could testify that she just told him that to make it clear that she was not going to bear a child of his. ----Alan
Washington Post tries new “tagline” [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
I don't think that replacing "Democracy Dies in Darkness" with "Riveting Story for All of America" will do anything to solve the Post's self-inflicted problems. As the author writes, it sounds like a joke. -- nordy
DeleteContrarian:
DeleteIn an effort to broaden its appeal, the Washington Post has changed its slogan from “Democracy Dies in Darkness” to
“Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” The following are six runner-up slogans that were in strong contention:
The Kid Rock of Newspapers
Every Subscription Comes With Free Trump Bible
All the News by Writers Who Haven’t Quit
News? Fuck Yeah!
Ten Millionth Subscriber Gets to Ride in Bezos’s Rocket
Release the Kraken
-- nordy
What nordy posted is by Andy Borowitz, so that's intended as sarcasm.
DeletePersonally, I think "Release the Kraken" says it best.
Video: Archaeologists make ‘once-in-a-century’ discovery at Pompeii | BBC News - Click
ReplyDeleteWow!
Delete-----Alan
Some News
ReplyDeleteThe Israeli war cabinet has accepted the Gaza cease fire deal, despite one ultra right wing minister threatening to resign. Meanwhile, the IDF continues to bomb and shell Gaza, the West Bank, refugee camps and a hospital.
Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary has vehemently rejected any raise in the federal minimum wage, yet delivers an empassioned declaration that, unless Trump's tax cuts for billionaires and megacorporations is renewed, the country will face economic disaster.
In an address to the UN General Assembly, Secretary-General Guterres has clearly and explicited linked the L.A. wild fires to climate change. Seperatly, there has been a fire at a battery plant in northern California.
The Biden Admin. has now sanctioned leaders of both sides in the Sudanese civil war.
Earlier this week, the Biden Admin. removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
DeleteBiden Says Equal Rights Amendment Is ‘Law of the Land’ [Click]
ReplyDeleteBiden to Commute Sentences of 2,500 Non-Violent Drug Offenders [Click]
Biden Takes Last-Minute Actions Tough to Undo [Click]
Via politicalwire.com:
“It’s weird to find solace in the Civil War, or the Great Depression, or the beginning of World War Two, but my whole optimistic temperament depends on saying that we will get through it and emerge stronger.”
— Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, in an interview with the Financial Times.
Trump’s Fraud Penalty Is Now $502 Million [Click]
Dem Incumbent Riggs: GOP Opponent’s ‘Mass Disenfranchisement’ Efforts Belong In Fed Court [Click]
I wonder where I could direct a letter or e-mail so that it will reach Mr. Biden; I would like to let him know I think he did a good job.
——Alan
Legal AF video: Biden stopped short of ordering the Archivist to publish the ERA [Click] That’s what I had thought it sounded like.
Delete——Alan
I guess the point is to force El Trumpu to come straight out and say he opposes the ERA? Donno. It doesn't make any sense to me.
DeleteMy thought too. And in addition all Trump's partisans.
Delete-----Alan
Joe Blogs Video: Chinese Economy Imploding [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
Video: We Need to Talk About Trump's New Official Portrait - Click
ReplyDeleteAnti-abortion advocates look for men to report their partners’ abortions.
ReplyDeleteWapo: As anti-abortion advocates launch legal efforts to stop abortion pills from reaching women in states with bans, they are increasingly turning to one group with uniquely intimate and specific information to help them find cases: male sex partners of women who decided to end their pregnancies.
The strategy propelled a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed last month by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that cited firsthand information from an unnamed “biological father” to accuse a New York doctor of illegally providing abortion pills to a woman in the Dallas area, according to two people familiar with the case’s origins. -- nordy
This leaves me speechless.
DeleteAs late as the early 20th Century, both the wife and the children of a marriage were property of the husband. In this case, it occurs to me that the accuser might not have any actual proof of what he alleges; the woman could testify that she just told him that to make it clear that she was not going to bear a child of his.
Delete----Alan