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Manisha KrishnanAuthors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
This entire hearing is a manifestation of Rand Paul’s personal vendetta against Fauci going back years and it’s a disgraceful abuse of Senate power that mirrors the worst aspects of McCarthyism. Watch my favorite scene from the Manchurian Candidate in which Angela Lansbury explains how smears work.
The Manchurian Candidate - Heinz57 sceneYouTube video by SKT DCAyoutu.beAaron Rupara statement from Fauci's lawyers says Rand Paul has "an intense & seemingly pathological course of retribution, revenge, & obsession with Dr. Fauci ... The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false and disgraceful, and we will examine all options to hold him accountable."
This is all a crazy effort to rewrite the past, yes. But what's really terrifying is hearing these people tell us how badly they're going to fuck up the *next* pandemic they're now creating without that nerd Fauci holding them back.
Aaron RuparPeter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."
The Putin regime was relying on Trump putting the screws to Ukraine to force a capitulation. And Trump and Vance honestly tried, but the EU stepped up. And when Russia wouldn't stop anyway, Trump got angry at them for not giving him a "I stopped a war" propaganda win as a personal favor.
Anton GerashchenkoRussian propagandists and Solovyev are furious over the latest news. They've turned on Donald Trump, calling him the U.S. president who imposed the toughest sanctions ever on Russia. They're calling to close U.S. embassies, confiscate everything in sight, and push the red button.
Trey Yingst — Full Metal Jackass.
Gomer Pyle's Intense StareAlt: Intense stare by a recruit from Full Metal Jacket.static.klipy.comAaron RuparFox correspondent: "President Trump tells Fox News about Iran, 'We are going to beat the f**king s**t out of them.' He went on to say, 'We'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating.'"
The Montgomery County Council has voted to ban new data center development for the next year and a half.
Montgomery County passes 18-month pause on data center developmentThe Montgomery County Council has voted to ban new data center development for the next year and a half. The 18-month moratorium passed unanimously. “Nothing will happen until we answer all the questi...www.nbcwashington.comA reminder that Wildberries also delivers military gear to Russian soldiers — but not for much longer.
Tim White1/2 There are also plenty of videos of another huge Wildberries logistics centre burning. This is in the village of Rybnoe in the Ryazan region. It's a new building, only completed in 2024, and one of the biggest in the Wildberries' chain.
“Nearly 50 adults in leadership roles at a prestigious music, arts and education campus tucked away in northern Michigan are accused of sexually abusing and exploiting at least 70 students over the course of several decades, according to the findings of a long-awaited independent investigation.”
70 ex-students say nearly 50 adults sexually abused them at InterlochenThe two-year investigation did not determine whether alleged conduct occurred, but many people provided corroborating evidence for their accusations.www.freep.com
Wildberries used to have a tab « everything for the special military operation » that leads an ordinary russian to all supplies they need to help invade Ukraine and murder Ukrainians comfortably and efficiently. No longer!
(((Tendar)))The Wildberries logistics hub in Ryazan, Russia, is basically gone. There is nothing to salvage here.