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Donald Trump, answering phone call from 7-year-old on Christmas Eve: "Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven it's marginal, right?" pic.twitter.com/VHexvFSbQ1
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 25, 2018
i was on the fence about the utility of voting but this porn star really crystallized the importance of civic engagement.
IF YOU WANNA PUT IT IN MY BOOTY, YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR CIVIC DUTY.
— Riley Reid (@rileyreidx3) November 5, 2018
GO VOTE pic.twitter.com/G3dpmmQGbV
that anonymous op-ed the times published today is sumpin'. i, for one, am ready to follow john mccains lead and unite as one country behind an increased military budget and tax cuts for the rich just as soon as i mend my nike socks that i cut up in a pique. also, have a pair of tickets to the new yorker festival. now that bannon has been removed from the pogrom i just dont see the point. who wants to listen to judd apatow drone on about garry shandling for another four hours?
NBC solemnly announces death of Sen. John McCain.
— Rob Beschizza (@Beschizza) August 26, 2018
Wait for it. pic.twitter.com/xAqZ3HtvHa
we're fucked
This photo is from Nov. 14, 2017. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, was then working as a bartender.
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) June 27, 2018
Less than a year later, she defeated the likely next Speaker of the House, and will almost certainly be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress pic.twitter.com/JgHjdQWAF6
had no idea the charles krauthammer was paralyzed from the neck down his entire adult life. died today. wish i had something nice to say about him. i guess there were worse conservative commentators is the best i can do.
I've been following Syria very closely for a long time now. It is always dangerous, but at the moment is seems particularly dangerous. Mainstream media reporting is all one voice against Assad, and Putin, and Iran, and Hezbollah. Here are some sources from the other side if you are interested and these aren't already on your radar. Are they "Russian trolls" spreading "fake news" or is there another side to the story where the U.S. isn't so "exceptional"?
News:
Al-Masdar News
Opinion:
Moon of Alabama
SST (scroll down below the stuff about his books for the blog...)
The Saker
Twitter feeds:
Elijah J. Magnier
Canthama
EHSANI2
Joshua Landis
War in Syria
And here's a longer Elijah Magnier piece on the danger of the current extremely dangerous situation in Syria:
The superpowers are on the verge of the abyss, so the danger of falling into a war of cosmic proposition is no longer confined to the imagination or merely a sensational part of unrealistic calculations.