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  1. Pro-Trump Fan of Social Distortion Says Lead Singer Punched Him at Concert

     

     

    The police in Sacramento are investigating an allegation that the lead singer of the pop-punk band Social Distortion punched a fan who protested his diatribe against President Trump during a concert last month.

     

    The fan, Tim Hildebrand, 30, said in an interview on Wednesday that the lead singer, Mike Ness, called the president a bigot and a racist during a concert on July 19 at the Ace of Spades. In response, Mr. Hildebrand said, he protested by holding up his middle finger. He kept it there for two to three songs and Mr. Ness eventually called him forward, Mr. Hildebrand said, adding that Mr. Ness punched him repeatedly in the head.

     

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/us/social-distortion-singer-beating-trump.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=2&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F08%2F16%2Fus%2Fsocial-distortion-singer-beating-trump.html&eventName=Watching-article-click

  2. Annoyed by Restaurant Playlists, a Master Musician Made His Own

     

    How Ryuichi Sakamoto assembled the soundtrack for Kajitsu, in Murray Hill, and what it says about the sounds we hear (or should) while we eat.

     

     

    Last fall a friend told me a story about Ryuichi Sakamoto, the renowned musician and composer who lives in the West Village. Mr. Sakamoto, it seems, so likes a particular Japanese restaurant in Murray Hill, and visits it so often, that he finally had to be straight with the chef: He could not bear the music it played for its patrons.

     

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/dining/restaurant-music-playlists-ryuichi-sakamoto.html?fallback=0&recId=18gRAv17m3CERuiG1W8PuZKG5Nj&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=NC&recAlloc=thompson_sampling_story&geoCountry=US&blockId=signature-journalism-vi&imp_id=535699664&action=click&module=editorContent&pgtype=Article&region=CompanionColumn&contentCollection=Trending

     

    & the playlist

     

    https://open.spotify.com/user/nytimes/playlist/2YY3rAwm9tldNhlBmuMqgY

  3. This is pretty brilliant btw:

     

    Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.

    If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.

    source: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351

    This guy is the man!

     

    Laws bereft of justice are the gateway to tyranny. Today others may be the target, but tomorrow it might just as easily be you or me. History will be the judge, but in the meantime the normalization of these policies is rapidly eroding the collective conscience of America.

  4. Lame.

     

    FWP: left a stove element on overnight on the lowest heat AND set a ceramic(??) plate down on it which was sitting there the entire time.

    FWS: I did not die in a fire, that plate is miraculously unscathed, and the fingers on my left hand are so callused they gave no fucks when I touched it (how I discovered the element was in fact on).

     

    I am left with questions though.  Are ceramic plates supposed to be invincible?  And how is there no appalling odour of any sort?

    Ceramic Enhanced Combat Helmet

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    https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=10080

  5.  Federalist No. 68

     

    The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union, or of so considerable a portion of it as would be necessary to make him a successful candidate for the distinguished office of President of the United States. It will not be too strong to say, that there will be a constant probability of seeing the station filled by characters pre-eminent for ability and virtue. And this will be thought no inconsiderable recommendation of the Constitution, by those who are able to estimate the share which the executive in every government must necessarily have in its good or ill administration. Though we cannot acquiesce in the political heresy of the poet who says: "For forms of government let fools contest That which is best administered is best,'' yet we may safely pronounce, that the true test of a good government is its aptitude and tendency to produce a good administration.

    or not

     

    http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._68

  6. U.S. Officials Scrambled Behind the Scenes to Shield NATO Deal From Trump

     

    Senior American national security officials, seeking to prevent President Trump from upending a formal policy agreement at last month’s NATO meeting, pushed the military alliance’s ambassadors to complete it before the forum even began.

     

    The work to preserve the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreement, which is usually subject to intense 11th-hour negotiations, came just weeks after Mr. Trump refused to sign off on a communiqué from the June meeting of the Group of 7 in Canada.

     

    The rushed machinations to get the policy done, as demanded by John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, have not been previously reported. Described by European diplomats and American officials, the efforts are a sign of the lengths to which the president’s top advisers will go to protect a key and longstanding international alliance from Mr. Trump’s unpredictable antipathy.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/us/politics/nato-summit-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

  7. Tech Companies Banned Infowars. Now, Its App Is Trending.

     

    “This is such a niche app with niche content, that for it to make that sort of jump means it has become very interesting to a much broader audience,” said Jonathan Kay, a co-founder of Apptopia, an app analytics firm. “Essentially, it’s gone from being niche to being mainstream.”

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/technology/infowars-app-trending.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

  8. Steven Seagal Appointed by Russia as Special Envoy to the U.S.

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    The action-movie star Steven Seagal has played a former C.I.A. agent, a hit man and a killer of criminals. On Saturday, Russian officials tapped him for another role: special representative to improve relations between the United States and Russia.

     

    The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the appointment on Facebook, saying his mission will include promoting “relations between Russia and the United

    States in the humanitarian field, including cooperation in culture, arts, public and youth exchanges.”

     

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/asia/steven-seagal-putin-russia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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