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That went right past me. ?

 

Speaking of headlines, these were one above the other on Google News just now.

Bugatti reveals its most powerful supercar yet: The $10 million Centodieci

https://jalopnik.com/why-buy-a-bugatti-centodieci-when-you-can-have-this-f-1-1837312224

That's "Why buy a Bugatti Centodieci when you can have this F-16 fighter for less?

 

Bloody hell, took me only five times for this image to post.
The clever take of this famous front page makes me love the NYDN all over again.

 

That "fjord" is a brilliant headline. I keep wondering what the real story is. Did Trump think Graceland? Is this what he think the Green New Deal is all about?

 

They do like playing this card.

 

Usually it's something he's seen on Fox News, but no one has come forward with the connection yet, which is odd, because whenever something likethis happens, it becomes clear why he is randomly bringing up a topic

 

So I was piddling around on Youtube this week and a clip from "The West Wing" came up. I watched several, and they were as good as ever, but somehow watching Aaron Sorkin's idealized version of a decent and ethical White House was disconcerting and painful given the current reality. Since I'd been watching "West Wing" I also started getting clips from Sorkin's "The Newsroom", which I had seen a few of but never really got into. I kept seeing really good stuff, laughing aloud, enjoying it, so tonight my wife and I binged the first three episodes.

First off, yeah, it's the idealized Aaron Sorkin version of a network newsroom, sure it is. Second off, it's really well written and the cast and acting is strong. It's a solid show. What really struck me, though, was how prescient this show is about what was happening in politics at the time. The Tea Party running from the right and beating long time solid and smart Congressmen with "I'll never vote to raise the debt limit!", etc.

On the one hand it gives me hope. It states in clear language that there *isn't* always two sides to a story. Sometimes one side is wrong, or willfully stupid, or more concerned with their polling numbers than they are in doing what is right or what is clearly the better choice based on facts and science. And yes, politically much of it is in my personal wheelhouse, and I won't pretend that it isn't. On the other hand, it makes me look at news coverage today. what news they have to cover, and the degree to which the sort of news reporting that I grew up with is as dead as the dinosaurs.

If you've got HBO Now and you weren't a fan the first go round, give it a try. I can't count the number of times that our eyes met as we watched tonight, and we nodded or winced or shook our heads. It's a damn good show so far.

 

Yeah, it's Buzzfeed, but still.

The Trump Administration Lost The Fight Over The Census Citizenship Question. Now They Have To Pay The Challengers.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...ministration-is-paying-millions-in-legal-fees


The Trump Administration Asked The Supreme Court To Legalize Firing Workers Just For Being Transgender

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/dominicholden/trump-trans-scotus

 

I used to watch WW episodes almost every day. Haven't watched one in almost three years.

Sorkin, no stranger to exaggeration and hyperbole, was upfront about the fact they usually bent over sideways to depict Republicans as reasonable, level-headed and usually ethical. They knew they'd be torched to the moon by critics if they didn't.

There was no mistaking they were the "adversary" and would usually bend the borders of the rules, but they were never depicted as reckless nihilistic vandals and traitors.

 

By all means, watch The Newsroom. It's one of my all-time favorites. The first five minutes of the show was more than enough to get me hooked.

 

Fake tan, fake University, fake crowd.
Trump's large union crowd at Shell was given the option of not showing up — and not getting paid