More winning - The Senate already has installed 24 appellate judges since Trump was sworn in, the highest number for a president’s first two years in office.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/with-little-fanfare-trump-and-mcconnell-reshape-the-nations-circuit-courts/2018/08/14/10610028-9fcd-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a_story.html

The media is now doxxing the friends of Brett Kavanaugh -

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/15/left-wing-propublica-asks-public-help-investigate-kavanaughs-baseball-buddies/

“WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT.” Can you believe this is the Governor of the Highest Taxed State in the U.S., Andrew Cuomo, having a total meltdown!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029911186949767168

Someone here predicted this-

Poll: Donald Trump’s Black Approval Rating Almost Double That of Last Year

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/15/poll-donald-trumps-black-approval-rating-almost-double-that-of-last-year/

Just as I'd suspected:

Butter horizon in dog
eyed gravy wheel
torso drippings

Foreshadowing in contemporary journalism:

...who were both in their late 20s, last year quit their office jobs in Washington, DC, to embark on the journey.

Why? Why?

If you listen to Respect carefully, you can her voice crack on one word... In an interview in the Freep a few years ago, her son said she had a cold that day. SHE HAD A COLD THAT DAY AND CUT ONE OF THE CLASSICS OF BOOMER CULTURE.

This was my favorite though... Stevie Wonder at his best.

I love that plunk piano note at 1:05.

In unrelated news, don't forget about this.

Coney— listen to this.

W the actual F?

Candidates, isn't it annoying when gun control is part of your platform but then you're arrested for shooting your campaign treasurer to death?

Yeah, I bet that's plenty annoying.

W the actual F?

Anti-vaccers from the left and the right be like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k60n61zFrms

Priests, isn't it annoying when gun control is part of your shtick but then one of your armed bodyguards is busted for illegal carry?

Shucks, what a nuisance.

Coney— listen to this. ~ Crid at August 16, 2018 8:16 AM

Interesting. Thanks for the link.

Crid, I applaud that couple for having the courage to live their convictions, I encourage all progressives to do the same to prove all people are kind, obviously (like communism) this couple failed to do it the right was so liberals need to keep trying

If the Chinese flag had a hammer and a sickle instead of tiny stars, the people working at Google would be fine with it.

https://theintercept.com/2018/08/16/google-china-crisis-staff-dragonfly/

Coney--

See also this, which has a more direct approach to the territory in the podcast:

http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/25/did-christianity-destroy-america/?print=1

Here's the cite for the original THB essay, which you can download with a library card. [CridCondensed™: The sparkling allure of Christianity's supernatural powers have overwhelmed Whestern Civ. We are so fucked.]:

NO ENDURING CITY
Hart, David Bentley. First Things 235 (Aug/Sep 2013): 45-51.
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[...]the need for a generously indeterminate trust in the mysterious workings of God's will sub contrario. [...]to return to my point of departure, a belief in providence is an ineffably precious thing at times.

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The Gospel both created and destroyed Christendom, argues David Bentley Hart.

Has, not have. Cellphone keyboard.

(Ten years of this shit is enough.)

(If Steve Jobs was still alive, it... Would be just as bad.)

Brad Parscale: Big Tech is becoming Big Brother

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/brad-parscale-big-tech-is-becoming-big-brother

At least it's not the government -

https://i.imgur.com/9G1HfBK.jpg

Exclusive–Eric Eggers: Nearly 250 Counties Have More Registered Voters than Eligible Voters

https://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/08/15/exclusive-eric-eggers-nearly-250-counties-have-more-registered-voters-than-eligible-voters/

See also this, which has a more direct approach to the territory in the podcast

Thanks. I was able to get a pdf of the original essay with the print-version link.

I'm not going to join the ranks of the doomsayers who hysterically wail and gnash their teeth that the US is going to Nazify tomorrow. However, I am concerned that too many people today are rushing to sacrifice self-reliance and freedom on the altar of security.

Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/botched-cia-communications-system-helped-blow-cover-chinese-agents-intelligence/

An editorial, but labelled a fact check -

https://www.apnews.com/amp/d7a35c3d0ad342ad8b3a041226f06746