Tesla is having some big network issues -

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/29/tesla-is-reportedly-having-some-major-network-issues/

Lawyer: We're 'finalizing' a libel lawsuit against Elon Musk over 'pedo' tweet -

https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/29/news/elon-musk-libel-lawsuit-vern-unsworth/index.html

Despite Comey Assurances, Vast Bulk of Weiner Laptop Emails Were Never Examined

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/08/22/despite_comey_assurance_vast_bulk_of_weiner_laptop_emails_never_examined.html

Christopher Steele Reportedly Worked For Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/29/christopher-steele-russian-oligarch

Feds Scramble after Las Vegas Shooter’s Girlfriend Lists FBI as Place of Employment on Loan Application; ‘She Might have Been an Asset’

https://truepundit.com/feds-scramble-after-las-vegas-shooters-girlfriend-lists-fbi-as-place-of-employment-on-loan-application-she-might-have-been-an-asset/

A twofer in the Pope Francis dead pool.

Orgy? what orgy?
https://twitter.com/lifesite/status/1034897980665614344

NYTimes seems to favor il Papa.
https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1034849203657293824

Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom wants to be involved in all California health care.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-ca-gov-candidate-govt-pay-universal-health-care-illegal-immigrants/

"I did universal health care when I was mayor—fully implemented, regardless of pre-existing condition, ability to pay, and regardless of your immigration status. San Francisco is the only universal health care plan for all undocumented residents in America. Very proud of that," Newsom said. "I’d like to see that extended to the rest of the state."

The free shit army is on the march.

And a drug twofer. I think you can safely mix and match these drugs. First, field kits that test for illicit drugs are not particularly accurate.

http://www.wect.com/story/38977396/sweet-surprise-lab-tests-reveal-all-13-pounds-of-white-powder-is-sugar-not-dangerous-drug-fentanyl

And people at Wake Forest are working on a non-addicting opioid.

https://gizmodo.com/the-holy-grail-of-safe-opioids-might-be-one-step-closer-1828698061

"The free shit army is on the march."

In San Francisco, that's literally true.

The free shit army is on the march. ~ I R A Darth Aggie at August 30, 2018 7:35 AM

California's war on its own middle class continues.

In San Francisco, that's literally true.

I'm pretty sure that isn't what Martin Luther King, Jr. had in mind...free at last, indeed.

California's war on its own middle class continues.

There are still remnants of that mythological class?

A conspiracy theory in Texas that might actually hold weight.

https://twitter.com/WOLFM00N/status/1034905121245868032

Is this Twofer Thursday? the higher ed entry.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/at-campus-orientation-speaker-bashes-fox-news-rugged-individualism-says-america-not-that-great/

https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-orders-syracuse-to-re-enroll-fraternity-students-who-were-punished-for-satirical-videos/

Now THIS is refreshing...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/29/teens-desert-social-media

First paragraphs:

Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media

Generation Z has grown up online – so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?

By Sirin Kale

Wed 29 Aug 2018

For 17-year-old Mary Amanuel, from London, it happened in Tesco. “We were in year 7,” she remembers, “and my friend had made an Instagram account. As we were buying stuff, she was counting the amounts of likes she’d got on a post. ‘Oooh, 40 likes. 42 likes.’ I just thought: ‘This is ridiculous.’”

Isabelle, an 18-year-old student from Bedfordshire who doesn’t want to disclose her surname, turned against social media when her classmates became zombified. “Everyone switched off from conversation. It became: ‘Can I have your number to text you?’ Something got lost in terms of speaking face to face. And I thought: ‘I don’t really want to be swept up in that.’” For 15-year-old Emily Sharp, from Staines in Surrey, watching bullying online was the final straw. “It wasn’t nice. That deterred me from using it.”

It is widely believed that young people are hopelessly devoted to social media. Teenagers, according to this stereotype, tweet, gram, Snap and scroll. But for every young person hunched over a screen, there are others for whom social media no longer holds such an allure. These teens are turning their backs on the technology – and there are more of them than you might think...

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Would it kill these chefs to bother make these critters look palatable to the masses? Even Vegans put effort into making tofu look pretty

https://twitter.com/InsiderFood/status/1034840600816758784

A spitting contest

https://twitter.com/MingjueChen/status/1033456173909856256

Late yesterday, users of Snapchat and a number of other applications began to report that the label on in-application maps for New York City had been changed to "Jewtropolis."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/08/data-vandal-changes-name-of-new-york-city-to-jewtropolis-across-multiple-apps/

PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aprPbaq1V04

#HimToo

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo halted an investigation into the Manhattan DA’s handling of the Harvey Weinstein case just as the law firm representing the Hollywood producer gave Cuomo’s campaign $25,000.

https://capitalandmain.com/cuomo-received-25000-dollars-from-weinstein-lawyers-firm-as-he-suspended-probe-0829

Would it kill these chefs to bother make these critters look palatable to the masses?

It might. Many Klingons prefer their gagh alive. And the more alive, the better. And a cranky Klingon might chop off the chef's head and stick it on a pike if the gagh wasn't served to his or her liking.

Other female teachers not only got a suspended sentence but semantics were used in order to avoid labeling them as rapist. I wonder why.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/29/teacher-who-raped-boy-11-jailed-for-60-years-with-no-chance-of-parole-7891897/amp/

Oh, she's not pretty.

From the Army survival manual (not verbatim):

Grasshoppers are tasty but pull off the legs and wings first. (The legs have sharp barbs which can get stuck in your throat.)

Maggots are good eating.

Do not eat caterpillars. (Toxic.)