The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
So, Time magazine’s portrayal of Trump has been fairly… unsympathetic. I have no real problem with this given the fact that he’s a dangerous, unprincipled moron. But the latest cover is a thing of beauty, and is the next in an evolving series.
Before going on holiday, I got this by email from WordPress :
“Starting August 1, 2018, third-party tools can no longer share posts automatically to Facebook Profiles. This includes Publicize, the Jetpack tool that connects your site to major social media platforms (like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook). Will this affect your ability to share content on Facebook? It depends. If you’ve connected a Facebook Profile to your site, then yes: Publicize will no longer be able to share your posts to Facebook.”
So, in order for my blog posts to automagically be posted to FB, I’ve created a page: The Beaver Is A Proud And Noble Animal. This is where my posts should appear from now on.
Brexit: n. The undefined being negotiated by the unprepared in order to get the unspecified to the uninformed.
I usually get my news either from the BBC or the Guardian, with the occasional op-ed or investigative report from the WaPo or the NY Times. I’ll sometimes read longer pieces from Slate, Vox or the New Yorker. My slant is definitively more liberal though, as the only time I give any thought to Fox, Drudge or InfoWars is to comment on how batshit-crazy they are. And sadly, that’s where a lot of people get their “news”, including the “Sentient caps-lock button” that is Trump.
John Moore, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for Getty Images, has been photographing immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border for years. This week one of his pictures became the most visible symbol of the immigration debate in America.
“This one was tough for me. As soon as it was over, they were put into a van. I had to stop and take deep breaths,” Moore said, describing his reaction to the scene of a two-year-old Honduran girl crying as her mother was being detained in McAllen, Texas. “All I wanted to do was pick her up. But I couldn’t.”
Edit: This shit writes itself. And it shouldn’t.
As the first lady boarded her plane from Andrews Air Force Base, she wore an olive green jacket. The back of the jacket read: “I really don’t care. Do u?” in white graffiti-style lettering. Trump was not wearing the jacket when she landed in McAllen, Texas. She re-donned the jacket and wore it when she deplaned back at Andrews Air Force Base despite the media storm that had erupted over her initial wearing.
The first lady’s team insisted that there was no hidden meaning behind the sartorial choice.
“It’s a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today’s important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn’t going to choose to focus on her wardrobe,” East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham told CNN in a statement.
This is Sophie. She’s talking on the phone, very loudly and animatedly, about her sex life. If she doesn’t care who knows about it on the train, I’m sure she’ll be fine about the Internet knowing about her fling with Julien.
Dumb and Dumberer. Must’ve been one heck of a conversation!