Link Me Up, Scotty - "Don't Bluff" Edition

Sunday, June 25, 2017

David Frum - who is not exactly a bastion of liberal thought - examines how 45 has damaged his credibility to the extent that other counties have no reason whatsoever to take him - or the United States - seriously. Great job, Chump.
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A Canadian Special Forces sniper has hit a target that was 2.2 miles away. Technology meets extreme marksmanship.
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A truly epic rant about the hypocrisy of the Red South.
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From Random Michelle, check out Mighty Girl Eqbal Dauqan, a Yemeni professor of biochemistry at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia. She's had more than her share of troubles, and kept on keeping on through it all. True grit.
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From the ZOMGWTFBBQ you're so stupid and so is your employer files: CenturyLink, a telecommunications provider headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, used to have a Chief Diversity Officer named Odell Riley. Mr. Riley is homophobic douche whose LinkedIn profile states his major interests include:
-Growing and developing people (as long as you're not LGBTQ)
-Building high performing team by leveraging a variety of diverse individual experiences to build a strong effective culture (as long as you're not LGBTQ)
Odell Riley, the homophobic douche, is still employed at CenturyLink, and still has his title of "VP of Human Resources" on his Linked In profile from 2010-2012. One wonders how stupid this motherfucker has to be to allow this type of "opinion" to be filmed and published to the Internet when he clearly has corporate ambitions beyond being a homophobic douche. And one also has to wonder just how incredibly tone-deaf and stupid CenturyLink's senior leadership has to be for them not to have paid this guy off to make him go away. Inquiring minds want to know.
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The definitive list of 45's lies since taking the oath of office. This is going to be somebody's full time job for the duration of this administration.
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A U.S. led coalition kills nearly 500 civilians in one month in Syria in record high. Charming. Every day I wake up, living in the United States becomes more and more like living in a banana republic. This is not why I served.
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And in case you live under a rock, the once estimable Bill Cosby plans to spend some time teaching other men how to avoid sexual assault charges as they make their way through the world behaving badly. You can't make this shit up.
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My platonic semi-celebrity girlfriend Sally Yates has a few words to say about criminal justice reform and Confederate Apologist Jeff Sessions. This woman is a national treasure, I swear.
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Today's sources:
  • The Atlantic: Mainstream media source with a left-center bias and a high degree of factual reporting. 
  • NPR: Mainstream media source with a left-center bias and a high degree of factual reporting. 
  • The Stranger: Online repository for LGBT news and opinion.
  • The Oregonian: Local mainstream media source with a right-center bias and a high degree of factual reporting. 
  • New York Times: Mainstream media source with a left-center bias and a high degree of factual reporting. 
  • The Telegraph: UK based mainstream media source with a right-center bias and a high degree of factual reporting. 
  • The Washington Post: Mainstream media source with a left-center bias and a high degree of factual reporting. 

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