CRANKY OLD FART
WITH THE NEWS #328
leftovers & links
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
• Newly declassified report reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans
• After exposure by a nonprofit news outlet, New York (says it’s) rescinding its policy banning most journalism by prisoners • Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools after complaint calls it “sex-ridden”
• Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit, and why users revolted • Reddit blackout crashes the site
• Oakland A’s fans held a raucous wake for their team
• As of June 10, 2023, worldwide data showed the remarkable concurrence of three dramatic climate events • California wildfires are five times bigger than they used to be • Young Montana residents bring climate change case to court for first time ever
• Video shows drug-sniffing police dog reacts to cop’s gestures, not odor of drugs • Baton Rouge police rehire cop once fired for sexual harassment, lying • Mississippi officer who shot 11-year-old is suspended without pay • Reinstatement ordered for Oklahoma officers who fatally shot unarmed Black man • Spokane’s police chief isn’t happy about a new law broadening the ombudsman’s power to investigate
• Trump has responded to his federal indictment with a blizzard of dishonesty • Anti-intellectualism is “an agreement not to think” and “has almost always been a form of conservatism…”
• Republicans are pushing to delay Amtrak passenger trains by making them wait for freight haulers • Republican conference tells young women to give up their dreams & their birth control • Republicans of yesteryear complain of encroaching communism in drunk driving laws • Fox News calls Trump “president,” labels Biden “wannabe dictator” • House Republicans vote against life-saving abortions, pride flags at VA facilities
Mystery links
There’s no knowing where you’re going• Click • Click • Click •
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My browser history
without the porn• A progressive Senator uncovered the truth behind the “Memorial Day Massacre” • Richard Hunt: The gay man behind the Muppets • Two Rhode Island officials visited Philly. They were so rude their state launched two separate investigations. • Ran Prieur’s perspective on the Reddit situation is, I think, better written and smarter than what I’ve seen anywhere else • 200+ things that Fox News has labeled “woke”
♫♬ It don’t mean a thing ♫
if it don’t have that swing• Ballad of the Landlord — Langston Hughes
(read by Margaret Walker) • Blister in the Sun — Violent Femmes • I Started a Joke — The Bee Gees • Pop Goes My Heart — Hugh Grant • Teach Your Children — Crosby Stills & Nash
Eventually, everyone
leaves the building• Robert Gottlieb • Cormac McCarthy • John Romita Sr • Scott Schinder • Treat Williams
6/14/2023
Cranky Old Fart is annoyed and complains and very occasionally
offers a kindness, along with anything off the internet that’s made me
smile or snarl. All opinions fresh from my ass. Top illustration by Jeff Meyer. Click any image to enlarge. Comments & conversations invited. Tip ‘o the hat to ye olde AVA, BoingBoing, Breakfast at Ralf’s, CaptCreate’s Log, Looking for My Perfect Sandwich, One Finger Medical, Two Finger Magical, Miss Miriam’s Mirror, Nebulously Burnished, RanPrieur.com, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce,
Joey Jo Jo, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra
special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and
proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
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