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| CRANKY OLD FART'S BROWSER HISTORY #420 [archive] MAY 4, 2024 |
Biden's top economic advisor rambles incoherently when asked a simple question
Economics is about 88% bullshit. Once past the very basic rules of supply and demand, it's more and more comprised of gibberish like this, but you don't usually hear it so very unpolished.
Evergreen State College agrees to explore Israel divestment after deal with students
Excerpt: Protesters at The Evergreen State College in Olympia agreed to remove their week-old encampment Tuesday night after striking a deal with administrators that includes the school publicly calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and exploring divestment from companies that profit from "the occupation of Palestinian territories."
Me again: That's a small, symbolic gesture, utterly painless. Any school that's not openly, proudly evil, like Columbia University, should be able to make a similar agreement.
Cops watch as anti-genocide protesters are attacked at UCLA
Excerpt: … Students and reporters for multiple outlets said university-hired security forces locked themselves in nearby buildings and police looked on for hours before intervening. …
Me again: This is an example of The Guardian being, as usual, a better-than-average news source. In other coverage of this (L.A. Times, N.Y. Times), the dozen or so masked people who attacked protesters are repeatedly called 'counter-protesters'.
By what stretch of milquetoast journalism is assault and battery a 'counter-protest'?
15 Portland police cars badly burned Thursday morning; arson suspected
Arson is not 'suspected' here. It's confirmed, unless police are also investigating spontaneous combustion.
History of pot prohibition in America
Excerpt:
… In 1914, one of the first cannabis drug raids in the nation occurred
in the Mexican-American neighborhood of Sonoratown in Los Angeles, where
police raided two "dream gardens" and confiscated a wagonload of
cannabis. …
Me again: It's always been racism, always.
God tells Dr Phil to attack the "woke mob"
Florida's wingnut Governor signs first-in-nation ban on sale of lab-grown meat
Students share what it's like to graduate amid massive campus protests
What happens when Google censors news to protect its bottom line?
How the right-wing turned protest into a criminal enterprise
♫♬ MY KIND OF MUSIC ♫
Marilyn and Joe
by Kinky Friedman
Them Belly Full, But We Hungry
by Bob Marley & the Wailers
⚰️ OBITUARIES ⚰️
Antonio Cantafora
actor, Supermen Against the Orient
Anne Innis Dagg
giraffeologist
Duane Eddy
rock'n'roller, "Rebel Rouser"
Alice Holloway Young
teacher, human rights activist
Robert Martin
human rights activist
Ben "Nature" Beeman
forgotten man
Richard Tandy
rock'n'roller, Electric Light Orchestra
5/4/2024
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 the AVA, BoingBoing, Breakfast at Ralf's, Chuff, Dirty Blonde Mind, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, Lemmy.world, Looking for My Perfect Sandwich, Miss Miriam's Mirror, Mr Souza's Happy Place, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I've stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.
Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce, Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, 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.
"human rights activist"
ReplyDeleteI want my obit to label me a "human wrongs activist"
Thanks in advance
You're welcome in retrospect.
DeleteSometimes I pause before typing "human rights activist," as I don't know that there's any other kind of activism, other than the well-funded opposition to human rights.