Weekend link dump for December 11

“It would suit [hedge fund manager Whitney] Tilson just fine if voters who backed Trump because he promised to rein in Wall Street are furious now that he’s surrounding himself with bankers and billionaires.”

Also, too, Steve Mnuchin, Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, ran a bank that foreclosed on tens of thousands of people, many who tried to stay in their homes. In short, heck of a job, Trump voters.

One simple trick to tell when Trump is bluffing.

“Trumpkins are learning the hard way what happens when you buy an investment scheme from a con-artist. I’ve been writing about scam artists for more than 20 years. They always promise you the moon — that is, until your check clears.”

“I think a great many charter supporters, and indeed charter founders, are deeply troubled by the idea of vouchers.”

This is why fake news is bad. The fact that I even have to say that is also bad.

Hey, aren’t you that person from Seinfeld?

RIP, Alice Drummond, versatile character actor best known for roles on Ghostbusters, Awakenings, and Ace Ventura, Pet Detective.

“A new Tumblr, Trumpgrets, tracks the musings of regretful Trump voters, many of whom have come forward following his cabinet announcements. If only there had been some way to prevent it!”

“Our nation has a sordid history of invoking states’ rights doctrines to stall the advance of a more tolerant and equal society. Facing a President Trump, progressive cities like Los Angeles have an obligation to turn the tables.”

How the NFL markets itself to children, as young as age 6. As is usually the case with the NFL, there’s a lot of BS, truthiness, and other forms of disingenuousness.

Congratulations to Claire Smith, the first woman to win the J.G. Taylor Spink Award from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, for which she will be honored at the Hall of Fame next July.

“Finally, to our friends at Breitbart: The next time you write a climate change article and need fact checking help, please call. We’re here for you. I’m sure we both agree this topic is too important to get wrong.”

This is both exciting and terrifying.

“Are American equity markets now in thrall to the whims of Donald Trump? Do companies need to be fearful of what the president of the United States might do to them if he happens to take a dislike to something they do?”

“And I think the lesson for progressives in Trump’s America is push back hard. Stay visible. Capture the public’s attention.”

RIP, Rashaan Salaam, former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL running back.

“That is the tie that binds everything from voter suppression, to reliance on the filibuster during the Obama years, to gerrymandering, to preemption and judicial engagement.”

“Let’s start with some toplines. The total number set to lose their coverage is a bit over 23 million Americans (23,134,000). Of those, 12,311,000 lose care their Medicaid expansion-based coverage; 8,963,000 are exchange purchasers who benefit from significant federal subsidies; 1,390,000 are young adults under the age of 26 who are allowed to remain on their parents plans; a final 470,000 are basic health care plan enrollees in Minnesota and New York.”

How people ever communicated before the advent of animated GIFs is a mystery.

RIP, Cindy Stowell, Jeopardy! contestant whose appearance will air after her death. She had stage IV cancer at the time of her taping, and was fighting a fever that resulted from a blood infection.

RIP, John Glenn, astronaut, Senator, American hero.

RIP, Greg Lake, prog rock pioneer who co-founded Emerson, Lake & Palmer and King Crimson.

A paleontologist has found the feathered tail of a baby dinosaur encased in amber.

Just a reminder, Obamacare repeal, no matter how it is done, will come with a huge and immediate tax cut for the rich.

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2 Responses to Weekend link dump for December 11

  1. Flypusher says:

    A banker as SecTreas doesn’t bother me in the least. A banker who could bring back the old privatize-the-profits-socialize-the-risk way of business should alarm anyone who isn’t in the 1%.

    Makes me glad I paid off the mortgage early.

  2. Joel says:

    that piece on nfl marketing to kids was amazing. thanks for the link.

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