So… Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress that’s causing all sorts of rifts in Washington? No big deal, says a source close to Netanyahu! Everybody should just chill out! By the way, that source is Netanyahu.
What does Warren Buffett think about Elizabeth Warren, one of the few senators who doesn’t hold back when criticizing America’s profoundly busted financial systems? “I think that she would do better if she was less angry and demonized less,” he says. Thanks for the input, old white kazillionaire who’s made a kazillion dollars from America’s profoundly busted financial systems.
“Your virtual war on us will cause a real war on you,” ISIS supporters posted yesterday, furious about Twitter closing down ISIS-tied accounts. The post specifically threatened Twitter founder Jack Dorsey—along with Twitter’s “interests in any place, people, and buildings.” Man. I’m starting to think these guys are almost as bad as Gamergate.
“The push is relying on artillery and air strikes, as well as militia that reportedly include both Shiite and Sunni fighters.” Today Iraqi forces are embarking on “a large-scale operation” in an attempt to take back Tikrit from the Islamic State.
Following the recent measles outbreak, a number of states are seeing proposed legislation that would make it harder for science-illiterate parents to keep their children from getting vaccinated. Thank fucking christ, this includes Oregon—“a state with one of the highest percentages of parents who file exemptions.”
An upcoming Justice Department report will hold Ferguson police responsible for systematically cultivating “years of racial animosity leading up to an officer’s shooting of a black teenager last summer.” Meanwhile, another weekend, another police shooting, this time in Los Angeles: “A dramatic video posted online shows the man was on the ground struggling with officers when he was shot.”
The Apple Watch is coming soon—probably next month. The only problem? Nobody wants one.
“Ludacris’ Wife Eudoxie is Pregnant With Their First Child” is a perfect sentence and a perfect headline and the perfect excuse for me to justify ending this post with this. GOOD MORNING.
