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Sleepwalking corporado's caught in pincer attack
by professor rat 01 Jun '22

01 Jun '22

A tradition among the Zulu's, the Impi two horns tactic was also used by Hannibal at Cannae https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/conservative-activists-wage-war-on-the-w… For Vivek Ramaswamy, a conservative entrepreneur and author, this backlash is an overdue reaction to elite over-reach. This month, he raised more than $US20 million ($27 million) from libertarian tech investor Peter Thiel and others for an anti-ESG investment group, declaring that it would happily invest in the oil and gas stocks that big asset managers increasingly shun. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements

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A military-entertainment-house divided
by professor rat 01 Jun '22

01 Jun '22

A military-entertainment-house divided against itself cannot stand A 2020 report by independent Russian news site The Insider said the husband and wife presenting team were among the highest-paid television propagandists in the country, earning 12.9m and 12.8m roubles (around £160,000) respectively – more than Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu. Russian state TV claims Nato has started ‘World War Z ’ https://au.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-war-russian-state-tv-164606071.html

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Serious security bugs put millions of Android devices at risk
by jim bell 31 May '22

31 May '22

Serious security bugs put millions of Android devices at risk https://share.newsbreak.com/16zmkc6s

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Guns of the Patriots
by professor rat 31 May '22

31 May '22

Where smarter solutions are outlawed only dumbfucks will decide matters https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/27/smart-guns-fingerprint… Reposts not etc

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The Graymailers Tale
by professor rat 31 May '22

31 May '22

Must read preview of the next Dashing Durham Denouement https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/05/15/will-kleptocapture-catch-john-durham-… Spoilers of infowar

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Durham is coming
by professor rat 31 May '22

31 May '22

Okay - not so much for Sussman any more but LOOKOUT DANCHENKO! https://twitter.com/charlie_savage/status/1531666318428192768 Repoman no Mauler

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God-Emperor of the Boston City Library
by professor rat 31 May '22

31 May '22

Tom Bell for whom the AP fails https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/notorious-tom-bell-minister-tea…

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Louise Mensch and Zeynep A-hole have a lot in common!
by professor rat 31 May '22

31 May '22

They learn nothing and forget nothing https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1531589904211136513 Reposts etc

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Turkey obliterated overnight
by professor rat 31 May '22

31 May '22

Love brewski’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Granger Graunger, at the age of 16 or 17, was convicted of "buggery with a mare, a cow, two goats, divers sheepe, two calves, and a turkey", according to court records . . . " Poor bird gets fucked and killed - SAD!

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Mole-hunt at the SCOTUS
by professor rat 31 May '22

31 May '22

MOLE in plain sight emptywheel - 2h No mention of subpoenaing Ginni, tho, without which no investigation would even scratch the surface of potential sources. Quote Tweet Brian Stelter @brianstelter · 2h “Supreme Court officials are escalating their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, taking steps to require law clerks to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits,” @JoanBiskupic reports http://cnn.com/2022/05/31/politics/supreme-court-roe-v-wade-leak-phone-reco…

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