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How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Took Over the Entire World

By Chris Willman

By Alissa Gao for Variety

On the morning that Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” is about to begin a three-night stand in Dublin, the older gentleman taking charge of my passport at airport customs has clearly had his fill of Swifties, probably processing them by the hundreds already today. When I reveal myself to be one too — despite being arguably the wrong gender, inarguably old and lacking a telltale “Lover” mascara star over my right eye — his disdain is palpable. Suddenly, I’m getting way more screening questions than anyone not on a watch list should. “What do you like about her?” he sneers, peering up over specs.

This is probably the wrong time for me to point out Swift’s Irish heritage, or to assert that she is this generation’s James Joyce. (The original king of the Easter eggs, right?) I wouldn’t really go that far — I’m only on record as doing my best to certify her as this century’s Beatles. Trying to figure out how to answer him, the past 18 years of extolling Swift in print flash before my eyes. I end up murmuring the bare minimum: “Um, her songwriting.” This seems to disturb him further. He snaps back: “Aren’t they all the same song” — a slight pause, and I know what’s coming next — “about her breakups?” Then, abruptly, he stamps me through, sparing me a detour to Interpol for more grilling.

In the cab into town, the driver is blasting a local talk-radio personality sharing his dismay about the fans of an awful superstar taking over his country. The host reads an email sent in from a hater who says, “A year ago, when tickets went on sale, my partner and I made a reservation to take our kids out of the country this Friday morning. … Thank you for creating a safe space with your show.” I start to wonder if Swift might have met her match at the Cliffs of Moher.

But from my drop-off forward, the next three days are like living in a Swift-topia. The mile and a half to Aviva Stadium each night is like Disneyland when it shuts its doors early for an affinity group. Whether stopping in the pubs or walking through the charming neighborhood of Victorian brick homes adjoining the fancy new stadium, there’s that warm feeling of people who are united by one quality: They are all super in touch with their feelings — or else they wouldn’t be Swift fans. And they all are happy to stop on the street or over pints to talk about poetical expression. (Well, except for the occasional taciturn, invariably straight young male who has signified his supportive-plus-one status by wearing a jersey bearing the name of Swift’s Super Bowl beau, Travis Kelce.)

So it is that I end up chatting with a middle-aged gay man in a sequin-covered shirt whose female companion whispers to me, while he steps away to trade friendship bracelets with a 10-year-old girl and her mum, that Swift’s music just helped him through a difficult breakup. The girl then runs off to trade her homemade bracelets with a pair of high-helmeted Dublin policemen loaded up to their own elbows with friendship swag — unexpected accessories for long arms of the law.

All the stories about American Swifties swarming overseas to catch “The Eras Tour” turn out to be true: You couldn’t swing a neon golf club around here without hitting a Yank. Approximately one out of every five fans I approach is visiting from the States — and the jubilation they’re feeling about the night’s impending concert is compounded by the fact that nearly all of them financed a European vacation and a concert ticket for roughly the same amount they would have paid on a secondary ticketing site for a typical four-figure ticket to one of last year’s predatorily repriced U.S. shows.

Remember the venerable stereotype of the Ugly Americans, brusquely trampling over refined Europeans in their travels? Thanks to Taylor Swift, who has a gift for laying out global welcome mats, this is the summer of the Spangly American.

At the stadium on night one, just down the row from me are a group of millennials from New Jersey, several in glam unitards inspired by the “Lover” or “1989” portions of the career-spanning show and looking like they were costumed by Swift’s own designer, with fake jewel-encrusted microphones to match. I ask how many hours went into perfecting these nearly pro-grade outfits.

“About 80 hours for mine,” says Megan McLaughlin. “Hers probably longer,” she adds, nodding toward one of her sisters, Margo Steinberg. “She knows all the glues and the best gems.” Indeed, confirms Steinberg, “I was working on mine since January. And, yes, I did quit my job to finish it!” She adds, when I ask if she cares to share any secrets to a particularly good look, “You have to use the B-7000 glue.” (A third sister, Amelia McLaughlin, admits she resorted to buying her spangly dress off Etsy — “I was doing a PhD, but I had to match these girls’ enthusiasm” — while a fourth, Carolyn McLaughlin, skipped the glitter and went for a red dress that matches Swift’s from the “I Bet You Think About Me” video.)

Certainly, there is an element of cosplay to many of the fans’ outfits. Some have seen footage of the new segment Swift added to the tour beginning in April 2024 — devoted to her most recent album, the 31-song “Tortured Poets Department” — and have managed to manufacture gowns that look like they’re made of paper and feature lyric excerpts printed on them in script, à la Swift’s custom-made Vivienne Westwood dress. I meet a group of American women who became friends as literature majors in college who have “Tortured Poets”-themed outfits, one duplicating the Westwood dress and the other with handmade printouts of the latest album’s lyrics pinned all over her black dress, as if she were literally pulling pages out of Swift’s playbook.

It’s the devotion to lyrics, even more than glitter, that is most impressive about the bespoke outfits fans have concocted for the occasion. There are scores and scores of Swifties wearing homemade T-shirts — sometimes singular, sometimes matching with a friend, like walking Burma-Shave signs. Some of the messages are obvious, like the dozens of laddies wearing “It’s me, hi, I’m the husband/boyfriend/father, it’s me” shirts. (Bet that seemed really original at one time.) But a lot of them refer to more obscure songs or stanzas, as if every nearby street or stadium loge section is full of human Easter eggs, begging to be unpacked. It’s hard to think of any other superstar in the history of stadium tours who could have inspired as much fan-crafted clothing rooted in the power of words.

Combos of middle-aged mothers and their teen or 20-something daughters abound; some of them have seized on Swift’s mentions of her own mother, Andrea, to come up with their T-shirt ideas. On Lansdowne Road, I talk to a mum whose red-on-black shirt says, “Had to listen to all this drama,” accompanied by a daughter bearing the legend, “And here’s to my mama.” (This is a reference to Swift’s song “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.”)

Later, in a stadium Guinness line, I chat up a pair of thirsty locals, the daughter’s shirt reading “I call my mom, she said …,” with the mom’s shirt completing the thought: “It was for the best.” (Damn it, I had to Google to recall that’s from a “1989” Vault track that came out last year.) I ask the daughter if she had to explain to her mom what she was wearing. “She’s 52,” she replies. “I don’t think she knows.”

Age is really no guarantor of not getting it — the popular #SwiftieOver50 hashtag on X proves that. Although outnumbered, plenty of older people are unaccompanied by a minor, or by anyone who has been a minor in the past 20 years. I approach a middle-aged couple, Jean Sebastian Conley and Natasha Gagne, again bidden by their matching shirts — “Who’s Taylor Swift?” and “Who’s Travis Kelce?” They turn out to be French Canadians who found their 206-euro SRO tickets to be a steal compared with the extravagant resale prices they briefly considered back home after being shut out of the initial on-sale. I ask what attracted them to Swift since, unlike so many others here, they didn’t grow up with her.

“I really fell in love with her with the ‘Folklore’ album,” Conley says, referring to her low-key Grammy-winning album recorded during the early months of the pandemic. “I think different audiences and older audiences found her through that and ‘Evermore’ because they were more singer-songwriter, a little bit rougher indie music, and that’s what we like most. So that’s how I got hooked.” For her part, Gagne says, “I like everything she represents. And when she redid all her masters, that’s where I thought she was a lady boss.”

It’s a reminder that, for however many mini-narratives Swift packs into the three hours and 20 minutes of an “Eras” show, there are really four or five years of backstory that feed into the audience’s shared awareness. When she sings the ominous ballad “My Tears Ricochet,” accompanied by a coven of stone-faced dancers, at least some fans will understand it as a distant reflection of her very public feelings about the men she considers her business bêtes noires, Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta, who bought and sold (respectively) the rights to her first six albums, spawning much vitriol as well as four “Taylor’s Version” rerecorded albums to date.

When the dancers put their grins back on, Swift plays an ebullient excerpt of a very recent “Poets” bonus track, “So High School,” which every person in the crowd will know is inspired by Kelce. There are some breakup songs of recent vintage too — yes, Mr. Customs Man! — like “The Smallest Man in the World,” which may or may not have cost Matty Healy, the 1975 frontman and former Swift paramour, a night of sleep.

The whole tour is themed around not just the newer records but the rerecordings that have made every older album in her catalog feel improbably fresh. It was, quite possibly, the single most baller move in the history of the record industry … and led to the career-retrospective concept for what is already unquestionably the biggest tour in the history of popular music.

Any discussion of the charms of fandom isn’t meant to forestall discussion of “The Eras Tour” as big business. The numbers are fuzzy because Swift’s camp does not release grosses from her shows, unlike nearly every other artist at the stadium or arena level. Even when the tour wraps after 20 months on Dec. 8 in Vancouver, it seems likely those numbers will continue to be guarded with a zeal on par with the government of North Korea’s. Many industry experts believe the gross will approach or even surpass $2 billion.

What is known for certain — even without a confirmation from Swift World — is that she broke the all-time tour-gross figure when she hit the $1 billion mark, whenever exactly that might have been. The two trade publications that specialize in the touring industry have slightly differing estimates: Billboard calculated a cumulative gross of approximately $900 million when she took a break at the end of 2023, figuring that she would crack $1 billion shortly into the tour’s resumption in April, while Pollstar estimated that she had passed $1 billion by the conclusion of last year. Any way you guesstimate it, Swift took less than a year to break the previous record of $939.1 million, which Elton John grossed with his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour across nearly three years of shows.

One source close to the production said early in the “Eras Tour” era that her average gross each night is $14 million. Others believe that is a highly conservative estimate, with a possible total that on at least some nights edges closer to $17 million. One remarkable aspect is that this does not include the revenue from any inflated resale tickets — which, as anyone who has tried to get tickets through Vivid Seats or StubHub knows, mostly have gone for several times their face value. It was little publicized, but Swift had “dynamic pricing” turned off for her ticket sales, possibly to avoid the controversies Bruce Springsteen encountered when the face value on some of his tickets leaped to the four-figure range upon their first sale. Swift left money on the table by not participating in the scalping of her own tickets, which had an average price of around $230 and topped out at $499, excepting VIP packages, which zenithed at $899 — all well short of what some other superstars ask nowadays. Of course, neither Argentina nor anyone at Wembley Stadium ahead of Swift’s opening night performance in June will be crying for her when she’s in reach of $2 billion without the resale inflation … not to mention the hundreds of millions of dollars in merch.

(This is extraordinary also because Swift hasn’t done any press to promote the tour, except for when she was selected as Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in December. But she doesn’t need to — the tour is constantly being celebrated on social media with every outfit change. And it’s also become so huge, it’s featured more A-list sightings than the Oscars, from Julia Roberts to Tom Cruise to Stevie Nicks, who had the surprise song “You’re on Your Own, Kid” dedicated to her in Dublin.)

Benson Boone, whose “Beautiful Things” is the most-streamed song of 2024 in the U.S. and the world, says he felt dwarfed when performing as the opening act at one of Swift’s seven shows at London’s Wembley Stadium. He has forever committed to memory the exact attendance figure he was given for the night: “89,497,” he says. “Just her stage alone is bigger than anything I’ve ever seen — 300 feet of it!” he says. “I took in every moment. It was cool for me to experience another artist’s world and learn from it. I want to work that hard and be the captain of my ship.”

Although it’s maddening to a media that likes official box office reports and can’t get them, it’s easy to see the wisdom in not flaunting those figures if you’re a superstar artist who counts on being seen as relatable. Swift certainly is proud of breaking records — she posted a tweet when “The Tortured Poets Department” spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1 on the album chart, one of only three albums in history to do so. But she’d rather count fan impressions than dollars. By the same token, she doesn’t publicize or confirm acts of generosity that leak out, like the sizable food-bank donations she makes in every city she tours, or the $100,000 bonuses that the tour’s 50 truck drivers reportedly got for Christmas.

An addendum to all this is how the “Eras Tour” film — released last fall, less than halfway through the actual tour — grossed just over $180 million domestically and $261 million globally, beating the records set by Justin Bieber’s concert film in the U.S. and Michael Jackson’s globally. Massive big-screen spoilers only heightened, rather than diminished, resale demand for the shows yet to come on the 152-date tour and helped precipitate the movement among Americans to head overseas, to make up for the supply found sorely lacking at home.

“She is the torchbearer for the live industry,” says Andy Gensler, editor of Pollstar. “It’s nothing we’ve ever seen before, and it’ll be a long time before we see it again. Her timing was exquisite: The pandemic created this yearning and hunger for live entertainment like nothing else in our history, so she couldn’t have picked a better time to go out.” Pollstar called last year a “historic golden age” for touring, as the top 100 global tours collectively surpassed $9 billion — up 46% from 2022 — with Swift obviously contributing a significant chunk of that total. (This year, the trade reports that overall tour attendance is down, with flat grosses, representing a slight reckoning for the live industry that, obviously, isn’t impacting “Eras.”)

“What my partners and I talk a lot about is how it’s one thing to have a big tour in North America. It’s another thing to have an equally big tour wherever you are in the world and to do doubles and triples in these markets,” says Bernie Cahill, an Activist founding partner and manager of acts including the Grateful Dead and the Lumineers. “It’s an anomaly. It’s not normal. And don’t forget, you’re going into what I call asymmetric venues, which are venues that are not really built for music; these are venues that are built for football games or soccer games and can be very challenging to do music. And they get it right every time — Louis Messina [Swift’s tour promoter since her earliest days] and his team are world-class.” But for all that globe-trotting, he notes, “there are some artists that you see do a show and you know they don’t even know what city they’re in. I always feel like Taylor knows exactly where she is. She has a relationship with that city or that market and those fans and she’s connected to them in ways that are very authentic, that you can’t fake.”

The one big snafu in the rollout of “The Eras Tour” occurred in November 2022 when the Ticketmaster system melted down after too many North American dates went on sale at once, causing thousands of fans to experience long delays. The on-sale broke the all-time record for tickets sold in a single day at 2 million, but it also nearly broke the world’s largest ticketing platform. Swift herself was Teflon in this situation, as the blame fell on a ticketing system not capable of handling so much of the Swift-loving world at once. And although most of the problems people have with Ticketmaster are different from what fans faced in the “Eras Tour” debacle — mainly, hidden fees and monopolistic practices — it could have big legislative consequences anyway. Dean Budnick, co-author of “Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped,” believes that the Swift hullabaloo was the main catalyst for Congress enacting reform. “There’s no question that perhaps there’s gonna be some meaningful change in ticketing as a result of what people experienced with that on-sale.”

That sense Cahill spoke about of the singer making it clear to an audience she knows exactly where she’s at is in full force in Dublin. Swift introduces the “Folklore”/”Evermore” segment by suggesting that she had a spiritual locale in mind when she started writing that more intimate material, locked in during the first part of the pandemic. “It keeps me up at night all year long: Which era is the most Irish?” she half-jokes to the crowd. “I’m gonna make a case for it being ‘Folklore’ … This album’s imaginary world had a whole aesthetic — like I lived in this cabin in a really green, nature-y, moss-covered landscape. You see where I’m going?… Another thing that I think makes it more Irish than the other eras is, ‘Folklore’ was all about storytelling. And I know you hear this a lot, but you guys are naturally gifted storytellers, right?”

Later on, Swift will cement the local connection by playing, as a “secret” surprise acoustic song, “Sweet Nothing.” She doesn’t have to give the crowd any explanation for that: From the first notes, Irish Swifties will immediately recall that the lyrics reference to the coastal town of Wicklow. The real cherry on top of the show for locals at any international Eras Tour stop, though, comes with a customized moment each night during “We Are Never Getting Back Together” when the spotlight is put on backing dancer Kameron Saunders for a couple of seconds, as he blurts out something locally appropriate, and cheeky. One night in Dublin, it’s the Irish catchphrase “the neck of ye!”; on another, he yells out “pog mo thoin,” meaning “kiss my ass!”; the massive, knowing laugh that inside joke gets makes it clear this isn’t entirely an audience of American tourists after all.

But the basic theatrics and emotional currents remain consistent from show to show. If Swift is surprisingly reticent to make her “Eras Tour” numbers public, that may be, in part, her desire to keep the focus primarily on a personal fan connection. Music industry veterans are taken aback by Swift’s ability to be giant and intimate onstage. “She’s a master marketer of herself — and she is not afraid to be vulnerable to her fans,” says Michele Bernstein, who runs a consultancy that works with stars like Drake. Bernstein could almost be quoting the lyrics of “Mastermind,” where Swift describes herself in almost comically omniscient terms, then dives into a bridge about how no one would play with her as a little girl.

People like my guardian of the customs gate may complain about Swift’s songs centering on her romantic splits, but that subject matter magnifies her own insecurities and weaknesses, expressed in genuinely eccentric wordplay, in ways that keep the audience in thrall to someone they perceive as a humble underdog as well as a veritable cage fighter. She could do a $10 billion tour someday and still keep the crowd enraptured by how she measures up to, or rallies to exceed, the smallest man — or men, or Kardashians — in the world.

This plays out in the “Eras” show in all sorts of symbolic ways, like the new segment in the “Tortured Poets” section where she seems to have fainted from the vapors of failed romance. Dancers in tuxedos try to revive her while a swing version of “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” plays over the PA. A pair of women dressed as nurses fit her with what looks like a majorette’s uniform — or, with all its off-white stripes, is it really meant to resemble a straitjacket? The resemblance is probably not coincidental. Swift fans know there’s nothing like a mad woman.

The most exhilarating moment that has been added to the show this year has her gliding down the ramp on a platform, appearing to anyone at floor level like she is levitating like the witch she makes herself out to be in “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” Taylor Swift: She was Agatha all along!

Yes, there is much to unpack. But in Dublin and in every other city where “Eras” has alighted, there is also pure inspiration for those who maybe haven’t always felt like they’ve had a voice, whether it’s her LGBTQ+ fan base or, well, women. It’s a modern transmutation of Beatlemania in which Swift manages to be all four Fabs, and a mirror, as well as object, of that gaze. You don’t have to be a woman to experience the explosion of pure female joy that takes place on a mass scale at an “Eras” gig, but for men, it doesn’t hurt to have a healthy sense of where you might sit on the female spectrum.

Outside Aviva Stadium, two young Londoners have formed their own two-woman straight-gay alliance: One is wearing a shirt with the hand- drawn words “You’re obsessive and crazy,” and the other’s shirt has the phrase “You’re gay,” each with an arrow pointing to the other. This echoes the original lyrics to Swift’s 2006 oldie “Picture to Burn,” which was rerecorded after some were offended by “gay” as a possible teen epithet. “I am obsessive and crazy, and she is gay,” laughs Zoe Gibson, pointing to her friend, India Day. “We want to bring back the original lyrics. We never found them homophobic — we want to reclaim it.” Day adds, “We’ve listened to her since we were 4 years old, so obviously there’s the nostalgia factor. But for me, she speaks on quite a lot of issues like gay rights and feminism, and all of her songs perfectly sum up the experience of being a woman.”

Some of the shirts are apropos for Pride Month. Seeing a boy of no older than 15 or 16 wearing a homemade “But Daddy I Love Him” shirt (the title of a “Tortured Poets” fan favorite), it’s easy to imagine some courage was required to don that apparel. Along the same lines, I spot any number of women making their own statement in shirts with the modified exclamation “But Daddy I Love Her.”

Gay or straight, 6 years old or 60-something, female or just female-allied, the crowd inside gets its sway on early in the show, with the arrival of the gentle, waltz-time “Lover.” It’s not one of the big set-pieces of this nonstop Broadway-style production — the spotlight is just on Swift and her acoustic guitar — but it might be the one where the entire audience feels like it’s at a four-minute campfire. No wicked witchiness here, just winsomeness.

Down on the floor, I’m seeing what amounts to a Taylor Swift mosh pit: gangs of two or three or five young women, ignoring the fact that Swift herself is just yards away from them on the ramp. They’re singing and acting out every last line to each other, as if the superstar isn’t even towering right over them. A waste of their euros? Hardly. Swift will capture their full attention again as the show proceeds, but in the moment, she isn’t just a superstar — she might be the world’s greatest community organizer.

[enkisstories]

The next day it happened: Seth couldn’t resist taking a photo of world-famous actress Judith Ward walking past the nearby golf course wearing an aristocratic dress and a black umbrella. Fifteen pictures, actually. The pics spread through the internet like wildfire!

Seth had recorded a video of Hank Anderson’s backstory along with that of the androids. Hank’s experience as one of the detectives that had been directly involved in the android uprising, a former android hater no less, were matching the theme nicely.

Publishing Hank’s video so briefly after the Judith Ward photos catpulted Seth into local fame as Detroit’s hottest emergent online journalist. Plus, he was the guy that had broadcast Markus’ inflamatory speech during the revolution! Had the deviants threatened him to do his bidding? Had Seth caught deviance from Markus? Had he ever been to Jericho? What was Seth’s favorite song? The public wanted to know everything!

As a result of his new fame, instead of a visit from the police, as feared, Seth got an invitation to Stargazer Lounge as a nominee for the Starlight Accolades!

Wanda was there, as were probably other DPD officers behind the scenes. But the cops hadn’t gotten sent to apprehend Seth today. Their instructions were to make sure that the Starlight Accolades could run their course undisturbed. They’d arrest whoever was about to disturb the event, be that human or android.

At first it seemed the media wanted to gloss over the celebrity android and conveniently forget him as soon as possible, when two nondescript teen girls in mismatched attire got lauded first. But then, the second to last to get called to the microphone was Seth Stratford!

The announcer was visibly unhappy, but Seth didn’t care. He was now in a position to speak a little more openly about the androids’ situation.

Selling the trophy also allowed for more repairs. Everyone including Daniel has a Steel Bladder now, Seth is also Antiseptic again.

[theapril]

Comedy Genius Changes Fantasy Team From Stankees to A-Roids

July 13, 2013 – Bismarck, ND - Jimmy Higginbotham, a local legend in the nefarious and often brutal world of fantasy sports, has reportedly struck “comedic gold” yet again, after changing the name of his fantasy baseball team, in midseason, from the “New Yawk Stankees”, to “The A-Roids.”

“Jimmy has always had a penchant for turning a play on words from obscurity, to hilarity,” says fellow fantasy-leaguer Billy Moonbright, who purports himself to be a pal of the comedic genius and Yankee-hater, and claims to have known him since second grade. “Whether it was the ‘Bismarck Iceholes’ that year we played Fantasy Hockey, the way he cleverly named his Fantasy Football team the ‘San Francisco 69ers’ instead of the 49ers… which almost everyone was jealous of, or his current shrewd and gut-busting word twist, poking fun at Alex Rodriguez’s present-day performance-enhancing drug scandal– Jimmy’s nimble mind is always coming up with crackerjack team names that keeps the whole league on pins and needles.”

Surprising to most, Higginbotham, 22, has never considered doing stand-up, but remains content playing Tiger Woods Golf, and bagging groceries at his nearby Sparkle Market– a job which he has held for almost a year and a half now. That is not to say however, that the gears of his mirthful mind are not constantly working on sending up what will assuredly be the next ‘Badlands Beer League’ knee-slapper. 

“I thought about changing the name of my fantasy basketball team from the New York Dicks to The Mustache Riders once, but I just haven’t pulled the trigger yet. For now, I kinda just wanna make fun of those East Coast snobs, because they think they’re so big.”

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[wrecked-er-blog]

So today I had to listen to my brother lecture me about how acting is an unrealistic and “very unlikely for me to be able to do” because of the area I come from and the rate that people actually succeed in acting. His point was that he’s going to the military and like an O10 officer can get paid up to $160,000 a year by doing nothing. This is completely untrue. So yea well just because you ain’t doing shit doesn’t mean you like it. I don’t give two flying fucks if I make the same amount of money as everyone else or if I get paid a lot honestly. I’m just in it for the acting. I want to see people laugh and smile and enjoy themselves and I want to be able to say “Hey, I did that. I accomplished the impossible” and so what if I don’t make it huge like some stars. I’m doing what I love. And then he made the point of well you live in New Castle, how are you going to do that? Yea well look, TheGabbyShow on YouTube is becoming popular and she’s from New Castle. My school gives me a leg up because it’s a Performing Arts Charter School, and then there is other auditions outside of my state. So even if I don’t start out on stage doesn’t mean I can’t friggin try. You do your thing and I’ll do mine. So SORRY if you don’t think it’s “realistic” but plenty of other people have proven otherwise.

SORRY that it doesn’t fit your ideals and your views but you aren’t me. Like does it look to you like I give two flying fucking shits about that money or the time!? I said it once and I will say it again. Fuck the money. Fuck the time. Fuck the haters. I want to see people smile and laugh and be happy and enthusiastic and everything in between and be able to say “Yea. I did that. I went against everyone and I tried. I accomplished the impossible because it wasn’t so impossible after all” So maybe I don’t become a household name like Johnny Depp or Ryan Gosling or Grant Gustin but I’m still doing it. Fuck the money and time and fame and everyone. NO actor has ever not been told they couldn’t do it. Well surprise asshole, they made it anyways. I don’t care if I make a mark on only a few people or the entire world, I don’t care if I get below average money or if I get enough money to wipe my ass with it. As long as I did SOMETHING and I’m not just accepting and conforming to who everyone thinks I should be. So when my brother is getting out of the Air Force making less money than he is now and I’m living the higher life without him, I’m gonna laugh in his face and tell him not to coming running to his little sister when he needs something. It’s not my fault that he didn’t want to take the risk of going Pro in golf when he had the chance. He could’ve had a full scholarship to college for it but he didn’t want to take that leap of faith that he is hating on me for trying to take. That’s why I’m starting NOW. That’s why I’m doing everything I can to make it in film. So maybe I wasn’t able to do shows when I was 7 or 8. Mummy never gave a shit and never had time for her kids. My dad would’ve dropped everything he was doing to get me to the local Playhouse. But even then I was afraid to ask because my dad never had extra money to be spending. So as a little 7 yer old, knowing daddy had financial issues, I did my own thing and acted in front of him instead. So please, SOMEONE PLEASE tell me that I can’t do it. That I can’t make it. That it’s impossible so it makes it THAT much more fun to laugh at them when I do make it. Big or small.

And this applies to EVERY job. Big or small. Hard or not. Someone tell you that you can’t own a business? Screw them. Want to be a writer but someone tells you that you can’t do it? Byeeee. Want to be a mechanic but someone tells you that you aren’t smart enough? Ignore them and study. Want to be an actor but someone tells you it’s not realistic? Leave them behind and continue on anyways.

Nothing in life is guaranteed. Not money or a job, or hell, even life. So maybe some of us are going for something a little harder to get. Plenty of people have proven that it is possible. You just have to try.

That is what needs to be said. And I think I speak for every actor or writer or anyone reaching for their dreams. Struggling or not. Amateur or not. I’m just stupid enough and bold enough to yell it out for the world to hear.

Guys if you make it to the end, please share this. This needs to be heard because this means so so so much to me and others. It may not seem like much but job hating makes people not want to reach for their dreams

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People may be gazing through their smartphones at digital reputations in inappropriate places, but at the least they are moving

I am currently writing this under a great deal of stress. The Pokmon Go servers are down. Frankly, if the Pokmon Go servers were up, I wouldnt be writing at all.

Id play around Pokmon Go, because thats all I do now, and Im surely not the only one in such situations. America nay, the world is exhausted with this totally irrelevant neutered reality mobile tournament in which human beings accumulate grotesque caricature beings obscuring throughout the planet.

There are some haters out there who claim Pokmon Go which disconcerts people from their everyday lives, be promoted to accumulate said monsters wherever they may be, whether in a ballpark or at the Holocaust Museum is poised to spoils our already tenuous culture. But I prophesy the opposite is correct, because Pokmon Go actually fosters stepping. The activity might even solve Americas obesity trouble forever.

Living in Los Angeles, I hoof it as little as humanly possible. First of all, its oppressively hot right now. Second, everything from my local grocery store to the juicery where I get my light-greens is miles away. Theres even a song about how no one in LA feet anywhere. I waste the majority of members of my epoches either in my air-conditioned residence or in my air-conditioned auto, watching life pass before my seeings with no interest in its contents. Pokmon Go exasperates this tenfold with its seam of digitized imagination, but at least Im putting one paw in front of the other while I do it.

Most video games are played from a accommodated rank. Summon of Duty, Halo, Uncharted and the like are best knowledge with your behind securely planted on a deluxe couch. I have watched people play video games while at a holding table, but those people uniformly “re being ridiculous”, like theyre just about to run out of the chamber because the fire alarm get pulled. Those Wii Sports tournaments, where people swaying a remote control in front of a Tv while pretending to play golf, was all the rage a decade ago. But now no one plays them unless theyre wino after a dinner party or their parents dont give them watch movies rated PG-1 3.

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Is Pokmon Go good for your health ?

Obsolete gaming tendencies aside, amusement in its own country is becoming more and more sedentary. When is the last time experience you heard about person playing racquetball, a sport that was all the rage for health nuts in the 70 s, for merriment? Parties play racquetball now just because theyre alarmed they are likely succumb if they dont.

Pokmon Go be the first time that mass amusement in years to require a person to leave the house to play it. Yes, its obnoxious to construe person in a movie theatre, a Starbucks line or at a funeral trying to snuff out the very near Charizard or Squirtle instead of paying attention to whats happening immediately in front of them. But its marginally better than Snapchat, which is a massive succes for our culture.

Pokmon Go helps the average ADD-ravaged millennial to explore their encloses , not only stay where you are and put silly filters on it. Again, I recognize that their smothers in this instance imply slipshod graphics and human reputations that garment like examples from the Hot Topic website, but this is a victory for living nonetheless.

Imagine the pasty wastoids on XBox Live rising from their self-imposed graves to find sunshine and fresh air. Representation these mobs of Mountain Dew-addled minors realizing that something exists beyond their front door. Humans have to usage to stand healthy. Its a physical obligation, but a brisk path are likely to be the least stimulant part of the average persons daylight unless you enjoy the phones of car horns or birds chirping, which merely age-old people like.( I realize that citizens of places like New York, San Francisco and Chicago do spate of ambling during the day both travelling and of the aimless smorgasbord. They dont require the additional promotion. Its the children Im thinking of .)

This is also going to invigorate the decomposition plazas and public spaces of this society, as aspiring Level 12 Pokmon trainers descend on our ignored infrastructure. I do worry what will happen when a child decides to go catch a Pikachu he or she found on a road on-ramp, but we can deal with that when it happens. At least that child will be in tip-top condition.

We might not be able to make fast food healthier or depress the gluttony our culture reveres, but we can reach treading less distasteful. You might not ever be interested in real fowls chirping, but at the least maybe you can find the pleasure in the siren song of a wild Togepi or Fearow. Just try not to get run down by a bus while youre at it.

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They say that iguanas in Florida are out of control. They burrow under roads and savage electrical boxes. They sometimes carry salmonella and there are so many of them. But all in all they are so damn cute that you just wanna forgive them. The locals have reportedly taken to offing them.

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Peoria native Betty Friedan now has a bench in her honor in the Illinois town.  The bench looks out to her childhood home with the words, ‘Peoria native who changed the world.’

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Zac Efron, Haley Joel Osment, John Malkovitch and Kaya Delario are awesome in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.

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Sometimes I am late to the party but just saw The Most Hated Woman in America with Melissa Leo and Peter Fonda. We should have heard more about those great performances!

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Ringo joined pal Paul at Dodger Stadium for a swing at Sgt. Pepper and Helter Skelter in the July 13 encore. Joe Walsh also stepped in a bit for the 3 hour show.

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Baskets is over. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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CBS research analyst, David Poltrack has retired after 50 years. The professor at NYU and Steinhardt fought hard against the odds to bring us Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman which was an instant hit.

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Joe Crane, who was fired from Springfield’s WICS after criticizing the owners scare tactics has reached an” agreement “ with the station.

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The Yang Gang is growing. Andrew Yang is still in the running for President. Buy a MATH hat and support the Freedom dividend. Alaska already gets it and the program was introduced by a republican governor. It is great when we can work together.

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Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are up about 10 points and Biden has dropped about 10.**  Beto has rebooted again? This is getting a bit old. He seems to have worked himself into a frenzy this time as he jumps out onto the stage very excited. He is trying too hard but he should talk more about being a punk rocker in his youth, now that is interesting. As of this writing he is below Marianne Williamson. Ya know she makes a lot of sense, I think it is just the way she says it that comes off a little odd.**Tulsi Gabbard is suing Google after her campaign went offline after the debates.**

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The second debates came and went. Marianne Williamson gets more shit than she deserves. Pundits who often say ridiculous things love to belittle her. Pay attention, there are some inspiring thoughts in there. If the world continues to get stay angry and things get more violent, we may welcome a theme of love!  Bernie was on fire and he and Warren came off with the best sound bites until night 2. Andrew Yang had his say which is becoming more confident. Inslee got no press from this debate. Tim Ryan caught Hell for not putting his hand over his heart like the rest of the crowd. He seems so sour anyway.. just go!!  Nothing seems to be really resonating when it comes to Beto ,Bennett, Delaney,  Klobuchar or Gillibrand, I think their time is up. Gillibrand did say she would Clorox the oval office which was cute. Biden did seem a bit out of it when self-advertising but I see that as a good thing but he needs to stop with the ‘malarkey line. . Harris and Biden clashed. Booker said “shithole” and they didn’t bleep it and he used the phrase ‘marijuana justice’. Gabbard took Williamson’s ‘sick care’ thing and Harris took Yang’s math thing so they are all somewhat on the same page.

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Animal Kingdom has been renewed for season 5.

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T-Mobile has taken over Sprint.

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Comedians in cars getting coffee was good this season. Seinfeld toured Big Lots and had some Arby’s and Twinkies to act like a regular guy.  Jerry and a guest were bleeped when talking about a comic that Jerry seems to despise. Most agree that is was Bobcat Goldthwaite.  There was some joking about other shows that could be interesting like Cougars in cars getting cosmos. I’m in.

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Thank you Stranger Things for another great season, well for the most part anyway.

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Speaking of comedians that seem adverse, David Spade seemed a bit put out at Conan for some reason when he was on Howard Stern.** Spade also has a new show, Lights Out which will be comics talking about events that are not political.

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Days Alert: Please, Please put Xander and Sarah together. The chemistry is palpable.** Please bring back Paul and give him a nice boy to love so that Will and Sonny are not the only game in town. Perhaps Joey could get out of prison and realize he is gay.** The Nicole and other mask and Susan showing up.. oh my..WTF??** Thaao is back!!

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It has been reported that 2.5 mil was diverted from the National park funds to pay for Trump’s July 4th extravaganza.** Mayor Bowser has asked the Federal Government to reimburse D.C. millions. The celebration drained the city of their security anti- terror fund.** Folks were not allowed to bring umbrellas for the rain soaked event. The President was in a box. Most of the big draws were cordoned off for the big donors. ** But really media, many say it but can we please quit going on and on about every little thing that Scary Clown does and run this country? How long should we let him keep kids in cages and fill the courts with his judges and lie about, well ..everything?** Rudy does his Trump lawyering for free.** The Supreme Court has decided to let Trump build his wall with 2.5 billion of the pentagon budget while litigation goes on in the lower courts. Just think what that money could do for our vets.

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Los Espookys is a fabulous new show!!

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Why does the world seem to be full of people with no self -esteem, no inkling to do the simplest research and would rather shoot first, ask questions later? Why are so many fine with letting the dictators take over the world?** TRUMP IS OVER  if you want it –Mia Farrow by way of John and Yoko** I am sure even Scary Clown is surprised that he is still in charge what with all the law breaking and the ‘jumping on the plane excuses.’ When will there be accountability?** As Wanda Sykes says:  Most Presidents really age fast in the WH. Trump does not seem to but we have.

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The whole Mueller thing did not seem to help. Bobby 3 sticks seems to be a slow and steady guy who buckled down, did his work and it should have been a done deal.  Some say he was putting on a show, some found him confused and some called him a doddering fool in the hearings.  He wasn’t being dramatic, he stuck to the truth and the rule of law. He tried for a year to get Trump to talk to them. People should have read the report, it should not have taken a spectacle to put it out there. I feel a little icky about a country that won’t read such an important document. The Dems say they wanted it all out there on the line so the American people who have the facts and they could move forward. Ok..whatever that means.  The Office of Legal Council say they can’t indict a sitting President but isn’t that just an added on memo? They can indict a President after he leaves office. There were so many speaches. There was Republican showboating that would not even let him talk. Texan Louie Gomhert was an exceptional loon who does not seem to give a damn about this country.  The shuffling of Mueller’s papers was maddening. Both sides had opinions, both sides put him down and both sides praised him. How can the parties come together if we can’t come together within the parties? There was a lot of “yes” and “no” and there is so much still under investigation that could be talked about.** We do know that Russia interfered, made contact with the campaign who welcomed it and then they lied to cover it up. If the men who lied have been charged and convicted then so should the President. ** less people watched than watched the Comey stuff and the Blasey Ford testimony but that is nt surprising. People who give a shit have read the report and know the answers, the haters only seem to listen to the President and others work or simply don’t care.** John Ratcliffe has been nominated for director of National intelligence.

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Kushner’s family real estate company has more than 170 code violations in Baltimore.

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Luke Perry’s son Jack is making a name for himself in wrestling as Jungle Boy.

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If you want to try a pre mixed old fashioned try Aisha Tyler’s own blend at Courage and Stone.com.

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The Intelligence Committee investigation concludes that Russia penetrated all 50 states election systems.** Scary Clown is giving 40 billion in foreign aid to wealthy investors overseas.** Why is Moscow Mitch giving so much support to Russia? He sees that we are at risk and he won’t protect us. It seems that Oleg Peripaska is going to build an aluminum plant in Kentucky.** In God we trust is a must now in Kentucky schools.** By the end of July, the Intel committee has asked to review secret grand jury materials. The impeachment investigation has begun.

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There has never been a democrat running the FBI in its 100 year history.

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The teen summit that Trump presided over was fucked with. Someone put up a fake presidential seal behind him that showed a Russian eagle symbol with golf clubs and cash that read 45 is a hoodlum in Spanish. Tee he he

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The DOJ will not prosecute Barr and Ross for contempt of congress.

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Boris Johnson will be the British Prime Minister for now. What the fuck is becoming of all of us?

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Justin Amash has left the Republican Party.

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Puerto Rico’s pig of a governor, Ricardo Rossello has finally resigned.

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NY Governor Cuomo has signed a bill allowing congress to get Trump’s state tax returns.

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My new favorite animal is the pocket shark. It is very small and glows in the dark. OOOEEE!!

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Avengers if now the highest grossing film of all time.

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Mad Magazine is essentially over. They will still release previous work and have year  end special editions by mail and at comic book shops. I know so many people that Mad influenced, it’s a sad day.

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A 16 year old girl was raped by a 16 year old boy who filmed it and texted, ‘when your first time having sex was rape.’ The judge claimed it wasn’t rape and that the prosecutors should have explained to the girl and her family that the charges could destroy the boy’s life.

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Vogue magazine left out Marianne Williamson when they ran their story on women running for President. They claim it was only about elected officials but that seems a bit like BS.

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“Trump is the greatest President since Lincoln.” –Jon Voight** The average Trump WH staffer earns $99,000.** Let’s not forget that Scary Clown has lost more cabinet secretaries to corruption and ethics concern in his first term than any President in U.S. history.** I seem to remember that before he was our leader, he bitched more than anyone I can remember so why didn’t he leave per his own instructions to the Squad?? His family came from Germany which I seem to remember they denied for some time. ** The house has voted to condemn Trump for his racist comments.** “You might be a racist if”.. sounds like a new take on the Foxworthy routine that isn’t at all funny.  A few days after I wrote this, Whoopi Goldberg mentioned the phrase herself. I guess we are all thinking it.** He is now attacking Cummings and Sharpton. Sometimes I think that he is just serving all this up on a silver platter because he wants out so badly. Perhaps he is just showing us how stupid we really are. ** “Trump tower is a crime infested urban hell hole.” –Greg Sargent** “Wear your racist like a badge of honor.” –Steve Bannon

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Now there are recordings of Nixon and Reagan talking some racist shit. Reagan called African delegates, “Monkeys “  that don’t wear shoes. If memory serves me he started his Presidential campaign at a racist college so not that surprising.

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People have started unfollowing Scary Clown on twitter. I’ve said it before.. ignore him and he’ll go away. Don’t ignore the money he is moving around and the way he is fucking up our democracy but ignore all the day to day bullshit cuz he thrives on it.** Some ancestor digging has apparently revealed that his family fortune began in Canada with a brothel.** Dan Coats is out.

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“Our horror only makes him stronger.” – Colbert** His LONG intros to his ‘Meanwhile’ segment are a bit ridic.** Chris Wallace and Colbert kind of got into it on his show, even the hosts are at each others throats. Colbert made fun of Mueller in the monologue but when Wallace said similar things in a serious matter, Stephen got his back up

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3 From Hell looks terrifying.

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The debt has grown from 19 trillion (the start of the Trump presidency) to 22 trillion in the here and now.** For only the second time in history, the house voted to hold William Barr and Wilbur Ross in contempt of congress.

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Biden says he’ll do push -ups to prove his stamina and Bernie has challenged Trump to a race. C’mon old white guys, quit the pissing contest let’s move forward or get out of the way.

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Pottery Barn is going to do a line of ‘Friends’ inspired furniture??**The Coffee Bean and Tea Leave co. will have Friends inspired drinks.

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Hooray for Danielle Reno who did her own detective work and stole her car back from the carnappers.

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How will I wait for the last season of Criminal minds?? They have really decided to keep us on tender hooks until 2020??

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The Emmy noms have been announced: Hooray for best comedy noms Barry, Veep, The Good Place, Russian Doll and (woo Hoo) Schitt’s Creek. For drama there is Better Call Saul, Killing Eve. Ozark, Pose and Succession. I’m thrilled for Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Viola Davis, Julia- Louis Dreyfus, Natasha Lyonne, Catherine O’Hara, Don Cheadle, Michael Douglas, Bill Hader and Eugene Levy. Some categories are so hard to route for because there so many talented people. Limited series has given us Hugh Grant, Niecy Nash and Patricia Arquette in lead and supporting. Other supporting and guest noms are Fiona Shaw, Jonathon Banks,  Peter Dinklage, Giancarlo Esposito, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Sarah Goldberg , Tony Shalhoub, Henry Winkler, Ben Whishaw, Laverne Cox, Jessica Lange, Pater Macnicol, Stephen Root , Rufus Sewell and Michael McKean. SNL has many nominations with Adam Sandler, Emma Thompson, Sandra Oh, Robert DeNiro, Kate McKinnon and John Mulaney. Variety shows include The Daily Show, Full Frontal, Jimmy Kimmell Live, Last Week Tonight. The late Late show and The Late Show.  Structured reality is a good category with Drunk History, At Home with Amy Sedaris, Who Do You Think You Are?, Documentary Now and I Love You America. Informational will pit Comedians in Cars against My Next guest needs no introduction.  Game of Thrones gets the most noms with 32.

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Good for Disney for their spotlight on real lions for their release of The Lion King. In the 25 years since the animated version, the lion population has dwindled by HALF.

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Storming Area 51? What? Civilians are not allowed to storm ANY military base. ** Budweiser is offering free Bud Light to any alien that makes it out.

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ICE is also picking up some American born Latinos. 18 year old Francisco Galicia was released after 3 weeks and while in custody he lost 26 lbs.

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Judy, the biopic of Judy Garland with Renee Zellweger, Finn Whitrock and Rufus Sewell looks promising!!

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A skull found in Europe shows us that homo sapiens were there 20,000 years ago.

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The top money makers in today’s thriving for profit prison industry are: Henry Cuellar, Marsha Blackburn, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, Lamar Alexander and Mitch McConnell.  The Government pays them $250 a day to house the caged kids!

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Go Coco Gauff!

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Rand Paul tried to stop the 9-11 victims bill it went thru.** The GOP blocked election security and cyber security bills as the Mueller hearing played out.

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The 25 WEEK mug was on Seth’s desk again on the July 18 show.** Seth wonders why reporters are still asking Trump questions? It gets us nowhere. The Michael Moore appearance began the new phrase, ‘Orange Crush’ as a call to arms to beat Trump.

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In sexual predator news: The Jeff Epstein case is really heating up. It seems his fortune is sort of a mystery. He seems to have come by most it from Victoria’s Secret and Bath and Body works owner  Les Wexner. ** The department of Justice has now shaved down the definition of domestic violence. It was sort of an all encompassing definition which included: patterns of deliberate behavior, dynamics of power and control, physical, sexual, emotional, economic and psychological abuse. But now they have trimmed that to be simply felony or misdemeanor crimes.** Epstein was found in his cell unconscious with neck injuries. Suicide?** New reports are saying that Epstein spoke to scientists about his plan to impregnate women in at a New Mexico ranch.

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Morton, Il. will ban the sale of legal marijuana when the state starts legal sales in January 2020.

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Dem presidential wanna be news: Swalwell is out. Tom Steyer is in.

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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King

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Look for the impossible burger coming to Burger King next year.  Testers are saying it tastes like the real thing. The inventors use a fake out of heme, the part of blood that gives meat its flavor. There are also some promising meat subs being grown in labs but they are still a ways away. We must evolve the meat biz. Why wouldn’t we want to stop killing animals if we could? Like coal, it should become a thing of the past.  And let’s grow some trees while we are at it and have real solutions for climate change.

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UT Austin will now give free tuition to undergrads with family income below $65,000 in 2020.

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Federal executions are back.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was ranked #1 in Governing magazine of thriving Gov’s elected in 2018.

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Hooray for the US women’s soccer team. Let’s pay them what they are worth, they actually win. Megan Rapinoe deserved kudos for her fab speech about the diversity of her team.

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GOP candidate Robert Foster would not allow a female reporter access to the campaign ride along unless she was accompanied by a man.

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So, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.. Sort of a mind blow and after digesting and thinking on it.. My favorite Tarantino film. I have read a few reviews, one saying it was such a film for the guys. I say wrong on that. My sister and I thought this was one for the ladies. To watch that eye candy of Kurt, Brad and Leo on the screen was a nice gift. This is my favorite kind of film even though I usually can’t put up with historical fiction. The vibrancy of the beautiful people, the old look of the western and the filth of Spahn Ranch made everything so clear. This so made sense for myself and my sibling’s particular life because of our Father and the respect he showed us about movies. If he were still with us, he would have loved the reverence for Sergio Leonne shown here. To show the progression of how somebody may end up at the ranch was real in this imagined scenario. All these things were really blending in 1969 and there was not a lot of shoe wearing. The best part was the new way to see some old songs which other reviewers mentioned and movies can be so great at. The words of Manson’s little ditty always get stuck in my head as they do here. I always wonder if it is the haunting acts or the song itself. Stepping into California in 1969 was also an exciting . For the first time, I actually felt I was on Cielo Drive and at the ranch. The driving sequences were long but that is what California is about.  Many are going on about the ending which I won’t go into but I can see both sides. Hooray for the self- indulgent but brilliant Tarantino!!

R.I.P. Gene Gerdom, Luis Alvarez,  Ross Perot, Martin Charnin, John Paul Stevens, victims of the Kyoto animation studio attack, Lane Lindstrom, Art Neville, Russi Taylor, the garlic fest victims, Rutger Hauer and Rip Torn.

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OJ Simpson says 'being a felon ain't all bad' as he's treated like 'royalty' by fans who beg for selfies

http://www.internetunleashed.co.uk/?p=35621 OJ Simpson says 'being a felon ain't all bad' as he's treated like 'royalty' by fans who beg for selfies - http://www.internetunleashed.co.uk/?p=35621 OJ Simpson reckons "being a felon ain't all bad". The former footballer is said to be treated like royalty in Las Vegas by adoring fans who beg him for selfies, autographs and high-fives. OJ, who was acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman before being found liable for wrongful death at a civil trial, was released from prison in October after serving nine years for kidnapping in a botched armed robbery attempt. The 71-year-old had been trying to recover his old football memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel room. Read More OJ served nine years in jail (Image: AFP) OJ on trial in 1995 (Image: Reuters) Read More Celebrities who've broken the law... And in a video posted by TMZ , OJ is seen larking around with a fan. The man recording the video says into the camera: "You know me, all my people is felons." The camera then reveals OJ, who says: "Come on, Ricky, you know I don't like that s**t but being a felon ain't all bad." The website says OJ is the local celeb along the Las Vegas strip, and that he's not treated like an ex-con at all. They also posted a video of people lining up to get pictures with the disgraced star. Earlier this year, OJ insisted that he DIDN'T confess to the murders of Nicole and Ron after he was seen describing 'blood and stuff' in a bizarre interview. His 1994 mugshot (Image: Mugshots.org) Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now The former American football star shocked Fox viewers when he hypothetically confessed to murdering his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron in a previously scrapped interview. But he's since spoken out, insisting that it wasn't actually a confession. He said: "Listen, if I confessed 12 years ago, you would have heard about it 12 years ago!" He added to the Buffalo News that he hadn't watched the special when it aired, saying that he doesn't like seeing himself on TV. He continued: "I didn't watch the [FOX special] because I knew they were all haters, and people will say things that are just not true, and there's nobody there to challenge them, and that would p**s me off. Read More "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit" (Image: Reuters) OJ insists he didn't confess to the murders (Image: Fox) "So why [watch it]? It's a beautiful day. I'm about to go play golf. Why should I have some crap in my mind? You've got to let it go." Simpson was tried for the double murder, but found not guilty by a jury on 3 October 1995 in a court case that was deemed the 'Trial of the Century' due to the huge international interest in it. The TV special featured Harper Collins publisher Judith Regan, who spoke to Simpson in 2006 to promote his book If I Did It, where he hypothetically discusses how he would have killed Nicole and Ron. The pair were found murdered outside Nicole’s home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on 12 June 1994. Both the interview and the book were pulled at the time because of public outrage. Source link

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Barbara Henning

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from DIGIGRAMS

Kiss Me / Feb 26, 2016

—dreaming—on my bike—in Detroit—pull up to a bungalow—a guy tells me—over there—chain up—I know him from long ago—inside some kind of sale—models with skeleton key necklaces—things out of hand—brutal hand-to-hand—some politicians—outside under an elm tree—bike gone—sorry they spray it with something—it pops open—bike skeletons everywhere—minus a wheel or handlebar—under his breath, a curse—he might shoot me—so cold at the bus stop—I take a cab—passing the VA hospital—I remember the guy—my hand in his—he was kissing me—

Morning Glory / Mar 2, 2016

—a Ukrainian woman on the bus—how do you pronounce “via”—Americans have dialects?—she’s  excited—and boy does it matter—up the aisle—a young teenage girl talks into her cell phone—about “footlocker”—how they don’t have interesting sneakers—child, she says several times—you’re not going to blank on me, are you?—like a biker child whose been riding all day—windblown hair—I can’t see her face—her sneakers are turquoise, orange and yellow with green laces and pink holes—a morning glory is a master of change—in one day its petals can shift—from blue to pink and sometimes red—exiting the bus, I glance back—a pudgy 13-year-old white boy—each number is a child—according to the American Dialect Society—the word of the year is “they”—

It’s Us / Mar 3, 2016

—what would you do—I say—in class—to a young woman—she wants to be a nurse—if a doctor told you—give this medicine to a patient—you knew he was wrong—it could be fatal—calm, collected, logical—maybe you’d lose your job, I say—trying not to panic— the numbers on the meter jump—she says, calmly—I’d give it to the patient—we were all like—Whoa!—well, I’d lose my job—that would be murder—the bully stares back at us from the mirror—ugly and frightful-haters, bashers, hucksters—it’s us—bundled like an old mummy gliding down the street—I head toward—a bundle of—yet-to-bloom crimson peonies—loose ends—catch them up—quietly with as little movement as possible—

So Says Ovid / Mar 4, 2016

—Dad died 20 years ago—Jean says—Patti says it, too—Just like that—time sky and night—over and gone— in the times today—the bully’s name appears—above the fold—eleven times—he-who-must- not-be-named—laundry in the washer—the dryer—folded into drawers—vacuum rug—blowing out my bronchi—this and that horn—order a mattress by hitting a key—sweaters folded flat—like a sandwich—I say I’m competitive—a young robust physical therapist laughs—believe oneself well and one will be well—so says Ovid—at Angelica’s eating chickpeas—Canada and Israel have a robust trade—in chickpeas—text a question to my ex—where did we buy those dishes?—ASAP he calls back—his voice so faint—I can barely hear him—he used to whisper in my ear—oh I loved him so—my phone line crackly—like an egg shell inside—

It’ll Come To An End / Mar 10, 2016  

—like Spring out today—don’t need a coat— it’ll come to an end—the Maple Leafs coat the islanders—the earth moving closer—let the GOP have the bully—they deserve reality tv—your lungs will be better now—says the herbalist—try not to think too much—about politics—the bully whale dying—from bacteria in his lungs—after killing three young workers—at Seaworld—this will take a long time —maybe longer than I have—look at you, Kumar says—drumming the floor with his foot—you are much much better—at Trader Joes local organic cukes for 69c—I buy three—one organ takes over—for another—retired subway cars dumped into the ocean—now artificial reef—cross-legged on the floor—Martine and I share Indian food—in the Steinway building—marble hallways—piano memories—like misguided golf balls—bouncing 263 yards into a chilly wind—

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Barbara Henning is the author of several collections of poetry, her most recent A Day Like Today (Negative Capability Press 2015). Other recents include A Swift Passage (Quale Press), Cities and Memory (Chax Press) and a collection of object-sonnets, My Autobiography (United Artists).  She has published three novels, Thirty Miles to Rosebud, You Me and the Insects and Black Lace, and she is the editor of Looking Up Harryette Mullen and The Collected Prose of Bobbie Louise Hawkins. Born in Detroit, Barbara now lives in Brooklyn and teaches for Long Island University, as well as writers.com. More info at http://barbarahenning.com.

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Northern Trust Open 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV schedule, and how to watch Sunday online

Jordan Spieth holds a Sunday lead again on the PGA Tour and he's set up to take the first leg of the FedExCup Playoffs.

The major championship season has come and gone in golf but that doesn't mean our Sundays are now empty. The FedExCup Playoffs certainly do not carry the weight of a major, but they've slotted in nicely during the late season to provide some meaningful golf that constantly draws the biggest names in the game.

The Northern Trust is the first leg of the four-stop postseason and Sunday's final round is an instant example of how the playoffs deliver some of the top stars playing compelling golf late in the year. Jordan Spieth holds a three-shot lead with 18 holes to play, but the crowd chasing him includes world No. 1 Dustin Johnson. A Spieth-DJ final pairing, playing for big money and playoff points, is exactly what the PGA Tour had in mind when it started this postseason experiment a decade ago.

Spieth would bump Hideki Matsuyama from the top spot of the FedExCup standings here in week one of the postseason. It would also put him in a prime position to win his second FEC title in three years, adding yet another massive $10 million bonus payout to his already outrageously lucrative and young career. The points reset and sometimes fickle machinations of the postseason wouldn't exactly put him in a commanding position, but he'd go to the season finale in Atlanta "controlling his own destiny" — meaning a win there would automatically mean he wins the entire Playoffs.

For the CBS haters, and there's a strong vocal group of them on Twitter at least, this could be considered a day of rejoicing. It's the network's final broadcast for about five months, as they fold up shop to focus on football. They usually return a stop or two into the West Coast swing in late January or early February, either at the Phoenix Open or Torrey Pines. While CBS has the highest-rated event in the game, August, as a whole, is probably their strongest month. It includes a prestigious WGC event, the season's final major, and a Playoffs event in the four-week stretch.

That final pairing of Spieth and DJ tee off just before 2 p.m. local at Glen Oaks. The pace all week has been steady and brisk. Expect a sub four-hour round unless there's some sort of mess to disrupt things. So Jim Nantz and friends should sign off with their final call of the year just before 6 p.m. ET. Here's your media schedule for the final round at the Northern Trust:

Sunday's final round coverage

Television:

Noon to 1:30 p.m. — Golf Channel

2 to 6 p.m. — CBS

Online streams:

8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Live featured groups stream

Noon to 1:30 p.m. — Golf Channel LiveExtra simulcast stream

1:30 to 6 p.m. — PGATour.com/CBS simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)

TEE TIMES

Here's your full tee sheet for Sunday's final round on Long Island:

8:15 a.m.: Sean O’Hair, Kelly Kraft

8:25 a.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Rod Pampling

8:35 a.m.: William McGirt, Ian Poulter

8:45 a.m.: Charles Howell III, Luke List

8:55 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Luke Donald

9:05 a.m.: Richy Werenski, Kyle Stanley

9:15 a.m.: Hudson Swafford, Ryan Moore

9:25 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, D.A. Points

9:35 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Lucas Glover

9:45 a.m.: J.J. Spaun, Emiliano Grillo

9:55 a.m.: Ryan Blaum, Grayson Murray

10:05 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Charl Schwartzel

10:15 a.m.: Si Woo Kim, Kevin Tway

10:25 a.m.: Scott Stallings, Chad Campbell

10:35 a.m.: Kevin Na, Kevin Kisner

10:45 a.m.: Wesley Bryan, Geoff Ogilvy

10:55 a.m.: Chris Kirk, Webb Simpson

11:05 a.m.: Jason Kokrak, Morgan Hoffmann

11:15 a.m.: Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy

11:25 a.m.: Camilo Villegas, Daniel Berger

11:35 a.m.: Martin Flores, Pat Perez

11:45 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau

11:55 a.m.: Whee Kim, Harold Varner III

12:05 p.m.: Jason Day, C.T. Pan

12:15 p.m.: Martin Laird, Henrik Stenson

12:25 p.m.: David Lingmerth, Louis Oosthuizen

12:35 p.m.: Robert Streb, Scott Brown

12:45 p.m.: Bubba Watson, Jhonattan Vegas

12:55 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley

1:05 p.m.: Justin Thomas, Chez Reavie

1:15 p.m.: Justin Rose, Jason Dufner

1:25 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Kevin Chappell

1:35 p.m.: Jon Rahm, Matt Kuchar

1:45 p.m.: Paul Casey, Patrick Reed

1:55 p.m.: Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson

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CHARLOTTESVILLE AFTERMATH: ‘A DAY OF DEATH’ — W.H. clarifies after TRUMP didn't condemn neo-Nazis and white supremacists by name — B’DAY: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Good Sunday morning. BREAKING — at 10:42 a.m.: A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON put out the following statement in response to questions about President Trump’s remarks yesterday, per pooler Gabby Morrongiello of the Washington Examiner. “The President said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry, and hatred. Of course that includes white supremacists, KKK Neo-Nazi and all extremist groups. He called for national unity and bringing all Americans together.” Morrongiello writes “POTUS will continue to receive regular updates from his team about the events that unfolded yesterday in Charlottesville, Va.”

CHARLOTTESVILLE DAILY PROGRESS FRONT PAGE — “A DAY OF DEATH: WOMEN KILLED BY CAR DRIVEN INTO CROWD; 19 INJURED … OHIO MAN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN CRASH … TWO STATE TROOPERS PERISH IN HELICOPTER WRECK IN ALBEMARLE” http://bit.ly/2wGgHWC

Story Continued Below

THE LATEST, via the Daily Progress’s Bryan McKenzie: “A 32-year-old woman was killed and 19 people were injured after a driver sped into a crowd of counter-protesters at Fourth Street Northeast and Water Street mid-afternoon.

“The crash occurred after the rally had broken up and a large number of protesters were marching down Water Street. A Dodge Challenger sped into the crowd at Fourth Street Northeast, slamming into pedestrians and into the rear end of another car. The Dodge backed up the street quickly and sped away despite heavy front-end damage.

“The driver, James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run with injury. About two hours after the car crash, two state troopers were killed when their police helicopter crashed and burned near Old Farm Road. The helicopter was involved in providing surveillance and information during the day.

“Alt-right torchbearer Richard Spencer said he was outraged by what he said was a lack of police protection. ‘I have never been so outraged at my government,’ he said, addressing a crowd of approximately 100 supporters who had relocated to McIntire Park after Emancipation Park was cleared. ‘We are never backing down. We are going to be back here.’ …

“Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe thanked local and state law enforcement and the National Guard and said white supremacists are not welcome in Virginia. ‘Our message is plain and simple: Go home,’ he said. ‘You are not wanted in this great town.’” http://bit.ly/2wFKSNX

— James Alex Fields Jr.’s mugshot. http://bit.ly/2vyDvaT

FIELDS’ MOTHER SPEAKS — AP’s Sarah Rankin: “Fields’ mother, Samantha Bloom, told The Associated Press on Saturday night that she knew her son was attending a rally in Virginia but didn’t know it was a white supremacist rally. ‘I thought it had something to do with Trump. Trump’s not a white supremacist,’ said Bloom, who became visibly upset as she learned of the injuries and deaths at the rally. ‘He had an African-American friend so …,’ she said before her voice trailed off. She added that she’d be surprised if her son’s views were that far right.” http://bit.ly/2w2R6JI

ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS OPENS FEDERAL PROBE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions called late Saturday for a federal investigation into the racially tinged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. ‘The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law and justice,’ Sessions stated. ‘When such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated. I have talked with FBI Director Chris Wray, FBI agents on the scene, and law enforcement officials for the state of Virginia. The FBI has been supporting state and local authorities throughout the day. U.S. Attorney Rick Mountcastle has commenced a federal investigation and will have the full support of the Department of Justice. Justice will prevail.’” http://politi.co/2vzni5d

CHARLOTTESVILLE MAYOR MICHAEL SIGNER (D) speaking with JOHN DICKERSON on CBS’ “FACE THE NATION — DICKERSON: “Mr. Mayor, the president said that he wanted to know what was going on in Charlottesville and that we want to see what we’re doing wrong as a country, he said. What’s your answer to that?” SIGNER: “You know, I don’t want to make this too much about Donald Trump, we have a lot of grieving, a lot of work to do as a– as a city and as a country, but he should look in the mirror. I mean, he made a choice in his presidential campaign, the folks around with him, to, you know, go right to the gutter, to play on our worst prejudices. And I think you are seeing a direct line from what happened here this weekend to those choices. He has the opportunity, as do we all, to have a fresh beginning.”

THE GUV. — AP: “Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe will visit two Charlottesville churches and speak to congregants following violent clashes in the city between white supremacist groups and counter-protesters that left three dead. The governor’s office says in a release that Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam will join McAuliffe at both Sunday services. McAuliffe and Northam are scheduled to visit Mount Zion First African Baptist Church and Visit First Baptist Church.” http://bit.ly/2uD3A7o

PRESIDENT TRUMP is facing widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats after he declined to condemn by name white nationalists behind a deadly protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump, who was speaking at his golf club Saturday in New Jersey: “The hate and the division must stop and must stop now. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides.” He later tweeted “condolences” to the family of the women and two Virginia State Police who died.

— QUITE THE LEAD, from Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman on A14: “President Trump is rarely reluctant to express his opinion, but he is often seized by caution when addressing the violence and vitriol of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and alt-right activists, some of whom are his supporters.” http://nyti.ms/2wGrD70

NRSC CHAIRMAN CORY GARDNER (R-COLO.) was the most high-profile Republican to directly push back on Trump. He tweeted: “Mr. President – we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.” … GARDNER to Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “I think the president needs to step up today and … call it for what it is. It’s evil, it’s white nationalism, it’s bigotry and it’s unacceptable. And if he doesn’t do that, we can continue to answer the question of why. But I believe he has a chance to do that today.”

REP. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FLA.): “White supremacists, Neo-Nazis and anti-Semites are the antithesis of our American values. There are no other ‘sides’ to hatred and bigotry.”

FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA put out a rare tweet quoting deceased South African President Nelson Mandela — @barackobama: “‘No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…’” … “‘People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love…’” … “‘…For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.’ – Nelson Mandela”.

IVANKA TRUMP (@IvankaTrump) at 8:09 a.m.: “1:2 There should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis.” … “2:2 We must all come together as Americans — and be one country UNITED. #Charlottesville”.

TOP TWEETS — @gabrielsherman: “When I asked senior WH official why Trump didn’t condemn Cville Nazis, he said: ‘What about the leftist mob. Just as violent if not more so’” … @GlennThrush: “It is neither unfair nor inaccurate to point out that the president has been tougher on Mitch McConnell than Putin or Nazis in last 24 hours” … @marcorubio: “Nothing patriotic about #Nazis,the #KKK or #WhiteSupremicists It’s the direct opposite of what #America seeks to be. #Charlottesville”. …@senorrinhatch: “We should call evil by its name. My brother didn’t give his life fighting Hitler for Nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home. –OGH” …

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… Ken Schwencke (@schwanksta): “This is the White House’s only response to my asking three times if the President condemns white supremacists” [“Hi Ken – On background, the President condemns all acts of violence.”] http://bit.ly/2vv2HAJ … @BresPolitico: “Worth noting no one in congressional leadership so far has called for hearings into rise of white supremacist/neo Nazi/racist movement”.

THE DAILY STORMER, a neo-Nazi publication: “Trump comments were good. He didn’t attack us. He just said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us. He said that we need to study why people are so angry, and implied that there was hate … on both sides! So he implied the antifa [anti-fascists] are haters. There was virtually no counter-signaling of us at all. He said he loves us all. Also refused to answer a question about White Nationalists supporting him. No condemnation at all. When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room. Really, really good. God bless him.”

DRUDGE BANNER: “MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN! CHAOS AT RACE RALLY IN VIRGINIA”.

CLICKER – “Chaos and violence: Scenes from Charlottesville’s white nationalist rally” — 30 pix http://politi.co/2fCpV2c

FLASHBACK — PLAYBOOK SCOOP, June 23: “The Department of Homeland Security is restarting a stalled $10-million grant program for ‘Countering Violent Extremism’ this morning. Life After Hate, a group dedicated to deradicalizing neo-Nazis and stopping white extremism, was slated to get $400,000 in the final days of the Obama administration (http://bit.ly/2sxsh6x) before the program was halted for review, but the Trump administration dropped them from the new grant list that’s getting announced today. The group has seen a twenty-fold increase in requests for help since Election Day ‘from people looking to disengage or bystanders/family members looking for help from someone they know,’ the organization’s founder Christian Picciolini told us.” http://politi.co/2sYwb91

THE AFTERMATH IN VIRGINIA …

— WAPO: “Three dead in wake of clashes at white nationalist gathering in Virginia,” by Joe Heim, Ellie Silverman and T. Rees Shapiro in Charlottesville and Emma Brown in Washington: “Chaos and violence turned to tragedy Saturday as hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members — planning to stage what they described as their largest rally in decades to ‘take America back’ — clashed with counter-protesters in the streets and a car plowed into crowds, leaving one person dead and 19 others injured.

“Hours later, two state police officers died when their helicopter crashed at the outskirts of town. Officials identified them as Berke M.M. Bates of Quinton, Va., who was the pilot, and H. Jay Cullen of Midlothian, Va., who was a passenger. State police said their Bell 407 helicopter was assisting with the unrest in Charlottesville. Bates died one day before his 41st birthday; Cullen was 48. …

“Video recorded at the scene of the car crash shows a 2010 gray Dodge Challenger accelerating into crowds on a pedestrian mall, sending bodies flying — and then reversing at high speed, hitting yet more people. Witnesses said the street was filled with people opposed to the white nationalists who had come to town bearing Confederate flags and anti-Semitic epithets. A 32-year-old woman was killed, according to police, who said they were investigating the crash as a criminal homicide.” http://wapo.st/2uzGhzj

— NED OLIVER of the Richmond Times-Dispatch: “‘When it hit, it hit hard and people just started flying into the air,’ said Byron Woods, a Waynesboro resident who witnessed the crash. ‘This is a sad day today in this great United States we live in.’ Witnesses said there was no question the collision was intentional, describing the gray Dodge Challenger appearing to speed up over the course of two blocks before it rammed into a stopped vehicle just ahead of the mass of the people, who were chanting anti-racist slogans.

“‘They’d thought they’d driven the Nazis out of town,’ said city resident Eberhard Jehle, describing a generally jovial mood among the group. He said the driver, going at least 35 mph, made no attempt to stop. ‘Oh, it was absolutely intentional,’ he said.” http://bit.ly/2w0A9Ra

COMING ATTRACTIONS — LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER: “Lexington mayor says Confederate statues at courthouse will be moved,” by Beth Musgrave: “Mayor Jim Gray said Saturday he is taking steps to remove two controversial Confederate-era statues from the lawn of the former Fayette County Courthouse on Main Street. Gray’s announcement came the same day as multiple people were killed and injured in Virginia after a vehicle drove into counter-protesters who had clashed with white nationalists around a Confederate-era statue in Charlottesville. … ‘We have thoroughly examined this issue, and heard from many of our citizens,’ Gray said in a statement. ‘The tragic events in Charlottesville today have accelerated the announcement I intended to make next week.’” http://bit.ly/2vS0zno

DRIP, DRIP – NYT A1, “Mueller Is Said to Seek Interviews With West Wing in Russia Case,” by Mike Schmidt, Matt Apuzzo and Maggie Haberman: “In a sign that the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will remain a continuing distraction for the White House, the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, is in talks with the West Wing about interviewing current and former senior administration officials, including the recently ousted White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, according to three people briefed on the discussions.

“Mr. Mueller has asked the White House about specific meetings, who attended them and whether there are any notes, transcripts or documents about them, two of the people said. Among the matters Mr. Mueller wants to ask the officials about is President Trump’s decision in May to fire the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, the two people said.” http://nyti.ms/2wUqisv

FOR YOUR RADAR — “Iran lawmakers raise missile, Guard spending to challenge U.S.,” by AP’s Nasser Karimi in Tehran and Jon Gambrell in Dubai: “Iran’s parliament voted overwhelmingly Sunday to increase spending on its ballistic missile program and the foreign operations of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, chanting ‘Death to America’ in a direct challenge to Washington’s newest sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The lawmakers’ vote comes amid growing anger in Iran over U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to renegotiate the nuclear deal struck with world powers in 2015. While they stressed the bill wouldn’t violate the terms of that agreement, it again increases the friction between the two nations that routinely have tense encounters in the Persian Gulf.” http://bit.ly/2uzxMUS

— BLOOMBERG: “Top U.S. General to Meet South Korean Leader Amid Tensions,” by Heejin Kim: “The U.S.’s top general plans to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday, just days after his counterpart Donald Trump said military options against North Korea were ‘locked and loaded.’ General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with senior military officials along with Moon … He will head to China next on the previously scheduled visit, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing an unidentified military official.” https://bloom.bg/2fCoa56

TRUMP’S OBAMACARE SUPPORT– “How the Trump administration is spending millions to shore up Obamacare,” by Rachana Pradhan: “President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up Obamacare. But his own administration is separately dangling hundreds of millions of dollars before states to bail out their insurance markets. Alaska will get $323 million over the next five years to coax its lone Obamacare insurer to remain in the market and hold down premiums. At least four other states, including some that have vociferously opposed the Affordable Care Act, are seeking similar deals.

“The efforts come as the GOP push to repeal and replace the law is in disarray and state officials in both red and blue states seek ways to shore up their shaky markets. They have the blessing of the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services — even as the president himself is threatening to cut off key subsidies as early as this week. That move could send premiums skyrocketing and potentially collapse insurance markets nationwide. The White House said Thursday it applauds the stabilization efforts even as Trump steps up the pressure on the Senate to resume efforts to try to pass legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare.” http://politi.co/2w0jk8P

GET SMART FAST — “Think Obamacare repeal was hard? Wait for tax reform,” by Rachael Bade and Bernie Becker: http://politi.co/2wFwUvj

SUNDAY BEST … JAKE TAPPER speaks with HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISER TOM BOSSERT: TAPPER: “Are you willing to at least concede that President Trump was not clear enough in specifically condemning white supremacy?” BOSSERT: “No, the words of the ignorant bear little with me and should bear less with you in the media. Unfortunately they don’t. What I would say is that the president not only condemned the violence and stood up at a time and a moment when calm was necessary and didn’t dignify the names of these groups of people but rather addressed the fundamental issue. So, Jake, what you need to do is focus on the rest of his statement. The president didn’t just call for human beings to respect one another, which is his pragmatist core, fundamental bare minimum but he called for ideally for Americans to love one another. For all God’s children to love one another. That is a fundamental assault on the very nature that we’re seeing here.”

— TAPPER: “When you just condemn groups, as opposed to specifically white supremacists, Nazis, clan members, it creates this vagueness that … allows neo Nazis to think, ‘he’s not condemning us, he’s condemning anybody that was violent.’ And that’s the problem. And you, on this show today, have said that you condemn groups, condemn actions, condemn bigotry, but I haven’t heard you say, ‘I condemn white supremacists, I condemn neo Nazis, I condemn the alt right.’ I haven’t heard that. And I think a lot of people were upset — a lot of Republican officials — they didn’t hear it from President Trump. But I don’t want to belabor this point.” BOSSERT: “Well, I think you’ve belabored it. So let me say, I condemn white supremacists, and racists and white Nazi groups, and all the other groups that espouse this kind of hatred and exclusion.”

H.R. MCMASTER to GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS on ABC’S “THIS WEEK”: “Any time that you commit an attack against people to incite fear, it is terrorism.”

— ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI to George: STEPHANOPOULOS: “If you were White House communications director yesterday would you advise he give that statement?” SCARAMUCCI: “Well I wouldn’t have recommended that statement. I think he needed to be much harsher as it related to the white supremacists and the nature of that. I applaud Gen. McMaster for calling it out for what it is: it’s actually terrorism. And whether it’s domestic or international terrorism with the moral authority of the presidency you have to call that stuff out.”

CHRIS WALLACE speaks to CIA DIRECTOR MIKE POMPEO on “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”: WALLACE: “You’re saying you don’t believe there’s anything imminent in terms of North Korean action — another missile test, another nuclear test, firing those missiles towards Guam?” POMPEO: “Chris, I’m quite confident that he will continue to try to develop his missile program. So it wouldn’t surprise me if there was another missile test. He conducted two in July. So it wouldn’t surprise me if there was another missile test.” WALLACE: “But, when you say there’s…” POMPEO: “There’s no but to that.” WALLACE: “When you say there’s nothing imminent…” POMPEO: “What I am talking about is I’ve heard folks talking about we being on the cusp of a nuclear war. I’ve no intelligence that we are in that place.”

CHUCK TODD speaks with ADM. MIKE MULLEN on NBC’S “MEET THE PRESS” — TODD: “You said you’re concerned the rhetoric has limited options. What options are you concerned that the president has eliminated with his rhetoric?” MULLEN: “Well, I think it eliminates maneuver space for him because it looks like brinkmanship to me. And it looks like clearly he’s, at least, verbally focused very specifically on the military options with the rhetoric that’s out there. It’s almost a fire and brimstone, ‘Don’t make another move or else.’ And the comment that military options are locked and loaded – We’ve always had military options, and they’re very complex, but they can be executed. It almost seems as if we’re leading with those, which makes an awful lot of, it unsettles an awful lot of people.”

— ON KIM JONG-UN: “I don’t think he’s a rational actor. He’s got a rich history in his family, the legacy to uphold. He is on a race to gain this capability. Much different from his father or his grandfather in terms of developing capability. He is in a flat-out sprint to develop this capability, and then see what happens. I just can’t bring myself to the point where we say, ‘Well, it’s okay if this leader has these devastating weapons.’”

TRUMP’S WEEK AHEAD – Monday: Trump signs “a Presidential Memorandum on China’s laws, policies, practices, and actions related to intellectual property, innovation, and technology” . … Tuesday: Trump heads a discussion on infrastructure. … Wednesday: Trump visits a VA hospital. … Thursday: Trump meets with small business owners and SBA administrator Linda McMahon. … Friday: Trump visits an opioid clinic.

PHOTO DU JOUR: People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12. | Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress/AP Photo

WARREN WORLD — LAUREN DEZENSKI goes “Inside the Elizabeth Warren merchandising empire”: “Prayer candles. Action figures. Temporary tattoos. Coloring books. Elizabeth Warren isn’t just a progressive icon, she’s a merchandising industry unto herself. The Massachusetts senator and presidential prospect is at the center of a sprawling business built around her appeal to liberals across the country — a reminder of the unabashed devotion she inspires on the left and the footprint she’ll cast in the 2020 Democratic primary. ‘Elizabeth Warren is an increasingly popular brand that people want to associate with,’ said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. ‘She’s the Apple of politics.’

“It’s impossible to know the true size of the Warren merchandising-industrial complex. The bulk of it exists beyond the senator’s control on sites like online marketplace Etsy. And her campaign, which hosts its own online store, declined to disclose the exact amount of money it raises from merchandise sales. But it’s safe to say no other senator has anything like it. Warren’s campaign store has expanded beyond traditional political fare such as buttons, bumper stickers, tote bags and t-shirts to offer a line of products that capitalize on the ‘Nevertheless, she persisted’ meme spawned by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s much-publicized admonishment of Warren on the Senate floor earlier this year.” http://politi.co/2wFZo8q

TRUMP’S WASHINGTON — “Trump’s Easing of Postcrisis Wall Street Rules Gains Momentum,” by WSJ’s Ryan Tracy and Dave Michaels: “Regulators in the Trump administration have started easing restrictions that were placed on Wall Street after the financial crisis, using broad powers to revisit rules intended to constrain everything from trading risks to executive pay. Several agencies are reviewing the Volcker rule, a part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that limits banks’ trading. Some regulators also recently dropped a plan to restrict bonuses on Wall Street that had been opposed by banks and brokerage firms.

“And the Labor Department on Wednesday disclosed an 18-month delay in the so-called fiduciary rule that requires brokers to act in clients’ best interests when they handle retirement accounts. The moves show that while President Donald Trump might be struggling to advance his legislative agenda in Congress, his administration is making headway in changing some of the myriad rules that Wall Street has sought for years to overturn or water down.” http://on.wsj.com/2vyqsWZ

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BONUS GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:

–“To Catch a Counterfeiter,” by Joshua Hunt in California Sunday Magazine: “Counterfeiting is a $400 billion industry in China. There are real car dealerships selling knockoff cars and fake Apple Stores where the employees aren’t in on the scam. China sends millions of pairs of counterfeit shoes to the EU and billions of dollars’ worth of counterfeit pharmaceuticals to Africa and Southeast Asia.” http://bit.ly/2vWQJRC

— “The Rise of the Valkyries,” by Seyward Darby on the cover of September’s Harper’s: “In the alt-right, women are the future, and the problem.” http://bit.ly/2hSoNbJ … The cover http://politi.co/2vWY7N2

— “Hiroshima,” by John Hersey in The New Yorker’s Aug. 31, 1946 issue: “At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place in the plant office and was turning her head to speak to the girl at the next desk.” http://nyr.kr/1ITh5mH

— “Total Eclipse,” by Annie Dillard in The Atlantic in 1982: “The sky snapped over the sun like a lens cover. The hatch in the brain slammed. Abruptly it was dark night, on the land and in the sky. In the night sky was a tiny ring of light. The hole where the sun belongs is very small. A thin ring of light marked its place. The eyes dried, the arteries drained, the lungs hushed. There was no world. In the sky was something that should not be there.” http://theatln.tc/2vWykER (h/t Longform.org)

— “The complete history of the IBM PC, part one: The deal of the century,” by Jimmy Maher in Ars Technica: “Bill Gates, mysterious deaths, and the business machine that sparked a home revolution.” http://bit.ly/2uyf7F8

–“Giving ‘The Devil’ His Due,” by David Grann in the June 2001 issue of The Atlantic: “For several years in the early 1990s U.S. intelligence maintained close ties with a Haitian named Emmanuel ‘Toto’ Constant, the founder of a savage paramilitary group that has been held responsible for a prolonged wave of killings and other atrocities. Toto Constant today walks the streets of Queens, a free man. How did he come to find refuge in the United States? Who has been holding up his deportation?” http://theatln.tc/2vue6PK

–“Richard Dawkins Offers Advice for Donald Trump, and Other Wisdom,” by John Horgan in Scientific American: “The biologist and atheist, whose latest book was released this week, talks about the reliability of science, artificial intelligence, religion and the president.” http://bit.ly/2vXbj4m

–“Telemetry,” by Jeff Sharlet in VQR: “I’m told the pain [from a heart attack] can be instantly alarming. Not for me. It was only an ache, or sometimes a ripple, weak as chamomile, never sharper than nettles. That is, I did not know it was a heart attack. Then, after midnight, my chest began to fill as if with heavy water. My breath was cut into small and ragged pieces. I was being pressed, as if by a hard hand, back into the rocking chair in which I sat until dawn.” http://bit.ly/2uw8yXF

–“A Guide to Russia’s High Tech Tool Box for Subverting U.S. Democracy,” by Garrett Graff in Wired: “Understanding just how extensive and coordinated Russia’s operations against the West are represents the first step in confronting—and defeating—Putin’s increased aggression, particularly as it becomes clear that the 2016 election interference was just a starting point.” http://bit.ly/2vudnj5

–“Fools, Cowards, or Criminals?” by Ian Buruma, reviewing “The Memory of Justice” in the N.Y. Review of Books: “The film never suggests that Auschwitz and My Lai, or French torture in Algiers, are equivalent. Ophuls tries to complicate the problem of moral judgment. What makes human beings who are normally unexceptional commit atrocities under abnormal circumstances?” http://bit.ly/2uOhSl3 … Trailer http://bit.ly/2vYnH3t

–“What it feels like to conduct an auction,” by Dan Davies: “Recommended warm-up exercises include reciting Humpty Dumpty with your tongue extended out as far as possible, and speaking with a big smile on your face, which makes your voice sound better.” http://bit.ly/2uO75qE

–“The creator of the pig-human chimera keeps proving other scientists wrong,” by Usha Lee McFarling in Stat: http://bit.ly/2wQpHI5

–“The Fifteenth Century is the Most Interesting Century” – Modern Indonesia blog on Medium: “Before 1492 CE the world was divided in two. One part consisted of the Americas, representing a hundred million people. They had bell peppers, syphilis, tobacco, and turkey, but no measles, onions, or beef. The other part consisted of Afro-Eurasia, an enormously diverse series of societies from Iceland to New Guinea. These people had wheat, rice, millet, garlic, peas, and aubergines, but before 1492 none of them had ever seen a tomato.” http://bit.ly/2vqCp2q

–“Ghoulish Acts & Dastardly Deeds,” by Alan Bellows in Damn Interesting: “At each of the [around 30] bomb sites [in the 1950s in NYC] — among the scattered detritus of pipe fragments, shell casings, broken plaster, glass, nuts, and bolts — police kept encountering one thing that was not like the others: a partially consumed throat lozenge. The point or purpose of the lozenge was as mysterious as the bomb-maker’s motives.” http://bit.ly/2uO8jCy

–“Why we fell for clean eating,” by Bee Wilson in The Guardian: “The oh-so-Instagrammable food movement has been thoroughly debunked – but it shows no signs of going away. The real question is why we were so desperate to believe it.” http://bit.ly/2uO8n51 (h/t Longreads.com)

–“The True American,” by Robert Pogue Harrison in the N.Y. Review of Books: “These days the question of what it means to be a ‘true’ American resists rational analysis. Whatever one can say about Americans that is true, the opposite is equally true. We are the most godless and most religious, the most puritanical and most libertine, the most charitable and most heartless of societies. … We are outlaws obsessed by the rule of law, individualists devoted to communitarian values, a nation of fat people with anorexic standards of beauty.” http://bit.ly/2fzeoRe

–“The bomb ended World War 2: And other myths about nuclear weapons,” by Ashutosh Jogalekar in Curious Wavefunction: “On the ground the [nuclear] bombing looked no different from the relentless pounding that dozens of major Japanese cities had received. The firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945 killed more civilians than the atomic bomb”.” http://bit.ly/2uOo6RT (h/t TheBrowser.com)

SPOTTED IN NANTUCKET: David Gregory and Katie Couric last night at the Boston Pops concert at Jetties Beach on Nantucket, where the Beach Boys also performed … Greta Van Susteren walking this morning through town … former RNC chair and Veterans Affairs secretary Jim Nicholson and his wife strolling yesterday on Federal Street in downtown Nantucket … Dana Bash waiting in line for the Nantucket fast ferry yesterday in Hyannis.

SPOTTED: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) yesterday at Starbucks in Menlo Park, California … Rob Saliterman, Lara Crystal, Sheena Arora and Rodell Mollineau overlapped for a day in Cape Town on their respective honeymoons so they got together yesterday at Italian meat restaurant Carne SA to celebrate their “one week anniversary” – pic http://bit.ly/2uCO8Ik … former Missouri Senate candidate Jason Kander and Texas Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Beto O’Rourke on Friday at the Westin Galleria hotel in Dallas at the Young Democrats of America national convention

WEEKEND WEDDINGS — “Katrina Valdes, Joseph Bishop IV” — N.Y. Times: “Mrs. Valdes Bishop, 26, is the communications director in Washington for Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, Republican of Florida. She graduated from George Washington University. … Mr. Bishop, also 26, is a government contractor in Washington. He also graduated from George Washington. … Though the bride and the groom attended George Washington and had many mutual friends through their Greek organizations, they did not meet until after they had both graduated, in September 2013.” With a pic http://nyti.ms/2vyZo9S … Wedding pics http://bit.ly/2uCZFrd … http://bit.ly/2fCMzHZ

–SPOTTED: Sean and Amanda Evins, Caitlin Rush, Christian Hertenstein, Greg and Meredith Dolan, Bale Dalton, Gaby Boffelli and Nate Gately, Shelby Hodgkins and Kevin Hartley, Sarah Hodgkins and Austin Ankney.

— Andrew Moylan, EVP of the National Taxpayers Union, and Lori Sanders, associate VP of federal affairs at R Street, got married on Saturday night in a born on a horse farm in Shepherdstown, W.Va. They met at a state policy network conference in 2012 and then worked together for four years with the R Street Institute. Pic http://bit.ly/2w0MZi7

–SPOTTED: Joey Coon, Brooke Oberwetter, Brandon Arnold, Gordon Cummings, Stacie Rumenap, Chris Myers, Dan Rothschild, Alan Smith, Ian Adams, Dave Bahr, R.J. Lehmann, Pat Michaels, Joe Henchman, Chaz Cirame, Rebekah Bydlak, Arin Greenwood, Richard Lorenc, John Stephenson, and Brian Walsh of the White House.

TRANSITIONS – Ben Geldon starts this week as a senior producer for the weekday edition of CNN’s “Inside Politics.” He most recently was a VP at SKDK and is a Bloomberg TV and “Reliable Sources” alum.

BIRTHDAYS: Sarah Huckabee Sanders is 35. She’s celebrating with her family (hat tips: Bryan Sanders and Sean Spicer) … twin bros Jeremy and Alan Bash … Molly Henneberg … Vanessa Lindlaw … Fed Chair Janet Yellen is 71 … Sam Champion is 55 … Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) is 65 … former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders is 84 … Nate Jablow … Addy Baird, reporter at ThinkProgress … Joshua James Romney is 42 … Jim Spiegelman, Aspen Institute’s VP and chief external affairs officer (h/t Doug Farrar) … Kelly Rzendzian, special assistant to Commerce Secretary Ross … Allison Lessne, VP at BlackRock … Tim Johnson … Crystal King … Nora McAlvanah … USA Today White House editor Sara Sorcher is 3-0 (h/t Arie Lipnick) … Sam Gaynor, principal at Altamont Capital, is 32 … Adam Sharon, managing director of Prime Strategies, is 4-0 … Karine Jean-Pierre … Gonzo Gallegos, senior adviser at State … Lauren Kirshner, a finance alum of Gov. Walker, Crossroads and RNC, is 3-0 (h/t Brian Baker) …

… Chris McCannell, partner at boutique gov’t relations firm Eris Group … Douglas Rivlin, comms director for Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) … Jeff Snow, research director at the NRSC and pride of Brookfield, Wisconsin (h/ts Charlie Hoffmann and Lauren Fine) … Ben Pack … Andrew Malkin is 25 … Fred Miller of Weyerhaeuser … Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) is 68 … former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) is 63 … Seth Minkel … Sharlett Mena … Politico Europe’s Aurélie Burnier … Mallory Morrison … Alec Davis … FAO’s Gabriel Laizer … Josh Hollander … Bitsy Whipple … Google’s Kelly Pilchard … Monique Lyons … AP’s Kelly Daschle … Samuel Tenenbaum … Alice McKeon … Samuel Tenenbaum … Goody Marshall … Elizabeth Wilkerson … Andrea Sims … Maer Roshan … Karine Jean-Pierre … Joanna Ossinger … Jeff Kuepper … Susan Garraty.

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[guidostein]

What the hell does data know about Ice Cream?

Boston.com is my homepage. I like to see relevant stories when I open my browser. Recently I keep finding articles that seem relative to my interest and I hope for more local insight and instead I get data science.

For example, here is the misleading piece that got me going:

Cool, I like to know about good ice cream and what is currently “best” according to local people. But once I clicked on the link I got this:

I don’t know exactly what the relationship is between boston.com and the boston globe, but I thought that writing a “best of article” would require an opinion or context or a sense of knowledge of a domain. Instead of that it was Yelp data.

Yelp is a site dedicated to making money off of small businesses by controlling the reviews of haters building and ruining businesses everywhere. At its best it’s a place where people share reviews. But mostly, its the place where haters like to hate. (I totally have a yelp account and try to put up both positive and negative information when I can)

So here is my attempt to help boston.com out. Not only will I put their choices on a map (which is what I do), but I will also share my experience with Ice Cream too (without looking at yelp, google, or zagat for data inputs).

Gracie’s Ice Cream - It’s in Union Square and has a whiskey flavor... nuff said.

J.P. Licks (Arsenal) - I like this one because I have always enjoyed J.P. Licks, but I like that this one is so close to a pretty walk along the water

[FoMu] - yum, try the chocolate. Paleo friendly.

Chilly Cow (frozen custard) - How has the Boston area survived without a solid place to get a concrete.

Crescent Ridge - This Sharon, MA based creamery is amazing and now they have a stand in Boston at the Boston Public Market (near North End and Quincy Market)

Celebrity Pizza (Soft Serve) - I think this is the only place I can get a vanilla soft serve dipped in chocolate in the whole Boston area.

Savin Scoop - Super cute and delicious neighborhood shop. 

Ron’s Gourmet Ice Cream - new to me... I have only been once, but it’s amazing ice cream and they have bowling (worth a road trip)

Richardson’s Ice Cream - Amazing ice cream flavor choices, huge portions, and fun mini golf (worth a road the trip)

Kimball Farm - yum, yum, yum (worth a road the trip)

[donaldtrumpatthemovies-blog]

Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice

Yesterday Mnuchin sent over a screener of the new Batman Toy movie that he produced. Not planning on watching it. I preffer superhero movies I can take seriously. So watched a different one that he also worked on: “Batman V Superman.” I like this one.

The movie introduces us to Batman and Superman by showing each of them responding to an emergencey. Batman rushes to the scene of a colapsing building and rescues two people. Superman takes out a group of terrorists threatening an American woman. I usually react to emergencies in a similar manner. On 9/11 I ran into the wreckage at Ground Zero and pulled dozens of people to safety. Then I ran to New Jersey, tracked down a celebrating Al Queda cell and took them down singlehandedly. Of course none of this was covered by the lying media who don’t want the public to know about terrorism happening. The media is disgraceful.

Of course Congress is also disgraceful. They hold hearings about Superman cause the terrorists died. What? Terrorists dying is a good thing! Congress should be thanking Superman for doing a great job! But instead they let some immigrant woman spread lies about him. “He answers to no one.” she says. Why should he? He’s getting results! Unlike Congress, who should spend their time aproving Cabinet members, not asking questions. Superman says he doesn’t care about what Congress does. Good for him!

Instead of putting up with Congress’s McCarthyist questions, Superman goes and has sex with his reporter girlfriend in her bathtub. Now let me assure you, when I have sex with lady reporters in bathtubs, it’s way better sex and a far superior class of bathtub. And I guarantee you that when that happens it is definitely always the lady reporters that are propositioning ME. I have too many women throwing themselves at me every day to ever need to go look for sex. Those ugly reporter women from back in October had their lies about me asking for sex, but reporters lying isn’t a suprise for anybody. I’m not going to nail any ugly women! I value my marriage too much to do that. Any woman that I would have sex with is Amy Adams level hot at absolute minimum.

Unlike corrupt Congress, the public supports Superman. That’s why they built him a statue. It’s a good looking statue, but it could’ve been a lot bigger. When I was working on getting a Columbus statue for Manhattan, that statue was huge. Just compare:

In the end, we couldn’t get that statue into New York. Too much red tape. Local government failure! Puerto Rico got it instead. America was robbed. Never again.

Tsereteli, the sculptor who made it, is a big league talent. He makes loads of great statues. You should see his Putin statue. It’s phenomenal. Seriously impressive work. And calling it a great statue doesn’t mean that I’m teamed up with Putin. Nothing to do with him. Nothing. I just respect good art. All these stories about me and Russia are 100% phoney. But the media keeps spreading lies about my amazing cabinet. So unfair. I have absolute confidence in all my people, except the ones that have resigned or are about to resign.

And what’s the big deal about Russians? Look at this movie. The Russians aren’t trying to mess with the government, they’re just doing some business with Lex. This is how Russians usually are in my experience. Easy to work with. And they also help Superman kill those terrorists at the beginning! How is this a problem? It’s like Syria all over again. Democrats, media, and sell outs like Graham are SO DUMB on this.

Anyway, Batman is torturing criminals and getting lots of good infomation from it. This is my favorite Batman in any movie. He wants to save America from nightmare about a vicious police state leader who wasn’t born here. I’m way ahead of him on that. He says that you need to take action if someone has a 1% chance of being a bad guy. I say acting on 0.0000001% is way safer, that’s why I made the travel ban. But Batman’s a deafeatest sometimes. “Criminals are like weeds. Pull one up, another grows in it’s place.” Ridiculous. Doesn’t understand criminals or gardening. I will make sure we get ALL the crooks, and we’ll make America crime free, just like I made my golf courses weed free. But this movie does have the best Batman fights out of any movie. This Batman is extremely strong and can lift big weights and huge tires. He’s in almost as good shape as me!

Lex Luthor isn’t in very good shape. And he mostly acts like a twerp. He doesn’t command respect. No one would ever come to one of MY events to try to spy on secret infomation. I don’t associate with sneaky people. When my friends and customers see me at a table near them meeting with my advisors, negotiating with foreign leaders, reviewing CIA reports, or whatever, they don’t try to ease drop! They just say to each other “Wow isn’t it amazing how calm and collected and completely powerful President Trump is? It’s like he was born to do this job! We should’ve put him in charge YEARS ago!” Respect is important. If Lex had more respect, maybe the nosy senator woman would let him have his poison emerald. They were supposed to be on the same side, and she still gives him problems! Typical corrupt senator behavior. They always back stabb their own side over junk like “rules” and “evidence.” Or they tell total lies like cooky McConnell badmouthing my wall today. What a dolt!

But Lex has a respectable side too. Like the scene where he jams the Jolly Rancher in the government guy‘s mouth. That’s how you take control of a situation! Though that’s just one candy. I can force an entire plate of meatloaf into Chris Christie when I need to make a point. Lex also understands the enjoyment of making a woman drink piss. Of course I preffer using much hotter women for this type of game. But he’s still a twerp most of the time. It’s why he gets locked up at the end. And gets his head shaved, which drives him crazy.

Superman finds out about disasters from television and goes off to solve them. But does the media thank him? They just sit and complain and tell lies about him! Sound familiar? And when he goes to Washington, tons of protesters with weirdo haircuts come to whine about him. Disgraceful. These are huge protest crowds. Way bigger than any that have ever protested me. No comparison. Did anybody ever dress up a dummy in my clothes and set it on fire? Not a chance! Even these wacko Woman Protest Day chicks can’t get as big a crowd as the Superman hater people do. This is what Superman has to put up with. And all the clowns holding the hearing at Congress. So shameful. It must’ve felt good for him to watch them all explode. Big relief. He should have crowds cheering him, not these constant insults! Like his girlfriend tells him, he is “all that gives people hope.” And you know, so many people have said this about me also. But still all these losers keep complaining!

Why do I have to put up with all this garbage? Lying cameramen get footage of me and my staff and make people think we’re arguing! That was not an argument. I can SHOW you what an argument looks like! And who’s business is it if I tell Reince to stay out of my way? MY BUSINESS. Not the media’s! Everything is amazing between my team! Completely amazing! Which is way more than I can say for Congress. Those bozos are falling apart! I promised the people an amazing repeal of Obamacare. And I told the Congress leaders to make me one, but they messed it all up and split the party! Sort it out! I want a beautiful victory, not a bunch of whining over details! Save the arguing for another issue! This one isn’t exactly life or death! And why are they still dragging there feet on aproving my appointments? Ridiculous! I am the PRESIDENT! The president doesn’t get told to wait for what he wants! The president doesn’t get called a “pathological liar” on news shows! The president doesn’t have some deadbeat restaurant suing his hotel! The president doesn’t get mocked every week by these crossdressers at SNL! The president doesn’t have his picks for national security adviser turn down the job offer! The president doesn’t have a dozen government snitches leaking classified infomation to the fake news reporters every day! Like in the movie, the National Security guy leaks a bunch of classified stuff to the lady reporter! Like the movie knew the future! The snitch even looks like Obama! Out to get me! All of them! And every time I walk down my hall that picture of crooked Hillary is grinning at me! Why do I have to put up with this?

When Superman gets fed up with all the sleazebags who don’t appreciate him, he goes and talks to his dead father. Its an ok conversation, but when ever I picture myself talking to my dead father the conversation is always a lot more inspiring. “You’ve done stupendous Donald,” he tells me. “You built an empire from nothing, with no help from anyone. You have done what no other man could. They say that no man is an island, but you have remade an entire planet in your own image. You shine like the sun itself. And the rest of us stand awed in your shadow. The little people shake with every step you take. Anyone who gets in your way will be crushed under your feet.” Way better than Kevin Costner and his drowning horse nightmares.

Notice how the president in the movie nukes the monster and its clearly the right call. The movie gets what real life weak politicians don’t. Nukes are totally necessary in serious situations. I’m a lot smarter than the wimps. The North Koreans don’t seem to get that yet. They will.

Superman gets killed at the end, clearing space for Hawkman to be introduced as the new lead for “Justice League.” He gets two funerals, which is not bad, but its only half as many as I have set up for myself in my will. The plan is first New York, then Washington and Aberdeen, and then Palm Beach. My body will be interred at Mar-a-Lago, where the “guest house” will be converted into a climate controlled marble furnished mosaleum. My coffin will be made entirely of crystal and flanked by four 10 foot tall solid gold lions. My private security team will be contracted to fire a 20 gun salute beside the tennis courts every Saturday at sundown for the first 25 years. Look, I have absolutely no plans to die soon. I am in fantastic health, and expect that I will outlive my wife and most of my children. But you’ve gotta be prepared for this stuff if you want it to get done right. Can’t trust morons with the details. Legacy is seriously important. Which is also the point of this movie. I like this movie.

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Date Night After Kids

As parents of young children, getting out for "date nights" can be a huge struggle. And while I personally don't obsess over date nights with my husband (I think it's one of the many things that has to evolve when you have kids), it doesn't mean we don't try to get out once in a while and over the years we've come up with some really cheap and easy date night ideas that we take advantage of whenever possible. There can be a lot of stumbling blocks that prevent parents from going on date nights without the kids including breastfeeding, babysitting, exhaustion or the cost. Over our parenting carrers we've constantly faced one or more of these stumbling blocks but as we've discovered, there are plenty of ways for parents to squeeze in a date night (or afternoon, or morning) once in a while!   Tips and Ideas for overcoming date night stumbling blocks after becoming parents:   Stumbling Block 1: Mommy is Breastfeeding   Solution: Take the baby with you So this might seem like a silly thing to say but many people don't consider it a "date" if the baby is there but my husband and I don't look at it that way.  Usually new babies are very little trouble, they sleep or eat most of the time (I use a sling to keep baby comfy cozy and for easy, comfortable and discreet nursing when out.)  And my husband knows that I'll be more relaxed if I'm not obsessed about the baby and we can prolong our date if I'm not worried about rushing home to feed the baby.  Plus, the more you go out with the baby when they're new, tiny and transportable, the better they'll be at behaving in restaurants when they're older (tips for that here).   Date Ideas:

Choose a restaurant where you can sit in a private booth with tall sides so the baby doesn't disturb others and new mommies can breastfeed privately.

Or Pick a noisy restaurant where no one will notice if the baby cries (or screams in delight because some baby-haters don't like that either).

  Solution: Keep it short. If for some reason you can't or don't want to take the baby with you, then keep your date short.  Go somewhere you can hang out for just an hour or two, have some good conversation and spend some time together without being interrupted or preoccupied by the baby.   Date Ideas:

Go out for coffee.

Get some ice cream.

  Stumbling Block: Finding a Babysitter   Soltuion: Use family Again, this might seem obvious if you have family close by but my husband and I tend to go on most of our dates when we are visiting family or when family is visiting us.  My sister always offers to babysit one night when she is visiting and we can usually get away once or twice without the kids whenever we visit out of town family.  It allows us a nice break and lets family who don't usually get to see our kids have extra quality time with them.   Date Ideas:

Go someplace new so you don't have to worry about whether or not it's appropriate for kids (or to scope it out for the future!)

Meet up with friends (it may not be a romantic date but catching up with friends who you don't see often is a lot easier when you aren't being interrupted all the time.)

Relive old memories by going back to places from your pre-kids relationship.

  Solution: Ask around All of the babysitters we've used through the years (aside from the above mentioned family) were people recommended by other parents and/or babysitters.  It's a lot easier to leave your kids when you aren't worried about their safety or general well-being.   Date Ideas:

Stay someplace close by home (that way if your kids freak out with someone new or the babysitter has a problem, you can get home quickly.)

Stick to things where you can make a quick exit just in case.

  Stumbling Block: Money is Tight   Solution: Swap babysitting with friends If you have good friends that also have kids near by, offer to watch their kids so they can go out one night in exchange for them watching yours another night.  It's a win-win-win.  You get out for a date night, they get out for a date night and the kids get two nights to play together!   Date Ideas:

 Do a quicker (and cheaper!) dinner at an outdoor shopping/dining area then window shop before heading back to collect the kids before bedtime.

Look up free local festivals where you can go wander for a few hours and grab a bite to eat while you stroll.

  Solution: Avoid Dinner and a Movie Don't get sucked into the norm of "dinner and a movie."  Not only does the expense of dinner and a movie add up, but you're looking at big bucks if you're also paying for a babysitter!  Plus you won't actually get to talk and enjoy each other's company in a dark movie theatre (plus one or more of you are likely to fall asleep as soon as the lights go down!)  Get creative and do things you enjoy where you can stay active and talk.   Date Ideas:

Go play mini golf.

Take a walk on the beach or go for a hike or walk in the park (depending on what's available in your area, of course!)

  Stumbling Block: Parenting is Exhausting   Solution: Go out at nap time This is our go-to date time.  It's easier to convince someone to watch the kids so we can run off together for a while when the kids are all napping/resting/having quiet time (a daily routine in our house).   Date Ideas:

Grab a cold one (dropping into a local brew pub is one of our favorite date afternoon activities!)

Go to a bookstore or record shop and peruse titles together.

  Soltuion: Try to arrange a sleepover for the kids We love it when my parents will keep the bigger kids overnight.  We usually keep the littlest one because of the breastfeeding thing but as noted above, babies are easy enough to tote around.  It not only allows us to get out for a date night, but we don't have to worry about waking up early if we end up staying out late and even get to go out for breakfast alone the next morning, too!  (You could also turn your friend swap in to sleepover swaps.)   Date Ideas:

 Go for the dinner and a movie!  Or go to a nice dinner and a theatre show.

Stay home in the evening, order in food and watch a movie then go out for a nice brunch/breakfast the next morning.

  This post was originally appeared on Beyond Mommying as part of the March Marriage Challenge hosted by The Eyes of a Boy.  Also check out my other posts in the series: Protecting your Marriage While Managing a Move and I'm Glad I Found Love Before Technology Took Over the World.  

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