Wednesday Open Thread [9.3.14]

Wednesday Open Thread [9.3.14]

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What concerns me more is this:
"As Ukrainian leaders warned on Monday of 'a great war' with Russia, NATO leaders meeting in Wales this week were expected to endorse their most concrete response yet to increased Russian military intervention in Ukraine: establishing a rapid-reaction force capable of deploying quickly to Eastern Europe[.] The new force of some 4,000 troops, capable of moving on 48 hours' notice, will be supported with logistics and equipment pre-positioned in Eastern European countries closer to Russia, with an upgraded schedule of military exercises and deployments that are intended to make NATO's commitment of collective defense more credible and enhance its deterrence."

Late Night Video — The List of Rules for Women

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The incomparable Jay Smooth works in this new video (about 2 and a half minutes long) at trying to round up the current set of rules for women so that women can get their humanity respected. After trying to grapple with the ever changing rules that (mostly) men prescribe for women to be able to make their way unassaulted in the world for awhile, he does note that it might be easier to provide a list for men:"Hello, Asshole. Women are human beings." BAM! Still, let the mansplaining begin.
Bezos Promotes Politico Founder to Publisher of WaPo

Bezos Promotes Politico Founder to Publisher of WaPo

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This is some bullshit.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has replaced publisher Katharine Weymouth with a co-founder of the newspaper's competitor Politico, the company announced Tuesday. Weymouth's departure is the end of an era of Graham family involvement with the Post. Her great-grandfather bought the newspaper in the 1930s, and her uncle Donald Graham sold it to Bezos last August for $250 million. She'll be replaced by Frederick J. Ryan, the founding CEO of Politico and a former Reagan administration official.
Anyone who thought that Amazon ownership of the Post was going to be good for American journalism can put away that childish naivety.
El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em All For You

El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em All For You

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This column will self-destruct sometime around 9 p.m. next Tuesday. Or perhaps Saturday, according to Dave Tackett's latest mailer (seriously, he has the wrong day for the primary on his mailer.) Time to pick the primary winners (and losers). State Senator-SD 11 (D):  Even with pretty good name recognition, it's hard to win a D primary against a popular incumbent when your ideological base resides within a right-wing evangelical church. Bryan Townsend gives Dave Tackett a well-deserved whooping, I mean whoooping, 62-38. (Memo to Dave: Next time, try Spell Check. Despite what it says on your latest piece, there are only two o's in 'trooper', not three. Oh, and political mailers should have a disclaimer as to who paid for them. You're welcome.)