G+: Don't Look Over Here, Look At My Shiny Tweet
These odd facts keep popping up, while we're all distracted with tweets.
Donald Trump shut down companies tied to Saudi Arabia after election | US news | The Guardian
G+: The Guardian's Take On Secret CIA Report
Meanwhile, Trump and his people scoff, as they would.
CIA concludes Russia interfered to help Trump win election, say reports | US news | The Guardian
G+: Madonna: To Age Is A Sin
“You are allowed to be pretty and cute and sexy, but don’t act too smart. Don’t have an opinion,” she said. “You are allowed to be objected by men and dress like a slut, but don’t own your sluttiness and do not — do not, I repeat — share your own sexual fantasies with the world.”
‘To Age Is a Sin’: In Blunt Speech, Madonna Confronts Bias in Various Forms – The New York Times
While accepting Billboard’s Woman of the Year award, the 58-year-old star said that all was not well and fair for female entertainers, or for women in general.
G+: Awesome show tonight
Awesome show tonight. Found this backgrounder.
Chris Thile on unexpected career as host of “A Prairie Home Companion”
Musician, who first appeared as a guest on the radio show in 1996 at age 15, explains why the “pressure is off” being Garrison Keillor’s successor
G+: Air Travel May Be Even Worse In Trump'Merica, according to The Guardian
"Airlines become more unbearable every year, and every year, people like me write fist-shaking essays about the madness of it all. I’d rather get rolled down a hill in a tire at this point than fly during Christmas. At least the inside of the tire doesn’t smell as bad as the men’s bathroom at LAX."
Think airlines can’t make flying any worse? Think again | Dave Schilling | Opinion | The Guardian
G+: Leveraged to the hilt
"It's entirely possible that the whole thing is a sham and that he actually needs the boys to sell "the President Brand" in order to keep his alleged empire afloat. It always stuck me a suspicious that any billionaire would need to sell steaks and an airport conference room scam like Trump University. It doesn't make sense. A billion dollars works for itself. You don't have to do anything to become richer. Why would you get involved in a penny ante scheme like that — or any of the penny ante real estate "branding" deals he's been involved in over the past few years if you didn't need the money?"
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G+: Swamp Watch – 10 December 2016
Kevin Drum is making a list, and checking it twice.'
G+: No, @CNN I don't think we get a do-over vote
It's tempting to jump all over this and holler "Whoo HOO, we're saved," but the proof will never be found and would never be conclusive enough to convince anyone on the Right.
Ex-CIA operative: We may need a new vote – CNN Video
Former CIA Operative Robert Baer says if the CIA can prove that Russia interfered with the 2016 election then the US should vote again.
G+: Treason
Treason.
War With Russia Isn’t The Issue. Treason Is.
Let’s all stay focused on the real problem here, okay?
G+: The RetroGrouch Notes The One Percenters Are Taking Over
Even in the sport of cycling, the elites are starting to run the show. It used to be a leg up for working class and middle class athletes, but bikes and bike builders are more and more becoming luxury items.
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Louis Vuitton Buys Pinarello
Louis Vuitton Buys Pinarello
I’ll bet a lot of Retrogrouch readers remember this: Or this: And almost certainly this: And even though there’s nothing even remotely retro-grouchy about it, even the young ones probably remember this: Well – as Nobe…
