Day: February 5, 2016

Frederic C. Hof: Syria: What Next? – The Atlantic Council IFRL-Mindiv-annie-spratt-413815-unsplash

Frederic C. Hof: Syria: What Next? – The Atlantic Council

CK MacLeod February 5, 2016

As was the case in the last century when American presidents attempted to look the other way...

Not the oignon: Fury as France changes 2,000 spellings and drops some accents | The Guardian IFRL-Mindiv-25937531784_71731642f6_b

Not the oignon: Fury as France changes 2,000 spellings and drops some accents | The Guardian

CK MacLeod February 5, 2016

The aim was to standardise and simplify certain quirks in the written language making it easier to...

Class Calls McDonald’s Cheese Sticks a Fraud – Courthouse News Service IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab

Class Calls McDonald’s Cheese Sticks a Fraud – Courthouse News Service

Burt Likko February 5, 2016

McDonald's defrauds customers by claiming its Mozzarella sticks are "100 percent real cheese," because it uses starch...
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Who’s The Spoiler, Now? 22343296346_9d1945eb97_b_bernie-sanders

Who’s The Spoiler, Now?

Will Truman February 5, 2016

In which I explain that Bernie Sanders is right.

Linky Friday #152: Russian History QueenCatherine

Linky Friday #152: Russian History

Will Truman February 5, 2016

This Week: Russia, Media, Housing, Resources, Gender, and History!

David TC in reply to Jaybird on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedSo, yes, that sounds plausible, but also...no. It's not _just_ that. There are a lot of people who h…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a “whatabout” for every single “precedent” that the Democ…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I’m pretty sure that we’re *ALL* members of the press. When the First Amendment was written, “the pr…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a "whatabout" for every single "precedent" that the Democ…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I'm pretty sure that we're *ALL* members of the press. When the First Amendment was written, "the pr…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Far as I can tell, most press conferences are not open to the general public. That seems to be what…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I have to say, while I am not a Free Speech Abolutist, I am very confused. I didn't know you could a…
David TC in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think it's worth reminding people that the Republicans are setting precedent after precedent that…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. Van Hollen managed to meet with Garcia in a hotel. Bukele and/ Trump are frightened. 2. David Bro…
Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's in NY, against an unpopular victim, with an attractive killer whose motivation was presumably s…