Open Mic for the week of 9/30/2024
On this day in 1938, The League of Nations unanimously outlawed “intentional bombings of civilian populations”.
There’s a phenomenon where someone writes an essay about this or that but someone else wants to discuss something that has not yet made it to the front page.
This is unfair to everybody involved. It’s unfair to the guy who wrote the original essay because, presumably, he wants to talk about his original essay. It’s unfair to the guy who wants to talk about his link because it looks like he’s trying to change the subject. It’s unfair to the people who go to the comments to read up on the thoughts of the commentariat for the original essay and now we’re talking about some other guy’s links.
So!
The intention is to have a new one of these every week. If you want to talk about a link, post it here! Or, heck, use it as an open thread.
And, if it rolls off, we’ll make a new one. With a preamble just like this one.
California just legalized marijuana cafes. (This is after the governor vetoed Farmer’s Markets for weed.)
The sticking point was California’s “no smoking” laws.
So they hammered out that the staff in the back that makes the food would be protected from the smokers in the front.
I guess that, to this point, California’s lounges worked like Colorado’s taprooms. You could buy the beer and drink the beer in the taproom but the taproom couldn’t produce or serve food.
So there was usually a food truck parked next to the taproom and you could wander back and forth between the two.
I don’t understand the farmer’s market veto but, hey. If those farmer’s markets were like the farmer’s markets when I was a kid, it’s probably related to the whole haggling/cash thing. It was easy to sweet talk a farmer and get an extra ear of corn or a bonus pint of blueberries. Doing that with stuff that’s still federally regulated? That’s just asking for trouble. Probably.Report
One of the many downstream impacts of Biden’s intervening in the railroad workers strike last year is that business will now expect him to intervene in everything for the rest of his term – and by extension will expect Harris to do so as well.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/27/nx-s1-5124956/dockworkers-strike-shipping-east-gulf-coast-portsReport
The two sides haven’t held negotiations since June. Docker workers want an 80% pay increase and for there to NOT have automation in ports.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-13907379/warning-dockworkers-strike-price-rises-shelves.htmlReport
The media continues to sanewash for Trump. CNN is stating that Trump is offering a message for unity after Helene. He is doing nothing of the sort: https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/09/more-sanewashing-from-the-national-mediaReport
None of the MSM should be accused of liberal bias ever again. This has been a disgusting slide into profits before mission that debases the fourth estate – a collection of self important ninnies who longer deserve our deference.Report
There have to be internal memos and emails on how to cover Trump and whitewash over his reactionary-authoritarian outbursts. There have to be. My thought is this:
1. The owners of the MSM are generally Trump friendly.
2. At the very least, they are anti-tax increase friendly.
3. Journalism has horrible careers prospects now and it is continuing to go down. If someone is really brave and enterprising, they can start a substack but that is hard.
4. So people with the brass ring jobs will do anything to keep them because the prospects for successful journalism careers might be lower than the prospects for successful acting careers.Report
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/georgia-abortion-ban/index.htmlReport
Trump apparently watched the purge recently: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/politics/trump-property-crime-crackdown.htmlReport