MFP is neologisms that get sticky. Cheugy is the latest, being a term that Generation Z calls Millennials, perhaps it’s the revival of more postmodernism. Generation Z consumer-brand attacks on Millennials consumption habits may be […]
Category: Explosion
Minerva @ Midnight: tragedy versus cynicism because Tucker Carlson calls mask-wearing child abuse
Peak cynicism has arrived. Tucker Carlson pimps a version of the nanny-state with more police confrontations because he thinks cops should stop children from wearing masks by enforcing child abuse laws. Apparently making a child […]
Roger Stone's self-importance was not targeted by a drone, even as he is one
Stupidity adjacent, no Proud Boys or Oath Keepers threw themselves in front of Roger Stone as his office was near a styrofoam plant fire that featured an explosion. No Florida men were injured, but maybe Richard […]
Minerva @ Midnight: fungible space and fungible time
The stuck ship does tell us something about the fragility of global trade and the flow of capital. Fungible Space Logistics, that concept popularized by United Parcel Service is also about the spatial problems of […]
Oprah interview was more media manufacturing, but now with added racism because of UK tabloids
As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry embrace life in California with 22-month-old son Archie and a second baby on the way, another chapter has officially closed with an Oprah interview on CBS. So much idiotic gossip mongering occurred, but the show […]
Equity firm forgave 130,000,000 Trump loan in exchange for LNG rail cars up the SE Coast of Florida.
Siberia's record heat caused an oozing tundra soil full of methane to blast rock and ice to the sky.
Oceans water column is heating faster than predicted, screwing any efforts to slash CO2 and methane.
Iranian-flagged oil tanker on fire in Red Sea, some oil spilled
Report of an explosion aboard a National Iranian Oil Company Tanker Sinopa carrying 1 million barrels, sailing in the Red Sea near Jiddah. Block TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run news agency and other media […]
Indonesian oligarchs took advantage of a US law and created a climate calamity of global consequence
“We’ve created a situation that is so contrary to what we had hoped for. We’re doing more harm to the environment. It was a mistake.” Former Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA). Heartbreaking and horrific recent images […]
Explosion at Russian Virology Research Center In Siberia Near Kazakhstyan. Not to Worry Says Russia.
Radio Free Europe “There has been an explosion at the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR near the Russian city of Novosibirsk. Russia's consumer-safety watchdog said on September 16 that a gas bottle […]
Fox News, GOP media now warn of bloodshed if Democrats win in 2020
That's one way to try halt public debate in this country: by threatening mass violence and a bloody people's revolt in the streets. That's what conservative media voices, including those on Fox News, have done […]
What is going on ? Where is our protection from insanity? First nukes and now all of this?
I can’t even get outraged anymore, because nothing really shocks me. I think we all are wandering around angry and afraid and numb. Police have issued explosion warning regarding experimental launch in Texas tomorrow. A […]
'Nation' reporter slaps Newt Gingrich silly over history of slavery
First of all, Daily Kos’ Denise Oliver Velez has a great rundown of The New York Times’ 1619 Project right here. So go read that after your eyes are done adjusting from the supernova explosion […]
Warren on impeachment: 'Every single person in Congress should be called on to vote'
Progressives and a smattering of non-cowardly conservatives have gone on record as saying Donald Trump is a straight-up criminal who is (badly) masquerading as a pr*sident. But because so many Republican members of Congress have […]
Jake Tapper laughs in Pence's face: 'We don't have the cleanest air and water in the world'
On CNN this morning, Mike Pence tried to summon as much gravitas as he could — veering dangerously close to the event horizon of fatally constipated — in order to sell a few of those […]
“Little Things Mean A Lot”
A line a day when you’re far away, Little things mean a lot Little Things Mean A Lot OK! *CLAP!* Everybody have their final walk through with the caterer for the menu for tonight’s “Mueller […]
More Houston chemicals explode
Although this incident looks like it will be more rapidly contained that the one last month, today’s isobutylene tank explosion in Houston has tragically resulted one death, and left two others in critical condition as of this […]
Fox News Asks to Use Vid of Con Ed Explosion Taken by An Epic Hero, Gets Told “F**k No…swine.” U/D
An epic hero, Justin Bolognino of Brooklyn N.Y., got some amazing video of the Con Ed transformer explosion Thursday night… Pajiba.com x So this is happening in #LongIslandCity #Queens #LIC what the… went on for […]
Is Senator Joe Manchin Lucky? Blankenship Running for Senate under Constitution Party Banner.
I think that Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia caught a definite break: coal miner killer Don Blankenship is running for the U.S. Senate under the Constitution Party banner. fter a failed bid in […]
Israel Appears To Be Launching A Major Operation In Syria
This evening — the same evening that Trump announced the termination of the Iran deal, and shortly after Netanyahu’s return from Moscow – Israel has started launching a wave of heavy missile strikes within Syria, in retaliation […]
Unknown warplanes over Aleppo; explosion at Iranian base
This just coming in. Massive explosions are being heard from an Iranian weapons store at Jabal Ezzan / Azan Mount south of Aleppo, immediately after reports of unknown warplanes flying overhead. The Jerusalem Post is […]
Assessing the damage in Syria (not a liveblog): First analysis
A new day. Information will trickle out over time, but let’s begin with what we know now. Let us start with the Pentagon briefing. They focus their maps and discussion on just these three sites. […]
There was an attempted terror attack last Friday on a U.S. airport, and no one is talking about it.
This is pretty amazing. As explained by Shaun King at the Intercept, a terror attack on a U.S. airport was narrowly foiled just this past Friday: On past Friday morning, at 12:39 a.m., security footage […]
Geotagging the Shayrat airbase attack: what hit and where.
Perhaps I’m a glutton for punishment, but I went ahead and geotagged the entire tomahawk strike on the Shayrat airbase. Now you can see at a glance what areas were struck (and with what level of confidence), […]
Please Can We Drop The Misuse Of Militia
They are not: Full Definition of militia 1 a : a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency b : a body of citizens organized for military […]
