So a group of friends, who met each other online, plotted to launch a drone attack on the White House, but the 19 year old ringmaster got sold out by his mom. You can’t make this stuff up.
At Least 5 Charged in Alleged Plot to Attack White House During U.F.C. Event www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/u...
Robert Reich
Perfect metaphor for tech bro attitude, and how it moved in and ruined San Francisco.
Philip Hadley
Russian satirist Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in Poland. All dictators hate satire.
The main reason I try to temper my remarks in regard to UFC fighting is that I know that there are plenty of fundamentally decent men and women who participate in this activity, and plenty of fundamentally decent people who seem to derive entertainment by watching it.
Panem et circenses.
A Garish Spectacle of American Decline www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
Speaking for myself, I find nothing entertaining in watching one participant trying to render his/her opponent unconscious (a “knock out”). It scarcely matters that these contests might more likely end with “technical” knockouts or surrenders. It’s just not my cup of tea. (I do like Santo, though.)
The scoops are coming! 💚
It becomes more obvious every day just how right Thomas Piketty was right about there being a basic flaw in capitalism. He deserves the Nobel Prize.
Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/b...
