Monday Overnight Open Thread (10/8/18 )

Quote I

“As a sexual assault victim, I am disgusted and appalled by the way that I have been re-victimized over the last 2 weeks after I had the courage to come forward,” she said in the statement.

“These attacks have included certain media ‘pundits’ (i.e. Chuck Todd) and politicians (i.e. senators Coons and Kennedy) claiming I should have ‘shut up’ and continued to stay silent about what happened to me."

“They claim my allegations were ‘not helpful to the process.’ This is outrageous and shows a lack of empathy for survivors.” Julie Swetnick

Be careful for what you wish for, Toots.

Quote II

Again, I think the Senate should — must — confirm Kavanaugh, because the consequences of rejecting him are worse than the consequences of confirming him. But there will be bad consequences no matter what, because we now live in a world where sub-optimal outcomes are the only choices available. It’s crap sandwiches all the way down the cafeteria menu, everybody — you just get to choose your condiments. Jonah Goldberg

Quote III

I lived through the Clarence Thomas Wars, the Sarah Palin Wars, the public destruction of John McCain and Mitt Romney… This was different. This was murder — the first-degree, cold-blooded murder of a man’s reputation, his young family, and his entire future using the Soviet-style revolutionary tactics of vile lies in pursuit of power.John Nolte

Quote IV

He brought civilization to a new world. That is why they hate him. Don Surber

Quote V

On behalf of our nation, I want to apologize to Brett and the entire Kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure,” Trump began. “Those who step forward to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation, not a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception. What happened to the Kavanaugh family violates every notion of fairness, decency, and due process. In our country, a man or a woman must always be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.”President Donald J. Trump

Winning

Quote VI

I'm absolutist on Trump. He shouldn't be president. We should limit the damage he can do as president. And we should try as hard as we can to prevent him from being renominated or reelected. Bill Kristol

F*ck you Weakly Standard Twitter Cuck.

The ONT is always looking out for your welfare. The Moose out front shoulda told ya. How to survive a moose encounter.

It’s easy to let worries about encountering big animals in the wild center on creatures like bears, mountain lions, and wolves. But, a bad meeting with a moose can have dire consequences, and is in fact more likely than an attack from any other animal — in the Americas, injuries by moose outnumber every other wild animal, beating out bear and wolf attacks combined. (That said, animal attacks in general are exceedingly rare. That’s why they make the news; they just don’t happen very often.)

It may be the case that moose attacks are disproportionally high because people aren’t as scared to get close to them, as they are to, say, a grizzly. They figure moose are relatively “tame,” like deer. But this is a mistaken assumption.

Slowly but surely, Republicans are making inroads with African-American educators.

The leader of Tennessee’s largest school district is throwing his support behind Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee.

Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson said Lee would be “open-minded and solutions-oriented” on issues important to him such as “improving testing, raising teacher pay, supporting students’ social and emotional needs and adopting multiple strategies to improve public education in Tennessee.”

“We both believe that all kids should have access to a quality education and that we have to continue to find ways to better support teachers,” Hopson told Chalkbeat. “We also believe in the turnaround efforts happening in our iZone and that districts should continue to search for innovative ways to support chronically underperforming schools.”

The news media not overly trusted.

Surveys about “media trust” suffer from a definitional problem. “Do you trust the media?” is a meaningful question only if we know what “the media” is. Is it The New York Times and CNN? Fox News and Breitbart? Occupy Democrats and your uncle’s memes on Facebook?

In Gallup’s data on that question — which asks about “the mass media, such as newspapers, TV, and radio” — 72 percent of Americans trusted the media in 1976, post-Watergate. By 2016, that was down to 32 percent. But the media in 1976 was your local daily, Walter Cronkite, John Chancellor, and Harry Reasoner. “The media” is something fundamentally different now, and a decline in trust is a rational reaction to that, even in an environment less polarized than our own.

Between fake news and deliberate blacking out of certain news stories, it's a wonder why Americans don't trust the MSM.

Do you need a reason not to run? Here are two of them.

Two runners collapsed and died moments after finishing the Cardiff half marathon, police have said. One of the athletes, a man in his 30s, was taken ill in front of his wife and one-year-old child, and the other, a man in his 20s, completed the race with his girlfriend before collapsing. Both runners were rushed to hospital but tragically died on arrival.

So the next time a defunding vote comes up for Planned Parenthood how will Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) vote?

Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, accused Planned Parenthood of a Supreme Court double-standard Sunday, arguing that the organization has never supported a pro-choice justice nominated by a Republican president.

The pro-choice Republican swung back after the abortion provider turned on her for voting Saturday to confirm Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, saying she had “sided with those who disbelieved, disrespected, and even mocked survivors.”

“First of all, I have never disregarded, disrespected or mocked survivors. That is just plain untrue,” said Ms. Collins on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

They don't need taxpayer dollars.

Damn, the sky is falling. Damn we are all gonna fry!!!

It's the final call, say scientists, the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures.

Their dramatic report on keeping that rise under 1.5 degrees C says the world is now completely off track, heading instead towards 3C.

Keeping to the preferred target of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels will mean "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society".

It will be hugely expensive - but the window of opportunity remains open.

Of course the window remains open as the authors of this report fly about in private planes. F*ck 'em.

Amazon looking to keep labor costs down in the U.K. Amazon is reportedly seeking retail space for stores without cashiers.

A report in the Sunday Times newspaper says Amazon is currently looking to acquire a “significant number” of retail locations in the UK. These would most likely be used to bring its cashierless Amazon Go supermarkets to the British high street.

According to the Sunday Times, Amazon is currently in the market for retail sites sized between 4,000 sq ft and 5,000.

To give you a sense of scale, that’s roughly halfway between a Tesco Express convenience store, which can be as small as 2,000 sq ft, and a larger Tesco Metro supermarket, which can measure as much as 10,000 sq ft.

Fight For $15 all you want bitchez.

October 8, 1988, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon finally left Billboard's Hot 200 Album Chart after a record breaking 741 weeks. via thisdayinmusic.com

October 8, 1948, Born on this day, Johnny Ramone, (John Cummings), guitarist from American punk rock band, Ramones who had the 1977 hit single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'. They are often cited as the first band to define the punk rock sound. Cummings died of prostate cancer on 15th September 2004. via thisdayinmusic.com

Hey California, how is that illegal immigration working out?

Health officials on Friday reported a typhus outbreak in Los Angeles County and say it has reached “epidemic levels” in the city of Pasadena.

Twenty cases have been reported in Pasadena, mostly in the last two months, health officials told NBC News, noting that a normal year would typically only see five infections. The city of Long Beach, California, has 12 cases so far in 2018 — double the normal annual number, said Emily Holman, the city’s infectious disease response coordinator.

Thanks Nancy!

Band teachers march to the tune of different drummers. This guy is no different. Genius Award Winner.

A Mississippi high school’s band performed a depiction of a scene from the movie “John Q” in which characters are held at gunpoint for its halftime show.
The performance occurred days after two police officers were shot and killed.
The school’s band director was placed on leave.
A high school band in Mississippi depicted law enforcement officers at gunpoint in its halftime performance Friday, days after two police officers were shot in the line of duty.

Forest Hill High School’s football team was playing against Brookhaven High School’s team, both part of the Jackson Public Schools system. A picture on social media shows Forest Hill students apparently dressed up as doctors and nurses holding students seemingly dressed up as SWAT team members at gunpoint using toy guns, according to WLBT on Friday.

A loving dad and an ambitious engineering student meet. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

A stunningly serendipitous Uber meeting resulted in a college student giving a big hand to a little girl who needed it most.

Back in February, University of Notre Dame student Michael Skinner called for an Uber to take him home from a parenting event. The chatty engineering major started talking to his driver—and fortunately asked about his family.

Doug Anderson talked about his 11-year-old daughter Tori. He and his wife adopted her from China when she was 5 and brought her back to their home in Indiana. She was born with only one finger on each hand, a condition that caused her a lot of embarrassment and insecurity.

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