THE VIEW OF THE WORLD FROM PINCH AVE. Time to get out more: New York Times reports on shooting in ‘downtown Arkansas.’
The Times really does want to live up to all of the stereotypes about the New York left’s myopia regarding the rest of America famously satirized in Saul Steinberg’s classic “View of the World from Ninth Avenue” cover, don’t they?
THIS IS NICE: Chibok Girls And Trump Appear In Unannounced Photo Op. “The White House usually picks a photo of the day. On June 28, the image they chose showed two girls from Nigeria who were abducted in 2014 by Boko Haram but managed to escape: Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu. They’re flanked by President Donald Trump and his daughter, Ivanka Trump. The photo had been taken the day before. Trump is giving a thumbs up. The meeting was not publicized in advance. NPR’s White House correspondent Tamara Keith says the administration didn’t notify the press corps about it, it didn’t appear on the White House daily schedule and it was not discussed in any of that day’s briefings.”
It’s a lovely picture.
HATTUSA, capital of the Hittites.
DEMOCRACY DIES IN MEMORY HOLES:
● Shot: Carl Bernstein calls for ‘different kind of reporting’ to take on ‘malignant presidency.’
—The Washington Examiner, today.
● Chaser: Carl Bernstein: Bush Has Done “Far Greater Damage” Than Nixon.
—TruthOut, January 24, 2007.
Related: “The lowest form of popular culture – lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives – has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.”
MICHAEL WALSH: In Re: Palin v. New York Times, You Have to Like Sarah’s Chances.
Read the whole thing.
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. Media Myth Alert: Murrow ‘risked his career to confront demagogic Joe McCarthy’? Hardly.
GALLERY: Grocery Shopping In Yesteryear.
AT AMAZON, Men’s Shoes: Extended Sizes.
TEST DRIVE: 2018 Mercedes-Benz E-class Cabriolet.
AT AMAZON, new deals in Industrial and Scientific.
Plus, deals on Craft Supplies.
WHAT IS IT PROFESSOR GLENN SAYS?: Oh, yeah…”heh.”
WHY DON’T THEY IMPROVE THEIR RURAL NETWORKS INSTEAD? Verizon Wireless disconnects some heavy data users in rural areas.
WHAT TO PUT IN A KID’S FIRST TOOL KIT.
Well, you know, besides the obvious.
BUT OF COURSE: College Hiring Director To Promote ‘Feminist Theories and Knowledge.’
And murder?
IT SAYS “DON’T TRUST THE INTERNET OF THINGS:” ‘NotPetya’: Latest Ransomware is a Warning Note From the Future. Well, that’s one of the things it says.
BLUE STATE BLUES: High-tax Connecticut fails to pass budget as fiscal situation worsens.
Despite having a per capita personal income that is more than 143% of the national average—according to Moody’s— the state’s economy continues to lag behind others. Revenue shortfalls in the state register around $450 million for the current fiscal year alone, while estimated deficit totals are projected to clock in near $5 billion for the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years combined, according to The Connecticut Business & Industry Association. Debt outstanding levels and unfunded pension liabilities relative to revenues are among the highest of any state in the country, Moody’s Investors Service said in May.
Additionally Connecticut has yet to recover many of the jobs it lost during the financial crisis, according to Moody’s, and, as previously reported by FOX Business, income-tax collections are projected to fall in fiscal year 2017 for the first time since the recession.
The three major rating firms have downgraded the state’s credit rating in response to the ongoing budget crisis. In its most recent downgrade, which landed Connecticut with the third-lowest rating out of every state behind only New Jersey and Illinois. Moody’s said “the downgrades reflect continuing erosion of Connecticut’s finances, evidenced by the pending elimination of its rainy day fund, growing budget gaps and rising debt levels.”
Connecticut’s financial despair comes despite the state government’s approval of one of its largest tax rate increases ever in 2015, which has had a negative impact on some business investment.
Unexpectedly.
TO BE FAIR, THAT’S SETTING THE BAR PRETTY LOW: Machine Creativity Beats Some Modern Art.
THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM AT BERKELEY: Berkeley Journalism Student Reveals Her Generation’s Entitled Arrogance.
SHUT UP, HE EXPLAINED: China’s Xi says there’s no tolerance for subversion in Hong Kong.
Nobody really believed in “One country, two systems,” did they?
DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH: Student union president sparks controversy by saying she would like to R
