‘I prefer non-religious’: why so few US politicians come out as atheists
Americans would vote for …
”bottom of the table came atheist (60%), followed by the one thing considered even worse: socialist (47%).
Love to hear their definition of atheist and socialist.
John Bolton doesn’t want a trade deal with the UK – he wants to colonise us
Will we still be able to spell colonise ‘colonise’ and not ‘colonize’?
”Basically everyone who knows anything about economics left the Trump administration months or years ago.”
Paul Krugman
It’s been a while since GothamGal published anything worth sharing, ‘Clueless' - is priceless (link goes directly to the source).
”Our house is an unassuming 10,515 square feet — noticeably smaller than those near us. We didn’t care.”
You cant make this stuff up!
Interesting newsletter from @ajay - though I think Occupy ‘withering away’ was not just about the arrest/loss of leadership.
Leaderless resistance seems to go back to the 50s/60s … and as I understand is arguably a foundation for a lot of terrorism. E.g. OBL was captured but Al-Qaeda does seem to be alive and well!
And now the strategy has been adopted in America … just not in a good way.
A lot of people must be trying to get their new Apple Pay card this morning.
What could possibly go wrong?
Uber’s own numbers show why investors shouldn’t believe in its vision
Well knock me down with a feather.
Before we teach visitors how to pronounce Edinburgh, let’s focus on how to pronounce our own towns and villages in England.
20 towns and villages in Sussex nobody really knows how to pronounce properly.
… though only a handful that I thought even necessitated a debate.
Shareholder First
Leading US bosses drop shareholder-first principle.
As the article opens ...
"The real test will be in deeds not words."
Have to say until action - and I mean real action - this jury is out!
Read the opinion by Larry Elliott in The Guardian
Watching. I don’t think People First has won just yet!
“…it would not be entirely fanciful to imagine Fripp & co. – in accordance with the “Third Principle of King Crimson (‘All the music is new, whenever it was written’) – as the best new rock band in the world.”
Ben Thompson, Mojo
🎵”Life has this funny way of marching forward without any explicit consent.”
… received in an email this morning.
It does!
📝 ⌨️ 🖊️ 🖋️ Om on Why Pen and Paper are good for you.
I really don’t care if the Slayer logo is on the side of a little 🚗 driving around in circles, but their replacement by Pods suggests that there is no Marketing strategy behind the little 🚗 team.
🪦
RIP Peter.
A Brief Briefing : Innerwear sales reveal a slowdown
Who knew that briefs were canaries?
Trump to Meet With Top Advisers to Consider Deal With Taliban
“… whether the Taliban can be trusted to meet its pledges.”
I would recommend that the Taliban talk to Iran about whether the American’s can be trusted to meets its pledges.
How YouTube Radicalized Brazil
Nuff Said.
Yowza - and then I realized.
White professor investigated for quoting James Baldwin’s use of N-word
Fox News host compares migrants entering US to Nazis