"The most bizarre aspect of this spectacle was that the Democrats who most aggressively defended Trump’s version of the surveillance bill – the Democrats most eager to preserve Trump’s spying powers as virtually limitless – were the very same Democratic House members who have become media stars this year by flamboyantly denouncing Trump as a treasonous, lawless despot in front of every television camera they could find."

see, it's not really that bizarre if you pay attention, or if you've read Listen, Liberal! by Thomas Frank

They want Oprah to use it in 2020

You getta spybot

and YOU get a spybot

EVERYONE GET S A Drone that follows you around 24/7

can anyone get the content of https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-spark-behind-irans-unrest-millions-of-defrauded-investors-1515698701

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSWbBq1UIAAEDZ4.jpg:large

lol got your money kthxbye

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/12/building-company-carillion-collapse-schools-roads-hospitals-hs2-taxpayers-bill

yeah this is nothing new under the sun

".. Carillion this summer was part of a consortium that won a £1.4bn contract to knock tunnels through the Chilterns. If Carillion goes under, what happens to the largest infrastructure project in Europe? What happens to its partners on the deal, British firm Kier, and France’s Eiffage? The project will need to be put back and the taxpayer will almost certainly have to step in."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/11/climate/winter-olympics-global-warming.html

oh well

"The repercussions are potentially much more serious for young athletes getting a first taste winter sports. What will happen to the pipeline that feeds elite sports programs when the local ski hill, or the frozen pond where kids play hockey, disappears?

“It’s an interesting question that nobody really knows the answer to,” Dr. Scott said."

lol

it's "interesting" as long as there's money in this bullshit

all those kids training for games that people don't even watch

whatever will we do?

If Russia can host Winter Olympics in a tropical resort, nothing is impossible.

Winter Games are racist against equatorial countries!

What's the least racist sport?

poetry

disabled people basketball

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_art_competitions#Lyric_and_speculative_works

well poetry was invented by Tupac so that seems correct

Don't they still have baton twirling competitions in the Olympics?

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/baton-twirling-olympic-sport

No, today baton twirling is much more than that. It is thousands of women and men gathering together to complete a common goal- be a world champion.

TIL

Olympics is full of "artsy" garbage.

Baton twirling is still baton twirling. Except people compete to be the best baton twirler.

Do you see what's going on in that picture? What the fuck is that? Send me a picture of you tryin it Dan. I'm waiting...

I say, if it can't be measured objectively, through distance, weight, speed, etc, it has no place in the Olympics. And if it's not the person doing the work, it shouldn't be in the Olympics either.

Otherwise just add Miss Universe to the Olympics.

And a singing competition.

Hitler would certainly disagree with you there!

and ESPORTS

And dog races.

what do you mean "add a singing competition", there already was

And scrabble.