Woot! [DOT 5/8/22]

5/8/22 MegMegMcGee 10

Hey gang, it’s Friday again – woot!

Hope everyone had a good week. I have book club this weekend so I should probably start the book…

I love this song.

Sandy Hook family attorney exposes Alex Jones’ dishonesty during brutal cross-examination
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial/index.html

I’m actually shocked.

Breonna Taylor death: four Louisville police officers charged
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/04/breonna-taylor-death-louisville-police-officers-charged

Sprots!

Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison on drug charges
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/04/brittney-griner-russia-court/

Stonks!

Coinbase shares soar in boost from meme traders, BlackRock crypto deal
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/04/coinbase-shares-jump-after-partnering-with-blackrock-to-give-clients-access-to-crypto-.html

Turtle content.

Global heating means almost every sea turtle in Florida now born female
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/04/florida-sea-turtles-female-global-heatings

If you read anything today, make it this thread.

After you’re done laughing, have a great day!

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10 Comments

  1. …so…he’s a little over $4million in the hole for the non-punitive slice of the first of three sets of damages courts are lining up to levy against him…with the punitive tally being due sometime today for this first salvo

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/04/alex-jones-defamation-trial-verdict-sandy-hook

    …so…not a perfect start given how extensive the earning capacity of infowars has been…but hopefully much like the hearing this shit can snowball?

    • It sounds like one of the jurors is a nut who has submitted questions about lizard people, so I don’t know how that round plays out.

      But in the next case up shortly in Connecticut it sounds like he’s already burned through the good will of that judge before the trial has started, the attorneys for the parents want the phone contents too, and I assume he gets no trust in terms of document production.

  2. …& I haven’t got to the bottom of what she did or didn’t make herself a nuisance about but it sounds like sinema has agreed to let the manchin edit of the climate bill get through the senate…even if I think it might now be going by an inflation reduction heading nominally speaking?

    …& that also seems better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick?

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/05/us-climate-bill-slash-emissions-analysis-biden

  3. The consequences of the orange experiment are on going, I choked on my coffee reading it.
    I have a friend who is a world renowned neurochemist. I was congratulating him on winning an award from The World Brain Trust, it’s a really big deal. His wife told me not to be too impressed by his intelligence. She had recently gone out of town and left instructions for feeding the dog. She called and asked him if he fed her and he replied “of course”, annoyed that she hadn’t trusted him to do a simple task. Then she asked if he had made sure she had water. Silence for a beat or two until he answered, “ you didn’t tell me to give her water too.” I look at her and said, “point taken.” He laughed about it though because in addition to being the smartest person I’ve ever known he’s a hell of a good guy.

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