I Did Nazi Crustpunk Bar Fail, Redux [UPDATE-1]
Here’s a dedicated thread because you people will NOT stop whining about the bird-logoed crustpunk Nazi bar sinking even further below the waterline.
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About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
Done Cookin’: Putin’s Chef Moves to Belarus [UPDATE-1]
/161 Comments/in Foreign Policy, Russo-Ukrainian War/by RayneIf you have a bead on what transpired in Russia from Friday through Saturday, you’re ahead of most folks.
Compliments to the Chef: Prigozhin’s Trouble Looks like Civil War [UPDATE-1]
/131 Comments/in Foreign Policy, Russo-Ukrainian War/by RayneRussia’s FSB filed charges against Putin’s chef, Yevgeny Prigozhin for incitement of attacks on the state. Meanwhile, Prigozhin appears to be hunting down Russia’s defense minister in response to an attack on Wagner group personnel by Russia. Is it a coup attempt or the start of a civil war?
Breathing Room: What Are You Growing?
/155 Comments/in Climate Change, Culture, Domestic Policy/by RayneWhat are you growing this season? This is an open thread.
Expected Response Is Expected, Redux: Trump, Post-Arraignment
/174 Comments/in Leak Investigations, Trump Administration/by RayneWatch closely now for the DARVO and media’s complacency. It’s just a matter of time — tick-tock. This is an open thread.
Now Fully Normalized: Sportswashing the Bonesaw with Golf
/170 Comments/in Culture, Foreign Policy/by RayneGolf as a professional sport now has completely lost its way with the merger of PGA with LIV. Apparently blood money makes the greens greener.
Leave No Stone Unturned
/51 Comments/in Culture/by RayneThinking about my hard-ass uncle on this Memorial Day, and a duty to the future.
Three Things: Crustpunk Nazi Bar Update, $42K Extortion Edition
/77 Comments/in Blogs Internet and New Media, Culture/by RayneIt’s been a while since we had a chat about the crustpunk Nazi bar known as Twitter. The dead-ending bird decided to press the issue for us.
Three Things: Turf’s Up
/45 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Trump Administration/by RayneWe’ve had a little fun with the new LIV Golf tour and the game of golf in comments. We should spend a little more time on this subject if Special Counsel Jack Smith thought Trump’s LIV-related business was subpoena worthy.
Let’s Give ‘Em Something To Talk About: Cooked, Hooked, Mooked
/57 Comments/in Congress, Economics, Republicans/by RayneTrump liable and on the hook for $5 million; Santos’ goose may be cooked by the feds; McCarthy’s mooked us by threatening the economy. What else should we talk about?