Saturday news items
You won't notice it but next Friday, right in the middle of the presidential inauguration of Donald J. Trump, the general officer who commands the D.C. National Guard troops that will be guarding the festivities will be stepping down.
Major General Errol Schwartz is a political appointee and as such had submitted his resignation. Traditionally most such resignations are not acted on immediately. But the Trump transition team is making a point of "cleaning house" in this manner. That's why the man who has been the volunteer voice of inaugurations for decades was replaced by a Trump supporter. It is why all of this nation's ambassadors will be gone from their embassies on Inauguration Day.
Meanwhile, the people Trump is putting into positions of power are exactly the type he promised to drain from the "swamp" of Washington, D.C. General Schwartz received his commission as an Army Guard officer over 30 years ago.
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The city of Biloxi, Mississippi is under attack because it sent out a tweet from its official account regarding the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday that read as follows:
“Non-emergency municipal offices in Biloxi will be closed on Monday in observance of Great Americans Day,”“Non-emergency municipal offices in Biloxi will be closed on Monday in observance of Great Americans Day”
Biloxi is a city with an economy that depends on its tourism business as the home of a number of hotel/casinos on the Gulf Coast. The tweet's title for the official holiday dates back to 1985 when the City Council issued a proclamation giving the holiday that label.
Not smart.
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Martin Shkreli is best known for his decision to raise the price of a drug astronomically after he purchased Turing Pharmaceuticals. Currently he is out on bail while awaiting trial on federal securities fraud charges.
He was slated to be a special guest at UC Davis as part of a tour by alt-right darling Milo Yiannopoulos. The appearance was met with a large protest and had to be canceled but Shkreli decided to hang out. That's what he was pelted in the face with what some say was dog poop.
That's news in and of itself. But what really caught my eye was the TMZ.com version of the story, where they got his name right but blamed him for the dramatic increase in the cost of the Epi-Pen. Just in case they catch their error and fix it, here's the text:
"Martin Shkreli has taken a lot of crap for raising the price of EpiPen ... and now that's happened literally."
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Caitlyn Jenner is going to attend the Trump inauguration. She used social media to send out a photo of her recent 24 karat gold facial.
She's being criticized for going to the inauguration in light of the view of the President-Elect and his supporters on LGBTQ rights. Jennifer Holliday recently canceled her appearance there for precisely this reason. Marie Osmond and R. Kelly are also not going to be performing there.
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Major General Errol Schwartz is a political appointee and as such had submitted his resignation. Traditionally most such resignations are not acted on immediately. But the Trump transition team is making a point of "cleaning house" in this manner. That's why the man who has been the volunteer voice of inaugurations for decades was replaced by a Trump supporter. It is why all of this nation's ambassadors will be gone from their embassies on Inauguration Day.
Meanwhile, the people Trump is putting into positions of power are exactly the type he promised to drain from the "swamp" of Washington, D.C. General Schwartz received his commission as an Army Guard officer over 30 years ago.
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The city of Biloxi, Mississippi is under attack because it sent out a tweet from its official account regarding the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday that read as follows:
“Non-emergency municipal offices in Biloxi will be closed on Monday in observance of Great Americans Day,”“Non-emergency municipal offices in Biloxi will be closed on Monday in observance of Great Americans Day”
Biloxi is a city with an economy that depends on its tourism business as the home of a number of hotel/casinos on the Gulf Coast. The tweet's title for the official holiday dates back to 1985 when the City Council issued a proclamation giving the holiday that label.
Not smart.
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Martin Shkreli is best known for his decision to raise the price of a drug astronomically after he purchased Turing Pharmaceuticals. Currently he is out on bail while awaiting trial on federal securities fraud charges.
He was slated to be a special guest at UC Davis as part of a tour by alt-right darling Milo Yiannopoulos. The appearance was met with a large protest and had to be canceled but Shkreli decided to hang out. That's what he was pelted in the face with what some say was dog poop.
That's news in and of itself. But what really caught my eye was the TMZ.com version of the story, where they got his name right but blamed him for the dramatic increase in the cost of the Epi-Pen. Just in case they catch their error and fix it, here's the text:
"Martin Shkreli has taken a lot of crap for raising the price of EpiPen ... and now that's happened literally."
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Caitlyn Jenner is going to attend the Trump inauguration. She used social media to send out a photo of her recent 24 karat gold facial.
She's being criticized for going to the inauguration in light of the view of the President-Elect and his supporters on LGBTQ rights. Jennifer Holliday recently canceled her appearance there for precisely this reason. Marie Osmond and R. Kelly are also not going to be performing there.
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posted by me at 8:16 AM
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