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steve2470
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May 6, 2019
Video snippet showing the cup (click the link): http://players.brightcove.net/4137224153001/ed38fae1-4db1-4308-8095-399a04010bc1_default/index.html?videoId=6033365775001
The apparent Starbucks cup makes a cameo in a brief scene near the start of last night’s episode. This image has been brightened to show it more clearly.
Game of Thrones, the most closely watched and scrutinized show on TV, last night aired a huge moment of lore discontinuity, as a celebratory feast in Winterfell happened to include a distinctly modern takeaway coffee cup among all the metal goblets of wine. It’s not obvious who the offending coffee drinker on set was, or what flavor of Starbucks brew they enjoy, but the position of the cup was on the grand table of the nobles, in front of Jon Snow’s seat. It’s also not clear whether this was a mistake — which would require all the actors and producers, plus all the editors afterward, to not notice — or some deliberate tongue-in-cheek insertion to get people riled up and talking about the show even more.
The GOT producers previously shocked their audience in season 3, when the “Walk of Punishment” episode concluded with an entirely out-of-context rock song. This new invasion of modernity into the show’s fantasy realm will surely amuse as much as it bemuses, and it’s already got Twitter’s meme brigade creating jokes.
https://twitter.com/ira/status/1125302824634445824
Is that a Starbucks cup in Game of Thrones ?
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18530917/game-of-thrones-got-season-8-hbo-final-last-of-the-starks-starbucks-coffee-cup-blooperVideo snippet showing the cup (click the link): http://players.brightcove.net/4137224153001/ed38fae1-4db1-4308-8095-399a04010bc1_default/index.html?videoId=6033365775001
The apparent Starbucks cup makes a cameo in a brief scene near the start of last night’s episode. This image has been brightened to show it more clearly.
Game of Thrones, the most closely watched and scrutinized show on TV, last night aired a huge moment of lore discontinuity, as a celebratory feast in Winterfell happened to include a distinctly modern takeaway coffee cup among all the metal goblets of wine. It’s not obvious who the offending coffee drinker on set was, or what flavor of Starbucks brew they enjoy, but the position of the cup was on the grand table of the nobles, in front of Jon Snow’s seat. It’s also not clear whether this was a mistake — which would require all the actors and producers, plus all the editors afterward, to not notice — or some deliberate tongue-in-cheek insertion to get people riled up and talking about the show even more.
The GOT producers previously shocked their audience in season 3, when the “Walk of Punishment” episode concluded with an entirely out-of-context rock song. This new invasion of modernity into the show’s fantasy realm will surely amuse as much as it bemuses, and it’s already got Twitter’s meme brigade creating jokes.
https://twitter.com/ira/status/1125302824634445824
May 2, 2019
Two cats getting exercise :)
https://twitter.com/jared_parkinson/status/1123806251878686721
April 28, 2019
Thursday I surveyed the entire Mueller report. I read some sections carefully; I skimmed others. My job was to anchor Lawfare’s initial coverage, so I needed to have a sense of the big picture, as well as detailed knowledge of certain findings and arguments. Starting Friday, however, I am reading the entire document carefully, starting at the beginning. I’m writing up my thoughts as I go in this post. There will be no cohesive argument to this journal. It will simply be a collection of my observations, questions and thoughts as I go through the document. It will get long. I will not attempt to summarize the underlying document, merely to reflect on it, but I will organize this post by document section. I will update the post as I read. I hope people find it useful.
The following table of contents are links to the sections of this journal, which correspond to sections of the report itself:
Introduction to Volume I
The Special Counsel Investigation
Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign
GRU Hacking Directed at the Clinton Campaign
Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign
Prosecution and Declination Decisions
Introduction to Volume II
Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles
Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation
B. The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn
C. The President's Reaction to Public Confirmation of the FBI's Russia Investigation
D. Events Leading Up to and Surrounding the Termination of FBI Director Comey
E. The President's Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel
F. The President's Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation
G. The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016, Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials
H. The President’s Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigations
I. The President Orders McGahn to Deny That the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel
J. The President’s Conduct Toward Flynn, Manafort, [REDACTED]
K. The President’s Conduct Involving Michael Cohen
L. Overarching Factual Issues
Legal Defense to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to the President
Introduction to Volume I
This is a short little section, barely two pages, but it has several interesting items in it, starting with Mueller’s almost casual endorsement of the FBI’s historical account of the Russia investigation’s origins. In the middle of page 1, Mueller describes the investigation as beginning when “a foreign government contacted the FBI about a May 2016 encounter with Trump Campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos.” Papadopoulos, Mueller writes, had “suggested to a representative of that foreign government that the Trump Campaign had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information damaging to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.” It was that information, the paragraph concludes, that “prompted the FBI on July 31, 2016, to open an investigation into whether individuals associated with the Trump Campaign were coordinating with the Russian government in its interference activities.”
Notes on the Mueller Report: A Reading Diary
https://www.lawfareblog.com/notes-mueller-report-reading-diaryThursday I surveyed the entire Mueller report. I read some sections carefully; I skimmed others. My job was to anchor Lawfare’s initial coverage, so I needed to have a sense of the big picture, as well as detailed knowledge of certain findings and arguments. Starting Friday, however, I am reading the entire document carefully, starting at the beginning. I’m writing up my thoughts as I go in this post. There will be no cohesive argument to this journal. It will simply be a collection of my observations, questions and thoughts as I go through the document. It will get long. I will not attempt to summarize the underlying document, merely to reflect on it, but I will organize this post by document section. I will update the post as I read. I hope people find it useful.
The following table of contents are links to the sections of this journal, which correspond to sections of the report itself:
Introduction to Volume I
The Special Counsel Investigation
Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign
GRU Hacking Directed at the Clinton Campaign
Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign
Prosecution and Declination Decisions
Introduction to Volume II
Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles
Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation
B. The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn
C. The President's Reaction to Public Confirmation of the FBI's Russia Investigation
D. Events Leading Up to and Surrounding the Termination of FBI Director Comey
E. The President's Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel
F. The President's Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation
G. The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016, Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials
H. The President’s Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigations
I. The President Orders McGahn to Deny That the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel
J. The President’s Conduct Toward Flynn, Manafort, [REDACTED]
K. The President’s Conduct Involving Michael Cohen
L. Overarching Factual Issues
Legal Defense to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to the President
Introduction to Volume I
This is a short little section, barely two pages, but it has several interesting items in it, starting with Mueller’s almost casual endorsement of the FBI’s historical account of the Russia investigation’s origins. In the middle of page 1, Mueller describes the investigation as beginning when “a foreign government contacted the FBI about a May 2016 encounter with Trump Campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos.” Papadopoulos, Mueller writes, had “suggested to a representative of that foreign government that the Trump Campaign had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information damaging to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.” It was that information, the paragraph concludes, that “prompted the FBI on July 31, 2016, to open an investigation into whether individuals associated with the Trump Campaign were coordinating with the Russian government in its interference activities.”
April 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/LordFonzz/status/1121114135071051776
"Ice Ice Baby" re-done with Game of Thrones
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice 1989https://twitter.com/LordFonzz/status/1121114135071051776
April 22, 2019
2 minutes and 20 seconds, courtesy of MoMA
(the motion seems normal, which is slower than typical film I have seen of that era, maybe modified ?)
New York City in 1911
https://twitter.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/11200903364481310732 minutes and 20 seconds, courtesy of MoMA
(the motion seems normal, which is slower than typical film I have seen of that era, maybe modified ?)
April 16, 2019
(Jewish Group) Twitter sucks at anti-semitic moderation
Case in point:
https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1117968251219263491
https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1118004473107046400
April 12, 2019
WARSAW — Growing up in a small city in southern Poland, part of a religious family and conservative community, Maciej Gosniowski was told again and again that something was wrong with him.
“It would be better if I changed myself,” he recalled teachers telling him. “It would be better if I behaved more like a boy. It would make my life easier.”
Mr. Gosniowski was beaten by other students who used homophobic slurs he did not yet understand. He does not want other young people to suffer as he did, so he welcomed the decision by the mayor of Warsaw to introduce a declaration last month aimed at promoting tolerance.
But the backlash to the declaration has left him shaken.
Poland's Populists Pick a New Top Enemy: Gay People
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/world/europe/poland-gay-rights.htmlWARSAW — Growing up in a small city in southern Poland, part of a religious family and conservative community, Maciej Gosniowski was told again and again that something was wrong with him.
“It would be better if I changed myself,” he recalled teachers telling him. “It would be better if I behaved more like a boy. It would make my life easier.”
Mr. Gosniowski was beaten by other students who used homophobic slurs he did not yet understand. He does not want other young people to suffer as he did, so he welcomed the decision by the mayor of Warsaw to introduce a declaration last month aimed at promoting tolerance.
But the backlash to the declaration has left him shaken.
April 10, 2019
Donald Trump’s new Washington hotel, located just blocks from the White House, owes electricians, wood workers and a plumbing and heating business more than $5 million for unpaid labor, according to liens filed against the property with the District of Columbia.
The 263-room hotel, located on the historic site of the city’s former main post office, opened in October following a $212 million renovation of the 1899 structure. The liens were filed in November and December, according to public records.
(rest behind paywall)
Does anyone know if Trump actually paid these contractors ???? I put this originally in LBN, my apologies.
Trump's D.C. Hotel Tagged With $5 Million in Unpaid Worker Liens (from January 2017)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-05/trump-s-dc-hotel-tagged-with-5-million-in-unpaid-worker-liensDonald Trump’s new Washington hotel, located just blocks from the White House, owes electricians, wood workers and a plumbing and heating business more than $5 million for unpaid labor, according to liens filed against the property with the District of Columbia.
The 263-room hotel, located on the historic site of the city’s former main post office, opened in October following a $212 million renovation of the 1899 structure. The liens were filed in November and December, according to public records.
(rest behind paywall)
Does anyone know if Trump actually paid these contractors ???? I put this originally in LBN, my apologies.
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