Category Archives: History

Bishop to King Seven, Checkmate

I’m just re-watching Blade Runner for the nth time (captions on) and I noticed the quote from when Roy first meets Sebastian. “Gosh, you really got some nice toys here.” “Gosh, you really got some nice toys here” is what the subtitles say, at least in the Final Cut edition. I haven’t checked elsewhere, but GoogleContinue reading “Bishop to King Seven, Checkmate”

FBI recovers WhatsApp, Signal data stored on Michael Cohen’s BlackBerry | Ars Technica

Letter to judge reveals 731 pages of messages, call logs uncovered on one of two phones. — Read on arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/06/fbi-recovered-hundreds-of-encrypted-messages-from-michael-cohens-phone/

Trump departs early from a tense G-7 summit after rattling allies with trade threats

“En garde Madame LaGarde!” America’s allies plan to confront Trump over his trade and climate policies at the G7 summit, which Trump now plans to leave early. Other leaders warned if he refuses to sign onto the goals the group hatches, they will proceed without the U.S., further isolating the country from longtime partners. —Continue reading “Trump departs early from a tense G-7 summit after rattling allies with trade threats”

The End Stage of the Trump Presidency, and the Gangsterization of America | Crooked Media

Good read. The Russia and Cohen investigations expose Trump and his campaign and his business organization to such serious legal jeopardy that it is difficult to fathom a future in which criminality and corruption aren’t the traits that define Trump’s presidency. That’s one way to conceive of Davdison’s “end stage.” But it doesn’t mean his presidencyContinue reading “The End Stage of the Trump Presidency, and the Gangsterization of America | Crooked Media”