Forget about Barack Obama's psyche; the fact that Murdoch thought he had to hit this same vicious rhetorical note one more time in a personal tweet at 9 at night at the age of 84 says a lot about Murdoch's own pathology. This is a level of narcissism that makes Donald Trump seem introspective.
Rupert Murdoch Is Deviant Scum | Rolling Stone
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.... While every president since Gerald Ford has upheld an executive order banning assassinations by U.S. personnel, Congress has avoided legislating the issue or even defining the word “assassination.” This has allowed proponents of the drone wars to rebrand assassinations with more palatable characterizations, such as the term du jour, “targeted killings.”
The Assassination Complex
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...ic Monkeys’ Sheffield rehearsal room in mid-2004 and relying on – irony of ironies – a series of descending US-influenced pop-punk chords. Matt Helders’ machine-gun drum roll sowed the seed initially, becoming the perfect foundation for Turner’s exhilarating guitar solo, which he played at breakneck speed three times – just in case you didn’t quite catch it. Lyrically, it’s still among his most remarkable achievements. Confrontational, bitter and deftly sarcastic in its depiction of a snarly young tyke getting a ...
10 Years Of 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' – The Full Story Of Arctic Monkeys' Breakout Hit | NME.COM
10 Years Of 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' – The Full Story Of Arctic Monkeys' Breakout Hit | NME.COM
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Mitchell is an interesting place. He and KG have always been close and Sam is very much from the old school. He's wanted another shot at a head coaching job for a while. Will he worry more about wins and losses than development? Alternatively, should the young guys besides Wiggins and Towns continue to get force-fed minutes when the vets are healthy? These are the underlying dynamics I'll be watching this season.
Judge the Timberwolves only on aesthetics and development - SBNation.com
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FLANNERY: Tom, let's start our Timberwolves dialogue by wishing Flip Saunders the best of health. This has obvious implications for Minnesota's long-term plan and rebuilding effort, but all that is secondary to the man's health.
Judge the Timberwolves only on aesthetics and development - SBNation.com
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SANTIAGO, Chile — Many watched in disbelief: There he was, Pope Francis, calling people in Osorno, a city in southern Chile, “dumb” for protesting against a bishop accused of being complicit in clerical sexual abuse.
Calling Protesters in Chile ‘Dumb,’ Pope Francis Sets Off Uproar - NYTimes.com
8 years
I’m not going to pretend like I’ve spent the past two hours watching this Kanye West interview, but I am also fairly certain a two-hour Kanye West interview would be entertaining, provocative, and likely quite insightful. The rapper, producer, and fashion designer sat down with Lou Stoppard for the latest installment of “In Camera,” an interview series run by “Bound 2“/”Black Skinhead” director Nick Knight. Within the...
Watch Kanye West’s 2-Hour “In Camera” Interview - Stereogum
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Why didn’t Stereogum give this article to someone who can actually be bothered to do the work that comes with a writeup then? What does Chris DeVille even add to this?
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