3 Oct 2018

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So during the 2016 campaign those bastards over at the NYTimes wouldn't get enough column-inches of Clinton bashing in. From Maureen Dowd (Obama used to be ok until Clinton got her goo -Dowd's words, not mine- all over him) to Judith Miller, to "news" reporters, and to the whole editorial board, it was OMG EMAILS! We love St Bernie! Benghazi! Assange, NOT LIKABLE and CACKLES, and other made up or wildly inflated shit.

Compare that coverage to the breathless and overall less than stellar coverage of Trump. They never dug at anything. They ran puff pieces.

Though the WaPo was worse the New York Times ran more negative stories on Clinton than on Donald the orange filth Trump. Sure they endorsed her and said hopefully she'll be elected, but the stories they chose to focus on were part of what helped tilt the balance to his side.

And here, as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouths, they come out with a majorly researched investigative piece on Trump's tax fraud.

Now.

Tax fraud, I'll add, that happened long before he ran for president.

Where the fuck were the reporters during the campaign? Why were they not digging up this shit, stuff that would have helped advert this filth ever getting elected.

Oh wait.

I almost forgot.

... but her emails.
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Ick. Having a bit of a.... animated discussion with Linnea.

During a weekend with a birthday party on Saturday, a regatta (starts at 6:30 am 90 minutes from here) Sunday, she wants to add in a trip the "Fright Fest" at a local amusement park.

She wants to go with one of her friends and friend's family. I haven't known this friend for long and I don't know many from her family, but I know there are lots of them going (her mom has a lot of brothers and there is a buttload of cousins, the kid talks a lot about her uncles and cousins). Her mom is nice, but I don't know any of the others.

This is the event/place: Fright Fest.

I'm very uncomfortable with this. Night time attractions that are open to everyone and intended for teens scare me, and Linnea likes to think she is worldly and savvy, but she really isn't. It seems like exactly the place where two teenaged girls could get themselves in a lot of trouble.

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