Wednesday Reads: Explosion
Posted: August 5, 2020 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2020 Elections, COVID19, Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, Lebanon, open thread, Political and Editorial Cartoons |9 CommentsFor the latest updates on Beirut:
🇱🇧 More than 200,000 people have been left homeless by the #BeirutBlast with damages ranging from $3-5bn.
Follow our LIVE coverage 👉 https://t.co/Y54DH6UHk5 pic.twitter.com/1y3VfGPLlE
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 5, 2020
Public records & documents published online show senior Lebanese officials knew for +6 years that ammonium nitrate was stored in a hangar at Beirut's port & the dangers it posed.
So how did this happen? Here's what we know so far 👇 https://t.co/l4MX8cCA14 | #BeirutBlast pic.twitter.com/7jI5ZhamCc
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 5, 2020
View of Beirut port a day after a powerful blast hit the city https://t.co/eadTj3j6ED
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 5, 2020
LATEST: Beirut in a state of emergency and a huge rescue effort underway following a port blast that has left at least 100 people dead. https://t.co/TPExCxpq0J
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 5, 2020
Tuesday's deadly explosion in Beirut struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, scientists say, and was heard and felt as far as Cyprus more than 200 kilometers (180 miles) across the Mediterranean. It's still unclear what caused the blast.https://t.co/pmPhQzSzQs
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 5, 2020
Standing with Beirut. More cartoons in our collection: https://t.co/NfP5Vfaq2Q#politicalcartoons #editorialcartoons #Beirut #Lebanon #solidarity pic.twitter.com/jqsY32vq9H
— The Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) August 5, 2020
What a catastrophe. Not a single person I know in Beirut and around wasn't affected somehow. Broken glass, destroyed rooms, narrow escapes and many many losses. This is so hard to process.
— Karl Sharro ***** ***** ***** **** (@KarlreMarks) August 4, 2020
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfAoEcAwQU/?igshid=1wdhcmzpaeefu
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And, by the way…
"The defense officials, who declined to be identified so they could speak freely, said they didn't know what the President was talking about." https://t.co/0ylhw5WJu8
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 5, 2020
https://t.co/qFbV6Da2Ew pic.twitter.com/Zw8zYtg9Fk
— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) August 4, 2020
Dealing with tRump:
Not important but why does he sit on every chair like it’s a toilet pic.twitter.com/CYwizMa0Yv
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) August 4, 2020
From @McFaul: Why Trump’s complacency about Putin is a problem — whatever his motives https://t.co/9sGzdzm18V
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 5, 2020
Ok. Who made this? It's genius. pic.twitter.com/EkwG2RlDel
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 5, 2020
The spread of Covid-19 is based on two factors: 1. How dense the population is and 2. How dense the population is.
— cptnwillie (@cptnwillie) August 4, 2020
Other bits of news:
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The Border Patrol vowed a full accounting after ProPublica revealed hateful posts in the private Facebook group. Now congressional investigators say the agency is blocking them and revealing little about its internal investigation. https://t.co/tEXc10yL49
— ProPublica (@propublica) August 5, 2020
These 68 videos show clear apparent instances of police officers escalating violence during protests. Most departments refused to share details about investigations and discipline or even officers’ names. Here’s what we learned about each case. https://t.co/tyQbfVTrXW
— ProPublica (@propublica) August 4, 2020
Usually a lawyer could not represent two different candidates in the same race, unless both candidates waived the conflict to allow it. Would sure like to know if that happened here. https://t.co/RLJpPtrQrS
— Daniel Jacobson (@Dan_F_Jacobson) August 5, 2020
apparently no conflict of interest for GOP lawyer for Trump campaign to be working for Kanye West campaign. Indeed, getting Kanye West on ballot is part of the Trump campaign strategy. https://t.co/yTT41igtOT
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) August 5, 2020
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Here is something to check out, on the political cartoon front:
So apparently the angry responses got my comic dropped from some newspapers and an apology that I did not approve of is running in its place. For the record I do not apologize for this comic and this is censorship. https://t.co/rfIAMP6wO9 pic.twitter.com/TcLwcxJS1o
— Scary Bradshaw 🕷👠 (@biancaxunise) July 30, 2020
Follow that thread.
'We're in for a bad and rocky ride:' Ex-WHO doctor who helped eradicate smallpox predicts COVID-19 turmoil for years https://t.co/y4ETPtXtEC via @usatoday
— Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali (@WajahatAli) August 5, 2020
The senator, who co-owns the Atlanta Dream, publicly objected to the basketball league's support of Black Lives Matter. https://t.co/aTZhpRpSUN
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 5, 2020
Never seen anything like this in 20 years working with or overseeing National Guard. Pro-military? Trump is denying payment based on the politics of where a member lives. Add reupping Title 32 national guard to 100% federal funding on #COVID19 for all states on Day 1 list. #vote https://t.co/Wv2rrDCriL
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) August 5, 2020
A few thoughts on the Swan interview:
This thread is spot on…
Aspiring video producers & editors should study this. Notice when the camera is locked off or handheld. The way the cuts jump late to emphasize Trump's confusion, and rest into the presenter's control. The framing on the flat wide. Presenter leaning back too. Well executed. https://t.co/42uo8vUTBU
— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
Be sure to read that thread in full.
God, I wish this was just a dumb show like ours. https://t.co/n3edLDiqiq
— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) August 4, 2020
We need President Splett, stat! pic.twitter.com/qIL9zT2xDs
— skeletonhead (@skeletonhead) August 4, 2020
Adding the @VeepHBO credits/music to the @axios / @jonathanvswan Trump interview just makes sense pic.twitter.com/wtMBiBcZ3S
— brendan mcsomething (@brendanmc84) August 4, 2020
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I’ve been stuck on 8 since the night of the election https://t.co/AVr8DxvKGc
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 4, 2020
160,323 dead and he does this. Register to vote. Vote him out. https://t.co/7xHwbSxpJW
— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) August 5, 2020
tRump is a disgusting piece of shit.
This is an open thread.
Unroll and read his excellent rant
I am so with Joyce Alene – in a state of shock still. Thanks for the updates JJ! Love the clouded leopards.
Yes — love seeing the clouded leopards and their toys!
I’m sure he did feel he was doomed, but ‘doomful’ ???
Just make it now already!
Honestly. I don’t get the tease-tease-tune-in! bullshit when it’s about news.
The second installment of the Star Wars trilogy? Fine. Anticipation is half the fun.
But news? It’s not about fun. It’s about information. or should be.
The only thing I can think is they’re trying to up what they can charge on those by-the-microsecond ad markets.
JJ, thanks for the leopards and Joyce Alene post, maybe a “5” for me of the Swan expressions. I had a much needed couple of laughs.