https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1528711468186755073
literally millions of excess deaths in Russia alone following the collapse of the Soviet Union
GOOD THING WE DIDN'T LOSE A SINGLE AMERICAN LIFE :stalin-gun-1::stalin-gun-2:
who also was said to be incapable of putting two sentences together: George H.W. Bush
Dumbass doesn't even have his Bushes straight. The stylistic criticism of H.W. was that he came off as weak, not that he couldn't handle public speaking.
Oh look, ruling class journalists kissing the ass of power.
How unusual.
He is worse than a journalist: he is - and may Allah forgive me for speaking this word - a columnist.
And the failson of advisor to Pinochet and Nobel prize-winner (in economics) Milton Friedman.
I guess making hundreds of thousands a year writing nonsense for the NYT isn't a failure, it's a great grift and a sign of how fucked up the priorities of the biggest newspaper in the US are.
Holy shit they're related? I had no idea... terrible writing and neoliberal ideology don't fall far from the tree, it seems
Nvm they aren't related, not sure where I heard that. Either way, he's a bad bad guy
This man is clearly an adult toddler and only ate chocolate cake the whole time
“it was all off the record”
Thomas L. Friedman:
:is-this:
“Is this journalism?”
tuna
US to accelerate the depletion of ocean biomass
tomato
great source of lycopene, US investing heavily in life-extension tech to keep the aging ruling class in power longer
mixed fruit
antioxidants, US accelerating the spewing of toxins like microplastics et al
chocolate milkshake ... so good it should [be] against the law
US regime change policy objective to secure all active oil reserves on earth ratcheting up soon
You missed the biggest one:
whole wheat bread
US to accelerate the collapse of wheat production and distribution.
That one is why they're in Ukraine. That and their UkroNazi buddies.
Journalists work to gain "access" to sources that will never respect them. Sources that couldn't possibly provide any semblance of real journalism. And of course if any journalist did use their access to try and do something revealing they'd lose it immediately. A true journalist would be fine with this. Somehow get close to someone important and when given an opportunity, like have lunch with a powerful man, they would try and uncover something. But inwestern journalism the goal is not revelation but the Access itself.
Journalists work to gain “access” to sources that will never respect them.
probably because absolutely no-one respects journalists.
This extremely based, actually.
I mean, it's terrible because Biden sucks and this journalist probably too, but i would love to have lunch with Xi and then get paid because i talked about the menu.
If I went to a white house lunch and they served me a tuna salad sandwich and a choccy frosty I would immediately become a 3rd world Maoist
When Trump was president he had a button on his desk to summon an attendant with diet coke on a silver tray. Also remember freedom fries? The white house had never been the height of culinary excellence
Nothing beats when he served cold ass McDonald's to Clemson when they won the championship.
That is still one of the funniest things to ever happen, like top 5
Thank you. I can never remember this emoji. I kept trying :hamberder:
Or Nixon's pineapple slices with cottage cheese :disgost:
If they offered me sandwhiches at the fucking white house I'd be like "make me a vegan beef Rossini, black truffles, foie gras somehow, the works."
I'd go to hot pot with him and his best friends and they would all want to be my friend too
Thomas Friedman hate thread, let's fucking go.
When I was in Cairo during the Egyptian uprising, I wanted to change hotels one day to be closer to the action and called the Marriott to see if it had any openings. The young-sounding Egyptian woman who spoke with me from the reservations department offered me a room and then asked: "Do you have a corporate rate?" I said, "I don’t know. I work for The New York Times." There was a silence on the phone for a few moments, and then she said: "Can I ask you something?" Sure. "Are we going to be O.K.? I’m worried."
Also, let's not forget NoHo Hank schooling Thomas Friedman about the rise of Asia. (Prompted, you may recall, by Hank's conflict with a Burmese crime organization.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAH-SQ_wgbg
Ooh, more:
A young Saudi woman wrote an email to Friedman in 2002, not a question but a statement of profound truth. It’s excerpted in Longitudes and Attitudes: “I dream of the day when I become independent and have my own car. I dream of having all my rights as a human being. Saudi women need your pen, Mr. Friedman.” https://friedmanforher.tumblr.com/FAQ
'look jack i wanna see you guzzle that milkshake like a dog-faced-pony-soldier in heat. go!'
He makes like $300k/year writing like this. Can't even dunk, straight up king shit.
How does Joe Biden, a man tasked with leading a country that is currently seeing about two dozen major crises that affect millions of people, have time to eat lunch with the 138th most relevant political pundit in American media
But :cheeto-man: was a giant baby for having extra ice cream. If Tommy had gotten two scoops he would have sworn an oath to dedicate his entire bloodline to :biden-troll:
Journalism: hard hitting
I had some tuna. As for Biden, he had this girl brought in, and then he went as if to sniff her hair and just snorted so hard that it tore the hair out of her skull. She was bleeding and trying to scream, and somehow... somehow he ate her screams. After, I of course felt fear and revulsion as you would expect, but there was also an emptiness - a lack of emotion - that I had never experienced before. As if the President had also eaten some integral part of me without me noticing. I now look upon the world only as a series of mechanical interactions, and somewhere in the President's lungs may dwell whatever love I once felt for my children. Only the fear remains, but even that is dull and colorless. I am an empty shell, somehow content that the essence of Biden will fill whatever broken shards remain of my body and soul and burn away whatever is left of what I once was when next I go to sleep.
