dangerousmeta!, the original new mexican miscellany, offering eclectic linkage since 1999.

Looks like the EE1 install is finally at saturation.

I’m looking into starting a new blog presence elsewhere, leaving this up (but no commenting, etc.) until I pull usable backups. New domain coming soon (I have to leave dangerousmeta.com pointed here, otherwise the whole thing breaks). Stay tuned. Just the birthday present I needed! A busted weblog!

PVC: Shure SM58 microphone celebrates its 50th anniversary.

How many I’ve wired up over the years. Huzzah!

New Republic: The Most Important WikiLeaks Revelation Isn’t About Hillary Clinton.

“If the 2008 Podesta emails are any indication, the next four years of public policy are being hashed out right now, behind closed doors. And if liberals want to have an impact on that process, waiting until after the election will be too late.”

The Millions: On Whimsy, Trump, and ‘Bloom County’.

“It’s not just that Bloom County was prescient in seeing his trajectory. Nor is it just that it sussed out the void in his soul. No, what’s so frightening to see now, 30 years after Trump’s turn as Bill the Cat’s brain, is just how precisely it pegged why he shouldn’t have power.”

Italian Ways: Fiat 1500 6C Barchetta, born from the wind.

Somehow, that front end looks a little bovine to me. Surely a design standout, but not to my taste. I’d put my head above the windscreen and start ‘mooing’.

PS Mag: The Sad Silver Lining to the Trump Campaign’s Implosion.

“Despite the historic prevalence of sex scandals in American politics, no longer will misogyny exist as a minor indiscretion among the highest echelons of political and economic power. Women make up more than half of the electorate and have voted at higher rates than men for years; now, they’re flexing their political muscle beyond the ballot box.”

Vox: A GOP strategist explains why the Republican Party is about to break in two.

“I think what you’re gonna see is [Trump campaign CEO and Breitbart News chief] Steve Bannon monetizing 30 percent of the electorate into a UKIP-style movement and a billion-dollar media business.” Yep.

The Nation: Michelle Obama Just Delivered the Most Powerful Speech of the 2016 Campaign.

It is a shame that this cannot be the first woman President.

NY Times: New Jersey Transit, a Cautionary Tale of Neglect.

“In the 1990s, New Jersey Transit was riding high. Its ridership was increasing, and its trains were new and running on time.” Who comes up with this stuff? Um ... NO. Not new. Not running on time. I stopped commuting in the mid-‘90’s. Overcrowded, miserable. It was better at the turn from ‘80’s to ‘90’s. The tracks were always in terrible shape. The bridges around Newark, an embarrassment. The concrete ties would shatter if the Amtraks went too fast, so they had a speed limit. The wooden ties, you could pull the spikes out with your bare hands. Some had probably been there since the turn of the last century. NJ Transit *always* needed a ‘sugar daddy’. Christie pulled it away, in good Republican fashion, and now you’ve got people dead. This isn’t hard to figure out.

ANN: Ancient ‘Kennewick Man’ remains returned to Columbia River tribes.

It’s about time.

BBC: Western contact with China began long before Marco Polo, experts say.

“Other discoveries include new evidence that the First Emperor’s tomb complex is much bigger than first thought and 200 times bigger than Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.” China is wisely taking their time before excavating Qin’s tomb. If historical texts are correct, it is under a dome that models the night sky over China, and his entire empire is rendered in miniature underneath, with rivers and streams flowing of liquid mercury. I hope I’m still around when they finally open it.

The Atlantic: What’s ‘Healthy’? What’s ‘Natural’?

“PepsiCo misleadingly markets Naked Juices as predominantly containing high-value ingredients such as acai berry, blueberries, kale, and mango, when in fact the predominant ingredient in the product line is usually cheap, nutrient-poor apple juice ...” Well, if you remember ‘60’s advertising like I do, then PepsiCo has gone a long way to save us from terrible laxative adverts ... (wink) ...

Autoweek: This is Porsche’s first race car, returned to its prime.

Makes me start singing the theme song from “Casper the Friendly Ghost.”

InTheseTimes: Natives Are Being Killed by Police at a Rate Higher Than Any Other Group.

I’ve been trying to get this fact into people’s heads, to little avail.

Youtube: Pat Paulsen For President ‘America Oughtta Shut Up’ Tour.

MUST SEE of the day.

NY Times: Trumpism After Trump.

Read o’ the day.

In These Times: The Hypocrisy of Some Trump Supporters.

Now that Trump’s on a downhill slide, you wonder where all these on-point articles were during the primaries.

Guardian.UK: Did Hillary Clinton intimidate Bill’s accusers? Let’s look at the evidence.

“It’s possible that Bill Clinton assaulted Willey, Broaddrick and Jones during that same era. But that isn’t the equivalent of wrongdoing by his wife.” Evangelicals should flock to her, for ‘standing by her man’ and maintaining their marriage. But such forgiveness is only for those in the same ideological ozone.

iTunes: Tower - Movie Trailers.

Wow.

NPR: Authors Take On Native American Stereotypes.

“At the root of all of this is the idea of authenticity [snip] It’s the idea that Native people exist in an unchanging past, and that to be an authentic, real Indian, you somehow have not changed and adapted to the modern world. But Native people and Native cultures have always adapted to circumstances, they’ve always infused and integrated with other cultures. It’s always been that way.”

Vox: Republican elites’ Trump quandary is a long-term GOP problem.

“Assuming Clinton wins, Republican elite leaders basically have three options, all bad.
1. Unify the party around anti-Clinton rhetoric.
2. Capitulate to Trumpism
3. Abandon the Republican Party as a hopelessly devalued brand, and start a new party.”

naked cap: Economic ‘Recovery’ Feels Weak Because the Great Recession Hasn’t Really Ended.

“But there really isn’t a recovery, and no signs of it on the horizon, because people have to pay the banks. It’s a vicious circle – or rather, a downward spiral. Basically, the IMF economists are just throwing up their hands and admitting that they don’t know what to do, given the limits of their tunnel vision.”

OpenCulture: Some of Buster Keaton’s Death-Defying Stunts Captured in Animated Gifs.

There’ll never be another like Buster.

BBC: Kim Kardashian robbery - Paris police hunt armed attackers.

Terrible. Big gems have a history, though. The Krupps (Elizabeth Taylor) experienced a similar situation.

Vox: The mind-blowing scale of Trump’s billion-dollar loss, in one tweet.

Downstream of remarkable news disclosures, there’s always frantic search for framing, for context. This is sort of like snorting rubbing alcohol.