My new column is up: More Evidence for the Real Collusion in the 2016 Election Comes

Don't miss the key revelation of @jsolomonReports article at @thehill: DOJ/FBI officials involved in #CrossfireHurricane #SpyGate deliberately lied & claimed national security in order to HIDE the fact they got #SteeleDossier info from Hillary's lawyers at Perkins Coie.

1) Let's say for a moment the "secret sting" theory of Sessions/RR/Wray is true.

What has the delay cost us?

2) It has had a MAJOR impact on the lawlessness, mobbing, and rioting of the fascist left.

3) Sessions has done absolutely nothing about the issue of lawlessness.

2) It is crucial that he begin to indict these rioters on federal civil rights violations; shut down antifa as a terrorist organization; and begin prosecuting cities for failing to enforce civil rights laws.

3) His diddling while all this violence goes on is dangerous, and without some sort of legal action against these people, they will only get more violent til people die.

4) Sessions should have been on this since 2017.

0/ Questionable fund raising advice you may want to think twice about before following. A thread.

1/ As an entrepreneur I had to raise money many times. Not knowing what I was doing, I’d follow popular advice on the topic. As an investor, I now realize how much of that wisdom likely worked against me. Here are my picks for the most questionable fund raising tactics ...

2/ "Raise in May or Sept. because VCs are gone for summer ": This is simply no longer true, most of the VCs I know work through the summer. I sure do. And I have a lot more time then since many founders believe this anachronism.

3/ “Put time pressure on the raise”: While some deals go quickly, that is often due to legitimate market dynamics (well known company/team). If that's not you, adding artificial deadlines can push investors away who don’t believe they’ll have adequate time for diligence.

4/ “Add buzz words in your pitch” Trust me, we’re likely way more tired of buzzwords than you are. Improper or gratuitous use of buzzwords will strictly weaken your pitch. On the other hand, if a phrase is buzzy, but well defined and germane, it’s fine to include.

My take-away from the Georgia fiasco is that autonomous state-level government simply should not exist. That guy shouldn't be abusing his power, but more than that, the power he's abusing should not even be available. Our constitutional system is a deathtrap.

No one designing a constitution from scratch would give mid-level regional governments so much discretion over voting elgibility and registration. It's absolute lunacy.

What benefit is there to having state-by-state variations in whether felons can vote, in how easy or difficult it is to register to vote, etc.? Why should state legislators get to weigh in on these questions at all? Again, it's just nuts.

State-level control over voting eligibility and registration can ONLY be abused, because it is a power that should not exist. There should be a single national standard of maximal voting availability for all citizens. There is no case for regional variation on this. None.

Indeed, there effectively was a (less inclusive) federal standard before the Supreme Court struck down the Voting Rights Act, and lo and behold, states have used their newfound discretion to deprive people of voting rights! That was the only possible outcome, ever.

Blitzscaling your company isn’t easy; if it were, everyone would do it. Like most things of value in this world, blitzscaling is contrarian and unique.

To succeed, you’ll have to violate many of the management “rules” that are designed for efficiency and risk minimization. In honor of the launch of Blitzscaling, here are the 9 Counterintuitive Rules of #Blitzscaling...

Rule #1: Embrace Chaos.
Traditional business strives for order and regularity in management, operations, and financial results. But when you're blitzscaling, the focus on order needs to be replaced with a willingness to embrace a level of chaos that would horrify most MBAs.

Rule #2: Hire Ms. Right Now, Not Ms. Right.
You need managers and executives who are “just right” for the current phase of growth. After all, you won’t have to worry about that next phase if your team can’t actually get you there.

Rule #3: Practice “Bad” Management.
When your org is growing 300% per year, you might have to promote people before they’re ready, and then swap them out if they sink rather than swim. You don’t have time to wait for things to “work out”. You have to act quickly and decisively.

1) The best way to become an entrepreneur is to start as a solopreneur. You can test the waters, learn quickly, and start a following without the risks of a staff or investors

2) The best way to become a solopreneur is to start creating content. Costs are low, you can pivot quickly, and it’s largely passive income so you can fund follow-up efforts

3) The best way to start creating content is to curate content. You can develop your taste, leverage the audiences of others, and find out the gaps in existing products

4) The best way to start curating content is to learn the best, most proven methods already in existence, and repackage or teach them in new ways. Be sure to respect copyrights and to give credit, but this allows you to benefit from their learning and scale

5) The best way to learn the best methods is through immersion. Your biggest resource when you’re just starting is time, which is the scarcest resource for your potential customers. Immerse yourself deeply and go from beginner to intermediate in a short sprint

Art during war can appear to be “weak” or “unnecessary” to survival.

Yet the Exposition d’Arts Français held in Barcelona was a form of resistance to the Great War, which suppressed exhibitions normally held in Paris.

Despite Spain’s official neutrality, German sympathizers 1/

Alt: Poster for the Palau de Belles Arts; lone drawonf of artist with palette in yellow, blue, red

first at @pygotham today, we have "The Automatic Computer and You: A Meditation Upon The History And Future Of Software Development". yes, it's a @glyph keynote! #pygotham

"in the words of wiktionary, where desperate keynote speakers go to find out what they're supposed to be doing…" — @glyph #pygotham

"computers are both religious and philosophical, as anyone who has debugged something for more than two hours will tell you" — @glyph #pygotham

Out of all the words in this talk's title, Glyph wants to talk the most about the history and the future. Says we don't learn enough from the former and don't think far enough about the latter enough. #pygotham

Glyph is at the age where he might be expected to have a midlife crisis, and thinks the software industry might be doing one of those as well 🤔 #pygotham

IMPORTANT: Rosenstein was one of 46 USAs AG Sessions ordered resign, on March 10, 2017.

TRUMP had nominated RR as DAG on 1 Feb. Trump refused RR's resignation.

RR was confirmed by the Senate as DAG on April 25, 2017. Within weeks, he helped fire Comey.

Connect dots.

Rosenstein has been shrouded in ambiguity and suspicion ever since Mueller was appointed, in May 2017.

The Hannity Posse on FOX, as well as Tea Party GOP Congress, have been absolutely hammering his bona fides since Day 1.

IMO they either know it's BS, or have been fed misinfo.

Trump is a master of deception.

In fact, he is so good at it, many people seriously believe that Jeff Sessions, RR and Wray - ALL Trump picks - have hoodwinked the wily construction magnate.

So, Trump has been FOOLED not just once, but THREE times. Do you believe that? I don't.

Far more likely?

It's on Trump's strategic interests to portray RR as an enemy and Sessions as an incompetent buffoon.

It throws out baits to Trump's ARROGANT enemies and makes them complacent.

They fall for it every time. Proof?

His Clinton-linked arch enemies in the FBI allowed RR into their plan, to attempt an insane 25th amendment coup on an inaugurated POTUS.

McCabe, Baker etc etc.

They KNOW RR has screwed them, hence the recent McCabe inspired (failed) attempt to get rid of him.

Me: What are you going to be for Halloween?

10yr old: Guess! I got an earpiece, mirrored glasses and a fedora.

Me:....A.....douchebag??

10yr old: No, a spy! What's a douchebag?

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OK this means either the rumors that they were looking to cast a non-white girl as Ciri were wrong, or the fan pushback steered them away from pursuing that idea:

https://t.co/stXtZamQcG

#Witcher #Netflix #Witchernetflix

In the common imagination, the deep cultural divide in the United States pits Team Woke (young, female, POC) against Team Resentful (old, male, white).

This is almost entirely

As a great new study by More in Common shows, Americans actually divide into seven tribes:

* Progressive activists
* Traditional liberals
* Passive liberals
* Politically disengaged
* Moderates
* Traditional conservatives
* Devoted

Traditional and devoted conservatives are far outside the American mainstream. The views of progressive activists are even further away from the views of average Americans.

The rest has a lot in common. They form an “exhausted majority.”

One of the most surprising areas on which Americans agree much more than might seem obvious on Twitter, Facebook, and cable news? Political correctness.

80% of Americans—four in five!—now believe that “political correctness is a problem in our country.”

Age barely predicts how Americans feel about political correctness.

Even among 24 - 29 year olds, the group most receptive to political correctness, 74% think it’s a problem.

And among the youngest, those below 24, the number goes back up to 79%!

THREAD: Okay we need to have a chat about the rise to prominence of @eliothiggins & @bellingcat. The MSM's new case study on how to become an establishment sanctioned new media outlet.

Compare and contrast the way the mainstream media and the establishment have opened it's arms up to @eliothiggins & @bellingcat as opposed to its hostility and aggression towards say @skwawkbox or @TheCanaryUK

Also contrast the way @bellingcat's amateur hour "investigative journalism" is treated with credibility and accepted as a gold standard without any scrutiny whatsoever compared to the previously mentioned organisations

Key differences between @bellingcat & @skwawkbox? Their stance to the establishment narrative and their key backers.

pushes the establishment narrative and works relentlessly to find (at best amateur and comical) evidence to push this, their flimsy and nefarious "research" never questioned or scrutinised by the establishment