Morning Coffee (6/2/16)

Wow: Germany is set to recognize the 1915 slaughter of Armenians as genocide. (Turkey is unhappy, obviously, and it will be interesting to see what affect this has on current refugee/migrant issues.)

Reid on Sanders: "I think he better do a little mathing." HA.

‘I Can Watch It on TV’: Excuses for Republicans Skipping a Donald Trump Convention Make sure you read all the way to the bit about Judd Gregg. You know those politicians and their notorious avoidance of crowds!

I really really hope this is correct: Why I think Bernie Sanders will drop out and endorse Hillary Clinton soon

Some interesting background and perspective on the Brexit vote: Cameron's Folly

Bill Simmons's new site The Ringer is up and this from Jon Favreau was one of its interesting launch pieces: Barack Obama’s Last Stand

This story is crazy: A warning left on a nanny’s car. License plates stolen. And a top Pentagon official in big trouble.

MSNBC’s year of standing up straight

This radio story on the opening of the world's longest and deepest rail tunnel was surprisingly fascinating, and the fact that this project came in on time and within budget makes me want to move to Switzerland immediately. Such good planning!

Whoa. This is a big deal: 75 Percent of Networks Will Use C7 Advertising Metric for Upfront Deals

Heh: Sir…Sir! You Need to Call the ‘Other’ Time Warner

Morning Coffee (3/6/16)

This is important: The real reason the media covers Donald Trump so much

Open Letter on Trump from GOP National Security Leaders

Team Melissa Harris-Perry: “We didn’t deserve to be disappeared. It was evil, and it was cruel. And it had racial implications.”

Too late now, but this would have been a better speech for Romney to give.

Heh: The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Chris Christie as The Good Wife

This gets at a lot of what bothers me about the "Drumpf" stuff.

That Adorable Asian Kid Didn’t Know She’d Be the Butt of Chris Rock’s Oscars Joke — and Neither Did Her Mom

"Intelligence failures, like literary ones, tend to stem from failures of empathetic imagination."

This story about a conspiracy theory cruise was amazing in about fifteen different ways.

Well. Amy Adams: David O. Russell Made Me Cry ‘Almost Every Day’ on the American Hustle Set

Morning Coffee (2/27/16)

Happy Oscar weekend! There are going to be a flurry of posts as I cram in as many more movies as possible, and then early afternoon Sunday check back for my picks for each category.

ICYMI, yesterday's movie posts: Everything Will Be Okay and Day One.

Yesterday was quite a day and Vox had some fun with headlines while despairing about the actual content: Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump for president. Like, of the United States.

America's Trumpiest governor just endorsed Donald Trump

From Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau: Why Electing Hillary in ’16 Is More Important Than Electing Obama in ’08

Wow: Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-emptions "I am not a token, mammy or little brown bobble head." Good for her. I don't watch any cable news shows regularly, but I'm familiar with her work and hers is an important voice to have in the conversation.

This is amazing. Imagine having your bachelor party crashed by Hillary Clinton. "'I love having men at my feet,' Clinton said, laughing, as Kinney and the men all took photos."

I read this and was shocked by how strongly I felt that of course code should count as speech, since it wasn't an issue I'd considered consciously before.

Interesting: A neurologist examines Ted Cruz's face.

Hey, my mom's in this! Pediatricians back new push to allow medical marijuana for some kids

Terrible: Illinois Republicans target single mothers and their babies: GOP bill would ban birth certificates, financial aid if father is not named

Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of llama/dress day, and this oral history was genuinely interesting and also made me wish Arpaio cared about people as much as animals.

Morning Coffee (3/15/13)

Happy Friday! Let's try for a Friday of positive/cute/funny links . . .

The Archbishop of Philadelphia has ruled that an 11-year-old girl is indeed allowed to play football even though she's female.

Ooh, here's the Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist. (Formerly known as the Orange Prize.) I have read . . . one of these books. No, wait, two!

Digg may come to our rescue: They're building an RSS reader.

Finally: CBS has a full episode streaming app.

Chris Hayes is moving to 8 p.m. every weekday on MSNBC. Yay Chris!

Ooh: Google brings Bletchley Park to its Cultural Institute

Is there a homicidal maniac in your book club? (No, it's funny, I swear.)

I love this sort of thing: Kids and their toys from around the world