This week, it was revealed Donald Trump often pretended to be his own publicist to brag about himself.
Hello, Bronx Zoo, I’d like to talk to Captain Beans.
This is Beans. Who am I speaking to?
This is Ronald Flump, publicist for Donald Trump. Mr. Trump, who has a very large penis, would like to hold a campaign rally in the monkey cage.
Hold on, Flump. Let me ask the occupants.
That’s a no-go, El Flumpo. Why not borrow a sewer from the rats?
Great idea, Beans! Hey, would a smart fellow like you want to run the campaign for Mr. Trump, who’s had sex with your wife?
Give me a second, Flumpy. I’ll check with my business adviser.
- In advance of the U.S. election, the doomsday-bunker business is booming.
- Superstate Texas is making a fierce cultural stand, perhaps a last stand.
- Some people are paid to pretend to be paparazzi, protesters and fans.
- A social-media exec discusses the new biz of Gladwellian “influencers.”
- Ayn Rand enthusiast Carl Barney made a mint in for-profit colleges.
- Mark Lane lived a colorful life beyond his JFK conspiracy theories.
- Cartography is a vastly different process in the Digital Age.
- John McAfee, a sort of Philip K. Dick character, is returning to cybersecurity.
- Superintelligence may be an existential threat, or perhaps not.
- Huawei exec Kevin Ho believes Earth may be near-utopian in 20 years.
- Ford’s Jim McBride comments on the near-term future of driverless.
- Opinions vary on whether Major League Baseball is ready for robot umpires.
- Wendy’s plans to ambitiously automate the food-ordering process.
- Automation may be a challenge for Industrialized and Third World nations.
- Joan Didion shares notes from her attempt to cover Patty Hearst’s trial.
- Sean Penn try to further defend his jungle flatulence about El Chapo.
- Facebook, a growing necropolis, has an odd impact on mourning.
- LSD may have legitimate uses but it has considerable cultural baggage.
- Surrealist writer René Daumal blasted his brain with carbon tetrachloride.
- Old Print Article: Civil War photographer Mathew Brady loses his studio. (1894)
- Old Print Article: Aga Khan Worth His Weight In Gold. (1941)
- A brief note from 1946 about a miracle life-extension serum.
- A brief note from 1925 about William Jennings Bryan’s mechanical horse.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Moshé Feldenkrais, Groucho Marx.