A few links to things I read this morning:<\/p>\n
Not sure what to think about the Omarosa Manigault-Newman<\/a> thing, but this Slate<\/em> article<\/a> gives an interesting take. \u00a0I like this part:<\/p>\n Either because or despite the fact that Omarosa once belonged to this lair of liars, one can admire the skill with which she has orchestrated these tapes\u2019 release so as to maximally damage the White House\u2019s credibility just as it was trying to torpedo hers. The tapes are essentially booby traps. Katrina Pierson\u2019s reputation may not be a central concern in Trumpworld, but Lara Trump\u2019s is getting closer; no wonder the White House is scared. Omarosa knows\u2014as even his lawyers do\u2014that a man who lies about everything must be guarded against, and learned that lesson early.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Can’t wait to see who gets caught in the next “booby trap.” Go read.<\/p>\n Senator Elizabeth Warren<\/a> has a plan to save Capitalism<\/a> and has introduced legislation. \u00a0Over at the Washington Post<\/em>, Warren answers a few questions for Jennifer Rubin<\/a>. \u00a0Asked about cheating and insider trading, Warren responds:<\/p>\n Sure, it includes insider trading \u2014 but it\u2019s a lot more than that. In a well-functioning market, companies compete by providing better products, better service, or better prices. That kind of competition benefits customers and rewards businesses that out-innovate or out-work their competitors.<\/p>\n But when companies can deceive their customers about the quality or price of their products, that\u2019s cheating \u2014 and the market stops working. Companies that are willing to deceive their customers are rewarded with more business, while honest companies struggle to keep up. That\u2019s bad for customers and bad for the companies that just want to do the right thing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yves Smith<\/a> explains why she thinks this would be good for shareholders<\/a> over at Naked Capitalism<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0Definitely following this one.<\/p>\n Finally, if you don’t know about XKCD<\/em><\/a> yet, you should go check it out, especially if you’re interested in coding or math. \u00a0Great cartoons, including one of my all-time favorites<\/a>. But if you’re worried about hackers getting into voting machines, this cartoon won’t make you feel better<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A few links to things I read this morning: Not sure what to think about the Omarosa Manigault-Newman thing, but this Slate article gives an interesting take. \u00a0I like this part: Either because or despite the fact that Omarosa once belonged to this lair of liars, one can admire the skill with which she has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saturday-morning-coffee","tag-saturday-morning-coffee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n