The New York Times...The Daily News

I need Speed Repeat on some of these videos.

• It is a True Thing that if the Rude Pundit begins a sentence with "Let's put this as politely as possible," there are going to be Extremely Rude Words.  I warn you because I am going to quote one of his points because some things are irresistible:

  4. Speaking of, at this point, someone could discover Donald Trump's secret strangled hooker burial ground and his followers wouldn't give a flying fuck. He could be caught in bed with a dead boy, a live girl, and half a sheep, and he'd still get at least 35% of primary voters. If you ever thought that Trump would go away quickly, you were an idiot. If you still think that Trump will burn out at some point, you're an even bigger fucking idiot. Trump has already taken out the seaside villages, and he's on his way to Tokyo. Your puny conventional weapons will have no effect.

• operaramblings reviews a Dmitri Hvorostovsky recital, but I had to giggle at the first paragraph.
• "Free trade" as disadvantageous.  (via skippy)  
• Solar power in Florida, the Koch brothers, and utilities.  Looks boring, eh?  

  The full political might of Florida's IOUs was on display in December, when a deceptive campaign, funded by the state's electric utilities, crushed a citizen-led effort to open Florida to solar competition through the 2016 ballot. "When your opponents have no ethical foundation, have unlimited resources and are willing to say and do anything to defeat you," says Stephen Smith, director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, which led the pro-solar effort, "it's a tough hurdle to overcome."

  Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, by way of skippy.

PS: "Miami 2017" is next year.