Linkage

• Stomach-churning images of 'fatberg' clogging toilets in Cheltenham (The Express) They originally thought it was a concret slab:  It was a block long plug of congealed fat.  Fiber, Britons, Fiber.
• Inside Corbyn’s Office (Jacobin) Half of the labour establishment is actively sabotaging the party.
• White Collar Crime Risk Zones (The New Inquiry) They announce, "White Collar Crime Risk Zones, a predictive policing application that targets white collar crime."  Heh.
• Auditor issues damning report alleging Ferguson court collected illegal fees, lost money (St Louis Today) What a surprise, a carcereal state is a corrupt state.
• The ten graphs which show how Britain became a wholly owned subsidiary of the City of London (and what we can do about it) (Open Democracy)
• Stop calling him 'Dr.': The academic fraud of Sebastian Gorka, Trump’s terrorism 'expert' (Haaretz) Money quote, "In sum, Gorka’s Ph.D is about as legitimate as if he had been awarded it by Trump University."
• After-dinner mint: how ex-politicians hit paydirt with public speaking (The Guardian) I'm lookin' at you, Barack.
• Donald Trump is the best troll in all of politics (CNN) File under, "Well, duh!"
• Goodbye Amazon...And Good Riddance (Princeton Audio) A bespoke speaker manufacturer details the hell that is Amazon.

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