The "Blue Exclamation Point" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Twitter starts fact-checking President Trump as social media companies face calls to ramp up their election security efforts. China again encroaches on Hong Kong, this time using the pandemic as cover. And the judge in Michael Flynn’s case is told to explain his delay in granting a motion to dismiss.

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app.
0:32.0	So guys I have a very important question for you. If you could choose between having a blue check mark on Twitter or a blue exclamation point, which would you rather have? I actually want to have blue exclamation points not just on Twitter, but in life.
0:39.0	Like, I want certain people to be sentenced to carry a blue exclamation point with them wherever they go to be publicly marked as
0:48.3	Bullshitters. So they and they constantly look surprised while they're wearing working. Yeah, or it's just like, look out for this asshole.
0:56.7	Like I want Matt Lauer to have to carry a blue exclamation point wherever he goes.
1:02.4	Ooh, I like it.
1:03.4	I'd like like a blue asterisk or something, right?
1:06.2	Just like a little, you know, read the fine print.
1:10.2	Like a blue asterisk like see below.
1:13.0	Two asterisks if it's really, really straining belief.
1:16.0	I get a blue question mark.
1:18.0	Okay.
1:19.0	Just walk around confused all the time.
1:22.0	Well, how would that be any different from your normal day?
1:26.0	But everyone would know he's confused. Everyone knows already. Hello and welcome to rational security, the Blue Exclamation Point Edition.
1:40.1	I just
1:43.0	realize does that mean this entire podcast episode is complete bullshit?
1:44.4	No, this is the good kind of blue exclamation point.
1:48.3	It's a green exclamation point.
1:50.7	It's gonna earn a blue e for explicit.
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