~ this surprisingly astute quip from ben affleck is almost enough to inspire us to reevaluate our position that he is nothing but an elbow-bending cretin:

“Jennifer Lopez is opening a restaurant and I don’t know who’s covering the world news for Reuters. Is there anybody on the Middle East beat?”

~ however, there is little danger that any priorities of the media and its consumers are misaligned by the focus on puffy sean’s ex’s latest mimicry of his business plans; mr. affleck, like many others, does not grasp that the middle east situation is a global canard. the system understands that there must be variety in the red herrings they feed us.

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