brooklynite is one of the few non-loony DU-folk, IMO. He steps on a lot of DUpipo's stupider "thoughts", beliefs, and inclinations. Among long-term DU-regulars he's probably the most Alerted. In this thread he's definitely trampling one of DU's most predictable inclinations - crapping on news they don't want to hear and demanding the coverage instead be for something they do want to hear. I expect brooklynite will again be one of DU's few Cassandras.