Goon by ali smith

Goon * * * * * * * a review of my 2016

iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still trying to process everything thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened this year. this book is progress.

Contents

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january february march april may june july august september october november december

january

M e x i c a n P r e s i d e n t E n r i q u e P e ñ a Nietoannounced F r i d a y t h a t fugitivedrug lordJoaquin“El Chapo”Guzmánhas beencaptured. Anofficialtold theAssociated PressthatGuzmán wasapprehended inhishomestate o f S i n a l o a i n westernMexico afterashootout t h a t k i l l e d f i v e p e o p l e , a n d i n j u r e d o n e M a r i n e . Accordingtoa statementfrom theNavy,the Marinesraided a h o m e o n t h e

outskirtsofLos Mochisaround 4:30a.m. after r e c e i v i n g a citizen complaint a b o u t a r m e d m e n i n t h e neighborhood. Thefirefight brokeoutafter suspectsbegan shootingfrom i n s i d e t h e b u i l d i n g . I n additiontothe fivecasualties, sixotherswere a r r e s t e d . Alsoseizedwere t w o a r m o r e d v e h i c l e s , eightrifles, a n d a r o c k e t l a u n c h e r , a c c o r d i n g t o thestatement.

february

Asasafety measure a g a i n s t t h e emergingZika virusoutbreak, todaytheU.S. F o o d a n d D r u g Administration i s s u e d a n e w g u i d a n c e recommending the deferral of individualsfrom donatingbloodif theyhavebeento areaswithactive Z i k a v i r u s transmission, potentially have beenexposedto t h e v i r u s , o r h a v e h a d a confirmedZika virusinfection. “Th FDA has critical esponsibilities i n o u t b r e a k

situationsandhas b e e n w o r k i n g rapidlytotake importantstepsto r e s p o n d t h e emergingZika virus outbreak,” s a i d L u c i a n a Borio,M.D., theFDA’sacting chiefscientist. “Weareissuing t h i g u i d a n c e forimmediate implementation inordertobetter protect the U.S. bloodsupply.” Whiletherehave beennoreportsto d a t e o f Z i k a virusentering theU.S.blood s u p p l y , t h e r i s k o f b l o o d t r a n s m i s s i o n

march

MACDILLAIRFORCE BASE,Florida– Thewaragainst the Islamic State g r o u p , w h i c h P r e s i d e n t Barack Obamahas insistedwillnot becomeanother protractedU.S. groundconflict in theMiddleEast, adoptedanewair ofpermanence herethisweek, withatopdefense o f f i c i a l s u g g e s t i n g t h e n u m b e r o f A m e r i c a n s deployedtoIraq andSyriasoon mayincrease. M a r i n e G e n . JosephDunford, chairmanofthe

JointChiefsof Staff,saidlast w e e k h e a n d Defense Secretary AshCarterhad agreed the U.S. shouldincrease i t s m i l i t a r y presenceinIraq – o f f i c i a l l y capped at 3,870 troopsbutwithan actualtallyof around5,000. OnWednesday, D u n f o r d s a i d President Barack Obamamaymake thatdecision verysoon.[READ: IraqiOfficials: BattleforMosul H a s B e g u n ] " I brought it to the secretary,the secretarywill

april

LANSINGMichigan AttorneyGeneral Bill Schuette will announce criminal chargestoday inconnection withhisongoing investigationof the Flint drinking w a t e r c r i s i s , threesources familiarwith the investigation t o l d t h e F r e e Press on Tuesday. Officials believe t h e c i t y g o t artificiallylow leadreadings becausethey didn'ttestthe homesmostatrisk thosewithlead servicelinesor otherfeatures puttingthemat

h i g h r i s k f o r lead. Among those tobecharged isaCityofFlint o f f i c i a l w h o signed a document saying the homes Flintused to test tapwaterunder t h e f e d e r a l LeaandCopper Ruleallhadlead servicelinesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; a s t a t e m e n t investigators allege was false. S c h u e t t e o n F l i n t w a t e r crisis:'These c h a r g e s o n l y thebeginning' Snyder:State m a y n o t p a y legalfeesfor thosecharged inFlintcrisis

may

Itseemedlike quickthinking w h e n t h e CincinnatiZoo shottodeatha gorillawhowas manhandlinga s m a l l b o y w h o had fallen into i t s e n c l o s u r e o n S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n . Butsoonanimal rightsupporters wereorganizing avigiloutside t h e z o o i n remembrance ofthegorilla, named Harambe, a teenage male. Onlinepetitions c i r c u l a t e d b l a m i n g t h e m o t h e r o f t h e c h i l d f o r

negligence. ByMondaythe chorus of outrage h a d r e a c h e d suchanintense pitchthatthe z o o h e l d n e w s conferenceto defenditself. S p e a k i n g t o reporters, Thane Maynard,the zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sdirector, f o r c e f u l l y rejectedthe second-guessing of what he called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mondaymorning quarterbacksâ&#x20AC;? over the decision t o k i l l t h e gorilla, one of anendangered species,instead o f u s i n g a tranquilizer

june

A gunman opened f i r e o n a g a y nightclOrlando, F l a . , e a r l y Sundaymorning, killingatleast 5 0 p e o p l e i n thedeadliest massshootingin r e c e n t U . S . historybefore beingshotdead b y p o l i c e . Obama: 'An Attack OnAnyAmerican ... Is An Attack OnAllAmericans' Thesuspected shooterhasbeen identifiedby authoritiesas OmarMateen,a 29-year-old U.S. citizen who hadpreviously beeninterviewed

bytheFBIover possibletiesto a t e r r o r i s t . O f f i c i a l s t o l d N P R t h a t Mateenpledged allegianceto I S I S i n a 9 1 1 c a l l b e f o r e t h e a t t a c k . O v e r t h e p a s t severaldays, Mateenlegally p u r c h a s e d a l o n g g u n a n d a handgun,theATF saidduringanews conderence. D u r i n g t h e a t t a c k , t h e shooterwas armed withanAR-15stylerifleand a h a n d g u n . T h e s h o o t e r beganfiringon

july

W h e n R u s s i a n aircraftbombed a remote garrison insoutheastern Syria last month, a l a r m b e l l s soundedatthe P e n t a g o n a n d theMinistryof Defense in London. The Russians werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bombardinga run-of-the-mill rebeloutpost, a c c o r d i n g t o U.S.officials. Theirtargetwas asecretbaseof operationsfor eliteAmerican a n d B r i t i s h forces.Infact, acontingentof about20British specialforces hadpulledout

ofthegarrison24 hoursearlier. Britishofficials d e c l i n e d t o c o m m e n t . U.S.military and intelligence officialssay thepreviously unreportedclose callforWestern forces on une 16, andasubsequent Russianstrikeon a s i t e l i n k e d totheCentral Intelligence Agency, were part of a campaign by Moscow to pressure t h e O b a m a administrationto agreetocloser c o o p e r a t i o n i n t h e s k i e s o v e r S r i a .

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" T h e r e w a s n o robbery,"says RiodeJaneiro Civil Police Chief FernandoVeloso, a t a T h u r s d a y newsconference aboutfourU.S. s w i m m e r s w h o claimedtohave beenheldupat gunpointduring theirtimeatthe Summer Olympics. S p e a k i g Thursdayatanews conferenceabout t h e r o b b e r y thatwasreported bydecorated U . S . s w i m m e r RyanLochte, Velososaidthat GunnarBentzand JackConger, twoofLochte's

teammateswho werewithhimon t h e n i g h t i n question,have nowconfirmed thattherobbery s t o r y w a s a fabrication. Updateat11:45 a.m.ET:USOC A p o l o g i z e s Rio Police Remove U.S.SwimmersFro Flight ToAsk About Reported Robbery T H E T O R C H Rio Police Remove U.S.Swimmers FromFlightTo A s k A b o u t ReportedRobbey RyanLochteHas LeftBrazilâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Where PoliceTriedTo SeizeHisPassport T H E T O R C H

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S u m m e r h a d barelybegun when thegrimrecord wasset:fortyn i n e p e o p l e murderedata gay nightclub in Orlando, the worst massshootingin modernAmerican history. Summer’s e n d b r o u g h t another unwanted milestoneas85 homicides73of t h e m b y g u n — gaveChicago asingle-month bodycount unseen in20yearsand pushedthecity pastitsshooting t o t a l f o r a l l o f 2 0 1 5 . Inbetween,in Dallas,another

t e r r i b l e superlativewas notchedwhena sniper’srifle deliveredlaw enforcementits deadliestday s i n c e 9 / 1 1 . N o w a d d i n g u n v i o l e n c e y o u d i d n ’ t h e a r a b o u t . T h e periodbetween MemorialDay a n d L a b o r D a y weekend93days— leftmorethan 4,100Americans deadfromgun homicidesand unintentional d i s c h a r g e s , a c c o r d i n g t o thenonprofit, nonpartisanGun ViolenceArchive

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Whenthewaron drugsfailed, Huntington,West Virginia,wasone of its casualties. "Well,probably 6 0 p e r c e n t o r moreoftheDUIs areactually heroinandnot alcohol,"said J a n R a d e r , a deputychieffor theHuntington FireDepartment. Here'showserious t h e h e r o i n epidemicisin Huntington. While t h e n a t i o n a l overdoserate standsat13 people in100,000,West Virginia'srate isalmostthree timesthat,the

highestofany s t a t e i n t h e n a t i o n . T h i s county'srate doublesthat. Andtheratefor overdoseratesin Huntingtonitself? Aboutninetimes t h e n a t i o n a l a v e r a g e . O n A u g . 1 5 , t h e problemcame t o a h e a d 2 8 o v e r d o s e s i n f o u r h o u r s . SEE MORE: Canada Tries Out Heroin Prescriptions "Thedrugwar f a i l e d t h i s country,"Jim Johnsonsaid. J o h n s o n i s Huntington'sdrug czar.Hewasthe

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DonaldJ.Trumpis president-elect o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . N o w there’sasentence Ineverthought d w r i t e . Againstallodds andagainstall f o r m s o f t h e establishment, heprevailed. Hewoegitimately, includinginmany statesthatwere t h o u g h t t o b e safely blue. The punditsandthe pollswerewrong. Therewasmore pent-uphunger forchangeand a l s o r a c i a l , e t h n i c a n d economicangst— than many models

c o n s i d e r e d . Mr.Trumpwill b e c o m e t h i s country’s45th president.For me,itisatruly shockingfact, abitterpillto swallow.Iremain convincedthat thisisoneofthe worstpossible p e o p l e w h o couldelected p r e s i d e n t . I remain convinced thatTrumphasa fundamentally flawed character andisliterally danrousfororld stabilityand i n j u r i o u s t o America’sstanding inthatworld. T h e r e i s s o

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U . S . i n t e l l i g e n c e o f f i c i a l s n o w believewith"a h i g h l e v e l o f confidence" that RussianPresident V l a d i m i r P u t i n b e c a m e p e r s o n a l l y involvedinthe covertRussian c a m p a i g n t o i n t e r f e r e i n t h e U . S . presidential e l e c t i o n , s e n i o r U . S . intelligence o f f i c i a l s t o l d N B C N e w s . T w o s e n i o r o f f i c i a l s w i t h d i r e c t a c c e s s t o t h e informationsay

newintelligence showsthatPutin p e r s o n a l l y d i r e c t e d h o w hacked material fromDemocrats wasleakedand otherwiseused. Theintelligence c a m e f r o m d i p l o m a t i c sourcesandspies w o r k i n g f o r U.S.allies,the officialssaid. P u t i n ' s objectiveswere multifaceted, ahigh-level intelligence sourcetoldNBC News.Whatbegan asa"vendetta" againstHillary Clintonmorphed intoaneffortto

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about

* * * * * This book is a reivew of 2016. Its purpose is to create a visual exploration of the changes that occurred in my surroundings, friends, relationships, habbits, and mental state, over the course of 2016, through the use of photographs, typography, and news stories. It was created out of a need to document the events of the past year in a tangible, archival, medium that could be sat and reflected with. The content of this book has intentionally been left vague in order to facilitate neutral relfection. The Format: Each month begins with a lable and an important news story from the corresponding month. The news story is type set in Wingdings, to serve as a visual representation of the story. A legible copy of each artilce can be found online. Following the news story, a series of captionless photos taken during that month. The styles of these photos range from landscapes, to portraits, to candids, and the subjects vary from photo to photo. Throughout the book are two page spreads of a continuous gradient, these pages represent different mental episodes that occured durring that month, the length of the episode, and the severity of each episode. This book will mean more to me than it does to you, but I hope you think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to look at.

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sources

* * * * * jan 8, 2016

Andersen, Erik. “Mexico Announces Capture of Fugitive Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’.”

feb 16, 2016

FDA. “FDA Issues Recommendations to Reduce the Risk for Zika Virus Blood Transmission in the United States.”

mar 31, 2016

Shinkman, Paul. “U.S. Officially Locked Into Another Middle East War.”

apr 30, 2016

Dolan, Paul & Egan Matthew. “Criminal Charges Today in Flint Water Crisis.”

may 30, 2016

McPhate, Mike. “Zoo’s Killing of Gorilla Holding a Boy Prompts Outrage.”

jun 13, 2016

Ellis, Ralph. “49 Killed in Florida Nightclub Terror Attack.”

jul 21, 2016

Entous, Adam, and Gordon Lubold. “Russia Bombed Base in Syria Used by U.S.”

aug 18, 2016

Navarro, Lulu Garcia. “’There Was No Robbery,’ Rio Police Chief Says Of Lochte’s Holdup Claims.”

sep 02, 2016

Mascia, Jennifer. “It Was Just Another Bloody Summer in America, With 4,100 People Shot Dead.”

oct 07, 2016

Toombs, Zach. “There’s A New War On Drugs At The Center Of America’s Heroin Epidemic.”

nov 10, 2016

Blow, Charles. “America Elects a Bigot.”

dec 15, 2016

Arkin, William M., Ken Dilanian, and Cynthia McFadden. “U.S. Officials Say Putin Helped Direct the Use of Hacked Materials.”

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