Tuesday, April 24, 2018

And another day where “If I was as black I’d be picking cotton, but I’m white so I’m picking you,” is somehow a prom proposal finally comes to a close:

“And if your head explodes with dark forebodings, too. I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.” -- Pink Floyd

Senate committee approves Trump’s nominee, Mike Pompeo, for secretary of state. Of course they did. Horrible people support other horrible people.

Adopting a strategy successfully employed by the tobacco industry, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a sweeping new regulation that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use in developing its regulations. Scott Pruitt is a horrible person. You know it. I know it. He needs to go.

Republicans want answers from embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

Flight records undercut Trump’s claims to Comey. Of course he stayed overnight in Russia, you’re not stupid. Gullible and scared, maybe, but not stupid...not really, right?

Republicans want to throw the book at Colorado teachers getting ready to strike. The bill would stop public school teachers and teachers’ unions from organizing strikes against employers. There’s more. None of it good for teachers, of course. Republicanism is a disease.

"There is not one single official willing to swear on the record to a national-security-based need for the travel ban," former CIA Director Michael Hayden told NPR.

Inside Sinclair Broadcasting’s hostile takeover. Trump is setting up Sinclair to be the next Fox News.

Facebook is unveiling its guidelines for deciding what its 2.2 billion users can post on the social network, including hate speech, pornography, and even cannibalism.

New federal data finds continuing disparities in how students of color and those with disabilities are disciplined and in the opportunities they get in school. Police interactions are the opportunities for those that are thought of as “lesser.”

“Promposal” sparks outrage. America, 2018.

Amazon wants to shove packages in your car's trunk now, too.

Children with rare, incurable disease that causes rapid aging and early death may live longer if treated with an experimental drug first developed for cancer patients, a study suggests. Science. It matters.

As if the name of the planet wasn't enough, scientists recently discovered Uranus is home to fart-smelling clouds. Poor Uranus. No respect.

“Where words fail, music speaks.” -- Hans Christian Andersen

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.