And another day of additional troops, harmless memes, and letting others love what they love comes to a close:
“If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.” -- Hans Eysenck
Over 3,000 additional active duty troops will be deployed to the southern US border, joining the 2,300 troops already there, several defense officials tell CNN. WTF?
Trump blames former Speaker Paul Ryan for not getting border wall funding.
94% of Democrats say they trust what Trump says *less* than what prior presidents said, while 58% of Republicans say they trust what Trump says *more* than what prior presidents said. It’s like Republicanism is a cult. Oh wait.
India’s female college students are fighting for their right to stay out after dark.
Facebook’s 10 year challenge is just a harmless meme—right? "Thanks to this meme, there’s now a very large data set of carefully curated photos of people from roughly 10 years ago and now."
National parks face years of damage from government shutdown.
U.S. land managers will move forward in March with the sale of oil and gas leases that include land near Chaco Culture National Historical Park and other sites sacred to Native American tribes.
Twitter disclosed on Thursday that it had identified and shut down disinformation and government-backed trolling operations from thousands of accounts from 5 different countries, including Russia, Iran and Venezuela.
A California panel on Wednesday recommended that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be paroled after serving more than 4 decades in prison.
Nearly half of US adults have heart or blood vessel disease.
Male contraceptive gel: couples being recruited for pioneering UK trial.
Love what you love. Let others love what they love. “It's hard to imagine folks missing that in the show. But then, narrow-minded parochial tribalism is a helluva drug...It's OK not to like something. It's even OK to tell people why. It's not OK to tell them to not like it, and it's not OK to assume everything has to be made for you.”
“Morning is the best time to see movies.” -- Christopher Walken
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
And another day of stupidity and hatred from rich people comes to a close:
“It is time that we pay people what they are worth, and not how little they are desperate enough to accept. That has nothing to do with their [salary] history, and everything to do with what they’re worth today.” -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Trump and his intel chiefs are worlds apart on ISIS, Russia, border. Think about that.
U.S. President Donald Trump blasts his own intelligence service in morning tweets. Calls officials 'extremely passive and naive' to label Iran as less of a threat than ISIS and North Korea, says: 'Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!' Again, think about that.
The NRA made its first public attempt this week to distance itself from any formal involvement in a now infamous trip to Moscow undertaken by a group of its high-ranking members, but internal NRA emails and photos posted on social media reviewed by ABC News appear to show the organization was significantly involved in planning it.
Mitch McConnell just admitted that Republicans lose when more people vote. He calls making Election Day a national holiday a “power grab” by Democrats.
Schultz, a lifelong Democrat and a billionaire who contends the party has strayed too far left, has declared that he may run for president. But at an event Monday to promote his new memoir, he failed to convincingly answer the biggest question: Why? The country doesn’t need another businessman as President.
Howard Schultz usually doesn't vote, election records show.
Treasury Department lifts sanctions on three Russian firms with ties to Oleg Deripaska.
As soon as 2025, climate change could cause more birth defects in the U.S.
Fatal shootings of black men getting overshadowed by Super Bowl, family fears.
A disease like Alzheimer's, but in a child: The fight to cure the 'worst thing ever’.
Recall of infant liquid ibuprofen sold at CVS and Walmart expands over safety worries.
Sonar can scare whales to death, new study shows. Scientists say banning military exercises in certain areas could help save the deep-diving sea mammals.
“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.” -- Wayne Dyer
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“It is time that we pay people what they are worth, and not how little they are desperate enough to accept. That has nothing to do with their [salary] history, and everything to do with what they’re worth today.” -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Trump and his intel chiefs are worlds apart on ISIS, Russia, border. Think about that.
U.S. President Donald Trump blasts his own intelligence service in morning tweets. Calls officials 'extremely passive and naive' to label Iran as less of a threat than ISIS and North Korea, says: 'Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!' Again, think about that.
The NRA made its first public attempt this week to distance itself from any formal involvement in a now infamous trip to Moscow undertaken by a group of its high-ranking members, but internal NRA emails and photos posted on social media reviewed by ABC News appear to show the organization was significantly involved in planning it.
Mitch McConnell just admitted that Republicans lose when more people vote. He calls making Election Day a national holiday a “power grab” by Democrats.
Schultz, a lifelong Democrat and a billionaire who contends the party has strayed too far left, has declared that he may run for president. But at an event Monday to promote his new memoir, he failed to convincingly answer the biggest question: Why? The country doesn’t need another businessman as President.
Howard Schultz usually doesn't vote, election records show.
Treasury Department lifts sanctions on three Russian firms with ties to Oleg Deripaska.
As soon as 2025, climate change could cause more birth defects in the U.S.
Fatal shootings of black men getting overshadowed by Super Bowl, family fears.
A disease like Alzheimer's, but in a child: The fight to cure the 'worst thing ever’.
Recall of infant liquid ibuprofen sold at CVS and Walmart expands over safety worries.
Sonar can scare whales to death, new study shows. Scientists say banning military exercises in certain areas could help save the deep-diving sea mammals.
“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.” -- Wayne Dyer
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
And another day of “made up stories and fiction” comes to a close:
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” -- Stephen Hawking
Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Trump, pleaded not guilty to charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into Russian election interference. No surprise there.
The effects of climate change on American farms and ranches will likely outpace the technological efforts to overcome it within decades, even with the present pace of agricultural innovation, the U.S. Climate Assessment warned.
Florida bill would have students learn alternatives to climate change, evolution. Mmm hmmm.
Trump on Midwest winter blast: "What the hell is going on with Global Warming? Please come back fast, we need you!" NOAA: "Winter storms don't prove that global warming isn't happening." The man is such an idiot.
NASA images from space show a world on fire.
Trump Administration Begins 'Remain In Mexico' Policy, Sending Asylum-Seekers Back.
“Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was attacked early Tuesday morning in what Chicago police are calling a possible hate crime. Smollett was attacked by two people "yelling out racial and homophobic slurs," according to police. They poured an unknown chemical substance on him and then placed his neck in a noose. Oh yeah, and they reportedly yelled, “This is MAGA country!”
Anti-vaxx idiocy is still a thing and it's making kids sick in the Pacific Northwest.
Neuroscientists translate brain waves into recognizable speech. Using brain-scanning technology, artificial intelligence, and speech synthesizers, scientists have converted brain patterns into intelligible verbal speech—an advance that could eventually give voice to those without.
RIP James Ingram. He was 66.
“Where words fail, music speaks.” -- Hans Christian Andersen
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” -- Stephen Hawking
Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Trump, pleaded not guilty to charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into Russian election interference. No surprise there.
The effects of climate change on American farms and ranches will likely outpace the technological efforts to overcome it within decades, even with the present pace of agricultural innovation, the U.S. Climate Assessment warned.
Florida bill would have students learn alternatives to climate change, evolution. Mmm hmmm.
Trump on Midwest winter blast: "What the hell is going on with Global Warming? Please come back fast, we need you!" NOAA: "Winter storms don't prove that global warming isn't happening." The man is such an idiot.
NASA images from space show a world on fire.
Trump Administration Begins 'Remain In Mexico' Policy, Sending Asylum-Seekers Back.
“Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was attacked early Tuesday morning in what Chicago police are calling a possible hate crime. Smollett was attacked by two people "yelling out racial and homophobic slurs," according to police. They poured an unknown chemical substance on him and then placed his neck in a noose. Oh yeah, and they reportedly yelled, “This is MAGA country!”
Anti-vaxx idiocy is still a thing and it's making kids sick in the Pacific Northwest.
Neuroscientists translate brain waves into recognizable speech. Using brain-scanning technology, artificial intelligence, and speech synthesizers, scientists have converted brain patterns into intelligible verbal speech—an advance that could eventually give voice to those without.
RIP James Ingram. He was 66.
“Where words fail, music speaks.” -- Hans Christian Andersen
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
And another day comes to a close:
“It’s just another manic Monday.” -- The Bangles
CBO: Shutdown over Trump's border wall cost the US economy $11billion. 3 billion of that will be a permanent hit to the economy.
‘Scared to death’: More than 4 million students endured lockdowns last school year. "The sudden order to hunker down can overwhelm students, who have wept and soiled themselves, written farewell messages to family members and wills explaining what should be done with their bicycles and PlayStations."
Trump gives his blessing to allowing states to teach Bible literacy in public schools. It’s being spun as yes, there is separation of church and state, but there’s not a separation of books and education. You know, because dressing shit up in different clothing will make it smell less like shit.
Six in 10 responders to a recent poll said they think Democrats should use their congressional authority to obtain and release Trump’s tax returns.
As Venezuela's two presidents face off, children scavenge for food and soldiers run out of patience. Inside Venezuela, where the political unrest and hunger crisis are only getting worse. People tell him: "This isn't political, it's survival. People are killing each other for a kilo of rice, for water."
The Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion cut tax package appeared to have no major impact on businesses’ capital investment or hiring plans. Suckers.
U.S. charges top Chinese cellphone maker Huawei with money laundering, fraud.
A recently discovered bug with Apple's FaceTime feature is raising privacy concerns. Apple FaceTime bug allows iPhone users to listen in on someone before they answer.
New Simulation Gives Us Clues On How To Escape A Black Hole.
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” -- Benjamin Franklin
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“It’s just another manic Monday.” -- The Bangles
CBO: Shutdown over Trump's border wall cost the US economy $11billion. 3 billion of that will be a permanent hit to the economy.
‘Scared to death’: More than 4 million students endured lockdowns last school year. "The sudden order to hunker down can overwhelm students, who have wept and soiled themselves, written farewell messages to family members and wills explaining what should be done with their bicycles and PlayStations."
Trump gives his blessing to allowing states to teach Bible literacy in public schools. It’s being spun as yes, there is separation of church and state, but there’s not a separation of books and education. You know, because dressing shit up in different clothing will make it smell less like shit.
Six in 10 responders to a recent poll said they think Democrats should use their congressional authority to obtain and release Trump’s tax returns.
As Venezuela's two presidents face off, children scavenge for food and soldiers run out of patience. Inside Venezuela, where the political unrest and hunger crisis are only getting worse. People tell him: "This isn't political, it's survival. People are killing each other for a kilo of rice, for water."
The Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion cut tax package appeared to have no major impact on businesses’ capital investment or hiring plans. Suckers.
U.S. charges top Chinese cellphone maker Huawei with money laundering, fraud.
A recently discovered bug with Apple's FaceTime feature is raising privacy concerns. Apple FaceTime bug allows iPhone users to listen in on someone before they answer.
New Simulation Gives Us Clues On How To Escape A Black Hole.
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” -- Benjamin Franklin
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Sunday, January 27, 2019
And another day comes to a close:
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” -- Isaac Newton
Memorial held at Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Yes, there are some things that should never be forgotten.
One-third of Americans don't believe 6 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
Donald Trump is prepared for another government shutdown if Congress won't work with him to secure the southern border, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said. He only knows how to bully. Plus, he obviously didn’t learn his lesson the first time. Really bright guy there you voted for. A class act.
'Wrong track': Public sours on nation's direction after shutdown. Sixty-three percent of Americans say the nation is on the wrong track, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Some of us have been shouting this for over two years now.
Roger Stone got indicted and Trump caved on his border wall... so now let's return to a phony epidemic of voter fraud!
Experts: Trump's tape-bound women trafficking claim is misleading. Like just about everything else he spouts.
Progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib have garnered national attention, but a lot of the new House Democrats are more moderate than you think.
Trump administration ‘rolling back women’s rights by 50 years’ by changing definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault. Holy shit he’s such a horrible person.
Trump donates quarter of 2018 salary to federal alcoholism research agency. He’s still an asshole.
How the baby boomers — not millennials — screwed America. "The boomers inherited a rich, dynamic country and have gradually bankrupted it."
The WHO predicts that climate change could lead to an additional 250,000 deaths each year by 2030. New research suggests that is a conservative estimate since it doesn’t include health outcomes that could be indirectly influenced by climate change.
The world needs to come up with solutions to fight obesity, starvation and climate change -- and it needs to do it fast before the planet is "burning," according to a report in the Lancet.
South Carolina bill would ban animal abusers from adopting pets forever.
Family behind OxyContin maker engineered opioid crisis, Massachusetts AG says.
“I accept reality and dare not question it.” -- Walt Whitman
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” -- Isaac Newton
Memorial held at Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Yes, there are some things that should never be forgotten.
One-third of Americans don't believe 6 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
Donald Trump is prepared for another government shutdown if Congress won't work with him to secure the southern border, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said. He only knows how to bully. Plus, he obviously didn’t learn his lesson the first time. Really bright guy there you voted for. A class act.
'Wrong track': Public sours on nation's direction after shutdown. Sixty-three percent of Americans say the nation is on the wrong track, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Some of us have been shouting this for over two years now.
Roger Stone got indicted and Trump caved on his border wall... so now let's return to a phony epidemic of voter fraud!
Experts: Trump's tape-bound women trafficking claim is misleading. Like just about everything else he spouts.
Progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib have garnered national attention, but a lot of the new House Democrats are more moderate than you think.
Trump administration ‘rolling back women’s rights by 50 years’ by changing definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault. Holy shit he’s such a horrible person.
Trump donates quarter of 2018 salary to federal alcoholism research agency. He’s still an asshole.
How the baby boomers — not millennials — screwed America. "The boomers inherited a rich, dynamic country and have gradually bankrupted it."
The WHO predicts that climate change could lead to an additional 250,000 deaths each year by 2030. New research suggests that is a conservative estimate since it doesn’t include health outcomes that could be indirectly influenced by climate change.
The world needs to come up with solutions to fight obesity, starvation and climate change -- and it needs to do it fast before the planet is "burning," according to a report in the Lancet.
South Carolina bill would ban animal abusers from adopting pets forever.
Family behind OxyContin maker engineered opioid crisis, Massachusetts AG says.
“I accept reality and dare not question it.” -- Walt Whitman
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Friday, January 25, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019
And another day of indictments, subpoenas, and re-openings comes to a close:
“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” -- Mr. Rogers
Mueller indicts Roger Stone, says he was coordinating with Trump officials about WikiLeaks' stolen emails. One down...
Trump ally and political strategist, but who is Roger Stone? He’s an asshole.
Trump Agrees To Short-Term Deal To Reopen Government After 35-Day Shutdown. As he ended his speech, Trump warned that if a deal made over the next three weeks doesn't include the "powerful wall or steel barrier" he has demanded, "the government would either shut down again" or he would declare a national emergency to build the wall. He just keeps right on bullying. It’s all he knows how to do.
Trump's overall job approval rating is the lowest on record for any president after two years in office.
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen.
Bernie Sanders set to announce 2020 presidential run.
Health officials warn Washington measles outbreak will keep growing.
Drug-resistant bacteria are expected to kill 10 million people a year by 2050 -- that's one person every three seconds. The UK is taking new steps to fight back.
Oral health might be more important than we thought. A gum infection, that can cause tooth loss, was found to be a potential risk factor of Alzheimer's disease in a new study.
YouTube is changing its algorithms to stop recommending conspiracies.
A new study supports the idea that some people are "super poopers." You could be one of them.
AI finds traces of a lost species in human DNA. Buried deep within the DNA of Asian individuals is a genetic clue pointing to the existence of an unknown human ancestor.
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” -- Carl Sandburg
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” -- Mr. Rogers
Mueller indicts Roger Stone, says he was coordinating with Trump officials about WikiLeaks' stolen emails. One down...
Trump ally and political strategist, but who is Roger Stone? He’s an asshole.
Trump Agrees To Short-Term Deal To Reopen Government After 35-Day Shutdown. As he ended his speech, Trump warned that if a deal made over the next three weeks doesn't include the "powerful wall or steel barrier" he has demanded, "the government would either shut down again" or he would declare a national emergency to build the wall. He just keeps right on bullying. It’s all he knows how to do.
Trump's overall job approval rating is the lowest on record for any president after two years in office.
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen.
Bernie Sanders set to announce 2020 presidential run.
Health officials warn Washington measles outbreak will keep growing.
Drug-resistant bacteria are expected to kill 10 million people a year by 2050 -- that's one person every three seconds. The UK is taking new steps to fight back.
Oral health might be more important than we thought. A gum infection, that can cause tooth loss, was found to be a potential risk factor of Alzheimer's disease in a new study.
YouTube is changing its algorithms to stop recommending conspiracies.
A new study supports the idea that some people are "super poopers." You could be one of them.
AI finds traces of a lost species in human DNA. Buried deep within the DNA of Asian individuals is a genetic clue pointing to the existence of an unknown human ancestor.
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” -- Carl Sandburg
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
And another day of Americans getting screwed by Republicans comes to a close:
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Where's the 'art of the deal'? Trump has simply stopped negotiating to end the shutdown. Only know how to bully people. He doesn’t know how to negotiate.
Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday that he was confused why thousands of federal workers, who've already missed one paycheck, are relying on food banks during the partial government shutdown. This is what happens when rich people are in charge.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross' comments: "Is this the 'let them eat cake' kind of attitude, or 'call your father for money?'".
House Oversight Committee, now led by Democrats, is launching an investigation into White House security clearance process; plans to review the clearances for Trump aides Flynn, Kushner, Gorka, Bolton and others.
House Democrats gearing up for fresh investigations into President Trump's businesses and money laundering involving Russia are setting their sights on the German lender Deutsche Bank.
Without Fox News, Republicans Would Be Toast. Stop watching Fox News.
A state senator in Arizona has proposed a bill which would tax anyone viewing pornography on an electronic device in the state. The tax would be in form of a one time $20 fee and funds would be used in part to fund a border wall. WTF?
U.S. Uninsured Rate Rises to Four-Year High. Two steps forward, three steps back. God damn Republicans.
Who knew? Trump's top White House attorney is Covington Catholic High School graduate. Shocking, I know.
People are sharing examples of bigotry at Christian schools after Karen Pence and 'MAGA hat boy' uproars. I’ve been following this hashtag since it was started and wow. Just, wow.
Lawsuits Allege 'Grave Harm' To Immigrant Children In Detention. The administration's treatment of more than 10,000 immigrant children in custody at shelters across the U.S. is under intense scrutiny. Many lawsuits claim the government is using the child confinement system to punish and deport kids and their families.
“Sleep is the best meditation.” -- Dalai Lama
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Where's the 'art of the deal'? Trump has simply stopped negotiating to end the shutdown. Only know how to bully people. He doesn’t know how to negotiate.
Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday that he was confused why thousands of federal workers, who've already missed one paycheck, are relying on food banks during the partial government shutdown. This is what happens when rich people are in charge.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross' comments: "Is this the 'let them eat cake' kind of attitude, or 'call your father for money?'".
House Oversight Committee, now led by Democrats, is launching an investigation into White House security clearance process; plans to review the clearances for Trump aides Flynn, Kushner, Gorka, Bolton and others.
House Democrats gearing up for fresh investigations into President Trump's businesses and money laundering involving Russia are setting their sights on the German lender Deutsche Bank.
Without Fox News, Republicans Would Be Toast. Stop watching Fox News.
A state senator in Arizona has proposed a bill which would tax anyone viewing pornography on an electronic device in the state. The tax would be in form of a one time $20 fee and funds would be used in part to fund a border wall. WTF?
U.S. Uninsured Rate Rises to Four-Year High. Two steps forward, three steps back. God damn Republicans.
Who knew? Trump's top White House attorney is Covington Catholic High School graduate. Shocking, I know.
People are sharing examples of bigotry at Christian schools after Karen Pence and 'MAGA hat boy' uproars. I’ve been following this hashtag since it was started and wow. Just, wow.
Lawsuits Allege 'Grave Harm' To Immigrant Children In Detention. The administration's treatment of more than 10,000 immigrant children in custody at shelters across the U.S. is under intense scrutiny. Many lawsuits claim the government is using the child confinement system to punish and deport kids and their families.
“Sleep is the best meditation.” -- Dalai Lama
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
And another day of going around the mulberry bush comes to a close:
“We are all one world, and that is the important thing that we have to recognize.” -- Sir David Attenborough
Trump’s Lawyer Said There Were “No Plans” For Trump Tower Moscow. Here They Are.
Trump plan to reopen government, build border wall undercut by Supreme Court.
By a 5-4 vote, Supreme Court allows Trump administration to enforce transgender military ban.
"More Americans pessimistic about Trump's presidency than any presidency in last 25 years". It’s because his presidency is dangerous, divisive, and just plain horrible.
Trump says he has told Sarah Sanders 'not to bother' with daily White House press briefing. But she still collects a salary while 800,000 federal employees are forced to work without getting paid.
Roe v. Wade was decided 46 years ago today. This is what it was like before women had the legal right to an abortion. Her death was so horrible that it made him, he recalls, physically ill. He describes his anger, but says he didn’t quite know with whom to be angry. It took him another 20 years to understand that it was not the abortionist who killed her—it was the legal system, the lawmakers who had forced her away from the medical community, who “…killed her just as surely as if they had held the catheter or the coat hanger or whatever. I’m still angry. It was all so unnecessary.”...Women of all kinds seek and have always sought abortion: married, single, in their twenties, thirties, and forties, teenagers. Some have no children, some have several already. Some never want children, some want children later. They are churchgoers, atheists, agnostics. They are morally upright pillars of the community, they are prostitutes. They’re promiscuous, they’re monogamous, they’re recent virgins. They get pregnant under all kinds of circumstances: consensual sex, nonconsensual sex, sex that falls somewhere between consensual and nonconsensual. Some are drunk or using drugs, some never even touch an aspirin. Some use no birth control, some use birth control that fails. ... A society that does not accept the facts is a childish society, and a society that makes abortion illegal—and I believe that the PBAB is a calculated step in exactly that direction—is a cruel and backward society that makes being female a crime.
The Trump administration keeps taking care of big oil.
Congress now wants Twitter to explain how that Covington teens video went viral. Sheesh. Morons.
A total of 72% of polled Americans now say global warming is personally important to them, according to the Yale program on climate change communication. This is the highest level of concern since Yale starting polling the question in 2008.
A person infected with measles attended a Portland Trail Blazers home game in Oregon last week amid an outbreak that has left at least 21 people ill this month in neighboring Washington state.
The usually rushing waters at Niagara Falls are frozen, and it's stunning.
Saturn's Rings are Only 10 to 100 Million Years Old.
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“We are all one world, and that is the important thing that we have to recognize.” -- Sir David Attenborough
Trump’s Lawyer Said There Were “No Plans” For Trump Tower Moscow. Here They Are.
Trump plan to reopen government, build border wall undercut by Supreme Court.
By a 5-4 vote, Supreme Court allows Trump administration to enforce transgender military ban.
"More Americans pessimistic about Trump's presidency than any presidency in last 25 years". It’s because his presidency is dangerous, divisive, and just plain horrible.
Trump says he has told Sarah Sanders 'not to bother' with daily White House press briefing. But she still collects a salary while 800,000 federal employees are forced to work without getting paid.
Roe v. Wade was decided 46 years ago today. This is what it was like before women had the legal right to an abortion. Her death was so horrible that it made him, he recalls, physically ill. He describes his anger, but says he didn’t quite know with whom to be angry. It took him another 20 years to understand that it was not the abortionist who killed her—it was the legal system, the lawmakers who had forced her away from the medical community, who “…killed her just as surely as if they had held the catheter or the coat hanger or whatever. I’m still angry. It was all so unnecessary.”...Women of all kinds seek and have always sought abortion: married, single, in their twenties, thirties, and forties, teenagers. Some have no children, some have several already. Some never want children, some want children later. They are churchgoers, atheists, agnostics. They are morally upright pillars of the community, they are prostitutes. They’re promiscuous, they’re monogamous, they’re recent virgins. They get pregnant under all kinds of circumstances: consensual sex, nonconsensual sex, sex that falls somewhere between consensual and nonconsensual. Some are drunk or using drugs, some never even touch an aspirin. Some use no birth control, some use birth control that fails. ... A society that does not accept the facts is a childish society, and a society that makes abortion illegal—and I believe that the PBAB is a calculated step in exactly that direction—is a cruel and backward society that makes being female a crime.
The Trump administration keeps taking care of big oil.
Congress now wants Twitter to explain how that Covington teens video went viral. Sheesh. Morons.
A total of 72% of polled Americans now say global warming is personally important to them, according to the Yale program on climate change communication. This is the highest level of concern since Yale starting polling the question in 2008.
A person infected with measles attended a Portland Trail Blazers home game in Oregon last week amid an outbreak that has left at least 21 people ill this month in neighboring Washington state.
The usually rushing waters at Niagara Falls are frozen, and it's stunning.
Saturn's Rings are Only 10 to 100 Million Years Old.
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Monday, January 21, 2019
Monday, January 21, 2019
And another day in America comes to a close:
“We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of African-Americans say that race relations in the US are generally bad.
President Trump made 8,158 false or misleading claims in his first two years. Um, those are officially called “lies.”
Sen. Kamala Harris Announces 2020 Presidential Candidacy.
Republican Congresswoman Warns GOP Leaders Of Gender 'Crisis'. Women who support the Republican Party need, for whatever reason, authoritarian patriarchy.
Democrats fear an independent candidacy by the former Starbucks CEO might split the anti-Trump vote in 2020 and secure Trump's re-election.
Why Trump lies, and why you should care. A Harvard and a Yale psychiatrist on Trump: "He is unimpeded by empathy, duty, or shame and is wedded, in dangerous ways, only to what nurtures his exaggerated self-image ... As things stand, his disregard for truth imperils our country and the world."
A leaked memo suggests Trump officials misled the Supreme Court.
Trump posts altered photos to Facebook and Instagram that make him look thinner. You can dress a shit up in different clothes, but it’s still a shit.
China grants Ivanka Trump five trademarks as White House continues trade negotiations with Beijing. Seems legit.
After a disaster the rich leave and the poor remain. Poverty rates climb by “one percentage point in areas hit by super-severe disasters,” one recent study found.
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of African-Americans say that race relations in the US are generally bad.
President Trump made 8,158 false or misleading claims in his first two years. Um, those are officially called “lies.”
Sen. Kamala Harris Announces 2020 Presidential Candidacy.
Republican Congresswoman Warns GOP Leaders Of Gender 'Crisis'. Women who support the Republican Party need, for whatever reason, authoritarian patriarchy.
Democrats fear an independent candidacy by the former Starbucks CEO might split the anti-Trump vote in 2020 and secure Trump's re-election.
Why Trump lies, and why you should care. A Harvard and a Yale psychiatrist on Trump: "He is unimpeded by empathy, duty, or shame and is wedded, in dangerous ways, only to what nurtures his exaggerated self-image ... As things stand, his disregard for truth imperils our country and the world."
A leaked memo suggests Trump officials misled the Supreme Court.
Trump posts altered photos to Facebook and Instagram that make him look thinner. You can dress a shit up in different clothes, but it’s still a shit.
China grants Ivanka Trump five trademarks as White House continues trade negotiations with Beijing. Seems legit.
After a disaster the rich leave and the poor remain. Poverty rates climb by “one percentage point in areas hit by super-severe disasters,” one recent study found.
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Sunday, January 20, 2019
And another day where “I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon” comes to a close...and oh yeah, fuck cancer.
Our hearts and thoughts are with you, my friend. You are strong.
“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.” -- Helen Keller
Here's where things stand two years into Trump's presidency.
Trump warns Nancy Pelosi to 'be careful' after Democrats signal they won't accept his shutdown offer. See, his only negotiating tactic is bullying. He’s got nothing else.
Rudy Giuliani says President Trump might have talked to Michael Cohen about his congressional testimony.
Generation Z shows signs of being as liberal as millennials on a number of political and social topics, and they're more liberal when it comes to their belief about the role of government, according to a new report from Pew. Liberalism is not a horrible thing. It’s been demonized by Fox News and the far right.
Republican Senators Overseeing NRA-Russia Probes Are Top NRA Allies.
Tax rates on high income brackets were once much higher than they are today.
MAGA hat boy's mother blames 'black Muslims' after son harasses Native American man. Apple. Tree.
The world's most popular coffee species are going extinct. And scientists say we are to blame. 60% of coffee species found in the wild could soon go extinct, new research shows. The researchers warn that climate change, deforestation, droughts and plant diseases are putting the future of coffee at risk. Time to start weaning yourself of that stuff.
Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in the last four decades, researchers say. A pair of new studies share a same ominous message -- that our planet's ice is melting at an alarming rate, which is bad news for global sea levels.
A new Harvard study says Trump's climate plan is WORSE than doing nothing.
Four women convicted after leaving behind food and water for migrants in Arizona desert. There’s more to the story. They were convicted of illegally being on the land leaving items behind.
Paying for funerals impossible for many poor families.
The CDC states that female veterinarians were 3.5 times as likely and male veterinarians were 2.1 times as likely to die by suicide, compared to the general population.
Luxembourg has announced plans to make all public transportation free from March 2020. With a population of about 600,000 people, the landlocked country is one of the richest -- and smallest -- nations in Europe, and it suffers from major traffic jams.
New Research Says Semen May Actually Treat Depression In Women. That doesn’t mean you should stop using condoms.
Tonight is the total lunar eclipse. Here's how to see it.
“Compassion is the basis of morality.” -- Arthur Schopenhauer
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Our hearts and thoughts are with you, my friend. You are strong.
“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.” -- Helen Keller
Here's where things stand two years into Trump's presidency.
Trump warns Nancy Pelosi to 'be careful' after Democrats signal they won't accept his shutdown offer. See, his only negotiating tactic is bullying. He’s got nothing else.
Rudy Giuliani says President Trump might have talked to Michael Cohen about his congressional testimony.
Generation Z shows signs of being as liberal as millennials on a number of political and social topics, and they're more liberal when it comes to their belief about the role of government, according to a new report from Pew. Liberalism is not a horrible thing. It’s been demonized by Fox News and the far right.
Republican Senators Overseeing NRA-Russia Probes Are Top NRA Allies.
Tax rates on high income brackets were once much higher than they are today.
MAGA hat boy's mother blames 'black Muslims' after son harasses Native American man. Apple. Tree.
The world's most popular coffee species are going extinct. And scientists say we are to blame. 60% of coffee species found in the wild could soon go extinct, new research shows. The researchers warn that climate change, deforestation, droughts and plant diseases are putting the future of coffee at risk. Time to start weaning yourself of that stuff.
Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in the last four decades, researchers say. A pair of new studies share a same ominous message -- that our planet's ice is melting at an alarming rate, which is bad news for global sea levels.
A new Harvard study says Trump's climate plan is WORSE than doing nothing.
Four women convicted after leaving behind food and water for migrants in Arizona desert. There’s more to the story. They were convicted of illegally being on the land leaving items behind.
Paying for funerals impossible for many poor families.
The CDC states that female veterinarians were 3.5 times as likely and male veterinarians were 2.1 times as likely to die by suicide, compared to the general population.
Luxembourg has announced plans to make all public transportation free from March 2020. With a population of about 600,000 people, the landlocked country is one of the richest -- and smallest -- nations in Europe, and it suffers from major traffic jams.
New Research Says Semen May Actually Treat Depression In Women. That doesn’t mean you should stop using condoms.
Tonight is the total lunar eclipse. Here's how to see it.
“Compassion is the basis of morality.” -- Arthur Schopenhauer
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Saturday, January 19, 2018
And another day in the United States of Racism comes to a close:
“If I open it up, it's going to be hard to shut down again.” — Donald Trump
There Is No More Loathsome Creature Walking Our Political Landscape Than Mitch McConnell. True that.
Trying to reposition himself as a reasonable negotiator, President Trump made an offer to end the government shutdown that concedes little and demands too much. The “art” of all his deals has been to bully someone to get what he wants. Now that shit won’t work.
Democrats reject Trump’s bid to negotiate on immigration for his wall.
“We Want to Use Our Voices for Good”: Photos From the Women’s March.
Romney backs Trump in shutdown showdown, questions Pelosi. Never forget that Mitt Romney is a horrible person.
The IRS is recalling about 46,000 employees furloughed by the government shutdown to handle tax returns and pay refunds. The employees, nearly 60% of its overall workforce, won't be paid for their work during the shutdown. Unlike other private employees, the unpaid federal workers on the job without pay have long been legally prohibited from striking to protest these conditions. And we as a country think that’s okay? How is this different from slave labor?
Mitch McConnell attacked Democrats' anti-corruption bill in a scathing Washington Post op-ed this week. Here's what the bill, HR 1, would really do. Most Americans want this.
White Catholic high school students in MAGA gear crashed the Indigenous Peoples March and harassed participants. “Build that wall! Build that wall!” Fuck right off! Fuck right off! Yeah, religion solves everything.
"They were brought up to believe I’m less than human," said Nathan Phillips, the Native American leader taunted by students at the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington Friday. And that’s the problem with MAGA’s and racists in general. Once a group of people are thought of as “lesser,” then atrocities are sure to follow. Stand up to bigotry and racism and misogyny.
Catholic diocese in Kentucky condemns actions of some students from its all-male high school who mocked a Native American man after Indigenous Peoples March in Washington.
"Mississippi Government Says It’ll Be Closed on MLK Day in Celebration of ‘Robert E. Lee’s Birthday’". Fuck racists.
A Texas elementary school is being accused of racist policies after asking a 6-year-old boy to cut his hair, which he wears in dreadlocks. As I said: Fuck racists.
Indiana high school condemns photo of its students on a soccer team giving a Nazi salute. Its website referred to a player as "clever Jew," used racist language and alluded to raping an opposing team. Let’s say it again: Fuck all you racists.
A University of Oklahoma sorority has expelled a student involved in a blackface video, calling it "abhorrent".
Suicide rates among U.S. children and teens have hit startling rates and a study now finds one clear predictor of youth suicide: gun ownership.
Congress asked the Pentagon to submit a report listing the ten bases per military service most vulnerable to climate change. The report DoD submitted omitted the *entire Marine Corps* Lawmakers are less than thrilled.
Is It Time For All Couples To Use The Term “Partner”?
Three consumers reported finding black rubber in Johnsonville pork patties.
Stem cell therapy could be life-changing for some multiple sclerosis patients.
During the total lunar eclipse the night of January 20-21, the moon will be near its closest approach to Earth, making it a “supermoon” — meaning it will appear slightly larger in the sky.
“Religion doesn’t make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.” -- Reza Aslan
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“If I open it up, it's going to be hard to shut down again.” — Donald Trump
There Is No More Loathsome Creature Walking Our Political Landscape Than Mitch McConnell. True that.
Trying to reposition himself as a reasonable negotiator, President Trump made an offer to end the government shutdown that concedes little and demands too much. The “art” of all his deals has been to bully someone to get what he wants. Now that shit won’t work.
Democrats reject Trump’s bid to negotiate on immigration for his wall.
“We Want to Use Our Voices for Good”: Photos From the Women’s March.
Romney backs Trump in shutdown showdown, questions Pelosi. Never forget that Mitt Romney is a horrible person.
The IRS is recalling about 46,000 employees furloughed by the government shutdown to handle tax returns and pay refunds. The employees, nearly 60% of its overall workforce, won't be paid for their work during the shutdown. Unlike other private employees, the unpaid federal workers on the job without pay have long been legally prohibited from striking to protest these conditions. And we as a country think that’s okay? How is this different from slave labor?
Mitch McConnell attacked Democrats' anti-corruption bill in a scathing Washington Post op-ed this week. Here's what the bill, HR 1, would really do. Most Americans want this.
White Catholic high school students in MAGA gear crashed the Indigenous Peoples March and harassed participants. “Build that wall! Build that wall!” Fuck right off! Fuck right off! Yeah, religion solves everything.
Catholic diocese in Kentucky condemns actions of some students from its all-male high school who mocked a Native American man after Indigenous Peoples March in Washington.
A Texas elementary school is being accused of racist policies after asking a 6-year-old boy to cut his hair, which he wears in dreadlocks. As I said: Fuck racists.
Indiana high school condemns photo of its students on a soccer team giving a Nazi salute. Its website referred to a player as "clever Jew," used racist language and alluded to raping an opposing team. Let’s say it again: Fuck all you racists.
A University of Oklahoma sorority has expelled a student involved in a blackface video, calling it "abhorrent".
Suicide rates among U.S. children and teens have hit startling rates and a study now finds one clear predictor of youth suicide: gun ownership.
Congress asked the Pentagon to submit a report listing the ten bases per military service most vulnerable to climate change. The report DoD submitted omitted the *entire Marine Corps* Lawmakers are less than thrilled.
Is It Time For All Couples To Use The Term “Partner”?
Three consumers reported finding black rubber in Johnsonville pork patties.
Stem cell therapy could be life-changing for some multiple sclerosis patients.
During the total lunar eclipse the night of January 20-21, the moon will be near its closest approach to Earth, making it a “supermoon” — meaning it will appear slightly larger in the sky.
“Religion doesn’t make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.” -- Reza Aslan
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Friday, January 18, 2019
Friday, January 18, 2019
And another day comes to a close:
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project. Trump received 10 personal updates from Michael Cohen and encouraged a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Report that Trump told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress draws rare response from special counsel. The statement from special counsel Robert Mueller's office says part of the report was "not accurate."
Impeach Donald Trump — The Atlantic. Of course Pence shouldn’t be President. That’d be horrible.
White House issues a directive to executive branch agencies that bars congressional delegation travel on any government aircraft, as well as use of travel expenses, during the shutdown without White House approval.
Trump administration officials weighed speeding up the deportation of migrant children by denying them their legal right to asylum hearings after separating them from their parents.
Trump startled by cozy Barr-Mueller relationship.
Facebook removed hundreds of pages it says posed as independent news sites in eastern Europe and elsewhere but were actually run by employees at Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik.
Once again, a racial slur was used in TV story about Martin Luther King Jr. This time it happened in St. Louis. Around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, news anchor Kevin Steincross of CNN affiliate KTVI in St. Louis was on the air and said a tribute at St. Louis University would honor "Martin Luther coon Jr.," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Fuck you, Kevin Steincross.
Judge rules against elderly lesbians rejected from retirement home. Bev Nance, 68, and Mary Walsh, 72, were denied an apartment in Missouri’s Friendship Village because their marriage is not “understood in the Bible.”
We'll be less prepared to deal with extreme weather this year thanks to the shutdown.
Sony Music reportedly drops embattled R&B star R. Kelly from its roster.
“Learning never exhausts the mind.” -- Leonardo da Vinci
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project. Trump received 10 personal updates from Michael Cohen and encouraged a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Report that Trump told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress draws rare response from special counsel. The statement from special counsel Robert Mueller's office says part of the report was "not accurate."
Impeach Donald Trump — The Atlantic. Of course Pence shouldn’t be President. That’d be horrible.
White House issues a directive to executive branch agencies that bars congressional delegation travel on any government aircraft, as well as use of travel expenses, during the shutdown without White House approval.
Trump administration officials weighed speeding up the deportation of migrant children by denying them their legal right to asylum hearings after separating them from their parents.
Trump startled by cozy Barr-Mueller relationship.
Facebook removed hundreds of pages it says posed as independent news sites in eastern Europe and elsewhere but were actually run by employees at Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik.
Once again, a racial slur was used in TV story about Martin Luther King Jr. This time it happened in St. Louis. Around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, news anchor Kevin Steincross of CNN affiliate KTVI in St. Louis was on the air and said a tribute at St. Louis University would honor "Martin Luther coon Jr.," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Fuck you, Kevin Steincross.
Judge rules against elderly lesbians rejected from retirement home. Bev Nance, 68, and Mary Walsh, 72, were denied an apartment in Missouri’s Friendship Village because their marriage is not “understood in the Bible.”
We'll be less prepared to deal with extreme weather this year thanks to the shutdown.
Sony Music reportedly drops embattled R&B star R. Kelly from its roster.
“Learning never exhausts the mind.” -- Leonardo da Vinci
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
And another day of getting defeated by Russia comes to a close:
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Trump has reportedly discussed withdrawing from NATO. That would be great for Russia. And that of course is why he’d do it. You voted for a Russian puppet.
Alaska's frontier faces widespread government shutdown pain.
Pavel Fuchs, a Russian oligarch who once negotiated with Trump, accused of making a threat of violence over bad seats at 2017 Trump inauguration. You read that correctly.
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort to keep sanctions on companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, ending what was the most aggressive congressional pushback so far on the Trump administration's foreign policy toward Russia. The GOP is in on the whole Russia thing. That’s why they’re doing what they’re currently doing.
U.S. service members killed by explosion in Manbij, Syria. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which came just weeks after President Trump said "we have beaten them and we have beaten them badly."
Vice President Mike Pence declares "ISIS has been defeated" on the same day as the deadly Syria attack that killed US service members. Because we’re living in Bizarro World.
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Trump has reportedly discussed withdrawing from NATO. That would be great for Russia. And that of course is why he’d do it. You voted for a Russian puppet.
Alaska's frontier faces widespread government shutdown pain.
Pavel Fuchs, a Russian oligarch who once negotiated with Trump, accused of making a threat of violence over bad seats at 2017 Trump inauguration. You read that correctly.
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort to keep sanctions on companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, ending what was the most aggressive congressional pushback so far on the Trump administration's foreign policy toward Russia. The GOP is in on the whole Russia thing. That’s why they’re doing what they’re currently doing.
U.S. service members killed by explosion in Manbij, Syria. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which came just weeks after President Trump said "we have beaten them and we have beaten them badly."
Vice President Mike Pence declares "ISIS has been defeated" on the same day as the deadly Syria attack that killed US service members. Because we’re living in Bizarro World.
Nancy Pelosi just pulled a major power move on Donald Trump's State of the Union.
"Trump told then-White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and then-Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney that he did not want a single dollar going to Puerto Rico...instead, he wanted more of the money to go to Texas and Florida." Of course he did. Bastard.
T-Mobile announced a merger needing Trump administration approval. The next day, 9 executives had reservations at Trump’s hotel.
Last year was the hottest for the planet's oceans since global records began in 1958. The top five years of ocean heat have come in the last five years. But go ahead and continue your denial. The planet will go right on along after it wipes us out.
The anti-vaxxer movement has been listed by WHO as one of its top 10 health threats for 2019.
A team at Georgia Tech has invented a patch that women can press into an arm or a leg and get a month’s worth of birth control — no doctor visit needed. The team hopes each dose would cost just $1, and would aim it at women in developing countries.
A report released on Tuesday finds that junk food advertising continues to disproportionately target black and Hispanic youth, contributing to health disparities.
Drone video shows a huge, almost perfectly-shaped ice disk floating in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine. The mass of ice that resembles a moon slowly rotates as currents pass in the river
“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.” -- Adam Smith
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
T-Mobile announced a merger needing Trump administration approval. The next day, 9 executives had reservations at Trump’s hotel.
Last year was the hottest for the planet's oceans since global records began in 1958. The top five years of ocean heat have come in the last five years. But go ahead and continue your denial. The planet will go right on along after it wipes us out.
The anti-vaxxer movement has been listed by WHO as one of its top 10 health threats for 2019.
A team at Georgia Tech has invented a patch that women can press into an arm or a leg and get a month’s worth of birth control — no doctor visit needed. The team hopes each dose would cost just $1, and would aim it at women in developing countries.
A report released on Tuesday finds that junk food advertising continues to disproportionately target black and Hispanic youth, contributing to health disparities.
Drone video shows a huge, almost perfectly-shaped ice disk floating in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine. The mass of ice that resembles a moon slowly rotates as currents pass in the river
“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.” -- Adam Smith
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
And another day of votes that mean something, other votes that don’t, and an ad against toxic masculinity comes to a close:
“Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the difference of life and death.” -- Barry Jenkins
Transcripts detail how FBI debated whether Trump was 'following directions' of Russia.
Donald Trump Was Always a Counterintelligence Nightmare.
Comments made by William Barr, President Trump's nominee for attorney general, suggest that the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russian meddling investigation might not become public in the way many have been expecting.
William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, says he can't rule out jailing reporters for doing their jobs. W. T. F.?
You hear people say it again and again: Just wait for Robert Mueller’s final report. But they’re overlooking one distinct possibility: There may not be a Mueller report.
Special counsel Robert Mueller filed court documents Tuesday outlining the underlying evidence to support its claims that Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors.
British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.
Trump's administration now estimates that the cost of the government shutdown will be twice as steep as originally forecast. People who voted for the current set of Republicans are such suckers.
The IRS will require some 46,000 employees to work without pay throughout the upcoming tax season to ensure returns are processed and refunds are mailed, the agency announced Tuesday in an updated plan for the government shutdown. Would you work for free, with no idea when you may get paid again?
House GOP leaders vote to strip Steve King of committee assignments following 'white supremacy' remarks. Steve King is a horrible person.
In a 424-1 vote, the House overwhelmingly rejects white supremacy and white nationalism after Rep. Steve King's racist comments. Of course that doesn’t mean some of them are no longer white supremacists. It just means they realized they better vote like they’re not.
Only lawmaker to vote against Steve King resolution: "Not worth the paper that it was written on".
During the longest government shutdown in US history, President Trump has been losing support among those who may be his strongest supporters -- white Americans who don't have college degrees, polls show. If you still support him, yes, you are a horrible person.
Gillette takes on toxic masculinity in new ad campaign. And it pissed off those men, you know, that believe women are nothing but objects to be owned and controlled.
Before Betsy DeVos can roll back Title IX protections for student victims of sexual assault and harassment, she’s legally required to collect public feedback on her plan. Survivors are telling their stories in public comments as a way of fighting back. Betsy DeVos is a horrible person.
Judge Strikes Down Controversial Citizenship Question on 2020 Census.
Ontario is set to announce that it is cutting tuition fees for college and university students by 10%.
Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds. An alarming study shows massive East Antarctic ice sheet already is a significant contributor to sea-level rise.
This Russian startup wants to put billboards in space. Astronomers aren’t impressed.
RIP Carol Channing. She was 97.
“Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.” -- Carol Channing
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the difference of life and death.” -- Barry Jenkins
Transcripts detail how FBI debated whether Trump was 'following directions' of Russia.
Donald Trump Was Always a Counterintelligence Nightmare.
William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, says he can't rule out jailing reporters for doing their jobs. W. T. F.?
You hear people say it again and again: Just wait for Robert Mueller’s final report. But they’re overlooking one distinct possibility: There may not be a Mueller report.
Special counsel Robert Mueller filed court documents Tuesday outlining the underlying evidence to support its claims that Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors.
British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.
Trump's administration now estimates that the cost of the government shutdown will be twice as steep as originally forecast. People who voted for the current set of Republicans are such suckers.
The IRS will require some 46,000 employees to work without pay throughout the upcoming tax season to ensure returns are processed and refunds are mailed, the agency announced Tuesday in an updated plan for the government shutdown. Would you work for free, with no idea when you may get paid again?
House GOP leaders vote to strip Steve King of committee assignments following 'white supremacy' remarks. Steve King is a horrible person.
In a 424-1 vote, the House overwhelmingly rejects white supremacy and white nationalism after Rep. Steve King's racist comments. Of course that doesn’t mean some of them are no longer white supremacists. It just means they realized they better vote like they’re not.
Only lawmaker to vote against Steve King resolution: "Not worth the paper that it was written on".
Gillette takes on toxic masculinity in new ad campaign. And it pissed off those men, you know, that believe women are nothing but objects to be owned and controlled.
Before Betsy DeVos can roll back Title IX protections for student victims of sexual assault and harassment, she’s legally required to collect public feedback on her plan. Survivors are telling their stories in public comments as a way of fighting back. Betsy DeVos is a horrible person.
Judge Strikes Down Controversial Citizenship Question on 2020 Census.
Ontario is set to announce that it is cutting tuition fees for college and university students by 10%.
Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds. An alarming study shows massive East Antarctic ice sheet already is a significant contributor to sea-level rise.
This Russian startup wants to put billboards in space. Astronomers aren’t impressed.
RIP Carol Channing. She was 97.
“Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.” -- Carol Channing
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Sunday, January 13, 2019
And another day of no detailed records, name calling, and just general crap from the President of the United States comes to a close:
“Welcome to my nightmare.” -- Alice Cooper
There are no detailed records of five personal meetings President Donald Trump has had with Russian President Vladimir Putin. You read that correctly: Five personal meetings; no details. Hillary warned the country. The country didn’t give a shit what a woman had to say.
House Chairmen Issue Warning After President’s Statements on Cohen Testimony.
The White House reportedly asked the Pentagon for military plans to strike Iran. Looking to create a distraction, Donnie?
Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Trump should reopen the government and continue trying to hammer out a deal with Democrats on his promised border wall -- but that the president should declare a national emergency if no progress is made in three weeks. Lindsey Graham is a horrible person.
The Congressional Black Caucus calls for the removal of Republican Rep. Steve King from committee assignments. Steve King is such a horrible person.
“Welcome to my nightmare.” -- Alice Cooper
There are no detailed records of five personal meetings President Donald Trump has had with Russian President Vladimir Putin. You read that correctly: Five personal meetings; no details. Hillary warned the country. The country didn’t give a shit what a woman had to say.
House Chairmen Issue Warning After President’s Statements on Cohen Testimony.
The White House reportedly asked the Pentagon for military plans to strike Iran. Looking to create a distraction, Donnie?
Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Trump should reopen the government and continue trying to hammer out a deal with Democrats on his promised border wall -- but that the president should declare a national emergency if no progress is made in three weeks. Lindsey Graham is a horrible person.
Trump Goes On Racist Tirade Against Elizabeth Warren Amid New Russia Scandals.
Trump calls Joe Biden "weak," says Barack Obama took him off the "trash heap". He’s a man filled with hate which he spouts every time he opens his mouth. You should be ashamed if you voted for him.
The first female to lead the nation's top space museum has a message for girls. The former chief scientist at NASA wants to inspire a new generation of women in STEM.
Sarah Thomas makes history as first woman to officiate NFL playoff game. While that’s great, you still shouldn’t watch the NFL. You are getting entertainment from watching men damage their brains.
A 1982 Medicaid fix was supposed to ensure that medically complex children could get essential help at home, but states have quietly eroded those provisions. You should read this story.
Trump wants to bypass Congress on Medicaid plan. Block grants for states would achieve conservative dream on health program for poor.
Technology brings images of Holocaust survivors to life. Some U.S. Holocaust museums are using video that responds to voice commands to share survivors' stories in a way that allows visitors to ask them questions. The images are projected on a flat screen or as a 3D image on a stage. This pretty awesome.
Canada air traffic controllers buy pizza for US colleagues.
A California jury decided Friday that the Mongols motorcycle gang should be stripped of its trademarked logo in a first-of-its-kind verdict, federal prosecutors said.
“At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.” -- Simone Biles
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
The first female to lead the nation's top space museum has a message for girls. The former chief scientist at NASA wants to inspire a new generation of women in STEM.
Sarah Thomas makes history as first woman to officiate NFL playoff game. While that’s great, you still shouldn’t watch the NFL. You are getting entertainment from watching men damage their brains.
A 1982 Medicaid fix was supposed to ensure that medically complex children could get essential help at home, but states have quietly eroded those provisions. You should read this story.
Trump wants to bypass Congress on Medicaid plan. Block grants for states would achieve conservative dream on health program for poor.
Technology brings images of Holocaust survivors to life. Some U.S. Holocaust museums are using video that responds to voice commands to share survivors' stories in a way that allows visitors to ask them questions. The images are projected on a flat screen or as a 3D image on a stage. This pretty awesome.
Canada air traffic controllers buy pizza for US colleagues.
A California jury decided Friday that the Mongols motorcycle gang should be stripped of its trademarked logo in a first-of-its-kind verdict, federal prosecutors said.
“At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.” -- Simone Biles
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Saturday, January 12, 2019
And another day of concealing communications, never saying “no,” and a few candidates for the Darwin Awards comes to a close:
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” -- Malcolm X
After closed door meeting with Putin, Trump took his interpreter's notes, told linguist not to reveal what had transpired to other administration officials. Pattern of concealing communications with Putin. Jesus Christ.
There is only one right answer to the incredible question: “Are you now or have you ever worked for Russia, Mr. President?” And it doesn’t take two minutes of word salad without ever saying the word “no” to explain.
Rashida Tlaib Backlash Raises the Question: Why Can’t Women Swear? “It seems many don’t have a problem with swearing or even with politicians swearing; they have a problem with women—particularly women in power—making use of strong language.” And those people can go fuck themselves.
In states, Democrats start delivering on health care pledges.
Trump, in a tweet, said that he has ordered the FEMA not to send more disaster funding to fire-ravaged California “unless they get their act together, which is unlikely.”
In the first day after GoFundMe told donors they could be refunded, more than 80,000 people responded that they wanted their donations to fund Brian Kolfage’s new private wall-building effort. You know, 80,000 seems like a lot of people, and it is a lot of assholes, I agree, but in the greater scheme of things, it’s a very small percentage of the US population.
The Seattle Vietnamese community is on edge after reports that the Trump administration is trying to renegotiate a treaty with Vietnam that would allow Trump to deport thousands of people.
Thousands Face Threat Of Eviction After HUD Contracts Expire Due To Shutdown.
The National Rifle Association appears to have illegally coordinated its political advertising with Republican candidates in at least three recent high-profile US Senate races, according to Federal Communications Commission records. The NRA is a terrorist organization.
The FDA has virtually stopped inspecting domestic food production facilities, which could mean threats to the public are going undetected.
Democrat Julián Castro announces 2020 presidential bid.
"If you can't hear or speak right, you're not going to get a job." Amanda Koller is deaf and has struggled to find full-time employment, an issue she attributes to discrimination in the hiring process against those with disabilities.
A blindfolded teen crashed into another vehicle while doing the Bird Box challenge in Utah this week, police say. The challenge, in which people move around while wearing blindfolds, originated from the Netflix film "Bird Box.” Darwin awards?
Lonely George was the last Hawaiian tree snail of his kind. He died, and an entire species has gone extinct.
“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief, or ignorance.” -- W. Clement Stone
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” -- Malcolm X
After closed door meeting with Putin, Trump took his interpreter's notes, told linguist not to reveal what had transpired to other administration officials. Pattern of concealing communications with Putin. Jesus Christ.
There is only one right answer to the incredible question: “Are you now or have you ever worked for Russia, Mr. President?” And it doesn’t take two minutes of word salad without ever saying the word “no” to explain.
Rashida Tlaib Backlash Raises the Question: Why Can’t Women Swear? “It seems many don’t have a problem with swearing or even with politicians swearing; they have a problem with women—particularly women in power—making use of strong language.” And those people can go fuck themselves.
In states, Democrats start delivering on health care pledges.
Trump, in a tweet, said that he has ordered the FEMA not to send more disaster funding to fire-ravaged California “unless they get their act together, which is unlikely.”
The Seattle Vietnamese community is on edge after reports that the Trump administration is trying to renegotiate a treaty with Vietnam that would allow Trump to deport thousands of people.
Thousands Face Threat Of Eviction After HUD Contracts Expire Due To Shutdown.
The National Rifle Association appears to have illegally coordinated its political advertising with Republican candidates in at least three recent high-profile US Senate races, according to Federal Communications Commission records. The NRA is a terrorist organization.
The FDA has virtually stopped inspecting domestic food production facilities, which could mean threats to the public are going undetected.
Democrat Julián Castro announces 2020 presidential bid.
"If you can't hear or speak right, you're not going to get a job." Amanda Koller is deaf and has struggled to find full-time employment, an issue she attributes to discrimination in the hiring process against those with disabilities.
A blindfolded teen crashed into another vehicle while doing the Bird Box challenge in Utah this week, police say. The challenge, in which people move around while wearing blindfolds, originated from the Netflix film "Bird Box.” Darwin awards?
Lonely George was the last Hawaiian tree snail of his kind. He died, and an entire species has gone extinct.
“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief, or ignorance.” -- W. Clement Stone
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Friday, January 11, 2019
Friday, January 11, 2019
And another day of “peaches” and...wait, WTF?...comes to a close:
“It’s a temper tantrum by the President. I’m a mother of five, grandmother of nine. I know a temper tantrum when I see one.” -- Nancy Pelosi
To me the Trump shutdown looks more like a hostage situation for ransom. It’s all he’s got. If the Democrats give in, then this is how he’ll “negotiate” for the next two years.
Don’t be fooled. There was no emergency during the two years the GOP controlled literally everything, and the shutdown itself actually started while they were still in control. This shutdown does not belong to Democrats. It’s all on Trump and that horrible excuse for a human being Mitch McConnell. Don’t let them gaslight you.
F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia. This began shortly after Trump fires Comey. They were concerned with Trump’s behavior. Everyone should be concerned with Trump’s behavior.
White House Slams NY Times Report On FBI Concern That Trump Acted On Behalf Of Russia.
Government shutdown could hurt federal workers' credit scores. Way to go Republican supporters.
Federal contractors have never gotten back pay for shutdowns. Democrats are trying to fix that. And their good deed won’t be remembered.
Steve King not worried about backlash over racist comments as GOP silent over next steps. Because everyone in the GOP is a racist. But they’ll attack a woman named Rashida Tlaib for saying “motherfucker.” Um, the racism is on display. If you don’t see it then at worst you’re choosing to be a racist, at best you’re choosing to be a racist synthesizer. Both of those mean you’re a horrible person.
Behind the viral # GoFundTheWall fundraiser, a rising conservative star and a shadowy email harvesting operation. Brian Kolfage, a triple-amputee Air Force veteran, has operated fake news websites and fundraisers to build a lucrative email list. Republicans are so gullible.
Ivanka Trump suggested as possible World Bank president with her father set to decide next head. Think about that for a minute. That’s is some serious banana republic bullshit there.
Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says she will run for president in 2020.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended embattled Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, whose department has been criticized for its response to last year's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But he won’t go quietly.
Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims win legal victory in lawsuit against InfoWars and Alex Jones, after judge grants families’ discovery requests, allowing access to InfoWars’ internal marketing and financial documents. God, Alex Jones is a waste of flesh.
Trump says you can call his wall 'peaches' for all he cares. I’d like to call him an inmate.
Trump's border wall land grab makes no sense for conservatives who hate eminent domain. Conservatives showing their hypocrisy once again.
Democrats have said they may sue the president if he invokes his emergency powers and shifts money from projects already approved by Congress to fund the wall. There is no emergency.
Puerto Ricans seethe as Trump considers raiding disaster aid for wall funds.
Texas tent city that holds migrant teens to close.
Thousands of requests by men to bring in child brides to live in the US were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by the AP. The data raises questions about whether the immigration system may be enabling forced marriage. This is seriously screwed up.
Texas Republicans turn in landslide vote to keep Muslim-American in leadership role. Lookie there, some good news in Texas politics.
'I have been a terrible husband and father': Pastor who praised Pulse nightclub shooting resigns after admitting to drinking, gambling, hiring prostitutes. No, you’re just a horrible person. Bastard.
2 female rookie police officers have been shot and killed in 2 days.
Fertility rate hits 30-year low as Americans aren't having enough babies to replace themselves, new study shows. When the outlook for the world doesn’t look all that good, probably not a good idea to reproduce. We’re leaving our children a destroyed planet.
The era of easy recycling may be coming to an end.
Researchers find a new calf among the critically endangered killer whales that live in the waters between Washington state and Canada.
“Leadership is a matter of how to be -- not how to do it.” -- Frances Hesselbein
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“It’s a temper tantrum by the President. I’m a mother of five, grandmother of nine. I know a temper tantrum when I see one.” -- Nancy Pelosi
To me the Trump shutdown looks more like a hostage situation for ransom. It’s all he’s got. If the Democrats give in, then this is how he’ll “negotiate” for the next two years.
Don’t be fooled. There was no emergency during the two years the GOP controlled literally everything, and the shutdown itself actually started while they were still in control. This shutdown does not belong to Democrats. It’s all on Trump and that horrible excuse for a human being Mitch McConnell. Don’t let them gaslight you.
F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia. This began shortly after Trump fires Comey. They were concerned with Trump’s behavior. Everyone should be concerned with Trump’s behavior.
White House Slams NY Times Report On FBI Concern That Trump Acted On Behalf Of Russia.
Government shutdown could hurt federal workers' credit scores. Way to go Republican supporters.
Federal contractors have never gotten back pay for shutdowns. Democrats are trying to fix that. And their good deed won’t be remembered.
Steve King not worried about backlash over racist comments as GOP silent over next steps. Because everyone in the GOP is a racist. But they’ll attack a woman named Rashida Tlaib for saying “motherfucker.” Um, the racism is on display. If you don’t see it then at worst you’re choosing to be a racist, at best you’re choosing to be a racist synthesizer. Both of those mean you’re a horrible person.
Behind the viral # GoFundTheWall fundraiser, a rising conservative star and a shadowy email harvesting operation. Brian Kolfage, a triple-amputee Air Force veteran, has operated fake news websites and fundraisers to build a lucrative email list. Republicans are so gullible.
Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says she will run for president in 2020.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended embattled Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, whose department has been criticized for its response to last year's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But he won’t go quietly.
Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims win legal victory in lawsuit against InfoWars and Alex Jones, after judge grants families’ discovery requests, allowing access to InfoWars’ internal marketing and financial documents. God, Alex Jones is a waste of flesh.
Trump says you can call his wall 'peaches' for all he cares. I’d like to call him an inmate.
Trump's border wall land grab makes no sense for conservatives who hate eminent domain. Conservatives showing their hypocrisy once again.
Democrats have said they may sue the president if he invokes his emergency powers and shifts money from projects already approved by Congress to fund the wall. There is no emergency.
Puerto Ricans seethe as Trump considers raiding disaster aid for wall funds.
Texas tent city that holds migrant teens to close.
Thousands of requests by men to bring in child brides to live in the US were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by the AP. The data raises questions about whether the immigration system may be enabling forced marriage. This is seriously screwed up.
Texas Republicans turn in landslide vote to keep Muslim-American in leadership role. Lookie there, some good news in Texas politics.
'I have been a terrible husband and father': Pastor who praised Pulse nightclub shooting resigns after admitting to drinking, gambling, hiring prostitutes. No, you’re just a horrible person. Bastard.
2 female rookie police officers have been shot and killed in 2 days.
Fertility rate hits 30-year low as Americans aren't having enough babies to replace themselves, new study shows. When the outlook for the world doesn’t look all that good, probably not a good idea to reproduce. We’re leaving our children a destroyed planet.
The era of easy recycling may be coming to an end.
Researchers find a new calf among the critically endangered killer whales that live in the waters between Washington state and Canada.
“Leadership is a matter of how to be -- not how to do it.” -- Frances Hesselbein
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Thursday, January 10, 2019
And another day where decent people must continue to stand against the GOP Southern Strategy because that is NOT who we are as a country comes to a close:
“Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.” -- Harry Belafonte
Before 1980 the federal government did not shut down. Ronald Reagan’s attorney-general changed how America is governed.
McConnell blocks Senate Democrats' move to reopen government. Mitch McConnell is a horrible person.
Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, to testify publicly before Congress.
Trump said he knows a border wall will work because wheels work, and the Secret Service uses 'really expensive' cars with wheels. Because I can’t make this shit up.
'If there's a concrete wall in front of you, go through it,' Trump said in unearthed 2004 commencement speech. People who vote Republican are suckers.
U.S. official Rod Rosenstein, overseeing Russia probe, set to leave.
Miami International Airport will close a terminal early for three days because of a shortage of TSA screeners, an airport spokesman says.
Trump today on the Border Patrol: "When you meet 'em, it's different. When you meet these people. They're a great group of people. They happen to be very good-looking. I have to say that. They're good-looking people. They're smart, they're tough. They've got the whole package." Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the President of the United States. Ugh.
Texas Republicans defend county GOP leader as group pushes to oust him because he is Muslim. Hateful Texans. Hateful Republicans.
Republican Steve King wonders how "white supremacist" became offensive. Steve King is a horrible person.
Iran just admitted it’s holding a US Navy veteran hostage. He may have been arrested months ago.
Evangelical group says it's getting 'death threats' after leader's lynching bill remarks. A month after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would explicitly make lynching a federal crime, the leader of an evangelical nonprofit criticized the bill’s inclusion of LGBTQ people. Stop the threats against him. Yes, he’s a horrible fucking person, but don’t stoop to his level.
The Joshua Tree fiasco is why national parks should be shutdown. Because, quite frankly, a large number of Americans are horrible people.
A Kentucky elementary school teacher has been removed from her school and faces charges of assault after she was seen on video dragging a student with autism down a hallway. "He needed a break and they kept pushing him to do more," said the boy's mother.
For autistic people, the more faddish weighted blankets become, the better.
'Right to be forgotten' by Google should apply only in EU, says court opinion.
“Racism is the greatest cancer in my lifetime.” -- Charles Barkley
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.” -- Harry Belafonte
Before 1980 the federal government did not shut down. Ronald Reagan’s attorney-general changed how America is governed.
McConnell blocks Senate Democrats' move to reopen government. Mitch McConnell is a horrible person.
Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, to testify publicly before Congress.
Trump said he knows a border wall will work because wheels work, and the Secret Service uses 'really expensive' cars with wheels. Because I can’t make this shit up.
'If there's a concrete wall in front of you, go through it,' Trump said in unearthed 2004 commencement speech. People who vote Republican are suckers.
U.S. official Rod Rosenstein, overseeing Russia probe, set to leave.
Miami International Airport will close a terminal early for three days because of a shortage of TSA screeners, an airport spokesman says.
Trump today on the Border Patrol: "When you meet 'em, it's different. When you meet these people. They're a great group of people. They happen to be very good-looking. I have to say that. They're good-looking people. They're smart, they're tough. They've got the whole package." Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the President of the United States. Ugh.
Republican Steve King wonders how "white supremacist" became offensive. Steve King is a horrible person.
Iran just admitted it’s holding a US Navy veteran hostage. He may have been arrested months ago.
Evangelical group says it's getting 'death threats' after leader's lynching bill remarks. A month after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would explicitly make lynching a federal crime, the leader of an evangelical nonprofit criticized the bill’s inclusion of LGBTQ people. Stop the threats against him. Yes, he’s a horrible fucking person, but don’t stoop to his level.
The Joshua Tree fiasco is why national parks should be shutdown. Because, quite frankly, a large number of Americans are horrible people.
A Kentucky elementary school teacher has been removed from her school and faces charges of assault after she was seen on video dragging a student with autism down a hallway. "He needed a break and they kept pushing him to do more," said the boy's mother.
For autistic people, the more faddish weighted blankets become, the better.
'Right to be forgotten' by Google should apply only in EU, says court opinion.
“Racism is the greatest cancer in my lifetime.” -- Charles Barkley
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
And another day of lies, damned lies, and statistics comes to a close:
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.” -- Thomas Jefferson
Trump Has Defeated Himself. Now he needs to go away.
In his address, Trump spoke about the amount of people who enter the country illegally. The number of migrants being caught entering illegally along the border remains at historic lows.
Meth, cocaine, heroin: Most gets smuggled through ports of entry. A wall won't stop it.
Trump claims illegal immigration needs to be stopped to prevent violent crime. But multiple studies have found that people here illegally are less likely to commit crime than U.S. citizens.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects mystery firm possibly linked to Russia probe.
Manafort lied about sharing presidential polling data with Russian linked to intelligence services.
Americans spend more than twice as much on health care per person as their peers in developed nations, according to a new study.
American Psychological Association links 'masculinity ideology' to homophobia, misogyny. “Traditional masculinity ideology has been shown to limit males’ psychological development, constrain their behavior, result in gender role strain and gender role conflict and negatively influence mental health and physical health,” the report warns.
Science says toxic masculinity — more than alcohol — leads to sexual assault.
The Netherlands just officially accused Iran of carrying out two assassinations on Dutch soil.
Ford is building cars that "talk" with traffic lights, road signs and pedestrians.
AI technology can identify genetic diseases by looking at your face, study says.
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” -- James Madison
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.” -- Thomas Jefferson
Trump Has Defeated Himself. Now he needs to go away.
In his address, Trump spoke about the amount of people who enter the country illegally. The number of migrants being caught entering illegally along the border remains at historic lows.
Meth, cocaine, heroin: Most gets smuggled through ports of entry. A wall won't stop it.
Trump claims illegal immigration needs to be stopped to prevent violent crime. But multiple studies have found that people here illegally are less likely to commit crime than U.S. citizens.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects mystery firm possibly linked to Russia probe.
Manafort lied about sharing presidential polling data with Russian linked to intelligence services.
Americans spend more than twice as much on health care per person as their peers in developed nations, according to a new study.
American Psychological Association links 'masculinity ideology' to homophobia, misogyny. “Traditional masculinity ideology has been shown to limit males’ psychological development, constrain their behavior, result in gender role strain and gender role conflict and negatively influence mental health and physical health,” the report warns.
Science says toxic masculinity — more than alcohol — leads to sexual assault.
The Netherlands just officially accused Iran of carrying out two assassinations on Dutch soil.
Ford is building cars that "talk" with traffic lights, road signs and pedestrians.
AI technology can identify genetic diseases by looking at your face, study says.
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” -- James Madison
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
Monday, January 7, 2019
Monday, January 7, 2019
And another day of “crazed lunatics who have given up on the truth” comes to a close:
“When you get tired of the crap baby move over here and maybe buy some of mine.” -- Monster Magnet
Senate Democrats considering blocking all legislation that doesn't reopen the government.
Back in 2014, television networks refused to give Obama airtime for an immigration address they deemed "overtly political." And here we are today. The networks are giving him free airtime to spout lies and stir up fear. Don’t watch.
3 former presidents deny praising Trump's zeal to build border wall
Only six immigrants in terrorism database stopped by CBP at southern border in first half of 2018. The low number contradicts statements by Trump administration officials.
Trump aides may be in legal jeopardy as Democrats give evidence to Mueller.
New rule bans LGBTQ employment discrimination in House of Representatives.
White House says tax refunds won’t be impacted by government shutdown. The White House is trying to save face. They didn’t think about that until Pelosi announced legislation to reopen the Treasury Department so Americans can receive their tax refunds.
At least 24 Native Americans, most of them women, went missing in sparsely populated Montana in 2018, says Sen. Jon Tester, who wants to push the Justice Department to take action.
Where did the American anomaly of widespread climate denial come from? For almost 30 years, the Farm Bureau has worked closely with the fossil fuel sector to defeat climate policies and sow doubt among farmers. It succeeded.
Cyntoia Brown is granted clemency after serving 15 years in prison for killing man who bought her for sex.
Cancer upstart Loxo has had startling success by looking at what causes the disease, rather than where it occurs. That may justify an $8 billion purchase by Eli Lilly.
“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
“When you get tired of the crap baby move over here and maybe buy some of mine.” -- Monster Magnet
Senate Democrats considering blocking all legislation that doesn't reopen the government.
Back in 2014, television networks refused to give Obama airtime for an immigration address they deemed "overtly political." And here we are today. The networks are giving him free airtime to spout lies and stir up fear. Don’t watch.
3 former presidents deny praising Trump's zeal to build border wall
Only six immigrants in terrorism database stopped by CBP at southern border in first half of 2018. The low number contradicts statements by Trump administration officials.
Trump aides may be in legal jeopardy as Democrats give evidence to Mueller.
New rule bans LGBTQ employment discrimination in House of Representatives.
White House says tax refunds won’t be impacted by government shutdown. The White House is trying to save face. They didn’t think about that until Pelosi announced legislation to reopen the Treasury Department so Americans can receive their tax refunds.
At least 24 Native Americans, most of them women, went missing in sparsely populated Montana in 2018, says Sen. Jon Tester, who wants to push the Justice Department to take action.
Where did the American anomaly of widespread climate denial come from? For almost 30 years, the Farm Bureau has worked closely with the fossil fuel sector to defeat climate policies and sow doubt among farmers. It succeeded.
Cyntoia Brown is granted clemency after serving 15 years in prison for killing man who bought her for sex.
Cancer upstart Loxo has had startling success by looking at what causes the disease, rather than where it occurs. That may justify an $8 billion purchase by Eli Lilly.
“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
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