work by Paul Sérusier
Friday, September 29, 2017
Have An Excellent Weekend
Enjoy the weekend, see you bright and early Monday morning.
work by Paul Sérusier
work by Paul Sérusier
Price
Plenty of other grifters out there for Trump to pick anew.
CNN: Tom Price broke Trump's cardinal rule: Never get bad headlines for the boss
CNN: Tom Price broke Trump's cardinal rule: Never get bad headlines for the boss
Bad Jared
Salon: Senators are livid that Kusher didn’t tell them about his private email - Trump’s adviser and son-in-law has been asked to disclose his use of private communications
Jared's emails got 45 seconds at WH briefings
Hillary's emails got 500+ NYT columns, articles
Electrically Heated Cloth
Science Daily: Electrically heated textiles now possible via UMass Amherst research - Vapor deposition method for nano-coating fabric to create sewable, weavable, electrically heated material
summary - Skiers, crossing guards and others who endure frozen fingers in cold weather may look forward to future relief as manufacturers are poised to take advantage of a new technique for creating electrically heated cloth. Researchers have made gloves that keep fingers as warm as the palm of the hand.
Another American Disgrace
Occasionally think you might have gone wrong in your career? Perhaps you could have really deeply applied yourself academically and become a bonafide college professor. Now that's a real job right. Read this.
Guardian UK: Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping in cars - Adjunct professors in America face low pay and long hours without the security of full-time faculty. Some, on the brink of homelessness, take desperate measures
Guardian UK: Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping in cars - Adjunct professors in America face low pay and long hours without the security of full-time faculty. Some, on the brink of homelessness, take desperate measures
Sex work is one of the more unusual ways that adjuncts have avoided living in poverty, and perhaps even homelessness. A quarter of part-time college academics (many of whom are adjuncts, though it’s not uncommon for adjuncts to work 40 hours a week or more) are said to be enrolled in public assistance programs such as Medicaid.
They resort to food banks and Goodwill, and there is even an adjuncts’ cookbook that shows how to turn items like beef scraps, chicken bones and orange peel into meals. And then there are those who are either on the streets or teetering on the edge of losing stable housing.
Ridiculous
The White House investigating itself? Please, don't be ridiculous.
Guardian UK: White House begins investigation into use of private email accounts – reports - Jared Kushner among several Trump administration officials alleged to have used personal email to conduct government business
Guardian UK: White House begins investigation into use of private email accounts – reports - Jared Kushner among several Trump administration officials alleged to have used personal email to conduct government business
We Are
NY Times: We Are All Jew-ish Now By DEVORAH BAUM
(Jewish jokes give us an inkling of this: Consider Groucho Marx’s famous remark, “I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.” Or the story about the Jew who is stranded alone on a desert island and builds two synagogues — the one he goes to, and the one he wouldn’t be seen dead in.)
Krugman's Latest
NY Times: Trump’s Deadly Narcissism by Paul Krugman
In short, Trump truly is unfit for this or any high office. And the damage caused by his unfitness will just keep growing.
The Market On Friday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -27 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open moderately lower.
CNN: Stock records; Catalonia votes; Volkswagen costs by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Stock records; Catalonia votes; Volkswagen costs by Alanna Petroff
Thursday, September 28, 2017
CBC Takes On Trump
The Congressional Black Caucus: Dear President Trump
“Almost everything you have done and said on the topic of race or on issues that implicate race demonstrate a shocking lack of knowledge for an adult public official in the 21st century..."
How
Science Daily: New light shed on how Earth and Mars were created
summary - Analysing a mixture of earth samples and meteorites, scientists have shed new light on the sequence of events that led to the creation of the planets Earth and Mars.
Charges
Remember - read the Palmer Report with a grain of salt.
The Palmer Report: Insider reveals the specific criminal charges Robert Mueller will bring against Donald Trump and his co-conspirators
The Palmer Report: Insider reveals the specific criminal charges Robert Mueller will bring against Donald Trump and his co-conspirators
Hang On
Guardian UK: Deus ex machina: former Google engineer is developing an AI god - Way of the Future, a religious group founded by Anthony Levandowski, wants to create a deity based on artificial intelligence for the betterment of society
“I totally think that AI can participate in Christ’s redemptive purposes,” he said, by ensuring it is imbued with Christian values.
Fascinating
Read this.
NY Times: The Trump Voter Paradox by Thomas B. Edsall
NY Times: The Trump Voter Paradox by Thomas B. Edsall
as everyone is respectful and abides by the social norms, everyone is happy and agreeable. But when threats are made against one’s reputation or values, acts of violence and physical aggression are considered appropriate forms of retribution. In some ways, the profile we observe touches on the surface of this profile — the friendly and considerate aspect when all is well. But I think we’re now beginning to see more of the aggressive aspects. I think many people, perhaps especially in this region, have begun to feel threatened by the changes taking place in society and are reacting with anger.
The Market On Thursday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -47 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately lower.
CNN: Roku IPO; Trump tax reform; Accenture earnings by CNNMoney Staff
CNN: Roku IPO; Trump tax reform; Accenture earnings by CNNMoney Staff
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Billboard
CBS News San Francisco: Billboard Urging ‘Impeach Trump’ Goes Up Near Bay Bridge
The billboard is the work of a group called Courage Campaign whose president says it’s time to get the country behind the removal of Mr. Trump. They want to pressure the Republican-controlled Congress which, so far, has shown no inclination to impeach President Trump.
How To
Salon: Milo’s “Free Speech Week” was a flop: Here’s how to beat the alt-right - Milo Yiannopoulos wanted confrontation and even violence. He got neither, so his Berkeley event was a failure by Amanda Marcotte
1) The "alt-right" has nothing of value to say, and the quickest way to prove that is to let them say it.
The Saturn Nebula
Science Daily: The strange structures of the Saturn nebula
summary - The spectacular planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, emerges from the darkness like a series of oddly-shaped bubbles, lit up in glorious pinks and blues. This colourful image was captured by the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The map -- which reveals a wealth of intricate structures in the dust, including shells, a halo and a curious wave-like feature -- will help astronomers understand how planetary nebulae develop their strange shapes and symmetries.
Recipe
Recipe For Rusted Out Greatness
take incompetence
kneaded with gold leaf
ineptness
salted with eye roll boasts
skip over humility
truncate honored values
add in, impaired and unspoken
withered empathy gone and forgotten
fracture leadership
mangle it to rotting
toss a White HouseMart cap
for thirty gets an emblem
of a fool’s loyalty
sprinkle with heart-empty disunity
fueled by dishonest and
dis-partisan calamity
a heaping of where oh where are the heroes
caught in the gravity of zero
Petty
NY Times: The Lecture That Donald Trump Needs by Frank Bruni
Our highest official is also our pettiest...
Politics In The Age Of Trump
NY Times: Dismayed by Trump, Head of Drug Enforcement Administration to Leave
...he had become convinced that President Trump had little respect for the law.
The Market On Wednesday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +36 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Bombardier's sky-high tariff; Train deal; Trump tax plan by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Bombardier's sky-high tariff; Train deal; Trump tax plan by Alanna Petroff
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Mars Panorama
Open to a full screen, click and look around Mars 360 degrees.
Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 1463
Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 1463
Cosmos
Science Daily: Cartography of the Cosmos
summary - There are hundreds of billions of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy, interspersed with all manner of matter, from the dark to the sublime. This is the universe that one group of researchers is trying to reconstruct, structure by structure, combining telescope surveys with next-generation data analysis and simulation techniques currently being primed for exascale computing.
Dead
NY Times: Health Bill Appears Dead as Pivotal G.O.P. Senator Declares Opposition By THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR
The demise of the latest repeal push means that Republicans are now all but certain to conclude Mr. Trump’s first year in office without fulfilling one of their central promises, which the president and lawmakers had hoped to deliver on quickly after Mr. Trump took office.
The Market On Tuesday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +17 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
CNN: Stocks stabilize; Oil watch; Nike earnings by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Stocks stabilize; Oil watch; Nike earnings by Alanna Petroff
Monday, September 25, 2017
Winter
Science Daily: Winter cold extremes linked to high-altitude polar vortex weakening
summary - When the strong winds that circle the Arctic slacken, cold polar air can escape and cause extreme winter chills in parts of the Northern hemisphere. A new study finds that these weak states have become more persistent over the past four decades and can be linked to cold winters in Russia and Europe.
Charles M. Blows Latest
NY Times: A Rebel, a Warrior and a Race Fiend by Charles M. Blow
He’s on the side of white supremacists, white nationalists, ethno-racists, Islamophobes and anti-Semites.
Leaderless America
NY Times: A Divider, Not a Uniter, Trump Widens the Breach By PETER BAKER
Over the course of just 17 hours this weekend, President Trump assailed John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Stephen Curry, the National Football League, Roger Goodell, Iran and Kim Jong-un — the “Little Rocket Man.
The Market On Monday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +7 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
CNN: German election reaction; Brexit negotiation reboot; New tech takeover by Alanna Petroff
CNN: German election reaction; Brexit negotiation reboot; New tech takeover by Alanna Petroff
Friday, September 22, 2017
Have An Excellent Weekend
Enjoy the weekend, see you bright and early Monday morning.
work by Paul Sérusier
work by Paul Sérusier
Krugman's Latest
NY Times: Cruelty, Incompetence and Lies by Paul Krugman
Lindsey Graham, Bill Cassidy, and the bill’s other sponsors have responded to these critiques the old-fashioned way — with lies.
Control
Between the brain and the mouth there’s a very special human characteristic. We call that characteristic different names like - discretion, consideration, weighing our words, awareness, politeness, sensitivity, and more. Some people give that characteristic a lot of attention, some little attention, and some no attention at all. The latter are the people that never learned how to utilize this very special human characteristic, and there is no time or gap between words and mouth. These people tend to ‘say what’s on their minds’, or to speak their biased truth, or to be politically incorrect, or simply put some have very poor impulse control.
Be very careful and alert with the people who have poor impulse control. They will challenge you in a way that gives you a few choices because their words more than likely will be offensive. You response can be to walk away, be more clever and turn their words around, or at worst, you can lose patience and begin a war of words. Unfortunately, no one wins in a war of words.
Be very careful and alert with the people who have poor impulse control. They will challenge you in a way that gives you a few choices because their words more than likely will be offensive. You response can be to walk away, be more clever and turn their words around, or at worst, you can lose patience and begin a war of words. Unfortunately, no one wins in a war of words.
Sleep
Science Daily: Jellyfish, with no brains, still seem to sleep - Jellyfish and humans may seem wildly different, but both still need to sleep
summary - The discovery that primitive jellyfish sleep suggests that sleep is an ancient, evolutionarily conserved behavior.
Lake Texcoco
NY Times: Mexico City Was Built on an Ancient Lake Bed. That Makes Earthquakes Much Worse. By DEREK WATKINS and JEREMY WHITE
Today, much of the city stands on layers of sand and clay — up to 100 yards deep — that used to be under the lake. These soft, water-laden sediments make the city uniquely vulnerable to earthquakes and other problems.
NY Times: Facebook to Turn Over Russian-Linked Ads to Congress By SCOTT SHANE and MIKE ISAAC
...it was turning over more than 3,000 Russia-linked ads to congressional committees...
The Market On Friday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -44 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open moderately lower.
CNN: New iPhones hit shelves; L'Oreal's stock surges; OPEC meets by Alanna Petroff
CNN: New iPhones hit shelves; L'Oreal's stock surges; OPEC meets by Alanna Petroff
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Mars
Science Daily: Solar eruption ‘photobombed’ Mars encounter with Comet Siding Spring
summary - When Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed just 140,000 kilometers from Mars on 19th October 2014, depositing a large amount of debris in the Martian atmosphere, space agencies coordinated multiple spacecraft to witness the largest meteor shower in recorded history. It was a rare opportunity, as this kind of planetary event occurs only once every 100,000 years.
Where's The Women?
NY Times: Trump is assembling the most male-dominated government in decades - A new analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian has found 80% of nominations for top jobs in the Trump administration have gone to men
“If you’re not intentional about it [diversity], it won’t happen,” said Don Gips, who served as the White House personnel director for the first six months of Obama’s presidency.
Nicholas Kristof's Latest
NY Times: Meet the World’s Leaders, in Hypocrisy by Nicholas Kristof
So it’s maddening to see world leaders posturing in the spotlight and patting themselves on the back while doing so little to tackle humanitarian crises that they themselves have helped create.
On The Hunt
NY Times: Mueller Seeks White House Documents Related to Trump’s Actions as President By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
The document requests provide the most details to date about the breadth of Mr. Mueller’s investigation, and show that several aspects of his inquiry are focused squarely on Mr. Trump’s behavior in the White House.
The Market On Thursday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -11 and the price of oil per barrel is down. the market is poised to open slightly lower.
CNN: Google's HTC deal; Stock records; Ryanair turbulence by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Google's HTC deal; Stock records; Ryanair turbulence by Alanna Petroff
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Sleep Deprivation And Depression
Science Daily: Sleep deprivation is an effective anti-depressant for nearly half of depressed patients, study suggests
summary - Sleep deprivation - typically administered in controlled, inpatient settings - rapidly reduces symptoms of depression in roughly half of depression patients, according the first meta-analysis on the subject in nearly 30 years.
Hurricane Maria
Guardian UK: Hurricane Maria: record flooding in Puerto Rico as Dominica reports seven dead – latest updates - Storm pummels Puerto Rico and leaves island of Dominica devastated
River levels are approaching or exceeding record levels across Puerto Rico according to data from the US Geological Survey.
Warmonger Trump
NY Times: Warmongers and Peacemakers at the U.N. By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The United Nations isn’t the venue one would expect for threatening war. Yet that’s what President Trump did in his first address to the General Assembly.
Mexico
NY Times: Mexico Earthquake Kills Hundreds, Trapping Many Under Rubble By KIRK SEMPLE, PAULINA VILLEGAS and ELISABETH MALKIN
A powerful earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, toppling buildings, killing children in a school that collapsed, rattling the capital and sending people flooding into the streets for the second time in just two weeks.
The Market On Wednesday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -3 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open in the flat area. Notice that oil is temporarily above $50 per barrel; over the last several months it has been trading in the $45 to $48 per barrel range give or take.
CNN: What to watch at Janet Yellen's press conference by Donna Borak
CNN: What to watch at Janet Yellen's press conference by Donna Borak
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Down
CNN commentator Norm Eisen tweets -
"Hoo boy. Let's be very clear here: if Manafort told Trump of Russian interference and Trump approved, they are both going down."
Evil
Salon: Philosopher Susan Neiman: “The president of our country is evil” - Author of “Evil in Modern Thought” says progressives must not shun the concept, especially when it fits so well
"Yes, I certainly think Donald Trump is evil. The question is indeed how to describe the ways in which he is evil, for he seems to be one of those rare human beings who has no sense of morality whatsoever..." - Susan Neiman - director of the Einstein Forum and was a professor of philosophy at Yale University.
Emotions
Science Daily: Getting emotional after failure helps you improve next time, study finds
summary - Emotional responses to failure rather than cognitive ones are more effective at improving people's results for the next time they tackle the next related task, new research indicates.
The Market On Tuesday
What a day. Maria is going right through the Caribbean as a category five hurricane. That's two category five hurricanes in a row within two weeks. What will be left of the Caribbean after this. We see that Manafort was secretly wiretapped by the FBI and that he will be indicted. It's a tumultuous time in the news. The big question remains, Is Trump involved? Well, as Seth Abramson has stated, when there is this much smoke, there's definitely fire.
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +9 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
CNN: Hedge funds want to kill $20 billion chemicals deal by Mark Thompson
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +9 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
CNN: Hedge funds want to kill $20 billion chemicals deal by Mark Thompson
Monday, September 18, 2017
'They Planned To Indict Him'
NY Times: With a Picked Lock and a Threatened Indictment, Mueller’s Inquiry Sets a Tone By SHARON LaFRANIERE, MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, then followed the house search with a warning: His prosecutors told Mr. Manafort they planned to indict him, said two people close to the investigation.
Fish
Science Daily: Old fish few and far between under fishing pressure
summary - A new study has found that, for dozens of fish populations around the globe, old fish are greatly depleted -- mainly because of fishing pressure. Old fish are increasingly missing in many populations around the world.
He's Not Mentally Fit
Guardian UK: Trump tweets anti-Clinton meme as tensions flare over her memoir - The president re-tweeted a doctored video of him knocking Clinton over with a golf ball, as the former candidate’s election memoir reopened old wounds
“It is distressing … to have a president that, frankly, will tweet and re-tweet things as juvenile as that. It doesn’t help, I think, in terms of his stature. It doesn’t help in terms of the stature of our whole country.”
What Happened
Guardian UK: Trump in Moscow: what happened at Miss Universe in 2013 - The pageant and the president’s attempts to get close to Putin have become a focus of the investigation into Trump’s links to Russian interference in the US election by Jon Swaine in New York and Shaun Walker in Moscow
Investigators are examining closely efforts apparently made by the Russian government to pass Trump’s team damaging information on Hillary Clinton, using Trump’s politically-connected Miss Universe business partners as couriers.
Yes
NY Times: Is Trump a White Supremacist? by Charles M. Blow
...there is mounting circumstantial evidence pointing in a most disquieting direction.
The Market On Monday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +46 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: 3 things to watch at Janet Yellen's Fed meeting by Donna Borak
CNN: 3 things to watch at Janet Yellen's Fed meeting by Donna Borak
Friday, September 15, 2017
Have An Excellent Weekend
Enjoy the weekend, see you bright and early Monday morning.
work by Paul Sérusier
work by Paul Sérusier
Squirrels
Science Daily: Squirrels use 'chunking' to organize their favorite nuts - First study to show squirrels using sophisticated memorizing strategy to sort their bounty
summary - Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety, quality and possibly even preference, according to new research.
Rachel Maddow - Clinton - Trump And Some Staff A Clear And Present Danger To US
This is a must see interview. America shat the bed with Trump. Hillary Clinton was and is infinitely more qualified, what a loss.
Amusing
This is amusing. Realistically speaking, does Coulter really hold power over the sheeple? I think her power is probably exaggerated, on the other hand, no doubt there are a few who tie there understanding of the world to Coulter, poor saps that they are.
The Palmer Report: Ann Coulter melts down and calls for Donald Trump’s impeachment
The Palmer Report: Ann Coulter melts down and calls for Donald Trump’s impeachment
Bomb Attack In London
NY Times: London Underground Is Struck by Crude Bomb at Parsons Green By SEWELL CHAN and CEYLAN YEGINSU
The device exploded at 8:20 a.m. on a District Line train leaving the Parsons Green station in Southwest London.
Eyes On Myanmar
NY Times: At Risk in Rohingya Exodus: 230,000 Children, Hundreds All Alone By AUSTIN RAMZY
The United Nations says up to 400,000 Rohingya have fled the state of Rakhine in western Myanmar since Aug. 25 and are now struggling to find food, shelter and clean water in Bangladesh.
The Market On Friday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -17 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open modestly lower.
CNN: Wall Street bets Amazon will doom department stores, retailers by Matt Egan
CNN: Wall Street bets Amazon will doom department stores, retailers by Matt Egan
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Humiliated
NY Times: Trump Humiliated Jeff Sessions After Mueller Appointment By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN
Mr. Sessions would later tell associates that the demeaning way the president addressed him was the most humiliating experience in decades of public life.
Beyond
Fascinating.
Donald Trump's ghostwriter Tony Schwartz Tweets -
Donald Trump's ghostwriter Tony Schwartz Tweets -
"Trump is raging about Mueller because Trump knows what he did and it is far beyond anything anyone currently imagines. Tick tock."
Skin
Science Daily: Artificial 'skin' gives robotic hand a sense of touch - UH researchers discover new form of stretchable electronics, sensors and skins
summary - A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference between hot and cold, while also offering advantages for a wide range of biomedical devices.
Rachel Maddow - New Revelations Deepen Flynn Legal Jeopardy
Rachel has been driving away at Flynn like a famished dog who just got a juicy meat bone.
Freefall
The Palmer Report: GOP leader: Donald Trump has “blown up” and “destroyed” his own base
The Palmer Report: Donald Trump is in total freefall
The Palmer Report: Donald Trump is in total freefall
Joe Opines
NY Times: Joe Biden: Reclaiming America’s Values By JOE BIDEN
Rather than building from a narrative of freedom and democracy that inspires nations to rally together, this White House casts global affairs as a zero-sum competition — for the United States to succeed, others must lose. Among the many problems that plague the Trump administration’s foreign policy, this line of thinking is perhaps the most disturbing.
Redemption
NY Times: From Prison to Ph.D.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones By ELI HAGERSEPT
With no internet access and a prison library that hewed toward romance novels, she led a team of inmates that pored through reams of photocopied documents from the Indiana State Archives to produce the Indiana Historical Society’s best research project last year.
The Market On Thursday
At 9:15 a.m DOW futures are -10 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly lower.
CNN: Elon Musk: Tesla will reveal semi-truck 'beast' next month by Jethro Mullen
CNN: Elon Musk: Tesla will reveal semi-truck 'beast' next month by Jethro Mullen
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Leapers
Science Daily: Why your ancestors would have aced the long jump - First primates were built for leaping, fossil ankle suggests
summary - A 52-million-year-old ankle fossil suggests our prehuman ancestors were high-flying acrobats. For years, scientists thought the ancestors of today's humans, monkeys, lemurs and apes were relatively slow and deliberate animals, using their grasping hands and feet to creep along small twigs and branches. But a new study suggests the first primates were masters at leaping through the trees.
Bernie On Medicare For All
NY Times: Bernie Sanders: Why We Need Medicare for All By BERNIE SANDERS
Do we, as a nation, join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee comprehensive health care to every person as a human right? Or do we maintain a system that is enormously expensive, wasteful and bureaucratic, and is designed to maximize profits for big insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, Wall Street and medical equipment suppliers?
Trump, Pruitt, Global Warming
NY Times: Trump’s Folly by Thomas L. Friedman
That is why I prefer the term “global weirding” over “global warming.” The weather does get warmer in some places, but it gets weird in others.
The Market On Wednesday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -16 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open modestly lower.
CNN: Nordstrom buyout; Apple aftermath; Toshiba sale by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Nordstrom buyout; Apple aftermath; Toshiba sale by Alanna Petroff
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
From Roy Blount Jr.
Houseplants are bored and need emotional sustenance. That's the conclusion reached by Amanda Fleece, a forensic botanist at the University of Rochester, after she lost patience with a droopy ficus in her apartment. "It had been a fairly happy plant before," she told the Rochester Herald Leader, "but it wilted. I gave it water, plant food, new soil. Nothing helped. So I yelled at it: 'You're a plant! What in the hell do you want from me? Blood?' I could actually see the ficus perk up, on the spot. So I mooned it. It perked up further." Over the next several days, Fleece sang bawdy songs to the ficus, decked it in Christmas-tree tinsel, and threatened to send it away to military school. It soon had doubled in size. "Wouldn't you get blue," says Fleece, "if you stood around all day in a pot? All my houseplants are flourishing, now that I'm feeding them some drama."
Food And Colorectal Cancer
Science Daily: Whole grains decrease colorectal cancer risk, processed meats increase the risk - Report analyzing the global research finds hot dogs and other processed meats increase risk of colorectal cancer, eating more whole grains and being physically active lowers risk
summary - Major new report finds strong evidence of links between lifestyle and colorectal cancer risk. Physical activity and whole grains lowers risk of this cancer; too much alcohol and red meat, processed meats and obesity increase the risk. An estimated 47 percent of US colorectal cancers could be prevented each year with lifestyle changes.
Backing Trump Into A Corner
The Hill: Senate approves resolution condemning white supremacist groups By Jordain Carney
In addition to urging Trump and the administration to publicly push back against hate groups, the resolution urges Trump and his Cabinet to "address the growing prevalence of those hate groups in the United States."
Moral Emptiness
NY Times: From 9/11 to Humpty Dumpty by Roger Cohen
Words cascade from that pinched mouth and they mean nothing, because when a man of moral emptiness tries to exhort a nation to moral greatness the only thing communicated is pitiful, almost comical, hypocrisy.
Deals
NY Times: Want to Make a Deal, Mr. Trump? By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Mr. Trump and his new Democratic friends could work on more. They could raise spending caps set to kick in next month by matching increases in military spending that Republicans want with increases in domestic spending that Democrats favor. They could back a proposal to automatically increase the debt ceiling, ending perennial partisan battles over what used to be a routine vote essentially recognizing the debts Congress has already incurred.
The Market On Tuesday
At 9:20 a.m. DOW futures are +55 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Apple's next big thing; North Korea; Sunny stocks by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Apple's next big thing; North Korea; Sunny stocks by Alanna Petroff
Monday, September 11, 2017
Fat
Science Daily: Eat fat, live longer? Mouse study shows a high fat diet increases longevity, strength
summary - As more people live into their 80s and 90s, researchers have delved into the issues of health and quality of life during aging. A recent mouse study sheds light on those questions by demonstrating that a high fat, or ketogenic, diet not only increases longevity, but improves physical strength.
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