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Friday, December 29, 2017
Happy New Year!
Enjoy the New Year's weekend, see you bright and early Tuesday morning. 2018, ready or not, here we come.
work by Albarrán Cabrera
work by Albarrán Cabrera
2017 To 2018
It's been a hell of a year, one down three to go. What will 2018 bring? Chances are, it's going to be messy.
I will leave 2017 with a joke.
My friend has been in a lot of trouble, in and out of jail, all kinds of trouble. In fact he's been in so much trouble his blood type is O Shit...
I will leave 2017 with a joke.
My friend has been in a lot of trouble, in and out of jail, all kinds of trouble. In fact he's been in so much trouble his blood type is O Shit...
Perspective
Judd Legum -
"Roy Moore denies that he lost the U.S. Senate election, even after Alabama's Republican Secretary of State certified his opponent as the winner."
"Kind of puts his other denials in perspective."
Late
BBC: Why some people are always running late - It’s not always rudeness or scatter-brained behaviour – it can be something much deeper, writes Laura Clarke.
Type A people felt a minute had gone by when roughly 58 seconds had passed. Type B participants felt a minute had gone by after 77 seconds.
Recy Taylor
Guardian UK: Recy Taylor, black Alabama woman raped by six white men in 1944, dies aged 97 - Taylor was attacked by six white men as she walked home from church - Men who admitted assault were not indicted by all-white, all-male grand juries
Taylor was 24 when she was abducted and raped as she walked home from church in Abbeville. Her attackers left her on the side of the road in an isolated area. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) assigned Rosa Parks to investigate the case, and she rallied support for justice for Taylor.
Two all-white, all-male grand juries declined to indict the six white men who admitted to authorities that they assaulted her.
Nut Job
Guardian UK: Trump calls for some 'good old global warming' as US experiences bad weather - US president again conflates weather with climate to pour scepticism on climate change and criticise the Paris agreement
"In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!"
Nut Job
NY Times: Trump, the Insurgent, Breaks With 70 Years of American Foreign Policy - President Trump has transformed the world’s view of the United States from an anchor of the international order into something more inward-looking and unpredictable. 查看简体中文版 By MARK LANDLER
Nearly a year into his presidency, Mr. Trump remains an erratic, idiosyncratic leader on the global stage, an insurgent who attacks allies the United States has nurtured since World War II and who can seem more at home with America’s adversaries. His Twitter posts, delivered without warning or consultation, often make a mockery of his administration’s policies and subvert the messages his emissaries are trying to deliver abroad.
Nut Job
NY Times: Excerpts From Trump’s Interview With The Times
TRUMP: [Inaudible.] There was tremendous collusion on behalf of the Russians and the Democrats. There was no collusion with respect to my campaign. I think I’ll be treated fairly. Timingwise, I can’t tell you. I just don’t know. But I think we’ll be treated fairly.
SCHMIDT: But you’re not worked up about the timing?
TRUMP: Well, I think it’s bad for the country. The only thing that bothers me about timing, I think it’s a very bad thing for the country. Because it makes the country look bad, it makes the country look very bad, and it puts the country in a very bad position. So the sooner it’s worked out, the better it is for the country.
The Market On Friday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +81 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Dow's record rally; Apple apology; Uber investment by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Dow's record rally; Apple apology; Uber investment by Alanna Petroff
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Troy
The Daily Beast: Family of Four Killed in ‘Savage’ Slaying Over Christmas in Upstate New York - Shaken police say the two women and two kids found murdered in a quiet Victorian in Troy, New York, were part of the worst crime scene they’ve seen in decades. by Olivia Messer and Erin Friar
...bound with their throats slashed...
“After being in this business for almost 42 years, I can’t describe the savagery of this. I don’t have the word.”
“This will be a full-court press, if you will, until we bring someone to justice.”
Rising Heat And Humidity
Science Daily: Humidity may prove breaking point for some areas as temperatures rise, says study - From US south to China, heat stress could exceed human endurance
summary - Climate scientists say that killer heat waves will become increasingly prevalent in many regions as climate warms. However, most projections leave out a major factor that could worsen things: humidity, which can greatly magnify the effects of heat alone. Now, a new global study projects that in coming decades the effects of high humidity in many areas will dramatically increase.
Gaming
I feel fortunate in that I completely missed out on this particular addiction. Video games and all that hold zero interest for me. However, I do have a bit of an interest in playing online chess.
The Telegraph: Gaming addiction set to be recognized as a mental health disorder
The Telegraph: Gaming addiction set to be recognized as a mental health disorder
Notable traits include patients prioritizing gaming over "life interests and daily activities and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences".
One Can Only Hope
I'll say it again. I read Bill Palmer mostly for fun. He's not a deep journalist, he's an opinion writer who strikes a nerve. He is solely focused on Trump's possible demise. It's only possible, it is not a given that Trump's political demise will happen.
Right now we are witnessing the GOP throwing all in behind Trump. 2018 will be the year of the smear. The GOP will smear any opponent of Trump's who is even slightly provoking questions in the Trump-Russia fiasco. The GOP simply wants to sweep all of it under a rug. Mueller and the FBI appear to be the first casualty, but more will follow. In addition there will be a tremendous amount of misdirection. We will hear about the GOP's real villain, Hillary Clinton, many many times. No, there will be a fight to the death surrounding Trump and the GOP is all on board. They like those tax cuts for the billionaires that places the burden of debt on middle class people and the poor. Their appetite for corruption and greed has been very nicely wetted and now, they want a lot more including SSI and Medicare.
The Palmer Report: It’s all closing in on Donald Trump
Right now we are witnessing the GOP throwing all in behind Trump. 2018 will be the year of the smear. The GOP will smear any opponent of Trump's who is even slightly provoking questions in the Trump-Russia fiasco. The GOP simply wants to sweep all of it under a rug. Mueller and the FBI appear to be the first casualty, but more will follow. In addition there will be a tremendous amount of misdirection. We will hear about the GOP's real villain, Hillary Clinton, many many times. No, there will be a fight to the death surrounding Trump and the GOP is all on board. They like those tax cuts for the billionaires that places the burden of debt on middle class people and the poor. Their appetite for corruption and greed has been very nicely wetted and now, they want a lot more including SSI and Medicare.
The Palmer Report: It’s all closing in on Donald Trump
Neo-Nazis, Slavery And Morons
Guardian UK: Trump and the press: 10 questions journalists never thought they'd have to ask - The president’s volatile temper and thin skin have prompted many improbable exchanges this year, including questions about neo-Nazis, slavery and morons
"I just didn’t understand what you were saying. You were saying the press has treated white nationalists unfairly?"
Trump: “It looked like they had some rough, bad people, neo-Nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call ’em. But you had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest.”
Disgusting
NY Times: Sessions Says to Courts: Go Ahead, Jail People Because They’re Poor By CHIRAAG BAINS
Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions retracted an Obama-era guidance to state courts that was meant to end debtors’ prisons, which throw people who are too poor to pay fines into jail.
Roy's Hissy Fit
Poor baby, Roy can't believe his old testament self righteous god would allow a heathen devil worshipping Democrat to win the Senate race instead of himself, a pedophile.
NY Times: Roy Moore Sues to Block Certification of Alabama Senate Election Results By ALAN BLINDER
NY Times: Roy Moore Sues to Block Certification of Alabama Senate Election Results By ALAN BLINDER
If the election is prematurely certified, Mr. Moore’s lawyers wrote, he will “suffer irreparable harm” and be “denied his full right as a candidate to a fair election.”
The Market On Thursday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +39 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Bitcoin chills; U.S. dollar dips; Stocks steady by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Bitcoin chills; U.S. dollar dips; Stocks steady by Alanna Petroff
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Reality In The USA
Boston Globe: Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations By Christopher Ingraham
...and the gap is growing ever wider...
Tests
Qz: US nuclear tests killed far more civilians than we knew
...340,000 to 690,000 American deaths from 1951 to 1973.
Biden 2020
Newsweek: Joe Biden Can Beat Trump in 2020, but Will the Democratic Party Let Him Run? By Matthew Cooper
As Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican, once put it, “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, then you’ve got a problem…. He’s the nicest person I ever met in politics.”
Villa
The Daily Beast: Singer Joy Villa Files Sex-Assault Complaint Against Corey Lewandowski
...Lewandowski hit her twice on the buttocks “extremely hard” after she told him to stop.
Punishment
Science Daily: Is punishment as effective as we think?
summary - Punishment might not be an effective means to get members of society to cooperate for the common good, according to a social dilemma experiment.
Churchill On The Truth
"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is." Winston Churchill
The Market On Wednesday
At 7:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +3 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open in the flat area.
CNN: Stocks steady; Bitcoin bounces; Oil at $60 by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Stocks steady; Bitcoin bounces; Oil at $60 by Alanna Petroff
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Left
The Daily Beast: Report: Kremlin Troll Wrote for Far-Left U.S. Sites
A Russian troll writing under the pseudonym “Alice Donovan” managed to convince a number of American editors to publish their work for the past two years, a new Washington Post report detailed on Monday.
Advice On Hostile Politicial Discussions
It’s not always possible to transform a hostile situation into a constructive disagreement, where you can just agree to disagree. At times like that, you may simply need to let it go. But even though it may not be workable to continue the conversation in that moment, we can always come back later and try again. With time, the picture can always change. We may be able to come back to that person later and be able to experience some sense of kindness.
An Unmitigated Disaster
Forbes: Economists Say The Trump Tax Plan Will Have Disastrous Consequences by John T. Harvey
The Intercept: GOP’s List of Economists Backing Tax Cut Includes Ghosts, Office Assistants, Ex-Felons, and a Sprinkling of Real Economists
The Intercept: GOP’s List of Economists Backing Tax Cut Includes Ghosts, Office Assistants, Ex-Felons, and a Sprinkling of Real Economists
James C. Miller III, one of the signatories, is an official with Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers-run advocacy organization hellbent on passing tax cut legislation. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, another signatory, is head of the American Action Forum, the sister group of the American Action Network, the dark-money group aligned with Ryan’s political team.
Chronic Disease
Salon: Hey, remember Roy Moore? Two weeks later, he still hasn’t conceded - Defeated Christian nationalist begs for money, hinting at “voter fraud” — while his former allies back away by Matthew Sheffield
Jones' 1.5 percent margin of victory is three times higher the 0.5 percent margin under which Alabama law would trigger an automatic recount.
New Approach
Science Daily: Harnessing sperm to treat gynecological diseases
summary - Delivering drugs specifically to cancer cells is one approach researchers are taking to minimize treatment side effects. Stem cells, bacteria and other carriers have been tested as tiny delivery vehicles. Now a new potential drug carrier to treat gynecological conditions has joined the fleet: sperm. Scientists report that they have exploited the swimming power of sperm to ferry a cancer drug directly to a cervical tumor in lab tests.
Krugman's Latest
NY Times: America Is Not Yet Lost
Our democracy needs two decent parties, and at this point the G.O.P. seems to be irretrievably corrupt.
Urban Hunters
NY Times: Coyotes Are Colonizing Cities. Step Forward the Urban Hunter. The pursuit of the predator in settings like strip malls, residential streets and parks is igniting a debate over the benefits and dangers of urban hunting. By SIMON ROMERO
The hunters have come after them, stalking the predators in settings like strip mall parking lots, housing tract cul-de-sacs, and plazas in the shadow of skyscrapers.
The Market On Tuesday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -40 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately lower.
CNN: Holiday hangover; China debts; U.S. housing data by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Holiday hangover; China debts; U.S. housing data by Alanna Petroff
Friday, December 22, 2017
Holidays!
Enjoy the long holiday weekend, see you bright and early Tuesday morning.
work by Albarrán Cabrera
work by Albarrán Cabrera
Watery Mars
Science Daily: Mars: Not as dry as it seems - Water on Mars absorbed like a sponge, new research suggests
summary - Two new articles have shed light on why there is, presumably, no life on Mars. Although today's Martian surface is barren, frozen and inhabitable, a trail of evidence points to a once warmer, wetter planet, where water flowed freely -- and life may have thrived. The conundrum of what happened to this water is long standing and unsolved. However, new research suggests that this water is now locked in the Martian rocks.
The Market On Friday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -12 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open slightly lowered.
CNN: Stock records; Bitcoin plummets; Shutdown averted by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Stock records; Bitcoin plummets; Shutdown averted by Alanna Petroff
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Nose Browned
Pence brown-nosing Trump yesterday -
“I want to thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank you for speaking on behalf of and fighting every day for the forgotten men and women of America..."
Fish
Science Daily: Weekly fish consumption linked to better sleep, higher IQ
summary - Regular fish consumption has been shown to improve cognition. It's also been known to help with sleep. A new study connects all three for the first time. The team found that children who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have higher IQs by an average of 4 points.
Homeless
Guardian UK: Bussed out - How America moves its homeless - Each year, US cities give thousands of homeless people one-way bus tickets out of town. An 18-month nationwide investigation by the Guardian reveals, for the first time, what really happens at journey’s end By the Outside in America team
A count earlier this year found half a million homeless people on one night in America. The problem is most severe in the west, where rates of homelessness are skyrocketing in a number of major cities, and where states like California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington have some of the highest rates of per capita homelessness.
Garbage
NY Times: In Tax Overhaul, Trump Tries to Defy the Economic Odds By PATRICIA COHENDEC
...scarcely any independent analyses project anything like the rosy forecasts offered by the president’s top economic advisers.
The Market On Thursday
At 9:32 a.m. ET the DOW is up +62 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market has opened moderately higher.
CNN: Shutdown threat; Catalonia vote; Brexit bites by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Shutdown threat; Catalonia vote; Brexit bites by Ivana Kottasová
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
UFO
Check out the video at this link - footage of a jet tracing a UFO.
CNN: Former Pentagon UFO official: 'We may not be alone' By Eli Watkins and Brian Todd
CNN: Former Pentagon UFO official: 'We may not be alone' By Eli Watkins and Brian Todd
Fossils
Science Daily: Ancient fossil microorganisms indicate that life in the universe is common - Scientists analyze specimens from 3.465 billion years ago
summary - A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common.
Insults
Enes Kanter plays center for the New York Knicks.
NY Post: Turkish prosecutors pushing for lengthy Enes Kanter prison term
NY Post: Turkish prosecutors pushing for lengthy Enes Kanter prison term
...prosecutors are seeking more than four years in prison for NBA player Enes Kanter on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Resist
I am beginning to realize that we presently live under an authoritarian regime. It's not fun.
Guardian UK: Eminem attacks Donald Trump: 'He's got people brainwashed' - The rapper continues his stream of invective against the president in a new interview, saying ‘his election was such a disappointment to me about the state of the country’
Guardian UK: Eminem attacks Donald Trump: 'He's got people brainwashed' - The rapper continues his stream of invective against the president in a new interview, saying ‘his election was such a disappointment to me about the state of the country’
The Dictator Has Spoken
Guardian UK: US will 'take names of those who vote to reject Jerusalem recognition' - UN members warned Donald Trump will take issue personally if countries back draft resolution rejecting US decision
Haley writes: “As you consider your vote, I encourage you to know the president and the US take this vote personally.
“The president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those who voted against us,” she continued.
Erosion Of The State
NY Times: How the Republican Tax Plan Uses School Savings to Hurt States By NAT MALKUS
While this change would have only a small effect on the federal Treasury, it creates outsize impacts on the state income tax bases in the 33 states that instituted state tax deductions and tax credits to encourage 529 college savings. The federal expansion opens these state incentives to an entirely new area of expenditures, allowing private school families to funnel their tuition payments through 529s as a way to avoid state taxes.
Imagine for instance that a family in New York spends $10,000 on high school tuition but has not yet started saving for college. Congress’s 529 expansion opens New York’s $10,000 state income tax deduction for 529 contributions to private school tuition. This family could now open a 529 savings account, briefly park the $10,000 for private school tuition in it, and avoid about $600 in state income taxes.
The Market On Wednesday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +92 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Tax bill euphoria; Uber setback; Bitcoin tumbles by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Tax bill euphoria; Uber setback; Bitcoin tumbles by Ivana Kottasová
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
The Worst
CNN: Trump's approval rating just entered a league of its own By Ryan Struyk
...earning the approval of just 35% of Americans...the worst approval rating in a December of any elected president's first year in the White House by a wide margin....
Lawless
The Daily Beast: Trump Is America’s First Lawless President
…and the Republican Party is following his lead as America’s republic breaks down. by Michael Tomasky
He cares nothing about the Constitution and he’ll lie about anything to anyone at anytime.
Garbage
This is just too f-ing depressing.
NY Times: Tax Bill Moves to Senate After House Passage Along Party Lines
NY Times: Tax Bill Moves to Senate After House Passage Along Party Lines
Criminal Behavior
Science Daily: Brain lesions, criminal behavior linked to moral decision-making network
summary - When brain lesions occur within the brain network responsible for morality and value-based decision-making, they can predispose a person toward criminal behavior, according to new research.
Warning
Read with a grain of salt.
The Palmer Report: Robert Mueller fires another warning shot at Donald Trump
The Palmer Report: Robert Mueller fires another warning shot at Donald Trump
Krugman's Latest
NY Times: Passing Through to Corruption by Paul Krugman
The final, and most disturbing, possible explanation for the behavior of Republican legislators is that they’re supporting legislation, knowing that it’s bad for both the country and their party, because it’s good for them personally.
The Market On Tuesday
At 9:25 a.m. ET DOW futures are +47 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Tax bill finale; Market records; Bombardier dispute by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Tax bill finale; Market records; Bombardier dispute by Ivana Kottasová
Monday, December 18, 2017
He Knows
Daily Kos: Amazing CIA bombshell that proves Trump is either compromised or delusional
The officials were escorted into a spacious conference room on the 14th floor of Trump Tower. Trump took a seat at one end of a large table, with Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the other. Among the others present were Priebus, Pompeo and designated national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Following a rehearsed plan, Clapper functioned as moderator, yielding to Brennan and others on key points in the briefing, which covered the most highly classified information U.S. spy agencies had assembled, including an extraordinary CIA stream of intelligence that had captured Putin’s specific instructions on the operation.
Robert Reich On The Tax Give-A-Way To The Rich
Robert Reich: A Guide to Why the Trump-Republican Tax Plan is a Disgrace (for When you Confront Your Republican Uncle Bob During the Holidays)
(5) The “competitiveness” of America depends on American workers, not on “American” corporations. But this tax plan will make it harder to finance public investments in education, health, and infrastructure, on which the future competitiveness of American workers depends.
Platelets And Phagocytic Cells
Science Daily: Immune system: The body's street sweepers
summary - The list of tasks performed by the smallest blood cells known as platelets has now been extended by new research. At sites of infection, actively migrating platelets sweep bacteria into aggregates for disposal by phagocytic cells, scientists have discovered.
Anything But Normal
The Palmer Report: Babbling Donald Trump makes embarrassing Freudian slip
(Trump said,) "Hopefully everything will normalize with Cuba. But right now they are not doing the right thing. And when they don’t do the right thing, we’re not gonna do the right thing. That’s all there is to it.”
Unprecendented Stupidity
Guardian UK: Trump will drop climate change from US National Security Strategy - President to outline new approach in unprecedented White House speech - Obama administration added climate to list of threats to US interests
“Given future global energy demand, much of the developing world will require fossil fuels, as well as other forms of energy, to power their economies and lift their people out of poverty.”
Fracture
NY Times: Image of Cooperation Between White House and Mueller Starts to Fracture By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Mr. Trump said on Sunday when asked about the emails. “I can’t imagine there’s anything on them, frankly, because, as we’ve said, there’s no collusion, no collusion whatsoever.”
Sellout
NY Times: Omarosa, Sacking of a Sellout by Charles M. Blow
She was modeling the worst of men. She was modeling the essence of Trump himself: mean, bullying, self-interested, self-aggrandizing and rapacious.
The Market On Monday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +156 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Dow eyes 25,000; Bitcoin futures; Brexit decisions by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Dow eyes 25,000; Bitcoin futures; Brexit decisions by Ivana Kottasová
Friday, December 15, 2017
James Webb
NASA: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to be Launched Spring 2019
The 21-foot (6.5-meter) diameter infrared-optimized telescope is designed to study an extremely wide range of astrophysical phenomena: the first stars and galaxies that formed; the atmospheres of nearby planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets; and objects within our own solar system.
Kepler-90's Eighth Planet
Science Daily: Artificial intelligence, NASA data used to discover eighth planet circling distant star
summary - Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.
Extreme Poverty In America
Guardian UK: A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America - The UN’s Philip Alston is an expert on deprivation – and he wants to know why 41m Americans are living in poverty. The Guardian joined him on a special two-week mission into the dark heart of the world’s richest nation by Ed Pilkington
His fact-finding mission into the richest nation the world has ever known has led him to investigate the tragedy at its core: the 41 million people who officially live in poverty.
Of those, 9 million have zero cash income – they do not receive a cent in sustenance.
The Market On Friday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +74 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: GE has a fossil fuels problem by Matt Egan
CNN: GE has a fossil fuels problem by Matt Egan
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Autism And Social Behavior
Science Daily: Autism therapy: Social behavior restored via brain stimulation
summary - Scientists are examining the feasibility of treating autistic children with neuromodulation after a new study showed social impairments can be corrected by brain stimulation.
The Immoral Moralist
The Market On Thursday
At 9:30 a.m. ET DOW futures are +29 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market opened modestly higher.
CNN: Disney is buying most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion by Hadas Gold and Charles Riley
CNN: Disney is buying most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion by Hadas Gold and Charles Riley
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
32%
The 32% mark has shown up on another poll recently. He is drifting down.
The Hill: Monmouth poll: Trump approval rating hits record-low 32 percent By Avery Anapol
The Hill: Monmouth poll: Trump approval rating hits record-low 32 percent By Avery Anapol
36.6%
A quick glance at 538's aggregate polling data shows Trump at 36.6% approval. This is on Wednesday December 13th at 3:00 PM. I write this because the polls come in regularly and the changes in the aggregate happen throughout the day. The number is significant because it is the lowest percent of approval for Trump since he went into office. Trump's popularity is declining. Could it be that the Trump run is finally over.
538: How unpopular is Donald Trump
538: How unpopular is Donald Trump
Embarrassment
I posted the original USA Today article below, but I like it so much that I even like articles about the article.
Salon: USA Today op-ed delivers the harshest criticism of Donald Trump yet - In a lengthy takedown, USA Today opines that Trump is an embarrassment to public office by Matthew Rozsa
Salon: USA Today op-ed delivers the harshest criticism of Donald Trump yet - In a lengthy takedown, USA Today opines that Trump is an embarrassment to public office by Matthew Rozsa
Touch
Science Daily: Humans can feel molecular differences between nearly identical surfaces - New study on the sensitivity of human touch could pave the way for advanced haptic technologies
summary - How sensitive is the human sense of touch? Sensitive enough to feel the difference between surfaces that differ by just a single layer of molecules, a team of researchers has shown. Researchers say this fundamental knowledge will be useful for developing electronic skin, prosthetics that can feel, advanced haptic technology for virtual and augmented reality and more.
USA Today Rips Trump
USA Today: Will Trump's lows ever hit rock bottom?
A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush.
Jones!
Savor this win, celebrate, maintain that feeling. Trump is toxic. He is a radioactive dump site.
NY Times: Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN
NY Times: Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN
The Market On Wednesday
At 9:25 a.m. ET DOW futures are +19 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open modestly higher.
CNN: Alabama upset, Fed decision; Oil watch by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Alabama upset, Fed decision; Oil watch by Ivana Kottasová
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Gillibrand Vs Trump
Gillibrand is not going to back down. This is going to get larger. Trump has a fight on his hands now.
Salon: Kirsten Gillibrand fires back after Donald Trump’s sexist Twitter attack - “You cannot silence me" by Charlie May
Salon: Kirsten Gillibrand fires back after Donald Trump’s sexist Twitter attack - “You cannot silence me" by Charlie May
Prosthetic Fingers
Science Daily: The force is strong: Amputee controls individual prosthetic fingers
summary - Luke Skywalker's bionic hand is a step closer to reality for amputees in this galaxy. Researchers have created an ultrasonic sensor that allows amputees to control each of their prosthetic fingers individually. It provides fine motor hand gestures that aren't possible with current commercially available devices.
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