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Friday, March 30, 2018

Have An Excellent Holiday Weekend

  Enjoy the holiday weekend, see you bright and early Monday morning.

work by Jiwoon Pak

Malloch

Guardian UK: FBI questions Ted Malloch, Trump campaign figure and Farage ally - American once touted as possible ambassador to EU tells of being detained at Boston airport and subpoenaed by Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia inquiry

Refutation

Reuters: Autopsy refutes police account of California shooting of black man -lawyer

Moon

SpaceNews: Op-ed | Moon Direct: How to build a moonbase in four years by Robert Zubrin

Gates

Vanity Fair: Rick Gates Could Be More Dangerous Than Trump’s Allies Thought - New developments suggest Gates isn’t just testifying against Paul Manafort. by Abigail Tracy

War

The Daily Beast: Roger Stone: Sam Nunberg Is a ‘Lying Asshole’ and ‘Psycho’ - The two ex-Trump confidants, once known for their tight friendship, engaged in an all-out war of words this week. by Gideon Resnick

King

Salon: King Donald rewards loyal courtiers — the others are beheaded by tweet - Trump’s administration now resembles the “privy chamber” of Henry VIII, where the most obsequious rose to power by Heather Digby Parton

The Onion - Laura Ingraham Claims Protesting Parkland Students Don’t Have Enough Gun Knowledge To Criticize Nicholas Cruz

The Onion: Laura Ingraham Claims Protesting Parkland Students Don’t Have Enough Gun Knowledge To Criticize Nicholas Cruz

The Sahara

EurekaAlert: New study finds world's largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920 - Research is the first to assess century-scale changes to the Sahara's boundaries

Working Under Trump

Politico: Federal workers spill on life in Trump’s Washington - From marital strife to high anxiety, civil servants reveal how the Trump administration has changed agency life. By ANDREW RESTUCCIA
...morale at other agencies is so low that some employees said they were suffering from increased anxiety and depression that has complicated their personal relationships and even led to heavier drinking.

Have An Excellent Friday

work by Catherine Nolin

Lawrence O'Donnell - Parkland Students' Sway Hits Those Who Mock Them

Rachel Maddow - Mueller Reportedly Eyeing Sessions As Sessions Cheats On Recusal

Backfire

The Palmer Report: Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. Ronny Jackson is about to backfire spectacularly by Bill Palmer

Malloch

Guardian UK: FBI questions Ted Malloch, Trump campaign figure and Farage ally - American once touted as possible ambassador to EU tells of being detained at Boston airport and subpoenaed by Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia inquiry

Trafficking

Guardian UK: Scrubbed clean: why a certain kind of sex is vanishing from the internet
...online sex trafficking...

Fixing Stupid

NY Times: Actually, You Can Fix Stupid By Timothy Egan
But one of the great surprises of the Trump era is the renaissance of civic engagement — at a level of urgency not seen in half a century. It’s a reaction to severe stress on democracy; Trump is both the cause, and leading symptom, of that stress.

Making America Polluted

NY Times: E.P.A. Prepares to Roll Back Rules Requiring Cars to Be Cleaner and More Efficient

Coffee

USA Today: Coffee must carry cancer warning label, California judge rules
One is acrylamide, a carcinogen present in coffee.

The Market Is Closed Today

  Wall Street is closed today, March 30th, in observance of Good Friday. Trading resumes on Monday.

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Outer Space

NY Times: Trump’s Visitor From Outer Space

Religious Left

Reuters: 'Religious left' emerging as U.S. political force in Trump era by Scott Malone

Splinter

  One can hope.

The Daily Beast: Less Than a Year After Charlottesville, the Alt-Right Is Self-Destructing - Less than a year after its deadly rally in Charlottesville, the American alt-right is splintering in dramatic fashion as its leaders turn on each other or quit altogether. by Kelly Weill

Disgraceful

Salon: Conservatives can’t stop themselves from bashing Parkland students: But why? Parkland survivors have been so effective that the pro-gun right must resort to an ugly smear campaign by Amanda Marcotte

The Onion - Man Who Never Missed ‘Ally McBeal’ Back In The Day Joins Trump Legal Team

The Onion: Man Who Never Missed ‘Ally McBeal’ Back In The Day Joins Trump Legal Team

UFO

FOX News: Two pilots say they witnessed UFO while flying plane above Arizona, audio reveals By Kathleen Joyce

Sandra Bernhard Takes On Trump

NSFW

Have An Excellent Thursday

work by Egon Schiele

Morning Joe - Trump's Lawyer Dangled Pardons For Flynn, Manafort

Lawrence O'Donnell - Prosecutors - Trump Campaign Leaders Tied To Russian Intel Officer

Rachel Maddow - Trump Shops For New Hires From TV And Small, Familiar Circle

Take Down

The Palmer Report: Stoneman Douglas survivor David Hogg launches plan to take down Fox News host by Bill Palmer

Our Twisted President

Guardian UK: Trump tweets misleading photos suggesting border wall under way - Images show fence replacement work undertaken before Congress refused to fully fund wall’s construction

Grifter In Chief

Guardian UK: FBI looked into Trump plans to build hotel in Latvia with Putin supporter - Exclusive: US authorities made inquiries even before 2016 election campaign into Trump property dealings in former Soviet Union

Character

NY Times: Character Should Still Matter
Mike Pence told a crowd at the Living Word Bible Church in Mesa, Ariz.:

“I’m old enough to remember back in the last Clinton administration where America really had a debate over whether character mattered to the presidency. We don’t need to have that debate again. We don’t need to have that debate again. Character matters to the presidency and Donald Trump will bring the highest level of integrity to the highest office in the land. You can count on it.”

What a crock of shit.

Damning News

NY Times: Trump’s Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, JO BECKER, MARK MAZZETTI, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ADAM GOLDMAN
The discussions came as the special counsel was building cases against both men, and they raise questions about whether the lawyer, John Dowd, who resigned last week, was offering pardons to influence their decisions about whether to plead guilty and cooperate in the investigation.

The Market On Thursday

  At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +74 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open moderately higher.

CNN: A wild quarter; New trading giant; 1 year to Brexit by Ivana Kottasová

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Wim Hof

  This man does a special breathing technique that let's him sit in ice water for 2 hours. Somehow he speeds up his metabolism.

Connect

Bloomberg: Mueller Draws Line to Russian Spy’s Work With Manafort and Gates By David Voreacos

Ducky

Popular Science: Why you should never ever feed bread to a duck - Enough with this quackery By Rachel Feltman

Advisers

The Daily Beast: Diamond & Silk Are Now Practically ‘Senior Advisers’ to the President Through the TV - The president has grown fond of the duo known for acid-tongued takedowns and pro-Trump rap songs. by Maxwell Tani and Asawin Suebsaeng

No Sympathy

Salon: Sympathy for Melania? Usually, the wronged spouse gets an outpouring of support from a gossip-hungry public. For a Trump, it’s different by Erin Keane

The Onion - Handwriting Expert Confirms Killer Used Cursive

The Onion: Handwriting Expert Confirms Killer Used Cursive

Control

NPR: Facebook Changes Privacy Controls As Criticism Escalates

Morning Joe - Salacious Trump Gossip

Dark

The Hill: Spurs coach Gregg Popovich: Trump brings out 'the dark side' of people By Jacqueline Thomsen

Have An Excellent Wednesday

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Lawrence O'Donnell - Is There 'Unknown Evidence' In The Trump-Stormy Case?

Rachel Maddow - Senate Democrats Ask DoJ Officials To Protect Mueller From Trump

Scandal

The Palmer Report: Frozen in fear by his mounting scandals, Donald Trump is no longer even functioning inside the White House by Bill Palmer

New York

Guardian UK: New York to lead states in suing over citizenship question on census - Coalition of Democratic states files lawsuit against the Trump administration over question said to ‘frighten minority groups’

Secret

Guardian UK: Exclusive: Arizona governor and Uber kept self-driving program secret, emails reveal

Sue Away, Please

NY Times: At Least Twelve States to Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question By MICHAEL WINES and EMILY BAUMGAERTNER

Sabotage

NY Times: The Trump Administration Sabotages the Census By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
In a last-minute move that would give Republicans an advantage in maintaining control of the House of Representatives, the Trump administration is reinstating a question about citizenship to the 2020 census.

The Market On Wednesday

  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 drop; Tech pain; Trouble at Facebook by Ivana Kottasová

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Silence

Lifehack: Science Says Silence Is Much More Important To Our Brains Than We Think by Rebecca Beris
The scientists discovered that when the mice were exposed to two hours of silence per day they developed new cells in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is a region of the brain associated with memory, emotion and learning.

2020

The Hill: Poll: Trump leads Stormy Daniels in 2020 match-up, but not if she uses her real name By Avery Anapol

Stephen Colbert - Rick Santorum's Hot Take On The March For Our Lives

Hush

NY Times: ‘Hush Money,’ Now Playing Everywhere By GAIL COLLINS and BRET STEPHENS

The Onion - Dana Loesch Rethinking Loyalties After Seeing How Much Airtime Teen Activists Getting

The Onion: Dana Loesch Rethinking Loyalties After Seeing How Much Airtime Teen Activists Getting

Degradation

UPI: Land degradation threatens millions, according to first-ever land health report - "Land degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change are three different faces of the same central challenge," said report co-chair Sir Robert Watson. By Brooks Hays

Have An Excellent Tuesday

work by Joseph Stella

Lawrence O'Donnell - Student Protesters Did What Most Of Us Could Not

Rachel Maddow - Republican Campaigns' Use Of Cambridge Analytica Raises Questions

Racist

The Palmer Report: GOP Congressman Steve King faces blowback after racist attack on Emma Gonzalez by Bill Palmer

Expulsion

Guardian UK: Russia to 'respond harshly' to US expulsion of diplomats - Kremlin condemns move but says it is still open to strategic stability talks with Washington

Sinkholes

Guardian UK: Texas sinkholes: oil and gas drilling increases threat, scientists warn - Ground rising and falling in region that has been ‘punctured like a pin cushion’ since the 1940s, new study finds

Lewd Degenerate

NY Times: Stormy Daniels Spanks Trump Again by Michelle Goldberg
...there is broad consensus that Donald Trump is a lewd degenerate...

Thug Of The Unitied States

NY Times: All the President’s Thugs By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
If you keep messing “with Mr. Trump,” the caller said, using more pungent language, “we know where you live and we’re going to your house for your wife and kids.” The F.B.I. found that the call was made from a telephone booth across from the Ed Sullivan Theater, just before Mr. Trump was a guest on the “Late Show With David Letterman” there.

The Market On Tuesday

  At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +102 and the price of oil is up. The market is poised to open significantly higher.

CNN: The US needs to borrow almost $300 billion this week by Matt Egan

Monday, March 26, 2018

Disaster

Politico: Jimmy Carter: Bolton appointment 'a disaster for our country' By CRISTIANO LIMA

Do It


Turtle

  Ran across this guy or gal walking a trail today.



22 Million

NY Times: Stormy Daniels Attracts 22 Million Viewers to ‘60 Minutes’ By JOHN KOBLIN

Fine Print

The Daily Beast: Stormy Daniels’ Legal Strategy Strongly Suggests She Has Photos of Donald Trump - The hush money and the alleged affair aren’t confidential anymore—she told ‘60 Minutes’ everything—so what is the fight about? Look at the fine print. by Jay Michaelson

Payoff

Salon: Behind Stormy’s saga: Trump’s systematic payoff machine is the real story - Beyond salacious curiosity, Stormy Daniels’ tale tells us a lot about how Trump operates — and what he fears most by Heather Digby Parton

The Onion - Stormy Daniels ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Leads To Spike In PornHub Searches For Anderson Cooper

The Onion: Stormy Daniels ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Leads To Spike In PornHub Searches For Anderson Cooper

Why Are Words So Hard For Introverts?

Have An Excellent Monday

work by photographer Trine Søndergaard





Morning Joe - Majority In Favor Of Robert Mueller Finishing Probe

Morning Joe - Michael Avenatti After The Interview

Bizarre

The Palmer Report: Michael Cohen has utterly bizarre response to Stormy Daniels 60 Minutes interview by Bill Palmer

Sunk

Guardian UK: Forget policies, the Stormy Daniels affair shows how far US politics has sunk - As the porn star’s allegations show, discourse in Washington is shifting to something more tawdry and celebrity-oriented

Threats

Guardian UK: Trump's lawyer sends Stormy Daniels cease-and-desist letter over threat claim - Michael Cohen denies sending man to threaten porn star - Adult film actor described menacing encounter in Las Vegas

War

NY Times: Donald Trump: Man at War by Charles M. Blow
As the personal threat to him grows, his threat to the country grows.

Ohio

NY Times: An Ohio Bill Would Ban All Abortions. It’s Part of a Bigger Plan. By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The Market On Monday

  At 9:20 a.m. ET the DOW is +294 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly higher.

CNN: Dow set to climb 300 points as trade war fears cool by Nathaniel Meyersohn

Friday, March 23, 2018

Weekend!

  Enjoy the weekend, see you bright and early Monday morning.

work by Jiwoon Pak

Clock

U.S. Debt Clock

Selfish Loves Selfish

Salon: Trump voters are selfish: They love him because they identify with him - New psychological research: Trump’s voters were not confused or deluded. They knew what they wanted, and got it by Chauncey DeVega

The Onion - Grumblethor The Mischievous Pleased With Mayhem His Magical Antics Have Wrought Upon White House–FBI Relations

The Onion: Grumblethor The Mischievous Pleased With Mayhem His Magical Antics Have Wrought Upon White House–FBI Relations

The Onion - ‘You Are The Jewel Of My Collection,’ Says Saudi Prince While Guiding Frightened Jared Kushner Toward Harem

The Onion: ‘You Are The Jewel Of My Collection,’ Says Saudi Prince While Guiding Frightened Jared Kushner Toward Harem

Forensics

Bill Nye the Science Guy

'Hona'

Boubacar Traoré

Jimi

On acoustic guitar

'The Man Who Sold The World'

Nirvana

Have An Excellent Friday

work by Georgia O'Keefe




Lawrence O'Donnell - Amb. Wendy Sherman - John Bolton Won't Be An 'Honest Broker'

Rachel Maddow - Trump Chaos Takes Out McMaster, Alarms With Appointment Of Bolton

The Hacker

The Palmer Report: Confirmed: Russian government itself was the election hacker, communicated with Trump campaign about it

Garbage

Guardian UK: Senate passes $1.3tn budget bill as Republican leaders rush to avert shutdown - Legislation, which contains 2,232 pages, passes Senate by 65-32 - Bill increases military funding but does not protect Dreamers

The Manifesto

Guardian UK: Parkland students guest edit Guardian US - Our manifesto to fix America's gun laws
Ban semi-automatic weapons that fire high-velocity rounds

Ban accessories that simulate automatic weapons

Establish a database of gun sales and universal background checks

Change privacy laws to allow mental healthcare providers to communicate with law enforcement

Close gun show and secondhand sales loopholes

Allow the CDC to make recommendations for gun reform

Raise the firearm purchase age to 21

Dedicate more funds to mental health research and professionals

Increase funding for school security

Dangerous

NY Times: Yes, John Bolton Really Is That Dangerous By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
He has argued for attacking North Korea to neutralize the threat of its nuclear weapons, which could set off a horrific war costing thousands of lives.

Adding Crazy To Crazy

NY Times: With Bolton, Trump Creates a Historically Hard-Line Foreign Policy Team By DAVID E. SANGER

The Market On Friday

  At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -17 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open modestly lower.

CNN: London's stock market is the world's worst this year by Alanna Petroff

Thursday, March 22, 2018

The Trump Effect

NY Times: Women and College Graduates Flock to the Democratic Party, Study Finds By NIRAJ CHOKSHI

Stone

The Daily Beast: EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lone DNC Hacker’ Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer - Robert Mueller’s team has taken over the investigation of Guccifer 2.0, who communicated with (and was defended by) longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone. by Spencer Ackerman and Kevin Poulsen

God Help Us

NY Times: McMaster to Resign as National Security Adviser, and Will Be Replaced by John Bolton By MARK LANDLER, JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and PETER BAKER

The Trump Legacy

Axios: Global carbon emissions are on their way back up

Mika - Trump, Crazed, Count The Ways

Enough


Dowd

Chicago Tribune: John Dowd, lead Trump lawyer in Russia probe, leaves the legal team

The Onion - Adorable 23-Year-Old Yelling About Economic Injustice Must Have Just Read Howard Zinn For First Time

The Onion: Adorable 23-Year-Old Yelling About Economic Injustice Must Have Just Read Howard Zinn For First Time - ‘Aw, The Little Fella’s Quoting People’s History,’ Say Sources

Fingertips

The Telegraph: One in ten people who have never used cocaine have traces on fingertips
...an estimated 4.4 lbs, roughly 80,000 lines of coke ends up in the River Thames each day via the sewage system. Italy’s Po river in Milan was found to have double that amount.

Have An Excellent Thursday

work by Claude Herbert Breeze

Lawrence O'Donnell - Ex-CIA Analyst Ned Price - 'This White House Is A Snake Pit'

Rachel Maddow - Mueller Following The Money On Trump Middle East Policy

Ensnare

The Palmer Report: Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia tentacles are ensnaring Donald Trump from all sides

Oregon

Guardian UK: 'Boyfriend loophole': backlash after Oregon joins 23 states in curbing guns - The new law makes it harder for convicted domestic abusers to buy guns, but gun advocates say it will only breed confusion

Cambridge

Guardian UK: Cambridge Analytica was offered politicians' hacked emails, say witnesses - Hackers offered personal data about future Nigerian president and future PM of St Kitts and Nevis, sources say

Worry

NY Times: Trump’s Talk Worries Me, Like the Talk Before the Iraq War by Nicholas Kristof
The basic problem: There’s almost no chance that North Korea will agree to the kind of verifiable denuclearization that Trump talks about. Then the danger is that if a summit collapses, there’s no room to restart the process with lower-level diplomats. At that point, the risk of military conflict soars because all alternatives seem exhausted.

How

NY Times: How the Las Vegas Gunman Planned a Massacre, in 7 Days of Video By MALACHY BROWNE, NATALIE RENEAU, ADAM GOLDMAN and DREW JORDAN

The Market On Thursday

  At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -302 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly lower.

CNN: China tariffs; Zuckerberg apology; Nike earnings by Alanna Petroff

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Confession

CNN: Police: Austin bomber left 25-minute confession video on phone

Biden

USA Today: Joe Biden compares Donald Trump to the 'fattest, ugliest SOB in the room' by Josh Hafner

Illegal

Pro Publica: Donald Trump Jr. Pushed ‘Blatantly Illegal’ Project In India, Former Official Says — ‘Trump, Inc.’ A Trump project in Mumbai had its permits revoked after investigators found “significant irregularities.” Then Trump Jr. traveled to India to get the decision overruled. by Eric Umansky, ProPublica, and Andrea Bernstein, WNYC

Nunes

The Daily Beast: Devin Nunes Probed by FEC for Possible Campaign-Finance Violations - The federal election commission, in their year-end review, found possible law-breaking in three donations the California Republican’s campaign committee accepted in 2017. by Julia Arciga

Dictatorship

Salon: Many Trump voters are willing to dump democracy: Can our republic survive this? Authors discuss new report: One-third of Trump voters want a “strong leader” who doesn’t have to face elections by Chauncey DeVega

The Onion - Report - Snoring May Increase Risk Of Having Throat Slit During Night By Loved One

The Onion: Report: Snoring May Increase Risk Of Having Throat Slit During Night By Loved One

Ten Amzing Science Experiments

Have An Excellent Wednesday

work by Eastman Johnson




Ari Melber - Stormy Attorney - Trump Team 'Stepped Into Every Trap We've Laid'

Rachel Maddow - Against Advice, Trump Congratulates Putin On Sham Election Win

The New Normal

The Palmer Report: Everything falls apart for Donald Trump

Illinois

Guardian UK: Illinois primary election: anti-abortion Democrat wins close congressional fight - Seven-term incumbent Dan Lipinski faced first serious challenge from progressive Marie Newman, who has refused to concede

A New Trump Lowpoint

Guardian UK: Trump reportedly defied warning from security team not to congratulate Putin - Advisers wrote ‘DO NOT CONGRATULATE’ on briefing papers - John McCain condemns Trump for not raising electoral interference

Stormy

NY Times: The Calm Before the Stormy by Frank Bruni
He doesn’t want to give her any extra motivation to speak out and describe whatever happened between them in a negative light.

Congratulations

NY Times: Trump Congratulates Putin, but Doesn’t Mention Meddling in U.S. By MARK LANDLER
“We had a very good call..."

The Market On Wednesday

  At 9:20 a.m. DOW futures are -35 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.

CNN: Fed focus; Facebook in crisis; General Mills earnings by Alanna Petroff

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Joe Quotes

SF Gate: Trump is reportedly hiring conspiracy theorist for his legal team. Here's what diGenova has said.
(The Mueller Investigation is) "a brazen plot to illegally exonerate Hillary Clinton and, if she didn't win the election, to then frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime." ""Make no mistake about it: A group of FBI and DOJ people were trying to frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime..."

Afraid

Vox: Trump would love to fire Mueller. But here’s why he’s been afraid to so far. There are very good reasons the president hasn’t pulled the trigger yet. By Andrew Prokop

Joe

Salon: Trump’s new legal attack dog is a longtime GOP hitman and conspiracy-monger - Joe diGenova goes back to the Lewinsky scandal and has been spreading Clinton-FBI conspiracy theories since 2016 by Heather Digby Parton

The Onion - Surrendering Trump Boys Solemnly Salute Each Other Before Leaping From White House First-Story Window

The Onion: Surrendering Trump Boys Solemnly Salute Each Other Before Leaping From White House First-Story Window

Top Ten Most Dangerous Mushrooms

Have An Excellent Tuesday

work by Lindsey Carr





Lawrence O'Donnell - Trump lawyer's New Interview About Alleged Stormy Daniels Threats

Rachel Maddow - Cambridge Analytica Scandal Rocks Already Rattled Trump World

Weak

The Palmer Report: Donald Trump’s attorneys show their weak hand to Robert Mueller by Bill Palmer

Treason

Guardian UK: Russian Roulette review: as Joe Biden said, 'If this is true, it's treason'

Horrifying

Guardian UK: 'Utterly horrifying': ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users are likely to have had their private information harvested by companies that exploited the same terms as the firm that collected data and passed it on to Cambridge Analytica, according to a new whistleblower.

Zombies

NY Times: Trump and Trade and Zombies by Paul Krugman
Trade surpluses are often a sign of weakness, trade deficits sometimes a sign of strength...

Cambridge Analytica

NY Times: Facebook Leaves Its Users’ Privacy Vulnerable By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
...revelations that manipulative characters exploited the vulnerabilities of its platform during the 2016 election to put Donald Trump in the White House.

The Market On Tuesday

  At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -8 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly lower.

CNN: Facebook fallout; Alwaleed speaks; FedEx earnings by Charles Riley

Monday, March 19, 2018

Self Driving Car Fatality

Axios: Self-driving lab head urges freeze after "nightmare" fatality

Steven

The Daily Beast: Two Steven Seagal Accusers Detail ‘Horrible’ Allegations of Rape, Sexual Assault: We Want Him to ‘Apologize’ In a press conference with attorney Lisa Bloom, two women came forward with harrowing allegations against the ’80s action star, whom they claim assaulted them when they were teens.

Nope

artist unknown



Assault

Salon: Trump unchained: After McCabe firing, he thinks he can do whatever he wants - Trump’s puerile assault on McCabe suggests he’s feeling a rush of power — and road-testing a Mueller firing by Heather Digby Parton

The Onion - Rick Perry Apologizes For Trying To Outdo Fellow Cabinet Members By Using $72 Million Of Taxpayer Funds On Lampshade

The Onion: Rick Perry Apologizes For Trying To Outdo Fellow Cabinet Members By Using $72 Million Of Taxpayer Funds On Lampshade

How To Find The Multiverse

The Telegraph: Stephen Hawking's 'breathtaking' final multiverse theory completed two weeks before he died
...groundbreaking mathematics needed for a spacecraft to find traces of multiple big bangs.

Have An Excellent Monday

work by Glenn Klotz

Morning Joe - After Removing McCabe, Will Trump Go After Robert Mueller?

Morning Joe - After Removing McCabe, Will Trump Go After Robert Mueller?

Backfire

The Palmer Report: Donald Trump’s paranoia toward his own advisers has officially backfired

Rein It In

Guardian UK: No one can pretend Facebook is just harmless fun any more - From its stance on extremist content, to its vast caches of user data, Facebook is a corporation whose power must, finally, be reined in by Ellie Mae O'Hagan

Mueller

Guardian UK: Trump tweets raise fears for Mueller but White House says he's safe - Trump claims FBI deputy never took notes when meeting president - Flake: Trump ‘seems to be building towards’ firing special counsel

Un-American

NY Times: Trump: The Un-American President by Charles M. Blow
When caught in the lie, Trump did what Trump does: Repeats the lie, louder, stronger, and more stridently.

Trump Will

  It's looking like Trump will work to fire Mueller. Hold onto your hats.

NY Times: Trump Assails Mueller, Drawing Rebukes From Republicans By PETER BAKER
But Mr. Rosenstein said as recently as last week that he sees no justification for firing Mr. Mueller, meaning that he would either have to change his mind or be removed himself.

The Market On Monday

  Good morning. At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -138 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly lower.

CNN: Trump's tariffs to be debated in the land of protectionism: Argentina by Patrick Gillespie

Divorce

Who is next?

NY Daily: Dan Scavino’s wife reportedly files for divorce from top Trump aide

'The Elements'

Tom Lehrer

A Message From Dunblane To Florida School Shooting Survivors

'Where Is My Mind'

covers



Friday, March 16, 2018

Weekend!

  Enjoy the weekend, see you bright and early Monday morning.

work by Jiwoon Pak

Back At It

The Daily Beast: Michael Flynn Comes Out of Hiding to Stump for Far-Right Congressional Candidate - The former Trump natsec adviser will speak publicly for the first time since cutting a deal with Mueller, endorsing Navarro, who lost to Maxine Waters in 2016 by 50+ points. by Gideon Resnick

Blue






'Roam'

The B-52's

Exercise

NY Times: How Exercise Can Keep Aging Muscles and Immune Systems ‘Young’ - Phys Ed By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Who Did It

Salon: Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says she was physically threatened - It’s one of the most explosive allegations to come out of the Stormy saga so far by Matthew Rozsa

The Onion - Exhausted Mueller Trying To Find Trump Organization Russia Documents Amid Thousands Of Harassment Lawsuits

The Onion: Exhausted Mueller Trying To Find Trump Organization Russia Documents Amid Thousands Of Harassment Lawsuits

Elon Musk - Artificial Intelligence, Neuralink And New Forms Of Government On Mars

Have An Excellent Friday

work by Norman Rockwell





Lawrence O'Donnell - Howell Raines - PA-18 Election Shows Trump's Base Is Vulnerable

Rachel Maddow - Mueller Demands Russia Documents From Trump Organization - NYT

Hell

The Palmer Report: Donald Trump’s day from Hell by Bill Palmer

Trump's Merry Band Of Grifters

Guardian UK: Cash in: the rich guys in Trump's cabinet who can't resist public money - The revelations over Ben Carson’s furniture have shone a light on Trump’s people – and their fondness for first-class travel and military jets

Trump's Torturer

Guardian UK: Torture allegations dog Gina Haspel as she is poised to be first female CIA head - Trump’s nominee to run the agency is accused of having run a black site and authorised destruction of videotapes of waterboarding

Ever So Slightly Wiser

NY Times: Voters May Be Wising Up by Paul Krugman
...people like Ryan barely waited for the ink on the tax bill to dry before proclaiming that social programs must be cut to reduce the budget deficit the tax cuts will do so much to inflate.

Cyberattacks

NY Times: Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U.S. Says By NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER
The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of engineering a series of cyberattacks that targeted American and European nuclear power plants and water and electric systems, and could have sabotaged or shut power plants off at will.

The Market On Friday

  At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +17 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open modestly higher.

CNN: The stunning downfall of Bear Stearns and its bridge-playing CEO by Matt Egan

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Out

Chicago Tribune: Trump plans to replace H.R. McMaster as White House shakeup continues: sources

Seasoned

Season two, episode two of ‘Trumped’

  Ivanka and Jared hire a medium to talk with ghosts at 666 5th Ave, meanwhile Middle Eastern sheiks try to gain favors with Donald Sr by giving Jared millions. Baron’s school writes a letter to Baron’s dad worried about a school shooting. Melania’s new Pilates trainer reveals a personal secret. Don Jr.’s wife files for divorce. Donald Sr. admits he lies to world leaders as his close allies rally around worried about Donald's flirtation with a porn star. The New York Times has surprising news about Donald Sr. and Russia.

The Voice

  Stephen Hawking describes how with computer assistance he was able to talk.

My Computer

Stephen Hawking Interview - Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

It Gets Real

NY Times: Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization, Demanding Documents About Russia By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN

Lying

Salon: President Trump admits to the world that he makes things up to America’s allies - The president admitted that he concocted facts in a meeting with Justin Trudeau by Matthew Rozsa

The Onion - Busy Schedule Forces Vladimir Putin To Move Up Election Win A Couple Days Early

The Onion: Busy Schedule Forces Vladimir Putin To Move Up Election Win A Couple Days Early

AI

Forbes: Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Older Adults' Health?

Barron

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