Monday, May 20, 2019

Morning Joe - President Donald Trump, McCarthy Attack GOP Representative Justin Amash

Stephen Colbert - Donald Trump Is A Diagnosed Narcissist

The Ghosts

NY Times: How to Revisit the Ghosts of Your Past - Instead of pushing them aside, confront your nagging memories and make your own happy ending.
It’s never too late to say the thing you’ve been meaning to say

Busted

The Palmer Report: Sorry, Donald Trump, you’re busted by Bill Palmer

'Grotesque Things'

Guardian UK: Buttigieg slams Trump on Fox News, likens his tweets to ‘grotesque things' - Trump criticized Fox News for ‘wasting airtime’ on Buttigieg, saying Fox is ‘moving more and more to the losing side’
...people and the media are “mesmerized” by the president’s tweets because “it is the nature of grotesque things that you can’t look away”.

Soaked

Guardian UK: Nigel Farage doused with milkshake in Newcastle - Man arrested after Brexit party leader is latest EU elections candidate to be soaked

Desperate

NY Times: An Ode to ‘Desperate Don’ - Trump’s lies reveal an emboldened but vulnerable president. By Charles M. Blow
Trump lies about everything and for every reason. He lies to brag. He lies to deflect. He lies to inflate. He lies to defame. He lies to praise. He sometimes seems to lie just for the sport of it.

He is being trained, right before our eyes, to see that there is no cost for this deceit among the people who support him. He can lie at a rally, right to their faces, and they will still cheer. He can lie in public proclamations, and the Republican cowards in Congress will find a way to defend, rationalize or forgive it.

The Criminal President

NY Times: Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts By David Enrich
Anti-money-laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald J. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog.

The Market On Monday

  Good morning. At 9:20 a.m. ET the DOW is -178 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market will tank at the opening bell.

CNN: Google dumps Huawei; Markets stutter; Powell speech By Julia Horowitz

MSNBC - Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity On Trump, Kushner Accounts

'Bad'

Billie Eilish covers Michael Jackson

Friday, May 17, 2019

Weekend!

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

work by Yuko Shimizu



'Beer Never Broke My Heart'

Luke Combs - thanks to a deep operative for pointing this gem out.

Learn

Get Pocket: Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism - A scientist and a monk compare notes on meditation, therapy, and their effects on the brain.

Interesting Proposal

The Atlantic: Abolish the Priesthood - To save the Church, Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy—and take the faith back into their own hands.

New Jersey

The Daily Beast: Bad Football, Fake Springsteen, Real Probe: Inside New Jersey’s Investigation Into Trump’s Inaugural - The Garden State fundraising effort raised just a few hundred thousand dollars in donations out of a total $107 million, but curious details are beginning to emerge from its probe. by Erin Banco

Lawless


Impeach

Salon: Democrats still don't want to impeach: It's time for the people to force their hand - Nancy Pelosi still hopes to avoid impeachment. But standing by while Trump destroys democracy is not an option by Heather Digby Parton

The Onion - ‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners Disappointed With How Quality Of Fans Has Dropped Off Over Past Couple Seasons

The Onion: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners Disappointed With How Quality Of Fans Has Dropped Off Over Past Couple Seasons

Broccoli

Science Daily: Natural compound found in broccoli reawakens the function of potent tumor suppressor - Finding offers potential novel approach to cancer treatment and prevention