Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Amos
Wonderful story about rescued steer.
Catskill Animal Sanctuary: Giver of One Million Kisses: Remembering Amos
Rates
More important, though, will be how much further rates climb next year, and how long it will be necessary to hold them high enough to slash inflation and bring the labor market into sync with the broader economy’s needs.
Ants
And if newly hatched larvae don’t get to drink it, they’re less likely to survive. As for what the adults get for consuming the stuff themselves, that’s still unclear, but early studies show it contains hormones and neuroactive compounds.
LOL
She's quite the little go getter isn't she.
Newsweek: Kari Lake Says U.S. Will 'End Up Like China' if She Concedes Election By Gerrard Kaonga
What?
This guy could actually win, think about that.
Newsweek: Herschel Walker Says Walls Don't Stop People Getting in During Border Rant By Darragh Roche
"A wall do work," he said. "When you got a wall around your house, people don't... yeah, but they can get in. But, you know what, if they get in, it would be hard to get out because I got a dog that... well, my dog really won't bite, but he's pretty bad anyway."
Guarantee
...guarantee protections for same-sex married couples as well as interracial couples if the Supreme Court were to ever reverse its decisions protecting them.
Triple Garbage
Republicans have made it clear that we should expect a buzz of activity in oversight hearings and committee-led investigations — possibly of elements of the F.B.I. and the Justice Department and a heavy dose of Hunter Biden.
Good Riddance
Mr. Rhodes, 57, was also found guilty of obstructing the certification of the election during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 and of destroying evidence in the case. On those three counts, he faces a maximum of 60 years in prison.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 7:30 a.m. ET DOW futures are +18, S&P futures are +7.75, and NASDAQ futures are +42. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Stocks rise ahead of busy day for markets and the economy By Paul R. La Monica
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Getting Closer
ABC News: Oath Keepers boss guilty of seditious conspiracy in 1/6 case
The rarely used, Civil War-era charge calls for up to 20 years behind bars.
Long Ago
Bret Stephens lays out several reasons for this atrocity, I have one reason in an excerpt below. He cites, normalizing Trump, normalizing conspiracy theories, GOP immigration bashing, GOP making the media the enemy of the people, GOP despising intellectualism, replacement theory, and on and on.
NY Times: The Table for Trump’s Antisemitic Banquet Was Set Long Ago By Bret Stephens
It was laid when “globalist,” another dog-whistle word for “Jew,” became a slur used by the right.
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Thames River
An adult mussel can filter up to 40 litres of water a day, Ollard said, thereby removing large amounts of algae and keeping rivers clean.
Ruling
“Favorable rulings by judges on issues like executive privilege and the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege bode well for agencies investigating Trump,” said Barbara McQuade...
Warnock
Washington Post: Opinion - The real reasons Georgia should reelect Raphael Warnock By Eugene Robinson
He is a good, effective senator.
Except
NY Times: Republicans Hate Everything About Trump’s Dinner With Ye and Fuentes Except Trump By Jamelle Bouie
You’ll notice, in all of this, that while Republicans are willing to condemn Fuentes and Ye and Trump’s decision to eat dinner with them, they are not willing to go so far as to draw any conclusions about Trump himself.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 7:30 a.m. ET DOW futures are +30, S&P futures are +12.25, and NASDAQ futures are +56.50. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Covering old buildings in a ‘second skin’ could slash heating bills and emissions By Nell Lewis
Monday, November 28, 2022
Ignore Him - It's Time
With each news story, each segment on television, we are giving him the elixir that keeps him going: attention.
What if there was a collective pledge among responsible news organizations to take Donald Trump off the front pages, to not talk about him every single day?
Hmm
I was doing a little Google searching and found that special counsel Jack Smith served as a United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee from February 2015 to September 2017. In other words he served as a US Attorney at the end of the Obama administration and through the first year of the Trump administration, if you can call it an administration. I don't recall Trump going after Jack Smith and his family in 2017, do you?
US Department of Justice: Jack Smith was appointed First Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee in February of 2015
US Department of Justice: Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith today, announced his departure from the Department of Justice, effective in September (2017).
Brutal
The world needs to start speaking up loudly about the brutality Russia is inflicting on Ukrainian people.
NY Times: Russia-Ukraine WarExhumed Grave Near Kherson Shows Occupation’s Brutality
Allegations of torture, kidnapping, sexual violence and killings have swirled around the city, as in many other parts of Ukraine captured by Russian forces.
Asa Hutchinson
Wow, now that's all of about three Republicans who have spoken out on Trump meetings with a Nazi. Such bravery, such commitment to democracy, such moral ethics...
The Red Panda
Only 2,500 of these animals are alive in their natural habitat. They are illegally hunted for their furs.
Yummy.. 😋 pic.twitter.com/lvDLNAQ5Gm
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 20, 2022
Honest
Washington Post: Opinion - After more than 600 mass shootings this year, let’s be honest about guns By the Editorial Board
President Biden is right to call for another nationwide assault weapons ban, which he helped enact for 10 years when he was a senator in 1994. Poll after poll show wide support for stricter gun laws. The House passed the ban in July, but the Senate has yet to act.
Freudenfreude
If you were raised in a family that paired winning with self-worth, Dr. Chambliss said, you might misread someone else’s victory as a personal shortcoming.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 7:05 a.m. ET DOW futures are -203, S&P futures are -33.25, and NASDAQ futures are -100. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Global markets fall after protests erupt in China over Covid lockdowns By Laura He
Friday, November 25, 2022
Who
Virtually everyone you can think of.
NY Times: The Democrats Should Run ____ in 2024 By Frank Bruni
Help!
Ha! Easily the most ridiculous thing I've read all week. Christie thinks Trump's meeting with a holocaust denying white supremacist makes him unfit to be president! Well this is the thing that did it folks. A coup to overthrow the government - nope no problem. Utterly botching COVID which led to the worst disaster the country has faced in decades - nope, that's fine. And on and on and on....I do not have words.
Have An Excellent Friday
"Norwegian photographer, feminist and women's suffragist Marie Høeg 1866-1949 whose late 19thc and early 20thc photography was already challenging gender roles"
Better
The Bulwark: Compassion, Forgiveness, and Love - We can be better. By Yevgeny Simkin
It’s there, buried underneath all of the monkey instincts. It doesn’t come naturally. It has to be cultivated and chosen. Which makes it, literally, the highest human characteristic. You have to reach upwards to attain it.
Partners
Washington Post: Gaza gas deal could make improbable partners out of Israel and Hamas By Hazem Balousha and Shira Rubin
The $1.4 billion project, which will be finalized by February 2023 and may launch gas production by March 2024, will be a high-stakes collaboration among the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Israel and Hamas, the Islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip.
China
Washington Post: With record covid cases, China scrambles to plug an immunity gap By Christian Shepherd and Vic Chiang
After months with only occasional hot spots in the country, most of its 1.4 billion people have never been exposed to the virus.
War
NY Times: Ukraine Says Nuclear Power Plants Back Online
After Russian missile strikes crippled much of Ukraine’s electricity grid, utility crews scrambled to stabilize it. The country relies on nuclear power for more than half of its energy.
Inflation
...many people in lower-income neighborhoods have begun turning to credit cards to sustain their spending. Balances for that group are now above 2019 levels...
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 7:30 a.m. ET DOW futures are +80, S&P futures are +7, and NASDAQ futures are -11.75. The market is poised to open mixed. The market will be closing early today.
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Alone
Washington Post: Opinion - Americans are choosing to be alone. Here’s why we should reverse that. By Bryce Ward
During the pandemic, time with friends fell further — in 2021, the average American spent only two hours and forty-five minutes a week with close friends (a 58 percent decline relative to 2010-2013).
Mary Peltola
And with Mary's win, Palin joins the growing list of disgusting politician who won't graciously admit that they lost.
Far Enough
Washington Post: Opinion - This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for the wisdom of voters By the Editorial Board
It was the considered judgment of voters in states, cities and counties across the map — liberal, conservative, progressive, independent — who decided this nonsense had gone far enough.
Politics
Washington Post: Opinion - An obsessive’s thank you to those who aren’t consumed by politics By E.J. Dionne Jr.
The killings at Club Q in Colorado brought home how hatred married to readily available weapons can destroy any semblance of a private life insulated from prejudices and political decisions.
Quiz
NY Times: Your Turkey Day Politics Quiz Is Here By Gail Collins
The Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, Herschel Walker, took a strong stand against federal spending to combat global warming, saying …
Guns
A 2015 study estimated that only 4 percent of American gun deaths could be attributed to mental health issues.
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Yikes
“His mother told me he changed his name because I was in Intervention and I had been a porno actor,” said Brink.
“You know Mormons don't do gay. We don't do gay. There's no gays in the Mormon church. We don't do gay,” Brink said.
How
Studies show that tried and true healthy habits — exercise, eating well, limiting your alcohol intake, getting enough sleep, not smoking and being socially engaged — are key to fending off neurodegenerative disease.
List
The Gun Violence Archive has counted at least 606 mass shootings so far this year, through mid-November. Of those shootings, 20 involved five or more fatalities...
Have An Excellent Wednesday
"Karin van der Molen, Dutch land artist who creates environmental sculptures and installations"
Corporations
At the top of the list of 20 corporations backing election deniers through their political action committees (Pacs) is a familiar name in the world of rightwing agitating – Koch Industries.
Pointless
Washington Post: Opinion - A pre-Trump Republican probes for an opening in the 2024 By David Ignatius
Mike Rogers...is a free-market conservative, and a former FBI agent with strong national-security experience from his years running the House Intelligence Committee.
Dem Voter Turnout Down
While more than 8 in 10 Black voters supported Democrats for Congress, their level of support fell between four and seven percentage points during the 2022 midterms compared with 2018, according to network exit polling and the AP VoteCast poll, respectively.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 7:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +23, S&P futures are +4.75, and NASDAQ futures are +17. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Alex Jones must pay full $49 million damages award, Texas judge rules By Hanna Ziady and Sonia Moghe
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Tax Returns
Unfortunately the Dems lost the House, so now what. They have 5 to 6 weeks to get the documents then...
Advice
Although the Jan. 6 investigation is hydra-headed, it is far less complex than investigating political interference by a foreign country in a presidential election.
How About That
Yahoo: Republican Rep. Valadao wins California Central Valley vote
...overcoming a strong Democratic registration advantage and fallout from his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump.
