Linkee-poo it's a new week?

Sorry, still full of alligators.

Delilah Dawson with some truths about writing.

"The large, multiyear research efforts tested different formulations and quantities of drugs made with Omega-3 fatty acids on two groups of people: one that suffered from cardiovascular disease or diabetes and another that represented the general population… Both studies found that people who took the drugs every day enjoyed protection against some heart and circulatory problems compared with those given a placebo." Well, kinda sorta.

"A mocking tweet from the National Rifle Association has stirred many physicians to post on social media about their tragically frequent experiences treating patients in the aftermath of gun violence." That didn't work out well… for the NRA. Seriously, NRA, I'm not a doctor, but I work in an ER and we see what happens at the wrong end of the gun. Few people outside of the medical field read medical research. You really asked for this shellacking.

"The Food and Drug Administration is planning to limit the sale of sweet electronic cigarette flavors in an attempt to curtail what its commissioner has called an 'epidemic' of teen vaping, according to an agency official."

"They found that the insecticide — from a controversial group called neonicotinoids — made the bees more sluggish and antisocial, spending more time on the periphery of the nest. It also made them less-attentive parents, according to research published Thursday in the journal Science." Smoking isn't good for anybody.

"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sends a letter to President Donald Trump questioning whether the appointment of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was constitutional."

"The incident, video of which was taken offline shortly after being posted, has prompted an aisle-crossing outcry – fueled in part by Carlson’s own significant embellishments of what occurred while he wasn’t home. I was there for the entirety of the 10-minute demonstration, and can report in detail what actually happened."

"President Trump on Friday suggested he could pull press credentials from other reporters who don't show him 'respect'… The comments come two days after the president suspended the press pass of CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta after a contentious exchange during a news conference." Tin-pot dictator stuff.

"Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Boris, resigned from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Friday, calling in a withering critique for another referendum to avoid the vassalage or chaos that he said her Brexit plans would unleash." Rats leaving after they scuttle the ship (and take all the money).

"Whitaker, a former US attorney in Iowa, was paid to work as an advisory board member for World Patent Marketing (WPM), a Florida-based company accused by the US government of tricking aspiring inventors out of millions of dollars. Earlier this year, it was ordered to pay authorities $26m." Only the best people. (Grokked from Katheryn Cramer)

"When things were particularly bad between President Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions, the attorney general's chief of staff, Matt Whitaker, would attend White House meetings in his place… But Sessions did not know that Whitaker at the same time was angling for a promotion." A timeline of the ouster. (Grokked from Laura J Mixon)

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/tensions-rising-mueller-manafort-level-cooperation-sources/story?id=59086047&id=59086047&__twitter_impression=true Manafort is betting on a pardon. I guess he's forgetting there are also state charges pending and a presidential pardon isn't available there. (Grokked from Katheryn Cramer)