Sorry, the alligators were grumpy this morning.
"Snoring is never great news, but often it's harmless (other than the pain your sleeping partner may feel). In some cases though, it's a sign of something serious."
"The Sri Lankan government has admitted it failed to act on multiple warnings before a coordinated series of attacks ripped through churches and hotels on Easter Sunday, and said it feared an international terror group might have been behind the atrocities." That won't go over well.
The State Department is set to announce all countries that continue to import Iranian oil will be subject to US sanctions, The Washington Post reported on Sunday." Welcome back, $3+ gas.
"Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential election… 'I will never let you down,' Mr Zelensky told celebrating supporters." No word yet if he'll promise to never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, or never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
"Asia markets mixed; oil prices surge on report that US is set to end Iran sanctions waivers."
Or not. "The United States has largely carved out exceptions so that foreign governments, firms and NGOs do not automatically face U.S. sanctions for dealing with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards after the group’s designation by Washington as a foreign terrorist group, according to three current and three former U.S. officials." So, they're not so much of a terrorist organization then.
Be careful of what you wish for. "Late last month, Rep. Andy Barr [R-KY] "invited" Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to visit the coal miners in his Appalachian district… AOC took him up on the invitation, saying 'It’s a complete injustice the cancer levels that a lot of these communities are confronting…' Now, Barr has rescinded the invitation, blaming it on her defense of Rep Ilhan Omar…" (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
"Hunter either broke the law and violated the conditions of his release or was pulling a political stunt, Campa-Najjar said, according to the Times of San Diego." Ah, America. Where an elected official has to either admit he lied, or that he violated his parol. (Grokked from Kelly Link)
"Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who runs The United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), an armed border militia group that spreads far-right conspiracies and rounds up asylum seekers on the border, was arrested by FBI in New Mexico Saturday on charges of possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon." Good. (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
"After high turnout in last year's midterm elections propelled Democrats to a new House majority and big gains in the states, several Republican-controlled state legislatures are attempting to change voting-related rules in ways that might reduce future voter turnout." Who is for democracy?
"At the moment, Democrats appear to be scattered all over the place when it comes to impeachment." Timidity will sink you just as fast as leaning the wrong way. At some point you reach the question if duty is a higher purpose than being re-elected.
"Fox News host Chris Wallace pushed back hard in a Sunday interview with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference, confronting him head-on as he tried to shift the interview to attack his client’s former political opponent Hillary Clinton."
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