"Seven years after scientists caught the elusive deep-sea cephalopod on video, they saw another. Then lightning struck a third time."
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its plan to relax limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants, eviscerating one of former president Barack Obama’s flagship climate policies… The EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy rule allows states to set their own emissions-reduction goals." We did this once before. And then acid-rain started devastating the Northeast (and still has effects lasting to this day). This is just stupid as green-house gases has affects that are world-wide, let alone cross state lines. Before it was about sulfur (and other things) in the air. When utilities talk about how much they've reduced pollutants in emissions since the 70s, this is what they're talking about. And they only reduced them because of regulatory action (and a promise of making them pay for the damage being done).
"For years, Internet users have been griping about the USB, or Universal Serial Bus, and its maddening difficulty to plug in right, even creating memes about the commonly shared experience. Some call it the USB paradox, the seemingly impossible process of making a 50-50 guess wrong twice."
"The Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow people to sue in federal court when they believe states and local governments have harmed their property rights, handing a victory to a Pennsylvania woman fighting her town over a cemetery ordinance." Here come the lawsuits.
"Missouri’s health department has declined to renew the abortion license for the state’s lone clinic, but a court order allows the St. Louis Planned Parenthood affiliate to perform the procedure — for now." Because of course they did.
"A Kentucky grand jury has declined to indict a Louisville woman accused of attacking an 82-year-old anti-abortion protester while leaving a women’s clinic." Huhn.
How goes Brexit? "The European Union insisted Friday that it will not reopen the Brexit withdrawal agreement with the U.K. government whoever succeeds Theresa May as British prime minister." But Boris is such a great negotiator.
"House Democrats have unveiled a $4.5 billion measure to respond to the growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border and to the government’s responsibility to care for tens of thousands of people seeking safe harbor under U.S. asylum laws."
This just keeps getting weirder. "Anti-government militias have vowed to protect an Oregon GOP lawmaker who threatened to shoot state police trying to bring him back to the capitol to pass legislation this week." The legislation is a carbon bill and increasing taxes on the rich. One legislator basically said he'd shoot anyone who came for him. And then this asshole, "'The First Amendment is just as important as the Second,' (Eric Parker, president of the Idaho 3 Percenters) said. 'The Second Amendment protects the First. If it was the Democrats running from Republicans, we would be just as fast to say "you're not going to intimidate them and we will protect them."'" Hey dickhead, remember Texas senators going to Oklahoma to prevent approval of a heavily gerrymandered election map? I don't seem to remember you being there.
Why is control of the courts important? "The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Republican state lawmakers and upheld laws limiting the power of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers." Because conservatives will try to rule from the bench.
"President Trump reportedly appeared to threaten a Time magazine reporter with prison time after a photographer tried to take a picture of a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Time reports." Granted that the reporter/photographer shouldn't have tried to snap the picture while the session was "off-the-record", but then Trump really needs to get over this "showing paper" thing. (Grokked from Jim Wright)
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