I'm not here, but there was a lot of things late on Wednesday.
Arte Johnson, and so it goes. Or should I say, "Verrrry interesting."
"Legendary people, places and objects are terrific tools in storytelling, but what actually creates the sensation that stirs in us the feeling that what we’re reading about is legendary? Legendary has to start somewhere, and often that is not with what a person, place or object actually does in a story but in what he, she or it has previously done." Donald Maass on the stuff dreams are made of.
"Two NASA space telescopes have teamed up to identify, for the first time, the detailed chemical 'fingerprint' of a planet between the sizes of Earth and Neptune. No planets like this can be found in our own solar system, but they are common around other stars."
"At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in eastern Tennessee, physicist Leah Broussard is trying to open a portal to a parallel universe." FFS, haven't these people read their science fiction. Do you want Spock with a goatee? Cause this is how you get Spock with a goatee. (which, hey, points for NBC that they actually joke about that in the article) (Grokked from Fran Wilde)
"A young female fox, just shy of her first birthday, stunned scientists by covering an unbelievable distance during a short, four-month trek. The animal, also known as a coastal or blue fox, traveled more than 2,700 miles from Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard Archipelago of Norway, to Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The journey is among the longest dispersal events ever recorded for the species." Clever girl.
"It was the battle of unbeatens at this Women's World Cup. Both teams were 5-0. The U.S. — the defending and three-time World Cup champion — and England — which was ranked third in the world but had never advanced past the semifinals. The game in Lyon, France, lived up to its billing with the U.S defeating England 2-1 to advance to Sunday's final."
"These are decades old arguments often heard in Washington, D.C., but they've moved from hypothetical to urgent since Congress legalized oil development in the northern slice of the (Alaska Wildlife) refuge in 2017. The Trump administration is pushing to let oil companies bid on land there by the end of the year." In the tale of two towns you have the environmental debate in a nutshell. One town like the development, but believes their lives won't change when it comes (other than make them richer). The other town believes everything will change and it will threaten their way of life.
"The American Medical Association is suing North Dakota to block two abortion-related laws, the latest signal the doctors' group is shifting to a more aggressive stance as the Trump administration and state conservatives ratchet up efforts to eliminate legal abortion."
"Nearly two years after Hurricane Maria, the town of Utuado is finally getting a new bridge over the Viví River to replace the old cement and steel one that was heavily damaged during the storm and has been closed ever since."
"A massive fire destroyed a Jim Beam warehouse in northern Kentucky on Wednesday, but officials said no one was injured. Firefighters were working to extinguish the blaze at a warehouse in Versailles, which is filled with about 45,000 barrels of bourbon." I expect a new "burnt oak" flavor will be popular soon.
How go the Trade Wars? "President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China and Europe of playing a 'big currency manipulation game.' He said the United States should match that effort, a move that directly contradicts official U.S. policy not to manipulate the dollar’s value to gain trade advantages." So much winning.
"Private payrolls rose 102,000 in June, missing Wall Street expectations of 135,000, according to a report Wednesday from ADP and Moody’s Analytics… The number sets the stage for another possible disappointment from Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report, which is expected to show growth of 165,000 after May’s lackluster 75,000." We'll see what it comes in as on Friday.
"Police thought I murdered my wife — and they didn’t kill me. People are surprised by that." (Grokked form Joy Reid)
"A North Carolina man charged with anonymously threatening to lynch a Muslim-American political candidate in Virginia also is accused of posting an anti-Semitic threat on a Florida synagogue’s Facebook page." Funny how often anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim vitriol commingle in the same assholes.
"A military jury in San Diego has acquitted Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher of all but one count of war crimes in a case that revolved around the killing of a 17-year-old ISIS prisoner who had been wounded and died in U.S. custody… The jury convicted Gallagher of posing with the body of the dead prisoner." The man bragged about killing the kid.
"A decorated Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder in the death of a teenage ISIS fighter thanked President Donald Trump and Fox News on Wednesday for championing his defense." Well, at least he knew whose ass to kiss.
"Rick Snyder on Wednesday withdrew from a research fellowship at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, reversing course less than a week after his announced appointment sparked blowback over the former governor’s handling of the Flint water crisis." Huh, actual consequences. Whodda thought it.
"Putin’s decree, released on Wednesday, formalizes Russia’s departure from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with the United States following Washington’s withdrawal from the pact." Note we withdrew nominally because Russia was developing intermediate-range delivery vehicles. But to repeat again, there is no such thing as a winnable nuclear exchange. Every scenario leads to a full exchange. The only "smart" move is to launch everything at once.
"The Trump administration has decided to print the 2020 census forms without a citizenship question, and the printer has been told to start the printing process, Justice Department spokesperson Kelly Laco confirms to NPR." So now begins the disinformation campaign to make people think the question is still there so they'll toss the forms without even looking. Wait to see the Fox News Breaking Alert about the test questionnaires sent out with the citizen question to be conflated with the actual 2020 Census count.
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