The news is coming fast and thick. Turkey shelled our troops in Syria, has executed Kurd prisoners, and assassinated civilians. Yet this doesn't seem to cross Trump's red lines where he will destroy Turkey's economy. Apparently the president is pimping out our military to Saudi Arabia for the cold hard cash. And things just general swirl down the toilet of history.
The Throughline podcast with "Today the foundations of philosophy (all sciences) are seen as a straight line from Western antiquity, built on thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. But, between the 8th century and 14th century, the West was greatly overshadowed by the Islamic world and philosophy was in very different hands. This week, how one Medieval Islamic philosopher put his pen to paper and shaped the modern world." I remember dimly references to "The Commentator" in my history classes.
"But the EPA is not moving to require that all lead service lines be proactively replaced nationwide, as some environmental advocates had suggested. The new regulations propose that water systems must replace agency-owned portions of a lead service line only when a customer chooses to replace their own portion." So, basically, other than increased testing, there's not much here.
"A federal judge in New York has issued a temporary injunction against the Trump administration's 'public charge' rule, preventing the rule from taking effect on Oct. 15."
"A former Deutsche Bank executive who reviewed President Donald Trump's tax returns reportedly said it is 'not normal' that the institution no longer holds copies of those records." Destruction of evidence does not look good. (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
"But the alliance was on shaky ground. In the months leading up to the call, Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani pressed Ukrainian officials to launch investigations that stood to benefit the president politically. Trump was also withholding the White House meeting Zelenskiy coveted, in addition to military aid that was already approved by Congress." How we got here. (Grokked from Laura J Mixon)
"Trump's first visit to Soviet Moscow in 1987 looks, with hindsight, to be part of a pattern. The dossier by the former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele asserts that the Kremlin had been cultivating Trump for 'at least five years' before his stunning victory in the 2016 US presidential election. This would take us back to around 2011 or 2012." A little light history of Cold War cloak and dagger. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
"There were dozens of ears listening to President Donald Trump’s 30-minute phone call with the leader of Ukraine that is at the center of a House impeachment inquiry , and as many eyes that saw what he said." An anatomy of how phone calls are handled in the White House. Including a line about how Trump,"Occasionally, while on the phone with foreign heads of state, Trump has handed the receiver to his daughter, Ivanka Trump, so she can talk with the leader, according to this individual." WTF?! (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
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