Where were you when the Wall came down? "This year, Germany commemorates the 30th anniversary of the fall of the wall. Anyone who travels to Berlin can visit the remains of the 155-kilometer structure at the following locations, which are all free."
"Ten people at a care facility in Oklahoma were hospitalized after they were injected with insulin instead of a flu shot, police said." And this is why you read labels at least twice and you never use something that is not labeled correctly.
"Dan Jepson, an archaeologist with the Colorado Department of Transportation, says all of these cultural resources were discovered as a result of the highway project itself. Under federal law, potential sites for things like road expansions must be surveyed and then sometimes excavated to see what important historical features might lie below the ground. And that's how these pit houses were found." But the road is going through anyway.
"A study of 104 children from ages 3 to 10 found similar patterns of brain activity in boys and girls as they engaged in basic math tasks, researchers reported Friday in the journal Science of Learning." Just in case you still held on to the popular myth as described by Barbie, "Math is hard, let's go to the mall." It's societal training and the biases those form that keep women down and adjust what we see later in life.
"After a FoxNews.com article drew howls and derision online for claiming the Obama White House received complaints from top CIA officials for holding weekly 'political correctness' meetings, the author of the book admitted that he didn’t understand that the initials 'PC' actually stood for 'principals committee.'" Research? Who has time for that when you gotta smear lefties. (Grokked from Joy Reid)
Facebook's political ad policy does include a clause about encouraging violence. "But, judging from a new ad out Wednesday, the Trump campaign didn’t get the memo — and Facebook isn’t serious about policing at least one of the two types of advertisements it said it would." (Grokked from Laura J Mixon)
"A professional referee says in a lawsuit filed Thursday that disgraced doctor Richard Strauss masturbated in front of him in a shower after a wrestling match at Ohio State University, and he reported the encounter directly to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who was then the assistant coach… 'Yeah, that’s Strauss,' Jordan and then-head coach Russ Hellickson replied, according to the lawsuit, when the referee, identified in court papers as John Doe 42, told them about the incident." So much for his "I didn't know" defense.
"Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric urged security forces on Friday to avoid using excessive force to quell weeks of anti-government unrest as authorities grapple with the country’s biggest crisis in years." But hey, at least they have a copay when the see a doctor now.
"President Emmanuel Macron of France has described Nato as 'brain dead', stressing what he sees as waning commitment to the transatlantic alliance by its main guarantor, the US." Perfectly normal, I guess.
"A New York judge has ruled that President Trump must pay $2 million in damages to settle claims that the Trump Foundation misused funds. The money will go to a group of charities, and the foundation is in the process of dissolving." Only $2M for the $19M they spent on themselves and the campaign? But then this judgement is only over one of the fundraisers they held.
"President Donald Trump's behavior can be so erratic that most top administration officials have pre-written resignation letters ready to submit, an anonymous author claiming to be a senior official in the Trump administration says in a book scheduled to be published this month… To complicate matters, the president's decision-making abilities are getting worse with time, according to excerpts of 'A Warning' that were obtained and read Thursday night on MSNBC's 'The Rachel Maddow Show.'" Well, that certainly narrows down who Anonymous could be. The truth is, the first thing you do as a presidential appointee is write your resignation letter without a date. That's been true of most administrations since Reagan. The president then holds them in a drawer to be brought out when needed. You serve at the pleasure of the president. So this person is not someone who has lots of political experience. But this is from the same supposed inside-resister who wrote an op-ed way back when. So this could be real, or it could be the Q-anon of the left with a better business plan.
"The federal judge presiding over longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone's criminal trial told jurors on Thursday not to watch 'The Godfather' during the trial… Prosecutors said that (Stone) threatened Credico to make sure he didn't cooperate with investigators, urging him to 'do a Frank Pentangeli.'" Apparently Credico is an impressionist, but he doesn't do a Pentangeli, who in the Godfather Part II lies to Congress to cover up for the Corleone family and then kills himself.
"'Prepare to die ...' Stone wrote in one text to Credico that included an obscenity." Part-time crooks.
"Mark Zaid, the attorney for the Ukraine call whistleblower, on Thursday defended a series of tweets from 2017 in which he predicted a "coup" against President Trump and promised to 'get rid of him' -- saying in a statement the tweets referred to 'a completely lawful process.'" Paranoia strikes deep.
"'I am writing to respectfully request that you counsel your client on the legal and ethical peril in which he is placing himself should anyone be physically harmed as a result of his, or his surrogates', behavior,' Bakaj wrote, adding that the president is 'engaging in rhetoric and activity that places my client, the Intelligence Community Whistleblower, and their family in physical danger.'"
"Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has been subpoenaed to appear Friday morning before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, an official working on the inquiry told CNN." I doubt he's smart enough to show up.
"Ultimately, Republican leaders in Washington and Florida settled on a simple course of action. They would beat Rooney at his own game, doing nothing to undermine him openly but instead orchestrating a whisper campaign aimed at sowing doubts about his devotion to the president. The focal point would be Florida’s 19th, Rooney’s bloody red district, which Trump had carried by 22 points. That way, if and when Rooney broke ranks, the uprising back home would appear instant and organic. The recoil wouldn’t just scare Rooney straight; it would provide a cautionary tale for any Republican tempted to follow his lead." Gotta keep 'em in line.
"With the impeachment inquiry heading into its public phase, Republicans are road-testing yet another deeply absurd defense of President Trump: They are conceding that, yes, there may have been a quid pro quo, but there’s no proof Trump himself was behind it." I don't think my "okay, Bob" line is enough of an eye roll for this. In this impeachment we don't need to ask, "What did the president know, and when did he know it." It was him on the call, he was the one who directly suspected the aid to Ukraine, Giuliani stated he was acting at the direction of the president, the VP made sure Ukraine got the message. This is all in the public record.
However there is a quote from Watergate that is very apt. From Deepthroat (aka Mark Felt), "The truth is, these aren't very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
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