May 30, 2019

McCabe talks Russian Crime and Trump, unanswered questions:

McCabe talks about going after Russian organized crime in Brighton Beach as a young agent — and how some of those characters showed up in the Mueller report.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-andrew-mccabe-russia-donald-trump

May 29, 2019

Biden tweets on abortion issue:

Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) Tweeted:
States across the nation are passing extreme laws that violate a woman’s constitutional right to choose. These bills are a blatant attempt to overturn Roe v Wade. It's wrong. It's pernicious. We must #StopTheBans and ensure this choice remains between a woman and her doctor. https://t.co/J4FL9nQgol

May 29, 2019

Amash extended tweet on Mueller report and Barr's misrepresentation of it. Good read.

http://www.alternet.org/2019/05/start-pushing-back-gops-amash-unloads-on-bill-barrs-false-narrative-about-the-mueller-report-in-epic-tweet-storm/

May 26, 2019

One more Vera Lynn. What a voice. They had diction then.

May 26, 2019

For Memorial Day, the legendary Vera Lynn

May 26, 2019

Trump's legal strategy to fight House Doomed to Fail

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trumps-stonewalling-of-the-democrats-is-actually-speeding-the-courts-up-to-shoot-him-down-ex-federal-prosecutor

In a column for Politico, former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti explains that President Donald Trump and his legal team’s strategy to stonewall the Democrats and run out the clock by using the courts until after the election is backfiring spectacularly.

May 23, 2019

Trump couldn't stop Tillerson testifying, hah, hah. A hopeful development:

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/rex-tillerson-meltdown-gives-away-trump/18179/

May 21, 2019

POC: A useful term for Whites, but not for

political discussions when making assumptions about positions, allegiances, and voting behaviors across non-white voting groups. And not so much for people of many different non-white identities. I wouldn’t use it with friends, would you?

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/02/people-of-color-phrase-history-racism.html

May 20, 2019

Two band bios pretty darned good. Jersey Boys (Netflix) and Bohemian Rhapsody, in which Remy

Malik gave a stand-out performance, regardless what critics have said in comparing him to the actual Freddie Mercury. Bohemian I rented through my cable service.
After Jersey Boys, just wish I could see it as a musical.

May 20, 2019

Viewing our older candidates' mental capacities from the potential rather than decline perspective

I know, the article linked here is to a popular psychology magazine, but I have found this information in much more scientific, arcane terms in other sources, as well as some of the studies themselves that demonstrate that what we call wisdom might have sound brain science behind it.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/make-your-brain-smarter/201508/the-potential-the-aging-mind