Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Paul Manafort Sentenced To 43 Months

Paul Manafort Sentenced To 43 Months
Paul Manafort was not watching during the first part of the hearing, while prosecutor Andrew Weismann described Paul Manafort’s extensive criminal conspiracy and why it deserved a strong sentence...Judge Amy Berman Jackson: "Court is one of those places where facts still matter."


LOCK HIM UP SOME MORE.  
LOCK HIM UP SOME MORE. - Middle Age Riot tweet







The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

I set my clock forward for Daylight Savings Time and my Doomsday Clock forward for everything else. - Stephen Colbert




Navy warship USS Fort McHenry has outbreak of viral infection paratitis since December. Most recent case March 9, All 703 Sailors/Marines getting vaccines. Preventive medical team being deployed. Not certain when/if next port call according to Fifth Fleet. - Barbara Starr, CNN



Did Tillerson and Cohn Drop The Dime On Kushner?
Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was confronted by two of the most senior US government officials for mixing his personal interests with US foreign policy, according to a new book.
Kushner, an envoy to the Middle East for his father-in-law, is said to have been robustly challenged by both Rex Tillerson, then secretary of state, and Gary Cohn, formerly Trump’s top economic adviser.






Being a Trump supporter is pretty much all about finding the president's hand in your pocket and going "let me help you with that, sir" - Jeff Tiedrich


Republican Shenanigans

I do get why Mitt Romney likes Twinkies. They’re exactly like him: white on the outside, but somehow even whiter on the inside. - Trevor Noah





#BeBest Melania or #BeBreast, You're Better At That!
A spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump tore into the all-women hosts of "The View" on Tuesday, accusing them of having a “petty, mean-girl spirit” after they mocked an ongoing conspiracy theory about the president’s wife using a body double.






Grand Old Pedophile Party
Fox News host Tucker Carlson made sexually explicit jokes about a Miss Teen USA contestant during a 2007 radio interview that resurfaced ...


Stephen Colbert on Tucker Carlson: 'I think R Kelly just got a character witness'









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I watched the news & saw poor people busted for illegal mood-altering drugs. Then came the commercials for the legal ones. - John Fugelsang





Stormy Daniels And Her Lawyer Part Ways
Michael Avenatti, who became famous as the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, said Tuesday that he no longer represents the porn actress who alleged she had an affair with President Donald Trump...Daniels said in her own post that she's hired another attorney, Clark Brewster, who will "review all legal matters" that she's been involved in.






Manafort (shorter): "I'm very sorry for what I've done, especially the part where I got caught." - Tea Pain


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“You know how the conspiracy theorists say, ‘Everything is rigged for the wealthy and famous’? Well, as a wealthy and famous person, let me just respond by saying: You’re absolutely right.” — Stephen Colbert


Business/Tech News




Now that the Hollywood Bribery Ring has been busted, the only thing helping rich kids get into college are legacy admissions, private tutors, board member connections, unpaid summer internships, interview coaches, and a lifetime of Ivy-bound grooming!!! - Bess Kalb


I Wonder If Boeing Has Anticipated The Domino Effect
Ethiopian Airlines said on Wednesday it would send the black boxes from its crashed Boeing 737 MAX abroad.
Separately, a Norwegian airline sought compensation from the U.S. planemaker after two thirds of that model were grounded globally.





I covered airline safety and the FAA for four years, and I cannot remember a time when the FAA was so alone among world regulators on a serious safety issue. When a major accident like this happened, global aviation authorities conferred with the FAA -- which took the lead. - Glenn Kessler, Washington Post





Religious Conservatives Argue Adam And Eve Would Never Have Been Banished From Eden If They’d Had Guns. - The Onion





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The Windows Will Be Installed Friday.
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Time To Deflate Photo
The Pillars of Creation, my favorite Hubble photograph.

Peace.