Thursday, March 14, 2019

Court rules gun maker Remington can be sued over Newtown shooting

Court rules gun maker Remington can be sued over Newtown shooting
A divided Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled gun maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the Bushmaster rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Justices issued a 4-3 ruling that reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit...


All of the children murdered at Sandy Hook would have now been teenagers.
And we have done nothing. 
One measure of the morality of a nation is how it acts to protect its children. 
And we have done nothing. - Kurt Eichenwald




The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

Going after the medicaid to fix a deficit is like going after Iraq when you were attacked by 15 Saudis. - John Fugelsang


My God.
A software fix to the Boeing 737 MAX was delayed for months as discussions between regulators and Boeing dragged on—and U.S. officials said the government shutdown halted work on the fix for five weeks.





“If Donald Trump’s parents paid to have his SATs taken for him, they were robbed,” Mueller said. - Andy Borowitz


Republican Shenanigans




I think Trump just realized how big Beto's hands are and he's freaking out. - Seth Abramson




Judge Jackson says the "No Collusion refrain" of the Manafort defense provides her with "just one more thing that's inconsistent with any genuine acceptance of responsibility." - Steven Portnoy, CBS







Looks Like Trump Lost His Base In The House
In overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, House calls for Mueller report to be made public The final vote count was 420 in favor, with no one voting no. Four lawmakers voted “present.” 







While Trump obsesses over cable news coverage, Pelosi is wielding her power as speaker, deftly out-maneuvering her opposition, and playing the long game.
The vote wasn't just overwhelming. It was 420-0. - Chris Lu





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All week, I keep hearing people saying, "The Mueller Report is coming Friday." But he's not really going to drop it on the Ides of March, right?! That seems a little on the nose. - Garrett M. Graff



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Nancy Pelosi Does Some More Housecleaning 
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has reportedly had Vice President Mike Pence kicked out of a little-used office that was given to him when Republicans were in control of the chamber. 





Wilbur Ross: lied about Russia 
Sessions, Don Jr. lied about Russia 
Manafort, Flynn: lied about Russia 
Trump can't stop lying about Russia 
America is being Vodka-boarded- John Fugelsang

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Pretty crazy that William H Macy has a good shot of getting arrested for something every single William H Macy character would get arrested for. - Kaleb Horton






When Artificial Intelligence Outwits Its Creators
It could take a month and a half or longer before Boeing 737 Max jets are back up in the air, according to a timeline for a software fix and pilot retraining on which the Federal Aviation Administration briefed members of the House Transportation Committee on Thursday morning.



59-41, Senate votes to block emergency declaration over border wall, setting up Trump’s first veto. - Manu Raju CNN





The Senate just built a wall around Trump’s plans for a wall.  




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The Golden Gauntlet Henri III of France around.1550.  In 1589, Jacques ClĂ©ment, a Catholic fanatic, murdered Henry III. He wasn't wearing his armor.

Peace.

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







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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


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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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The Pillars of Creation, my favorite Hubble photograph.

Peace.


Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Trump Embraces Jexodus

Trump promotes model's fringe 'Jexodus' campaign encouraging Jews to leave Democratic Party
President Trump on Tuesday kept up his campaign to turn Jewish voters away from the Democratic Party, tweeting support for an organization founded only a week ago called “Jexodus.”

 Ironically, white supremacists elected a white president who consistently proves himself inferior to a black one. - Middle Age Riot tweet




The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

Is anyone investigating Mar-a-Lago?






Tucker Carlson Fights Back! Minus The Fisticuffs, Of Course.
A defiant Tucker Carlson refused again Monday night to apologize for his comments about women and child rape that emerged Sunday night on social media.
Minutes later, Media Matters, a self-described "progressive media watchdog," that published the clips and transcripts, dropped a second batch of audio offerings in which Carlson can be heard making racist and xenophobic remarks about Iraq, Afghanistan Muslims, the Obamas and immigrants.


From earnest family-values conservative to reality show flunky to white nationalist defender of lechery, Tucker Carlson's decades-long quest to make mediocre white males believe he's cool is a mirror of a party's decline from Eisenhower to a mean crypto-fascist doughiness. - John Fugelsang




Republican Shenanigans

If you want to get the "lock her up" crowd to shut up, ask them what country Benghazi is in. - Middle Age Riot tweet






He's Baaaaack
Steve Bannon will travel next week to Cincinnati to rally and raise money for a wall on private land along the border with Mexico.
Bannon, a former chief strategist for President Donald Trump and controversial editor of Breitbart.com, will join other conservative celebrities for a town hall downtown on March 12 organized by the non-profit We Build The Wall.







Trump Budget Includes Twenty Million Dollars For Bail. - Andy Borowitz




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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez keeps causing controversy by saying things that make sense. - Andy Borowitz


Mueller Is Funded Through September. September? I Can't Take Much More Of This!
Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the team he assembled to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump and his associates have been funded through the end of September 2019, three U.S. officials said on Monday, an indication that the probe has funding to keep it going for months if need be.




Trump complains about modern technological complexity into a hand held super computer that instantly delivers his message world wide. - Schooley tweet

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Give a college administrator a few thousand dollars to get your kid in and it’s a bribe. Give a college $2.5 million to get your kid in and it’s business as usual for the super rich. (Hi, Jared.) - Matthew Miller





FAA Allows Boeing Max To Fly, But Not Britain
Britain's Civil Aviation Authority is the latest to announce that it would be grounding all Boeing 737 Max aircraft following a fatal Ethiopian crash...


"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. 
On our flight today we'll be using paper maps, compasses, and a stopwatch to navigate. 
We've also turned off the FMS, the ADS-B, the TCAS, and the boosted flight and stability controls.
Hope it's not stormy out there!" - Rick Wilson




With the ridiculously obscene price of college tuition, I’m gonna bribe schools to not accept my kids. - Andy Lassner




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I restored three out of four outdoor lamps.
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Something I'll never see, a sunrise from 8700m on Mount Everest.

Peace.