The hippopotamus is a very aggressive wild creature and is the deadliest large land mammal on the planet. It is estimated that hippo attacks kill 500 people each year in Africa. It is not only their size and weight that make them dangerous, but also their very sharp teeth!
The A2 variant of the M777 howitzer has been seen for the first time in the wild in Ukraine. Its digital module allows it to accurately fire the 1,000 Excalibur shells that the US pledged to Ukraine in the last aid package. Excalibur is accurate within 10 feet after shooting 40 miles out. Some Russians are having or about to have a very bad day.
Eastern Bloc Spirits. As a reminder, I'm staying in Brighton Beach - an area in Brooklyn where the vast majority of the people are ex-Soviet immigrants. Unsurprisingly, there a lot of liquor stores here. There are the standard liquor stores, where you can go grab a few bottles of breakfast vodka. But I found a liquor store that specializes in gift bottles. Russians know good vodka, so these are liquors that are NOT vodka, but other spirits and meant to be more symbolic than actually drunk. So you send a gift basket of a really expensive vodka and perhaps a stunt-bottle. The bottles are crazy shapes. There is a giant tequila bottled shaped like an mortar shell. Another like a warship. A red French bulldog with gold plated collar/ears/tail. Another shaped like a 2' long jaguar (filled with tequila). And my personal favorite is Armenia Menorah Brandy, which is exactly as advertised.
I agree with Will Clark. If you can't make adjustments to hit a baseball to where they're not, then you're - as the Thrill put it - an "idiot". Clark said this about Brandon Belt:
"I've had this talk to Brandon Belt until I'm blue in the face. I'm like, 'why don't you back off the plate, get the ball out over the plate for you instead of being in on you all the time, why don't you back off the plate, get the ball out over the plate and go the other way?' But he always stands in the same spot in the batter's box and pulls everything and hits it right into the shift."
Not going far enough if you ask me. Every player should have their position marked on the ground with tape so they know exactly where to stand. Singing lessons wouldn't hurt either.
This encapsulates my bitterness with banning shifts - it doesn't encourage hitters to become better hitters. Shifts should be seen as one of two things - (1) an opportunity to put a hurt on the defensive team by hitting it where they ain't or (2) an outright dis of the batter (much like coming to the plate after an IBB).
My displeasure is even greater in that, at the major league level, hitters should be able to defeat the shift with batting skills learned in the minors. If not, why not?
Those protestors at Silverstone are so lucky the race was red flagged moments before they got on the track. 180mph cars designed to slice through the air + soft, squishy humans = unpleasant outcomes
There is a video out there somewhere on the Internet of someone getting hit by an F1 car. That person came apart and it traumatized me a bit. When I initially saw the news of these people sitting on the track, I reflexively x'd out the site as I had no interest in watching a group of people get bisected.
Giants smash the Diamondbacks 13-0 and it was essentially over in the first inning.
Has anyone faded from great to horrible as fast as Dallas Keuchel? Cy Young winner in 2015. Signs a three-year $55m contract with White Sox and gives them a good season in 2020, coming in fifth in Cy Young voting. Then the wheels come off in 2021 as his ERA and WHIP rise by more than half. In 2022, he is so putrid that the White Sox eat his contract and DFA him. Arizona - which had terrible pitching anyways -suffers injuries in the back of the rotation and pick him up for the league minimum and he continues to be absolutely awful. He is - or was - a four pitch guy who painted the edges with some nasty big break stuff. But watching last night, he's lost his late break, so now guys are sitting on his slider that they know he'll try to backdoor into the zone and the Giants just barrel his pitches. I suspect that this was his last appearance in the majors.
If the San Jose Sharks want to make an impact in free agency, they’re going to need cap space and general manager Mike Grier has cleared out a significant amount this morning, sending veteran defender Brent Burns and forward Lane Pederson to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forward Steven Lorentz, goaltender Eetu Makiniemi and a conditional 2023 third-round pick.
Burns, 37, has three years remaining on his $8 million per year contract. Per The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun, the Sharks will retain 33 percent of Burns’ salary. His contract also includes a modified no-trade clause, which allows him a list of three teams he would accept a trade every July 1, meaning he approved this move to Carolina, and would have to approve further movement. The Dallas Stars are another team who was reportedly in the mix for the defender.
Originally drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the 2003 NHL Draft, the Sharks acquired Burns in a draft-day trade in 2011, packaged with a second-round pick in exchange for Devin Setoguchi, Charlie Coyle and a first-round pick. In the 11 seasons since, Burns has played 798 games with the Sharks, totaling 594 points (172 goals, 422 assists). However, having previously played over .80 points per game at his peak, he’s been between .52 and .66 points per game over the last three seasons.
Come from behind wins have been the storyline for the Dodgers during this recent winning streak, and if the men in blue were to keep the streak alive, they would another five-run comeback to take over this one.
In the end, the Dodgers did just enough to take it down to the wire, but could never quite get there to take the lead, or even tie up the game, after the Cards jumped on Mitch White for six runs over five innings.
White flashed some good signs early on, retiring the first five hitters he faced, but when Albert Pujols came up to the bat with the bases empty and two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, the future first ballot hall of fame showed a glimpse of what would be the biggest problem for White in a night that ultimately ended up being the worst one of his career, allowing six earned runs.
It's also the brand of China's largest online delivery supermarket run by Alibaba. (I just realized the english name is FresHippo - most non-Chinese speakers in China still call it 'Hema' because it's a pretty easy word.)
Depending on the source, hippos are the third or fourth deadliest land animal, behind #2 crocodiles and #1 snakes. Elephants kill roughly the same amount of people per year as hippos.
There are two species of hippos. The regular "river" hippos that everyone recognizes. The one in the picture is a baby of the other version - a pygmy hippo. Unlike their river cousins, pygmy hippos are reclusive and generally not combative. They live in Western Africa and are an Endangered Species. There used to be another species in Madagascar that didn't live in water, but lived in the hills. It went extinct about 500 years ago after man deforested Madagascar. Scientists used to think that hippos closest relatives were pigs, but now think that whales/dolphins are their closest relatives.
An Indian chief had three wives, each of whom was pregnant.
The first gave birth to a boy. The chief was so elated he built her a teepee made of deer hide.
A few days later, the second gave birth, also to a boy. The chief was very happy. He built her a teepee made of antelope hide.
The third wife gave birth a few days later, but the chief kept the details a secret. He built this one a two-story teepee, made out of a hippopotamus hide.
He challenged the tribe to guess what had occurred.
Many tried, unsuccessfully.
Finally, one young brave declared that the third wife had given birth to twin boys.
"Correct," said the chief. "How did you figure it out?"
The warrior answered, "Easy. The value of the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides."
Years ago the National Zoo got rid of its hippos. They had a couple regular hippos and a few pygmy hippos but decided to concentrate on elephant conservation so they gave the hippos and a rhino away to make more space for the elephants.
Hippos in ancient rome. Found along the banks of the Nile river from upper Egypt to the Delta, they were collected for display in the Colosseum, eventually going extinct in the country.
I'm pretty surprised Better Call Saul didn't have any supporting actor nominations. That show has had some fantastic, scene-stealing supporting actors.
Only part that I groaned at was when Lalo jumped the gate while the security guy had stepped away. I'm sure the scene was included for a reason but I'm not sure why. Humor? To emphasize how overstretched Mike's resources were? To emphasize the role of luck?
This last episode was a narrative climax like "Ozymandias" in Breaking Bad. Not sure where the last few episodes will go but this was intense.
I think the supporting actors are underrecognized because the overall talent level is so high that no one can really separate. How do you choose between Mando's Nacho, Dalton's Lalo, Banks' Mike, and Esposito's Fring?
She's been excellent in the role for many seasons, but her reaction to seeing Lalo in the apartment (and throughout the remainder of that scene) was phenomenal.
I know I am super late in just seeing Everything Everywhere All at Once this past weekend. Between how much hype I have heard about it and how I watched it with my parents who were both confused and could not get over the SciFi plot device (even after I paused the film at times to explain it), the entire experience was a bit of a letdown. Pretty sure I would have loved it had I saw this much sooner and alone.
The Bear on Hulu. Fantastic - a must watch for people who have, and have not, worked in a restaurant…WARNING: former restaurant workers may experience PTSD…
I know they are trying to capture the energy of the kitchen, but the Safdie-style pacing gets a little taxing. It does Chicago really well though, and I enjoyed it overall.
It’s every restaurant cliche wrapped into a singular show, some more believable than others, but a more realistic representation than most food oriented garbage thrown at us (which is 99%)
They changed the origins of her powers but kept a lot of the family dynamic as well as the teen roman a clef of the story. Her power origins in the comic were so poorly done in the TV Marvel Universe (meaning the terrigenn mist + Inhumanns) so it makes sense that they story writers changed it anyways.
She's only been around for about a decade so it makes sense that you haven't seen the comics - I only read her books after they started publicizing her TV series like a year ago
Jeffrey Clark - who allegedly went behind Rosen's back to arrange with Trump to become the new acting US Attorney General in order to overturn the election, but never got appointed after the entire DOJ management warned Trump that the entire DOJ would resign in protest - got his house raided last month. Do I want to watch the indignity of him getting pulled out of his house and having to wait for hours in his lawyer-pajamas (boxer short and dress shirt)? Yes. I live for that shit.
Perhaps it might not be enough for perjury, but Ivanka Trump's testimony is being contradicted by her chief of staff and her own texts. She is playing dumb like "I was just there on 1/6 and took everyone else's word at face value and I know nothing" when she knew very well what was going on. Her attempts to obfuscate the truth to protect her father is not believable. Sad.
Does Meadows have any interest in being Scooter Libby for Trump? And why would Trump's lawyers be saying this? Just signaling their intent to make him the fall guy?
Of course, irony abounds with Dick Cheney's daughter as the 1/6 committee vice-chair (not a criticism, she's been admirable in the role) and Trump having pardoned Scooter but hanging Meadows out to dry.
Video leaked of surveillance video inside Uvalde's primary school. Multiple choice. The mayor was upset that a) a red-flag teenager was allowed to buy an assault rifle, b) Uvalde police sat around for over an hour doing nothing, or c) the video leaked made him look bad?
(1) release of the video with audio was going to happen eventually. The shooting at Robb Elementary happened on May 24, 7 weeks before the release of the video.
(2) Shame on the mayor and other relevant officials for not getting out in front of the release of information and causing the families additional grief.
Ukraine / Russia
The A2 variant of the M777 howitzer has been seen for the first time in the wild in Ukraine. Its digital module allows it to accurately fire the 1,000 Excalibur shells that the US pledged to Ukraine in the last aid package. Excalibur is accurate within 10 feet after shooting 40 miles out. Some Russians are having or about to have a very bad day.
Eastern Bloc Spirits. As a reminder, I'm staying in Brighton Beach - an area in Brooklyn where the vast majority of the people are ex-Soviet immigrants. Unsurprisingly, there a lot of liquor stores here. There are the standard liquor stores, where you can go grab a few bottles of breakfast vodka. But I found a liquor store that specializes in gift bottles. Russians know good vodka, so these are liquors that are NOT vodka, but other spirits and meant to be more symbolic than actually drunk. So you send a gift basket of a really expensive vodka and perhaps a stunt-bottle. The bottles are crazy shapes. There is a giant tequila bottled shaped like an mortar shell. Another like a warship. A red French bulldog with gold plated collar/ears/tail. Another shaped like a 2' long jaguar (filled with tequila). And my personal favorite is Armenia Menorah Brandy, which is exactly as advertised.
https://www.theliquorbarn.com/menorah-armenian-brandy-bottle-750ml/
PRO
MLB to kill the shift
https://theathletic.com/3417955/2022/07/12/baseball-infield-shift-rule-change/
I agree with Will Clark. If you can't make adjustments to hit a baseball to where they're not, then you're - as the Thrill put it - an "idiot". Clark said this about Brandon Belt:
"I've had this talk to Brandon Belt until I'm blue in the face. I'm like, 'why don't you back off the plate, get the ball out over the plate for you instead of being in on you all the time, why don't you back off the plate, get the ball out over the plate and go the other way?' But he always stands in the same spot in the batter's box and pulls everything and hits it right into the shift."
Not going far enough if you ask me. Every player should have their position marked on the ground with tape so they know exactly where to stand. Singing lessons wouldn't hurt either.
Agree w Thrill 💯. They are retiring his number btw! And still nothing re Barry Bonds, I think. I understand the reasons, but it is a weird omission
They retired 25 in 2018!
Ah ok!
This encapsulates my bitterness with banning shifts - it doesn't encourage hitters to become better hitters. Shifts should be seen as one of two things - (1) an opportunity to put a hurt on the defensive team by hitting it where they ain't or (2) an outright dis of the batter (much like coming to the plate after an IBB).
My displeasure is even greater in that, at the major league level, hitters should be able to defeat the shift with batting skills learned in the minors. If not, why not?
Keep the shift - juice the ball and adios the humidors...
Add a keg on second
Now you are talking!
dumb. Would this be like the NFL limiting the safeties to 20 ft on either side of the hash marks?
Well, the NFL did already move the hash marks.
Tour de France - ironically - halted by environmental protestors. Perhaps it's 1,000% less dangerous than sitting in front of F1 cars.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10041804-2022-tour-de-france-stage-10-temporarily-stopped-after-protesters-block-road
Those protestors at Silverstone are so lucky the race was red flagged moments before they got on the track. 180mph cars designed to slice through the air + soft, squishy humans = unpleasant outcomes
There is a video out there somewhere on the Internet of someone getting hit by an F1 car. That person came apart and it traumatized me a bit. When I initially saw the news of these people sitting on the track, I reflexively x'd out the site as I had no interest in watching a group of people get bisected.
I saw that one many years back and it was a regrettably memorable lesson in the paramount importance of track safety
Perhaps not as bad as the two-strike IBB, but La Russa calls for a one-strike IBB.
https://twitter.com/joncanse/status/1546927997126680577
Giants smash the Diamondbacks 13-0 and it was essentially over in the first inning.
Has anyone faded from great to horrible as fast as Dallas Keuchel? Cy Young winner in 2015. Signs a three-year $55m contract with White Sox and gives them a good season in 2020, coming in fifth in Cy Young voting. Then the wheels come off in 2021 as his ERA and WHIP rise by more than half. In 2022, he is so putrid that the White Sox eat his contract and DFA him. Arizona - which had terrible pitching anyways -suffers injuries in the back of the rotation and pick him up for the league minimum and he continues to be absolutely awful. He is - or was - a four pitch guy who painted the edges with some nasty big break stuff. But watching last night, he's lost his late break, so now guys are sitting on his slider that they know he'll try to backdoor into the zone and the Giants just barrel his pitches. I suspect that this was his last appearance in the majors.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401355528
A's defeat the Rangers 14-7 behind an 8 run outburst in the 12th inning, including a grand slam by Chad Pinder. Rangers shocked and stunned.
Crazy fun game to watch, frustrating after NOT winning 5-3 in the 9th, or 6-5 in the 10th.
Yup.
Wookie leaves SJ.
Sharks trade Brent Burns to Hurricanes
https://www.fearthefin.com/2022/7/13/23207233/san-jose-sharks-trade-brent-burns-carolina-hurricanes-2022-nhl-free-agency-lane-pederson
If the San Jose Sharks want to make an impact in free agency, they’re going to need cap space and general manager Mike Grier has cleared out a significant amount this morning, sending veteran defender Brent Burns and forward Lane Pederson to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forward Steven Lorentz, goaltender Eetu Makiniemi and a conditional 2023 third-round pick.
Burns, 37, has three years remaining on his $8 million per year contract. Per The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun, the Sharks will retain 33 percent of Burns’ salary. His contract also includes a modified no-trade clause, which allows him a list of three teams he would accept a trade every July 1, meaning he approved this move to Carolina, and would have to approve further movement. The Dallas Stars are another team who was reportedly in the mix for the defender.
Originally drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the 2003 NHL Draft, the Sharks acquired Burns in a draft-day trade in 2011, packaged with a second-round pick in exchange for Devin Setoguchi, Charlie Coyle and a first-round pick. In the 11 seasons since, Burns has played 798 games with the Sharks, totaling 594 points (172 goals, 422 assists). However, having previously played over .80 points per game at his peak, he’s been between .52 and .66 points per game over the last three seasons.
WaPo story about Collin Morikawa before the start of The Open.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/13/collin-morikawa-british-open/
Max Homa had some good pre-Open coverage as well: https://www.wsbtv.com/sports/homas-love-links/GP4TVP5VC6ZXPPRUUEL7JKCG4Y/
A failed Dodgers comeback, the winning streak is over
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/7/12/23206355/dodgers-comeback-falls-short-cardinals
Come from behind wins have been the storyline for the Dodgers during this recent winning streak, and if the men in blue were to keep the streak alive, they would another five-run comeback to take over this one.
In the end, the Dodgers did just enough to take it down to the wire, but could never quite get there to take the lead, or even tie up the game, after the Cards jumped on Mitch White for six runs over five innings.
White flashed some good signs early on, retiring the first five hitters he faced, but when Albert Pujols came up to the bat with the bases empty and two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, the future first ballot hall of fame showed a glimpse of what would be the biggest problem for White in a night that ultimately ended up being the worst one of his career, allowing six earned runs.
Lots of RBI opportunities squandered as well.
Loaded bases no zero outs in the seventh
And last AB when Lamb swung 3-0, when the pitcher had just thrown 7 straight balls.
That's the one.
yup that was bad.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Mexico helps pay for the Wall, kinda
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-immigration-climate-and-environment-120f8a3fc440e3b2cccce6100e65b912
Kita, his eyes closed.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-trump-edited-his-jan-6-rally-speech-to-target-pence
damn, now I gotta watch that again!
Shaka, when the walls fell
Temba, his arms wide
Kevin when at the 15 yard line
Federal judge blocks AZ law that gives personhood to fetuses.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-crime-arizona-cd5af054bc9858a07ce6e815d8b31bab
Hippo
Greek: hippos = horse(s). Potamos = River.
The Mandarin word is also river horse
It's also the brand of China's largest online delivery supermarket run by Alibaba. (I just realized the english name is FresHippo - most non-Chinese speakers in China still call it 'Hema' because it's a pretty easy word.)
Depending on the source, hippos are the third or fourth deadliest land animal, behind #2 crocodiles and #1 snakes. Elephants kill roughly the same amount of people per year as hippos.
There are two species of hippos. The regular "river" hippos that everyone recognizes. The one in the picture is a baby of the other version - a pygmy hippo. Unlike their river cousins, pygmy hippos are reclusive and generally not combative. They live in Western Africa and are an Endangered Species. There used to be another species in Madagascar that didn't live in water, but lived in the hills. It went extinct about 500 years ago after man deforested Madagascar. Scientists used to think that hippos closest relatives were pigs, but now think that whales/dolphins are their closest relatives.
I didn't think "Hippo" is a word but an abbreviation, yet it's an acceptable word in Wordle and its various variants.
Warning: Bad offensive hippo joke below!
Also a mathematicians joke
An Indian chief had three wives, each of whom was pregnant.
The first gave birth to a boy. The chief was so elated he built her a teepee made of deer hide.
A few days later, the second gave birth, also to a boy. The chief was very happy. He built her a teepee made of antelope hide.
The third wife gave birth a few days later, but the chief kept the details a secret. He built this one a two-story teepee, made out of a hippopotamus hide.
He challenged the tribe to guess what had occurred.
Many tried, unsuccessfully.
Finally, one young brave declared that the third wife had given birth to twin boys.
"Correct," said the chief. "How did you figure it out?"
The warrior answered, "Easy. The value of the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides."
pltm
Pablo Escobars hippos are becoming a problem in Colombia.
Years ago the National Zoo got rid of its hippos. They had a couple regular hippos and a few pygmy hippos but decided to concentrate on elephant conservation so they gave the hippos and a rhino away to make more space for the elephants.
Hippos in ancient rome. Found along the banks of the Nile river from upper Egypt to the Delta, they were collected for display in the Colosseum, eventually going extinct in the country.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-otacilia-severa-sestertius-hippos-in-ancient-rome.365708/
was my mom's favorite animal. which meant the go-to gift for her was a hippo figurine or similar.
DBD AV Club
2022 Emmy nominations: Succession leads the way with 25, followed by 20 for Ted Lasso, and 20 for The White Lotus
https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/emmys-nominations-list-2022-1235313788/
I'm pretty surprised Better Call Saul didn't have any supporting actor nominations. That show has had some fantastic, scene-stealing supporting actors.
The episode on Monday was amazingly tense & great.
Only part that I groaned at was when Lalo jumped the gate while the security guy had stepped away. I'm sure the scene was included for a reason but I'm not sure why. Humor? To emphasize how overstretched Mike's resources were? To emphasize the role of luck?
This last episode was a narrative climax like "Ozymandias" in Breaking Bad. Not sure where the last few episodes will go but this was intense.
I think the supporting actors are underrecognized because the overall talent level is so high that no one can really separate. How do you choose between Mando's Nacho, Dalton's Lalo, Banks' Mike, and Esposito's Fring?
At least Rhea Seehorn finally got on the ballot. Her continued snub was egregious.
She's been excellent in the role for many seasons, but her reaction to seeing Lalo in the apartment (and throughout the remainder of that scene) was phenomenal.
I thought her performance last season was easily the best acting on TV, period. I figured she HAD to get nominated for that. Nope.
Finally the Emmys got the message.
Yeah, her character is soooooo interesting.
Couldn't agree more. Plus I have a massive crush on Kim Wexler.
Pachinko and Reservation Dogs getting snubbed was not great.
I know I am super late in just seeing Everything Everywhere All at Once this past weekend. Between how much hype I have heard about it and how I watched it with my parents who were both confused and could not get over the SciFi plot device (even after I paused the film at times to explain it), the entire experience was a bit of a letdown. Pretty sure I would have loved it had I saw this much sooner and alone.
you paused it? what service is it on?
iTunes, Amazon Prime, Vudu, Google Play all have it for rent or purchase
Or if not alone, see it with other fans of multiverse movies.
Finished The Mandalorian last night. Fantastic!
Ms. Marvel finale -
A ton of fun. Keep watching through the end. A couple of big reveals, one done with a music cue!
The Bear on Hulu. Fantastic - a must watch for people who have, and have not, worked in a restaurant…WARNING: former restaurant workers may experience PTSD…
I know they are trying to capture the energy of the kitchen, but the Safdie-style pacing gets a little taxing. It does Chicago really well though, and I enjoyed it overall.
It’s every restaurant cliche wrapped into a singular show, some more believable than others, but a more realistic representation than most food oriented garbage thrown at us (which is 99%)
Yeah, it's good, but not in any way a comedy.
Oh hells no…I saw it listed as a comedy…no way.
YES CHEF NO WAY ALL DAY
Thank you Chef
Loved the Only Murders in the Building - and watched the 5th episode of Ms. Marvel, which I am truly impressed with (was unaware of the comic book).
They changed the origins of her powers but kept a lot of the family dynamic as well as the teen roman a clef of the story. Her power origins in the comic were so poorly done in the TV Marvel Universe (meaning the terrigenn mist + Inhumanns) so it makes sense that they story writers changed it anyways.
She's only been around for about a decade so it makes sense that you haven't seen the comics - I only read her books after they started publicizing her TV series like a year ago
Elsewhere in college
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Jeffrey Clark - who allegedly went behind Rosen's back to arrange with Trump to become the new acting US Attorney General in order to overturn the election, but never got appointed after the entire DOJ management warned Trump that the entire DOJ would resign in protest - got his house raided last month. Do I want to watch the indignity of him getting pulled out of his house and having to wait for hours in his lawyer-pajamas (boxer short and dress shirt)? Yes. I live for that shit.
https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1545334270490619904
Perhaps it might not be enough for perjury, but Ivanka Trump's testimony is being contradicted by her chief of staff and her own texts. She is playing dumb like "I was just there on 1/6 and took everyone else's word at face value and I know nothing" when she knew very well what was going on. Her attempts to obfuscate the truth to protect her father is not believable. Sad.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1546937168584663040
so she lied under oath. Not that anything is going to come of it.
Sad, but hardly any surprise.
[Rolling Stone, paywall] Next stop for the J6 bus will be on top of Mark Meadows
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mark-meadows-jan6-trump-cheney-1382261/
Does Meadows have any interest in being Scooter Libby for Trump? And why would Trump's lawyers be saying this? Just signaling their intent to make him the fall guy?
Of course, irony abounds with Dick Cheney's daughter as the 1/6 committee vice-chair (not a criticism, she's been admirable in the role) and Trump having pardoned Scooter but hanging Meadows out to dry.
Video leaked of surveillance video inside Uvalde's primary school. Multiple choice. The mayor was upset that a) a red-flag teenager was allowed to buy an assault rifle, b) Uvalde police sat around for over an hour doing nothing, or c) the video leaked made him look bad?
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-uvalde-mayor-release-robbe-elementary-20220713-krsgyxy26vgi5iwl4gmpnl7byq-story.html
I have two comments here -
(1) release of the video with audio was going to happen eventually. The shooting at Robb Elementary happened on May 24, 7 weeks before the release of the video.
(2) Shame on the mayor and other relevant officials for not getting out in front of the release of information and causing the families additional grief.
That is all.
The cop checking his phone with a Punisher/Thin Blue Line wall paper was particularly egregious
That blue line was drawn in invisible ink.
I found the cop stopping to get hand sanitizer to be the most egregious moment.
Kids getting shot but before I decide to not enter that room I better properly sanitize my hands to make sure I’m safe from germs.
If he was trying to wash the blood off his hands, it didn't work
Two crumbling democracy topics today? Must mean our democracy is crumbling twice as fast now.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Can someone share the Notre Dame game party bus details from Chicago/South Bend/Chicago?
Please call Eric at 847-867-3515 to book your spot, $165 per person
Say that it's part of the Write For California group.
We're going skins for the game, so don't wear a shirt.
Oh I didn’t know that I’M IN