Thursday, October 31, 2019

Sherpa who has climbed Everest 9 times already--


This is so sad, the same problems that plagued Princess Diana and Meghan Markle--

misogyny, racism.

The other book to read is Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air.

km

Woman found dead with 8 foot python around her neck.

https://wpta21.com/news/top-stories/2019/10/31/police-found-woman-unresponsive-with-8-foot-python-around-her-neck/

Fire destroys Shuri Castle on Okinawa

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/31/774973894/fire-sweeps-through-historic-japanese-castle

Herrigge leaves fox news for CBS

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/media/catherine-herridge-fox-news-cbs/index.html

ISIS confirms leader's death, announces new leader.

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/31/775038966/isis-confirms-baghdadis-death-and-names-his-successor

Trump reveals classified name of hero dog.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dog-medal-conan-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-isis-photograph-military/

Winning shot, of Simi Valley fire.


very dangerous wild fires whipped up by Santa Ana winds.

10-31-2019

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Pentagon--video from raid--

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/politics/pentagon-baghdadi-raid-video/index.html

His name is al-Baghdadi "of Baghdad"

not "Baghdadi"

anyway--

10-30-2019


Trump tweets fake photo of himself giving medal to hero dog.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/politics/trump-dog.html

Dog image was Googled.

And trump dares accuse media of "fake news."

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Zuckerberg defends political ads, while Twitter bans them--

https://www.insider.com/mark-zuckerberg-defends-political-ads-after-twitter-bans-them-2019-10

I made the right choice in 2016.

10-30-2019

Nicole Wallace calls laura ingrahan "chicke sh**"

https://www.salon.com/2019/10/30/msnbcs-nicolle-wallace-swears-at-laura-ingraham-after-fox-news-host-attacks-alexander-vindman_partner/

House Rules Com Debate, live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzOgp-3qQmo

New Shero=Mrs Torres.



".  .  .  and if this is (unsatisfactory), then I invite you to LA County Fair, where everything is fair."

:)

Still hero, Jamie Raskin.

 summary--There is not Ken Star bc there is no special prosecutor her, WE are building the case.

Impeachment is the charge.

The actual trial will be in the Senate.

Civics 101.

10-30-2019


NSC fearful of Trump backlash

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/politics/national-security-council-donald-trump-impeachment/

Fecal transplant patient dies--who wants someone's poop in their body?

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fecal-transplant-led-patient-s-death-here-s-what-happened-n1074081

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Submissions strategies --


Only if you are a writer, and write all the time, and interested in getting published.

If you never write anything, or you only write for radio in Burmese, no point, right?

Also if like Emily Dickensen you write for the drawer.  Or if you've written something already, and gotten it published, and that's yr life's work, that's that.  There are people like that, bc I talked to them about writing another book, and they just shook their heads.

km





the final nail in T's coffin has finally arrived--Pete Souza has spoken

https://washingtonpress.com/2019/10/27/evidence-suggests-trump-staged-war-room-photo-after-isis-leader-death-while-golfing-during-mission-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Wapo--Al-Baghdadi raid--more detail

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-forces-launch-operation-in-syria-targeting-isis-leader-baghdadi-officials-say/2019/10/27/081bc257-adf1-4db6-9a6a-9b820dd9e32d_story.html

Best piece yet on Al-Baghdadi raid--hydra

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-death-isis-leader-trump-syria-war-a9173431.html

from Twitter--

The Kurds continued to help the C.I.A. nail Baghdadi even as they scrambled to survive in the wake of Trump's betrayal. A U.S. official told the NYT that Syrian and Iraqi Kurds "provided more intelligence for the raid than any single country." nytimes.com/2019/10/27/us/

Complete transcript of trump announcing al Baghdadi death--



https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/us/trump-transcript-isis-al-baghdadi.html

The thing is--

he set it up so Turkey invaded Kurd lands and Kurds were killed and had to flee.

Prisoners (ISIS) and families went free.  Turkey has now invaded former free Kurdistan that existed for 5 years.

US has removed forces protecting Kurds and re-assigned them to Syria oil fields.  They have not been brought home.

Nancy Pelosi  "Is Iraq home?"

This sounds like trump projecting his own fears, besides, everyone should know that these terrorist groups are set up as separate cells, so knocking out leader, whether Bin Ladin or al Baghdadi has little effect.

Trump could not even spell al Qaeda in previous tweets.

Stay tuned.

10-27-2019








Saturday Night Live spoofs trump, erdogan, ISIS etc--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw3M1x5m7h8

ISIS leader believed to have been killed in US raid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DokOj-DyFUE

Friday, October 25, 2019

Harvard lecture--what killed the dinosaurs.


It's a little over 1 hr and very good, very clear for non-scientist like me.

Rick Wilson's Ukraine Clown Posse

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/ukraine-clown-posse-rick-wilson-revels-in-trumps-misery-after-his-idiotic-plan-to-smear-biden-falls-apart/

Illustration from Wilson article.

Amnesty International pressuring Burma to be refered to ICC

https://www.rfa.org/burmese/program_2/ai-pressure-take-action-myanmar-army-10242019090448.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/25/trump-organization-consider-sale-dc-hotel-lease-sources-say/

Robin Bell Visuals projects For Sale sign on trump DC hotel

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vOGwaelYZdxB

Federal Judge rules DOJ must turn over Mueller Report (unredacted) to House Democrats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3Zg7AW2kE

Duchess Meghan style-

https://www.instyle.com/news/meghan-markle-red-leather-pencil-skirt

Elijah Cummings' funeral was live on CNN for HOURS.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/elijah-cummings-funeral/index.html

Moving and inspiring speeches.

10-25-2019


Barr completely out of line--acting like trump's personal lawyer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/25/explosive-william-barr-news-points-trumps-weakness-panic/

Berlin Wall in needlepoint

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-berlin-wall-once-stood-180973332/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Human Rights Watch--things that can get you arrested in Thailand

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/24/thailand-peaceful-critics-prosecuted

Thursday, October 24, 2019

bellyache sh**h**e owns trump--

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/467383-reporter-posts-heated-phone-call-with-kellyanne-conway

She's also looking like Hell lately.

Cartoon from 2017.

Nearly 11 PM. Mourners continue to file past Rep. Elijah Cummings' coffin in the Capital Building, Washington, DC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQgEqd7zsk

Jutstice Dept. does trump's bidding--said to open criminal investgn into "origins of Russia probe."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/politics/john-durham-criminal-investigation.html

This is the true witch hunt instigated by trump.

#ImpeachTrumpPenceBarrDurhand

Public viewing till tomorrow morning, Rep. Elijah Cummings lying in state.


Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, lying in state in Capitl Buildng

Take a look it's very movng

Ppl file silently past, some break down & cry

Maybe some wre co-workers Maybe some r fr Baltimore

There's a mix of races

It's a gd chance to see inside of Captl
 
 

Video--Cummings' remains arrive at The Capital for lying in state.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/cummings-memorial


http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/cummings-memorial

Elijah Cummings' life in photos.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/17/politics/gallery/elijah-cummings/index.html

Three day memorial services for Rep. Elijah E. Cummings "Your legacy is secure."

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/10/23/barack-obama-elijah-cummings-funeral-remarks/

Now--Elijah Cummings Lying in State.

https://www.cnn.com/specials/live-video-1?adkey=bn

Before you rail at "immigrants taking American (i. e. white) jobs---

Eye-opening--these are the people who cook our food, clean our houses and gardens, pick our harvests, clean our windows. Do almost all the heavy lifting. Have pity, empathy and generosity. #TrumpIsARacist
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Plot etc of movie The Joker 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(2019_film)

While Speaker Pelosi was out of town attending her brother's funeral, gop repubs--



stormed SCIF taking in their cell phones illegally and holding things up for 5 1/2 hours.



#ArrestMattGaetz is now trending on Twitter, Zuckerberg was grilled by AOC and Beatty, and trump made more jumbled statements, talking about "wall in Colorado"--abt 20 people stood up and applauded


and then walked back his mistake
, tweeting he made the joke "kiddingly"


I was away from Internet one day, and look what happened.

Cartoon by Clay Bennett from his Twitter account.


10-24-2019

Friday, October 18, 2019

Rachel Maddow's new book Blowout


I didn't know Rachel was "frontline reporter" earlier--

but I do know she has a Ph D from Oxford.

Well, I can't compete with someone like her who has a show to herself on a major network.

km

Monday, October 07, 2019

Chihuly look alike projects with recycled or new plastics


You need pour acrylic paints in bottles.


this is more advanced--another one uses hair dryer, but need adult supervision

and this last one is the best, by a school art teacher for children + adults 7 and up.

Start saving recycled bottles right now.


Cheers,

km

Thursday, October 03, 2019

More than amzing--some Soyuz fliers return to earth.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/three-space-station-fliers-wrap-up-mission-with-return-to-earth/

It's getting hilarious--trmp calls on China to investigate Bidens

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry-live-updates/2019/10/03/5f81ec5a-e55c-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html

Why should they?

It's he who put tariffs on Chinese imports.

If I were China, I'd much rather find dirt on d j t.

10-3-2019

Pathological narcsism--trmp is unfir for office.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/george-conway-trump-unfit-office/599128/

Impeachment--new phase starts Thursday (tomorrow)

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/03/766154470/political-storm-clouds-glower-as-dems-open-new-phase-in-impeachment-case

trmp WH disseminated conspiracy theories i e LIES--think on that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/watchdog-who-probed-clinton-emails-to-brief-lawmakers-on-ukraine

Bernie Sanders has 2 heart stents put in--

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/us/politics/bernie-sanders-health.html

Specialpost--Ellen Bernstein--expose of World Bank Rohingya project--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/culture/books/hellfire-and-damnation-in-myanmar-ex-world-bank-country-head-recounts-rohingya-catastrophe-response....