RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics A Trump supporter was arrested after smacking a reporter’s phone. ‘MAGA,’ a GOP lawmaker responded.The Washington Post - By Marisa Iati, Lindsey BeverA man is accused of attacking a reporter outside a campaign rally for President Trump in Florida — a moment one state Republican legislator used to bait “so-called journalists.” As thousands of people
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsIran Could Trump Use the Sept. 11 War Law to Attack Iran Without Going to Congress?The New York Times - By CHARLIE SAVAGEIn public remarks and classified briefings, Trump administration officials keep emphasizing purported ties between Iran and Al Qaeda. Some lawmakers suspect that the executive branch is toying with claiming
RRick Timmeradded this to TechnologyRobotics This Robot Fish Powers Itself With Fake BloodWIRED - Matt Simon This story begins thousands of feet up in the air with migratory birds, and ends with a robotic fish swimming through the water below. To prepare for …
RRick Timmeradded this to Personal TechTechnology How to generate virtual online IDs to prevent spam, scams, and phishing attacksThe Verge - Natt GarunSo many cybersecurity vulnerabilities exist on the internet nowadays that giving out your email address or phone number when signing up for a service is akin to giving someone your full name on the first
RRick Timmeradded this to DIY, Home, & GardenRecipes My Amish Friend's Caramel Corn Recipeallrecipes.com "This recipe comes from an Amish family who package this treat for gifts to friends and neighbors every Christmas. It is truly the tastiest, easiest, …
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsXi Jinping You called us, China reminds Trump as trade talks resumeLos Angeles Times - By Robyn DixonWhen news broke that President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had talked again by phone, Chinese state-owned media swiftly pointed out that the White House made the call, not Beijing. Trump announced
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsLiberal View New details revealed in the bizarre story of Jerry Falwell Jr, a pool boy and ‘compromising photographs’rawstory.com - Brad Reed The New York Times has put together a lengthy report about the utterly bizarre circumstances surrounding Liberty University President Jerry Falwell …
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsDeutsche Bank Deutsche Bank Faces Criminal Investigation for Potential Money-Laundering LapsesThe New York Times - By DAVID ENRICH, BEN PROTESS and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUMFederal authorities are investigating whether Deutsche Bank complied with laws meant to stop money laundering and other crimes, the latest government examination of potential misconduct at one of the largest
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsNuclear Weapons Nuclear weapons: experts alarmed by new Pentagon 'war-fighting' doctrineThe Guardian - Julian Borger in WashingtonThe Pentagon believes using nuclear weapons could “create conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability”, according to a new nuclear doctrine adopted by the US joint chiefs
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsDemocrats New Hope Hicks fiasco shows how dangerous a risk Democrats are takingThe Washington Post - By Greg SargentThe White House’s ongoing campaign to render any and all oversight efforts by House Democrats a dead letter continued apace with a full-blown fiasco involving the testimony of Hope Hicks, a former communications
RRick Timmeradded this to DIY, Home, & GardenHome Declutter Your Pantry Once and For All With These 22 Clever Organizing ProductsPOPSUGAR - Krista JonesWe all have that one dedicated junk drawer in our house, but for me, it's my pantry. Every time I open the cabinet door, I always wonder how it's become such a mess. Recently, at a friend's house I was
RRick Timmeradded this to ZeitgeistGlaciers Rising Temperatures Ravage the Himalayas, Rapidly Shrinking Its GlaciersThe New York Times - By SOMINI SENGUPTAClimate change is “eating” the glaciers of the Himalayas, posing a grave threat to hundreds of millions of people who live downstream, a study based on 40 years of satellite data has shown. The study,
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsDeutsche Bank Deutsche Bank Under Investigation for ‘Potential Money-Laundering Lapses’: NYTThe Daily Beast - By Julia Arciga The FBI, the Justice Department, and two U.S. attorney’s offices are reportedly investigating Deutsche Bank to determine whether it complied with …
RRick Timmeradded this to ZeitgeistHimalayas Cold War Spy Photos Show How Fast Himalayan Glaciers Are MeltingWIRED - Eric Niiler During the height of the Cold War, a telescope-shaped American spy satellite code-named Hexagon circled the globe snapping high-resolution …
RRick Timmeradded this to DIY, Home, & GardenHome Garage Floor Paint Options You Need to Know Aboutfamilyhandyman.com - Rachel Brougham Painting a garage floor not only makes the garage look cleaner, it helps keep the inside of your home clean, offers some floor protection and is …
RRick Timmeradded this to BusinessRecession When the Next Recession Hits, 4 Good Things Could HappenFortune - Ben Carlson Unless the GDP suddenly falls off a cliff, next month will mark the longest economic expansion U.S. history, surpassing the period from March 1991 to …
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsPuerto Rico Mitch McConnell calls representation for D.C. and Puerto Rico "full-bore socialism"Salon - Igor DeryshSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell argued in a Fox News interview that giving congressional representation to the millions of Americans who live in Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico would be “full-bore
RRick Timmeradded this to ZeitgeistCulture Why Do Gay Men Walk So Fast?GQ - Louis StaplesGrowing up, people would often tell me that I “walked gay.” I used to wonder how putting one foot in front of the other could seem gay, but I heard it so frequently that I accepted it as truth. To find
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsPolitics Fact check: Trump's Orlando rally featured more than 15 false claims over 76 minutesCNN - By Daniel Dale, CNNWashington (CNN) — President Donald Trump kicked off his formal reelection campaign Tuesday night with a rally in Orlando. His 76-minute speech featured more than 15 false statements, many of them ones
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsIran A US war with Iran looms. Don’t for one second think that it is justifiedThe Guardian - Owen JonesWhile our Tory overlords committing to another military escapade is predictable, Trump’s 'coalition' will extend further We know how the story goes. The decision for war is made long in advance. That the
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsLiberal View The Backlash to AOC's Concentration Camp Comments Is Out of Controlsplinternews.com - Sophie Weiner On Tuesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set off a firestorm of bullshit when she tweeted a simple fact: the U.S. government is keeping …
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics We Put 21 Democrats on the Spot: Here Are 7 TakeawaysThe New York Times - By SYDNEY EMBER and ALEXANDER BURNSWe spent hours interviewing the enormous Democratic presidential field on subjects ranging from climate change and border control to fast food and personal humiliation. And while many Democrats agree a
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsAmerican Samoa How Democrats can end America’s role as world capital of kleptocracyThinkProgress - Casey Michel With 2020 around the corner, these anti-kleptocracy policies can help Democrats take back the White House — and end America's role as the world's …
RRick Timmeradded this to BusinessBusiness More spent on S&P 500 buybacks than all 2018 R&DAxios - Dion Rabouin Total research and development spending in the U.S. last year totaled $608 billion, according to data from the Federal Reserve, while corporations in …
RRick Timmeradded this to DIY, Home, & GardenPancakes How to make American pancakes – recipeThe Guardian - Felicity CloakePile up these easy pancakes and smother them with maple syrup and bacon, or fruit, yoghurt or chocolate sauce Pancakes are so easy, they’re the first thing many of us learn to cook. From Indian dosa to
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsJoe Biden ‘We got things done’: Biden recalls ‘civility’ with segregationist senatorsThe Washington Post - By Isaac Stanley-BeckerJoe Biden wistfully recalled on Tuesday an era in which he was able to get along with segregationist senators even though they “didn’t agree on much of anything.” Dismissing criticism from his party’s
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsLiberal View Huge Trump Donors Reportedly Sitting Out 2020 Because They Never Liked Him Anywaysplinternews.com - Samantha Grasso Despite goading his supporters into donating just hours after his inauguration, President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign reportedly isn’t doing …
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsPlay buttonBarack Obama Fact Checking Trump's 2020 Launch: Not the 'Greatest Economy' or Biggest Tax Cuts - and No One Wants to Execute Childrenhaaretz.com - The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump officially opened his 2020 campaign Tuesday with a speech exaggerating what he’s done for the economy and against illegal …
RRick Timmeradded this to PoliticsPolling This poll asked voters to create their perfect candidate. Democrats picked an older white guyLos Angeles Times - Janet HookDiversity is taking a back seat to Democrats’ desire to dump Trump. The 2020 presidential candidate field is well stocked with women, people of color and millennials, but a majority of voters who said
RRick Timmeradded this to TechnologyQubits The Quantum Internet Is Emerging, One Experiment at a Timescientificamerican.com - Anil Ananthaswamy Today’s internet is a playground for hackers. From insecure communication links to inadequately guarded data in the cloud, vulnerabilities are …
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