Excluding (arrgh) the shutdown ... Who Lost the Week?!?!

Adult Film Actress Out Crosses Trump Counsel. May 9 Trump Trial Update
Primum non nocere (first, or above all, do no harm) is a Latin expression generally applied to the medical profession. However, I viewed it as equally applicable to the practice of law and often reminded myself of it in my own practice. Trump’s...
by KeithDB 356 comments 804 Recs
Ukraine Invasion Day 807: A "gray zone" has appeared north of Kharkiv
The current intensification of Russian attacks may be a result of the fact that the soil has dried out after the spring mud season, which facilitates more rapid mechanized maneuver, and that Russian forces are trying to take advantage of Ukraine's...
by annieli 14 comments 90 Recs
The Electric Revolution
A lot has changed since I first wrote about E-bikes back in 2020. Today sales of E-bikes are vastly outpacing sales of electric cars. Seems like they’re everywhere now. In 2023 roughly 40 million E-bikes were sold worldwide. I was just at the local...
by Major Kong 9 comments 37 Recs
USPS service continues decline, a “fundamental threat to our democracy”
On time delivery of First Class mail by the USPS is much worse now than it was a year ago. All data are from the USPS performance dashboard for the week of 4/20 to 4/26/2024, for first class mail. In February, a ~~USPS General Registrar~~ Virginia...
by distraught 30 comments 66 Recs
Good News Roundup for Friday, May 10, 2024: Facing Down Fear
Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News! I admit, sometimes the news scares me. Thereâs a lot of evil in the world. When I look at Hamas, when I look at Russia, when I look at Iran and the ...
by chloris creator 69 comments 71 Recs
Stand-In Liveblog: NYC Fraud Trial
Good morning, trial chickadees. As always, my comments and those of DRo will be in the comments not updates. We both appreciate the great input from the community at large. I will add a link to Mark Sumner’s diary at the top of this intro when he...
by gchaucer2 29 comments 16 Recs
How ordering the gag reflects on the Judge's temperament and Donald's fear of incarceration
Is the gag order working? Donald Trump’s attorneys attempted Thursday to throw out his hush-money case on the basis that the trial had unnecessarily turned into an evolving tale about Trump’s less than stellar sexual trysts. During testimony delivered...
by annieli 22 comments 44 Recs
Nearly a 1,000 miles into Russia in Broad Day Light ..What Air Defense Doing?
But for want of 6 month’s worth of active and intense support from the United States this Russo-Ukrainian War would have a totally different color today. Ukrainian drones are now flying deep into Russia unmolested and tearing up valuable Russian...
by Decimus 139 comments 523 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine steps up attacks on oil refineries
There is an update on what is now officially the Worst Job in Russia — night watchman at an oil refinery. Salavat is in Bashkortostan and is north of Orenburg, where all the bad flooding took place. The drone that carried out the strike was a converted...
by quaoar 50 comments 324 Recs
Space Weather Alert - Severe G4 solar storm forecast for tonight
A Severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm is expected to lash at earth around 03:00 — 09:00 UTC Friday night / Saturday morning. A series of strong solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections took place Wed and Thu, directed towards Earth. These originated from a...
by AKALib 3 comments 17 Recs
Biden isn't 'sacrificing Israel' but finally had enough of Netanyahu; his lies and brutality
I've been reading comments in Times of Israel strings attached to articles about Biden's decision to temporarily withhold 2,000 pound bombs, and other higher intensity unguided offensive weaponry, to reduce the chance that Netanyahu will to do to Rafah...
by DrLou 50 comments 72 Recs
Shocking Report from Israeli Whistleblower
CNN has published a deeply troubling report on the torture that Israel is committing on Gazan detainees at the Sde Teiman prison in Israel’s Negev desert. The Israeli whistleblower revealed that detainees, some of whom are innocent surgeons and...
by AvoidAmnesia 5 comments 15 Recs

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Reverse Precision Bombing in Gaza/Why "Surrounded By Loved Ones" Is The Very Worst Way To Die
"Once again we hear the word precision from people who think bombs can be precise...” - The Prince Myshkins, Ministry of Oil Brilliant opening line to a heartrending song from 2003. Full lyrics and a Holly Near cover after the text. Ms. Near’s version...
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Stand-In Liveblog: NYC Fraud Trial
Good morning, trial chickadees. As always, my comments and those of DRo will be in the comments not updates. We both appreciate the great input from the community at large. I will add a link to Mark Sumner’s diary at the top of this intro when he...
by gchaucer2 29 comments 16 Recs
Trump promises he'll destroy Earth if Big Oil execs give him $1 billion
� The next time a MAGA tries to convince you the Biden family engages in influence peddling , show them this story. Just as Donald Trump plotted to withhold ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing 1 comments 3 Recs
The Frozen Chosen: Jewish players are making their mark in the NHL
With the exception of the early years of the NBA, there have not been large numbers of Jewish players in the 4 professional sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL). That is quickly changing in the NHL (National Hockey League), where there are now more...
by jhecht 1 comments 0 Recs
Space Weather Alert - Severe G4 solar storm forecast for tonight
A Severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm is expected to lash at earth around 03:00 — 09:00 UTC Friday night / Saturday morning. A series of strong solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections took place Wed and Thu, directed towards Earth. These originated from a...
by AKALib 3 comments 17 Recs
Songs as Mental Health Break: Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix Experience (1966)
If you are like me, you will need mental health breaks to maintain your sanity this year. For my part, I am starting my day with a great song, working alphabetically by song title (note: this does ...
by libertarianheretic 4 comments 2 Recs
Daily Bucket: Friday Sequence, Washington Park Arboretum in Spring and some Belize 'not birds'
This�isn’t my typical photography. I took these photos�with an iPhone —�of flowers to begin with. But Ms. JG and I were so taken with the colors on our walk this morning, and I wanted to share ...
by Jeff Graham 9 comments 9 Recs
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 5/10
Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. You can find our collection of public data at dailykosdata.com . Please note: The Live Digest is a ...
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Shocking Report from Israeli Whistleblower
CNN has published a deeply troubling report on the torture that Israel is committing on Gazan detainees at the Sde Teiman prison in Israel’s Negev desert. The Israeli whistleblower revealed that detainees, some of whom are innocent surgeons and...
by AvoidAmnesia 5 comments 15 Recs
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The Electric Revolution
A lot has changed since I first wrote about E-bikes back in 2020. Today sales of E-bikes are vastly outpacing sales of electric cars. Seems like they’re everywhere now. In 2023 roughly 40 million E-bikes were sold worldwide. I was just at the local...
by Major Kong 9 comments 37 Recs
Some deserved good news Especially for the horse.
When I saw the photo of the stranded horse atop a roof in the Brazilian floods I was heart broken as I tend to care a bit more for non-human animals. But Caramelo has been rescued! The full story and even a video of the rescue is here. The fact that...
by Carmeninvermont 3 comments 3 Recs
How ordering the gag reflects on the Judge's temperament and Donald's fear of incarceration
Is the gag order working? Donald Trump’s attorneys attempted Thursday to throw out his hush-money case on the basis that the trial had unnecessarily turned into an evolving tale about Trump’s less than stellar sexual trysts. During testimony delivered...
by annieli 22 comments 44 Recs
Cartoon: Will RFK Jr Pick His Worm As His VP?
by PresidentOso 5 comments 1 Recs
What are you reading? May 10, 2024
n WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books… I am reading: Slow Horses by ...
by Chitown Kev 8 comments 18 Recs
President Biden Saved the State of Wisconsin! Boosting Biden Day 89
Most of these � Boosting Biden � posts deal with ways that Joe Biden has helped all Americans. But Biden has also done a lot of targeted things that only local folks know about. Honestly, too often ...
by GoodNewsRoundup 16 comments 31 Recs
Trump Demands $1 Billion from Big Oil in Exchange for Doing Their Bidding
(Please check out my Substack .) Sometimes the corruption at the core of right-wing politics is so blatant, it just takes your breath away. �That is certainly the case with the Washington Post’...
by kindler 2 comments 3 Recs
Good News Roundup for Friday, May 10, 2024: Facing Down Fear
Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News! I admit, sometimes the news scares me. Thereâs a lot of evil in the world. When I look at Hamas, when I look at Russia, when I look at Iran and the ...
by chloris creator 69 comments 71 Recs
Morning Open Thread ❧ Friday's "Notes from Below Sea Level" with a few tunes by Joe Jackson
Cheers everyone and welcome to Friday’s Morning Open Thread. Yesterday, the grandson of the owner of the company I work for got me a laptop for home use—so�I am not confined to the small screen ...
by P Carey 40 comments 20 Recs
Notes from South Asia: Democracy, India, Expelling Afghans in Pakistan, Torture of Tamils, Sri Lanka
Hello, everyone. Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to this edition of Notes from South Asia. You can find all the articles in the series here (along with my other diaries). Today, we ...
by AVeng 17 comments 13 Recs

	The New York City Opera, forced to cease operations after seventy years … following an ill-advised move out of Lincoln Center (to save money)
7%	3 votes
	'Under Wild Skies', an NRA-funded television program on the NBC Sports Network, cancelled after its host shot an elephant in the face … and then compared his critics to Hitler
14%	6 votes
	Enrico Cucchiani, the CEO of Italy’s second-largest bank (Intesa Sanpaolo), fired after less than two years when earnings slumped 75% in the 2nd quarter (amid Italy’s fiscal crisis)
0%	0 votes
	State Sen. Kent Sorenson (R-IA), resigning after a special investigator found he violated ethics rules by taking money from sources connected to Michele Bachmann … and then denying it
4%	2 votes
	Charles Blé Goudé, indicted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court by launching militia attacks during the Ivory Coast elections of 2010
2%	1 votes
	Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) who - in explaining why the GOP would not be 'disrespected' - said they would get something out of the shutdown … but did not know what that would be
33%	14 votes
	Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, on the verge of being expelled from Italy’s Senate for his tax fraud conviction … and no longer with a power base to mount yet another 'comeback' with
0%	0 votes
	Gov. Rick Perry, reacting to his wife’s public statement that abortion is a woman’s right by … 'mansplaining' … that his wife actually misstated her position
16%	7 votes
	Eike Batista, formerly Brazil’s richest man, close to declaring Latin America’s biggest corporate default when his OGX oil company missed a bond interest payment … and whose wealth (> $30 billion) has nearly evaporated the past eighteen months
0%	0 votes
	Ross Ulbricht, head of the online drug marketplace 'Silk Road', arrested by the FBI after asking for online programming help that (practically) pinpointed his site … and using his real name
4%	2 votes
	Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), refusing to apologize for calling CNN anchor Carol Costello 'beautiful' … while insisting she didn't understand the federal government shutdown
2%	1 votes
	Baseball star Alex Rodriguez, fighting his suspension for using performance enhancing drugs by filing a lawsuit against the league ... and the Yankees team doctor, plus a NYC hospital
2%	1 votes
	The University of Mississippi, after some freshman athletes were among an audience using gay slurs (and verbally harassing student actors) during a production of 'The Laramie Project'
7%	3 votes
	Miley Cyrus, threatened with legal action after she publicly mocked Sinéad O'Connor 's battle with mental illness in a Tweet
2%	1 votes
	Multiple choices; other names not listed (please specify whom in a comment)
2%	1 votes

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