G+: Trump Admires Duterte's Methods One way to get things done is to do it yourself. And Duterte admits he's done some DIY extrajudicial execution. I sincerely doubt God-Emperor Orange Julius Squeezer(TM) wants to dirty his delicate hands. Philippines’ Duterte admits personally killing suspects Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte admits he killed criminal suspects as mayor of Davao. Read at Google+

G+: Can't believe I agree with Rand Paul "There is something to be said for one of the top diplomats in the country being diplomatic." G.O.P. Resistance Builds to John Bolton as State Dept. Deputy The president-elect’s efforts to assemble a diplomatic team are reviving the same debates that consumed the administration of George W. Bush. Read at Google+

G+: Republican Intransigence Is A Disservice To This Country Republican Intransigence Is A Disservice To This Country I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already Before Trump’s election, we on the left didn’t give President Obama enough credit. Why? Read at Google+

G+: America Needs Space Heroes America Needs Space Heroes Buzz Aldrin: John Glenn was a hero. We owe it to him to keep exploring space. I was deeply saddened by the passing of my friend John Glenn last Thursday. All of us have lost a space pioneer, a world icon and a visionary space exploration advocate. As one of those special seven astronauts selected in 1959 for America’s Project Mercury program, Glenn became the first … Read at Google+

G+: We're Not Boned: How many sly jokes can +The Guardian slip in to this story? Why don’t humans have a penis bone? Scientists may now know | Science | The Guardian Read at Google+

G+: Noted Ballroom Dancer Tapped To Head Department of Making Things Go Smart-looking glasses wearer Rick Perry will be running the very department he wanted to abolish, if only he could remember its name. Rick Perry: Trump’s Secretary Of Energy? The Swamp Is Full! It’s comforting to know a Dancing With The Stars contestant is in charge of nuclear weapons too. Oops. Read at Google+

G+: Long Shot Fails in Colorado Ah, well. It would have been destabilizing at best. In Colo., court knocks down electoral college bid to deny presidency to Trump Federal judge: “Part of me thinks this is really a political stunt” against the GOP winner. Read at Google+

G+: Democrats? there were Democrats on the media? This is the fundamental thing. Dems might have been going out into the Rustbelt to hold townhall meetings – my senator Dick Durbin is constantly going to local meetings, groundbreakings, and commemorations all over the state. He works hard to connect with people and he does get some PR, some press out of it. But if he were a rabble-rousing Republican, tossing chunks of red meat, now that gets media attention. Crooks and Liars on Twitter: “McCaskill quashes the myth that Dems don’t appeal to the rustbelt. The media ignored them. “…

G+: Photographer Goes Into the Red He learned a lot when he started photographing people out on the edge. Chris Arnade photographs the ‘back-row kids.’ He knew they could elect Trump. The bond-trader-turned-photographer left Wall Street to document Americans left behind Read at Google+

G+: Put On The Red Light Trump-TV will be on 24/7 and on social media, too. The New Reality of TV: All Trump, All the Time For the next four years, we are living in a TV show that President-elect Donald J. Trump is simultaneously starring in, consuming and live-tweeting. Read at Google+