G+: Milky Way over Chilean Volcanoes Useful: Sometimes, you have to contemplate the infinite. APOD: 2017 August 21 – Milky Way over Chilean Volcanoes A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. Read at Google+
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Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. GOP senator unsure if Trump will be 2020 nominee: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told MSNBC that she was unsure whether President Donald Trump would be the party’s presidential nominee in 2020. – Tags: politics – http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/08/21/susan-collins-unsure-trump-2020-msnbc-sot-erin.cnn Jeh Johnson: Confederate Statues Are ‘Neo-Nazi Rallying Points’: Martha Raddatz filled in on ABC’s “This Week” charged with the arduous task of eliciting some semblance of logic from Jerry Falwell Junior’s rationalizing of Trump’s deplorable defense of White Nationalists, KKK members and Neo-Nazis. – by Leftofcenter – Tags: politics – http://crooksandliars.com/2017/08/jeh-johnson-confederate-statues-are-neo Angry Trump Grilled…
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Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. The most pernicious racism is the stuff we don’t even think about : ***Dave Does the Blog: Literally don’t think about, as in the stuff that passes below our consciousness, that we don’t detect, let alone ponder. The stuff where we don’t even think about it as racism because it’s just How Things Are in our minds, axiomatic assumptions about people based on their race. – by Dave Hill – Tags: Racism, Blogs – http://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2017/08/18/pernicious-racism-stuff-dont-even-think.html From airline cancellations to that ropey hotel, what to do about botched holidays: The Guardian…
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 Seventh in a series of editorials from the LA Times. READ. These are not normal times.The man in the White House is reckless and unmanageable, a danger to the Constitution, a threat to our democratic institutions. Source: Enough is Enough – Los Angeles Times
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Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. Steve Bannon vows to ‘go to war’ for Trump agenda after sacking: Donald Trump’s former chief strategist has vowed to go to war against the president’s opponents, after being fired from his job at the White House. Steve Bannon, who has returned as head of ultra-conservative website Breitbart News, said he would fight for the agenda that won Mr Trump the election. – by Anthony Zurcher – Tags: politics – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40985180 Finland killings: Stabbings in Turku a ‘terror attack’: Police in Finland say they believe the killing of two people…
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Megachurch pastor resigns from Trump’s evangelical council: Most of President Trump’s evangelical advisers have stood by him this week following much criticism over his response to violent clashes in Charlottesville, even as several CEOs left business advisory councils. But one pastor quietly stepped away. – by Sarah Pulliam Bailey – Tags: politics – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/08/18/megachurch-pastor-resigns-from-trumps-evangelical-council/ James Fields Jr.: A neo-Nazi’s violent, rage-fueled journey to Charlottesville: Late in his senior year of high school, James Fields Jr. was excitedly mapping his future, hoping to join the Army right after graduation. – by Abigail Hauslohner, Paul Duggan, Jack Gillum and Aaron C. Davis…
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G+: That's two to call and thank Some thoughts on this: Two GOP senators say they can’t commit to voting for Betsy DeVos Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said they couldn’t commit to voting for President Trump’s education secretary pick Betsy DeVos on the Senate floor… Read at Google+
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G+: Trump Fires Acting AG and more Manic Monday Just a few of the things that happened today. President Trump, meet the resistance The biggest stories of the day. That’s all. #TheShortList Read at Google+
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G+: Shooter Was A RW Troll for Drumpf (Stuff I need to read later, Twitter's a little busy right now) The Suspected Quebec City Mosque Attacker Was a Right-Wing Troll for Trump | Mother Jones But Fox News and the White House quickly pointed toward Islamic terrorism. Read at Google+
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G+: Shaka, When The Walls Fell Sometimes the metaphor or the allegory just writes itself: Spicer, gaslight flickering on his faceTrump, when the ill wind blewBannon, weaving his websConway and the Bear Buttons at Washington A “Star Trek” Episode Shows the Next Phase of Human Communication In one fascinating episode, Star Trek: The Next Generation traced the limits of human communication as we know it—and suggested a new, truer way of talking about the universe. Read at Google+