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Senate panel upholds finding that Russia backed Trump, contradicting House

This has been a day of cover-ups and false ‘findings’. Of course this is the Senate’s ‘finding’, not the one who is actually issuing subpoenas and holding hearings.

July 03, 2018 - 03:12 PM EDT
Senate panel upholds finding that Russia backed Trump, contradicting House

Former Wasserman Schultz aide Imran Awan reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories

Words fail. Of course this is a WP article with a WP slant on a thoroughly bullshit ‘investigation’.

Former Wasserman Schultz aide Imran Awan reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories

Shawn Boburg, Spencer S. Hsu
The Washington Post
July 3, 2018 11:15 a.m.

My search for a 2500 year old book.

So, as I've mentioned, I've been trying to hunt down a physical copy of Antisthenes' "Odyssey" because I'm interested in viewing how the character of Odysseus was viewed by Antisthenes. From what I understand he had a somewhat more nuanced view of the character, and saw his actions as not heroic, but pragmatic. I find that commentary concept fascinating, since it reduces the character somewhat, and yet makes his journey all the more heroic, sans the gods and the mystical creatures.

Once upon a time

There was once a fun little blog with free range thinking, flinging opinions every which way. One day this big, bad shadow hovered over the commenters and essayists. Thunderous words, judgements and almost hateful replies have occasionally erupted against nonconformist opinions. Those singular minds who shared the joys and fears of their times became worried. It became unreasonable to go against the current flow of ideas, at the risk of shame and humiliation.

The tale of the tarmac OR the accidental coinkydink at Sky Harbor: Bubba and Lying Loretta

Okay. What happens to the news-sated political junkies on Friday when the typical hide-it-in-plain- sight news dump occurs? It stays buried. Unless some intrepid soul digs deep into the slime, er news to find juicy morsels. I prefer my morsels closer to the surface but, hey, you get it where you find it.

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