Creationism aside, we grew from photosensitive cells to primate bipeds which send computers into space. That is a mammoth scale of observation to cross. To do so, we've had to become very complex creatures, utterly dependent on an inherited social structure. Depending on where we live, those can be pretty nasty. Not just personally dangerous, but dangerous to all of us.
In Tuesday's Open Thread the subject of wine came up and I mentioned that as a crew member at Trader Joe's, we have weekly wine tastings to enhance our product knowledge. Sometimes we taste flights of wine from a particular region, or from a particular grape. Presentations typically focus on the characteristics of the wine, accents, and the background of the vineyard. I don't profess to be an expert but I have learned a few things that might be useful, and/or interesting.
JUST IN: Speaker Pelosi says "we believe the president of the United States is engaged in a cover up" by stonewalling testimony for ongoing congressional investigations. pic.twitter.com/7ILMb95vZM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 22, 2019
WHILE YOUR ATTENTION WAS DIRECTED ELSEWHERE: The U.S. is fast choking off two of China's major oil suppliers, Iran and Venezuela, and last Thursday, a Treasury and Commerce Department order effectively closed the American market to Huawei, the biggest Chinese cell phone manufacturer. That follows an announcement on May 14 by the US Trade Representative of a 25% tariff on a $300 billion basket of Chinese-made goods.
Yes, we are back to square one.
The U.S. has been squeezing the Russian oil and gas industry since 2014.
She’s good on some issues, but others…my stars. H/t to Tony Cartalucci on Twitter (3-parts) for the heads-up.
“Inside Syria’s Secret Prisons”: A Harrowing Account of How Assad’s Torture Machine Crushed Dissent’, democracynow.org, May 16, 2019
Originally published Aug 3, 2018
If you are a fair-minded person and have felt that the mainstream media has entered an alternative universe over the last couple of years, please read this concise and ever-so-on-target new essay by Saritha Prabhu:
https://thefederalist.com/2018/08/03/spygate-turning-democrats-like-party/
I wish I had written it myself!
