If Tx keeps squealing about secession, let's see if we can pull all our shit out and sell them back to Mexico?

And then to not have to change the flag bring Puerto Rico in?

Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Amazon Prime

Just dropped and I have only seen the first of eight current episodes and it's not too bad. Likeable leads in a fairly "nothing new" sort of story line but good fodder for rainy afternoons.

I don't believe I've ever heard a Taylor Swift song or seen her on stage

all I really know is that she dates a FB player and drives faux news, tRump and Magites batshit cray-cray so that means I love her!

Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the Pacific by exploration team

Source: npr

Deep Sea Vision, an ocean exploration company based in South Carolina, announced Saturday that it captured compelling sonar images of what could be Earhart's aircraft at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

The discovery was made possible by a high-tech unmanned underwater drone and a 16-member crew, which surveyed more than 5,200 square miles of ocean floor between September and December.

The team spotted the plane-shaped object between Australia and Hawaii, about 100 miles off Howland Island, which is where Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were supposed to refuel but never arrived.

The shape of the object in the sonar images closely resembles Earhart's aircraft, a Lockheed Electra, both in size and tail. Deep Sea Vision founder, Tony Romeo, said he was optimistic in what they found.

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/29/1227574179/amelia-earharts-lost-plane-howland-island?fbclid=IwAR0iBwe8Lg0saLNIO0Y3QNGGsEoNz8-Nxm1EZdsL_TvQ22_siMdiDG1Xu24

Charlie or Flowers for Algernon?

Borgnine or Robertson? And it seems there was a more recent mini series out there as well. I have seen both the earlier theatrical versions but sooo long ago I don't remember much more than the story and that I enjoyed them at the time.

Opinions?

This looks good. Tuesday

Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules

Source: nbc

Former President Donald Trump must pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her, a jury found Friday.

The nine-person jury began deliberations inat 1:40 p.m. ET and reached a verdict in just under three hours.

The decision came after contentious closing arguments that saw Trump storm out of the courtroom. He returned for his own attorney's closing arguments but left the courthouse at 4 p.m., before the jury returned its verdict.

Trump had already been found liable for defaming Carroll while he was president by mocking her allegation that he'd sexually abused her, so this jury was only tasked with determining how much she should be paid in damages.

Read more: linkhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/verdict-reached-e-jean-carrolls-defamation-damages-trial-trump-rcna135919 to come

Reagan-appointed judge warns GOP's 'preposterous' claims about Jan. 6 could pose threat

WASHINGTON — A Republican-appointed federal judge who has served on the bench for 37 years slammed prominent politicians for their "preposterous" claims about how the courts have handled Jan. 6 cases and their attempts to "rewrite history" about the U.S. Capitol attack, saying such rhetoric could foreshadow future far-right violence.

Senior U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, appointed to the bench by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987, said at a resentencing hearing Thursday that he is "shocked" at how prominent political figures have talked about the convicted criminals who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, calling the politicians' remarks "preposterous" and warning that such rhetoric "could presage further danger to our country."

While Lamberth did not refer to the politicians by name, he used quotations from Reps. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. (who said rioters behaved "in an orderly fashion" like tourists), Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. (who called Jan. 6 inmates "political prisoners&quot , and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. (who, echoing former President Donald Trump, called Jan. 6 criminals "hostages&quot . In 2022, the Republican National Committee passed a resolution referring to the events of Jan. 6 as "legitimate political discourse."

"The Court is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept that they did anything wrong. But in my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream," Lamberth said, according to his prepared remarks.

"I have been dismayed to see distortions and outright falsehoods seep into the public consciousness,” Lamberth continued before he issued a stark warning: "The Court fears that such destructive, misguided rhetoric could presage further danger to our country."

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/reagan-appointed-judge-warns-gops-preposterous-claims-jan-6-pose-threa-rcna135754

worth the read.

When you live in a country known worldwide for School shootings

one has to wonder that the only political actions are to protect the gun industry and make it easier to get a gun.

Between this and the trumpers I trul fear for the future of this country.

The newest True Detective on HBO Plus (max)

With Jodie Foster blew me away with its first episode. If you like spooky mysteries this is a good one for you. I can't remember when a first episode in a series grabbed me like this one did. Note that you don't have to have seen any of the preious True Detective series to enjoy or follow this, it's a stand-alone series in itself.