
Happy Friday! Hope everyone had a great week. Busy week for me with work and trying to spend time with my parents after work every evening. My mom had a really good day today so we skipped dinner, ordered a pizza and hung out with her. She usually wants to go to sleep and isn’t always lucid so that was a good day!
That’s wild
Exclusive: US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/us-germany-foiled-russian-assassination-plot/index.html
In the words of Joe Biden, Come On Man!
Biden introduces Zelenskiy as ‘President Putin’ at Nato summit
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/11/biden-calls-ukraine-zelenskiy-president-putin-nato
Sprots
Teen sprinter sues Gatorade over doping ban that cost him an Olympic spot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/07/11/issam-asinga-lawsuit-gatorade-doping-ban
Stonks!
Thursday was a historically strange day in the stock market. That may be good news
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/11/thursday-was-a-strange-day-in-the-stock-market-that-may-be-good-news.html
#RIP
Shelley Duvall, a beguiling face of 1970s film, dies at 75
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/11/shelley-duvall-dead
Today in cuteness:
Have a great day!
So some personal-adjacent news: I spent the day in the local mega-hospital with my in-laws, because my mother-in-law had extensive surgery. The upshot, though, is all good news: She had a hysterectomy and a tumor removed — I’m not going to get into specifics but holy shit it was a GIANT tumor — and the testing found it benign, which is fantastic. She doesn’t have a family history of cancer but she smoked for decades and was considered high-risk.
Anyway, did I miss anything? Joe Biden still old?
Congrats to your M-i-L.
Yes, Joe Biden is still old, and that’s bad news for Joe Biden.
I didn’t watch the Biden interview last night because I was honestly scared to. However, it seems he did a largely credible job with some stumbles (yes, some really blatant ones but if I was dealing with Trump and Putin simultaneously I’d probably insert their names accidently when talking too). That’s my impression culled from press reports that seem even-handed.
Biden shows foreign policy depth in news conference with a few stumbles
Headlines however are blaring a different story, blaring about how Democrats are turning on Biden.
I’m reminded of an exercise I did in graduate school that involved running a fake business for a semester. The one sure way to fail was to panic and try to change your business model halfway through the semester. Democrats are doing that right now.
I watched the whole thing & starting out calling his vp “vice president Trump” was not a good start. He stumbled with words even more than he used to or had to stop and search for words & when he was on it was just stuff he remembered from speeches about how good the economy is. He needed to to say more of “Donald Trump is a pedophile felon that worships Putin, Hitler & Hannibal Lecter, yes, I am old but he is a monster.”
Project 2025 coverage is finally gaining steam.
Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved
He doesn’t even know what the Heritage Foundation is…
https://x.com/BidensWins/status/1811410983081976309?t=i__Mr6ZgR4rDg7vzRRdKCQ&s=19
Even Stephen Miller doesn’t know who Stephen Miller is.
That story about the Gatorade Gummies is heartbreaking. What makes it even worse is that so many athletes caught redhanded using banned substances get a pass, with the Chinese swimmers just the latest.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/21/china/china-swimmers-doping-wada-olympics-intl-hnk/index.html
This shit is out of control…
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/business/att-customers-massive-breach/index.html
exhibit 2…
https://abcnews.go.com/US/massachusetts-new-hampshire-attorneys-general-warn-health-care-data-breach/story?id=111840567
Speaking of out of control…
https://www.salon.com/2024/07/12/experts-georgia-officials-lay-groundwork-to-obstruct-and-subvert-certification/
I’ve really stopped giving a shit about data security with my own devices etc due to the neverending data breaches from companies. Like yes I use good passwords and don’t shop on random websites etc, but like at this point my info has been shared already so why stress about my personal choices.
Happy birthday, beloved local newscaster Ernie Anastos (retired). He is 81. Keep fucking that chicken!
I hope that sprinter wins a massive settlement suing Gatorade. They really fucked him over.