A Couple of Reads for Wednesday

 This is absolutely batshit insane even for the Trump administration.

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Obituary:  The first American to summit Mount Everest, Jim Whittaker, has died at the age of 97.

Snip:

Whittaker died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington. according to a statement from his family.

His Mount Everest feat made the once-shy, rangy climber an instant celebrity, in demand for public appearances and expected to lend his support to good causes.

And it gained him entree into the world of celebrities, including the inner circles of the Kennedy clan. He became a close friend of Robert Kennedy, with whom he climbed a 14,000-foot (4,267 meters) Canadian peak named Mount Kennedy after the 1968 presidential contender's assassination.

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A Read or Two for Tuesday

 It appears Armageddon has been delayed for at least two weeks.

Or is it WW III?

He needs to be out of office, but he isn't going anywhere anytime in the near future.

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So why didn't Trump follow through?  Perhaps more than a few in the military gave Kegsbreath a clue.

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Trump clearly isn't all there in the head:

A Few Reads for Monday

 The world wonders if Trump will ever be tried for war crimes if he makes good on his threat against Iran tomorrow.

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The View from Grizzly Peak

Today I went on a group hike through the Medford Parks and Recreation Department to Grizzly Peak, which is located in the Cascade-Siskiyou Monument near Ashland, Oregon.  Here are a few pictures I took from the top of the peak, which is more like a butte than a mountain peak:

Mt. McLoughlin

Mount Shasta

Mount Shasta and Pilot Rock

 

Some Saturday Reads

 Rumors abound about where Trump is currently, including rumors of a visit to Walter Reed Medical Center.

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The far right Catholics of the Heritage Foundation and their P25 agenda are attacking family planning programs and want to push the laughably ineffective "natural planning method," i.e., the "rhythm method," onto low income people.

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More horseshit emanating from right-wing nutjob pastors proposing taking away women's right to vote because they are far more likely to vote Democratic.

Reads for Wednesday

 Obituary:  Jonathan the tortoise, the oldest living land animal, has died at the age of 193.  

Snip:

The tortoise spent most of his life living in St. Helena, a British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.

According to Guinness World Records, Jonathan is thought to have been born around 1832, as he was estimated to be at least 50 years old in 1882 when he was brought to St. Helena from the Seychelles.

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Trump made a fool out of himself today when he attended a USSC hearing regarding so-called birthright citizenship.  He was so humiliated, he left the hearing early.

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Trump 

A Few Reads for Tuesday

 Here are a couple of cold cases that were solved through genetic genealogy:

A sixty-year-old cold case murder has been solved with the identification of the suspect.

Snip:

The San Rafael Police Department said in a press release that Laurel James Switzer was considered a suspect during the original investigation, but police could not conclusively connect him to the crime. Switzer knew Rudolphs, and investigators believed there had been a dispute between Switzer and the family, which may have led to the homicide, police said.

Cigarette butts believed to have belonged to Switzer were collected at the crime scene, but DNA testing did not exist at the time, and forensic science was limited. Switzer left the Bay Area for South Lake Tahoe and died by suicide just days after the killing, police said. 

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An arrest was made some 36 years after a notorious double murder case in Houston.

Snip:

On Thursday, the Harris County District Attorney's Office announced that 64-year-old Floyd William Parrott has been charged with murder in connection with the killings.

Court records show Parrott was 28 years old at the time of the murders. He is accused of slashing the throats of the young couple after they had spent time parked in the secluded area following a night out dancing.

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