Friday Reads

It looks like the charter company owning the helicopter that crashed last weekend in L.A., killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, is going to have to cough up major bucks when it is sued into the ground.
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In so many words, and in polite language, Joe Biden calls Bernie Sanders a ratfucker.
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The vote was 51-49 against calling witnesses on the Trump impeachment trial.  Of course, this impeachment was NEVER about removal--it was about holding Republican senators accountable for their votes.  Quite a few seats are up for grabs this fall.

I don't know what threat McConnell had over the senators to hold fast while allowing a couple of renegades.  In the end, it doesn't matter.

Trump won't be able to trump--pun intended--he was "exonerated" during Sunday's Super Bowl.
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There was never any doubt as to Trump's guilt.
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Since many women are such outright liars they will send themselves flowers to work on Valentine's Day, I tend not to believe anything being said about those floral arrangements.

I always buy my own damned shit for the occasion.

This woman is a narcissistic idiot:

Some people give their partners a road map. For Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, Raquel Alderman has provided her husband details on the type of arrangement she prefers and the time she wants the bouquet to arrive for the optimal response from co-workers (early morning is ideal!). Alderman, marketing director at Plantation General Hospital, says women relish a call from the reception to pick up their roses, a big way for romantic partners to score points: “I’ve been married 23 years and flowers at the office on Valentine’s Day says the love is still there.”

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