Senator assaulted, troops troubled, Mother Nature wants us dead.
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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
'It's all BS coming from Trump': Sen. Padilla gets emotional after forcible removal from DHS press conference. (Video)
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’. Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary.
Trump's big night at Kennedy Center met with boos; poll numbers fall amid LA protests. (Video)
Hegseth all but confirms Trump plans to take Greenland by force. More like a non-denial denial.
Today’s AI news: 'Meth is what makes you able to do your job': AI can push you to relapse if you're struggling with addiction, study finds. In rare cases where users are vulnerable to psychological manipulation, chatbots consistently learn the best ways to exploit them, a new study has revealed.
1,000-foot mega-tsunami could erase parts of the U.S., scientists say it has happened before. TLDR: The planet is out to kill us all. Deal with it.
16 foods you should never eat raw. TLDR: No real surprises, but you’ll get pushback on the cookie dough.
Major sugar substitute found to impair brain blood vessel cell function, posing potential stroke risk. TLDR: Erythritol, found in protein bars, low-calorie beverages, and diabetic-friendly baked goods. It increases oxidative stress, disrupts nitric oxide signaling, raises vasoconstrictive peptide production, and diminishes clot-dissolving capacity in human brain microvascular endothelial cells. So there.
KGB Quote of the Day:
The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.
--William Butler Yeats (Wikipedia link)
(More William Butler Yeats quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Blame Someone Else Day, International Albinism Awareness Day, International Axe Throwing Day, National Cupcake Lover's Day, National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day, National Marriage Day, National Movie Night, Own Your Share of America Day, Random Acts of Light Day, Sewing Machine Day, Skeptics Day International, Weed Your Garden Day, Work at Home Father's Day, World Verdejo Day, and World Softball Day.
On This Day:
1854 - Anthony Faas patented the first US accordion, having made improvements to both the keyboard, and to enhance the sound.
1966 - The United States Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them (colloquially known as "Mirandizing").
1967 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1971 - Vietnam War: The New York Times began publication of the Pentagon Papers.
1983 - Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passed beyond the orbit of Neptune.
1997 - A jury sentenced Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1831 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (d. 1879)
1865 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1939)
1892 - Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor (d. 1967)
1910 - Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995) (Video)
1913 – Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (d. 2005)
1918 – Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (d. 2007) (Video)
1926 - Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (d. 1982) (Video)
1929 - Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator (d. 2012)
1943 - Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
1949 – Ann Druyan, American popular science writer
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
1951 - Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer
1953 - Tim Allen, American actor, comedian, and producer
1962 - Ally Sheedy, American actress and author
1978 – Ethan Embry, American actor
1981 - Chris Evans, American actor and producer
1986 – Kat Dennings, American actress and comedian
(Complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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