This happens like every day now?

Clifford reference?!?!?! Good lord.

In 1992, Boris Yeltsin admitted the Soviets had a BW program. Months later, Frank Wisner — then Under Sec State — led a US delegation to Moscow to press Russia to come clean on its biological warfare program. Russia never did so. What’s important in Wisner’s declassified speaking points (below) is the heavy emphasis on Russia’s plague weapons, including work on “genetic engineering and other techniques” & “to make plague bacteria resistant to antibiotics, and to make the agent more suitable for weaponization.” The Irkusk institute is not mentioned by name, but rather indirectly as part of “the former USSR's anti-plague infrastructure” where agents were developed for biological warfare (p.4). It is important that Russia release the details on what pathogen killed Dariya Shipilova, & whether offensive BW activities continue at the Irkutsk lab where she worked. nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NS…

On one hand, everything is terrible. On the other, we live in an era where the Spicy Nacho Dorito is easily accessible at local grocery stores.

"I didn't want to make him feel weird like he had to figure out if I was telling the truth or not." Dane Sanzenbacher on running into Jeremiah Smith at a gas station but not saying "hi" because he thought he wouldn't believe he played at Ohio State

Historically the primary axis of Brazilian politics has been the upper class voting right and the working class voting left. This is still true, but for the 2nd election in a row Brazil has mirrored the global education polarization trend of working class voters trending right

". . . half of the present birthrate decline is attributed to housing affordability, and . . . if costs had remained stable since 1990, 13 million more children would have been born through 2020."

amazing

I tend to subscribe to belief that we are living in the best possible time to be alive (indoor plumbing, AC, ubiquitous good food and travel) but it sure does seem like we are at the whim of a greater number of bad people than ever before.

Does Fox News still use the Fair and Balanced thing? Even if it's just out of habit?

“Russia’s offensive has grave implications for Ukraine’s survival… and potentially the course of the war.” There’s been too much long distance happy talk from Kyiv’s allies. My bleak report from Odesa as Russia chokes off exports and bombs away ft.com/content/cc96ac01-7929… via @ft

It's so much easier to explain notre dame struggles over 30 years when you just account for South Bend being in the middle of Indiana and the school being unwilling to cheat/pay players. Very little to do with the classes being too hard!

This was and is truly the Entire Point of Republican governance.

Idea City were only spending as others is complete crap From 2009-18 over wages, transfer amortisation and impairments, City spent: • £272m more than United (despite United hiring far more staff) • £301m more than Chelsea • £802m more than Arsenal • £840m more than Liverpool

Yep. And they knew it was a great movie ahead of time and locked up the director for another three films. They gave that away and marginalized the character that faced the most racist abuse. And people want to rehabilitate Kathleen Kennedy. Sorry!

Doesn't seem like there are many checks on the president's decision making.