Judge enjoins Pentagon freeze on wind project reviews. Pentagon cited national security interests. Renewable energy groups said freeze was arbitrary and capricious, cost billions. Pentagon said it does not discuss ongoing litigation. read more
Tom Nichols: "Many Americans -- and much of the rest of the world -- have become inured to Donald Trump's strange rants.
A top supervision examiner at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned staff they would face "most unpleasant" consequences if they were too aggressive in their oversight of financial firms, according to an internal email reviewed by Reuters. read more
A former Louisiana police chief has pleaded guilty for his role in a yearslong scheme that used fake police reports to fraudulently obtain U visas for immigrants, according to federal officials.
A federal judge on Tuesday "reluctantly" granted the Justice Department's move to dismiss the final remaining prosecution stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol ... read more
@#6 ... I'm not really fond of them myself from an aesthetic standpoint, but they do crank out a lot of power. ...
Yeah, that seems to be the issue here.
There's things like this ..
Wind turbine shadow flicker
www.youtube.com
Sen Paul's view of Dr Fauci?
Trio - Da Da Da (I Don't Love You, You Don't Love Me) (1982)
www.youtube.com
@#82 ... the pardon absolves him of the need and ability to plead the Fifth. ...
Not necessarily true.
The pardon only absolves him of Federal crimes.
Then there are State-level crimes.
As I noted in my #16, which seems to be, oh so long ago ...
#16
... The pardon only works at the Federal level.
If State AGs decide to go after Dr Fauci, the pardon won't stop them.
3 state attorneys general subpoena Anthony Fauci
thehill.com
That's likely another reason why he took the 5th ...
Kip Adotta - Wet Dream (1984)
www.youtube.com
They don't write songs like that anymore ...
Maybe that might be A Good Thing?
Related ...
How Trump's loathing for wind turbines started with a Scottish court battle (2025)
www.bbc.com
... "I am the evidence," was the eyebrow-raising comment made by Donald Trump when he appeared before the Scottish Parliament in 2012.
He was speaking as an "expert" witness on green energy targets, describing how he believed wind turbines were damaging tourism in Scotland.
Five years before he first became US president, it was one of his earliest interventions on renewable energy - but since then his opposition to them has grown to become government policy in the world's biggest economy.
He was objecting to 11 turbines which were planned - and ultimately constructed - alongside his Aberdeenshire golf course.
On his latest visit to Scotland, he described those turbines as "some of the ugliest you've ever seen". ...
Then I see things like this ...
Connecticut Children's Hospital agrees to end treatments for transgender kids
www.wshu.org
... Connecticut Children's Hospital will stop offering treatments for transgender children as part of an agreement with the Trump administration.
That includes puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery, which hospitals typically call "gender-affirming care," but what the Department of Justice referred to as "sex-rejecting procedures" in its announcement.
Connecticut Children's said last year it would wind down its youth gender-affirming services, along with Yale-New Haven Health.
The newly announced settlement with the Trump administration includes a full stop to the treatments and an undisclosed monetary fine; the Department of Justice said the treatments violate federal law.
The DOJ also said the hospital will set aside $500,000 for what it calls "medical care for [p]eople living with the harmful consequences of 'gender-affirming care.'" ...
Here in Connecticut, we have been having more rain than the norm during the summer.
For example, instead of my lawn turning brown and going dormant in the summer because of a lack of rain, the lawn it growing to the point I have to mow it once a week.
Once a week used to be spring-time timing for mowing here, not August timing.
August timing used to be once every couple weeks, maybe even every three weeks. because the lack of rain made the grass go dormant.
Something's changing ...
PHOTOS: Heavy rain causes flooding, damage across Connecticut (August 2025)
www.wtnh.com
If you want to waste 10 minutes of your time ...
Maybe robots might be able to interact with Petri dishes ...
America's Got Talent Goes Crazy as 8 Unitree G1 Robots Perform Like Humans on Stage
www.youtube.com
... America's Got Talent witnessed a groundbreaking moment when dancer Yufei Wu brought eight Unitree G1 humanoid robots to the stage for a mind-bending robot dance. What started as an audition to a Lady Gaga dance quickly turned into an extraordinary AI robotics display.
These aren't just toys -- they represent the peak of entertainment robotics engineering, having already dominated the Spring Festival Gala robots showcase in China.
With real-time synchronization, this AGT robot performance blurs the line between tech and entertainment, proving that Chinese humanoid robots AGT contenders are here to rewrite the rules of live performance. ...
My view ...
The sports mega-complex should adopt to how humans are, instead of trying to dictate how humans should be.
For example, take a look at the "sport" of boxing. There are categories according to the boxer's skill and size.
Should the basketball industry embark upon a similar categorization based upon the height of the players?
I'd ask, why isn't there a basketball industry based upon those who may not be over six feet tall?
Is the problem really with the trans-participants, or are those participants exposing an underlying [discriminatory?] problem within the sports industry?
Wish I knew ...