Federal health officials have linked two massive US measles outbreaks, confirming that the country is about two months away from losing its measles elimination status, according to a report by The New York Times. read more
The House voted to overturn a controversial provision approved in the spending package to reopen the government last week, but Republican leaders in the Senate are slow-walking a commitment to fully repeal the measure.
Jessica Tisch, the current head of the New York Police Department, agreed to serve in Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's administration despite differences in their approaches to policing.
Last month, a DoorDash driver in upstate New York delivered an item to a local house in Oswego[,NY] -- only to find the front door open and a man apparently unconscious or asleep on a couch in the front room. The man was also quite naked, with pants and underwear around his ankles, and he was fully visible from the porch.
U.S. Representative Robert Garcia of California, top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, told CNN's Kaitlan Collins Monday night that additional documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate are expected to be released. read more
Then there's this ...
Former Trump Lawyer Calls for Pam Bondi to be Disbarred
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... Former Trump White House Attorney Ty Cobb told MS NOW anchor Chris Jansing on Wednesday that both Attorney General Pam Bondi and interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan should be disbarred over how the evidence and charges were presented to the grand jury in the case against ex-FBI Director James Comey.
U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff questioned earlier in the day "whether the entire grand jury ever saw the two-count indictment that a magistrate judge received after the grand jurors rejected one of three charges" presented by Halligan, reported Politico of the day's proceedings.
The case was already under heavy scrutiny as a judge warned Monday of apparent "government misconduct" in charging Comey. ...
fwiw ...
Bridge of Sighs
en.wikipedia.org
...The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri, Venetian: Ponte de i Sospiri) is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison (Prigioni Nuove) to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contin, whose uncle Antonio da Ponte designed the Rialto Bridge. It was built in 1600.[1]
Etymology
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment.
The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri",[2][3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.[4][5] ...
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (1974)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
The sun don't shine
The moon don't move the tides
To wash me clean
Sun don't shine
The moon don't move the tides
To wash me clean
Why so unforgiving and why so cold?
Been a long time crossing bridge of sighs
Cold wind blows
The Gods look down in anger
On this poor child
...
fwiw ...
Sigue, Sigue, Sputnik ( www.youtube.com ) just showed up on the playlist here.
For me, that means ...
It's time to say good night for the evening.
Good Night to y'all.
And have a great tomorrow!