The US strategy regarding Venezuela appears to be to cause as much pain and disturbance as possible, while offering “help” contingent on ‘regime change.’
The US strategy regarding Venezuela appears to be to cause as much pain and disturbance as possible, while offering “help” contingent on ‘regime change.’
Saturday, we picked up our rental car and headed down the Pacific Coast Highway toward Monterey. It was pretty foggy; for her first week in California Anna got no day without constant drizzle.
Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of my favorite places.
You may recall I mentioned my 14+hr layover in Copenhagen.
I’ve set a reminder in my calendar and I’ll do the googling and analysis so you don’t have to. Assuming we all survive, that is.
One thing I have been pondering is what to do with the various knives that I am turning out. I think I have a solution.
The “Parthian Shot” is a legendary military tactic, in which cavalry pull a pursuit by appearing to retreat, then suddenly turn in their saddles and give the pursuer a massive barrage of arrows straight in the face.
I’m baffled by all the wishful thinking around Michael Cohen’s testimony. Trump already made it clear that he believed/knew the Russians were going after people’s emails: he blurted it into the microphone, “Russia, if you’re listening…”
The studies are going to continue for years, and (as always seems to be the case with medical stuff) they will agree, disagree, and maybe agree. In the meantime, what is a human to do?
One of my many secret vices is NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! [Read more…]