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And North and South Korea will be marching as a unified team.

North and South Korea agree to form first unified Olympic team

That Djokovic-Monfils match was horrible to watch!  When the weather gets above a 100 Degrees Fahrenheit, what's the point of playing??  

Looks like I'll be skipping the NYT entirely tomorrow.

On Thursday, the NYT is not running any editorials in print. The ed board is devoting the page to letters from Trump supporters. Check it out https://t.co/feU41BwXNU

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 17, 2018

3 hours ago, Fevuh said:

Just catching up - I didn't see the first couple of rounds.....what the Hel* happened to the U.S. women?  It's like as soon as some of the newbies take a step forward they follow it up with 3 steps backwards...

I can't even speak for most of them.  The only realistic prospects that the U.S. women had were Venus, Madison, CoCo and maybe Sloane, with Shelby and Alison only with a good draw having an outside chance at the second week.  So far Madison is really the only one left, I believe.

I'm going to exclude Venus, who is 37 and has Sjogren's which is a wildly unpredictable disease. I also wonder if the madness of her previous season has made it a challenge for her to reset herself for this season.

The last time Sloane won a match (anywhere), Serena's daughter was still practically in utero.  She also lost the doubles match with Genie Bouchard but they were unlikely to beat Makarova and Vesnina anyway.

CoCo went CoCo (see the video posted above).

Alison Riske had an actual chance against Kirsten Flipkens. Unfortnately, Riske pulled a Christina McHale, who is usually on the brink of winning before managing to lose.

McHale was a non-factor in her own match, but frankly, I no longer look for great results from her anyway.

One of the reasons why I'm glad I still use Firefox as my main browser.  And thankfully, it's faster these days.

Mozilla just filed a suit against the FCC to protect net neutrality! Yey! <333 They're fighting the good fight. https://t.co/7PDi3YsTKT

— Randall Degges (@rdegges) January 17, 2018

This is scary. That in the wrong hands, a set nuclear policy can be re-written to be much more aggressive with a lower set of criteria for an attack.

“Almost everything about this radical new policy will blur the line between nuclear and conventional,...will make nuclear war a lot more likely.”

Pentagon Suggests Countering Devastating Cyberattacks With Nuclear Arms

I think I was the only one who was  not surprised by Luksika Kumkhum's straight sets victory over Belinda Bencic. 

In fact, I was expecting it.  Bencic put everything she had into beating Venus, then had little left. 

Kumkhum, on the other hand saw that she wasn't going to face Venus and took one look and Bencic and likely said (in her mind) "I can take this match".

Apparently Steve Bannon was giving testimony before the House Judiciary Committee for at least 11 hours today.  Wonder what was said during that session?

2 hours ago, Juliajms said:

It's always a little sad when someone I've liked has their head up their ass. 

 

And I feel bad for ED as well.  As a mother you just cannot trust anyone it seems.

I saw the article in The Atlantic characterizing it that way.  I read the whole article the original woman wrote and I didn't see it as revenge porn at all.

 

I do see it as a bit of a different issue.  I think women are really taught to be too nice.  I can think of a few times when I was young when I wish I had just walked away, instead of being polite. I also think men are taught that it's ok to keep pushing someone even after they've said "no". That isn't rape or assault, but I do like that people are talking more about what consent really looks like.

If nothing else, people will have to reassess what it considered acceptable and unacceptable boundaries because it can often be somewhat vague. 

6 minutes ago, amybrickwallace said:

 

I'm sure there are plenty of Trump voodoo dolls out there already!!!

Right next to the Trump piñatas.

Despite Trump's constant effort to force the idea of any government shutdown being the Democrats' fault, this poll seems to suggest otherwise.

BREAKING: New poll of 12 Senate battleground states Trump, GOP will pay price in case of government shutdown. Public wants protections for Dreamers in funding bill (81%); rejects wall (57%). GOP playing with fire. 1/ pic.twitter.com/8VRrqyqvOu

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) January 16, 2018

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

 

I said this to somebody when I heard these comments - you really don't want to mess with Haiti.

This is true, lol.

The other day, someone tweeted (only) half-jokingly "Witch doctors, you know what to do!".

I cannot wait to see what the contents of this will be!

BREAKING: Haiti just had an emergency high court session resulting in an agreement to unseal & release documents relating to Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier's indictments for money laundering through Trump Tower. Looks like Trump will regret insulting Haiti!
KARMA's a B*tch!

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 15, 2018

19 hours ago, dragonflies said:

aaahh okay thanks, the names seemed similar and I've never heard of either of them lol

Apparently now there is a backlash against the article, with some decrying the "revenge porn" tone of the subject's account.

The GOP is coming for the employer mandate of the ACA next.

Individual Mandate Now Gone, G.O.P. Targets the One for Employers

She also yelled an audible obscenity.  Despite the fact that I don't like Babos, I don't find this to be at all funny.

Coco Vandeweghe got her second code violation and a point penalty for slamming her racquet and screaming “Oh [&#33;@#&#036;%^&amp;*] off you [&#33;@#&#036;%^&amp;*] bitch” to Babos at the #AusOpen. 😂 pic.twitter.com/xunlDXaCS0

— John Thrasher (@jthrasher) January 15, 2018

I'm glad for Nishioka, by the way.

CoCo has the flu?  Why the hell is she playing?  She probably infected a dozen people on the way to the match!

Nobody's really writing/talking about this.

Hospitals experiencing major shortage of saline IV bags. Almost every company that make them are in Puerto Rico, which we are ignoring.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 14, 2018

..flu hospitalizations doubling each week. IV bags rationed. FDA in emergency. Wouldnt it have been easier to just help PR?

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 14, 2018

I'll admit that the mid-late 90s were very busy for me and I probably missed quite a few episodes, including this anniversary episode but the montage was fun (although a few clips were a bit cheesy).

How many characters do y'all recognize?

4 hours ago, dragonflies said:

Isn't that the [&#33;@#&#036;%^&amp;*] who wants to do away with Net Neutrality?

Um, no.  That's Ajit Pai, the chairman of the FCC.

This article is about Aziz Ansari, a comedian best known for his role on Parks and Recreation (which I admit to only watching 2 episodes) and his Netflix series Master of None (which I've yet to watch).

I posted about this days ago, but this is a followup to the news that a federal judge ruled against Trump's halting of DACA renewal applications.

The government has now started accepting applications for renewals again!

DACA Participants Can Again Apply for Renewal, Immigration Agency Says

Corrupt Trey Gowdy, who has wasted tens of millions of our tax dollars on bogus investigations, is now out as Member of Committee on Ethics. 👊👏 pic.twitter.com/iUv7u3iH45

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) January 13, 2018

Roselyn Sanchez (Pilar, ATWT) is in a thriller called Traffik co-starring Omar Epps, Paula Patton and Laz Alonso.

Speaking of social media, Tulsi Gabbard's tweet was the only warning that this was a false alarm?!! 

Lord, have mercy. And where are the feds??  Talk about no body minding the store!

EDT--I just read that about half an hour or so, the state sent out an alert that this was a false alarm but in the meantime people were  hiding closets, sending messages to loved ones saying goodbye.

JUST IN: Hawaii Governor David Ige tells CNN that someone "pushed the wrong button" during an employee shift change, sending out the false alert about an incoming ballistic missile https://t.co/FD1vl6fCzh pic.twitter.com/2zhXLApLcr

— CNN (@CNN) January 13, 2018

Have they even completed Qualies yet?