Thursday, February 16, 2017
Michael K. Williams Asks: Am I Typecast? #QuestionAnswers
https://www.theatlantic.com/questionanswers/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-021617
Quote - God Help Us!
From Slate -
A Selection of Verbatim Quotes From Trump’s First Solo Press Conference as President
By Osita Nwanevu
A Selection of Verbatim Quotes From Trump’s First Solo Press Conference as President
By Osita Nwanevu
On his Electoral College margin of victory:
NBC’s Peter Alexander: Mr. President, very simply you said today that you had the biggest electoral margin since Ron Reagan. In fact, president Obama had 365,
President Trump: I was talking about Republicans—
Alexander: George Bush, 426 when he won. So why should Americans trust—
President Trump: I was given that information. I was just given it. We had a very, very big margin.
Alexander: I guess my question is why should the American people trust you when you accuse the information they receive as being fake when you’re providing information that’s not accurate?
President Trump: I was given that information. Actually, I’ve seen that information around. But it was a very substantial victory. Do you agree with that?
Alexander: You’re the president.
President Trump: Yes.
What Makes Us American?
From the New York Times -
Hyphen-Nation
What makes someone American? How do you define American identity? When do you feel most American? Or least? Nine American citizens describe their struggle to belong in a nation that both embraces and rejects them. Watch a video selected at random or choose a name. Then share your own stories.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/storywall/hyphen-nation?emc=edit_rr_20170216&nl=race-related&nlid=38867499&te=1
Hyphen-Nation
What makes someone American? How do you define American identity? When do you feel most American? Or least? Nine American citizens describe their struggle to belong in a nation that both embraces and rejects them. Watch a video selected at random or choose a name. Then share your own stories.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/storywall/hyphen-nation?emc=edit_rr_20170216&nl=race-related&nlid=38867499&te=1
App To Help With Travel Ban
From Upworthy -
With Trump's travel ban still in flux, these lawyers created a brilliant way to help.
By EVAN PORTER
The app "Airport Lawyer" connects travelers coming into the U.S. with volunteer attorneys who can help them navigate U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Using a nationwide network of thousands of volunteers — Yamada said there are hundreds of attorneys in Seattle alone willing to help, free of charge — travelers from abroad can arrange to have a lawyer meet them at the airport when they land.
http://www.upworthy.com/with-trumps-travel-ban-still-in-flux-these-lawyers-created-a-brilliant-way-to-help?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
With Trump's travel ban still in flux, these lawyers created a brilliant way to help.
By EVAN PORTER
The app "Airport Lawyer" connects travelers coming into the U.S. with volunteer attorneys who can help them navigate U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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| AirportLawyer.org |
http://www.upworthy.com/with-trumps-travel-ban-still-in-flux-these-lawyers-created-a-brilliant-way-to-help?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
Fill Up Soon!
From Thrillist -
Check out the link below for a larger view.
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/chart-details-how-far-you-can-drive-on-empty
Check out the link below for a larger view.
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/chart-details-how-far-you-can-drive-on-empty
Restaurant Receipts
From the Washington Post -
The new political battleground: Your restaurant receipt
By Maura Judkis
First there was the Trump administration’s travel ban, then talk about the Mexican border wall and, finally, last week, Alfredo Solis decided it was time to send a message. So the owner of Mezcalero, the hottest new Mexican restaurant in the District, put it at the bottom of his receipts: “Immigrants help make America great!”
“I came to this country 17 years ago, and I work hard. I want to help make America great,” said Solis. “America is great already.”
Around the same time, a customer in San Antonio used a receipt to send a very different message. After a meal at Di Frabo, a local Italian restaurant, the customer wrote on a receipt: “The food was tasty and the service was attentive. However the owner is ‘Mexican.’ We will not return. ‘America first.’ ”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/02/14/the-new-political-battleground-your-restaurant-receipt/?utm_term=.6c8e27f39a26
The new political battleground: Your restaurant receipt
By Maura Judkis
First there was the Trump administration’s travel ban, then talk about the Mexican border wall and, finally, last week, Alfredo Solis decided it was time to send a message. So the owner of Mezcalero, the hottest new Mexican restaurant in the District, put it at the bottom of his receipts: “Immigrants help make America great!”
“I came to this country 17 years ago, and I work hard. I want to help make America great,” said Solis. “America is great already.”
Around the same time, a customer in San Antonio used a receipt to send a very different message. After a meal at Di Frabo, a local Italian restaurant, the customer wrote on a receipt: “The food was tasty and the service was attentive. However the owner is ‘Mexican.’ We will not return. ‘America first.’ ”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/02/14/the-new-political-battleground-your-restaurant-receipt/?utm_term=.6c8e27f39a26
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Curling Captain
From the Undefeated -
Redskins star Vernon Davis: U.S. Curling’s honorary captain
The tight end loves the sport of curling ‘because it’s just you and the stone and the broom’
BY MONIS KHAN, OSMAN NOOR & JANET WEINSTEIN
http://theundefeated.com/videos/redskins-vernon-davis-us-curling-honorary-captain/
Redskins star Vernon Davis: U.S. Curling’s honorary captain
The tight end loves the sport of curling ‘because it’s just you and the stone and the broom’
BY MONIS KHAN, OSMAN NOOR & JANET WEINSTEIN
http://theundefeated.com/videos/redskins-vernon-davis-us-curling-honorary-captain/
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
You First
From the BBC -
Dubai announces passenger drone plans
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38967235
Dubai announces passenger drone plans
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38967235
Quote 2
From the New York Times -
Flynn Is Exactly What Trump Deserves
By Frank Bruni
And the cornerstone of management is the assembling of a team that’s competent and trustworthy. Trump put his together in a cavalier fashion, enchanted by people who were high on energy even if they were low on sanity, decency, discretion, humility or some combination of the above.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/flynn-is-trumps-just-deserts.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
Flynn Is Exactly What Trump Deserves
By Frank Bruni
And the cornerstone of management is the assembling of a team that’s competent and trustworthy. Trump put his together in a cavalier fashion, enchanted by people who were high on energy even if they were low on sanity, decency, discretion, humility or some combination of the above.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/flynn-is-trumps-just-deserts.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
Quote
From the New Yorker -
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
By Jeffrey Frank
This can’t go on much longer, can it? In the past, the nation has had do-nothing Presidencies, and scandal-ridden Presidencies, and failed Presidencies, but until Donald J. Trump came along there hasn’t been a truly embarrassing Presidency.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-embarrassment-of-president-trump
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
By Jeffrey Frank
This can’t go on much longer, can it? In the past, the nation has had do-nothing Presidencies, and scandal-ridden Presidencies, and failed Presidencies, but until Donald J. Trump came along there hasn’t been a truly embarrassing Presidency.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-embarrassment-of-president-trump
Weighted Blankets
An excerpt from OZY -
WHY I'M OBSESSED WITH WEIGHTED BLANKETS
By Taylor Mayol
Insomnia sucks. It interferes with your physical and mental health and can feel like an impossible situation. Trust me, an intermittent sufferer who, for seemingly endless bouts, wakes up multiple times a night with that terrible can’t-shut-off-my-brain thing. Insomniacs will try anything to get some sleep: herbal remedies, meditation, pills, sometimes a glass of wine. But what if the answer could be as simple as a piece of bedding?
Recently my mom gave me a gift: a plain-looking, seemingly quilted, excessively heavy “weighted blanket.” She’d read that these blankets help calm people with anxiety or insomnia. They’re also used to help autistic kids, sufferers of OCD, those with sensory disorders and even veterans with PTSD.
http://www.ozy.com/good-sht/why-im-obsessed-with-weighted-blankets/75244
WHY I'M OBSESSED WITH WEIGHTED BLANKETS
By Taylor Mayol
Insomnia sucks. It interferes with your physical and mental health and can feel like an impossible situation. Trust me, an intermittent sufferer who, for seemingly endless bouts, wakes up multiple times a night with that terrible can’t-shut-off-my-brain thing. Insomniacs will try anything to get some sleep: herbal remedies, meditation, pills, sometimes a glass of wine. But what if the answer could be as simple as a piece of bedding?
Recently my mom gave me a gift: a plain-looking, seemingly quilted, excessively heavy “weighted blanket.” She’d read that these blankets help calm people with anxiety or insomnia. They’re also used to help autistic kids, sufferers of OCD, those with sensory disorders and even veterans with PTSD.
http://www.ozy.com/good-sht/why-im-obsessed-with-weighted-blankets/75244
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