The defenestration of Ambassador Haley continues… From Tass: MOSCOW, April 18. /TASS/. The United States has notified Russia through its Embassy in Washington that it will not impose fresh sanctions against Russia for the time being, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry informed TASS on Wednesday. “I can confirm that the US has notified …
Open Threads
At the Hospital
This place is nicer than my hospital. I might come here and bark the next time I am unwell. Lily is in the back being assessed. It’s a small thing, but the way the nurse so gently picked up Lily was very reassuring.
Hero Pilot Brings It In
Yesterday a Southwest Airlines flight from LaGuardia to Dallas lost an engine. That’s lost an engine, as in parts of it flew out. The pilot, Tammie Jo Shults, brought the plane to an emergency landing at Philadelphia. The voice recording between her and air traffic control shows a total professional. Shults was a Navy fighter …
Lily Update
I just spoke with the vet, and while her platelet count increased, her red blood cell count actually decreased, so I am going to take her to the hospital in Pittsburgh where she can receive a transfusion if necessary. The place I am taking her to is the Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center, and …
In Plain Sight (Open Thread)
TPM has an interesting article about Trump’s shady fixer, Michael Cohen, who grew up ass-deep in Russian mobsters on Long Island. An excerpt (link to article here): From the 70s through the 90s at least, the bosses of the Russian mafia in the U.S. literally ran their crime organization out of the El Caribe. So …
On the Road and In Your Backyard
Good Morning All, This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: There Will Be Twitter-Tantrums
A source close to Trump said he's still "apoplectic" about the FBI raids on Michael Cohen's hotel room. He reportedly continues to be fixated on the raid over everything else, including James Comey's new book. https://t.co/tNr2gI1V0h — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 18, 2018 Has it ever occurred to Trump to at least pretend he’s not …
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