Year: 2019
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The Year That Was – 2019
TWTW Round-up
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The week that was
Photo credit: Electronic machine used to vote on articles of impeachment. Jeep, the company behind four-wheeler brands such as Wrangler and Gladiator announced that its entire lineup will go hybrid or full-on electric by 2022 A sharp-eyed researcher discovered that Department of Agriculture listed Marvel’s mythical East African country, Wakanda, as a trading partner on a…
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The week that was
A bank employee allegedly stole $88,000 from his bank and was found out after posing with stacks of cash, on his social media account. An all-electric powered seaplane took off from Vancouver, Canada, in what the operators describe as a “world first” for the aviation industry. The man who placed the winning $243,200 bid for…
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The week that was
Scientists at the University of Bath have developed an artificial neuron chip that behaves just like biological neurons. A team of researchers in Poland worked on eye-tracking technology to give them hints at the ideally shape of a woman’s boob. Finland just elected the youngest Prime Minister in the world. Sanna Marin is 34 and leads…
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The week that was (turkey edition)
Someone hosted an entire Thanksgiving banquet (and all were invited) on a NYC subway L train. The White House went into full lockdown on Tuesday when something violated the immediate airspace. No, it was not Governor Ernie Fletcher, just a flock of birds. Someone starting posting advertisements for trips to Eroda. The only problem was…
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The week that was
In Las Vegas you can be put away for 6 months or fined $1,000 for carrying around a fake or toy gun. But, because of Nevada’s open carry laws, it’s totally OK to walk around with a real firearm. Frogmen can now emerge from the water, guns a-blazing now that US Special Ops has developed…
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Impeachment Bon Mots
In which Ambassador Sondland throws Trump under the bus.
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Impeachment Bon Mots
Because this is America. This is the country I’ve served and defended, that all of my brothers have served, and here, right matters. Lt. Col. Vindman testimony, November 19, 2019
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Real time harassment
In this surreal moment, at the same moment when they were talking about Trump on twitter, Trump tweeted and may have earned himself another article of impeachment for threatening a witness. Did he walk into a trap? Surreal.