Not much to share today, but here's a useful little gadget that shows how the potential democratic candidates are doing in the polls.

I liked Andrew Yang. Unfortunately, his already dismal chances dwindled further with this endorsement of Cenk Uygur.

Cenk is apparently running for Congress now, vying for Katie Hill's vacated House seat. I certainly hope he doesn't get it. Cenk is an Armenian Genocide denier (in fact, his network is named after the very perpetrators of the Armenian genocide), and professional race-baiter.

But in California, those are considered pluses.

I guess Stephen King isn't the only author who has a meltdown when someone isn't kissing his ass.

https://mobile.twitter.com/shoe0nhead/status/1195200487085215745

"But in California, those are considered pluses"

Interesting... Doesn't SoCal have a lot of Armenians? I seem to recall that the System Of A Down guys are all Armenian.

The CA-25 district is mostly rectangular, with a bit of spur from Thousand Oaks-Simi Valley-Santa Clara and then extends east to Palmdale-Lancaster-Lake Los Angeles and northwestern part of LA County and the northeastern part of Ventura County.

I dunno. Is that Armenian Central? Looks like a significant portion is uninhabited, or belongs to Edwards AFB.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/14/rashida-tlaib-faces-expanded-house-ethics-panel-review-of-possible-campaign-finance-violations/

Well, that's too bad.

“ISIS bride” Hoda Muthana is not a US citizen — and America is under no obligation to let her back into the country, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Judge Reggie Walton found there was enough evidence to prove Muthana — the US-born mom who fled her home in Alabama to join the terror group in Syria in 2014 but has been begging to come back to the US — was born while her father was a Yemeni diplomat, BuzzFeed News reported.

http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2019/11/advice-goddess-296.html

By the time the Berlin Wall came down, the avalanche had already started.

On Sept. 16, 1989, Boris Yeltsin was a newly elected member of the Soviet Parliament visiting the United States. Following a scheduled visit to Johnson Space Center, Yeltsin and a small entourage made an unscheduled stop at a Randalls grocery store in Clear Lake, a suburb of Houston. He was amazed by the aisles of food and stocked shelves, a sharp contrast to the breadlines and empty columns he was accustomed to in Russia.

...

Yeltsin was a member of the Politburo and Russia’s upper political crust, yet he’d never seen anything like the offerings of this little American grocery store. “Even the Politburo doesn’t have this choice. Not even Mr. Gorbachev,” Yeltsin said.

https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/13/how-a-russians-grocery-store-trip-in-1989-exposed-the-lie-of-socialism/

Keep that in mind when Bernie or Lieawatha pipes up about teh glories of socialism.

I'd heard about this. I presumed it was just a beefed up Suburban. I was quite wrong. It was a 6 wheeler Pingzgauer similar to this one:

http://buypinzgauer.com/pinzgauer-710k-7/

https://pagesix.com/2019/11/12/arnold-schwarzenegger-runs-errands-in-tank-like-suv/

I don't want to hear one damn word about my carbon footprint, Arnie. Zip. Zip. Zipppit.

Say, Amy...

10,000 Dogs Needed For...research on aging.

From AP, first paragraphs:

Can old dogs teach us new tricks? Scientists are looking for 10,000 pets for the largest-ever study of aging in canines. They hope to shed light on human longevity too.

The project will collect a pile of pooch data: vet records, DNA samples, gut microbes and information on food and walks. Five hundred dogs will test a pill that could slow the aging process.

“What we learn will potentially be good for dogs and has great potential to translate to human health,” said project co-director Daniel Promislow of the University of Washington School of Medicine.

If scientists find a genetic marker for a type of cancer in dogs, for instance, that could be explored in humans.

For the study, the dogs will live at home and follow their usual routine. All ages and sizes, purebreds and mutts are welcome.

Owners will complete periodic online surveys and take their dogs to the vet once a year, with the possibility of extra visits for certain tests. Their welfare will be monitored by a bioethicist and a panel of animal welfare advisers.

To nominate a pet, owners can visit the Dog Aging Project’s website...

(snip)

More articles:

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CAACAU_enUS875&ei=ZbfOXaiWJtG0ggfl5YqQAQ&q=10%2C000+dogs+aging&oq=10%2C000+dogs+aging&gs_l=psy-ab.3...7352.8273..8441...0.0..0.138.647.2j4......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i22i30j33i22i29i30j0i13j33i160.VtYI6blLG6Q&ved=0ahUKEwjo3Knvt-zlAhVRmuAKHeWyAhIQ4dUDCAs&uact=5

Nunes: Not sure why Yovanovitch is even here today. This is the House Intelligence Committee, not the Human Resources subcommittee for employment disputes. She didn't witness any of the events that are under discussion today.

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1195392591593910275

Bringing a lion into a dogfight

https://twitter.com/benjancewicz/status/1194814972653711362

Oh.

An unintended loophole in a Colorado gun control bill illustrates what happens when lawmakers legislate technology they don't understand: Firearms owners find a way to work around the law without breaking it.

https://reason.com/2019/11/14/colorados-large-capacity-magazine-ban-is-a-colossal-failure/

Gives the FBI something to do, I suppose.

https://www.thefire.org/ohio-universities-involve-fbi-in-investigation-of-its-okay-to-be-white-and-white-nationalist-groups-postings-on-campus/

Except at George Washington U.

https://www.thefire.org/george-washington-universitys-investigation-into-snapchat-video-chills-speech/

In fairness to Sarah Dessen (the author that Sixclaws is referring to in his comment above), she did apologize for it.

she did apologize for it

Yes. But the Ratio. Not quite https://youtu.be/Iwio208q3jY but close enough.

Tragic.

An attempt to alleviate a disastrous DC-area chokepoint:

Maryland and Virginia to rebuild and widen the American Legion Bridge, governors say

Driverless buses in Florida? What could POSSIBLY go WRONG??? #FloridaBus

Epstein n'a pas tué lui-même!

Problems with international trade (contd.):

Chinese-made condoms too small, Zimbabwe’s health minister complains

If you get caught stealing cars three times, it's probably safe to say you're a car thief.

This time she hid the children behind a wall, so it's a totally different situation and she should walk away again, right?

It was a dark and stormy night.

With the power out and no internet or cell phone access, the library had become a library again.

Candlelit bliss.

Public schools = child abuse

Texas teen beaten by substitute teacher on video says she's afraid to return to school

One possible place to go when your local professional wants to ream you financially for the crime of wanting to chew sold food again:

Welcome to Molar City, Mexico, The Dental Mecca America’s Health Care Costs Built

5 Runners Who Survived Sudden CardiacArrest Share What It Really Feels Like.

Cancer Is a Constant, But So Too Is Running.

Yes, Russia is interfering in . . . well . . . everything.

How Russian Hybrid Warfare Has Weaponized Disinformation