Tasty Tidbits
From pinterest.com, posted by Valeria Confortini. Grazie, Signorina:
Not sure how I feel about this. “Detroit Public Schools are paying kids up to $1,000 just to attend class — and teaching them an awful lesson.” Mastering the basics pays. Inner city school attendance has fallen dramatically. Maybe this will fix it.
Fodder for writers of cerebral sci-fi. From NYP: “Lift to the future: First ‘space elevator’ — a 66,000-mile cable to the cosmos — closer than ever before after scientific breakthrough.”
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From NYP: “Trump warns Chicago ‘will die’ if lefty Gov. Pritzker refuses federal help after bloody weekend leaves 41 shot.” Tough to argue.
Maybe journalism will return someday. From NYP: “Fighting words: WaPo columnist calls source for his own paper’s Iran war report ‘a traitor’ who ‘ought to be prosecuted’.” He leaked military info.
According to an NYP article by Ronny Reyes, 8.6 million barrells of oil are being transported daily through Hormuz. Pre-war it was 20 million. The price at the pump seems justified.
From NYP: “Trump unveils more prescription drug pricing discounts projected to save Americans $600B: ‘Major step forward’.” It seems they are the only items going down. My eyedrops were three dollars — 10% — cheaper.
Trivia from 15 Nerds Share Their ‘Fun’ Facts Nobody Asked for by Alfredo Federico Robelo, msm.com: Between 1913 & ’14 Freud, Hitler, Stalin, Emperor Franz Joseph I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Trotsky all lived within roughly four kilometers of one another in Vienna. The original Boyz n the Hood.
Light rain forced the Anti-Inflation Book Shop to the nearby viaduct. My thanks to the woman who bought a kids’ book.
