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theverge

THIS ROBOT DOESN’T HAVE A FACE BUT IT’S STILL ADORABLE

I love you, Vyo!!!!

consumetildoom

Panic attacks for robots. Seems like a good idea.

#robots #twicr

Mellow good times today.

#surf #beach

radicaleconomics

[T]here is no country and no people, I think, who can look forward to the age of leisure and of abundance without a dread. For we have been trained too long to strive and not to enjoy.

Keynes, Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren (1930)

politico

Dramatic testimony, and a familiar name, at Hastert sentencing hearing

By NATASHA KORECKI

CHICAGO — In a new twist in the already dramatic case of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a victim known only as “Individual D” in court filings identified himself in court as Scott Cross, the brother of longtime Illinois GOP House Minority Leader Tom Cross.

The testimony took place this morning at Hastert’s sentencing hearing.

Earlier this month, prosecutors said Hastert abused at least five students when he served as wrestling coach at Yorkville High School more than three decades ago. Keeping that secret served as the underlying motivation in breaking banking laws, prosecutors have argued.

Tom Cross has long considered Hastert a political mentor. He served as the GOP leader in the Illinois House from 2003-2013. In 2014, he lost his statewide bid in the Illinois Treasurer race.

In a recent phone interview, Scott Cross, a former wrestler under Hastert, told POLITICO he personally knew there were more accusers.

“I can tell you, there are nine victims, not five,” Scott Cross said. “I know, I’ve confirmed there are nine.”

When asked his thoughts on Hastert, Cross said, “He has his bed to lie in. His time will come, the Maker’s got his number.”

Read more here

consumetildoom

That only gets you 15 months, huh?

#justice

#oakland

#sanfrancisco #surf #stayfrosty

nevver

The Sixth Great Extinction, Photoby&co

consumetildoom

Should ad a human version too...

NorCal rain has everything bursting

#norcal #san francisco

politico

It's the latest example of the Transportation Committee chairman's coziness with the airline industry.

Several lobbyists on the fundraising trip were taken aback by the closeness displayed by Shuster, Calio and Rubino as they mingled at the Shelbourne Wyndham Grand Hotel on posh Collins Avenue in South Beach. These sources declined to speak for attribution, not wanting to antagonize a powerful committee chairman and the largest airline lobby.

Multiple attendees said the trio spent much of the trip together, hanging out poolside on deck chairs in front of a cabana that was rented for the weekend fundraiser. The three also took a private shuttle organized by Calio with others to a dinner Saturday night at Garcia’s Seafood Grille & Fish Market, a well-known Cuban restaurant in Miami, the sources said.

consumetildoom

Lobbyists taken aback? As if they don't know how these things work? Come on!

politicalprof

A slide from a presentation at the University of Houston advising faculty how to handle things when students start concealed carrying weapons on campus. Because, you know, guns make us safer and everything.

consumetildoom

Outrageous!

doinwork

Made it. 🌊 http://ift.tt/1oV35lM

consumetildoom

Getcha some Taco Bell on the way out.

theweekmagazine

The parmesan cheese you’re eating might actually be wood pulp

Don’t be alarmed, but your parmesan cheese might actually be wood pulp. The Food and Drug Administration has investigated Castle Cheese Inc.’s use of cellulose, an anti-clumping agent made from wood pulp, and cut-rate substitute cheeses in what they marketed as 100 percent parmesan cheese, Bloomberg Business reports.

Though Castle was apparently not an authorized Target vendor, the FDA reported that “no parmesan cheese was used to manufacture” Target’s Market Pantry brand of 100 percent parmesan cheese. The cheese was instead made up of Swiss, mozzarella, white cheddar, and cellulose.

… ew.