“We always knew we had not gotten everything.” I mean, wonderful. Now it can be told! What a disgrace.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 9, 2017

That quote is from former Obama State Department official Antony Blinken in Sunday’s New York Times on the 2013 deal with Syria that they told us then had removed all of Assad’s chemical weapons:
“We always knew we had not gotten everything" — Antony Blinken on Syria's 2013 CW deal…

Our ancestors would have found the fairy tales we tell our children incredibly tame. These days, we keep our stories censored—devoid of sex, devoid of the disgusting, and devoid of the bizarre. When people first started telling folktales, though, they were trying to make sense of the world around them—and the disgusting and the bizarre […]
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Is the CSI effect real? Some legal and criminal experts have opined that the popularity of forensic TV shows, particularly the CSI franchise, has had a detrimental effect on the justice system. Specifically, they complain that juries have come to expect forensic evidence in every case and are less likely to convict without it. In […]
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Once we would brag of not needing very much of it. Now deep slumber is a coveted state achieved with gadgets, apps, gizmos and classes.

The Romans are perhaps one of the best-studied ancient nations. Modern fascination remains steadfast because the complexities of their culture guarantee that for years, archaeologists will continue to peel back new, unknown layers. There is no end in sight when it comes to figuring out how the ancient Romans really lived, loved, and died. New […]
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This is hilarious, via Teen Vogue’s Lauren Duca:
Shot and chaser….check date & time on both…. pic.twitter.com/sbSsQeRhqt
— G (@TCC_Grouchy) April 10, 2017

The “shot” at 11:43 a.m. on Sunday…
It's a beautiful day, assholes. Stop fighting with strangers on the internet, and go outside.
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) April 9, 2017

…and then the “chaser” one hour and seventeen minutes later:
Listen, if you're celebrating #palmsunday but also opposed to sheltering of refugees, just go ahead and shove that Jesus foliage up your ass
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) April 9, 2017

She should’ve taken her own advice…

“We are seeing the first signs in 2016 that this market could be manageable for most health insurers,” Standard & Poor’s analysts said.

The Nazis seriously wanted to showcase the superiority of Germany and the Aryan race. And what better way to do that if not with architecture. The architectural style of the Nazis imitated that of ancient Rome, which Hitler hoped to surpass in development. His aim was to totally modify Berlin’s landscape and rename it Germania, […]
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Opposition groups, fresh off a health care victory, are now looking ahead to other issues, the midterms, and a long road ahead.

This Sunday night from Sean Spicer:
WH photo: This afternoon on AF1 @potus called Cmdr Andria Slough, @USNavy CO of USS Porter to offers congrats & thanks for #SyriaStrikes pic.twitter.com/kokjViiCSW
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) April 10, 2017

#USSPorter, commanded by Cmdr. Andria Slough, fired Tomahawk missiles into Syria from the #Mediterranean Sea, Apr. 7, 2017. pic.twitter.com/gKqvWUf9Xj
— Naval Forces Europe (@USNavyEurope) April 7, 2017

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