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Saturday afternoon nap

Early Sunday morning

Happy first birthday, Momo

Elbows up indeed.

Opinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back. This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.

In defense of universities, fundamental research leading to knowledge discovery has intrinsic values beyond short-term financial profits, including training of young minds in critical thinking and nurturing of human curiosity. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company Scott Galloway on Markets, Musk, and Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Distraction” | Amanpour and Company

Well articulated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Jt...

For Donald Trump and Elon Musk, if you don’t bend the knee, you’re a traitor.

Senator Kelly served in combat as a Navy fighter pilot. He commanded NASA missions into space. He’s a patriot.

Like many of us, he believes in freedom and democracy — including for Ukraine.

Saturday morning. Before second breakfast.

YouTube video by CBC News: The National #TheMoment Joe Canada took on Trump with new 'I Am Canadian!' rant

Elbows up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3f6...

A kindergartner’s hopes for beating cancer are tied to federal grants now on the chopping block | CNN A family whose 6-year-old is battling cancer says a move to slash funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research at universities and medical centers would be “devastating.”

cutting pediatric cancer research…

www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/h...

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

Trump is running the U.S. economy straight over the cliff.

I think they are not trying, period.

Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.

Opinion | A Day of American Infamy A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

America has lost its moral compass. It may take decades to get it back. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

US and Ukraine agree to terms on natural resources and reconstruction deal: Ukrainian official | CNN The US and Ukraine have agreed to terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, according to a Ukrainian official.

In civilized society, we call this extortion. www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/e...

US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders A Sad Moment in American History

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKBM...

On Ukraine, Europe must step into the void | Virgin

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding A coalition of 22 attorneys general sued the federal government, claiming that the $4 billion in cuts would “grind to a halt” studies on cancer, heart disease and other conditions.

Breaking News: A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health from enacting President Trump’s cuts to research funding in 22 states.

Safety concerns raised after Air Canada had no record these passengers were on its flights | CBC News Go Public heard from six people on four different flights who had their return tickets cancelled after Air Canada incorrectly deemed them “no-shows” on earlier flights, requiring them to buy new ticke...

AC blatantly gaslighting actual passengers of flights claiming they were no-shows. WTF? www.cbc.ca/news/gopubli...

Momo Saturday night

Researchers decry ‘disastrously bad idea’ as NIH slashes payments for research infrastructure | CNN The US National Institutes of Health is lowering the maximum “indirect cost rate” that research institutions can charge the government, the agency said late Friday – a move that scientists said could ...

www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...

‘My boss was crying.’ NSF confronts potentially massive layoffs and budget cuts Trump could propose slashing agency’s budget by two-thirds

www.science.org/content/arti...

Behind the scenes of Canada's push to avoid Donald Trump's punishing tariffs | CBC News Despite winning a month-long reprieve from potentially devastating U.S. tariffs, there is a deep sense of anxiety hanging over some of the most senior Canadian government officials who manage the rela...

"the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.

Momo Sunday