LATimes: Federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on Wednesday night as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into controversial stock trades he made as the coronavirus first struck the U.S., a law enforcement official said.
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ETA: Wait, on second thought…Why Burr? And why now? Maybe because:
Then, tonight, we learned that the FBI served a search warrant on Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) for insider trading in stocks in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. A warrant for a senator would have had to be approved at the highest levels of the Department of Justice, where Barr holds sway. Burr is not the only senator who made exquisitely timed stock trades after hearing a private briefing for senators on the dangers of the coronavirus; Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) did, too, along with one or two others.
So why Burr? Remember I mentioned that the Senate Intelligence Committee agreed with the Mueller investigation, and that It was due to release the final volume of its report soon? Burr is the chairman of that key committee. If he is discredited enough to lose his chairmanship, McConnell will get to choose his replacement. And it’s a pretty safe bet the committee will no longer support the conclusions of the Mueller Report.
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Well now god’s just mocking us.
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Alas:
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Ha! Well ok, the more you know. Thank you, really saved me the disappointment.
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This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.
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For like the last 50 years!?
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I wish it was true; I was getting ready to tell my kid that we should go up on our roof tonight, but when I went to look for details about time frame, I saw all the links refuting it as misinformation.
I guess we could still go up and look at the stars…
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As I recall, when they announced the “dawning”, they were jumping the gun somewhat…
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It’s always darkest before the dawning of the age of aquarius.
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Well,then, it should be, like, tomorrow, right?
(Edit: To clarify, if it is going to get darker than this, man, I want off…)
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Well, when people mention Nineteen Eighty-Four it’s almost always in the context of Big Brother, or thoughtcrime, or the telescreens. (And more often than not, from the political right.) But I can’t remember anyone bringing up the book’s depiction of the rough quadrilateral that the perpetual war was fought over. That’s what stuck with me, though – it was actually happening. (EDIT: That, and the real reason behind the Floating Fortress.)
But to stay on-topic:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/17/martin-shkreli-pharma-bro-release-denied/
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Campy and fun, with choreography by Twyla Tharp, excessively shiny, kinda dated in a coupla ways, it’s probably something I should be singing in the car or shower or something :
I still like listening to it every now and then.
I suppose I can argue that this is on-topic: the song’s got a positive message, even if right now it seems impossibly long ago and seems strangely unrealistic at the moment.
This issue of yes! magazine looks promising:
Wishing y’all lots of good community, wherever you can find it.
May your allies be everywhere, all the time, but especially when you need them most.
ETA; grammar 
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I’ve been humming the theme song to myself for about 2 months now, now that I haven’t been able to get to a barber. That, and …
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Longer hair does have its joys…
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I love that song. To this day, singing it is the most reliable way to get my family to start throwing things at me.
Good times.
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