It appears Congress has agreed to a budget deal to avert a shutdown this week:
BREAKING: Congressional Republicans and Democrats reach agreement on $1 trillion measure to fund government until Oct. 1.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 1, 2017
Here are some early reports on what’s in the bill…
Planned Parenthood? Funded; Border Wall? ¯_(ツ)_/¯:
Government funding deal reached, senior aide confirms…
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Keeping up with the news is hard—so hard, in fact, that we’ve decided to save you the hassle by rounding up the most mind-blowing events each month. And April 2017 offered plenty to be mind-blown about. There were incredible scientific advances, horrific catastrophes, and shocking events which may yet change the course of world history . . . […]
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Europe in the Middle Ages was a bloody place, where poisoning wells and massacring your enemy’s peasants was considered an acceptable mode of warfare. So it is no surprise that Medieval kings and queens often resorted to assassination to get their way. Many of these murders changed the history of the continent, from the duke […]
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Something incredible just happened in Edmonton before tonight’s Stanley Cup playoff game between the Oilers and the Anaheim Ducks.
Apparently the microphone wasn’t working so the entire Canadian crowd — 18,000 strong — stepped in to sing our national anthem before the game. Check it out:
An incredible momentWhen the mic doesn’t work, the crowd takes over & belts out The Star-Spangled Banner……In Edmonton #StanleyCup pic…
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NYT is back to their regularly scheduled programming https://t.co/H8KkudOJbv
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 1, 2017
Bret Stephens debut column for the New York Times about climate change sparked a liberal meltdown and had many threatening to cancel their subscriptions.
"You guys, we need something to placate our readers after that Bret Stephens climate piece" https://t.co/iurAzAkyGo
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) May 1, 2017
Well, the NY Times followed up with this op-ed gem for May Day:
Communism once gave ordinary Americans a sense of their humanity https://t…
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Just when you thought Michael Moore couldn’t get any more repugnant … he never disappoints.
We lost the Vietnam War 42yrs ago today. Should be a nat'l holiday, a commitment to never make same mistake again. pic.twitter.com/rqUGMMCLkf
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2017
A national holiday to shame our country. Classy, right?
Then again we’d expect nothing less from Michael “Whines 24/7 About America” Moore…
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From classical Rome to the 20th century, corpse medicine, or medicinal cannibalism, was rampant throughout all levels of European society. Consumption of extracts and concoctions from human brains, flesh, fat, livers, blood, skull, bone, hair, and even sweat were swallowed and topically applied by monarchs, popes, intellectuals, and the everyday person. Writers like Shakespeare wrote […]
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