“We didn’t have a scandal that embarrassed us,” said the former president. “I know that seems like a low bar.”
— Read on reason.com/blog/2018/02/26/barack-obama-mit-sloan-sports

Trying to rewrite history

It was a stunning announcement, stunning because of what was said and maybe equally as stunning because it was honest. Secretary of Defense James Mattis says there is no evidence that the Syrian government used sarin gas on the its own people. It is a narrative we have been pushing back on for years. So what does
— Read on truthinmedia.com/reality-check-no-sarin-gas-used-assad-syria/

Fact check

Gates ’n’ Guns in the Ghetto – Taki’s Magazine
— Read on takimag.com/article/gates_n_guns_in_the_ghetto_david_cole

Witty and on point

The Power Of Weaponized Political Correctness | The American Conservative
— Read on www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/vaclav-havel-weaponized-political-correctness/

The art of divide and conquer is nothing new.

My best time for writing or thinking is over coffee in the morning.

If you want to be stronger, more powerful, and the driving force in your own life; if you want not to be tossed by every wind, irritated by every opinion, persuaded by every protest, losing your self in the presence of dynamic people, read more books.
— Read on fee.org/articles/youd-be-stronger-if-you-read-more-books/

Sound advice

It is fashionable to “prayer shame” those who offer “thoughts and prayers” as a response to violence. Public response to the gun violence at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is an example. If you did not deliver an angry diatribe against gun ownership, your failure to fall in line with the politically correct position is taken as evidence that you condone violence.
— Read on fee.org/articles/in-defense-of-thoughts-and-prayers/

Divide, conquer, censor, or shout down those you may disagree with is the new way of the left. If none of that works, resort to violence.

The Centuries-Old Mystery of How Florida Got Its Flamingos – Atlas Obscura
— Read on www.atlasobscura.com/articles/flamingos-native-to-florida

Solved

Makes you think 🤔

Iran has built another permanent military base outside Syria’s capital city complete with hangers used to store missiles capable of hitting all of Israel, according to Western intelligence sources.
— Read on www.foxnews.com/world/2018/02/27/new-satellite-photos-show-iran-establishing-another-base-in-syria.html

Looks like long term commitments.