Real Quotes of Donald Trump - #1
On his first presidential visit to the CIA, 22.01.2017:
"...I am so behind you. I know maybe sometimes you haven't gotten the backing that you've wanted and you're going to get so much backing. Maybe you're going to say, 'Please, don't give us so much backing, Mr. President, please, we don't need so much backing.'"
Some plane geekery to end the week
"I finally got strikes on this guy, and he pulled the canopy and bailed. He went drifting on by me standing at attention, gave me a highball salute, and pulled the ripcord...and I thought 'boy that's pretty great'...he had black boots on and a blue flying suit...that was the first one I got."
Mindless mindfulness in the weight-loss industry
This article captures something I've been ranting about for a while now.
This drives me up the wall sometimes. How the simple concept of "paying attention to one thing at a time" became "four-day silent mindfulness meditation retreat in the hills for $3,000" is beyond me.
The Buried Bodies Case
An interesting ethical/moral dilemma. We talked this to death over the past week.
