Tom Faranda's Folly

Rugby: 7 a side championship - Commonwealth Games

As in the British Empire Commonwealth. 

The rugby highlight is 7 minutes - lawn bowling is up after that! you may have to "rewind" the video tothe beginning.

 

Ed Shultz pep talk to the prez

OK. The Ed Show.

 

Jimmy Fallon's Obama Joke

Yup.

 

Aetna: Obamacare #'s (somewhat) worse than projected.

The Aetna CEO. Interesting stats. And the jury is still out.

 

Ebola virus is killing African healthcare professionals

Very tragic. And it's not just the one physician.

Sierra Leone Doctor Who Led The Fight Against Ebola Dies

Dr. Sheik Umar Khan

When Ebola emerged in Sierra Leone this past March, Khan immediately turned his attention to the outbreak and started treating patients at a hospital in .

Several nurses at that hospital have also caught the virus. Three of them died last week.

Samuel Brisbane, a top doctor in Liberia, also fell ill while treating patients in the country's largest hospital. He died Saturday, the AP .reported.

Health workers and family members caring for sick people are especially vulnerable to catching Ebola. The virus spreads through bodily fluids, such as sweat, saliva and vomit.

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There's no vaccine or cure for Ebola. About 60 percent of people infected die, many within a week or two of contracting the virus. So far, more then 1,200 Ebola cases have been in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. About 670 people have died.

 

 

Near miss/close call: 2 women & a train

I'd have jumped.

 

Science of sinkholes in 60 seconds

Interesting. Check out the car disappearing in the middle of the video. From the Telegraph (UK).

 

Abortion proponents say term "pro-choice" no longer useful

An article in yesterday's NY Times

“ ‘Choice’ has been extraordinarily successful as a frame for the abortion-rights side because a lot of Americans may not like the idea of abortion but they definitely agree with the idea of choice,” said Suzanne Staggenborg, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh who researches social movements.

But by 2010 some abortion-rights activists began to sense in their outreach to young women, whose support was needed not only for the midterm elections but for the movement’s future as well, that the term pro-choice was virtually meaningless. That was confirmed by postelection polls and focus groups that women’s organizations and Democrats commissioned to understand what went wrong.

Among the findings, according to several people familiar with them: Many young women, when asked whether they were pro-choice or pro-life, said pro-life. Yet they supported the Roe ruling. Explaining the contradiction, Ms. Laguens said these self-described pro-life voters were “talking about their personal decision-making, for themselves, and not about what they want to push on others.”

But such results also showed the weakness of the pro-choice label, advocates and pollsters said. Planned Parenthood took the lead, conducting research on public attitudes throughout 2011 and then presenting the findings to allies in various meetings.

“It definitely was a bit destabilizing when we started,” Ms. Laguens said. When Planned Parenthood produced a YouTube video last year for supporters on the shift to a broader message, one member wrote online: “I’m pro-choice and I won’t be bullied into saying anything different. This is nothing but a retreat and a shame!”

It's a good article on the subject (to quote the late Msgr. Smith of the NY Archdiocese "Verbal engineering alwyas precedes social engineering") - more if you hit the link.

Another memorable Mrs. Clinton interview

Good God.

 

Not all religious orders are fading

Here's one that's certainly growing. The CFR's (Friars of the Renewal), a Capuchin Franciscan group that formed about thirty years ago, led by Fr. Benedict Groeschel.

Four CFR Sisters Make Final Vows

And here was their "General Chapter" meeting from June.

General Chapter 2014 Was Blessed

 

 

Professor Irwin Corey turned 100 today

Remember him?

From the Daily News three days ago, with pictures.

Dozens of friends and fans are expected to honor ‘The World’s Foremost Authority’ at The Actors’ Temple on W. 47th St. in a big birthday bash on Tuesday night, he said from his Manhattan home. Known for his improvised ramblings, Corey has performed at comedy clubs around the world and appeared in films and Broadway plays. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/professor-irwin-corey-renowned-comic-turning-100-article-1.1881518#ixzz38pFYU91d

Smothers Brothers, 1966

 

CNN: Inside a Hamas tunnel

Wow! Two miles long. And check where they got the materials to build it.

 

Hobbit/Lord of the Rings stars are back

I suppose promoting the third of the Hobbit trilogy, which, if you know your Hobbitlore, predates Lord of the Rings. The third movie goes beyond the Hobbit book, filling in the time between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. 

 

Brigid, off to England for three weeks

To continue working on settling her family's house and Kate's estate.

From JFK this afternoon, having said goodbye to the boys at the house. We will survive!

Sidewalk check-in for the American Airlines direct flight to Manchester. Brigid will then hop a train for a couple of hour ride to York.

Who's in charge here?

Bye bye!

 

Some local hikes - Backpacker Magazine

I think they publish this listing (via email; I'm not a subscriber but do get their emails) periodically.

It includes Breakneck Ridge, as well as some Rockland County hikes that look interesting.

Local hikes, NY City, NY

And Here's the Breakneck Ridge Loopjust for the record...

Who has better legs? The 73yo "fashion designer" or his 26yo g-friend?

Ludicrous. But funny!

Roberto Cavalli, 73, sports denim hotpants as he takes his pooches for a stroll with girlfriend Lina Nilson, 26

Brutal: CNN poll - Romney crushes Obama

You hate to say "I told you so". But ... there's no going back. and things could be worse in 18 months.

That's just one finding in a brutal CNN poll, released Sunday, which shows Romney topping Obama in a re-election rematch by a whopping nine-point margin, 53 percent to 44 percent. That's an even larger spread than CNN found in November, when a survey had Romney winning a redo 49 percent to 45 percent.

I wonder if CNN will even publicize their own poll. Recently in their polls where the results weren't to their liking, they've ignored them.

The U.S. citizen suicide bomber

How my birthday went

Excellent!

Besides doing such exciting things as buying a new lawn mower (no photo), we had a nice dinner together at home after spending part of the morning on the Croton Aqueduct trail. I had been musing over walking the Aqueduct for several weeks, and Brigid gave me a map of it for my birthday (anything to get me out of the house?).

We walked out and back on the first section - total around three miles. Even thought the trail runs right through Croton at it's top end, I had never been on it. The trail starts at the Croton Dam and goes a total of 26.2 miles to the Yonker/Bronx border.

So this was a sort of scout-out. My hiking buddy Jeanne Marie and I have decided to walk the entire length, probably from south to north and probably in two 13 mile increments.

Here - a few pictures, and you shold be able to tell who took what.

Some explaining. "Ventilators. Aqueduct engineers laced cylindrical ventilating towers art roughly one mile intervaals to allow fresh air to ciruclate over the water. Most of these 'curious little towers' survive as prominent features on the trail."

 

Not sure what this is, although I'm sure I should know. Brigid took this picture.

We had water with us but never took a drink because there were ripe wild raspberries everywhere on the trail.

The Dam from the southeast side - which I never walk over to when I'm on the Dam. This is basically where the trail begins.

Funny angle, form the same side. -

On the way out -

And back at the ranch. My ad hoc nutritionist Jeanne Marie will be appalled.

 

 

 

 

 

Neat short essay "Beyond Energy, Matter ..."

George Johnson who writes interesting stuff every so often in the NY Times. Hit the link for the whole thing.

Beyond Energy, Matter, Time and Space

There are skeptics who suspect we may be missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. Recently, I’ve been struck by two books exploring that possibility in very different ways. There is no reason why, in this particular century, Homo sapiens should have gathered all the pieces needed for a theory of everything. In displacing humanity from a privileged position, the Copernican principle applies not just to where we are in space but to when we are in time.

Since it was published in 2012, “Mind and Cosmos,” by the philosopher Thomas Nagel, is the book that has caused the most consternation. With his taunting subtitle — “Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False” — Dr. Nagel was rejecting the idea that there was nothing more to the universe than matter and physical forces. He also doubted that the laws of evolution, as currently conceived, could have produced something as remarkable as sentient life. That idea borders on anathema, and the book quickly met with a blistering counterattack. Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist, denounced it as “the shoddy reasoning of a once-great thinker.”

What makes “Mind and Cosmos” worth reading is that Dr. Nagel is an atheist, who rejects the creationist idea of an intelligent designer. The answers, he believes, may still be found through science, but only by expanding it further than it may be willing to go.

Good article on why Putin won't stop

No will to stop him. No doubt this guy is right.

Faced with Russia's annexation of Crimea and attempts to repeat in eastern Ukraine, the best Western Europe and the United States have mustered are strong words and token sanctions on top Russian officials and several companies. That's hardly enough to deter Vladimir Putin's ambitions to make Russia the dominant power in Eurasia.

My birthday today!

56 again (always subtract 7 years ...).

Two pictures:

Here I am two nights ago at the Indian Restaurant we went to, to celebrate Joe's 21st Joe's 21st with his (very photogenic) Angie - our birthdays are two days apart.

And here's the selfie I just took a few minutes ago (the best of four efforts - and this is the best I could do! Ugh!!) In the interim, I got a haircut this morning.

I am my favorite topic ...

Cortlandt house valued at 300K, sells for 1K!

Crazy. Wish I knew about the auction! Hit the link for the whole story.

At the Town of Cortlandt's tax-foreclosure sale last week, $1,000 was the high bid for a single-family house on 1.7 acres at 55 Cortlandt Ave., which the town assessor values at $294,000. A two-family at 280 Bleakley Ave., valued by the town at $193,000, went for just $60,000.

The prices were so low that Westchester County is considering exercising its right of first refusal on two of the foreclosed homes detailed by Tax Watch last week, to fulfill the requirements of the federal fair-housing lawsuit, said county spokesman Ned McCormack.

Cortlandt resident Dan Pagano and Tarrytown real estate attorney David Wilkes said selling the houses for so little could run afoul of the state constitution, which prohibits municipalities from proffering gifts to taxpayers. The low bids on six homes came to $175,500. Town assessment records peg their collective value at $1.3 million.

"Town officials don't seem to have any qualms about selling the property for a little more than 10 cents on the dollar," said Pagano. "Their job is not to squander away public property."

Our government in action...

Violence against women - in India

Put up on the NY Times website.

I absolutely believe these kind of graphic photos can be appropriate, whether it's this kind of violence, war, abortion or the death penalty.

A Graphic Photo Spurs Reflection

NY Times pounds Gov. Cuomo's dishonesty

An editorial yesterday, going over the points they made in their investigative expose on Wednesday, which I posted about Governor Cuomo's ethics inquiry.

IThe editorial is twelve paragraphs long - I'm excerpting the first and last two paragraphs.

Gov. Cuomo’s Broken Promises

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ran for office four years ago promising first and foremost to clean up Albany. Not only has he not done that, but now he is looking as bad as the forces he likes to attack.

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After the abrupt shutdown of the commission in March, Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, demanded all the documents and unfinished work from the commission. Mr. Bharara was right to take charge. Mr. Cuomo’s administration should make sure it has turned over every document relating to the Moreland fiasco.

It’s not just Mr. Bharara’s job to clean up Albany. It is up to the voters to decide whether to go on endorsing business as usual. As the indictments and embarrassments continue (26 at latest count since 1999), New Yorkers will have to decide if their representatives are politicians they can trust, including Mr. Cuomo.

Mrs. Clinton: "The reset worked"

Some radio interview yesterday. You can't make it up ...

 

A revealing Alan Greenspan interview

Well worth reading if you're interested in this sort of thing. Interested in like, you know, your money, your investments...

Well worth reading the entire interview, which is not very long.

Greenspan says bubbles can’t be stopped without ‘crunch’. Former Fed chairman worries about false dawns and the looming Fed exit

MarketWatch: What is the biggest challenge facing the Fed?

Greenspan: How to unwind the huge increase in the size of its balance sheet with minimal impact. It is not going to be easy, and it is not obvious exactly how to do it.

MarketWatch: As the Fed is looking at the exit, do you think we can get through this without upsetting the economy?

Greenspan: I certainly hope so. I certainly think they will. But it is going to be difficult.

MarketWatch: Do you expect a sharp market reaction to the first hike?

Greenspan: Of course. Look what happened when the first indication of tapering occurred. Markets have always been sensitive. They reflect animal spirits.

He's referring  n the last question to when interest rates begin to rise, and what will happen to bonds.

MarketWatch: Some economists argue that the economy has just been bubble after bubble and that we’re doomed to repeat this cycle.

Greenspan: Well, I agree with that. I have come to the conclusion that bubbles, as I noted, are a function of human nature. We don’t have enough observations, but my tentative hypothesis to what we’re dealing with is that both a necessary and sufficient condition for the emergence of a bubble is a protracted period of stable economic activity at low inflation. So it is a very difficult policy problem. I do believe that central banks that believe they can quell bubbles are living in a state of unrealism.

"Human nature." The greed/fear cycle.

Again, well worth reading the entire interview, which is not very long.

Joe's 21st with his (very photogenic) Angie

We went to dinner tonight for Joe's 21st birthday at the Indian restaurant in Brewster, Jaipore. Excellent! Here's are three pix of Joe and Angie - who certainly takes a better picture!

It ws a very nice day for Joe's 21st. Brigid (typical Brigid) found a nine volumn over 100 year old history of India, which she gave to Joe. Angie said "Where you oging to put it?" indeed!

 

YIKES! Joe 21 today!

More on this epic later - here's Joe on June sixth, before our sailing in NY Harbor.

More to follow!

WSJ: The Court's lesson on Obamacare

Yesterday's Journal editorializes on the DC Federal Appeals Court decision on Tuesday.

Mrs. Pelosi: "We have to pass the law to find out what's in it." Yup.

Upholding ObamaCare—as Written. An appeals court's remedial civics lesson: Laws mean what they say.

President Obama's penchant for treating laws as unlimited grants of power to his Administration is catching up with him. The irony is that on Tuesday the nation's second highest court ruled that ObamaCare is defined by what Congress enacted, not how his Administration has rewritten it.

In Halbig v. Burwell, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Administration violated the Affordable Care Act by expanding subsidies to the 36 insurance exchanges run by the federal government. The plain statutory language of ObamaCare repeatedly stipulates that these credits shall flow only through "an Exchange established by the State." The 2-1 panel majority thus did not "strike down" part of ObamaCare, as liberals and the media claim. Using straightforward textual construction, the court upheld the law the President signed but it vacated the illegitimate federal-exchange subsidies he tried to sneak in via regulation.

Distinguishing between state and federal exchanges was no glitch or drafting error. In 2010 Democrats assumed that the unpopularity of ObamaCare would melt away and all states would run their own exchanges. Conditioning the subsidies was meant to pressure Governors to participate. To evade this language, the Internal Revenue Service simply pumped out a rule in 2012 dispensing the subsidies to all. The taxmen did not elaborate on niceties such as legal justification.

The courts usually defer to executive interpretation when statutes are ambiguous, but Mr. Obama's lawyers argued that the law unambiguously means the opposite of the words its drafters used. Judge Thomas Griffith knocked this argument away by noting in his ruling that, "After all, the federal government is not a 'State,'" and therefore "a federal Exchange is not an 'Exchange established by the State.'"

Governor Cuomo's ethics inquiry.

In the NY Times (So you know it's true)! Chris Christie's "Bridgegate" nonsense pales in comparision.

The pulled-back subpoena was the most flagrant example of how the commission, established with great ceremony by Mr. Cuomo in July 2013, was hobbled almost from the outset by demands from the governor’s office.

Word that the subpoena had been served quickly reached Mr. Cuomo’s most senior aide, Lawrence S. Schwartz. He called one of the commission’s three co-chairs, William J. Fitzpatrick, the district attorney in Syracuse.

“This is wrong,” Mr. Schwartz said, according to Mr. Fitzpatrick, whose account was corroborated by three other people told about the call at the time. He said the firm worked for the governor, and issued a simple directive:

“Pull it back.”

The subpoena was swiftly withdrawn. The panel’s chief investigator explained why in an email to the two other co-chairs later that afternoon.

“They apparently produced ads for the governor,” she wrote.

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But a three-month examination by The New York Times found that the governor’s office deeply compromised the panel’s work, objecting whenever the commission focused on groups with ties to Mr. Cuomo or on issues that might reflect poorly on him.

Ultimately, Mr. Cuomo abruptly disbanded the commission halfway through what he had indicated would be an 18-month life. And now, as the Democratic governor seeks a second term in November, federal prosecutors are investigating the roles of Mr. Cuomo and his aides in the panel’s shutdown and are pursuing its unfinished business.

Sleazeball. But it's NY State and Cuomo is bulletproof. ... Too bad.

Memorializing John Lillis; Sunday's lovely event

I mentioned a few days ago that there was going to be an event honoring and celebrating John Lillis, who our community lost in March, 2006, and who I'd posted about back then  A bad day in Croton-on-Hudson

The event was mostly organized by members of his Cornerstone retreat group, and a couple of other family friend. On Sunday over 50 people gathered inthe Garden of Peace plaza that adjoins our Church. 

The facilitator, who gave a  beautiful brief talk about John was John Tufanio. Here are some pictures, taken with Brigid's phone. Not the best (forgot a camera) but good enough!

John's brother Keith, his daughter Maureen and Maureen's daughter, Mackenzie Rose.

Rogue's Gallery

Unveiling, as Keith and Lillis close family friend Rose Raffa do the honors. Fr. Brennan donated the plaque.

A couple more people spoke briefly - John -

and Jeanne Marie -

Great stuff. Thank you John Lillis, and your family!

 

 

 

America the Divided

Interesting poll results, which aren't a surprise. How stupid are the 7%?

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Likely U.S. Voters say America is a more divided nation than it was four years ago. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just seven percent (7%) think the country is less divided now, while 21% rate the level of division as about the same.

Some other stuff -

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of all voters say they are more likely to vote this year than they have been in past elections. Only four percent (4%) say they are less likely to do so, while 38% rate their intention to vote as about the same as in past years.

Perhaps problematic for Democrats is that 65% of GOP voters and 55% of voters not affiliated with either major party are more likely to vote this year, compared to 53% of those in the president’s party. But that could change as the election gets nearer.

 

Yanks: New player Headley arrives in the middle of the game; ends up getting walk off winning hit!

HA! Picked up in a trade, Chase Headley arrived and introduced himself -

Headley makes it to the dugout

and then in the 14th inning, the game winning hit

 

It pays to bet on your children

From the Telegraph (UK):

The number is 177,000 in dollars

Rory McIlroy's father, Gerry, is £100,000 better off after his son won the British Open this weekend. The Northern Irishman, then a bar steward in Belfast, and friends placed a £200 bet 10 years ago that his 15-year-old son would win the Open Championship before he turned 26.

 

Canadian paper: "As the world burns, America shrugs"

This is about right - unfortunately. It's an excellent op ed piece.

The world’s governments no longer worry as much as they once did about what Washington wants, partly because Washington doesn’t know what it wants. U.S. policy has become erratic and half-hearted, subject to arbitrary change without notice.

Yankee pitching rising?

UPDATE: Shane Greene pitched well last night - then the bullpen blew the game to the Rangers -the team with worst record in baseball ... Oh my!

Having lost four out of five of their starters it looked pretty bad, but a possible reprieve?

Here's a guy with the chance of a lifetime - make good in The Big Apple!

Brandon McCarthy looks like real deal for Yankees after bringing back cutter

Time will tell, obviously, but McCarthy sure sounds reborn as a Yankee. And the reasons he laid out after Saturday’s performance offer at least some reason to believe he wasn’t just caught up in the exhilaration of a successful home debut in the Bronx.

Specifically, since trading for McCarthy two weeks ago, the Yankees have encouraged, perhaps even insisted, that he become less predictable. That is, he should stop relying so heavily on his signature pitch, his sinker, which wasn’t fooling anybody while he was going 3-10 with a 5.01 ERA for the Diamondbacks.

On Saturday, GM Brian Cashman said that a study by the club’s analytics department before the trade convinced the Yankees that McCarthy could get back to the success he had enjoyed in previous years if he reincorporated his cutter, a pitch the Diamondbacks instructed him to stop throwing this season.

 

 

$190 million payout by Johns Hopkins over rogue M.D.

This is unbelievable. The gynecologist commited suicide ten days after he was found out.

Johns Hopkins to pay $190 million to settle suits over pelvic exam photos

Dr. Nikita Levy was fired after 25 years with the Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore in February 2013 after a female co-worker alerted authorities about a pen-like camera he wore around his neck.

He committed suicide days later, as a federal investigation led to roughly 1,200 videos and 140 images stored on computers in his home.

Here are the lawyers -

 

Yanks cheap-hit win yesterday

HA! It's amusing to hear the Cincinnati announcers at the end of the video.

Lost it in the sun!

Other Dems looking to run for President

The Washington Post had an in-depth article over the weekend on everyone from MA Senator Elizabeth Warren (I posted about her 11 commandments here) to California Governor Jerry Brown.

Even as Hillary Rodham Clinton looms as the overwhelming favorite for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, the party’s base is stirring for a primary fight. There’s a pining for someone else, and a medley of ambitious Democrats are making moves — many of them previously unreported — to position themselves to perhaps be that someone.

More proof there is a God ...

From my friend Joe -

If there is no God, why does the earth fit perfectly into a chicken? Proves that God favors Chick-fil-A!?

 

James Garner

Ahhh, one of my favorites. Gone at 86. I loved him in Support Your Local Sheriff.

 

Elizabeth Warren's 11 Commandments

The Massachusetts Senator who would be Queen. Obama is not progressive enough for her. Hit the link for her picture and her commandments, but first here's how she describes conservativism - she'll be another Democrat politician bringing us together.

And the main tenet of conservatives' philosophy, according to Warren? "I got mine. The rest of you are on your own."

Elizabeth Warren's 11 Commandments of Progressivism

 

WW1: 13 villages where all men returned

Off the Telegraph (UK) website -

 

Rock & Roll era began 60 years ago today?

Maybe. but I'm no Elvis fan ...

On July 19, 1954, Sun Records released the Elvis Presley record "That's All Right."

Off Wikipedia:

"That's All Right" is the name of the first commercial single released by Elvis Presley, written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup. Presley's version was recorded on July 5, 1954,^[1] and released on July 19, 1954 with "Blue Moon of Kentucky" as the B-side. It is #113 on the 2010 Rolling Stone magazine list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[2]

 

Malaysian aircraft disaster is tragedy for HIV/AIDS research

Catastrophic

"...the tragic news equivalent to losing hundreds of years of broad expertise in combatting HIV/AIDS."

Many HIV/AIDS researchers, officials, and activists – perhaps scores – had been traveling on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 en route to the 20th anniversary AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

3 Yankees: Larsen, Cone and Wells talk about their perfect games

What a great first 3 minute video, especially for Yankee fans And the two following - very fine! Total of 10 minutes for all three. Don Larsen wrote a book a few years ago about his game and about himself, which I loved (got the kindle edition). Here it is -

The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History

It has that iconic picture on the front cover of Yogi leaping into Larsen's arms after striking out the last batter.

so here's the first video!

 

The other end of the pitching battery

And how it went down!

Bloomberg News: "Bubble Paranoia Setting In"

A long article with results of surveys of investment professionals.

The results? It's a bubble ... it isn't a bubble ... corporate debt too high ... no it's not. Federal Reserve says don't worry, be happy ... so ... inconclusive and (my advice) don't bet the farm on anything.

Bubble Paranoia Setting in as S&P 500 Surge Stirs Angst

 

British press rips the President: "AWOL"

They weren't too impressed with his glossing over the disaster in his Delaware remarks.

The Daily Mail (UK)

'It looks like it may be a terrible tragedy': Obama goes AWOL again with just 40-second mention of Malaysian plane crash feared to have killed Americans before his jokey 16-minute transport speech. - Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 passengers on board - President Obama said his national security team is working on identifying the U.S. citizens – and then launched into jokes and 16 minutes of prepared remarks - Twitter erupted with digital eye-rolls at Obama's curt mention of the 'tragedy' that the Ukrainian government quickly called a 'criminal case' - House Speaker John Boehner offered a solemn statement, saying 'many innocents were killed today. It is horrifying.'

Lots more if you hit the link.

MSNBC gets burned by "Aviation Expert"

I suppose could happen to any network trying to get a scoop.