Grand Old Pigs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/06/30/dont-sugarcoat-this-trump-just-called-for-32-million-people-to-lose-health-coverage/?utm_term=.a8ad637decaf&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/trump-administrations-request-for-extensive-voter-data-raises-fears-of-suppression/

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/06/donald-trump-has-finally-done-something-hes-increased-the-deficit-by-a-trillion-dollars/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/30/trump_endorses_obamacare_repeal_backup_plan_that_he_rejected_in_january.html?wpsrc=newsletter_slatest&sid=5388d019dd52b8417a00396f

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/30/scott_pruitt_wants_to_use_a_red_team_to_sow_doubts_about_climate_change.html?wpsrc=newsletter_slatest&sid=5388d019dd52b8417a00396f

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/30/report_kushner_told_joe_scarborough_to_apologize_to_trump_in_exchange_for.html?wpsrc=newsletter_slatest&sid=5388d019dd52b8417a00396f

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/30/alex_jones_trump_endorsed_infowars_site_exposes_nasa_s_martian_slave_colony.html?wpsrc=newsletter_slatest&sid=5388d019dd52b8417a00396f

Russian Cheeto

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/340071-trump-tweets-against-morning-joe-host-sparks-uproar?rnd=1498756144

Grand Old Pigs

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-russia-probe-eyes-longtime-trump-bodyguard-turned/story?id=48341329&nwltr=the_note_5_headline

I cannot tell you how amusing and gratifying it is to see the entire Republican Party backing a pro-Russian administration.  One led by a KGB agent who has loudly and publicly proclaimed his love for Stalinism.  When you include the neo-cons' deep roots in Leninism, you are left with the fact that the last and fullest vestige of old Soviet thinking is now held by the GOP and the folks proclaiming themselves 'American conservatives".  Thanks, boys, I've waited my whole life for this!

Religion

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/world/australia/cardinal-george-pell-charged-sexual-abuse.html?emc=edit_na_20170628&nl=breaking-news&nlid=13038199&ref=headline

When does one become an accessory to murder?

http://wtop.com/local/2017/06/tooth-found-lyon-sisters-search-lost-bedford-co-sheriff/

Long time readers will know that this crime has been a major one in the DC region, and for all of my adult life.  I think that only the DC Sniper case has been bigger.  And to "lose" evidence in it is beyond believable to me.  No, you got rid of it, bubba, and you should be treated like the criminal that you are.  I am curious as to what a child predator could offer a sheriff in return for sabotaging a case....

Religion

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/gun-toting-christian-extremist-threatens-atheists-tennessee/

Russian Cheeto

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html?_r=0

Grand Old Pigs

http://feministing.com/2017/06/21/missouri-votes-to-let-employers-fire-people-who-use-birth-control/

Good Riddance

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/06/christian-extremists-flee-godless-america-for-anti-gay-russia/

A nice article and interview with Ronnie Spector

http://people.com/music/ronnie-spector-ronettes-tour-2017-new-music-love-power-interview/

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/russian-hacking-damning-revelations-about-gop-trump-obama-w489548?utm_source=rsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=062417_12

A nazi 'monument' in DC

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/06/23/six-nazi-spies-were-executed-in-d-c-white-supremacists-gave-them-a-memorial-on-federal-land/?utm_term=.1f6cf0f8975c


A little bit of DC trivia and lore.

The Library of Things

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/06/01/library-of-things/

Neat!


(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

Darwin Award Nominee

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/florida-zoo-employee-killed-while-attempting-to-rape-alligator/

Book Hoarders

http://lithub.com/10-famous-book-hoarders/

My kind of people...

The Marx Brothers and A Day at the UN

https://travsd.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/marx-movie-madness-month-28-billy-wilders-a-day-at-the-united-nations/


What might have been...

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-falwell-idUSKBN15G5F4

A new version of Dracula from the team that created Sherlock

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/sherlock-team-reuniting-for-dracula-series-1202472312/

Religion

http://religionlo.com/gods-name-during-intercourse/

Honesty Is The Best Policy

https://thenib.com/trump-s-cabinet-gets-honest?utm_campaign=newsletter-links&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

Grand Old Pigs

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/06/19/republican-party-just-accidentally-leaked-personal-info-200-million-voters/

RIP Bill Dana

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-dana-dead-jose-jimenez-903436

Utah Phillips' Caboose

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/entertainment/2017/06/14/utah-phillips-caboose-vermont-home-museum/330644001/


I've had the pleasure of attending several performances by Phillips (Including one on his last tour).  He was wonderful.

(Thanks for the link, Doug!)

Growing up in DC - The Side Effects

http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/dc/side-effects-washington-dc/

Grand Old Pigs

http://abovethelaw.com/2017/06/trump-selects-law-grad-for-housing-job-law-school-says-shes-not-a-law-grad/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/us/politics/michael-flynn-intel-group-trump.html?emc=edit_ta_20170618&nl=top-stories&nlid=13038199&ref=cta&_r=0

Capitalism

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/18/foxconn-life-death-forbidden-city-longhua-suicide-apple-iphone-brian-merchant-one-device-extract?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=231236&subid=1567486&CMP=GT_US_collection

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20237/day_laborer_purgatory_waiting_in_the_streets_to_take_a_backbreaking_job

http://inthesetimes.com/article/20234/capitalism-is-built-on-the-backs-of-black-women-domestic-workers

RIP Stephen Furst

http://www.tmz.com/2017/06/17/stephen-furst-flounder-animal-house-dead/

Covfefe!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Covfefe

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Religion

https://unitedhumanists.com/2016/06/10/anti-gay-pastor-arrested-on-70-counts-of-child-pornography/

Nice interview with Eric Carmen

http://www.inquisitr.com/4291153/exclusive-eric-carmen-on-john-lennon-the-raspberries-getting-back-together-favorite-covers-more/

Religion

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/southern-baptist-convention-refuses-condemn-white-supremacy/

Russian Cheeto

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-13/russian-breach-of-39-states-threatens-future-u-s-elections

Changes at MAD Magazine

http://www.newsfromme.com/2017/06/13/what-he-worry/

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/georgia-senator-prays-for-obamas-death-at-christian-gathering-let-his-days-be-few/

A nice article about To Sir With Love

http://www.thespectrum.com/story/entertainment/2017/06/06/remembering-to-sir-love-50/375439001/

Grand Old Pigs

http://media.realtimepolitics.com/2017/06/03/mike-pence-pastor-hitler/


https://wonkette.com/618534/i-had-never-thought-id-actually-see-a-blow-job-in-the-white-house

RIP Roaslie Sorrels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_Sorrels

Grand Old Pigs

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/every-terrifying-thing-that-donald-trump-has-done.html

Religion

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/06/archbishop-says-he-was-unsure-if-priests-raping-children-was-a-crime/

Religion

http://viralinside.net/anonymous-hacker-breaks-isis-twitter-accounts-makes-fabulously-gay.html

http://www.joemygod.com/2017/06/11/san-antonios-atheism-causes-poverty-mayor-loses-runoff-concedes-bible-verse/

Grand Old Pigs

http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/06/09/fbi-notified-after-mitch-mcconnell-exposed-in-2-5m-money-funnel-connected-to-putin/

http://liberalspeak.com/3603/health-care-experts-say-health-care-market-may-never-recover-trumps-damage/

https://www.attn.com/stories/15045/letter-gop-vice-chair-gets-heat-arguing-against-equal-pay-women?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=rerun1&utm_campaign=reruns

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/06/09/feds-just-ruled-trump-white-house-broke-federal-law-illegal-campaign-activity/

http://washingtonjournal.com/2017/06/09/trump-just-refused-sign-treaty-stop-tax-evasion-end-offshore-tax-havens/

http://news.groopspeak.com/breaking-new-york-attorney-general-investigating-trumps-son-for-criminal-act/

HandSight

http://terp.umd.edu/a-new-way-with-words/#.WTweJ2jys2y

A potentially revolutionary tool for the Blind.


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

RIP Adam West

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-west-dead-batman-star-832264

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/busted-trump-treasury-pick-took-4-week-course-on-dartmouth-campus-and-called-it-a-degree/

Religion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/06/09/imam-resigns-mosque-cleric-female-genital-mutilation-hypersexuality/?utm_term=.f5cd8fee26c9&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1
Mutilating women.....

Monster-Mania Con in NJ this August

http://monstermania.net/

Scares That Care coming to Williamsburg

http://scaresthatcareweekend.com/

Haunt Fest in Virginia!

http://vahauntfest.com/index.htm

Only a couple of weeks before Monster Bash in Pennsylvania!

http://www.monsterbashnews.com/bash.html

John Waters' Summer Camp!

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/john-waters-summer-camp-1202392936/

Grand Old Pigs

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/woman-raped-shackled-during-childbirth-in-jail-of-trumps-new-hire?utm_source=dmfb

Strawberry Moon Tonight

http://www.almanac.com/content/strawberry-moon-june-full-moon-phases-2016

Grand Old Pigs

https://www.queerty.com/trump-honor-pride-month-give-speech-antigay-conference-20170607?utm_source=bb82&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=artname&utm_content=inf_546_80_2&tse_id=INF_4fe563504bb011e780b645b806a7020f

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/donald-trump-economic-policies/529554/?utm_source=atlfb

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/336842-exclusive-gop-lawmaker-talked-stocks-with-colleagues

Religion

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/christian-extremist-josh-duggar-says-victim/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/06/07/televangelist_jan_crouch_has_been_found_liable_for_covering_up_her_granddaughter.html

The Lord of the Books

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/read/article/colombian-garbage-man-builds-library-from-discarded-books

A neat story.

(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

Vampire Wedding

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4578524/Vampire-obsessed-couple-ties-knot-120-000-wedding.html

I always cry at these things.....

A nice collection of facts about the Washington Monument

http://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/washington-monument-hidden-secrets?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=59a083695f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-59a083695f-64536349&ct=t(Newsletter_6_7_2017)&mc_cid=59a083695f&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/karen-handle-livable-wage_us_593750cde4b0ce1e7408ce7e?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

http://www.snopes.com/2017/06/07/eric-trump-calls-fathers-critics-not-even-people/?utm_source=bme&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=wednesday_update&bt_ee=NljC/RvJVRMYIbgtmIGPytsVrXSvBwt5pM75y7RP1JoOE9GYQ0hQEm/91YOX+/5y&bt_ts=1496857993527&utm_source=bme&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=wednesday_update&bt_ee=XpYH2vVTjvdLGGas92X/jKP+l/Tl6sXVwGlumx6gzCqcjBLDB1eS6UoUpchU8/pI&bt_ts=1496861259685

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/wisconsin-state-rep-earth-6000-years-old-thats-fact/

Russian Cheeto

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#65ac49a66b4a

A revolution in chargeable batteries?

https://futurism.com/new-instantly-rechargeable-battery-deals-a-fatal-blow-to-fossil-fuels/

Grand Old Pigs

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/06/05/the-110-billion-arms-deal-to-saudi-arabia-is-fake-news/

http://resistancereport.com/news/trump-supporter-kills-man-bus-stop/


https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/pruitt-epa-coal-jobs-exaggerate/529311/?utm_source=fbb

http://wfla.com/2017/06/05/st-pete-residents-upset-over-hate-signs-posted-in-neighbors-yard/

Religion

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/oregon-faith-healing-parents-charged-infants-death/

http://kachetiendg.blogspot.com/2017/06/11-year-old-girl-forced-to-marry-her.html

Ed Sanders - Still Exorcising

http://m.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/ed-sanders-founder-of-the-fugs-led-an-exorcism-of-the-white-house-and-it-may-have-worked/Content?oid=4765769

Oink!

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/students-sue-after-entire-high-school-illegally-groped-and-molested-by-cops/

Gee, adult grits get to feel up teenage girls.

Religion

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/bakker-ringling-brothers-circus-closing-was-a-sign-from-god-about-the-last-days/



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/erick-erickson-global-warming_us_592f93aee4b0540ffc846d96?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=weird_fb&utm_term=nosplashcard&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000022&section=weird-news

Boardgame Convention In DC This September

http://www.washingcon.com/


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Farewell Rodney on the ROQ

http://argonautnews.com/rodney-says-goodbye-to-the-roq/