The 11 nations of the United States

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-11-nations-of-the-united-states-2015-7

Is Mitch McConnell stonewalling an independent investigation into Trump/Russia to save his own skin?

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/15/1634152/-Is-Mitch-McConnell-stonewalling-an-independent-investigation-into-Trump-Russia-to-save-his-own-skin?detail=facebook

The first 25 days of Trump have been a zoetrope of galloping despair | Lindy West | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/14/first-25-days-trump-despair-united-states?CMP=fb_gu

‘These are facts’: CNN’s Jake Tapper humiliates Trump for calling news reports ‘conspiracy theories’

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/these-are-facts-cnns-jake-tapper-humiliates-trump-for-calling-news-reports-conspiracy-theories/

BREAKING: Republican Judge Calls For Impeaching ‘Dangerous’ Trump: ‘America Is At Stake’ | Addicting Info | The Knowledge You Crave

http://addictinginfo.org/2017/02/15/republican-judge-calls-for-impeaching-dangerous-trump-america-is-at-stake/

Was a server registered to the Trump Organization communicating with Russia’s Alfa Bank?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html

Listen to the Sweet, Soft Warble Common Ravens Sing to Their Partners | Audubon

http://www.audubon.org/news/listen-sweet-soft-warble-common-ravens-sing-their-partners

I’ve heard ours do this and wondered 

It’s spring!

I love living in Southern California and I love something about just about every season and yes, we do have them. Any gardener can tell you that. But spring after needed rain is gorgeous.

I drove surface streets to my doctor yesterday because my car has decided not to like freeways and I can’t afford to buy a new computer for the damn thing. I miss my old boxy Jeep Cherokee with no computer to shut things off when it shouldn’t.

Anyway driving from Woodland Hills to Pasadena is about 28 miles or for the mileage impaired 42.83 km. It was glorious. Right now the flowering pear trees are blooming. They were late this year and should have been blooming at Brighid but are blooming now and they are the predominant street tree in many places like the Valley. It’s like driving through faery land. They are covered in thick white blossoms and if there is a small breeze white petals are floating everywhere.

Spring is just beginning here at it’s wonderful

Stephen Colbert’s anti-Trump experiment is starting to work – The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/14/stephen-colberts-anti-trump-experiment-is-starting-to-work/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.41d2b3daa6f7

North Carolina Supreme Court blocks Republican election board overhaul.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/02/14/north_carolina_supreme_court_blocks_republican_election_board_overhaul.html