December 26, 2016

Chilling headline of the moment

China's 1st aircraft carrier sails into South China Sea

-- CBSnews.com

December 25, 2016

Quote of the moment

Santa's Workshop in North Pole, in Wilmington, N.Y., is among the last of the theme parks in the region, outlasting the Land of Makebelieve, Frontier Town, Time Town, Gaslight Village and other Adirondack roadside attractions.

-- Annie Stoltie, NYT

December 21, 2016

Incorrect prediction of the moment

"As a person who has always played fast and loose with the law, Trump will likely be impeached within the first year of his Presidency by responsible Republicans in Congress."

-- John Kasich

December 11, 2016

Headline I do not understand the significance of of the moment

A nuke waste train to Yucca could pass near Trump's L.V. hotel

-- LV sun

December 09, 2016

Quote of the moment

"I was trying not to sound like a desperate maniac, but I was a desperate maniac."

-- cancer patient in the NYT

December 08, 2016

Quote of the moment

(On the Guardian web site from a reader about Public Enemy.)

I was never hip enough to get them, I read the lyrics to Bring The Noise and thought it was about a man going on an unsuccessful fishing trip with his foolish sibling and the Grim Reaper - "Bass, how low can you go, Death Row, what a brother know?"