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The real shock of the Nunes memo https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/opinions/prosecutor-take-on-nunes-memo-callan-opinion/index.html

Rep. Schiff: Steele dossier's political motivation disclosed in FISA application https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/memo-dossier-christopher-steele-carter-page/index.html

Trump Asked For A Van Gogh, And Was Offered A Toilet https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/davidalm/2018/01/30/trump-asked-for-a-van-gogh-and-was-offered-a-toilet/amp/

H.P. Lovecraft Despair O'er the midnight moorlands crying, Thro' the cypress forests sighing, In the night-wind madly flying, Hellish forms with streaming hair; In the barren branches creaking, By the stagnant swamp-pools speaking, Past the shore-cliffs ever shrieking, Damn'd demons of despair. Once, I think I half remember, Ere the grey skies of November Quench'd my youth's aspiring ember, Liv'd there such a thing as bliss; Skies that now are dark were beaming, Bold and azure, splendid seeming Till I learn'd it all was dreaming — Deadly drowsiness of Dis. But the stream of Time, swift flowing, Brings the torment of half-knowing — Dimly rushing, blindly going Past the never-trodden lea; And the voyager, repining, Sees the wicked death-fires shining, Hears the wicked petrel's whining As he helpless drifts to sea. Evil wings in ether beating; Vultures at the spirit eating; Things unseen forever fleeting Black against the leering sky. Ghastly shades of bygone gladness, Clawing fiends of future sadness, Mingle in a cloud of madness Ever on the soul to lie. Thus the living, lone and sobbing, In the throes of anguish throbbing, With the loathsome Furies robbing Night and noon of peace and rest. But beyond the groans and grating Of abhorrent Life, is waiting Sweet Oblivion, culminating All the years of fruitless quest. Classics H.P. Lovecraft 1890 - 1937/Male/American

...on the generous terrace!

All noted & respected. Thk u. My 58yo memory is becoming riddled with moth holes...

James Comey ✔@Comey All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would. But take heart: American history shows that, in the long run, weasels and liars never hold the field, so long as good people stand up. Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy. 5:51 PM - Feb 1, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/james-comey-fbi-tweet/index.html

I think I want that on my tombstone... DRO ELEMENTS WITHIN LOGIC STATE OF LMC REQUIRE EXTERNAL FL-CX CONTROLS TO RESTORE INFORMATION INTO CORE ARRAY

You can, or once could, actually buy this thing from some crazed movie-memento-creator.

I love you to death. But there is that very old post here where you mention taking up residence in the Hotel Cala de Volpe via Starwoods Rewards Points.

...Tongues of angels, begotten not created! O cum let us..

You know, Neil Armstrong assumed that the same safety margins were built into the LM by Northrup Grumman. He knew the documented engineering limits said YOU HAVE TO TOUCH DOWN NOW TO SURVIVE, WITHOUT ANY FOOLING AROUND [to paraphrase]. But he said afterward, about the treacherously low fuel levels close to lunar landing: 'I thought that if we ran out of fuel ten or twenty feet or so from touchdown, I could just drift down. The manuals said NO. But I thought the low gravity would let the landing-gear spring take it up.' [Or some such language.] Then he said [again paraphrasing]: 'We went there to land. That was what we were going to do.'

And of course Kirk and Spock and Scotty never hesitated to hurl whatever craft they were piloting entirely past all its design limits, if that was the only path to survival. SLING IT AROUND THE SUN AT TOP WARP TO GRAVITATIONALLY ACCELERATE US PAST WARP 10 [ASSUMING THE SPACEFRAME HOLDS!] AND BACK INTO THE 20TH CENTURY, TO BRING US SOME WHALES BACK...! ...Scotty: 'Captain, there be whales here!'

'Missile approaching! Commence evasive action!'

Thank you, beyond saying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive The Next Generation onwards [edit] Only three stories in the original Star Trek series involved the Enterprise traveling beyond Warp 10 ( Warp 11, briefly, as a result of Nomad's "correction of inefficiencies" in the antimatter control system in "The Changeling"; Warp 11 again in "By Any Other Name" after the Kelvans modify the Enterprise's engines for greater sustained speed to make the trip from the Milky Way Galaxy to the Andromeda Galaxy; and Warp 14.1 in "That Which Survives" after the ship was put through a Kalandan transporter, beamed parsecs away from where it had been, and reassembled slightly out of phase). In The Next Generation, such stories were rare, and usually involved a malfunction in (or alien interference with) a starship's engines. A new warp scale was drawn up, with Warp Factor 10 set as an unattainable maximum (according to the new scale, reaching or exceeding Warp 10 required an infinite amount of energy). This is described in some technical manuals as "Eugene's limit", in homage to creator/producer Gene Roddenberry. Warp 8 in the original series was the "Never Exceed" speed for the hulls and engines of Constitution-class starships, equivalent to the aircraft VNE V-speed. Warp 6 was the VNO "Normal Operation" maximum safe cruising speed for that vessel class.[4] The Warp 14.1 incident was the result of runaway engines which brought the hull within seconds of structural failure before power was disengaged.[5] The limit of 10 did not entirely stop warp inflation. By the mid-24th century, the Enterprise-D could travel at Warp 9.8 at "extreme risk", while normal maximum operating speed was Warp 9.6 and the maximum rated cruise was Warp 9.2. According to the Deep Space Nine Tech Manual, during the Dominion War, Galaxy-class starships were refitted with newer technology including modifications which increased their maximum speed to Warp 9.9. In the episode "Where No One Has Gone Before" the Enterprise-D was shown to exceed Warp 10, traveling 2.7 million light-years from their home galaxy in a matter of minutes (though the ship's extreme velocity was due to the influence of an alien being and could not be achieved by starship engines). The Intrepid-class starship Voyager has a maximum sustainable cruising speed of Warp 9.975; the Enterprise-E can reach a maximum velocity of Warp 9.999[citation needed]. In the alternative future depicted in "All Good Things...", the series finale of The Next Generation, the "future" Enterprise-D travels at Warp 13, although it is never established whether this is truly "above" Warp 10, or simply the result of another reconfiguration of the warp scale.

And could be again! You @Larstrupare one of the greatest forces for Good here today.

See how much fun it used to be?

[A loving repost from October 2014. ] In the best tradition of Dredging Up Old Threads Because I Have Nothing Better to Do with My Life (used courtesy Who Could That Be? ) it occurred to see whether the renowned Hotel Cala di Volpe managed to up its game since our dear RockHard alighted there on the wings of his Starwood points.The picture gleaned from recent TripAdvisor reviews remains, politely put, mixed...Obscene pricesReviewed 4 weeks ago We have stayed at the hotel for three nights.There is literally nothing to do in the immediate area and you either have to agree to pay 90 per person for lunch and the same amount for dinner each and every day or they will charge you 165 When you first check in. Otherwise you need to take a taxi for 30 each way to the closest town to have lunch or dinner at very high prices also. This hotel chain owns all of the four high-end hotels in Sardinia and have a monopoly on all prices. I found the management to be fairly arrogant even though all of the employees were excellent. The hotel food at cala del volpe was very good and not very good at the other three sister hotelsAfter the first day we found out that they will prepare any food for you but they did not come out and say that since they have large buffets. The restaurant manager reserved the same table for people for their entire stay and therefore it is difficult to get a window table or a preferred table if other people have had the tables every day prior to youThere are so many other great places and hotels to go to Italy and I would avoid this hotel chain and island at all costs. 12 1/2 euros for a bottle of water and the set price for the meals is ludicrousA bit below expectations Reviewed August 20, 2014 You get almost everything you expect from a luxury hotel.But something is missing. 1) very low ceilings in the rooms 2) tiny beach (shame for Sardinia) 3) very few arrangement on outside hotel territory to hide from such burning Sardinian sunLunch time let down Reviewed June 26, 2014 Had lunch at the Cala di Volpe as I'd always wanted to visit, and what a disappointment it was for hotel of such repute. The barbeque on offer was simply too pricey for us. 165 euros (!!!) for what amounted to little more than a Sizzler buffet, so we opted for a lighter option at the outdoor bar. Still, 28 euros for a salad nicoise which was little more than bagged lettuce, a tomato, green beans, egg, tinned tuna and a couple of anchovies rolled round an olive was a real rip off, whilst my friend said his ravioli (around 30 euros) was from frozen and left him with a bad stomach. With bread, water and service (which was polite but not exactly friendly) it all came to 90 euros. The place was all but deserted, and the grounds, which we explored after, were far from well kept (brown turf, junk in plain sight, cracked walkways, leaves and flies in the pool, empty glasses and napkins left by the sun loungers). We were even told not to take photos by one surly member of staff, even though we'd paid for the privilege of being there (whether you're staying the night or are just there for a coffee, a drink at the bar, dinner or a conference, a customer is a customer, and should be treated as such). The saving grace was the amazing architecture - the food, presentation and service were astonishingly lacklustre for a world class hotel. We arrived excited and feeling like stars, but left depressed and belittled.SWIDNLER- oriented management. AVOID!!! Reviewed June 13, 2013 We were a group of friends, staying for a week in this hotel. I can say that all of us are quite demanding clients, but we really had the worst experience in our life. First of all, this is definitely not a 5 stars hotel- the rooms are far too simple design, and too small, just normal bathrooms, nothing special. They will explain you about "authentic Sardegnan design", but we are in the 21st century, I guess. If you pay 1000 Euro per night, you expect something more than this. After trying the bar snacks for few days, we realized that most of the food they offer is really below average, and some positions are uneatable, like frozen pizza for 25 or club sandwich. The price tag is shocking: gin-tonic here is 25 and a cup of espresso goes for 10,50. They will NEVER give you the bill for a signature, until you ask for it, and they leave you to wait for 15 min to sign it. This is made intentionally- at the end during check-out you'll find a lot of extra stuff in your bill. The thing is they divide food and beverages, and do not give you full details of what you had, just the price. If you ask to give the details, the answer will be "We can't". All the staff looks like the band of swindlers who look at you and just wait for the moment to grab as much extra money as they can! I have never seen such unhonest management- if you ask for a bottle of wine or champagne, they will not get you the vine list to choose - they will quickly open one bottle of the most expensive one (750), and straight away the second one, even if you did not start to drink! The locals told us that two years ago the management has changed, and the new team has one and only goal - to CHEAT as much as possible, and to increase your bill with EVERY, sometimes abominable methods!http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g945747-d195286-Reviews-Hotel_Cala_di_Volpe-Cala_di_Volpe_Province_of_Olbia_Tempio_Sardinia.html