I just read a pair of articles in today's Wall St.Journal, both regarding efforrs to get more affordable housing in urban areas. I've heard about crazy trends in rentals in places like San Francisco -- for which Berlin stands in quite nicely. And I've presumed there MUST be places where housing pressures aren't so insane -- and, surprise! Tokyo is ( Read more... )

So, Friday the 22nd: the fateful day for Special Counsel Mueller to deliver results of his 2-year look at Trumpsky's collusion with Putin and Russia. Alas, by the Justice Department's arcane rules governing such investigations, only AG Barr has the actual report for now ( Read more... )

An Aussie doctor, Lisa Pryor, wrote an op-ed in today's NYTimes, very sad for what Trumpsky has been up to ( Read more... )

I'm not that wild about Kendall, the demi-Kardashian known for her celebrity. But here's one of her arriving at her own party last Monday -- http://ultradevi.tumblr.com/post/132523152982/runwayandbeauty-kendall-jenners-20th- ( Read more... )

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russias-syria-intervention-may-force-choice-on-obama-act-or-yield/2015/10/07/a88f9996- ( Read more... )

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I blame our Ozzie chum Cobra for this ( Read more... )