"On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool. Of the more than 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 perished, including more than 120 Americans. If this grim tragedy teaches us anything, it is that we need to be steadfast in our commitment to forging a bi-partisan agreement to ensure Joe Biden's infrastructure plan is watered down into nothing." - Senator Chris Coons, Noted Christian.
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With House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy now tasked with ousting Liz Cheney, I am reminded of Oscar Wilde's take on fox hunting - The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.
Mixed Covid news - For the first time in over a year, Los Angeles County reported no Covid-related deaths, but Oregon is going back into lockdown due to the UK variant.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
A new arena floor is being added to Rome's iconic Colosseum to give visitors an idea of how the ancient Italian structure looked when gladiators fought and (no doubt) because it really doesn't work as a tourist attraction with no floor.
But first... remember how Brexit happened almost by accident when David Cameron announced a referendum without giving one fucking thought to what leaving the EU actually meant? Well under the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland is required to have a unification referendum if certain conditions are met. The conditions are not close to being met but you can't be too careful, and some folks are not willing to bear the consequences of more accidental upheaval.
