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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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Xeno-Canto; Sharing Bird Songs From Around the World And Investigating a Victorian Ornithological Adornment
A birding walk on the Filoli estate in Woodside, California a few years ago and inspiration from an unknown warbler some weeks ago in our backyard, led us to list a new site which, regardless of your attachment to birding, might of be of interest to all who hear a song and wonder about the singer. Meeting the members of the site could perhaps be the most interesting aspect of all at Xeno-Canto. more »
Helen Thomas Reminds Us Of Freedom Of Thought
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who served on the US Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932 who held up freedom of thought as one of the prime protections offered to citizens in the US Constitution. He explained that he believed that this protection was most valuable "not free thought for those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate." more »
Vincent Van Gogh; The Letters
To Brother Theo: "I tell you again that I’ll always consider that you’re something other than a simple dealer in Corots, that through my intermediacy you have your part in the very production of certain canvases, which even in calamity retain their calm ..." more »
A Cable Calamity
But until then, all would be rosy. Or so I thought — until Company Y’s installer showed up, dragging yards of dusty cable across my carpet and tripping over his baggy jeans which were hanging at half mast mid-paunch and puddling at his feet. Oh, well, I thought, he’s not a fashion model; he’s a cable installer. more »