Sarah Huckabee Saunders to Quit

Sarah Huckabee Saunders, White House spokesperson who took over fro Sean Spicer is due to leave, Trump has announced and to return to 'the Great State of Arkansas' at the end of June.

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"She's a warrior, we're all warriors, we have to be warriors," Mr Trump added. The president did not name a replacement press secretary. The White House revolving door: Who's gone? She said in a quavering voice: "This is something I will treasure forever. I'm going to continue to be one of the most outspoken and loyal supporters of the president."

Did she jump or was she pushed?


What made me laugh was the following:

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Mr Trump has opted to be his own communicator-in-chief, frequently making impromptu remarks to journalists above the buzz of presidential helicopter Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48628233


Trump as communicator-in-chief will be hilarious. Press conferences by Twitter? The last press conference was way back on 11 Mar 2019.

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Why does Chrome keep "rebooting"

Something odd happening lately...I come home from work to find Chrome has exited and rebooted. What makes this really annoying is it doesn't restore my tabs. Apparently it's trying to update, as I have my PC set to any program trying to change in the Program Files folders prompts me first...and it asks if "Google Update" can run...I say no, so it doesn't update and restarts with a clean slate. But the next day I come home same thing all over again. I saw no Chrome settings to choose "don't even try to make an update" or words to that effect. Anyone know how to stop this?

PS this might not matter or be related but I noticed there are a LOT of instances of chrome.exe in the task manager, far more than my tabs account for. For ex. I currently have 3 tabs open and there are 21 instances of chrome.exe running. ?

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Atheist nurse's fight against mandatory AA will go before B.C. Human Rights Tribunal

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...aint-1.5172488

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A B.C. nurse who lost his job when he refused to attend a 12-step program for addiction will get a chance to argue he was discriminated against as an atheist. Byron Wood contends Alcoholics Anonymous's emphasis on placing your life in the hands of a higher power simply won't work for someone who doesn't hold any religious beliefs. That's an argument worth considering, according to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. On Wednesday, it denied Vancouver Coastal Health's application to dismiss Wood's complaint alleging discrimination on the basis of religion. "The tribunal has not [previously] considered whether the 12‐step program utilized by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous … may discriminate against persons with substance abuse disorders who are atheists," tribunal member Walter Rilkoff wrote in Wednesday's decision.

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Oil Tankers on Fire off Iran coast.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-...ntl/index.html

Two tankers apparently have been struck, possibly by shells. Everything right now is preliminary reports.

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Hong Kong

It's all going off in Hong Kong. I can't find a thread about it.

Anyway, here's a journalist being supplied with essential protest kit by those that came better prepared:

https://preview.redd.it/8cl1whsq1343...t=mp4&612e525d



Is it too much of a stretch to remember 1989 at this time?

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Any particular reason a mouse would mindlessly run in circles?

There is a house mouse in my kitchen that wasn't there less than an hour ago and it's literally running around in circles non-stop, occasionally squealing quietly.

It has slowed down just a bit but shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
Any ideas as to how it could have come out into the open and suddenly started doing this?

I have gloves, a mask, and a cardboard box on standby ready to remove it to outside if it slows down soon.

ETA: And I went back to check on it and while I wasn't looking it apparently moved 8 feet across the kitchen to another spot where it's again running around in a small circle.

Similar situation:
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Doctor found to be making misleading claims

SA doctor's claims he could 'heal' migraines and Alzheimer's disease using lasers were misleading

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A South Australian doctor has admitted his claims that "migraine is no longer a mystery" and he could heal conditions like Alzheimer's disease and chronic fatigue using laser therapy were misleading and false advertising, court documents have revealed. In his written response to professional misconduct allegations from the Medical Board of Australia, Dr Mark Rogers said his claims about low-level laser therapy (LLLT) were based on his "opinion" and "belief" rather than "hard scientific evidence". Court documents — released by the SA Health Practitioners Tribunal this week — said Dr Rogers promoted LLLT on his website, saying he was "using focused medical technologies to diagnose and heal".

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