SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: NASA'S Cassini spacecraft goes below Saturn's rings as it prepares for end of mission.

AS USUAL, it's a win for gun collectors.

ANOTHER IDIOCY LEAKING FROM THE PROGRESSIVE BUBBLE: Check your rural privilege.

It might not be as smart an idea as progressives think....

WONKBLOG: Under Trump, red states are finally going to be able to turn themselves into poor, unhealthy paradises.

No, it's not from The Onion; it's what city-bred blue state progressives really believe under their bubble.

ANOTHER ACADEMIC ABSURDITY:

... Such socio-spatial practices are the means through which men, women, chickens and cattle become privileged and/or othered within dominant gender–species hierarchical arrangements.

Huh?

KEITH ELLISON: I’ll resign my seat if I win the election for DNC chair.

It'll be a win-win for Minnesota and the Republicans. Minnesota will get a chance at a decent Congresscritter, and the Republicans will get a progressive activist at the controls of the Democrat's steamshovel.

I HOPE HE DOESN'T LIKE MILK: California Gov. Jerry Brown disses dairy farmers.

ASK YOURSELF: Mike Rowe schools a woman who didn't like his pro-American flag stance.

PUNCHING BACK: Senate Democrats signal retreat on James Mattis for Defense Secretary. They know President-elect Trump will make sure they're blamed for any interruption in the government if they try to block passage of the Mattis rider in the appropriation continuing resolution.

CONSTITUTION TO SANCTUARY CITIES: Fund it on your own nickel.

TRUMP TRAUMATIZES the party of snowflakes.

'FAKE NEWS': It's the mainstream media, stupid.

THIS GALAXY is being destroyed from within by a supermassive black hole.

On the bright side, it's not our galaxy....

WALL STREET JOURNAL: The System Didn't Work. It's not about economics; it's about justice.

If the link above doesn't work, try this one.

MICHAEL WALSH: What, exactly, is the #NeverTrumpkins problem?

AMERICAN UPRISING: Everything is about to change.

DUDE, WHERE’S MY FLYING CAR? Right here:

Lilium Aviation raises $10.7 million for vertical take-off and landing jet.

I'M A DEMOCRAT but I've gotta admit it's now Trump 2, Dems 0.

There's at least one Democrat who's gotten the message. Maybe there's hope for the Democrat Party yet....

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75 YEARS AGO: "A date which will live in infamy."

IEEE INSTITUTE: Blurring the Lines Between Virtual and Real Worlds.

The Democrats did that years ago ... they haven't lived in the real world for years.