News Headline: “Spectacular super moon lights up night skies across world.”
This is the Intelligent Designer.
News Headline: “Mysterious creature with no eyes, sharp teeth startles fisherman.”
This is the Intelligent Designer on drugs.

News Headline: “Trump has now shifted $1.3 million of campaign-donor money into his business.”
Kids, go get grandpa and ask him what it was like when a politician caught stealing was in real trouble.

News Item: “. . . After a judge squashed the subpoena. . . .”
Judges do not squash subpoenas.
Judges quash subpoenas.
Unless the judge sits on the subpoena.
And it it time for QT’s quinquennial reminder that a factoid is not a fact, but a piece of unverified or inaccurate information presented as a fact?
Past time, in fact.

On this day in history 598 years ago, the French defeated the English at the Battle of Baugé, which seemed important at the time.

News Headline: “Trump escalates attacks on John McCain, says never got a ‘thank you’ for late senator’s funeral.”
Even the dead don’t thank him.
And dead people everywhere owe him an apology.

News Headline: “Texas refuses to use voting machines with a paper trail.”
QT can guess what you are thinking.
Heavens to Betsy, what a dreadful thing to think.

Generac has acquired Neurio.
Arix has acquired Imara.

News Headline: “ ‘His condition is getting worse.’ Trump spirals online.”
Forget the talk of Donald Trump pardoning himself.
There seems a different strategy at work.
Not guilty by reason of mental defect.