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Friendship 7, Swan Lake, Cherry Pie, Fear and Loathing, and Trump
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Published Monday, February 19, 2018 @ 7:15 PM EST
Feb 19 2018

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This is the KGB Report for Tuesday, February 20, the 51st day of 2018 in the Gregorian calendar, with 314 days remaining.

This is the 396th day of Donald Trump's presidency, of which he has spent 94 days at golf courses at a cost to taxpayers of $53,851,128. There are 1,066 days remaining in his term, assuming he doesn't resign, is otherwise removed from office, or his unhinged, psychotic behavior results in the destruction of the republic.

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On this date in 1962, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes aboard the Mercury capsule Friendship 7.

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Also on this date: in 1792, the Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington; in 1816, Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome; in 1872, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City; in 1877, Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; in 1933, the Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.

More of what happened on February 20 from On This Day and Wikipedia.

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Among other things, today is Clean Out Your Bookcase Day, Love Your Pet Day, National Cherry Pie Day, National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab, and South Asian Immigrants, National Handcuff Day, National Student Volunteer Day, Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day, and World Day of Social Justice. (from Checkiday.com)

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Woman in Florida hospital gets surprise visit from her horse.

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Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. The work he remains best known for, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1971), constitutes a rumination on the failure of the 1960s counterculture movement. It was first serialized in Rolling Stone, a magazine with which Thompson would be long associated, and was adapted into a film starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro and directed by Terry Gilliam in 1998. After a bout of health problems, Thompson committed suicide at the age of 67. In accordance with his wishes, his ashes were fired out of a cannon in a ceremony funded by his friend Depp and attended by friends including then-Senator John Kerry and Jack Nicholson. Hari Kunzru wrote that "the true voice of Thompson is revealed to be that of American moralist ... one who often makes himself ugly to expose the ugliness he sees around him." (Full Wikipedia article)

Quote of the day:

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
-Hunter S. Thompson (Click here for more quotes.)

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Bitcoin thieves threaten real violence for virtual currencies. While banks can stop or reverse large electronic transactions made under duress, there is no Bitcoin bank to halt or take back a transfer, making the chances of a successful armed holdup frighteningly enticing.

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The arrival of the nanites? Tiny new medical robots can suffocate cancerous tumors- and they're 1,000 times smaller than a human hair.

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Political scientists rank Trump last, Lincoln first in presidential greatness survey.

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Google AI can scan your eyes to predict heart disease. Roughly as accurate as a blood test, and far less invasive.

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Chinese and US officials scuffled over 'nuclear football' during 2017 Trump visit. Chinese and US officials scuffled over 'nuclear football' during 2017 Trump visit.

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Trump, panicking, reveals the depths of his awfulness. The president hides behind the bodies of the Florida shooting victims. Also: Fact-checking Trump's error-filled tweetstorm about the Russia investigation.

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Calling B.S. in Parkland, Florida. It was a bad week for a lot of reasons, but at least we had evidence of one incorruptible value: the American teenager's disdain for hypocrisy.

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Trump's science advisor, age 31, has a political science degree.
"If you've got to add the word 'science' to the name of the field, then it ain't one."
-Richard P. Feynman

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House Republicans just voted to eliminate the only federal agency that makes sure voting machines can't be hacked. Republicans would make it easier to steal an election by killing the Election Assistance Commission.

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Finding a lock of George Washington's hair, and a link to american history. A librarian at a college in upstate New York found a thin envelope that may add to the odd history of George Washington's hair.

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