So, what did Stacey Abrams do to prepare for the SOTU? Whovian alert!

'Coastline' Wave Pool

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.



Approaching the wave pool sculpture outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headquarters in Silver Springs, Maryland, you will see waves crashing against rough-cut granite, rhythmic and memorizing, in various levels of ferocity and grace.

What most people don’t realize is this sculpture, called “Coastline,” is much more amazing than its appearance lets on. These aren’t just random waves, but rather are generated from live biometric data transmitted from the Massachusetts seacoast to instantly recreate the exact ocean waves along a 65-foot section of the Atlantic coast.

When the artist Jim Sanborn created this wonderful wave pool in 1993, he connected it remotely to a sensor on the coastline. The artificial waves are generated by a turbine under the sculpture, while their movement is controlled by the data transmitted from the tide gauge in the town of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The effect is a precise, real-time replica of the Atlantic surf (at one-fourth the size) right outside the NOAA Science Center.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/coastline-wave-pool

Question (to AOC): "Are you offended that Speaker Pelosi called this the 'Green Dream'?"

Saudis 'seriously undermined' Turkey's Khashoggi inquiry, says UN expert

Source: The Guardian

The Saudi regime “seriously curtailed and undermined” the Turkish investigation into the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, according to a UN human rights expert looking into the case.

Agnes Callamard, a UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, said the Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist was the victim of a “brutal, premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by officials of the state of Saudi Arabia”.

Khashoggi was lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on the promise of being given documents that would help him remarry. Inside he was suffocated and then his body was dismembered, according to a Turkish investigation.

In a preliminary report, Callamard said that she had heard “parts of the chilling and gruesome audio material obtained and retained by the Turkish intelligence agency”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/07/jamal-khashoggi-saudi-arabia-turkey-united-nations?CMP=twt_a-world_b-gdnworld

Virginia Sen. Tommy Norment was an editor for VMI yearbook filled with racist photos and slurs

Rep. Swalwell: "Staffers stolen from the White House? Did the wall there not work?"

Howard Schultz to be featured at CNN town hall in Texas next week

JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Cmte. member Sasse says the US Justice Dept. has opened an investigation

JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Cmte. member Sasse says the US Justice Dept. has opened an investigation into allegations that dept. attorneys "may have committed professional misconduct in the manner in which the [Jeffrey] Epstein criminal matter was resolved."

Tyson, a professor, alleges that Virginia lieutenant governor Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex

Mueller prosecutor leaves team in latest sign investigation is winding down

Source: CNN

(CNN)A criminal appellate prosecutor who was part of an ongoing subpoena fight related to the special counsel's investigation into Russian election interference concluded his detail with the team in December, the special counsel's office has announced.

The announced departure of Scott Meisler comes amid growing indications the special counsel is winding down the investigation.

Of the 17 prosecutors who joined Mueller's team within the Justice Department since May 2017, Meisler is the fourth known to have to exited the office.

He is still working for the Justice Department and on cases related to Robert Mueller's investigation, according to Peter Carr, a spokesman for the unit run by Mueller. Other divisions of the Justice Department have taken on more responsibility in matters launched by Mueller.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/robert-mueller-team-prosecutor/index.html