FROM M. A. ROTHMAN: Perimeter (A Levi Yoder Novel Book 1).  ON SALE FOR 99c UNTIL TONIGHT.

Levi is a “fixer” in a fix.

The CIA needs his help. The Russian mob wants him dead.

With enemies closing in and nowhere to turn, he learns that the one person who may hold all the answers … is his dead wife.
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Brief Synopsis:

Levi Yoder is a member of the Mafia and a fixer of people’s problems. He takes on issues where the law is otherwise unable to help.

Unfortunately, Levi can’t fix the problem he’s facing.

Having been diagnosed with a terminal case of cancer, Levi readies himself for death, but what he didn’t prepare himself for was waking up one morning and learning that he’s in complete remission.

PERIMETER is a story of a man thrust back into a life he’d assumed was over.

When he finds that he and the rest of his family are targets of what the CIA claims are elements of the Russian mob, Levi reluctantly agrees to help in whatever way he can.

As Levi immerses himself in the seedy underbelly of international organized crime and politics, he learns that he’s being targeted for something his now-dead wife
did.

It’s quickly evident that the people he knows can’t be trusted and the problems he needs to fix may be beyond his substantial skills.

SUCCINCTLY? THEY WANT THE BOOT STOMPING ON THE HUMAN FACE TO BE THEIRS:  What a Socialist Really Wants.

THANK HEAVENS:  The great undoing continues.

THE READING MASOCHIST IS OUTDOING HERSELF: Kamala Harris’ The Truths We Hold: More Smoke and Mirrors.

THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING:  Ocasio-Cortez whines about criticism by Daily Caller.

OF COURSE NOT.  THEY THINK THEY’RE MORALLY CORRECT OR SOMETHING:  CNN Doesn’t Like News Station’s Facts.

THE ONLY THING THE COMEY FIRING SHOULD HAVE LED TO IS A STAR TREK LIKE REPORT “THERE IS INTELLIGENT LIFE HERE”:  Comey Firing Led To FBI Trump Investigation.

OLD AND BUSTED: High-Speed Rail.

The New Hotness? AI Rail.

In the middle of the artificial intelligence area of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where robots abound, there’s a small booth built entirely out of yellow and white large scale Lego blocks. On display there is a massively scalable children’s toy train, called Intelino. I came looking for it because it’s being developed by one of my wife’s clients. It’s labeled for ages three to 99. At the three year old level it’s a cute-as-the-dickens little train with its own track (backwards and forwards compatible with Brio’s wooden toy train tracks). It has flashing lights, makes nifty noises, and comes with stick-on labels to customize the exterior. It senses colored tiles that the child can place on the track to tell the train to go faster, turn left or right, or stop. At older age levels a blue tooth connection allows a downloadable app to control and teach the train. See it here.

(Bumped.)

WITH THESE PEOPLE IGNORANCE OR MALICE IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT CHOICE:  Democrats’ Plan to Shutter Terrorism Subcommittee Reveals Ignorance and Vindictiveness.

SHUT DOWN OR NOT CONGRESSMEN GOT TO JUNKET:  30 Democrats in Puerto Rico with 109 lobbyists for weekend despite shutdown.

HEH:

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SALENA ZITO: How rural communities are encouraging people to return to their roots.

SPACE FORCE: Outgoing HASC Chairman: Space Force to Enjoy Bipartisan Support in New Congress.

RELATED: China’s moon landing boosts Trump’s Space Force.

OPEN THREAD: Make this one count.

NO ONE COULD RESIST THOSE SEXY, SEXY HOMO SAPIENS: Ancient Humans Had Sex With More Than Just Neanderthals, Scientists Find.

MEH, IT WAS JUST ANOTHER EXCUSE/DISTRACTION FOR HILLARY’S DEFEAT: The ‘Fake News’ Epidemic Was…Fake News: It’s “important to be clear about how rare this behavior is on social platforms,” researchers say.

ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? “Democrats now freely display the sort of anti-Catholic bigotry that JFK was thought to have vanquished in the 1960 presidential campaign.”

TAKE COVER! KUSI’s response to Brian Stelter’s criticism might spark some head explosions at CNN:
To paraphrase the Simpsons’ Jasper Beardsley, that’s a doxxin’.

Earlier: CNN Defends Decision to Spike Local Media Pro-Border Wall Interview: ‘This Is a Non-Story.’

SPACE: Space council advisory group to study role of human space exploration supporting science. Ultimately, science should support human exploration — and colonization — not the other way around.

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IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE COVER OF ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION IN THE 1950s: From rendering to reality, SpaceX reveals Starship test rocket.

ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER:

● Shot: George Will: Today’s Germany is the best Germany the world has seen.

—The Virginian-Pilot, Tuesday.

● Chaser: Germany looks set to enter a recession after Europe’s financial giant sees unexpected collapse in industrial production.

—The London Daily Mail, Thursday.

● Hangover: Meet Europe’s Left Nationalists.

—The Nation, Thursday.

A movement in Germany that combines nationalism and socialism? What could go wrong?

(Via Small Dead Animals.)