News

 “Life is passing by…The measure of a man is one who lends a hand.” — Vince Gill

NEWS LINK:

• White House says no visitors logs for Biden's Delaware home (NBC)

• Biden’s classified documents headache won’t go away quietly (The Hill)

• Donald Trump's Telltale Sign He Knows He'll Be Indicted: Kirschner (Newsweek)

• The Merrick Garland You Don’t Know (Politico Mag)

• New details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch (WP)

• If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever (NYT)

• Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily (BBC)

• Kabul's mannequins, hooded and masked under Taliban rules (AP)

• Afghan women are flocking to virtual learning amid Taliban’s university ban (The Hill)

• Taliban unveils what it claims is Afghanistan’s first ‘supercar’ (Independent)

• UN: Afghan bank’s cash remarks ‘misleading, unhelpful’. (AP)

• China’s bid to leave covid behind could determine global economy’s fate (WP)

• Putin was so worried about a conflict with the West that he basically ended up starting one, former US Army general says (Business Insider)

• Climate activists protested against the role of big oil firms, saying they were hijacking the climate debate. Major energy firms including BP, Chevron and Saudi Aramco are among the 1,500 business leaders gathering in the Swiss mountain resort. (Reuters)

• After a Burst of New Businesses, a Cooling Economy Intrudes (NYT)

• EVs Made Up 10% of All New Cars Sold Last Year (WSJ)

• Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a regular global survey that also identified growing levels of distrust in institutions among low-income households. (Reuters)

• Over 7.5 feet of snow from California storm falls at UC lab in the Sierra (SF Gate)

• Novel Neurofeedback Technique Enhances Awareness of Mind-Wandering (Neuroscience News)

• Bizarre Creature From China Had a Dinosaur Head on Bird’s Body – a Missing Link From 120 Million Years Ago (Good News Network)

• Favorites to win the super bowl (538)

• Field Sobriety Test Asks Driver Whether Calling Ex Sounds Like Good Idea (The Onion)

  LYRICS

  "If It Makes You Happy"

  Sheryl Crow
  
  I've been long, a long way from here
  Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes
  And drank 'til I was thirsty again
  We went searchin' through thrift store jungles
  Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo
  And Benny Goodman's corset and pen
  
  Well, okay, I made this up
  I promised you I'd never give up
  
  If it makes you happy
  It can't be that bad
  If it makes you happy
  Then why the hell are you so sad?
  
  You get down, real low down
  You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train
  Well, who hasn't been there before?
  I come 'round, around the hard way
  Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread
  And serve you French toast again
  
  Well, okay, I still get stoned
  I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home
  
  If it makes you happy
  It can't be that bad
  If it makes you happy
  Then why the hell are you so sad?
  If it makes you happy
  It can't be that bad
  If it makes you happy
  Then why the hell are you so sad?
  
  We've been far, far away from here
  Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes
  And everywhere in between
  
  Well, okay, we get along
  So what if right now everything's wrong?
  
  If it makes you happy
  It can't be that bad
  If it makes you happy
  Then why the hell are you so sad?
  If it makes you happy
  It can't be that bad
  If it makes you happy
  Then why the hell are you so sad?