It's 5.05pm in New York

[malaise]

Time for some Friday news dumps?

What will break between now and 9.00pm?

[eleny]

1. Oh, god!

I don't know if I can take more. So I'm going to go peel a big box of tomatoes for making my salsa this weekend. That should keep my mind off whatever is on today's horizon!

See you later for the nooz!

[malaise]

18. Hmmmmmmmmm - they want to talk to

Rhona

[HipChick]

2. I need to make a Costco run..

no news dumps till I get back please...

[malaise]

6. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

hahahahaha

[Warpy]

3. Dunno, don't care, we've finally got RAIN

AZ has had a monsoon season this year. It skipped NM. This is the dying gasp of the wind pattern and we've finally got wet stuff coming out of the sky. We might even get more tomorrow.

Then it gets hot and dry, which is better than the hot and humid it has been.

[malaise]

7. Ah that is greatnews

Celebrate

[Warpy]

17. I just went grocery shopping in it

Umbrella? HELL NO. In fact, the only ones I saw were folded up. They're used for sun around here, not rain.

[scheming daemons]

4. Indictments

[malaise]

8. I hope

[guillaumeb]

5. Most importantly, we will eat dinner.

[malaise]

9. We've abandoned dinner unless we go out

Breakfast is much later because of the morning walk and then lunch is anywhere between three and four so it's mostly nuts and/or fruits at dinner time.

So dinner is over - bring o the breaking news

[guillaumeb]

10. Hummous, pita, and fresh vegetables for us tonight.

Followed by our evening walk. 80F degrees and beautiful out.

[malaise]

11. Sounds lovely

Enjoy

[guillaumeb]

16. And you and yours.

[Brother Buzz]

12. The SF 49ers resign Kaepernick at the eleventh hour

and he'll be suited up to play the Kansas City Chiefs tonight.

[malaise]

14. I'd rather watch the Teen Jeopardy replays

[Brother Buzz]

19. I got the Giants/Nationals baseball game dialed in on my AM transistor radio

The game was supposed to start at 4:05 (PT), but it's rain delayed and it ain't even raining. A rain delay without rain, what's up with that?

I know who doesn't win tonight, but he did real good considering he crashed to zero last night. No spoilers!

[malaise]

20. Tennis and cricket tonight

and of course Rachel and Lawrence

[Brother Buzz]

21. Still rain delayed, although they admit it's now sprinkling

I hear Pablo Sandoval sent out for a sack of empanadas.

[Weekend Warrior]

13. Question about Friday news dumps.

I've been politically aware for some time now. Historically Friday news dumps were a completely different concept. It's when administrations released information that was less than flattering about itself but they knew it was going to come out anyway. That's what most people in my age group think of when talking about Friday news dumps.

The whole concept seems to have changed. The media itself has changed the rule on this. We have seen big story after big story dumped on Friday afternoons.

Are they getting more bang by their stories being shared online by the younger generations? Are more people watching weekend daytime news shows? The old theory was that fewer people watched news on the weekends compared to the weekly evening news.

[malaise]

15. Don't know but with this scandal riddden illegal

administration, news breaks almost on the hour