Thread for obviously newsworthy stuff

[rah]

Kid wouldn't recognize evidence if he was eat it.

[Kidlicious]

Accusations and hearsay isn't evidence and no you can not conduct a Soviet-style show trial. This is America. ACT LIKE AMERICANS!

[-Jrabbit]

They have TONS of evidence of Trump doing wrong. The inquiry is in its initial stages. Let the committee do its job, get all its investigation done, and then we will move forward with the public-facing side of this inquiry. The fact that Team Trump is all focused on Pelosi's process and not on the evidence shows how desperate they are.

Oh, and Trump's lawyer (Consovoy) threw Pence under the bus again yesterday, going out of his way to say "Trump cannot be indicted, even for shooting someone, but the VP can." Dude has zero loyalty, even to his closest enablers.

[Ming]

If you have any evidence of Trump doing anything wrong let's hear it. Otherwise STFU (goes for the media too).

How about he admitted it, and so did his chief of staff... oh, and there is a transcript... and all the people testifying about it... you know, all that stuff, real evidence

Unlike Biden (and I think the whole thing sounds fishy and more investigation would be nice) where there has been NO EVIDENCE of any wrong doing "to date"

So why don't you stop telling people to STFU... because that kind of crap isn't allowed either. GOT IT!

[Kidlicious]

If Trump has any leads have the FBI investigate Biden, otherwise shut up about it

If you have any evidence of Trump doing anything wrong let's hear it. Otherwise STFU (goes for the media too).

[Broken_Erika]

Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels

Learning to drive small cars helps rats feel less stressed, scientists found.

Researchers at the University of Richmond in the US taught a group of 17 rats how to drive little plastic cars, in exchange for bits of cereal.

Study lead Dr Kelly Lambert said the rats felt more relaxed during the task, a finding that could help with the development of non-pharmaceutical treatments for mental illness.

The rats were not required to take a driving test at the end of the study.

How did the rats learn to drive?
Dr Lambert and her colleagues built a tiny electric car by attaching a clear plastic jar to an aluminium plate, fitted to a set of wheels.

A copper wire was then threaded horizontally across the jar - the cab of the car - to form three bars, left, right and centre.

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To drive the car, a rat would sit on the aluminium plate and touch the copper wire. The circuit was then complete, and the animal could select the direction in which they wanted to travel.

After months of training, the rats learned not only how to make the ratmobile move but also how to change direction, researchers wrote in the journal Behavioural Brain Research.

What did they find?
Some of the rats in the experiment had been raised in a lab, while others lived in "enriched environments" - that is, they had more natural habitats.

The rats raised in "enriched environments" were significantly better drivers than the lab rats.

After the trials, researchers collected the rats' faeces to test for the stress hormone corticosterone, as well as for dehydroepiandrosterone, an anti-stress hormone.

All of the rats had higher levels of dehydroepiandrosterone, which the scientists believe could be linked to the satisfaction of having learned a new skill.

Dr Lambert told AFP news agency that the findings could prove useful for future research into treatments for different psychiatric conditions.

"There's no cure for schizophrenia or depression, and we need to catch up," she said.

"I think we need to look at different animal models and different types of tasks and really respect that behaviour can change our neurochemistry."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50167812

[giblets]

If Trump has any leads have the FBI investigate Biden, otherwise shut up about it

[rah]

Did I miss Biden getting convicted of corruption?

[Ming]

Biden is back on top in the polls again? Look how much Democrats care about corruption.

Corruption doesn't seem to bother the Repug Sheeple

As I've always said, investigate all of them, and convict the guilty, no matter which party they are in
You are on the other hand only want to investigate Dems, while calling Trumpster investigations fake news, witch hunts, coups or lynchings

[Kidlicious]

Biden is sorry for calling Clintob impeachment a lynching. Sure.

[Kidlicious]

Biden is back on top in the polls again? Look how much Democrats care about corruption.

[pchang]

Non compos mentis, time to invoke the 25th.

[pchang]

That would explain why Kid loves him so much.

[Uncle Sparky]

I recall Trump tweeting something about wanting to be lynched... are there no patriotic Americans available to carry out this worthy plan?

[Broken_Erika]

At least the wall in Colorado is getting built and the one in Louisiana is Incredible!

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1187111478547177473