Signs of the times

You hear a lot these days about the decline of civil discourse. You can hear a lot more of the real thing here, where NY Times reporters document the hateful and sometimes violent rants heard a certain orange political rallies. Warning: it's pretty raw and ugly.

Meanwhile, still in the universe of politics, here's another reason for changing the state motto of WV from "Mountaineers are always free" to "you can't make this **** up."

Finally, did you know that the duck billed platypus was venomous? I was not aware of that. I wonder if they've gotten more venomous these days...