IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT DOWN AT THE IRON CURTAIN CROSSROADS

Bed is the poor man’s opera. 
~Italian Proverb
 
The Kenyan konnection as MEdia Dragoness was born in Nairobi ;-) Masai a taller tower than the Tall Tower was her first boyfriend ...
It was a secretive darkish moment in Sydney as Barack Obama invaded MEdia Dragon Museum at Havel's abode ...

Barack Obama tours Sydney Opera House ahead of secretive speech at Art Gallery of NSW

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS: “Like the blues giant Robert Johnson, whose mastery of a Gibson guitar was said to be the result of a deal with the devil, Gibson itself has come to a crossroads.”

As Joel Engel tweets regarding the above L.A. Times article, “Destined to make the top ten for Worst Lede of 2018, or at least Most Painful Stretch.”

GOOD LORD: Police shot at a man 20 times in his own yard, thinking he had a gun. It was an iPhone.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. ... It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

How to Not Be a Sheep: How Not to Be a Sheep

Be Yourself

Bitcoin Could Become Illegal Almost Everywhere, After Shocking Discovery in The Blockchain Science Alert

Back pain is being 'mismanaged' with ineffective and harmful treatments, experts warn

Sixth person dies as result of listeria linked to rockmelonFOOD Magazine - Australia

Eddie Obeid to remain behind bars as High Court denies leave to appeal

Dramatic footage captures dawn drug raids at Neville

“The 2018 Edelman TRUST BAROMETER [Download the Global Results] reveals a world of seemingly stagnant distrust. People’s trust in business, government, NGOs and media remained largely unchanged from 2017 — 20 of 28 markets surveyed now lie in distruster territory, up one from last year. Yet dramatic shifts are taking place at the market level and within the institution of media.” Note – ‘distruster’ is new to me, but it sure works – especially in light of the following postings – Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, the 2016 Election, and a colossal misappropriation of social media data and Implications of Cambridge Analytica scandal widen in scope as do responses and associated revelations that keep on growing in magnitude.]