In Case You Missed It -- "Clock Boy's" Fifteen Minutes Of Fame Running Out -- July 14, 2018 -- Two Stories Carried Over From The Obama Administration

I don't think the article at the link mentioned that the "clock boy" family has moved back to the states. It was reported that after some time (about three days) in their adopted home of Qatar, they returned to the states, I forget where. I do not know in which state, country, or universe they are living in now.

"Clock Boy" defamation lawsuit bombs in court -- teen's case dismissed against pundit who ridiculed the student.

President Obama reached out to the Muslim teen on Twitter to praise the boy for his “cool clock” and invite him to the White House as social justice warriors raged over alleged racial profiling and Islamophobia.

Shapiro commented on Fox News that Ahmed’s meeting with Obama at a White House Astronomy Night was “a bit of a downgrade” from the “star-studded event we expected between the president and Ahmed Mohamed where the president was going to knight him, give him the Order of Merit and then declare him the greatest scientist since Isaac Newton,” Twitchy reports.

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Keystone XL

or, As I Like To Say:

Hope Springs Eternal

On more serious matters, a reader has done a lot of sleuthing to bring us up to date regarding the Keystone XL. The operators are pressing on; they are obtaining bonds to insure against accidental damage to roads and rights-of-way.

Three links:

• from the Rapid City Journal, SD PUC has bond for Keystone XL on road damage
• from the Mitchell Republic, TransCanada files bond for Keystone XL as poipeline prepares for 2019 construction; and, finally, 
• from the Dakota Free Press, July 13, 2018, TransCanada says Keystone XL staging and prep work begins this month; the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman says Keystone XL is not welcome; article fails to mention that the Keystone XL pipeline will not physically touch the CRST reservation -- this reminds me, I have to re-read Don Quixote

This took a lot of sleuthing on the part of the reader. If you would like to set up a "GoFundMe" site for that reader, let me know. Only serious inquiries will be forwarded. How do I know if they are serious? I can tell. LOL.