Grudges...

A knife-wielding assailant injured 14 children at a kindergarten in the western Chinese city of Chongqing, police reported. The attacker, a 39-year-old woman, was taken into custody.  

No other information about the attacker was given, other than her surname, Liu. Footage posted on social media showed injured children walking to ambulances from the school gate.

China has suffered a number of such incidents in recent years, blamed largely on the mentally ill or people bearing grudges.

Chinese law restricts the sale and possession of firearms, and mass attacks are generally carried out with knives or homemade explosives.

Almost 20 children were killed in school attacks in 2010, prompting a response from top government officials and leading many schools to add gates and security guards.

Sucks...

After authorities took Cesar Sayoc into custody, CNN noticed the white van's windows covered in eye-catching political images and stickers.

The suspect was living in the van, and was arrested in Florida  in connection to the series of suspicious explosive packages sent  to top Democrats, and CNN.

One sticker that read "CNN Sucks" was also plastered on one of the windows

CNN spent five days crying out for having to leave their offices for a couple of hours at the police request, then of course blaming President Trump for whatever he did or didn't say. The police is working but the politician at the mic talk, talk and talk.

CNN may be creating more dislikes by their fake stories, opinions and comments.

Bubble...

Grandiosity is the defining characteristic of narcissism. More than just arrogance or vanity, grandiosity is an unrealistic sense of superiority. Narcissists believe they are unique or “special” and can only be understood by other special people. What’s more, they are too good for anything average or ordinary. They only want to associate and be associated with other high-status people, places, and things.

Narcissists also believe that they’re better than everyone else and expect to be recognized as such even when they’ve done nothing to earn that recognition. 

They will often exaggerate or outright lie about their achievements and talents. And when they talk about work or relationships, all you’ll hear is how much they do, how great they are, and how lucky the people in their lives are to have them. 

They are the undisputed star and everyone else is at best a bit player.

Since reality doesn’t support their grandiose view of themselves, narcissists live in a fantasy world propped up by distortion, self-deception, and magical thinking. 

They spin self-glorifying fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, attractiveness, and ideal love that make them feel special and in control. These fantasies protect them from feelings of inner emptiness and shame, so facts and opinions that contradict them are ignored or rationalized away. Anything that threatens to burst the fantasy bubble is met with extreme defensiveness and even rage, so those around the narcissist learn to tread carefully around their denial of reality.

Down...

Recent market turbulence, including sharp stock market drop, has been a wakeup call for many investors. Feeling queasy? It isn’t too late to make portfolio changes: The S&P 500 may be down 10% from its all-time high in September, but it’s still up an eye-popping 290% since March 2009.

If this is the start of a bear market—and that’s a big “if”—the decline and subsequent recovery will likely all be over within five years or so. 

Clown...

The semi-nascent presidential campaign of celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti suffered a huge blow this week, with a trio of terrible headlines.

Avenatti, 47, has emerged by virtue of representing adult film star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against Trump over a 2016 hush money payment. Avenatti has deftly parlayed the publicity surrounding the Daniels case into a dizzying amount of publicity for himself.

The trifecta of damaging news stories cast doubt on Avenatti.  

A California judge ruled that Avenatti must pay a former law partner $4.5 million in back pay. One of several business disputes that have dogged Avenatti in recent years.

Time magazine published a profile of Avanatti that contained this eye-popping quote: Asked who the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee should be, Avenatti replied, "I think it [had] better be a white male. Civil rights activist Shaun King wrote, "This man is a clown...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, formally referred Avenatti and one of his clients, Julie Swetnick, to the FBI for criminal prosecution. In a detailed letter to the FBI, Grassley alleged that Avenatti and Swetnick made "materially false statements" to the committee about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearings.

Meg...

NBC News announced it is cancelling Megyn Kelly's show following her controversial comments on blackface.

"Megyn Kelly Today is not returning."

Kelly's tenure at NBC was rumored to be coming to a close, but took a sharp turn earlier this week after she made comments on blackface as part of a Halloween costume.

Kelly apologized to her colleagues, and her audience. After that show, NBC aired reruns of previous episodes in the 9 o'clock hour.

Kelly reportedly fired her agent who negotiated her three-year deal with NBC News for $23-million-a-year.  Just a thought.

Dishonest...

A picture believed to be of a van seized by authorities in the package bomb investigation shows a sticker with a target around former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's face.

The picture was taken on an earlier date before authorities seized the van. Another sticker read "Dishonest Media CNN sucks" in all capital letters.

Magna...

Police said they've arrested a man in Salisbury, England, accused of trying to steal one of history's most famous documents.

The Magna Carta, an English historical writ that enshrined the principles of the rule of law, was issued by King John of England in 1215.

The document is housed in Salisbury Cathedral. A visitor was seen "smashing the case of the Magna Carta with a hammer and trying to destroy it" on Friday, according to the Salisbury Journal, a local newspaper. 

The clauses in the Magna Carta, a cornerstone of the British constitution, established that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law.

The document was not damaged. The cathedral was evacuated afterward, and other visitors told the Journal they heard alarms while exiting.

Mislead...

Sen. Chuck Grassley referred attorney Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick to the Justice Department for criminal investigation. He cited Swetnick's interview with NBC News as evidence the two were trying to mislead the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Swetnick back-tracked on or contradicted parts of her sworn statement where she alleged she witnessed Brett Kavanaugh "cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be 'gang raped'  by a 'train' of boys."

Another woman whose statement Avenatti provided to the Senate.

The unidentified woman said she witnessed Kavanaugh "spike" the punch at high school parties in order to sexually take advantage of girls. But less than 48 hours, the woman said she never met Swetnick in high school and never saw her at parties. When asked if she ever witnessed Kavanaugh act inappropriately towards girls, the woman replied, "no." 

She did describe a culture of heavy drinking in high school that she took part in, Kavanaugh and his friend were part of that group.

Silent...

A caravan of some 7,000 migrants from Central America is marching north through Mexico, heading for the U.S. border.  

Marching on the U.S. border is misguided and dangerous; those who attempt it should understand that it does not result in automatic admission or asylum. Entry into the U.S. is a privilege, not a right.

President Donald Trump has tweeted his intention to deploy the U.S. military to “close our Southern border.” He’s also threatened to halt U.S. aid to the governments concerned.

Democrats have been ominously silent. This is a mistake  and an abdication of responsibility. Democrats, who are trying to make the case for their ascension in the midterm elections, need to make clear that they agree with Trump on the need for a secure border and that they are prepared to work with him to ensure that it remains so.

 Democrats should call on the marchers to turn back, far and away the best solution. In this, they ought not to shrink from saying they agree with the president. [Bloomberg]