Good morning, Q. My you keep strange hours. Maybe you are in a diff time zone at the moment. Hmmm….

Anyway,

Authorities seize car loaded with narcotics in Damascus countryside

Damascus countryside, SANA-Competent authorities on Thursday seized a car loaded with a big quantity of narcotics prepared for smuggling through Sarghaya town in Damascus north-western countryside.

A police source told SANA the smugglers attempted to exploit the cold and foggy weather to smuggle narcotics through borders with Lebanon, but the competent authorities foiled their efforts and uncovered two secret caches in the car that contain the narcotics of Hashish.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=155304

oops, sorry baker if posted before baked

Exasperated Democrats try to rein in Ocasio-Cortez

The effort is part carrot, part stick. But it's far from clear the anti-establishment political novice can be made to play ball.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already making enemies in the House Democratic Caucus — and some of its members are mounting an operation to bring the anti-establishment, democratic socialist with 2.2 million Twitter followers into the fold.

The effort, described by nearly 20 lawmakers and aides, is part carrot, part stick: Some lawmakers with ties to Ocasio-Cortez are hoping to coax her into using her star power to unite Democrats and turn her fire on Republicans. Others simultaneously warn Ocasio-Cortez is destined for a lonely, ineffectual career in Congress if she continues to treat her own party as the enemy.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrats-establisment-1093728

/our/ girl

>>4709997

she can have 5 rotunda send offs if it gets her OFF the bench

doncha know Kagen and sotomayor are sweatin

U.S. consumer prices post first drop in nine months on gasoline

U.S. consumer prices fell for the first time in nine months in December amid a plunge in gasoline prices, but underlying inflation pressures remained firm as rental housing and healthcare costs rose steadily.

Overall, the report from the Labor Department on Friday pointed to moderate inflation, which could support recent statements by Federal Reserve officials for caution about raising interest rates this year.

https://reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1P51IJ?