.@SecRubio: "Too often, these days, we build downwards. We design our standards to ensure that no one will lose. We preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best. We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average."

April 6, 1967. Seaman Apprentice Doug Hegdahl, 20 years old, a farm kid from South Dakota, is on deck of the cruiser USS Canberra in the Gulf of Tonkin at night when a 5-inch gun fires. The blast knocks him overboard. He treads water for hours until Vietnamese fishermen pull him out. He ends up in the Hanoi Hilton. His interrogators can't believe a sailor just fell off a ship, so they assume he's a commando. Hegdahl figures out his best chance is to act dumb. He plays the bumpkin. He pretends he can't read or write. They assign a guard to teach him. He never learns. They give up and nickname him "The Incredibly Stupid One." Then they let him wander the camp almost freely. It was the worst mistake they ever made with him. With an Air Force officer coaching him, Hegdahl memorized the names, capture dates and personal details of about 256 fellow prisoners. He locked them in his head by singing them to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," over and over. He talked the guards into taking him into Hanoi for new glasses and memorized the route. He also put dirt in the fuel tanks of five North Vietnamese trucks. The POWs had a rule: nobody accepts early release. They made one exception. When Hanoi offered to free Hegdahl for propaganda in 1969, his senior officer ordered him to go. He walked out with 256 names in his head. For hundreds of families, it was the first proof their men were alive. The North Vietnamese had sent home the most dangerous man in the camp.

Crazy to think about those trees just sitting back there for pert near a century just waiting to be discovered. I guess things can get real tense out there in the woods too, rival crews, firearms, etc. Great movie premise IMO let’s get McConaughey out there facing off with Brolin

The Greenland deal is Classic Trump 101: start with the wild ask — “we should own Greenland” — get everybody freaking out, and then negotiate toward what you really want. And what did he want? A bigger, permanent U.S. security footprint in Greenland and a way to keep China and Russia out. You can hate the style, but this is how he deals: start huge, create leverage, then land the part you actually came for. #Greenland @realDonaldTrump