Category: News

What Passes For Normal

I must admit my primary reaction to John Oliver’s piece this week on One America News is thank goodness it’s not about Coronavirus.

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Some more funny stuff from lindybeige. Houses Toilets

Essential Workers

Parents and other people with replacement humans in their lives (fortunately not me since I’ve no place for the leftovers) may rejoice as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has declared the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny ‘Essential Workers’. Easter Bunny and tooth fairy are ‘essential workers,’ New Zealand prime minister says by …

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Let’s Do Some Maths, Shall We?

Even the most conservative estimates suggest that eventual exposure to Coronavirus is inevitable for 90% of the population here in the United States. Now, it’s not Pancreatic Cancer and Doctors can help but you’ll probably be very, very sick and you could die. What we are doing now with the Social Distancing is attempting to …

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So lindybeige is a YouTuber I encountered because of my interest in Medieval Warfare. Among other things he makes a compelling case that Spears are better than Swords (you can make them as long as you like, they don’t take much metal or time to produce, and you can throw them) but I can’t imagine …

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Ladies and Gentlemen, The Queen

Still kinda thinking that Acela thing is a good idea. With BoJo Hospitalized does that mean she’s a reigning Queen? Thought Cromwell settled that. And it’s not quite- I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, …

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No Sports?

Stanford vs. Wisconsin: 2019 NCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championship from January 21st. Don’t bother pretending you watched it live.

Virtual Tourism

Been watching a lot of Gold Rush. , Not enough Open Prairie? , Over Wyoming? I don’t think I’ll ever get over Wyoming.

The Breakfast Club (Legitimate Rage of Americans Quarantined)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for April 5th Bomb strikes a West Berlin disco; Gen. Douglas MacArthur and billionaire Howard Hughes die; Educator Booker T. Washington born; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sets an NBA record; Katie Couric to become CBS anchor. Breakfast Tune Quarantined With You – Andy Eversole Something to think about, …

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Daily Nightly (Vintage)

  Donald Trump: Change We Can Believe In | The Daily Social Distancing Show   Sweatpants of Glory | The Daily Social Distancing Show   There IS Crying in Baseball…And Everywhere Else | Full Frontal on TBS   How Trump and Kushner Failed on Testing and Ventilators: A Closer Look   Amy Poehler Doesn’t Remember …

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