Feb 01 2021
Big Nose Kate was born Mary Katherine Horony in Hungary in 1849. She came to America as a young child in 1860 with her family and,eventually, settled in Davenport, Iowa. After being orphaned and running away from foster care, she became a prostitute, and longtime companion and common-law wife of Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday. But she was much more than that.
TMC for ek hornbeck
Feb 01 2021
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
The Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy; a searing image from the Vietnam War; Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran, ending years of exile; actor Clark Gable born.
The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
Jan 31 2021
Jan 31 2021
Welcome to The Breakfast Club!
U.S. launches first satellite into orbit; Libyan intelligence officer convicted of Pan Am 103 bombing; U.S. soldier executed for desertion during World War II; Norman Mailer is born; Franz Schubert is born.
Jesus Christ they really are going all in to reveal the extent of the cabal that runs this country and rigs the rules https://t.co/w0tSQypp9Z
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) January 29, 2021
Jan 31 2021
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.
On Sunday mornings we present a preview of the guests on the morning talk shows so you can choose which ones to watch or some do something more worth your time on a Sunday morning.
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The Sunday Talking Heads:
This Week with George Stephanopolis: The guests on Sunday’s “This Week” are: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR); Sen. Joe Manchin (D???-WV); Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV); and Dr. Richard Besser, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO and former Acting Director, CDC.
The roundtable guests are: Cecilia Vega, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent; Mary Bruce, ABC News Senior White House Correspondent; Rachel Scott, ABC News Congressional Correspondent; and MaryAlice Parks, ABC News Weekend White House Correspondent.
Face the Nation: Host Margaret Brennan’s guests are: Cedric Richmond, Senior advisor to Pres. Biden; Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT); Mayor Francis Saurez (R-Miami, FL); Dr. Janice K. Jackson, CEO of Chicago Public Schools; and Dr. Scott Gottleib, former FDA Commissioner.
Meet the Press with Chuck Todd: The guests on this week’s “MTP” are: Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota; Brian Deese, Director of National Economic Council; and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).
The panel guests are: Al Cárdenas, conservative activist; Eddie Glaude, Jr., Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University; Ashley Parker, White House reporter for The Washington Post; and Amy Walter, national editor of The Cook Political Report.
State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: Mr. Tapper’s guests are: Brian Deese, Director of National Economic Council; Sen Rob Portman (R-OH); Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); and Gov. Doug Ducey (R-AZ).
Jan 30 2021
Late Night Today is for our readers who can’t stay awake to watch the shows. Everyone deserves a good laugh.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The focus of the wizarding world will finally shift to where it belongs – dementors.
Check your malarkey at the door, Jack! It’s time for Stephen Colbert to celebrate three friends of the show who have brought a refreshing change in leadership to Washington, President Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Amber Ruffin Show
In a recent case, the state of Maryland’s Court of Appeals ruled that rap lyrics may be admissible in court as evidence of a crime. Tarik has some… concerns about this development.
The other big news story lately is that the NRA has filed for bankruptcy after years of money issues. And while the Chapter Eleven filing should help to consolidate their assets, they’ve released a video to get additional support from the public. Check it out!
Show Synopsis: Amber showcases her signature smart-and-silly take on the news of the week, responding to it all with a charming, late-night mix of seriousness, nonsense, and evening gowns.
Amber and Tarik are stuck in the multiverse… but at least they get to find out what the country would look like with a different president!
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about systemic racism. Everyone claims they want to fix it, but we can’t even agree on what it is. We just know it’s bad. Like poverty. Or pollution. Or the way white people dance. But systemic racism isn’t just an idea, it’s a real thing. You don’t have to close your eyes and imagine the concept. There’s a place you can go and see real, live systemic racism right in front of you: it’s called “Da Hood.”
It’s time for the game show that’s sweeping the nation like a dangerous virus… It’s “You Partying for What Now?” a game show that sees you’re still partying in month ten of a dangerous global pandemic, and asks… what’s that about? Hosted by Tarik Davis!
Jan 30 2021
Health and Fitness News
Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share and exchange your favorite healthy recipes.
Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
You can now find past Health and Fitness News diaries here.
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This is the latest information from NBC News on the CoVid-19 pandemic in the US.
U.S. health officials continue to monitor for coronavirus cases in the United States.
More than 26 million cases have been confirmed in the U.S., according to NBC News’ count. The U.S. has counted more than between 140,000 and 270,000 cases a day this January.
CDC mandates masks on public transportation
The order applies to planes, trains, buses, boats, terminals, train stations, seaports and Uber and Lyft rides.
Moderna announces vaccine upgrades to protect against emerging variants
The upgrades will be designed to better protect against the different strains and could be used as a booster shot.
Timing of second Covid vaccine doesn’t need to be exact. Just get it, experts say.
It’s OK if you can’t get the second dose right away. But experts strongly recommend getting it as soon as you can.
J&J says vaccine effective against Covid, though weaker against South Africa variant
The vaccine could be authorized by the FDA by the end of February.
Novavax says its Covid-19 vaccine is 89.3 percent effective
The vaccine also appears to protect against the U.K. and South African variants, although efficacy was lower for the South African strain.
Cough, Fatigue, Sore Throat More Common In Variant
COVID-19 symptoms such as cough, fatigue, sore throat and muscle pain seem to be more common for people who test positive for the new coronavirus variant that was first identified in the U.K.,.
‘COVID Tongue’ May Be a Symptom, Professor Says
The CDC does not include swollen or discolored tongues as symptoms of COVID-19, but the list of symptoms has grown since the pandemic began.
COVID Virus May Prompt Body to Attack Itself
An international team of researchers studying COVID has made a startling and pivotal discovery – the virus appears to cause the body to make weapons to attack its own tissues.
Vitamin D Might Help Fight COVID-19
But how much is enough, and how hard is it to get the right amount of vitamin D?
CDC Panel: No COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Surprises
The two COVID vaccines are remarkably low-risk, and deaths that occurred in people after getting the vaccine don’t seem related to it, a CDC panel says.
COVID Antibody Treatments Exceed Expectations
Promising new data on two coronavirus antibody cocktails suggests these therapies can keep patients out of the hospital and even prevent illness altogether in some people.
Jan 30 2021
In one of my travels with ek hornbeck, we came across a beaver damn in a pond near Stars Hollow North Lake. ek had to get pictures so we stopped. He took this picture, just one of many that we are still trying to download and categorize.
Kind of difficult to take out, the dam I mean. It’s the main access to that part of the Farm (unless you want to cross cow patty field) and it has a big old culvert draining it (I’m standing right on top of it for this shot) that the Beavers plug up every Winter and you have to uncork every Spring unless you simply replace the culvert and roadbed when the big melt does it for you.
After he got back in the car and we headed up to Stars Hollow North, he began expounding on Giant Beavers that had lived thousands of years ago.
When I was browsing through the YouTubeverse, I found this video of the collapse of a gigantic beaver damn in Cook, Minnesota that would have certainly triggered another lecture from ek about beavers.
Rick Smith took drone footage of this lovely beaver dam and pond in northern Minnesota. Beavers worked on this dam for seven years. Then it collapsed.
The water from the pond drained in about four hours. Smith said,
We own the property that this dam is built on and were totally heartbroken when this dam gave way. The beauty of this natural setting is why we bought the property in the first place. We had no part in the destruction of this dam. It merely could not take the pressure of two week of heavy rain draining into beaver pond flood plain. Also, the beavers built it too high, 9 Ft. It was an engineering marvel. Double decker beaver dams are not that common.
But the beavers didn’t give up. Within six weeks of the collapse, they had rebuilt the dam to about four feet.
No one was injured in the collapse and a year and a half later, the beavers had rebuilt the dam.
This video documents a Beaver Dam collapse and rebuild on our property in Northern Minnesota. This is an update video depicting the beavers progress 1 1/2 years after a total dam collapse. The dam was an engineering marvel as it was a double decked holding back over 9 ft of water. The collapse was spontaneous and a total shock to us. We just happened to be there when it gave way. The collapse was caused by heavy rains the week earlier and not human intervention.
As of May of last year, the damn was seven feet tall, still short of the original but give them time. Wild life had, also, returned.
TMC for ek hornbeck
Jan 30 2021
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
Tet Offensive begins; Nazi leader Adolf Hitler becomes Germany’s chancellor; Franklin D. Roosevelt is born; Hindu extremist assassinates Mahatma Gandhi; as “Bloody Sunday” begins; “The Lone Ranger” airs.
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
Jan 29 2021
Late Night Today is for our readers who can’t stay awake to watch the shows. Everyone deserves a good laugh.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Some of the money, and none of the glitz, glamour or sex appeal.
Stephen has the perfect explainer video for anyone trying to figure out what the heck is happening on Wall Street, as giant hedge funds get brutally punished by swarms of Reddit users harnessing their collective power to boost GameStop’s stock price.
Quarantinewhile… After learning of Microsoft’s plans for chatbots that mimic us online after our death, our host can’t help but wonder what his chatbot would talk about. Hint, it’s “Lord of the Rings.”
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Oregon drivers get roadside vaccines during a snowstorm, rich people are being launched into space, and one of the proudest boys isn’t too proud to squeal to the FBI.
Roy Wood Jr. speaks to African political scientists to learn how to deal with an outlier like Trump and gets advice for how to fix America’s broken democracy.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Seth takes a closer look at Republicans getting upset Joe Biden won’t work with them after signaling they were willing to do anything to sabotage his agenda.
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy checks in with Guillermo after his drunken 50th birthday, places like Las Vegas, Phoenix & Palm Springs are seeing snow and North Carolina is seeing UFO’s, a video of a porch pirate caught in the act was spread around Reddit, researchers in Japan have discovered that singing in certain languages spreads COVID faster than others, Jimmy explains an ongoing argument that he finally settled with his wife Molly this morning, Lindsey Graham got his hand caught in the boogie jar, the Trump hotel in D.C. is totally empty, Congressman Kevin McCarthy made a visit to Mar-a-Lago to see Trump, Republicans in the house put their screwiest, Q-iest member Marjorie Taylor Green onto the Education and Labor committee, a MAGA supporter has a job as a sign language interpreter with the Biden administration, and Jimmy breaks down the GameStop stock market drama with the help of an expert.
The Late Late Show with James Corden
James Corden kicks off the show trying to wrap his head around the raging battle between Wall Street hedge funds and retail traders organized on Reddit over companies like GameStop and AMC. And James wonders why he’s still hosting the show in a suit before he gets an overview of Waffle House.
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