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Over the last week, the media has hammered Joe Biden with relentlessly critical coverage of his pullout from Afghanistan, resulting in noticeable drops in his approval ratings.
2/. This is interesting - Michael Klare argues there won't be a Cold War with China, as the Chinese government and military will be too
busy dealing with the climate disasters that are coming to their country....
In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China’s ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power. But when Pentagon officials address the topic, they generally speak less about that country’s current capabilities, which remain vastly inferior to those of the U.S., than the world they foresee in the 2030s and 2040s, when Beijing is expected to have acquired far more sophisticated weaponry.
3/. Jordan Klepper goes to an anti-vaxxer rally....and once again proves you can't fix stupid....six minutes....
4/. "The Experts Weigh In".....Tom Tomorrow....
5/. Bill McKibben does a weekly newsletter on climate issues, and his lead story in this one is chilling. I have been asked why I don't
have any hope that we can solve the climate warming issues, and it's because of the power wielded by the fossil fuel industry.
They own most of our politicians, so expecting meaningful action is an uphill struggle.....
Travellers arriving in an unfamiliar city used to worry that they’d climb in a taxi and be driven to their destination by the most circuitous route possible, racking up an enormous bill. That’s pretty much what Big Oil and its allies in government and the financial world are doing with the climate crisis—in fact, at this point, it’s the heart of the problem.
6/. This blog post is truly excellent - it explains the Afghanistan pullout but a lot more, like the origins of our discord, Ronald Reagan's
legacy, the endless greed......more like a philosophical discussion than a story.....
Great descriptive writing, and well worth your time.......
People don’t care.
At best it’s a high grossing film with hugely declining numbers after opening weekend that never plays on pay cable or a streaming service, that you can seek out if you want to but most people don’t make the effort.
This is radically different from Vietnam. I remember watching the exit on television in a world where I never watched television, because there, but by the grace of god, went I.
The draft. You could get your ass shot off in a futile war. Why?
7/. Horse dewormer will cure Covid.....or so Fox News says....
“You are not a horse. You are not a cow,” the Food and Drug Administration tweeted on Saturday alongside a link to a page on their website explaining “Why you should not use Ivermectin to treat or prevent Covid-19.”
Why? Because Ivermectin, a medication usually reserved for deworming livestock, is responsible for a spike in poison control calls in Mississippi as people duped by conspiracy theories have purchased the drug and ingested it, hoping it will treat or prevent Covid-19 — something the drug is not proven to do.
8/. So why do these idiots think Ivermectin will help them? Why do the QAnon idiots say "I've done the research and it's true"?
One of the reasons is this example, a nerdy and factual analysis of Ivermectin which is pure academic research with no clinical trials, evidence or conclusions....
I know one of you will understand this....maybe....
The causative agent of the current COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, is a single stranded positive sense RNA virus that is closely related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Studies on SARS-CoV proteins have revealed a potential role for IMPα/β1 during infection in signal-dependent nucleocytoplasmic shutting of the SARS-CoV Nucleocapsid protein (Rowland et al., 2005; Timani et al., 2005; Wulan et al., 2015), that may impact host cell division (Hiscox et al., 2001; Wurm et al., 2001). In addition, the SARS-CoV accessory protein ORF6 has been shown to antagonize the antiviral activity of the STAT1 transcription factor by sequestering IMPα/β1 on the rough ER/Golgi membrane (Frieman et al., 2007). Taken together, these reports suggested that ivermectin's nuclear transport inhibitory activity may be effective against SARS-CoV-2
9/. More relevant are websites like this, "America's Frontline Doctors", who are pure
lunatics but if you are an idiot you will
seize on this BS as proof you are right, and justified in taking a horse dewormer....
10/. Seth Meyers does a great segment on 1/ Ron DeSantis, 2/ Fox News and 3/ Ivermectin.....a very good 11 minutes....
11/. Lindsey Graham....the Daily Show evicerates this despicable crawler with his own words....
If you can stand it, 8 minutes....
12/. How things have changed.....for 50% of the country....
13/. A Rolling Stone story on hydroponics, and how this will be the [terrifying] future of farming....this story sounds convincing, but they leave
the more inconvenient facts about hydroponics till the last 1/4 of the long story....
When Jonathan Webb arrived at the 500-acre former cattle farm he purchased in 2019, it was essentially an empty green field. He bought an RV and set it up on a hill with the water tower behind him and Daniel Boone National Forest out front. When massive, earth-moving construction started the same year, Webb joked with locals that he was building a giant communication tower to the aliens, helping other intelligent life find Morehead, Kentucky.
But Webb’s real interest was saving Planet Earth.
14/. Fox News invented antifa, but there seems to be an actual antifa cell in Oregon that is attacking journalists and fighting the Proud Boys - notable in this disturbing story and video about rioting in Portland is the complete absence of the police. It's like a decision was made to let these two nasty groups have at it.....
This past Sunday, while covering a protest in Portland, Oregon for our video partner News2Share, a reporter named Maranie Staab was attacked by members of an Antifa-affiliated group. After complaining about a report she’d done in Colombia in conjunction with TK News, they maced her, shot paint at her, and threw her to the ground.
15/. The best TV on netflix, compiled by EW....
Whether your Netflix queue has run dry or you're simply overwhelmed by the streaming service's endless scroll and ever-fluctuating library, EW is here to help. If you're in need of something new to binge or a reminder of an old favorite to revisit, this is the list for you: We've assembled a lineup of the best TV shows currently available on Netflix, from classics of yesteryear to the hottest new titles. They're some of our favorites, and we hope they'll soon be some of yours too.
Today's video - don't be too put off by the hippie look of this guy - the moves he makes with this hoop are amazing......
Shot at Venice Beach, CA.............
Today's "getting old" joke
A seventy-eight year-old man is sitting on a park bench, sobbing, when a
young man walks by and asks him what's wrong.
Through his tears the old man
answers, "I"m in love with a twenty-five-year-old woman."
"What's wrong with that?" asks the young man.
Between the sobs and sniffles, he answers, "You can't understand. Every
morning before she goes to work, we make love... At lunchtime she comes
home and we make love again, and then she makes my favorite meal. In the
afternoon when she gets a break, she rushes home and we have more sex, the
best an old man could want. And then at suppertime, and all night long, we
make love."
He breaks down, no longer able to speak.
The young man puts his arm around
him. "I don"t understand. It sounds like you have a perfect relationship.
Why are you crying?"
The old man answers, again through his tears, "I forgot where I live."
Today's short bonus joke.....
So this 78 year old guy is having coffee with his friends and they see him take a viagra out of his pocket cut it into 4 pieces and take a piece with his coffee.
Shocked, they ask him if he is still having sex?
"No," he said. "I just want it to stand up a little bit so I will stop peeing on my new golf shoes."
Today's philosophical jokes
| Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself,'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin..' - Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter) <><> I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.' - Eleanor Roosevelt | |
<><> Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.. - Mark Twain <><> The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible - George Burns <><> Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. - Victor Borge <><> Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain <><> By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates <><> I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - Groucho Marx <><> My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. - Jimmy Durante <><> I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. - Zsa Zsa Gabor <><> Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. - Alex Levine <><> My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. - Rodney Dangerfield <><> Money can't buy you happiness .... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. - Spike Milligan <><> Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP . - Joe Namath <><> I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. - Bob Hope <><> I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.. - W. C. Fields <><> We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers <><> Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. - Winston Churchill <><> Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty .. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.. - Phyllis Diller <><> By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. - Billy Crystal And the cardiologist's diet: - If it tastes good spit it out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May your troubles be less, may your blessings be more, and
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