In this 9½-minute video, a Michigan restaurant owner interrupts a live local TV news broadcast to air his grievances about that state’s indoor dining closure, and the reporter lets him talk. What he gets isn’t a mindless rant; instead, the man says, “I can’t do this alone[...]
Archive for December, 2020
December 29th, 2020 - 3:24 pm § in Misc.
Should America remain a dominant military power?
For decades, America was seen by many as the guardian of the world’s democracies. Through treaties, we provided a “nuclear umbrella” over non-nuclear states like Japan and most of Europe (where only France and Britain maintain their own nuclear deterrency), and dispatched our conve[...]
How not to defend boorish behavior
One of 6 former managers at a Tyson’s Iowa pork processing plant who were fired for betting on how many of the workers would get COVID-19 tried to defend their actions as “simply something fun, kind of a morale boost” for “a group of supervisors” exhausted from trying t[...]
December 29th, 2020 - 1:12 am § in Health
What’s still unknown about Covid-19
Where it originated Why some people get sicker than others How it spreads How long immunity lasts after getting infected When the pandemic will end Read details here, and the “major unknowns” about how vaccines will “affect the pandemic” here.[...]
The latest crazy scheme to overturn election
Trump diehards are now focusing on Vice President Mike Pence’s role on January 6, which is to read off the states’ electoral votes. They think he can arbitrarily pick and choose which states’ electoral votes count. That’s preposterous on its face. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), univer[...]
Bet Trump wishes he could do this
“Hong Kong (CNN) — An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years …. “Zhang Zhan, 37, was found guilty of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ ….”[...]
December 27th, 2020 - 3:49 pm § in Misc.
Easy way to open cardboard boxes
One thing we’re all doing in these disrupted times is opening more cardboard boxes. I didn’t know this gadget existed until a delivery guy lost one in my driveway. Faster and easier than scissors. They’re called “Klever Kutters” and I got them from Amazon (here), but I [...]
Fido wants to play, too! (video)
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Quit thinking Republicans care about you
Republicans aren’t concerned about deficits when handing out tax breaks to the rich, but suddenly become thrifty when ordinary Americans are in distress. Everyone knows they held up more Covid-19 relief for months, determined to nickel-and-dime the aid package — and now, their president [...]