Cupid Stunt August 18, 2021 Share August 18, 2021 (edited) 'Salad doesn't cure COVID, Connor': Baltimore vaccine campaign goes viral for being 'authentic' The Guys Behind “Ginger Ale Can’t Cure COVID, Derrick!” Explain All Pope urges world to get vaccinated against coronavirus Will no one rid us of these intransigent pastors? Many Bible Belt preachers silent on shots as COVID-19 surges Bible Prophecy Teacher Dr. Jimmy DeYoung Sr. Dies After Bout With COVID-19 Amid new virus surge, Florida skeptics reconsider vaccines Mother of 4 dies of COVID weeks after losing husband to the virus She flew to Tonga for a weekend, 18 months later she's still stuck there Child Covid-19 cases are steadily increasing. But with schools opening, expert warns this is just the beginning Booster shots are coming to the US. But the world's poorest are still waiting for their first Transportation Security Administration extends into January mask rule for airline passengers David Sackler: Sacklers won’t settle unless freed from opioid suits -- Against future lawsuits? Your family made hundreds of billions in profits knowingly addicting millions of people, we'll take a go at all of your profits. It's only fair, you sack of shit. Americans spent less in July as COVID-19 cases surged An early warning from New York Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests Leo Kottke - Eight Miles High The OUTSIDERS - Sun's Going Down Nanci Griffith, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Janis Ian, Frank Christian - American Music Shop 1993 The Enfileds - I'm For Things You Do The Diamonds - The Stroll Jive Bunny And The MasterMixers - Swing The Mood Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground Little Richard - Lucille Happy Mondays - Step On Jay & the Americans - COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) Monaco - What Do You Want From Me Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You (1964) Pearl Jam - Alive Mississippi Gabe Carter with Washboard Jackson "Midnight Dream" Clarksdale, MS - 2013 Christ Dillinger & Wendigo - Over Yonder Syd Barrett - I'm A King Bee X JAPAN - ART OF LIFE - Live at TOKYO DOME Supersister - A Girl Named You In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. The R&B star gained weight and lost money while he awaits a sex-trafficking trial that starts in earnest next week, his lawyers said Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, at a court hearing. The revelations came as U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly in New York made a series of rulings to narrow down what evidence can be shown to jurors. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File) Finally: After years of suspicion, reckoning for high-flying R. Kelly R. Kelly’s Own Diehard Entourage Could Land Him in Prison Kenneth "Zoo" Petty’s Sexual Assault Victim Wants You (and Nicki Minaj) to Know One Thing: ‘This Happened’ Queen Elizabeth Warns Press Photographers to Stay Away From Balmoral—and Prince Andrew Prince Andrew Fights to Ensure He Never Has His Day in Court Judge mulls key rulings in Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy Data of more than 40 million exposed in T-Mobile breach Are Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson Making a Propaganda Film for Amazon? Free-ranging wild horses gallop from a watering trough on July 8, 2021, near U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Mustang roundups fuel deepening debate as drought grips West -- Dog and cat food on the hoof. Sen. Feinstein calls for probe of capture, resale of wild horses Say goodbye to almond milk: California drought takes toll on world’s top almond producer Emaciated bear cub may have lost mom to California wildfire Fueled by winds, largest wildfire moves near California city Caldor Fire: 2 seriously injured as wildfire grows at threatening pace Devastating wildfires advancing through Northern California PG&E Begins Shutting Off Power For Safety During Offshore Wind Event, Affecting About 51,000 Customers in Small Parts of 18 Counties Authorities attack Minnesota wildfire from air and ground Washington wildfires grow, prompt evacuations, burn homes Greek wildfires: Major blaze continues northwest of Athens Thousands evacuated in French Riviera due to forest fire Tropical Depression Fred is a sloppy mess, shuts highways with mudslides, floods in West Virginia As nuclear Plant Vogtle tab mounts, regulators delay approval of spending Sudoku maker Maki Kaji, who saw life’s joy in puzzles, dies Edited August 18, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 19, 2021 Share August 19, 2021 (edited) Illustration Getty The Coronavirus Is Here Forever. This Is How We Live With It. 20,000 Kids Quarantined in Mississippi After Schools Open With no beds, hospitals ship patients to far-off cities Americans are creating their own vaccine mandates by cutting ties with the unvaccinated Meet the citizen scientists tinkering with their own immune systems in an attempt to avoid COVID-19 The Science and Data Behind COVID-19 Booster Shots Explained Dolly Parton Reflects on Helping Fund COVID Vaccine: “I Knew Something Bad Was on the Rise” U.S. disaster chief says vaccination rates are rising in hurricane-prone states European stocks skid as luxury-goods makers and commodity producers tumble Housing construction slumps 7% in July to 1.53 million units State Street, which manages $3.5 trillion, is closing its New York offices Sex ed conversations you need to have with your tween or teen Medics call for ban on ‘revirginisation’ surgery Ex-chair of Purdue denies responsibility for opioid crisis -- We renounce all responsibility and knowledge of the activities of the company we directed and profited handsomely. Owner: Purdue hoped new Oxy would help in crisis; no apology 20 Questions for Those Who Deny Systemic Racism Historic American church set to integrate its slavery ties Colorado governor voids 1864 order to kill Native Americans The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Def Leppard - Photograph The Pretty Things - Sad Eye Dobie Gray - Drift Away Pink Floyd - Dogs Hozier - From Eden Radiohead - Morning Bell/Amnesiac Big bird on water is mystery, but town calls it just ducky Del Shannon - Runaway 2 UNLIMITED - Get Ready For This Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem Paradisio Ft Maria Garcia & Dj Patrick Samoy - Bailando Solomon Burke - Stupidity King Africa - La Bomba Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens ~ Streets of Bakersfield Rihanna ft Drake - Work The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain George Michael - Older In this May 23, 2021, file photo, a home destroyed in the 2020 North Complex Fire sits above Lake Oroville, in Oroville, Calif. California officials say the drought gripping the U.S. West is so severe it could cause one of the state's most important reservoirs to reach historic lows by late August, closing most boat ramps and shutting down a hydroelectric power plant during the peak demand of the hottest part of the summer. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) Hurricane Grace makes landfall near Mexico’s Tulum temples Around 35 people are unaccounted for after Fred floods western North Carolina California's McFarland Fire Grows Over 50k Acres in Two Days, New Evacuations Ordered Southern California officials declare water supply alert Antarctica is Changing and Not For the Better The planet’s water cycle is changing rapidly. Here’s what that means for us. Investing green is harder than you'd think Rattlesnakes change their rattle frequency based on nearby threats, a study finds -- And who can blame them? Woman comes face-to-face with snake in Australia supermarket Australia's Parliament House graffitied after release of IPCC climate change report Britain's puffins could disappear if goal isn't met Audubon Project Puffin UK National Trust -- Our work on the Farne Islands Why do we even care which celebrities bathe? An investigation How much do you really need to bathe? Inside the R. Kelly Trial: Blackmail, Herpes, and Enablers A masked vigilante on TikTok is disclosing the identities of trolls on the platform, saying they can find someone's real identity in 7 to 8 click The Cure Bassist Simon Gallup Announces Departure From Band Edited August 19, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 4 Link to comment
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Cupid Stunt August 20, 2021 Share August 20, 2021 (edited) Dr. Michael Nguyen tends to a patient in a hallway at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on August 18, 2021/Brandon Bell - Getty Images As Covid-19 hospitalizations increase, a greater number of Americans are deciding to get vaccinated Oregon hospitals near breaking point as COVID-19 surges Covid-19 antibody treatments work, but they're 'not the path out of this pandemic' Vaccine boosters are not unusual: CNN's medical analyst explains why Why Wait 8 Months? You could probably sneak in a COVID-19 booster shot right now. But there are a few good reasons to hold off. Delta Has Changed the Pandemic Risk Calculus The lambda variant is ominous for what it says about the future trajectory of the pandemic What the Zuck! Zuckerberg Keeps Mum on How Many Facebook Users Engaged With COVID-19 Disinfo Zoom Meeting Called ... US urges over 150 world leaders not to come to UN over COVID What Ibiza is like when the party stops Tesla is under investigation because its cars keep hitting emergency vehicles NASA slightly improves the odds that asteroid Bennu hits Earth. Humanity will be ready regardless Bama Rush TikTok, explained and explained and explained FTC sues Facebook for antitrust violations again Solar farms are often bad for biodiversity — but they don’t have to be Bettye LaVette - Things Have Changed The Shirelles - Dedicated To The One I Love Echo & The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever The Compulsions - Band Of Thieves The La's - There She Goes Ann & Nancy Wilson with Foo Fighters - Kick It Out Pat Metheny - It Starts When We Disappear Cardinal Black - Tell Me How It Feels BETTY EVERETT ~ "THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG" 1964 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Gloria Estefan - Samba Leon Bridges - Steam Aaliyah music hits streaming services K-Pop Conquered The World. Now What? BTS world tour canceled due to ongoing pandemic The K-Drama Renaissance Sonny Chiba, martial arts star of 'Kill Bill,' dies of Covid-19 complications Volunteers pause while working at the scene of a forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village at Gorny Ulus area west of Yakutsk, in Russia Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ivan Nikiforov) AP PHOTOS: Wildfires grow worldwide as climate sizzles In Haiti, close relation between the living and the dead CNN Screen Grab of Hurricane's Henri and Grace Hurricane Grace poised to make landfall for second time in Mexico Henri is forecast to make a rare landfall as a hurricane in New York or southern New England Rain fell at the normally snowy summit of Greenland for the first time on record California's fast-moving wildfire scorched an area roughly half the size of Chicago in less than a week as thousands more evacuate Fires harming California’s efforts to curb climate change National forests closed as California wildfires surge NE Minnesota wildfire could threaten homes as winds shift Study finds 'very concerning' 74% increase in deaths associated with extreme heat brought on by the climate crisis A billion children are at 'extremely high risk' of climate shocks, UNICEF says Sierra Club culture tolerated ‘anger and aggression,’ report finds The 'blackest' black: How a color controversy sparked a years-long art feud Dozens of Nazi-looted artworks are exhibiting in New York Make it Rain! -- What Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Black Widow’ Legal Battle Means for the Future of Hollywood Recommended reading ... Journalist Joe Galloway, chronicler of Vietnam War, dies Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Kathy Hilton and Paris Hilton in 'Cooking With Paris'/CNN Paris Hilton's cooking show is really about something else Not just Paris: How did the "celebrity who can't cook" become food TV's fastest growing genre? See you never asshat ... Mike Richards has stepped down as the host of 'Jeopardy!' Remaining animals at 'Tiger King' park to be turned over to US Department of Justice R. Kelly was a 'predator' who abused for his sexual pleasure, prosecution says at federal trial Edited August 20, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 1 3 Link to comment
boes August 20, 2021 Share August 20, 2021 Delta Variant got me last weekend, which is one of the reasons I haven't been posting much. I blame ButtBiscuit. and Phyllis. always. Tired, coughing, eyes ache, low grade fever and continually wishing "Rhoda" had been a better show than it was...... Don't have a CLUE how I got it. I do all the grocery shopping etc. but I'm always masked and lately I've been gloving up too. Ick. Stay well. And do NOT be fooled by ButtBiscuit's "it's all for my Kchildren" bullshit. Seriously, I blame him. 1 6 Link to comment
OhioSongbird August 20, 2021 Share August 20, 2021 Oh, boes......poor baby. 😟 That sucks mightily. I got the OG Covid back in Nov and it's still kicking my ass. Listen to your body, rest and drink lots of fluids (I've learned wine helps). Also...keep blaming ButtBiscuit for everything. That helps even more.... 11 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 20, 2021 Share August 20, 2021 41 minutes ago, boes said: Delta Variant got me last weekend, which is one of the reasons I haven't been posting much. I blame ButtBiscuit. and Phyllis. always. Tired, coughing, eyes ache, low grade fever and continually wishing "Rhoda" had been a better show than it was...... Don't have a CLUE how I got it. I do all the grocery shopping etc. but I'm always masked and lately I've been gloving up too. Ick. Stay well. And do NOT be fooled by ButtBiscuit's "it's all for my Kchildren" bullshit. Seriously, I blame him. (((boes))) I hope you feel better soon. 10 Link to comment
OhioSongbird August 20, 2021 Share August 20, 2021 OK........I called it a few weeks ago and today proves it. Stitch kidnapped Mariah, will deliver the baby and somehow present it to Abby so he can be the hero. Just wish the dude was a better actor..... Anybody with me? 1 8 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 20, 2021 Share August 20, 2021 1 minute ago, OhioSongbird said: OK........I called it a few weeks ago and today proves it. Stitch kidnapped Mariah, will deliver the baby and somehow present it to Abby so he can be the hero. Just wish the dude was a better actor..... Anybody with me? I didn't get to see today's show. Just news because of the situation in Afghanistan. 1 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 20, 2021 Share August 20, 2021 Heavenly Father, grant aid to Your servant Boes and lead him though the Delta Variant's physical ailments which he is grieved. Bestow Your mercy, and restore him health and a complete recovery. You are the Physician of our souls and bodies, for You are the source of healing and to You we give praise, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Both now and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen. 7 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 21, 2021 Share August 21, 2021 11 hours ago, PatsyandEddie said: 🤬 https://apple.news/AX0u2-gcPTo6WETS4jY0d0A Why Is CBS’ ‘Bull’ Back on TV After a $9.5 Million Sexual-Harassment Settlement? Money. Link to comment
Snaporaz August 21, 2021 Share August 21, 2021 8 hours ago, boes said: Delta Variant got me last weekend, which is one of the reasons I haven't been posting much. I blame ButtBiscuit. and Phyllis. always. Tired, coughing, eyes ache, low grade fever and continually wishing "Rhoda" had been a better show than it was...... Don't have a CLUE how I got it. I do all the grocery shopping etc. but I'm always masked and lately I've been gloving up too. Ick. Stay well. And do NOT be fooled by ButtBiscuit's "it's all for my Kchildren" bullshit. Seriously, I blame him. Thinking of you, boes, and sending those patented Preverted healing vibes your way. Thank gods you're vaxxed, so here's hoping that gets you through this quickly. 7 Link to comment
pearlite August 21, 2021 Share August 21, 2021 20 hours ago, boes said: Delta Variant got me last weekend, which is one of the reasons I haven't been posting much. I blame ButtBiscuit. and Phyllis. always. Tired, coughing, eyes ache, low grade fever and continually wishing "Rhoda" had been a better show than it was...... Don't have a CLUE how I got it. I do all the grocery shopping etc. but I'm always masked and lately I've been gloving up too. Ick. Stay well. And do NOT be fooled by ButtBiscuit's "it's all for my Kchildren" bullshit. Seriously, I blame him. Oh, sweetie, I'm so sorry to hear this! I hope it gets no worse than what you're putting up with right now, and eases off quickly. Toronto is just wilfully ignoring the possibility of the Delta Variant--public schools opening in September, and so on, with standard cases on the rise again. Such stupidity where people's lives are concerned. 1 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 21, 2021 Share August 21, 2021 The Food and Drug Administration could grant the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine full approval Monday, The New York Times reported. The move would make it the first Covid vaccine to go from emergency use authorization to full FDA approval. The move may help persuade more people to get vaccinated and more businesses and schools to mandate vaccinations. 6 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 21, 2021 Share August 21, 2021 Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters swarm the streets of Melbourne, Victoria, on August 21/CNN Australia suffers its worst day of Covid-19 pandemic as anti-lockdown protests flare Anti-vaxxers are refusing blood transfusions from vaccinated donors because they believe they're 'tainted,' report says University of Virginia disenrolls 238 students for not complying with university's vaccine mandate Parents get coached on how to escape mask and vaccine rules Silenced by COVID, mariachi Mass returns to Tucson cathedral Vietnam calls on army for food delivery ahead of lockdown After India’s brutal coronavirus wave, two-thirds of population has been exposed to SARS-CoV2 Delta Mission Accomplished -- Superstar bash in Central Park expected to draw thousands California to tighten rules for indoor events as cases rise Study: Pandemic speeded trends away from live TV viewing Clean needles depend on the blue blood of horseshoe crabs Demand for COVID antibody drugs soars in hard-hit states Associated Pres Coronavirus Update In this photo provided by Louie Lopez, sick people lie on the floor in a medical facility in Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Lopez took the photo while waiting more than 2.5 hours to get antibody treatment at a facility run by the state. While he waited, he watched the room fill up with extremely sick patients. (Louie Lopez via AP) Hospitals often outsource important services to companies that prioritize profit over patients Peace Corps At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus How photography can build peace and justice in war-torn communities Opioid lawsuit payout plans overlook a vital need: Pain management care and research focused on smarter use of addictive drugs Members of the Intertribal Agriculture Council gather at the organization’s 2019 Instinctive Migratory Grazing school held on Hopi land in Arizona/Photo Intertribal Agriculture Council Staff Why a Debt Relief Program for Farmers Matters for Racial Equity in America ‘Not what it was sold to be’: why promised debt relief will affect hardly any Black farmers Black farmers speak out against the 'festering wound' of racism in agriculture There were nearly a million black farmers in 1920. Why have they disappeared? Iowa woman who struck 2 children with her car sentenced to 25 years in prison for hate crimes From 'Reservation Dogs' to 'Rutherford Falls,' Native people are having a moment on TV Why the jump in the Native American population may be one of the hardest to explain The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You Rachael Price ft Chris Thile - Can't Find My Way Home St. Vincent - Controversy Prince Performance at the 36th NAACP Image Awards 2005 Olivia Vedder, Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard - My Father's Daughter Suzanne Vega - Toms Diner The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet Bill Haley and his Comets - Shake Rattle And Roll The Psychedelic Furs - Wrong Train Angels - Shaddow Boxer Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki Earth, Wind & Fire - September Colorado River in Grand Canyon at Toroweap/Photo by tonda/Getty Images The Southwest's most important river is drying up Booming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’ Leaf Peeper Alert -- Why autumn weather won't be the same this year Hurricane warnings posted for Long Island, southern New England as Henri looks to make landfall Sunday How the climate crisis is changing hurricanes Tracking wildfires in the US -- Last updated August 21st 2021, 11:00 am ET Explosive California wildfires could burn into December EXPLAINER: Why it takes months to subdue some wildfires Study finds 'very concerning' 74% increase in deaths associated with extreme heat brought on by the climate crisis Behavioral science won't fix the climate crisis In this Aug. 17, 2021, file photo, seen in a long exposure photograph, embers light up hillsides as the Dixie Fire burns near Milford in Lassen County, Calif. Wildfire managers are often asked why firefighters simply don't put out the flames to save their homes and the valuable forests surrounding them. It's not that simple, wildfire managers say, and the reasons are many, some of them decades in the making. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) Transits Of Jupiter’s Moons Ahead: A Triple! Jupiter Picture of the Day R. Kelly’s Ex-Assistant Testifies: It Was Weirder Than Working for Kanye -- That's really bad. Ex-tour manager testifies against R. Kelly about Aaliyah Country singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote ‘Harper Valley PTA’ Recommended Reading -- James W. Loewen, wrote ‘Lies My Teacher Told Me,’ dead at 79 James W. Loewen's History and Social Justice 1 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 22, 2021 Share August 22, 2021 Waves pound the beaches of Montauk, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, as a severe weather system approaches. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) CNN Update: Tropical Storm Henri threatening over 50M in Northeast 'Life-threatening': Tropical Storm Henri could slam parts of Northeast with up to 10 inches of rain La Niña is likely to form, raising concerns of increased hurricane activity, just like in 2020 Concert celebrating New York City's comeback cut short by severe weather ahead of Hurricane Henri Must-watch moments from 'We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert' Barry Manilow reacts to being interrupted mid-song at 'We Love NYC' due to weather The West’s megadrought is so bad, authorities are airlifting water for animals California hiker dies in Death Valley, heatstroke suspected The body of a person who died from coronavirus is taken to a mass cremation pyre in New Delhi/Photo Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The long road to India’s unparalleled pandemic catastrophe Mississippi Orders Isolation Amid ‘Staggering’ COVID Case Count Some companies are mandating vaccines — but not for front-line workers COVID-19 Is So Bad Even Gun Makers Are Ditching NRA’s Big Party Facebook says post that cast doubt on covid-19 vaccine was most popular on the platform from January through March The Vaccinated Are Worried and Scientists Don’t Have Answers Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths Mississippi Poison Calls Soar As Vaccine Skeptics Turn To Livestock Drug For COVID-19 FDA warns against using animal parasite medicine as at-home COVID-19 treatment The Killers - Mr. Brightside Highly Suspect - Live Reading Fest Aug.27.2016 PJ Harvey - Rid of Me They Might Be Giants - I Can't Remember the Dream Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula Daft Punk ft. 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Dozens of people got the warning at a public meeting Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, evening in the small town of Finland, where officials gave them the latest about the Greenwood Lake fire and their strategy for trying to stop it. (Nick Petrack/U.S. Forest Service via AP) Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota closed due to fire New round of winds fuel fury of Northern California wildfire Greece: Forest fire destroys jobs of pine resin collectors The Middle East is running out of water, and parts of it are becoming uninhabitable Millions of electric car batteries will retire in the next decade. What happens to them? South Carolina conservationist Anne Springs Close dies Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse Looks Like Hell The Metaverse already sucks Facebook reportedly shelved report over fears it could make the company look bad FTC files fresh antitrust complaint seeking to break up Facebook 'Rob's rules.' Witnesses testify about how R. 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Cupid Stunt August 23, 2021 Share August 23, 2021 (edited) NOAA Radar In pictures: Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall Crews work to restore power for tens of thousands as Henri drenches the Northeast From 'air-pocalypse' to blue skies. Beijing's fight for cleaner air is a rare victory for public dissent Floodwaters in Tennessee overtook residents in minutes and killed 21 people, including 7-month-old twins 9 national forests close in California as state grapples with drought-fueled wildfires Caldor Fire grows to more than 98,000 acres as US sees 94 active large fires nationwide Fire lookouts keep watch over threatened forests Greece wildfires: 2 new blazes break out amid strong winds Aid groups: Millions in Syria, Iraq losing access to water Cleared to earn money, college athletes tap creative sides AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON CAMPUS IS ENDANGERED Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman Rival Sons - The Heist ZZ Top - Chartreuse (Live At Montreux 2013) Ziggy Marley - Into the Groove Neon Trees - Everybody Talks Alberta Cross - Money For The Weekend (Pocket Full Of Shame) MILLIONS - Guru Avalanche City - Love Love Love The Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) Flo Rida - I Cry Ringside - Criminal Jack White - I'm Shakin' ELIJAH HONEY - Sweet Lovin' Chile Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout RIHANNA - Phresh Out the Runway PROBLEM CHILD - Come and Get It Cassie - King Of Hearts MISS V - #ShakeThisPartyUp!!! This cake reminds me of a 13-layer pecan cake I had vacationing at the outer Banks of North Carolina, except this version is more of a frosting delivery system. Jimi Hendrix - Somewhere NINE INCH NAILS - Every Day Is Exactly the Same Ginuwine - Pony Extended Mix Ke$ha - C'Mon lesands - EJC Rhino Bucket - Welcome To Hell Pitbull ft. TJR - Don't Stop The Party Serena Ryder - Stompa Noisettes - Don't Give Up The Donnas - Who Invited You Wolfmother - Keep Moving Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps Hollywood Undead - Been to Hell Antoine Allain - The Life Ben Howard - Promise Eddy Grant - Drop Baby Drop Oddities: Filly Bold and Bossy running down Interstate 69/Photo WEHT Go, Baby, Go! Filly escapes racetrack, runs on Kentucky highway 8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted ‘witch’ Imagination, Skittles help boy, 5, conquer Appalachian Trail Soccer-loving Pope Francis gets a new toy: a foosball table Persephone, the robot guide, leads visitors in a Greek cave Boston’s famed Skinny House back on market, listed for $1.2M How the US made affordable homes illegal Wealth inequality exists among influencers, too Never going back to the office? Facebook has the Metaverse for that. How free college became a perk for American workers US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Australian town shoots and kills shelter-bound dogs over coronavirus concerns An Alabama man who called himself the 'vaccine police' told pharmacists at a Missouri Walmart that they will be 'executed' if they continued giving COVID-19 shots Health worker crunch pressures states battling Delta variant Federal team sent to hospital ‘crushed’ with virus patients Jesse Jackson and wife remain under observation for Covid-19 Washington Post Covid-19 live updates: Third Pfizer dose significantly lowers risk of infection in seniors, Israeli data shows How Do Religious Vaccine Exemptions Really Work? YOU ARE NOT A HORSE. Health Officials Warn Against Using Ivermectin for COVID-19 Amid Rise in Poisonings COVID-19 hospitalizations are getting more expensive for patients What should you do if you get a breakthrough infection? Our expert weighs in Edited August 23, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 3 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 23, 2021 Share August 23, 2021 Don Everly of early rock ‘n’ roll Everly Brothers dies at 84 Don Everly, one-half of the pioneering Everly Brothers whose harmonizing country rock hits impacted a generation of rock ‘n’ roll music, has died. He was 84. Everly died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, according to his attorney and family spokesperson Linda Edell Howard. His brother, Phil Everly, died in January 2014 at age 74. “Don lived by what he felt in his heart,” a statement from the family said. “Don expressed his appreciation for the ability to live his dreams ... living in love with his soul mate and wife Adela, and sharing the music that made him an Everly Brother. Don always expressed how grateful he was for his fans.” In the late 1950s and 1960s, the duo of Don and Phil drew upon their rural roots with their strummed guitars and high, yearning harmonies, while their poignant songs — many by the team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant — embodied teenage restlessness and energy. Their 19 top 40 hits included “Bye Bye Love,” “Let It Be Me,” “All I Have to Do Is Dream” and “Wake Up Little Susie,” and performers from the Beatles to Simon & Garfunkel cited them as key influences. In the late 1950s and 1960s, the duo of Don and Phil drew upon their rural roots with their strummed guitars and high, yearning harmonies, while their poignant songs — many by the team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant — embodied teenage restlessness and energy. Their 19 top 40 hits included “Bye Bye Love,” “Let It Be Me,” “All I Have to Do Is Dream” and “Wake Up Little Susie,” and performers from the Beatles to Simon & Garfunkel cited them as key influences. “The Everly Brothers are integral to the fabric of American music,” said Jerry Lee Lewis in a statement. “With my friend Don’s passing, I am reflective … reflective on a life full of wonderful friends, spectacular music and fond memories. There’s a lot I can say about Don, what he and Phil meant to me both as people and as musicians, but I am going to reflect today.” Songs like “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake Up Little Susie” appealed to the postwar generation of baby boomers, and their deceptively simple harmonies hid greater meaning among the lighter pop fare of the era. The two broke up amid quarreling in 1973 after 16 years of hits, then reunited in 1983, “sealing it with a hug,” Phil Everly said. Although their number of hit records declined in the late 1980s, they had successful concert tours in the U.S. and Europe. They were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, the same year they had a hit pop-country record, “Born Yesterday.” Two years earlier, they had success with the up-tempo ballad “On the Wings of a Nightingale,” written by Paul McCartney. “As a singer, a songwriter and a guitar innovator, Don Everly was one of the most talented and impactful artists in popular music history,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. The brothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Don Everly was born in Brownie, Kentucky, to Ike and Margaret Everly, who were folk and country music singers. Phil Everly was born to the couple in Chicago, where the Everlys moved from Brownie when Ike grew tired of working in the coal mines. The brothers began singing country music in 1945 on their family’s radio show in Shenandoah, Iowa. Their career breakthrough came when they moved to Nashville in the mid-1950s and signed a recording contract with New York-based Cadence Records. Their breakup came dramatically during a concert at Knott’s Berry Farm in California. Phil Everly threw his guitar down and walked off, prompting Don Everly to tell the crowd, “The Everly Brothers died 10 years ago.” The disputes between the brothers even went to court, when Don Everly sued the heirs of Phil Everly in 2017 over the copyright to three of their songs, including “Cathy’s Clown.” The case went all the way to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. But after Phil’s death in 2014, Don said that he felt a spiritual message from his brother before he died. “Our love was and will always be deeper than any earthly differences we might have had,” Don Everly said in a statement in 2014. While apart, they pursued solo singing careers with little success. Phil also appeared in the 1978 Clint Eastwood movie “Every Which Way but Loose.” Don made a couple of records with friends in Nashville, performed in local nightclubs and played guitar and sang background vocals on recording sessions. Don Everly said in a 1986 Associated Press interview that he and his brother were successful because “we never followed trends. We did what we liked and followed our instincts. Rock ‘n’ roll did survive, and we were right about that. Country did survive, and we were right about that. You can mix the two, but people said we couldn’t.” Decades later, their impact on popular music is still evident. In 2013, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones released a loving tribute to the Everlys on their collaborative album “Foreverly.” -- Kristen Hall 3 Link to comment
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Cupid Stunt August 24, 2021 Share August 24, 2021 (edited) Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80 Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm sections and used his “day job” to support his enduring love of jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 80. Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.” “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said. Watts had announced he would not tour with the Stones in 2021 because of an undefined health issue. The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the Stones rose from their scruffy beginnings to international superstardom. He joined the band early in 1963 and remained over the next 60 years, ranked just behind Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as the group’s longest lasting and most essential member. Watts stayed on, and largely held himself apart, through the drug abuse, creative clashes and ego wars that helped kill founding member Brian Jones, drove bassist Bill Wyman and Jones’ replacement Mick Taylor to quit and otherwise made being in the Stones the most exhausting of jobs. A classic Stones song like “Brown Sugar” and “Start Me Up” often began with a hard guitar riff from Richards, with Watts following closely behind, and Wyman, as the bassist liked to say, “fattening the sound.” Watts’ speed, power and time keeping were never better showcased than during the concert documentary, “Shine a Light,” when director Martin Scorsese filmed “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” from where he drummed toward the back of the stage. The Stones began, Watts said, “as white blokes from England playing Black American music” but quickly evolved their own distinctive sound. Watts was a jazz drummer in his early years and never lost his affinity for the music he first loved, heading his own jazz band and taking on numerous other side projects. He had his eccentricities — Watts liked to collect cars even though he didn’t drive and would simply sit in them in his garage. But he was a steadying influence on stage and off as the Stones defied all expectations by rocking well into their 70s, decades longer than their old rivals the Beatles. Watts didn’t care for flashy solos or attention of any kind, but with Wyman and Richards forged some of rock’s deepest grooves on “Honky Tonk Women,” “Brown Sugar” and other songs. The drummer adapted well to everything from the disco of “Miss You” to the jazzy “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” and the dreamy ballad "Moonlight Mile." Jagger and Richards at times seemed to agree on little else besides their admiration of Watts, both as a man and a musician. Richards called Watts “the key” and often joked that their affinity was so strong that on stage he’d sometimes try to rattle Watts by suddenly changing the beat — only to have Watts change it right back. He also had an impact on the Rolling Stones that extended beyond drumming. He worked with Jagger on the ever more spectacular stage designs for the group’s tours. He also provided illustrations for the back cover of the acclaimed 1967 album “Between the Buttons” and inadvertently gave the record its title. When he asked Stones manager Andrew Oldham what the album would be called, Oldham responded “Between the buttons,” meaning undecided. Watts thought that “Between the Buttons” was the actual name and included it in his artwork. To the world, he was a rock star. But Watts often said that the actual experience was draining and unpleasant, and even frightening. “Girls chasing you down the street, screaming...horrible!... I hated it,” he told The Guardian newspaper in an interview. In another interview, he described the drumming life as a “cross between being an athlete and a total nervous wreck.” Watts found refuge from the rock life, marrying Shirley Ann Shepherd in 1964 and having a daughter, Seraphina, soon after. While other famous rock marriages crumbled, theirs held. Jagger and Richards could only envy their bandmate’s indifference to stardom and relative contentment in his private life, which included happily tending horses on a rural estate in Devon, England. Author Philip Norman, who has written extensively about the Rolling Stones, said Watts lived “in constant hope of being allowed to catch the next plane home.” On tour, he made a point of drawing each hotel room he stayed in, a way of marking time until he could return to his family. He said little about playing the same songs for more than 40 years as the Stones recycled their classics. But he did branch out far beyond “Satisfaction” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” by assembling and performing with jazz bands in the second half of his career. Charles Robert Watts, son of a lorry driver and a housewife, was born in Neasden, London, on June 2, 1941. From childhood, he was passionate about music — jazz in particular. He fell in love with the drums after hearing Chico Hamilton and taught himself to play by listening to records by Johnny Dodds, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and other jazz giants. He worked for a London advertising firm after he attended Harrow Art College and played drums in his spare time. London was home to a blues and jazz revival in the early 1960s, with Jagger, Richards and Eric Clapton among the future superstars getting their start. Watts’ career took off after he played with Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, for whom Jagger also performed, and was encouraged by Korner to join the Stones. Watts wasn’t a rock music fan at first and remembered being guided by Richards and Brian Jones as he absorbed blues and rock records, notably the music of bluesman Jimmy Reed. He said the band could trace its roots to a brief period when he had lost his job and shared an apartment with Jagger and Richards because he could live there rent-free. “Keith Richards taught me rock and roll,” Watts said. “We’d have nothing to do all day and we’d play these records over and over again. I learned to love Muddy Waters. Keith turned me on to how good Elvis Presley was, and I’d always hated Elvis up ’til then.” Watts was the final man to join the Stones; the band had searched for months to find a permanent drummer and feared Watts was too accomplished for them. Richards recalled the band wanting him so badly to join that members cut down on expenses so they could afford to pay Watts a proper salary. Watts said he believed at first the band would be lucky to last a year. “Every band I’d ever been in had lasted a week,” he said. “I always thought the Stones would last a week, then a fortnight, and then suddenly, it’s 30 years.” For much of his career, Watts resisted the excesses of his bandmates, but he fell into heroin addiction in the mid-1980s. He would credit his stable relationship with his wife for getting him off drugs. “I was warring with myself at that time,” he told Rolling Stone magazine. With his financial future secure because of the Stones’ status as one of the world’s most popular live bands, Watts was able to indulge his passion for jazz by putting together some of the most talented musicians in Britain for a series of recordings and performances. They typically played during the long breaks between Stones tours. His first jazz record, the 1986 “Live at Fulham Town Hall,” was recorded by the Charlie Watts Orchestra. Others by the Charlie Watts Quintet followed, and he expanded that group into the Charlie Watts and the Tentet. Watts was an acclaimed jazz bandleader when he was stricken with throat cancer in 2004. He received extensive treatment and made a full recovery. His return to health allowed him to resume touring with both the Stones and his jazz band. By then, the young man who had worn his brown hair down to his shoulders in the late 1960s had evolved into a craggy, white-haired, impeccably dressed senior statesman of rock. Getting Watts to talk about his place in rock history was almost impossible, but he seemed to enjoy talking about fashion. It was not unusual to see him attired in a custom-made suit and polka dot tie while his bandmates wore jeans and T-shirts. In the tumultuous, extremely competitive world of rock and roll, Watts seemed to make few enemies. “It all seems to boil down to a certain quality which is as rare as hen’s teeth in the music business, but which Charlie Watts is perceived to have in abundance. In a word, decency,” columnist Barbara Ellen wrote after interviewing Watts in 2000. “You’ve got to hand it to a...man who’s played with the world’s most influential rock ‘n’ roll band...and stayed happily married to his wife, Shirley....A man who, moreover, remains resolutely determined not to take his elevated position too seriously.” -- Jill Lawless Rock steady, Charlie. Edited August 24, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 4 Link to comment
boes August 24, 2021 Share August 24, 2021 22 hours ago, OhioSongbird said: Hey boes..... How you feelin'? Thanks for asking, Ohiosongbird. I'm feeling better today than I have in the past 10 days or so. The worst has been this constant headache and eyeache, but both are less today. Tired, too. The strangest bit has been my sense of smell. I swear everything smells like I stepped in something awful. But all in all I it's been manageable. Now that the headache is less and the eyes don't hurt so much, especially. How about you? Have you been feeling any better? 10 Link to comment
OhioSongbird August 24, 2021 Share August 24, 2021 Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better. I was feeling decent the last few days but woke up in the middle of the night barfing and with a terrible stomach ache. Didn't eat anything spicy or overeat (I eat like a bird) so who knows. That happened to me last month, too. Never lost my sense of smell/taste but my BIL did. I still have the fatigue 10 mos later. This stuff effects everyone differently. Hubby had a mild case last fall but seems to be doing fine...thank God. I don't know what we'd do if we both were down. Hang in there, kid! 1 8 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 25, 2021 Share August 25, 2021 (edited) My mother-in-law has long-term effects; sudden exhaustion, periodic headaches not helped by standard analgesics/with vertigo symptoms, unable to play tennis or a brisk walk for more than 20 minutes. little appetite. My in-laws moved to Oahu 10 months ago so she could recuperate from home recovery of Coronavirus, and they've chosen isolation in Hawaii during the resurgence of Delta/Delta+/Lambda/Epsilon outbreaks in southern California. Many post-Covid-19 patients we know have one or a variety of long-term symptoms. And insurance companies are being very stringent on treatments being covered post-Covid-19. Mr. Stunt and I planned to vacation with them in September but Hawaii governor asks tourists to stay away as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations hit record highs. Another plague year shot to hell. Edited August 25, 2021 by Cupid Stunt Link to comment
OhioSongbird August 25, 2021 Share August 25, 2021 Vertigo! Hubby has that...me not. He has to hold on to something for a few seconds periodically home and at work if he gets up too fast. Curious thing, this Covid. Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 25, 2021 Share August 25, 2021 (edited) Scientists found a link between climate change and the floods that have hit Europe this summer/Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images Scientists see link between climate change and Europe’s floods These 7 states are under air quality alerts as wildfires rage in the West Study: Extreme heat is becoming an unignorable global health issue The Black Keys - Sinister Kid Cypress Hill ft. Young De - It Ain't Nothin' Slash feat. Iggy Pop - We're All Gonna Die Eagles of Death Metal - Don't Speak (I Came To Make A Bang!) The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Kanye West - POWER Farflung - Unborn Planet Wingless Angels - I Write My Name / Good Morning Death From Above 1979 - Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Edition) Cage The Elephant - Free Love The Whigs- Black Lotus KRAM - Silk Suits METHODS OF MAYHEM - All I Wanna Do Lykke Li - Youth Knows No Pain Back Seat Taxi - Silver Money R.E.M. - Walk It Back Black Pistol Fire - Trigger on my Fire Avril Lavigne - Smile AC/DC - Girls Got Rhythm The Yelling - Honey Data leak exposes tens of millions of private records from corporations and government agencies Lots of people are quitting their jobs. Here's how to do it right The complicated reality of doing what you love The death of the job How the FCC got boxed out of the broadband push The limits to Facebook's transparency The Clickbaitification of Netflix It’s hard to be a moral person. Technology is making it harder. -- You can't lose what you never had. Two visitors peer into the room of a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, as a nurse dons full protective gear before going into the room of another patient. The hospitalization rate of unvaccinated COVID-19 is breaking records and squeezing hospital capacity, with several running out of room to take more patients. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky) Oregon, once a virus success story, struggles with surge US COVID-19 cases have nearly tripled in the past month The Coronavirus Could Get Worse What Are the Possible Side Effects of Vaccine Booster Shots? Pentagon orders troops to get COVID-19 vaccine immediately Students’ lack of routine vaccines muddies start of school Colleges crack down on unvaccinated students as campuses reopen I Drove 8 Hours to (Maybe) Get My Baby the COVID Vaccine Johnson & Johnson booster shot prompts large increase in immune response, company says Japan further expands virus emergency areas as cases surge Gig worker advocacy groups react to court ruling that Prop. 22 is 'unconstitutional' Gig apps for a pandemic economy: Part time, no commitment The shipping crisis is getting worse. Here's what that means for holiday shopping Fever Dreams -- Talk About a Quickie! OnlyFans Drops New Porn Ban Kanye West and Drake Bring Their 12-Year-Old Beef to the Group Chat Kanye West asks court to legally change his name to Ye -- Finish your album! The Horrifying Testimony R. Kelly Needs Jurors to Forget R. Kelly Told Girlfriends Their Parents ‘Sold’ Them to Him, Accuser Says Outraged Backers Say Time’s Up Boss Must Resign Man Photographed as Nude Dollar-Chasing ‘Nevermind’ Baby Sues Nirvana for Child Pornography The Jeopardy hosting saga has become a cautionary morality tale Edited August 26, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 1 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 26, 2021 Share August 26, 2021 (edited) Hospital officials in Northeast Florida vaccinate walk-in patients/Photo ABC New With more than 100,000 people in the hospital with Covid-19 in the US, this August is worse than last, expert says Hospital filled with Covid-19 patients was forced to turn away someone needing emergency cancer treatment, doctor says Respiratory infections other than Covid-19 are filling up pediatric wards Among children, older teens are seeing the highest Covid-19 case rates 'I think we already broke': Mississippi's nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout Warnings About the Sturgis Rally Have Come Tragically True Tracking Covid-19 vaccinations worldwide Last updated: August 26, 2021 at 10:49 a.m. ET Tracking Covid-19 vaccines in the US Last updated: August 26, 2021 at 10:49 a.m. ET 4 lessons from the early pandemic that no longer apply New Zealand Pursues Covid-Zero as Right-Wing Idiots Lose Their Minds Man arrested after food injected with needles at supermarkets Firefighters are seen behind the flames of a backfire they are setting to battle the French Fire on August 24 near Wofford Heights, California. Hundreds of California residents are under evacuation orders as new fires spark in the state Hurricane in the Gulf? It's possible early next week Kite surfer dies after slamming into Fort Lauderdale home The Caldor Fire is closing in on Lake Tahoe. Firefighters are doing everything they can to battle the blaze while... people just golf? -- Welcome to California. Meet the Scientists Who Play With Fire Lake Street Dive - "Use Me Up" (Live at WFUV) Fitz and the Tantrums - MoneyGrabber Jimi Hendrix - Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) - LA Forum 1970 The Ting Tings - Do It Again Santana - Soul Sacrifice 1969 Woodstock Rodrigo y Gabriela Busk in Dublin for Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary Selena Gomez - Come & Get It Sam Williams - Glasshouse Children (Live) Bowling For Soup - Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody’s Doing It) Charo - Granada Britney Spears Live from Las Vegas - Baby One More Time Photo Virgin Virgin Hyperloop releases new video of 670 mph passenger pods World's first crewless, zero emissions cargo ship will set sail in Norway -- Ever see a Roomba get stuck under a chair? A Police Raid in Brazil Turned Up a Rare, 100-Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile Scrambling This Nightmarish 4,800+ Piece Rubik's-Like Puzzle Looks More Satisfying Than Solving It So much for a "green transition": Carbon emissions from power sector soar The Army Corps of Engineers Just Threw Down a Marker in Cancer Alley The First Step Toward Protecting Everyone Else From Teslas During a photoshoot, 1964/MONITOR PICTURE LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Charlie Watts: Remembering the dapper, tailored style of a Rolling Stones gentleman Are you ready for the return of prep? Could the Iconic Stripper Heel Pleasers Become an Everyday Shoe? -- No. The Lita Boot Renaissance Begins Now -- Goddess Kali, save us! Pack it up Hermione! Your tote bags are killing the planet, too This TikTok Designer Upcycles Designer Bags Into Just About Anything Worn Out: The Challenge of Shopping for Sustainable Clothes Witness Alleges R. Kelly Forced Her to Write Letter to Help Protect Him What the R. Kelly trial allegations about teen abortions can tell us about reproductive coercion Ron Jeremy, adult film star, indicted on rape and other sexual assault charges Anger and confusion inside ABC News after former 'Good Morning America' boss is sued for alleged sexual assault Britney Spears is a cautionary tale of pornification What We Can Really Learn From the OnlyFans Debacle Why the OnlyFans Porn Mess Is a Wake-Up Call for Sex Workers Sirhan Sirhan who assassinated RFK in 1968 could be released on Friday Michael Nader, 'Dynasty' and 'All My Children' actor, dies age 76 Edited August 26, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 1 6 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 27, 2021 Share August 27, 2021 In this image taken from video, sheep form the shape of a heart in a field in Guyra, northern New South Wales, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Ben Jackson, a sheep farmer stuck in lockdown, was unable to attend his aunt's funeral, has honored her memory with the ultimate tribute, sheep organized in the shape of a love heart. (Ben Jackson via AP) US Surgeon General urges parents and officials take these steps to protect children from Covid-19 Pandemic surge causes major shortage of a drug that treats rheumatoid arthritis and severe Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic Kentucky Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kids 100,000 more COVID deaths seen unless US changes its ways COVID-19 surge pummels Hawaii and its native population Pandemic windfall for US schools has few strings attached Anti-parasite drug’s use at Arkansas jail sparks probe Experts on WHO team say search for COVID origins has stalled Australian mourns beloved aunt with heart-shaped love ewes Coronavirus disruptions blamed for lower student test scores Human cases of West Nile virus are rising, some hospitalized Food stamp benefits don't cover hygiene supplies, so this dad is handing them out by the millions Blood, labs and fraud: Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes is about to go on trial UN team: Unclear if Fukushima cleanup can finish by 2051 UN nuclear agency to help monitor Fukushima water release Witness: R. Kelly once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen resigns in wake of Cuomo scandal One in four current or former college athletes say they've experienced sexual abuse: survey US closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein killed himself “We’re Basically the Non-Porn People” The OnlyFans Fight Isn’t Over In this May 11, 2021, file photo, Japanese Japanese Atsushi Yamamoto (5) competes in the men's long jump T12 during an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The opening next week of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo is being used as a stage to launch a human rights movement aimed at the world’s 1.2 billion people with disabilities. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) Associated Press PARALYMPIC GAMES reporting ‘WeThe15’ stresses rights of 1.2 billion with disabilities That’s the ticket: Move from paper to digital divides fans Hunting theme no longer mandatory in US duck stamp contest Painting With Houses by Wassily Kandinsky Amsterdam to return Kandinsky work to pre-war owners’ heirs Wassily Kandinsky.net AIRLOCK - Drystar Lemon Jelly - Homage To Patagonia DJ Aphrodite - Heat Haze Kronos Quartet - HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, O Virtus Sapientiae Spylab - The Uninvited Sasha - Magnetic North LHB ft Imogen Heap - Coming Up For Air Flunk - Syrupsniph Deltron 3030 - 3030 Jan Johnston - Flesh (DJ Tiësto Mix) Paul Oakenfold feat. Ice Cube - Get 'Em Up Evilnine ft. Aesop Rock - Crooked Audioslave - Cochise Massive Attack - Everywhen Doves - Satellites Supreme Beings of Leisure - Calamity Jane Bent - Invisible Pedestrian THE ERNIES - Here & Now Sigur Rós - Untitled 3 North of Sacramento, DC-10 tanker drops fire retardant, with firefighters standing on ridge/Photo CNN More than 34,000 Californians are under evacuation orders as state faces dangerous weather conditions for fire activity Tropical Storm Ida could bring up to a foot of rain and hurricane force winds to the Gulf Coast Tropical Storm Nora a hurricane threat to Mexico’s coast Eurasian Lynx/Shutterstock This creature has been lost to science for over 80 years. Now, a team may have found it These animals went extinct in the wild. Scientists brought them back Some female hummingbirds that look like males face less social harassment, study finds Bear caught on video stealing package from Connecticut porch The benefits of owning a dog -- and the surprising science behind it A woman who walked on thermal features at Yellowstone National Park was sentenced to 7 days in jail Drop the chalk: Michigan motorist wins appeal over tickets Giant rubber ducky takes flight; where will it land next? 2 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 28, 2021 Share August 28, 2021 This GOES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at 4:40 p.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Ida crossing western Cuba. Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday and threatened to slam into Louisiana with far greater force over the weekend, prompting New Orleans’ mayor to order everyone outside the protection of the city’s levees to evacuate. (NOAA via AP) Ida aims to hit Louisiana on Hurricane Katrina anniversary Why Hurricane Ida Is Set to Rapidly Intensify Into a Monster Storm Louisiana braces for ‘life-altering’ Hurricane Ida EXPLAINER: Is New Orleans protected from a hurricane? Hurricane Nora forms; on track to skirt along Mexico’s coast Greenland expedition discover 'world's northernmost island' How would planting 8 billion trees every year for 20 years affect Earth’s climate? Could saving the state tree help fix trout fishing troubles? Winds frustrate effort to corral wildfire near Lake Tahoe With wildfire threatening, Lake Tahoe prepares for emergency Environmental group outbids rancher for Idaho grazing lease Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought ABC News is undermining women who accused exec of assault, angry staffers say ABC News President Calls for Independent Investigation of Sexual Assault Allegations Parents must pay $30,441 for getting rid of son’s porn cache Witness: R. Kelly once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis Police: Arizona family tried to kidnap woman over dishonor Associated Press Nigerian kidnapped student coverage RFK assassin Sirhan B. Sirhan recommended for parole, but decision not final Stop sign often knocked down becomes beacon of resiliency North Mississippi Allstars - Mean Ol' Wind Died Down Mississippi John Hurt - Stackolee Paul Wine Jones - Going Away Baby Jimbo Mathus - Town with No Shame Junior Kimbrough - Lonesome In My Home Bobby Rush - Chicken Heads Precious Bryant - Morning Train R.L. Burnside - Just like A Bird Without A Feather John Doe - The Losing Kind Eldorado and the Ruckus - Sleepy Eyes of Death Heartless Bastards - Pass And Fail Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standing In My Doorway Crying Outrageous Cherry - Lord Have Mercy On Me The Black Keys - When The Lights Go Out Madi Diaz - History Of A Feeling (Live at The Sanctuary) Wale - Sue Me Jimi Hendrix - Crash Landing NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye Australia's Andrew Edmondson falls during a semifinal wheelchair rugby match against the United States at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Paralympic coverage airs on NBC for the first time on Sunday Wheelchair rugby smashes stereotypes at the Paralympics Shahir Sanchez, 5, grimaces as Dr. Neal Schwartz collects a nasal swab sample for COVID-19 testing at Families Together of Orange County Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Tustin, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Virtual schools saw little disruption, got equal virus aid Rural North Carolina schools using COVID-19 funds for tech Illinois requires educators, health workers to get vaccine More COVID-19 shots, studies offer hope for US schools The Latest: UK prepares to vaccinate children ages 12-15 COVID-19 deaths straining some Florida hospital morgues My COVID Parenting Has Reached Peak Inconsistency The Latest: Family stunned as COVID kills high schooler 88-Year-Old Professor Resigns Mid-Class When Student Refuses to Wear Mask Unvaccinated, unmasked teacher infected more than half of students in class with Covid-19, CDC reports 'There is no room to put these bodies,' Alabama health official says as Covid-19 deaths climb COVID-19 forces Idaho hospitals past capacity, toward crisis NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week EXPLAINER: What happens when an ICU reaches capacity? CDC eviction ban ended by Supreme Court: 4 questions about its impact answered by a housing law expert How dietary supplements bamboozled America 2 4 Link to comment
SweePea59 August 28, 2021 Share August 28, 2021 OMG, the beaver is in a commercial. Is he like setting some kind of record for earliest and latest television appearances? 2 1 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 29, 2021 Share August 29, 2021 (edited) Kenny Malone, prolific session drummer dies Lauded drummer and studio musician Kenny Malone died today (Aug. 26) after being hospitalized earlier this week due to COVID-19. He was 83. Born Aug. 4, 1938 and raised in Denver, Colorado, Malone served in the Navy band in Washington, D.C., eventually becoming head of the percussion department at the Armed Forces School of Music. He made the move to Tennessee in 1970 and quickly found success as a session musician. Malone was known for his unique hand drumming technique that allowed for a special combination of sounds for his recordings. Spanning folk, country, and other genres with early sessions for John Prine (Sweet Revenge), Dolly Parton (Jolene), Waylon Jennings (Dreaming My Dreams), Ronnie Milsap (Night Things), Wanda Jackson (I’ll Still Love You), and Amy Grant (Amy Grant), among others. Throughout his nearly 40 year career, Malone has been asked to record for an array of artists, including Carl Perkins, Ray Charles, George Jones, Janie Fricke, Johnny Cash, Don Williams, Dobie Gray, Donna Fargo, David Allen Coe, Merle Haggard, The Whites, Crystal Gayle, Charlie Pride, Moe Bandy, Floyd Cramer, Dr. Hook, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Paycheck, Kenny Rogers, Michael Johnson, Dottie West, Lynn Anderson, John Hartford, New Grass Revival, Béla Fleck, Barefoot Jerry, B.J. Thomas, Bobby Bare, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, John Anderson, and Lacy J. Dalton. Malone is thought to be one of most recorded drummers in Nashville history, although the complete list of his credits is unknown. “He expanded the vocabulary of Nashville drumming, and was always an innovator who invented his own unique style of hand drumming, often combining sticks and brushes with hand percussion to create a unique sound and feel that left lots of space for other instruments and the vocals. He was well known for asking for a lyric sheet instead of a chord chart, and always put the song first in a way that was very special,” Dave Pomeroy, president of the AFM Local 257, says of the 51-year AFM 257 member. Malone will be remembered by the Nashville music community for his influence on music and his joke-telling. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. Edited August 29, 2021 by Cupid Stunt Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 29, 2021 Share August 29, 2021 A real photograph of a real fake burger. Photo: Courtesy of Impossible Foods Want People to Eat Less Meat? Fake Burgers Probably Won’t Cut It. <blerg> Here's when the Pumpkin Spice Latte returns to Starbucks American Dairy Council lawsuit in 5,4,3,2,1 Plant-Based Ice Cream Taste Test: What Comes Closest to the Real Thing? How to Make Pumpkin Pie Spice at Home Amazing schmear! -- This Is the Real Philadelphia Cream Cheese The Big Tequila Problem -- The liquor industry is rife with additives and artificial flavorings to make each bottle uniform-tasting from purchase to purchase. California delays decriminalizing psychedelic substances Kathy Mattea - 455 Rocket LeAnn Rimes - Blue Reba McEntire - Fancy Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia Pam Tillis - When You Walk in the Room Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Take My Chances Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man Lari White - That's My Baby Loretta Lynn - Lay Me Down Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountain Tammy Wynette - Apartment #9 Tanya Tucker - It's A Little Too Late Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou Dolly Parton with Billy Ray Cyrus, Tanya Tucker, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattea, Pam Tillis - Romeo Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. Dolly Parton - Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That Suzy Bogguss, - Aces Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe Rosanne Cash - Runaway Train Patty Loveless - I'm That Kind Of Girl Crystal Gayle - Don't it Make my Brown Eyes Blue Mick Ronson - Slaughter on 10th Avenue The Unbearable Summer Drought, wildfires create new challenges for California cannabis growers -- Not mentioned is commercial indoor growers that use and waste millions of gallons of water, most of it discharged untreated, contaminated with fertilizer, mold and fungus. Dealing with waste water would cut into burgeoning profit margins. There is legislation pending in Sacramento (if it doesn't burn down first) to increase fees for water usage and waste treatment. The Pot Lobby is very busy working against acting responsibly. Fires in the Amazon are out of control. Again. Hurricane Ida could ravage the Covid-19-strained Gulf Coast Climate Change is Turning Antarctica's Snow Green It’s time to rethink air conditioning A vacation town promises rest and relaxation. The water knows the truth. How Martha’s Vineyard became a Black summertime sanctuary Clint Smith III on confronting slavery’s legacy in America Rachel Nichols Is Out—But ESPN’s Racial Rot Remains Poop Wars A homeless man sleeps under an American Flag blanket on a park bench. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) 3 reasons workers still aren't making as much money as they would have in a pandemic-free world ‘I am (likely) the world’s most stupid person’: Former Microsoft and Amazon executive sentenced to 2 years for filing over $5 million in fake PPP loans Medical supplier allegedly took $12 million for masks and gloves — using it to buy a Boca Raton mansion, prosecutors say This Explains Why Delta Variant Is Hammering Hospitals Georgia School Official Responds to COVID Crisis With ‘Tone Deaf’ Blue Jeans Proposal What are the limits of public hygiene? We did everything right and still got breakthrough cases. The lab leak hypothesis — true or not — should teach us a lesson How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America’s elderly Why Americans hate and fear the poor: Joanne Samuel Goldblum on the price of inequality Judge strikes Seattle homelessness measure from ballot Milwaukee suburban school won’t offer students free lunch R. Kelly Went on Wild Rant About Stigma Over Sex With Teens, Witness Says The mystery behind OnlyFans’ flip-flop on porn I can see why. -- She Quit Being an ICU Nurse to Make Six Figures on OnlyFans Bill Maher Shames Sex Workers After OnlyFans Reversal Elizabeth Holmes likely to accuse ex-boyfriend and former Theranos executive of psychological and sexual abuse, court documents reveal The father of the cellphone Greetings -- 'Snobby' resident is branded the real-life Hyacinth Bucket 5 Link to comment
OhioSongbird August 29, 2021 Share August 29, 2021 One of my favorite Brit coms! Just watched the one I taped last nite on our local PBS station this morning. Still had the original Rose in it. Richard's a saint but Onslo is my guy. I actually have answered the phone like that when I get a robo/scam/political/'I don't know who the fuck you are' calls. Get some interesting reactions. Good times.... 😋 7 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 29, 2021 Share August 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said: One of my favorite Brit coms! Just watched the one I taped last nite on our local PBS station this morning. Still had the original Rose in it. Richard's a saint but Onslo is my guy. I actually have answered the phone like that when I get a robo/scam/political/'I don't know who the fuck you are' calls. Get some interesting reactions. Good times.... 😋 I would pay good money to hear you do that! 6 Link to comment
OhioSongbird August 29, 2021 Share August 29, 2021 I can do a pretty good Hyacinth.... 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 29, 2021 Share August 29, 2021 Ed Asner, TV’s blustery Lou Grant, dies at 91 Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later in the drama “Lou Grant,” died Sunday. He was 91. Asner’s representative confirmed the actor’s death in an email to The Associated Press. Asner’s official Twitter account included a note from his children: “We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully. Words cannot express the sadness we feel. With a kiss on your head- Goodnight dad. We love you.” Built like the football lineman he once was, the balding Asner was a journeyman actor in films and TV when he was hired in 1970 to play Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” For seven seasons he was the rumpled boss to Moore’s ebullient Mary Richards (He called her “Mary,” she called him “Mr. Grant”) at the fictional Minneapolis TV newsroom where both worked. Later, he would play the role for five years on “Lou Grant.” Asner’s character had caught on from the first episode of “Mary Tyler Moore,” when he told Mary in their initial meeting, “You’ve got spunk. ... I hate spunk!” The inspired cast included Ted Knight as Ted Baxter, the dimwitted news anchor; Gavin MacLeod as Murray Slaughter, the sarcastic news writer; and Betty White as the manipulative, sex-obsessed home show hostess Sue Ann Nivens. Valerie Harper and Cloris Leachman, playing Mary’s neighbors, both saw their characters spun off into their own shows. Asner is the third “Mary Tyler Moore” alum to die in recent months. Leachman died in January and MacLeod died in May. The 99-year-old White is the lone surviving main cast member from “Mary Tyler Moore.” “Mary Tyler Moore” was still a hit when the star decided to pursue other interests, and so it was brought to an end in the seventh season with a hilarious finale in which all of the principals were fired except for the bumbling Baxter. Asner went immediately into “Lou Grant,” his character moving from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to become city editor of the Tribune, a crusading newspaper under the firm hand of Publisher Margaret Pynchon, memorably played by Nancy Marchand. Asner won three best supporting actor Emmys on “Mary Tyler Moore” and two best actor awards on “Lou Grant.” He also won Emmys for his roles in the miniseries “Rich Man, Poor Man” (1975-1976) and “Roots” (1976-1977). He had more than 300 acting credits and remained active throughout his 70s and 80s in a variety of film and TV roles. In 2003, he played Santa Claus in Will Ferrell’s hit film “Elf.” He was John Goodman’s father in the short-lived 2004 CBS comedy “Center of the Universe” and the voice of the elderly hero in the hit 2009 Pixar release, “Up.” More recently, he was in such TV series as “Forgive Me” and “Dead to Me.” Nonetheless, Asner told The Associated Press in 2009 that interesting roles were hard to come by. “I never get enough work,” he said. “It’s the history of my career. There just isn’t anything to turn down, let me put it that way.” “I’d say most people are probably in that same boat, old people, and it’s a shame,” he said. As Screen Actors Guild president, the liberal Asner was caught up in a political controversy in 1982 when he spoke out against U.S. involvement with repressive governments in Latin America. “Lou Grant” was canceled during the furor that followed and he did not run for a third SAG term in 1985. “There have been few actors of Ed Asner’s prominence who risked their status to fight for social causes the way Ed did,” said actor Gabrielle Carteris, who is SAG-AFTRA’s president. She noted that his advocacy “did not stop with performers. He fought for victims of poverty, violence, war, and legal and social injustice, both in the United States and around the globe.” Asner discussed his politicization in a 2002 interview, noting he had begun his career during the McCarthy era and for years had been afraid to speak out for fear of being blacklisted. Then he saw a nun’s film depicting the cruelties inflicted by El Salvador’s government on that country’s citizens. “I stepped out to complain about our country’s constant arming and fortifying of the military in El Salvador, who were oppressing their people,” he said. Former SAG President Charlton Heston and others accused him of making un-American statements and of misusing his position as head of their actors union. “We even had bomb threats at the time. I had armed guards,” Asner recalled. The actor blamed the controversy for ending the five-year run of “Lou Grant,” although CBS insisted declining ratings were the reason the show was canceled. Although the show had its light moments, its scripts touched on a variety of darker social issues that most series wouldn’t touch at the time, including alcoholism and homelessness. Asner remained politically active for the rest of his life and in 2017 published the book “The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs.” Asner, born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1929, almost became a newsman in real life. He studied journalism at the University of Chicago until a professor told him there was little money to be made in the profession. He quickly switched to drama, debuting as the martyred Thomas Becket in a campus production of T.S. Eliot’s “Murder in the Cathedral.” He eventually dropped out of school, going to work as a taxi driver and other jobs before being drafted in 1951. He served with the Army Signal Corps in France. Returning to Chicago after military service, he appeared at the Playwrights Theatre Club and Second City, the famed satire troupe that launched the careers of dozens of top comedians. Later, in New York, he joined the long-running “The Threepenny Opera” and appeared opposite Jack Lemmon in “Face of a Hero.” Arriving in Hollywood in 1961 for an episode of television’s “Naked City,” Asner decided to stay and appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, including the film “El Dorado,” opposite John Wayne; and the Elvis Presley vehicles “Kid Galahad” and “Change of Habit.” He was a regular in the 1960s political drama series “Slattery’s People.” He was married twice, to Nancy Lou Sykes and Cindy Gilmore, and had four children, Matthew, Liza, Kate and Charles. - Marcela Isaza 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 30, 2021 Share August 30, 2021 Caldor Fire burns near Pioneer, California/© Reuters/FRED GREAVES Hospital patients are being evacuated as the rapidly growing Caldor Fire edges closer to California's Lake Tahoe region California's Caldor fire moves closer to more heavily populated area Minnesota wildfires level off; air quality alert extended EXPLAINER: How wildfire camps keep crews ready for battle Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles CNN Live Updates - Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana Hurricane Ida forces Mississippi River to reverse flow Dramatic video shows power of Ida when it made landfall No cash or gas to run from Ida: ‘We can’t afford to leave’ EXPLAINER: Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smaller Ida slams Louisiana hospitals brimming with virus patients In pictures: Hurricane Ida lashes Gulf Coast Kudzu Is So Much More Than the “Vine That Ate the South” “America Is Segregated, and So Is Pollution” 'Desert': drying Euphrates threatens disaster in Syria Montegut Fire Chief Toby Henry walks back to his fire truck in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana, as Hurricane Ida passes on August 29/Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images Australia's Ryley Batt falls during the wheelchair rugby bronze medal match against Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) Meet the 17-year-old swimmer and TikTok star who just won Paralympic gold Masters level: Paralympian eyes medal in 4th different sport 'It keeps me awake at night': Paralympic gold medalist blinded in Afghanistan questions US' 'war on terror' Britain defeats US 54-49 for gold in wheelchair rugby Associated Press Photos of First Week of Tokyo Paralympic Games Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train a Comin' Spice Girls - Stop SAYGRACE - Gone Mocean Worker - Tickle It North Mississippi Allstars - Jellyrollin' All Over Heaven Robert Randolph - Black Snake Moan - 12/4/2019 - Paste Studio NYC - New York, NY Miranda Lambert - Only Prettier Muse - Knights Of Cydonia: Live At Wembley Stadium 2007 Elvin Bishop ft Mickey Thomas & Reni Slais - Fooled Around and Fell in Love Southern Avenue - Keep On Wynonna Judd - Tell Me Why Nandi Bushell, 11-year-old drummer, finally joins Foo Fighters on stage Nandi Bushell YouTube Channel Moo -- Spotted: Cow at a McDonald’s drive-through in Wisconsin The European Union is expected to recommend on Monday that member states reinstate Covid-related travel restrictions and halt nonessential travel from the United States and five other countries. People are seen here at the Beach of the Concha in San Sebastian Guipuzkoa, Spain, on Tuesday. (Ramon Costa/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images) EU to recommend reinstating Covid-related travel restrictions on US, reports say You are not a horse -- Ivermectin debacle exposes hypocrisy of anti-vaccine crowd “The Clock Starts Ticking Today” Don’t Want to Get Vaccinated? It Could Cost You. Evangelicals, science and the vaccine: Refusal is built on deep-seated fear Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume Unwanted record: Russia’s COVID deaths hit new high in July Are You Entitled to Privacy Over Your Pee and Poop? What if your college dorm analyzed your sewage to find out if you’re pregnant or on drugs? Why is walking good for the brain? Drummer jokes got it wrong: Why drummers are smarter, healthier, and live longer lives Widower’s death extends mourning tied to El Paso massacre Save the Date ... Or else -- A Chicago couple sent a $240 invoice to their 'no call, no show' guests who did not attend their destination wedding, report says 6 Link to comment
SweePea59 August 30, 2021 Share August 30, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said: The 99-year-old White is the lone surviving main cast member from “Mary Tyler Moore.” Not True. John Amos is still alive. Edited August 30, 2021 by SweePea59 3 3 Link to comment
deirdra August 30, 2021 Share August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, SweePea59 said: Not True. John Amos is still alive. Weathermen don't get any respect, even though that is often the reason we consistently watch the News. Amos was the baby of the cast and is only 81.5 now. 2 7 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 30, 2021 Share August 30, 2021 49 minutes ago, deirdra said: Weathermen don't get any respect, even though that is often the reason we consistently watch the News. Amos was the baby of the cast and is only 81.5 now. I remember when he quit Good Times. The whole J.J. eating the show and IMO, ruining it. I liked it before it became all Dyn-O-mite, all the time. 6 Link to comment
OhioSongbird August 30, 2021 Share August 30, 2021 Just watching today's ep and Devon just said "There's no one would have been able to predict that Stitch would do something that damn crazy...." Hello......over here! (jumping up and down--waving arms). I did weeks ago. Nobody on that damn show ever listens to me..... 8 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 30, 2021 Share August 30, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said: Just watching today's ep and Devon just said "There's no one would have been able to predict that Stitch would do something that damn crazy...." Hello......over here! (jumping up and down--waving arms). I did weeks ago. Nobody on that damn show ever listens to me..... Many of us have been paying attention to your prophesies. You are our Cassandra, Ohio. Edited August 30, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 7 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 31, 2021 Share August 31, 2021 (edited) In this image made through a night vision scope and provided by U.S. Central Command, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, as the final American service member to depart Afghanistan. (U.S. Central Command via AP) The last US military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the end of the United States' longest war None of My Students Remember 9/11 In this Jan. 24, 2016 file photo, a man wears a pest doctor mask in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. This carnival mask derives from 16th century doctors wearing beak-nosed masks filled with aromatic herbs to cleanse the air they breathed when treating the sick. Venice’s central place in the history of battling pandemics and pestilence will come into focus at this year’s Venice Film Festival, which opens Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, with the premiere of Pedro Almodovar’s in-competition “Madres Paralelas” (Parallel Mothers), which he developed during Spain’s 2020 coronavirus lockdown, one of the harshest in the West. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A parent's primary role: Protecting our kids against hopelessness Bullies at school and camp can't get a pass because 'they're just kids.' Parents need to act. Mormon vaccine push ratchets up, dividing faith’s members Vaccine Refusers Don’t Get to Dictate Terms Anymore “When Virologists Are in Demand, It’s a Sign of the Apocalypse”: Meet the Unlikely Breakout Stars Getting Us Through the Pandemic No stranger to plagues, Venice opens film fest with caution Associated Press Coronavirus Coverage Evictions to hit 750,000 households, Goldman says Jo Dee Messina - My Give A Damn's Busted Jimi Hendrix - Bleeding Heart live Pistol Annies - Hell On Heels Muse - Undisclosed Desires METRIC - Gold Guns Girls M.I.A. - Reload girl in red - bad idea! The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar The White Stripes: We’re Going to Be Friends Linda Ronstadt "You're No Good" December 21, 1973 Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea - Pretty Girls Mya - My Love Is Like...Wo This photo provided by New York's Bronx Zoo shows an 11-month-old, 80-pound cougar that was removed from an apartment, in the Bronx borough of New York, where she was being kept illegally as a pet, animal welfare officials said Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. The cougar, nicknamed Sasha, spent the weekend at the Bronx Zoo receiving veterinary care and is now headed to the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, officials said. (Courtesy of The Bronx Zoo via AP) Mother fights off mountain lion to save 5-year-old son Cougar that was kept as illegal pet removed from NYC home Rufus the Dog Is Counting on Your Generosity. But So Is a Fundraising Firm With a Checkered Past. ‘These Nuts Have Now Been Placed In Evidence’: Squirrel Leads Officer To Secret Squad Car Stash Fossil leaves may reveal climate in last era of dinosaurs Google Earth's new Timelapse feature shows 40 years of climate change in just seconds Associated Press HURRICANE IDA Coverage Tropical Storm Kate develops in the Atlantic South Lake Tahoe residents ordered to evacuate as Caldor Fire threatens the area PG&E boosts lobbying spending as Dixie Fire burns An undated photo provided by prosecutors shows the gates of R. Kelly's Olympia Fields house, which also served as the "Chocolate Factory" recording studio/CNN Witnesses describe life inside R. Kelly's 'Chocolate Factory' First male to speak publicly of alleged sexual abuse by R. Kelly testifies at trial R. Kelly Sexually Assaulted Teen Days After Secretly Marrying Aaliyah, Witness Says Prince Andrew’s Gilded Cage Closes in as Department of Justice Reiterates Desire to Speak to Disgraced Royal Meet Sonic the Hedgehog’s Horniest Fans Which Elizabeth Holmes Will Show Up at Her Trial? Bombshell Lawsuit Has ‘GMA’ Co-Hosts at Each Other’s Throats, Sources Say Porn Superstar Maitland Ward: Our OnlyFans Victory Is Just the Beginning RFK’s oldest son condemns possible parole of Sirhan Sirhan The Never Ending Drama of Ye - Kanye West claims his new album was released 'without my approval' Kanye West releases new album 'Donda' after delay Congrats, Kanye West: You’ve Achieved Peak Jackass-dom Review: A revival for Kanye West on divorce album ‘Donda’ God May Forgive Kanye West, but You Don’t Have To New Bob Ross documentary complicates the legacy of an artist who painted 'happy little trees' Search underway for a century-old painting used in CT Mass Arc de Triomphe to be wrapped for posthumous work by Christo Edited August 31, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 1, 2021 Share September 1, 2021 (edited) Asia Society Illustration The Pandemic’s Wrongest Man Alex Berenson, 'Pandemic's Wrongest Man' Suspended Permanently From Twitter The compounded tragedy of conservative radio hosts dying of Covid-19 RI native radio host who opposed vaccinations dies after COVID-19 battle The slow and steady decline of the vaccine skeptics Anti-vaxxers forced a mobile COVID-19 vaccine site in Georgia to shut down after threatening health workers: official Judge sides with Illinois hospital refusing to treat man with ivermectin A hospital refused to give ivermectin to a Covid-19 patient. Then a judge ordered doctors to administer it. ‘AntiVaxMomma’ accused of selling bogus vaccination cards I wrote about why I got a COVID vaccination. Then I was fired from my job. Rise of the COVID-era millionaires Our Never-Ending Empathy for Everything Is Backfiring ZIAUL HAQUE OISHARJH/SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES Major High Street Players Are Committing To Protect Garment Workers In A Vital New Agreement Do You Wash Your New Clothes Before You Wear Them? Well Intentioned: Marie Kondo on Sparking Joy at Home, in the Office, and on the Changing Table Marie Kondo on ‘Sparking Joy’ in the Time of COVID and the Alison Roman Mess Todd Rundgren's Utopia -- 1974 Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way José González - Swing Pistol Annies - Got My Name Changed Back Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over Aimee Mann - Save Me The Raconteurs – Steady, As She Goes Thao & Mirah - Little Cup David Bowie - Suffragette City - live 1972 Snowmaking machine used to fight wildfire near Lake Tahoe ski resort/© Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images Caldor Fire jumps highway amid evacuation order, scorches its way toward pristine Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe resort city faces critical hours as the Caldor Fire closes in, threatening 34,000 structures Lake Tahoe ski resort uses snow-making machines to fight wildfire Don't hold your breath - Years later, California voters still wait on water projects How oysters can stop a flood What do hurricane categories mean? Why Hurricane Ida has been so devastating to Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Coming to a power grid near you - Louisiana power outages renew questions about utility giant’s preparedness for storms The Major Problems Blocking America’s Electric Car Future CNN Photo 'The possibilities are endless on how fast we can go,' says Paralympian David Brown, the world's fastest blind athlete Paralympian says he had to be pulled through White House kitchen lift because 'they didn't have an elevator' Masters cruises to Paralympic gold in hand-cycle time trial High jumper Sam Grewe wins gold, heads to medical school Jeffrey Epstein accuser asks Supreme Court to uphold victims' rights 20 years after Aaliyah’s death, her story only feels more tragic Who is R Kelly’s defense attorney, Nicole Blank Becker? Man testifies against R. Kelly in sex-trafficking trial R. Kelly Got Angry if Women Broke His Rules, Ex-Assistant Says Non-fan of R. Kelly describes still falling prey to him Woman testifies about R. Kelly prodding her to have sex Why Are Judges Forcing Survivors of Domestic Violence Back into Court While Delta Spreads? Ex-Backpage owners head to trial over alleged sex ads USA Gymnastics Reaches $425M Settlement With Larry Nassar Victims See you never, Jackwagon - Mike Richards is out as producer of ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel’ Pearl Milling Company's new ads remind customers it used to be Aunt Jemima — without mentioning the racist brand The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms Edited September 1, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 4 Link to comment
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