Cupid Stunt September 2, 2021 Share September 2, 2021 (edited) Grand Isle, Louisiana after Hurricane Ida/CNN Photo Flash-flood warning, tornado watch as Ida pounds Massachusetts New York declares a state of emergency as the Northeast is slammed by flooding from Ida's remnants Louisiana's last inhabited barrier island bore the brunt of Hurricane Ida. Here's what it looks like now Moo - Cow stuck in tree after Hurricane Ida rescued by workers in Louisiana bayou EXPLAINER: How wetlands can help buffer Louisiana storms Caldor fire continues to rage outside South Lake Tahoe Air pollution is cutting more years from people's lives than smoking, war or HIV/AIDS Grand jury indicts police officers and paramedics in 2019 death of Elijah McClain Black farmers awaiting for billions in promised debt relief Davin McCoy - The Sun Tara Priya - Achin' THE TRIGGER CODE - The Defender Mocean Worker - Shake Ya Boogie Shaun Taylor McManus - The Last Stand TREVOR MENEAR - Answer Me Craig Erickson - You're The One Jimi Hendrix - Izabella Fillmore East 12/31/1969 Miranda Lambert - Little Red Wagon Grouplove - Ways To Go, Live on KROQ Chicago - Saturday in the Park & Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Mary Chapin Carpenter - Shut Up and Kiss Me An Apollo butterfly lands on an oxeye daisy in the Haut-Jura Regional Nature Park, eastern France, as shot by French photographer Emelin Dupieux/Wildlife Photographer of the Year Stunning images released by Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021 competition Birds of prey face global decline from habitat loss, poisons Mexican gray wolf roaming near Flagstaff captured, relocated Washington state orders the killing of up to 2 wolves Oregon OKs killing 2 more wolves, citing attack on cow -- Moo. I’m a Sex Worker and a Sex-Trafficking Survivor. Shame on Bill Maher for Mocking Us. Minister who officiated R. Kelly and Aaliyah's wedding testifies against Kelly Inside R. Kelly’s Secret Marriage to 15-Year-Old Aaliyah R. Kelly Made Girlfriends Who ‘Twerked for Cake’ Fight Each Other at Birthday Party, Witness Says R. Kelly accuser says he kept gun nearby while berating her Backpage Kingpins Go on Trial—and Sex Workers May Pay the Price Flying car completes 35-minute test flight between cities Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake Cars have been guzzling leaded gasoline for 99 years. Not any more Amazon’s favorite electric vehicle company is going public at a very tricky time Understanding elephant trunks could be a breakthrough for robotics How Flying Got So Awful Child Covid-19 hospitalizations reach a new high. That's not the only reason kids need to be protected from Delta, doctors say Americans just want their schools left alone Idaho governor calls in help amid surge in COVID patients South Dakota National Guard deployed for COVID-19 response Overworked school superintendents are hesitant to take on the role of public health officer, too What the data reveals about children and Covid-19 in the US Oregon school district fires superintendent without reason, after he upheld state's mask mandate Oxygen supplies grow precarious amid COVID surge Why false claims about Covid-19 vaccines and infertility are so powerful Reddit takes action against groups spreading Covid-19 misinformation Sweetgreen’s CEO Thinks Salads Work Better Than Vaccines Elite health fetish as denial of social responsibility. COVID-19 recession pushed Social Security insolvency up a year Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement Edited September 2, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 3, 2021 Share September 3, 2021 (edited) In this Aug. 30, 2005 file photo, Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans. Hurricane Ida looks an awful lot like Hurricane Katrina, bearing down on the same part of Louisiana on the same calendar date. But hurricane experts say there are differences in the two storms 16 years apart that may prove key and may make Ida nastier in some ways but less dangerous in others.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) From Katrina to Ida, what has Louisiana learned? Photos show black slick in water near Gulf oil rig after Ida Flights resume, some power restored in New Orleans after Ida With dozens dead and rescue efforts ongoing, NYC mayor says the dire future experts warned of is now The days of 'let's see what happens' are over Firefighters battle wildfires, fatigue and Covid-19 as California braces for an extended fire season California's massive wildfires are doing something no wildfire has ever done before These ancient climate change events helped early humans migrate across the Arabian desert Study: Warmer Arctic led to killer cold in Texas, much of US U.S. Government Shuts Down Stalker Software Company Diabolical Ransomware Gang Calls It Quits Whitey can't go to space -- FAA grounds Virgin Galactic, says it's investigating problems with Richard Branson's flight to edge of space The new digital driver’s licenses from Apple sound slightly creepy Apple has changed its App Store rules, and Apple’s critics aren’t satisfied Breach exposed Dallas student, parent, teacher personal data Cryptocurrency promoter pleads guilty in $2 billion fraud Reports: Hedge fund execs to pay billions in tax settlement Robert Mercer and Renaissance Technologies insiders to pay as much as $7 billion to the IRS in one of the largest federal tax settlements in history German central bank inundated with money damaged in floods Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - You Worry Me (Live In Dublin) The Velvet Underground & Nico - I'll Be Your Mirror Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue Grace Slick Vocals Isolated - White Rabbit Jeff Buckley - Vancouver Norma Tanega - You're Dead Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur Bangs - I Want More Tenacious D - Time Warp The Producers - Springtime for Hitler and Germany ABBA back after 40 years with new album, virtual stage show Tim McGraw: What I’ve Learned -- Haven't been convinced to stop hiding your bald pate under a custom cowboy hat. Associated Press PARALYMPIC GAMES coverage Say hello to handstanding spotted skunks, 'the acrobats of the skunk world' The skeleton of the world's biggest Triceratops goes on sale Not Yet Satisfied: These women are making sexual pleasure a gender equality priority Marilyn Manson Accusers Slam Kanye West Over ‘Donda’ Feature Uneasy witness testifies against R. Kelly at federal trial Ivory Coast TV presenter convicted of glorifying rape Three doses of Covid-19 vaccine are likely needed for full protection, Fauci says Why a Covid-19 vaccine for younger children is taking longer than a vaccine for adults With more than 1,300 Americans dying each day from COVID, experts say penalizing the unvaccinated works better than incentives Misspelling of Moderna leads to tourist’s arrest in Hawaii Data shows Florida’s latest COVID surge the deadliest yet Inside a Florida Hospital Full of Dying, Unvaxxed Thirtysomethings What the Great Depression Can Teach Us About Responding to COVID-19 Deal with OxyContin maker leaves families angry, conflicted You're still not a horse -- Man With COVID Overdoses on Ivermectin As Doctors Warn It's 'Ineffective and Not Safe' Explainer: What is the Texas abortion ban and why does it matter? Edited September 3, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 1 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 4, 2021 Share September 4, 2021 Hurricane Larry churns in the central Atlantic on Sept. 3, 2021/CNN Larry: the next major hurricane in the Atlantic New York City's illegally converted apartments proved deadly in Ida's path Louisiana AG opens investigation into deaths of nursing home residents at temporary hurricane shelter Searches, sorrow in wake of Ida’s destructive, deadly floods Feds responding to reports of oil, chemical spills after Ida It's not your imagination. Weather and climate disasters have been getting more frequent since the '70s First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price gouging Huge wildfire near Lake Tahoe slows as weather improves A little-known cache of water tore apart this California cannabis-farming community Vintners despair after French wildfire ravaged grapevines Watch this dog crash his owner's weather report Study documents dramatic loss of remaining Pyrenees glaciers The spotted lanternfly is invading the Northeast. The consequences will be dire if they take over GM shutting down production at most of its plants in North America Nothing Will Prepare You for the Pro-Gas Version of Blackstreet’s ‘No Diggity’ Blackstreet - No Diggity Miranda Lambert - Kerosene Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There Marshall Crenshaw - Misty Dreamer Scritti Politti - Perfect Way Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) PJ Harvey - This Is Love Republica - Drop Dead Gorgeous The Pilgrims at Stage 33 Live Elastica - Connection An Iowa town goes to battle for Afghan immigrant One by One, My Friends Were Sent to the Camps House panel backs making women register for draft Peppa Pig appears to have trolled Kanye West Lil Nas X trolls Drake with album 'pregnancy' announcement Sarah Paulson addresses criticism over portrayal of Linda Tripp in 'fat suit' in 'Impeachment' Young Afghan artist creates haunting image of her homeland's fall to the Taliban Why Oil Paint Is So Expensive Banksy's shredded painting is on sale again -- and it may be worth six times as much Illustration/Getty Images, iStock U.S. Covid-19 death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge The simplest explanation for the Delta surge is still the best one The first U.S. COVID death was reportedly a month before everyone thought Risk factors and disease profile of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK users of the COVID Symptom Study app: a prospective, community-based, nested, case-control study LONG-HAULERS ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR FUTURE ‘Loss of hope’: Idaho hospitals crushed by COVID-19 surge I'm a college professor, not a Covid-19 guinea pig 3 3 Link to comment
OhioSongbird September 4, 2021 Share September 4, 2021 Words to live by: "Racecar backwards is racecar. Racecar upside down is expensive." 7 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 4, 2021 Share September 4, 2021 7 hours ago, OhioSongbird said: Words to live by: "Racecar backwards is racecar. Racecar upside down is expensive." Needlepointing this on a pillow. 5 hours ago, SweePea59 said: Loved the cat vid, Cupid. Thx. I'm fascinated by Asian-produced cat videos. They seem like animal behavior studies, with a schmoopy I Wuv Vu swirly of whipped cream and sprinkles on top. 5 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 4, 2021 Share September 4, 2021 11 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said: Needlepointing this on a pillow. I'm fascinated by Asian-produced cat videos. They seem like animal behavior studies, with a schmoopy I Wuv Vu swirly of whipped cream and sprinkles on top. I like how they figured out the magical orb. I wish I could read what they are saying. And I love how the light bulb is the universal sign of "idea" 1 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 4, 2021 Share September 4, 2021 (edited) Photo/© NBC News Willard Scott, Weatherman of the ‘Today’ Show, Dies at 87 Willard Scott, the clown prince of weathermen and patron saint of centenarians who spent 65 years at NBC, the last 35 of those as a regular on the Today show, has died. He was 87. The good-natured Scott, a favorite son of the Washington area who created and portrayed the original Ronald McDonald, died Saturday, current Today weatherman Al Roker said. “We lost a beloved member of our @todayshow family this morning,” Roker shared on Instagram. “Willard Scott passed peacefully at the age of 87 surrounded by family, including his daughters Sally and Mary and his lovely wife, Paris. He was truly my second dad and am where I am today because of his generous spirit. Willard was a man of his times, the ultimate broadcaster. There will never be anyone quite like him.” Scott announced his retirement from the Today show in December 2015 but still appeared periodically to wish a fond “Happy Birthday” to those viewers who had turned 100 (and more), continuing a triple-digit tradition that he began in 1983. In 1980, when ABC’s Good Morning America was besting the Today show in the ratings for the first time in almost three decades, NBC News president William Small retaliated by hiring the gap-toothed, overweight Scott to replace weatherman Bob Ryan. He joined Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley on the broadcast. Scott, 6-foot-3 and at times approaching 300 pounds, had spent the previous 13 years as the folksy weather guy at WRC-TV, NBC’s station in D.C. Audiences in the nation’s capital saw Scott appear on camera taking a bath, emerge from a manhole on Groundhog Day and wear only a barrel to remind viewers that it was Tax Day. On the Today show, he came on the air clad in a dress, large earnings, platform shoes and a fruit-topped hat a la singer Carmen Miranda; he also was made up as Boy George and Cupid (for Valentine’s Day). On The Tonight Show, he removed his toupee and showed Jay Leno his bald head. It didn’t matter that Scott was not really an expert on the weather. A People magazine story in 1980 noted that his reports were prepared by two professional meteorologists. “I became a household word,” Willard said in 1989, “but I know, even if the rest of the world doesn’t, that buffooning is not what has made me work. I work because people know I love them. I also know that just the fact that I’m alive offends some people. I’m big, overpowering, flamboyant and loud. That’s a turnoff, but some people see a heart to this beast. I might put my foot in my mouth five times out of six, but the sixth time, I strike a chord, and people respond.” An only child, Scott was born on March 7, 1934, in Alexandria, Virginia. His mother was a telephone operator and his father a life insurance salesman. At age 8, he had his own radio station (in the basement of the family home) that actually sold ads, and by 1950 he had landed a job as a page at WRC for $12 a week. While attending D.C.’s American University, where he would earn degrees in philosophy and religion, Scott began a comedy radio show with a blind classmate, Ed Walker; they billed themselves as The Joy Boys and performed locally for nearly two decades. In 1955, Scott made his TV debut as a host on the show Afternoon, also featuring a teenage Jim Henson and the Muppets, then played Bozo the Clown five days a week on another show starting in 1959. As the famous clown, he appeared in commercials for the first McDonald’s in the area. “When Bozo went off the air,” he wrote in his 1983 book The Joy of Living, “the local McDonald’s people asked me to come up with a new character to take Bozo’s place. So I sat down and created Ronald McDonald.” As Ronald, he sported a paper cup on his nose and a cardboard carry-out tray on his head during commercials. When McDonald’s introduced the character to a nationwide audience, it chose a clown from the Ringling Brothers circus to play Ronald, and Scott was very disappointed. Scott served as the Today show’s No. 1 weatherman until he stepped aside for Roker in 1996. In the years since, he really endeared himself to viewers of all ages with his salutes (sponsored by Smucker’s) to centenarians. Here’s how one segment went in 2014: “Millie, I love you, you are so sweet. Millie Kuperman is from Staten Island, New York, and she is 101 years old today. She loves to play the piano. I bet she knows all the old songs. … This is Knut Einarsen, and he is from Kenmore, Washington state. He’s 100 years old today, and you know something? He can drink two pots of coffee every single day!” Survivors include his wife, Paris, whom he wed in 2014, and the two daughters from his first marriage to Mary Dwyer Scott; they were married from 1959 until her death in 2002. -- Mike Barnes Edited September 4, 2021 by Cupid Stunt Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 5, 2021 Share September 5, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, peacheslatour said: I like how they figured out the magical orb. I wish I could read what they are saying. And I love how the light bulb is the universal sign of "idea" Edited September 5, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 5, 2021 Share September 5, 2021 An inventory of pre-sold caskets at a funeral home in April 2020 in New York City/© Spencer Platt/Getty Images How many people have died from Covid-19? We may never know Florida grapples with COVID-19′s deadliest phase yet COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are more complicated than they appear. Here’s why. Top federal health officials warn that booster shots initially may be limited to Pfizer recipients 'Surprised and disappointed.' Doctors in Covid-19 hotspots last year are dealing with new record hospitalizations Masks were working all along Service workers now have another thankless job: Checking vaccine statuses I work at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Here’s what people ask me when they’re getting their shot — and what I tell them Vaccine mandates: Employees paying to be unvaccinated is 'very much like smoking surcharges,' expert explains The Ivermectin Craze A leader of a movement touting toxic bleach as a 'miracle' COVID-19 cure has been charged following a 5-year-old boy's death Virus pummels French Polynesia, straining ties with Paris How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone The Covid-19 endgame: Is the pandemic over already? Or are there years to go? HIV/AIDS vaccine: Why don’t we have one after 37 years, when we have several for COVID-19 after a few months? Companies: $26B settlement of opioid lawsuits to move ahead Legal shield for Purdue Pharma owners is at heart of appeals Former ‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Sentenced to Years Behind Bars after Second-Degree Murder Conviction for Overprescribing Meds Coda to a massive scandal: Two Kraft executives charged in accounting scheme 'I can't believe the numbers': Mass shootings, homicide rates, gun sales hit highest levels since 1990s R. Kelly Trial: Woman Accuses Disgraced Singer of Paying $200,000 to Settle STD Lawsuit During Day Nine of R. Kelly Trial, Woman Who Wasn’t a Fan Says She Was Still Exposed to an STD by Kelly Feds Must Disclose ‘Identities of Any Unnamed Co-Conspirators’ to Ghislaine Maxwell, Trial Judge Rules Bill Cosby, Who Isn't In Prison Due to a Technicality, Is Still Facing a Civil Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Will Plead the Fifth Women say they met porn actor Jeremy for fun; rape came next Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking Nico-Icon Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Marshall Crenshaw - WNEW live October 6, 1983 Paula Cole - I Don't Want to Wait SAYGRACE - Church On Sunday ABBA - I Still Have Faith In You Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Hey Mama Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weight of the World Guards - I Know It's You ZZ Ward - 365 Days (The Summer's Over) Sleeperstar - I Was Wrong Alan Pasqua - My New Old Friend KELLY PARDEKOOPER - Yonder Tracy Chapman - Across the Lines The Tubes - What Do You Want From Life Two firefighters from Cosumnes Fire Department carry water hoses while holding a fire line to keep the Caldor Fire from spreading in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. Fire crews took advantage of decreasing winds to battle a California wildfire near popular Lake Tahoe and were even able to allow some people back to their homes but dry weather and a weekend warming trend meant the battle was far from over. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Lake Tahoe evacuees hope to return home as wildfire slows Survivors of California's deadliest wildfire are now helping other survivors pick up the pieces What’s causing California’s unprecedented wildfires Nearly a Week Without Power, New Orleans Is Facing a ‘Race With the Clock’ Cleanup boats on scene of large Gulf oil spill following Ida Hurricane Ida shows the increasing impact of climate change since Katrina Let's Actually Ask An Expert If Traffic Circles Could Make Tornadoes UN: Brief gains in air quality in 2020 over COVID lockdowns Ford plant caused benzene vapor in Detroit suburb’s sewers Report: More sharks, rays threatened with extinction Landlord finds 19 tarantulas, 1 python left behind by tenant How Can You Overcome Climate Dread? In this June 10, 2020 file photo, cattle is seen at a feedlot in Columbus, Neb. Cattle producers for 35 years have been bankrolling one of the nation's most iconic marketing campaigns, but now many want to end the program that created the "Beef. It's What's for Dinner" slogan. What's the ranchers' beef? It's that their mandatory fee of $1 per head of cattle sold is not specifically promoting American beef at a time when imports are flooding the market and plant-based, "fake meat" products are proliferating in grocery stores. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik File) Moo -- Cattle producers have a beef with 35-year marketing campaign 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 5, 2021 Share September 5, 2021 (edited) Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Reggae Giant and Dub Pioneer, Dead at 85 Lee “Scratch” Perry, the monumental reggae singer, producer and studio wizard who pushed the boundaries of Jamaican music — and as a byproduct, rock, hip-hop and dance — with his explorations into dub, has died at the age of 85. The Jamaican Observer reports that Perry died Sunday at the Noel Holmes Hospital in western Jamaica. Cause of death was unknown at press time. Andrew Holness, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, tweeted Sunday, “My deep condolences to the family, friends, and fans of legendary record producer and singer, Rainford Hugh Perry OD, affectionately known as ‘Lee Scratch’ Perry. He has worked with and produced for various artistes, including Bob Marley and the Wailers, the Congos, Adrian Sherwood, the Beastie Boys, and many others. Undoubtedly, Lee Scratch Perry will always be remembered for his sterling contribution to the music fraternity. May his soul Rest In Peace.” Beastie Boys’ Mike D wrote on social media Sunday, “We send the most love and respect we can to Lee Perry who passed today, to his family and loved ones and the many he influenced with his pioneering spirit and work. We are truly grateful to have been inspired by, worked with and collaborated with this true legend. Let us all listen to his deep catalog in tribute.” Over a career spanning seven decades, Perry was one of music’s most prolific artists; Kiss Me Neck, a book that lists Perry’s entire recording output through the early 2000s, runs over 300 pages. “You could never put your finger on Lee Perry – he’s the Salvador Dali of music,” Keith Richards told Rolling Stone in 2010. “He’s a mystery. The world is his instrument. You just have to listen. More than a producer, he knows how to inspire the artist’s soul. Like Phil Spector, he has a gift of not only hearing sounds that come from nowhere else, but also translating those sounds to the musicians. Scratch is a shaman.” “It was Lee Perry’s sound and the Jamaican toasters that inspired us to start hip-hop,” Afrika Bambaataa said. “Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry transfigured reggae’s loping cadence and R&B heart into something darker, holier and more dangerous — a music of visionary rhythmic textures and biblical-warrior vengeance,” David Fricke wrote in his 1997 review of the Arkology compilation. “At Black Ark, Perry definitely operated on the crumbling margins of sanity; his own ‘Soul Fire’ is anguished, hallucinatory dub, the sound of a man driven to terror and incoherence. But for the most part, Perry was crazy like George Clinton, drawing dynamic performances from a fluid cast of singers and sidemen and camouflaging his calls for social change and spiritual retribution in cool licks and cartoonish mysticism.” Born in rural Jamaica in 1936, the scrappy Rainford Hugh “Lee” Perry moved to Kingston in the early Sixties. “My father worked on the road, my mother in the fields. We were very poor. I went to school… I learned nothing at all. Everything I have learned has come from nature,” Perry told NME in 1984. “When I left school there was nothing to do except field work. Hard, hard labor. I didn’t fancy that. So I started playing dominoes. Through dominoes I practiced my mind and learned to read the minds of others. This has proved eternally useful to me.” Perry’s career in music began in the late Fifties when he was employed to sell records for Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s Downbeat Sound System; by the early Sixties, Dodd opened his famed Studio One, where Perry — nicknamed “Little” at the time, due to his 4’11″ stature — got his first experience in the recording studio, producing a few dozens song for the label. “Coxsone never wanted to give a country boy a chance. No way. He took my songs and gave them to people like Delroy Wilson. I got no credit, certainly no money. I was being screwed.” After falling out with Dodd, Perry jumped over to Joe Gibbs’ rival label Amalgamated Records, where Perry continued to produce in addition to furthering his own recording career as lead artist. Disagreements between the irascible Perry and Gibbs resulted in “Scratch” finally forming his own label Upsetter Records — a nod to Perry’s proclamation “I am the Upsetter” — in 1968. Thanks to his popularity in Jamaica and the U.K. — where his 1968 single “People Funny Boy,” a slam at Gibbs, became a Top Five hit — in 1973, Perry was able to build his own backyard studio in Kingston, which he named “the Black Ark.” Here, Perry’s artistic endeavors led him to push the limits of the recording studio’s relatively antiquated capabilities to create his “versions.” As the architect of the remixed sound, Perry would layer (or overdub) his own rhythms and riddims with repetitive vocal hooks lifted from other songs — providing the blueprint for sampling in other genres — along with deep, reverberating bass, errant sound effects and disembodied horn melodies, all stewed together. “The bass is the brain, and the drum is the heart,” Perry told Rolling Stone in 2010. “I listen to my body to find the beat. From there, it’s just experimenting with the sounds of the animals in the ark.” With his seasoned backing band the Upsetters — a nod to Perry’s proclamation “I am the Upsetter” — Perry shepherded dub masterpieces like 1973’s Blackboard Jungle, the Upsetters’ landmark 1976 LP Super Ape and Perry’s own Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread. Perry and his backing band commercially weaponized the dub sound as producer on numerous acclaimed mid-Seventies reggae records — Max Romeo’s War Ina Babylon, the Heptones’ Party Time, the Congos’ Heart of the Congos and Junior Murvin’s Police & Thieves — that helped establish Jamaican music as an international art form and powerhouse. Murvin’s “Police & Thieves,” co-written by Perry, was covered by the Clash on their self-titled 1977 debut album; the reggae-indebted punk band also recruited Perry — who was in London to record Bob Marley’s “Punky Reggae Party,” itself a tribute to the Clash’s Murvin cover — to produce their single “Complete Control” later that year. (As Perry once quipped about his appeal to the punk movement, “If I want to spit here, I spit here. If I want to piss there, I piss there. I am punk.”) “Perry was using a 4-track at the Black Ark studio, but he could get about a hundred other tracks bouncing in and out of there by using stones, water, kitchen utensils and whatever else was available,” Romeo told Rolling Stone. “He makes his money by being crazy, but he’s no crazier than I am. All geniuses are mad. I remember Chris Blackwell at Black Ark sitting on a couch and saying, ‘Scratch, the tape is spilling over. You can’t do that!’ Scratch just said, ‘The album is called Super Ape, and so I need a Super Tape!’ He is a wizard, there is nobody else like him.” However, following the release of the Upsetters’ Return of the Super Ape in 1978 — and after artists like Paul and Linda McCartney (“Mister Sandman“) sought out Perry at his home studio — the Black Ark era began its slow erosion when Perry suffered a mental breakdown. The property fell into disrepair as a paranoid Perry lessened his musical output and scrawled all over the studio’s surfaces with a marker; Perry, according to legend, ultimately burned down the studio in 1983. “I needed to be forgiven of my sin,” Perry told Rolling Stone. “I created my sin, and I burned my sin, and I am born again.” Following the Black Ark era, Perry moved to England and the U.S. before ultimately residing in Switzerland with his family. He would remain prolific for the next three decades, releasing new albums on his own at a yearly pace, working with longtime fans like the Beastie Boys (Hello Nasty‘s “Dr. Lee PhD“) as well as frequent collaborations with Mad Professor, the Orb, Subatomic Soundsystem and Adrian Sherwood. In 2019, Perry released his twin LPs Rainford (his birth name) and Heavy Rain, the latter featuring guests like Brian Eno, who once hailed Perry as “one of the geniuses of recorded music.” As Beastie Boys’ Mike D said in the Perry biography People Funny Boy, “All three of us are all really inspired and influenced by Lee Perry’s music and production. I think of it in terms of opening up truly infinite possibilities of sound and music, by manipulating sounds through using the mixing board and every outboard effect and every potential tape speed to achieve sounds you might have in your head, to make those a reality.” “What a character! Totally ageless! Extremely creative, with a memory as sharp as a tape machine! A brain as accurate as a computer!” Perry’s longtime collaborator Mad Professor wrote Sunday on social media. “A clear understanding of the music and reggae industry…He guided me through the complicated reggae landscape, taught me how to balance a track to create hits… he knew it…I am happy to have learnt from him.” Scratch’s son Sean Perry said of his eccentric father in People Funny Boy, “Mr. Perry is an enigma, but trust me, he is ahead of his time; it’s we who have to try to catch him up.” -- Daniel Kreps Edited September 5, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 1 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 6, 2021 Share September 6, 2021 (edited) Mercedes Carrera, 71, received a dose of Covid vaccine at Rosewood Family Health Center in Portland, Ore., on Friday/© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times Covid-19 Deaths Surge Across a Weary America as a Once-Hopeful Summer Ends Doctors in these states could soon be forced to make tough choices about who gets an ICU bed, Fauci warns America's ongoing school nurses shortage turns dire: 'I don't know what the school year is going to bring' Two anchors of COVID-19 safety net ending, affecting millions COVID-19 patent waiver challenges proliferate — and rightly so How Ivermectin Took Over the COVID Skeptic Internet Britain's health service is running out of blood test tubes and doctors say it could lead to a 'catastrophe' What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity At least 1,000 schools in 35 states have closed for in-person learning since the start of the school year: COVID-19 updates Was Hot Vax Summer All It Was Cracked Up to Be? Until 2023? Parts shortage will keep auto prices sky-high Gun violence: America's other epidemic Our Summer From Hell Divers identify broken pipeline as source of oil spill in Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida A hurricane-hardened city coping ‘the New Orleans way’ South Lake Tahoe residents can return as fire threat eases It's time to pay serious attention to the power grid Can we clean up the mess we've created? We have to do it now, or face extinction Reimagining humanity’s obligation to wild animals The Southwest's most important river is drying up We’ve been radically underestimating the true cost of our carbon footprint See whales approach a paddle boarder in Argentina Credit: Michael R. Virgintino Collection My Weird Obsession With the Dark Underbelly of Amusement Parks Defunctland The story of amusement parks is the story of America Yesterland American History Amusement Park Florida drivers can now purchase Walt Disney World plates The Real History of Labor Day Labor Day was born from the most radical struggles of the nineteenth century. Celebrate it. This Labor Day, We Remember Our Essential Workers This Labor Day, meet America's newest union-in-the-making Help Wanted: The new sign of the times Minnesota State Fair butter sculptor ends her half-century run Labor Day lessons from the American union movement's hidden history The ‘Dirty Work’ Being Done in Our Name Do we need humans for that job? Automation booms after COVID-19 U.S. cracks down on imported goods made by Uyghurs and other victims of forced labor Millions in U.S. lose jobless benefits as federal aid expires, thrusting families and economy onto uncertain path How to Earn Six Figures, According to Reddit The 50-100 Pay Gap Series Edited September 6, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 1 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 7, 2021 Share September 7, 2021 US reaches 40 million recorded Covid-19 cases -- with 4 million counted in the last 4 weeks Why We Can’t Turn the Corner on Covid-19 Two school districts, and two radically different approaches to managing the pandemic The Latest COVID-19 Surge Is Just the Start of a New Nightmare Florida doctor says she will no longer accept in-person visits from unvaccinated patients Average daily COVID deaths jumped 131% in the last month, CDC says COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse years of progress made in patient safety, CDC study suggests First responders nationwide resist COVID vaccine mandates The Latest: More U.S. first responders are dying of COVID-19 Mu -- As Delta, Mu COVID Variants Spread, 24 States Are Still Under 50 Percent Vaccinated Brazil suspends use of millions of doses of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine Demise of a kingpin, rise of an empire Asia's multibillion dollar methamphetamine cartels are using creative chemistry to outfox police, experts say Meth production surged in Asia as economy faltered due to Covid-19, report says An epidemic in the shadow of a pandemic: Drug overdose deaths reach an all-time high in US Alleged drug kingpin argues Australia illegally had him sent to the Netherlands Michael K. Williams, ‘The Wire’ Actor, Dies at 54 Comedian Fuquan Johnson 1 of 3 dead from suspected overdose The War at Home: At least 58 people shot over Labor Day weekend London Grammar - Strong Craig Erickson - Miss Your Love Years & Years - Palo Santo Chuck Hall Band - Ain't Gonna Lie to Ya Flossie and the Fox - Don't Ask Why Glass Animals - Hazey Hans Olson - Another Day With The Blues Tito Y Tarantula - After Dark Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me RICK JAMES AND TEENA MARIE - FIRE AND DESIRE Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James (Kory Mello/Obscured Pictures/Showtime) Before Hip-Hop Embraced 'The Chronic' There Was Rick James' 'Mary Jane' "Somebody's got to wear the leather pants": Rick James doc filmmaker on the infamous rock star Race and ethnicity across the nation White supremacy, with a tan Some question Rapid City vote on grant for English learners Sloane Stephens says she received more than 2,000 messages of 'abuse and anger' after US Open defeat 'I'm going to have nine million death threats': Shelby Rogers braces for social media abuse after US Open loss Alabama lawmakers purging racist language from constitution Virginia is set to remove Richmond’s Lee statue on Wednesday Like Washington and Jefferson, he championed liberty. Unlike the founders, he freed his slaves 'Hey, Black people exist here': Black population makes significant gains in US West Automated hiring software is mistakenly rejecting millions of viable job candidates No cashiers, please: Futuristic supermarket opens in Mideast The B.S. High School Football Team ‘I Was Just Shocked and Frozen’: Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Reveal Chilling Details About Ron Jeremy Everything you need to know about the trial of R. Kelly The Problem With Being Cool About Sex Nadia Ali - Rapture (Avicii New Generation Extended Mix) Deniz Koyu - Hydra Italian Secret Service - Not the Same CooBee Coo - Never Gonna Leave Your Side Misun - Cutoff TARA PRIYA - BRUTAL GAMES RONNY TIBBS - Any Trouble Big Pete Pearson - Too Much Trouble Ben Cocks - So Cold FRANCINE REED - Good Lovin' Woman Patrick Park -- Down in the Blackness Zachary Kibbee - Baby Blue (with Diamonds) The Infatuations - Back Again Chris Arena - Slow Burn What a hurricane means when you live in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' Oh No! We Won't Glow! IAEA team in Japan to help prepare Fukushima water release Tribes lose bid to block digging at lithium mine in Nevada This summer is a terrible reminder of why we must build back nature Prized trout streams shrink as heat, drought grip US West While Caldor Fire slows and evacuation orders are lifted, three new wildfires erupt in California Lake Tahoe residents relieved homes spared from wildfire The West Coast’s Hottest New Trend? Finding Breathable Air Tracking AQI can become an obsession. Climate change pushes New Zealand to warmest recorded winter Soaring prices fuel long-running push by Pa. officials to roll back ethanol mandate This Way to the Egress: Plans for $400-billion new city in the American desert unveiled 1 3 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 7, 2021 Share September 7, 2021 The Problem With Being Cool About Sex reminds me of this: “Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl." - Gillian Flynn from Gone Girl. 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 7, 2021 Share September 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, peacheslatour said: The Problem With Being Cool About Sex reminds me of this: “Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl." - Gillian Flynn from Gone Girl. What do you get when a narcissist and a sociopath marry, lose their loathsome, self-serving jobs in NYC and reluctantly move to No Where, Missouri? Gone Girl. Edited September 7, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 7, 2021 Share September 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said: What do you get when a narcissist and a sociopath marry, lose their loathsome, self-serving jobs in NYC and reluctantly move to No Where, Missouri? Gone Girl. Agreed. It's a stupid book but that part stayed with me because it's true. 1 2 Link to comment
OhioSongbird September 7, 2021 Share September 7, 2021 I haven't seen the movie....worth my time? Story sounds good. 1 1 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 7, 2021 Share September 7, 2021 Just now, OhioSongbird said: I haven't seen the movie....worth my time? Story sounds good. It's not bad if you don't mind Ben Affleck. I think the movie's better than the book. 1 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 7, 2021 Share September 7, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, peacheslatour said: Agreed. It's a stupid book but that part stayed with me because it's true. Sure, for two cynical writers steeped in FindTheNextBigThingMediaInc. who are convinced to chase after the same claptrap they generate for every assignment. I don't recommend the book or movie for the inconsistent authorship and direction, everyone is an unreliable narrator or observer, and vacillating characterizations. Edited September 7, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 7, 2021 Share September 7, 2021 Jean-Paul Belmondo, ‘Breathless’ Star and Epitome of Gallic Cool, Dies at 88 Jean-Paul Belmondo, the rugged French actor who swept to international stardom as the anti-hero in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 classic Breathless, has died. He was 88. Belmondo died Monday in his Paris home, his lawyer Michel Godest told the AFP. In his role in Breathless, as a professional car thief, amoral killer and lover of an American expat played by Hollywood star Jean Seberg, Belmondo was hailed as the French Humphrey Bogart. Many saw him as a cross between Bogie and James Dean. With his boxer’s nose, shaggy haircut and lopsided smile, he was not your typical matinee idol; he played characters that were often reckless tough guys yet also nonchalantly French. During the course of six decades and more than 80 films, Belmondo starred in art house movies by Godard, Francois Truffaut, Alain Resnais, Claude Sautet and Jean-Pierre Melville in addition to scores of action flicks in which he did his own stunts. In 1989, he was awarded a best actor Cesar Award for his performance in the Claude Lelouch dramedy Itineraire d’un enfant gate (Itinerary of a Spoiled Child). But he refused to accept the trophy because it was designed by a famous artist (Cesar Baldaccini) who had never acknowledged the work of Belmondo’s father, the sculptor Paul Belmondo. The actor suffered a severe stroke in 2001 that paralyzed the right side of his body and left him unable to speak for six months. But he went on to appear in two more movies, including playing the lead in A Man and His Dog (2009), a remake of the Vittorio De Sica neorealist classic Umberto D. Belmondo received an honorary Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, an honorary Golden Lion at the 2016 Venice Film Festival and an honorary Cesar in 2017, when he appeared onstage surrounded by a throng of French stars. In a 2016 interview with film magazine Premiere, Belmondo, then 85, reflected on his career: “I’ve had the luck to be among those actors who’ve delved into all sorts of genres, from brainy New Wave films to laugh-out-loud comedies. I really have no regrets.” Jean-Paul Belmondo was born on April, 9, 1933, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, an affluent neighborhood just outside of Paris. His father’s works can be found in the Tuileries Garden near the Louvre and on the facade of the Paris Opera. The young Belmondo was an avid cyclist and soccer goalie who would co-found the Paris Saint-Germain soccer squad in 1970. He also was a boxer who fought professionally in his teens, with nine fights, four wins and one draw. When he was 16, Belmondo decided to become an actor and was eventually admitted to the prestigious Paris Conservatoire of Drama, where he would befriend fellow thespians Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle and Bruno Cremer. He graduated in 1956 but was denied entry to the Comedie-Francaise after the Conservatoire jury refused to award him with honors, for which Belmondo apparently responded by giving them the finger. After minor roles in such films as Marcel Carne’s Youthful Sinners (1958) and Marc Allegret’s Un drole de dimanche (1958), Belmondo crossed paths with the burgeoning French New Wave, starring in Claude Chabrol’s third feature, the seldom-seen crime drama A Double Tour (1959), and the Godard short film Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1960). But it was with Godard’s Breathless that the actor skyrocketed to fame in France and abroad. Starring alongside Seberg, Belmondo played a wily gangster named Michel Poiccard who models himself on Bogart, just as Godard fashioned his film after Hollywood B-movies that he deconstructed into a bold new work of modernity. Chain-smoking and speaking directly to the camera, Belmondo turned in a lively, funny and physical performance would become one of the most notable of his career while making Breathless one of history’s most influential films. The actor starred in another 1960 release that also would become a local hit in years to come: Sautet’s debut Classe tous risques, where he played opposite Lino Ventura. To the public, Belmondo represented a new wave of actors with regular, flawed features. “The revolution of Breathless was that the young lead wasn’t pretty to look at,” he said years later. He would set a precedent for everyday-looking stars like De Niro, Pacino and Hoffman, who would mark Hollywood films of the next two decades. During the rest of the ’60s, the actor headlined more than 30 movies by a variety of renowned filmmakers: Peter Brook’s Seven Days … Seven Nights (1960); De Sica’s Two Women (1960); Melville’s Leon Morin, Priest (1961), Le Doulos (1962) and Magnet of Doom (1963); Henri Verneuil’s A Monkey in Winter (1962) and Greed in the Sun (1964); Philippe de Broca’s That Man From Rio (1964); Rene Clement’s Is Paris Burning? (1965) and Truffaut’s Mississippi Mermaid (1969). The actor also would star in two of Godard’s most memorable films: A Woman Is a Woman (1961) and Pierrot le Fou (1965). His performance in the latter — as a family man who falls for a dangerous old flame (Anna Karina) and soon loses his mind — is among his greatest. In the 1970s, Belmondo switched to more commercial fare, headlining a number of French action flicks in which he famously performed his own stunts and injured himself several times. His most daring work was in Henri Verneuil’s thriller The Night Caller (1975), where he was suspended from a helicopter and stood atop a moving metro. By the early ’80s, Belmondo had become France’s biggest box-office star, with films like Georges Lautner’s The Professional (1981) and Gerard Oury’s Ace of Aces (1982) attracting millions of moviegoers. A serious injury on the set of Alexandre Arcady’s 1985 police comedy Hold-Up helped put an end to Belmondo’s reign as an action hero. “I don’t want to be the flying grandpa of French cinema,” he said at the time. In the years that followed, he returned to the stage, playing Cyrano de Bergerac in 1989 and headlining two renditions of classic works by Georges Feydeau. After Itineraire d’un enfant gate, he worked again with Lelouch in 1995 on an adaption of the Victor Hugo classic Les Miserables, where he played a character inspired by the novel’s hero, Jean Valjean. In 2018, it was announced that Belmondo would reteam with Lelouch once more for a sequel to Itineraire d’un enfant gate, with the actor once again starring alongside Richard Anconina. Belmondo was married to dancer Elodie Constantin, with whom he had three children, Florence, Paul and the late Patricia, from 1952 until their 1966 divorce, which came after he began dating Swiss actress Ursula Andress on the set of Up to His Ears (1965). (She was separated from director John Derek at the time.) Belmondo then was romantically involved with Italian actress Laura Antonelli from 1972-80. In 1989, he began dating ballet and television danseuse Natty Tardivel. They were married from 2002-08 and had a daughter, Stella. -- Jordan Mintzer Quote from "Breathless" Patricia Franchini: What is your greatest ambition in life? Parvulesco: To become immortal... and then die. 2 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 8, 2021 Share September 8, 2021 Schools don't need to see a big uptick in Covid-19 cases if they follow these measures, Dr. Anthony Fauci says. Students here arrive during the first day of classes in Novi, Michigan, on September 7/Photo Emily Elconin/Bloomberg/Getty Images Schools superintendent talks about the 'big tragedy' happening across America CNN Live Updates on the Covid-19 pandemic There's good and bad news about Covid-19 What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic America needs to decide how much Covid-19 risk it will tolerate You are not a horse -- Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19 COVID-19 boosters are coming but who will get them and when? Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID-19 surge Jobless Americans will have few options as benefits expire Clinton Portis and two other former NFL players plead guilty in multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ 10 years later: Self-publishing wasn’t novel then, but now it’s easier to reach a niche audience Amazon to open 2 cashier-less Whole Foods stores next year Activists focus on tip site in protesting Texas abortion law The dark side of anti-depressants for dogs Photo ABCNews Robert E. Lee statue on historic Virginia street removed Americans warier of US government surveillance: AP-NORC poll Elizabeth Holmes’ trial to dissect downfall of a tech star Ethel Kennedy says assassin shouldn’t be released Britney Spears’ father files to end court conservatorship Time's Up Disbands Entire Board in the Wake of Cuomo Backlash The problem with Sarah Paulson's fat suit in 'Impeachment: American Crime Story' -- The producers hired her for her name recognition and talent. She took the job for the the money, notoriety of the subject and fame. Now her PR people are trying to dig her out of the trending bad publicity. Dear Hollywood, Can You Please Just Hire Actual Fat People to Play Fat Characters? Do ATVs belong on roads? Towns are abuzz on perks, drawbacks -- Tax and license them like cars, with the same safety features. Lawyer whose son and wife killed has law license suspended Labor shortage leaves union workers feeling more emboldened Chain Cult - We’re Not Alone Silk Leash - Troublesome Thoughts EP Mister Strange - LIVE at Mabgate Bleach LYSOL - Soup for My Family Yee Loi, - ZWT Bliss Fields - Peal The Tubs - The Name Drinking Boys and Girls Choir - There is no Spring Porvenir Oscuro, - Asquerosa Humanidad Bootlicker - How To Love Life EP Frankie Rose - Seventeen Seconds CEMENTO - Cash Grab In this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021 file photo, smoke from wildfire spreads over the statue of Poseidon, ancient Greek God of the sea, at Pefki village on Evia island, about 189 kilometers (118 miles) north of Athens, Greece. Greece's center-right government has created a new ministry to address the impact of climate change and named former European Union commissioner Christos Stylianides as minister. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File) Greece creates climate crisis ministry after huge wildfires South Lake Tahoe residents begin cautious return as nearly half-contained Caldor Fire burns nearby California fire threat high despite progress near Tahoe EXPLAINER: What are some key decisions in fighting fires? Biochar ambassadors hope to save fire-ravaged Methow Hurricane Ida power outages, misery persist 9 days later Shortages of supplies and workers will delay Gulf rebuilding Moo -- New Jersey’s largest dairy farm nearly destroyed in tornado After decades in eye of storms, weather service head retires Protests disrupt autobahn traffic before German auto show Gardening when it’s dry: Prep soil, select plants wisely Orchard restoration project preserves history of apples A new law in Maine requires large companies to pay for recycling packaging waste Nature meets nostalgia: Treehouses return in style 20 meat and dairy firms emit more greenhouse gas than Germany, Britain or France A dredger ship passes the Floating Office, right, where a high-Level dialogue on climate adaptation takes place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. The dialogue, taking place just weeks before the COP26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow, will hammer out a clear call to action for governments, policy-makers and the public on what COP26 must deliver if communities are to be kept safe from the accelerating climate impacts in the coming decade. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) UN climate chief: No country is safe from global warming Why are these octopuses hurling shells at each other? -- NIMBY. 2 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 9, 2021 Share September 9, 2021 In this Aug. 31, 2021, file photo, Jack Kingsley R.N. attends to a COVID-19 patient in the Medical Intensive care unit (MICU) at St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March 2021. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, File) COVID-19 surge in the US: The summer of hope ends in gloom US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID Once all the rage, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has all but disappeared Crushed by pandemic, conventions mount a cautious return College football season has met the delta variant. Here’s what we know. What is the mu variant of the coronavirus? Just Say It: The Health Care System Has Collapsed The next attack on the Affordable Care Act may cost you free preventive health care Government and charitable actions likely kept millions of Americans out of food insecurity during the pandemic Let's be clear on why the US economy is weakening US’s wealthiest 1% are failing to pay $160bn a year in taxes, report finds Beatings, buried videos a pattern at Louisiana State Police How someone becomes a torturer Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop Ex-prosecutor charged in Ahmaud Arbery case booked at jail ‘The theft was fatal’: Employee used 189 credit-card refunds to embezzle nearly $200,000 — bankrupting packaging firm NY county worker charged in digital currency mining scheme Elizabeth Holmes’s defense says mistakes, not malice, led to collapse of Theranos Theranos trial: Elizabeth Holmes accused of ‘lying and cheating to get money’ ‘Horrified and Ashamed’: NXIVM Co-Founder Nancy Salzman Gets 3.5 Years in Prison Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks The Band CAMINO - Know It All KALEO - Way Down We Go Lee DeWyze - Same For You DOROTHY - Wicked Ones Demons of Ruby Mae - Beneath The Surface Cat Power - 3, 6, 9 DESI VALENTINE - Higher Heart St. Paul And The Broken Bones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Bootstraps - Guiltfree Spoon - I Ain't The One Tropical Storm Mindy makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle and is forecast to quickly lose intensity California's wildfire season is 'far from over' as multiple massive blazes rage, official warns Researchers complete first-ever detailed map of global coral Study calls for strict limits on oil, coal to curb warming Magnet milestones move distant nuclear fusion dream closer Projectiles containing mustard agent destroyed Tennessee offering tree seedlings for reforestation ‘I will see the ghosts of the dead forest for a long time’ – returning to Evia after the wildfires Avocados and vanilla among dozens of wild crop relatives facing extinction Anti-logging protest becomes Canada’s biggest ever act of civil disobedience Report: Solar could power 40% of US electricity by 2035 Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot raises serious concerns – but probably not the ones you think How a racist taunt prompted me to reclaim Britain’s countryside 1 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 9, 2021 Share September 9, 2021 Actor Michael Constantine Dies at 94 Michael Constantine, the Emmy-winning actor from the 1970s sitcom Room 222 who later portrayed the Windex-spritzing father of Nia Vardalos’ character in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, has died. He was 94. Constantine died Aug. 31 in his home in his native Reading, Pennsylvania, his family announced. He had been ill for some time, they said. The son of Greek immigrants, Constantine is warmly remembered for his turn as Gus Portokalos, the husband of Lainie Kazan’s Maria Portokalos, in the unlikely box office smash My Big Fat Greek Wedding and its 2016 sequel. The first installment, made for $5 million and released in 2002, grossed nearly $370 million worldwide. “I had to audition for the part,” he recalled in a 2016 interview. “Before that, I asked to read the script, because I was very leery. I didn’t know Nia then [she also penned the screenplay], and I was anxious about someone writing some Greek thing. Was it going to be baloney or was it going to be something by somebody who really knows Greeks? So I read the script and I said, ‘Yes, this person obviously knows Greeks.'” The know-it-all Gus was famous for thinking that Windex would cure just about any ailment. “I’m actually sick of Windex,” he said. “There must have been hundreds of bottles sent to me, and then there were all those people who asked me to autograph their Windex bottles.” He also reprised the role for the short-lived 2003 CBS sitcom My Big Fat Greek Life. On Wednesday, Vardalos paid tribute to the man who played her boisterous Greek father on Twitter, writing: “Michael Constantine, the dad to our cast-family, a gift to the written word, and always a friend. Acting with him came with a rush of love and fun. I will treasure this man who brought Gus to life. He gave us so much laughter and deserves a rest now. We love you Michael.” For playing Seymour Kaufman, the jaded principal at L.A.’s fictional Walt Whitman High, on ABC’s Room 222, Constantine won the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy in 1970 and was nominated the following year as well. The series, created by the soon-to-be legendary Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Simpsons co-creator James L. Brooks, was ahead of its time, featuring an integrated cast that tackled serious contemporary issues during its five-season (1969-74) run. Constantine also portrayed Big John, a pool-playing associate of Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason), in Robert Rossen’s atmospheric The Hustler (1961); was among those taking a whirlwind tour of Europe in If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); and played an intelligence officer from behind the Iron Curtain in Don’t Drink the Water (1969), a film version of Woody Allen’s Broadway hit. On the stage, Constantine served as Paul Muni’s understudy in the original 1955-57 production of Inherit the Wind on Broadway and then appeared with Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker, playing the head of the institute for the blind. He was born Gus Efstration on May 22, 1927, the son of an iron worker. After Reading High School and a stint as the manager of the dairy department at his local grocery store, he didn’t really know what he wanted to do for a living. A chance encounter with a friend who had left for New York to become an actress convinced him to follow her lead. Constantine eventually studied acting with Howard Da Silva (Broadway’s Oklahoma!) and spent nearly almost two years with the Inherit the Wind company. He then played a character based on attorney Clarence Darrow opposite Dean Stockwell, Roddy McDowall and Da Silva in Compulsion, a dramatization of the Leopold and Loeb murder trial. In The Miracle Worker, he portrayed Anagnos, the man who put Annie Sullivan (Bancroft) with the Keller family. Constantine made his big-screen debut alongside Mickey Rooney in the Death Row-set The Last Mile (1959), directed by Howard W. Koch. He soon proved adept at TV guest-starring roles in the 1960s, appearing on The Defenders, Naked City, Dr. Kildare, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Ironside and The Flying Nun. Constantine had a regular role as one of the apartment-building residents, a photographer, on the 1966-67 NBC sitcom Hey, Landlord, created by Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson, and he starred as a night court judge on the 1976-77 NBC comedy Sirota’s Court (that show also featured Fred Willard and Ted Ross). On NBC’s Remington Steele, Constantine showed up on a few episodes as eager businessman George Edward Mulch. His film résumé also included Beau Geste (1966), Steve McQueen’s The Reivers (1969), The North Avenue Irregulars (1979), Prancer (1989), My Life (1993) and The Juror (1996). Constantine was married and divorced twice. Survivors include his sisters, Patricia and Chris -- Michael Barnes Link to comment
Snaporaz September 10, 2021 Share September 10, 2021 Since it's almost the weekend, how about some weekend updates? How are you feeling, @boes and @OhioSongbird? How's your new job going, @jewel21? @pearlite, will your classes be remote or in-person this semester? How is Kitty Latour settling in, @peacheslatour? Is Mr. Stunt in preparation-mode for Hallowbirthday, @Cupid Stunt? This is by no means a comprehensive list of questions, so please anyone and everyone feel free to add anything you like! 1 7 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 10, 2021 Share September 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Snaporaz said: Since it's almost the weekend, how about some weekend updates? Is Mr. Stunt in preparation-mode for Hallowbirthday, @Cupid Stunt? Because So. California is a Delta epicenter, Mr.Stunt decided to cancel his birthday party for a second year. The money we would've spent on the party is being donated to the PTA Free Lunch Fund. We cancelled vacation to Oahu because of Covid-19 travel restrictions, so we found a rental house on Catalina Island. My father and sister Bea are staying with us; My nephew returned from the Afghanistan and is stationed at Camp Pendleton. We're spending as much time with him as the Marines will allow. 6 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 10, 2021 Share September 10, 2021 (edited) Super Nurse Street mural by FAKE Coronavirus dashboard The US was a world leader in vaccination. What went wrong? What’s the worst that could happen? What does sustainability mean in the Bronx? Removing urban highways can improve neighborhoods blighted by decades of racist policies Seasonal marketing creep -- Pumpkin season is upon us: Why we seem to embrace fall earlier every year Gaak! A Reviewer Tried The New Turkey Dinner Candy Corn And It Sounds Like A Regrettable Decision You can buy stuff online, but getting it is another story The empty dream that LuLaRoe sold What we’ve learned about Britney Spears’s conservatorship case changes everything Flames erupt from the South Tower of the World Trade Center, after it was struck by hijacked United Airlines Flight 175, in New York City, on September 11, 2001. The aircraft crashed into the tower traveling at a speed of approximately 586 miles per hour/Reuters/Sean Adair 9/11: The Day of the Attacks 20 years after 9/11: ‘We will live with the scars’ forever The unfolding meaning of 9/11 America is still stuck in the world 9/11 built On TV, 9/11 was last huge story for ‘Big 3’ network anchors Surviving 9/11 was 'just the first piece of the journey' Biden to visit all three sites of Sept. 11 attacks - White House President Biden orders declassification of Sept. 11 investigation documents The FBI Finally Emailed Field Agents—12 Minutes Before Flight 11 Hit the Tower Admirers still urging sainthood for chaplain killed on 9/11 9/11: As the decades pass, the act of remembering evolves He Survived 9/11. Now His Kids Fight an Even Deadlier Enemy. 'Innocent Until Proven Muslim': How Islamophobia lingers in post-9/11 era How America Made Osama Bin Laden’s Dream Come True 20 Years On, the ‘Come From Away’ Town Holds Its 9/11 Memories Close How 9/11 convinced Americans to buy, buy, buy NYC identifies two more 9/11 victims Music Banned by Clear Channel Radio After 9/11: Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City Beastie Boys - Sabotage Boston - Smokin Fuel - Bad Day The Dave Clark Five - Bits and Pieces The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me Godsmack - Bad Religion Mudvayne - Death Blooms Frank Sinatra - New York, New York Savage Garden - Crash and Burn J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers - Last Kiss System Of A Down - Chop Suey! I was standing in line to check in for my return flight at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. The overhead TVs suddenly switched to video of the World Trade North Tower with a smoking hole in the side of the building. Then a plane flew into the South Tower. I grabbed my suit case and ran to the Avis car rental desk. By the time they handed me the keys to the first available car, there were a couple hundred people fighting in line to rent a car. I drove the wheels off that DeVille to get back to my family in LA. Edited September 10, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 5 Link to comment
pearlite September 10, 2021 Share September 10, 2021 13 hours ago, Snaporaz said: Since it's almost the weekend, how about some weekend updates? How are you feeling, @boes and @OhioSongbird? How's your new job going, @jewel21? @pearlite, will your classes be remote or in-person this semester? How is Kitty Latour settling in, @peacheslatour? Is Mr. Stunt in preparation-mode for Hallowbirthday, @Cupid Stunt? This is by no means a comprehensive list of questions, so please anyone and everyone feel free to add anything you like! All online all the time, @Snaporaz! Colleges and most universities in southern Ontario are 90%+ online [only things like labs and editing suites have restricted live classes]--case loads are climbing again at least in TO, and the Delta thing is working its way in. Public and high schools are live, but that's probably more a matter of the provincial premier [an asshole] currying favour. I've worked online for over 20 years intermittently so it doesn't faze me. Set-ups and monitoring are time-eaters, but I keep learning new tricks and am I ever saving on gas, parking at the university, and stuff like that! 8 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 10, 2021 Share September 10, 2021 Quote How is Kitty Latour settling in, @PEACHESLATOUR? How kind of you to ask! We have been doing some research and turns out the Elizabeth The Horrible is at least part, if not all, Maine C*** cat. She has the ear tufts, the eye shape and the plumy tail. She also has all the personality traits, including the love of playing fetch (until your arm falls off) and WATER! She takes a shower with M. Latour every morning, she likes to lie in the kitchen sink as if it's the softest bed, she likes to play in the toilet, bringing her toys and throwing them in and then batting them around in there. She's a massive bundle of energy and love. She's so fucking cute, we can never get mad at her. Sigh. How are you? Any closer to moving out of Pennsyltuckey? 4 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 10, 2021 Share September 10, 2021 It's still summer in SoCal, but I saw bags of Halloween candy (Mini Snickers YUMMMM!) at Ralph's, and I was inspired to pull out some Halloween decoration boxes and change out pictures for vintage monster movie posters. The furniture is covered in tea-stained slipcovers and I'm exchanging everyday dishes for Halloween china. Melvin is kitty Valium comfortable in the laundry room over Halloween creep on his domain. 8 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 11, 2021 Share September 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Cupid Stunt said: It's still summer in SoCal, but I saw bags of Halloween candy (Mini Snickers YUMMMM!) at Ralph's, and I was inspired to pull out some Halloween decoration boxes and change out pictures for vintage monster movie posters. The furniture is covered in tea-stained slipcovers and I'm exchanging everyday dishes for Halloween china. Melvin is kitty Valium comfortable in the laundry room over Halloween creep on his domain. I love it! 3 Link to comment
Snaporaz September 11, 2021 Share September 11, 2021 My grocery store has had the Halloween candy on display since the beginning of August! I'm sorry the party was cancelled again, but the donation is a wonderful gesture. 9 hours ago, peacheslatour said: How kind of you to ask! We have been doing some research and turns out the Elizabeth The Horrible is at least part, if not all, Maine C*** cat. She has the ear tufts, the eye shape and the plumy tail. She also has all the personality traits, including the love of playing fetch (until your arm falls off) and WATER! She takes a shower with M. Latour every morning, she likes to lie in the kitchen sink as if it's the softest bed, she likes to play in the toilet, bringing her toys and throwing them in and then batting them around in there. She's a massive bundle of energy and love. She's so fucking cute, we can never get mad at her. Sigh. How are you? Any closer to moving out of Pennsyltuckey? Awww, I can picture her now! I bet you can't even remember what life was like before she moved in. As for leaving Pennsyltuckey, a guy can dream, right? However, I'll be here for the foreseeable future. Even though (or maybe because) I'm the baby of the family, my elderly parents rely on me for almost everything now. Even more so since Covid started. Maybe because I just get stuff done with little complaint and I'm pretty good at anticipating potential pitfalls so things appear to happen with little effort. One day, though, one day, I'm gonna kick the dust from this ltitle town....oh crap, am I beginning to sound like George Bailey?!? 7 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 11, 2021 Share September 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Snaporaz said: My grocery store has had the Halloween candy on display since the beginning of August! I'm sorry the party was cancelled again, but the donation is a wonderful gesture. I haven't been in a Ralph's since the first Covid-19 outbreak; I went a little shopping therapy bonkers with dumb phone ap coupons. Mr. Stunt is disappointed and has been redirecting more time lobbying with our Meeting House refugee support and housing. His parents are staying on Oahu for the foreseeable Delta future, so his sister and I are planning another small costume party with family, and Trick or Treat candy bags at the front door for the local kids. Quote Awww, I can picture her now! I bet you can't even remember what life was like before she moved in. Lizzy is keeping you on your toes. Quote As for leaving Pennsyltuckey, a guy can dream, right? However, I'll be here for the foreseeable future. Even though (or maybe because) I'm the baby of the family, my elderly parents rely on me for almost everything now. Even more so since Covid started. Maybe because I just get stuff done with little complaint and I'm pretty good at anticipating potential pitfalls so things appear to happen with little effort. One day, though, one day, I'm gonna kick the dust from this ltitle town....oh crap, am I beginning to sound like George Bailey?!? (((Snap))) You're doing God's work. 6 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 11, 2021 Share September 11, 2021 (edited) An hour and 17 minutes after takeoff, American Airlines Flight 77 was deliberately crashed into the western side of the Pentagon/GettyImages US marks 20th anniversary of 9/11 -- CNN Live Coverage Casualties of the September 11 attacks Emergency workers killed in the September 11 attacks It's been 20 years since 9/11 ... Inside 9/11 ... The day that never ends 9/11 unleashed a quest to find enemies rather than pursue our common interests The enemy is us: After 9/11, we turned on each other. And missed the true danger. America's response to 9/11 was as damaging as the attack. It's not too late to change course US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war’s end A Sikh man’s murder at a gas station revealed another tragedy of 9/11 Young Sikhs still struggle with post-Sept. 11 discrimination 'Those people are not me' -- US Muslims reflect on how 9/11 changed their lives and what the future holds for them On 9/11, my 'White card' was revoked The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane, September 11, 2001/REUTERS/Sara K. Schwittek These 9/11 Families Have Grieved Without Their Loved Ones’ Remains They Created Our Post-9/11 World. Here’s What They Think They Got Wrong. Two decades later, tactics shift in fight against terrorism The World Trade Center Was Hated Even Before It Was Built When people say 'Never Forget' 9/11, this is what I hear Photo courtesy of The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial THE STORY OF 9/11 AND UNITED FLIGHT 93 -- Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. 9/11 made a tiny Pennsylvania town world famous. 20 years later, it feels left out. How 9/11 changed travel forever From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last. 20 years later, fallout from toxic WTC dust cloud grows Shrine to replace church destroyed on 9/11 nears completion I Thought 9/11 Was the End-Times. Literally. How to talk to our kids about traumatic events, according to a 9/11 responder The ‘9/11 Kids’ Are Grown Up. Their Grief Is Still Raw. The Foo Fighters play a sold out show at the 9:30 Club on Sept. 9/© Victoria Ford/Sneakshot Photography Ready or not, Foo Fighters christen the return of live music in D.C. More music banned by Clear Channel Post-9/11: Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly 3 Doors Down - Duck And Run Alice In Chains - Sea Of Sorrow Judas Priest - Some Heads Are Gonna Roll Jan and Dean - Dead Man's Curve Paul McCartney and Wings - Live and Let Die Buddy Holly & The Crickets - That’ll Be The Day Dio - Holy Diver Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away Metallica - Harvester Of Sorrow Don McLean - American Pie Maasai men queuing to receive the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine look over as a woman, who is not, Maasai receives a jab at a clinic in Kimana, southern Kenya Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Plans for COVID-19 booster shots in some Western countries are highlighting vast disparities in access to vaccines around the world. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) Tracking Covid-19 vaccines in the US -- Last updated: September 11, 2021 at 6:49 a.m. ET An average of 1,110 people died in the US from Covid-19 each day over the last week, data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Thursday. The rate of deaths since late August is the highest it has been since early March. How at-home coronavirus testing is becoming part of Biden’s plan for managing the pandemic Millions remain unvaccinated as Delta grips the country Crowded stadiums, pandemic create combustible mix this fall From COVID to Ida: Louisiana’s marginalized ‘see no way out’ Amid talk of boosters, global vaccine disparity gets sharper Los Angeles school board votes to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for eligible students age 12 and over Kentucky hospital pushed to its limits as lawmakers extend state of emergency due to Covid-19 surge Idaho patients in hospital halls amid COVID-19 rationed care North Carolina sounds alarm that nearly half of state's middle and high school Covid-19 clusters tied to sports No major religious denomination opposes vaccination, but religious exemptions may still complicate mandates Covid-19 is crushing this corner of rural America. Getting the vaccine can still feel like an act of treason From deer and dogs to rats and mink, COVID-19 has spread to the animal world A nurse's viral video of beeping ICU alarms persuaded unvaccinated people to get the shot - Click Below Alarm Fatigue Maryland judge accused of eating evidence in child porn investigation reportedly kills himself Prince Andrew served with legal papers for sex abuse lawsuit, Virginia Giuffre's lawyers claim Witness says R. Kelly kept her locked up before sex assault Scenes from Week 3 of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial Dodgers' Trevor Bauer to miss remainder of season amid sex assault probe Former Navy Commander Sentenced to Life in Prison for ‘Heinous’ Sexual Abuse and Child Pornography of a Family Member Billionaire Gifts $350M Amid Alleged Child Porn Inquiry Why Does The New York Times Hate Porn So Much? WaPo Tokyo Chief Exits Paper After Allegations Surfaced in Bombshell Lawsuit Ex-NFL lineman Justin Bannan convicted of attempted murder America to Wells Fargo: This is unacceptable Feds probe NY Tesla crash that killed man changing flat tire Other Blood Companies Are Still Pissed About Theranos Ford is ending production in India and taking a $2 billion hit in the process The U.S. has a record-breaking $1.73 trillion in student debt—borrowers from these states owe the most on average The remains of a New Jersey banquet hall smoldered the day after Ida passed through. (Bryan Anselm / The New York Times / Redux) When the Climate Crisis Becomes Unignorable Five zebras roam Maryland town, turning heads Hurricane Larry will produce category 1 winds and... feet of snow Super Typhoon Chanthu makes landfall in the Philippines before tracking toward Taiwan Edited September 11, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 1 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 11, 2021 Share September 11, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Snaporaz said: My grocery store has had the Halloween candy on display since the beginning of August! I'm sorry the party was cancelled again, but the donation is a wonderful gesture. Awww, I can picture her now! I bet you can't even remember what life was like before she moved in. As for leaving Pennsyltuckey, a guy can dream, right? However, I'll be here for the foreseeable future. Even though (or maybe because) I'm the baby of the family, my elderly parents rely on me for almost everything now. Even more so since Covid started. Maybe because I just get stuff done with little complaint and I'm pretty good at anticipating potential pitfalls so things appear to happen with little effort. One day, though, one day, I'm gonna kick the dust from this ltitle town....oh crap, am I beginning to sound like George Bailey?!? Lol! I can picture you being this efficient, low key rock for your parents. They are blessed. I'm kind of in the same boat except I love Seattle but even if I wanted to leave, I can't because my dad needs me. If you ever get a chance, come and see us! Edited September 11, 2021 by peacheslatour 5 Link to comment
boes September 12, 2021 Share September 12, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 7:14 PM, Snaporaz said: Since it's almost the weekend, how about some weekend updates? How are you feeling, @boes and @OhioSongbird? How's your new job going, @jewel21? @pearlite, will your classes be remote or in-person this semester? How is Kitty Latour settling in, @peacheslatour? Is Mr. Stunt in preparation-mode for Hallowbirthday, @Cupid Stunt? This is by no means a comprehensive list of questions, so please anyone and everyone feel free to add anything you like! Snaporaz, you are one in a million. Thanks for asking. I'm feeling better except when I'm not. This week I've been tired before I get out of bed and it doesn't seem to let up much. I don't know if it's Covid or the extreme heat or old age or having a hair line that is receding faster than the Greenland ice shelf. Maybe it'll bet better next week. I've got something going on with my blood pressure - way up then way down, blood is too thick, all new since the covid. Enough of that. You're a good son, my friend. They're blessed to have you and I bet you feel the same. 7 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 12, 2021 Share September 12, 2021 (edited) "Falling Man" by Richard Drew Richard Drew on photographing the "Falling Man" on 9/11 EXCERPT: 20 years on, ‘The Falling Man’ is still you and me What We Didn’t Know on 9/11 "Get out now" — inside the White House on 9/11, according to the staffers who were there Your memory of 9/11 is probably wrong The War on Terror Turned Out to Be a War on Ourselves What schools teach about 9/11 and the war on terror Who Is He? Photographer Hunts for His 9/11 ‘Guardian Angel’ What the 9/11 Museum Remembers, and What It Forgets Lesleigh Coyer, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, lies down in front of the grave of her brother, Ryan Coyer, who served with the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia March 11, 2013. Ryan Coyer died of complications from an injury sustained in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque ‘Never Forget’ Is Breaking America Years after 9/11, first responders are still dying from exposure. This is their story ‘I’m the face of it’: the people whose images came to define 9/11 reflect on the day 'It doesn't get easier': Grief at Ground Zero still palpable 20 years after 9/11 The children of 9/11: haunted by their fathers’ last hours, some dread the anniversary Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias ADL head: On NY Islamic center, we were wrong, plain and simple Working on the 9/11 Boatlift Taught Me to Redefine ‘Heroes’ 9/11 artifacts share ‘pieces of truth’ in victims’ stories How the 9/11 Museum Recapitulates the Trauma of 9/11 The best 9/11 art hasn't been made yet The best 9/11 movies are actually pro-war propaganda How Roger Ailes Turned Post-9/11 Islamophobia Into Murdoch Profits How Disney Channel Sold Patriotism To Kids After 9/11 How September 11, 2001 became the borderline dividing two eras of late-night comedy A Brief History of Mariah Carey Blaming Glitter's Failure on 9/11 How 9/11 Changed the Fashion Industry Forever Too soon or too late who got canceled after 911 and why How the War on Terror Killed Nearly 1 Million People and Somehow Made QAnon Even Dumber Sept. 11 froze America's counterterrorism thinking in place FBI releases first 9/11 document after Biden order Welsh Guards soldiers perform U.S. national anthem in British memorial to 9/11 The Tribute in Light is illuminated above lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on September 11, 2021 as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. A 9/11 families group has said a newly released document shows Saudi Arabian involvement in the attacks/© Gary Hershorn/Getty Images The Ultimate Lesson of 9/11 Is That We Should Always Afford People Due Process. Always. Hearing for alleged 9/11 mastermind resumes after 18-month delay Five suspects accused of planning 9/11 terror attacks attend pre-trial hearings Taliban flag rises over seat of power on fateful anniversary The world 9/11 created: The waning of the American superpower From 9/11 to 1/6: What does "terrorism" look like? Where did the $5tn spent on Afghanistan and Iraq go? Dangerous outsiders and exceptional citizens: being Muslim American since 9/11 9/11 brought Americans together. Why is the pandemic tearing them apart? Abimael Guzmán, leader of Peru’s Shining Path terrorist group, dies at 86 More post-9/11 banned music from Clear Channel: 311 - Down AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian Green Day - Brain Stew/Jaded The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel Everclear - Santa Monica Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife Korn - Falling Away from Me Sam Cooke - Wonderful World Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield Bad Company - No Smoke Without a Fire Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone Petula Clark - A Sign of the Times The Beatles - Ticket To Ride In this aerial photo released by the Los Angeles County Fire Department Air Operations traffic passes the Route fire, a brush wildfire off Interstate 5 north of Castaic, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (Los Angeles County Fire Air Operations via AP) King Tides are coming to parts of flood-prone South Florida Tracking wildfires in the US -- Last updated September 12th 2021, 11:00 am ET Tracking Tropical Storm Nicholas -- Updated 11:00 am, Sun September 12, 2021 Hurricane Larry wipes out power, trees in Newfoundland Firefighters advance on blaze that shut California highway Oil-soaked birds found near oil spill at refinery after Ida Farmers restore native grasslands as groundwater disappears Grass is good. Lawns are terrible. Heat is about to restructure American life in ways we can only begin to imagine Escaped zebras bamboozle Maryland officials: ‘They’re just too fast’ 26 states have now fully vaccinated at least half of all residents. But a surge of unvaccinated Covid-19 patients is straining hospitals How Europe's doors are slamming shut for Americans 'This pandemic is our World War II.' An up-close look at how a Florida hospital fights to save Covid-19 patients Child Covid-19 deaths more than doubled in Florida as kids returned to the classroom Covid-19 proved the future of child care is the future of America Federal workers’ vaccine mandate prompts confusion as the government struggles to return to offices Monitoring celebrities for the failure of the their 48 hour deodorant -- Ashton Kutcher Endures 'Take a Shower' Chants During Live ESPN Appearance in Iowa Monitoring women's clothes as a sign of value -- University apologizes to medical student who was given a 'yellow card' warning for wearing an 'inappropriate' dress during an exam Emma Raducanu, of Britain, holds up the US Open championship trophy after defeating Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, during the women's singles final of the US Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Qualifier to champion: Britain’s Raducanu, 18, wins US Open Edited September 12, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 4 Link to comment
jewel21 September 12, 2021 Share September 12, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 10:14 PM, Snaporaz said: Since it's almost the weekend, how about some weekend updates? How are you feeling, @boes and @OhioSongbird? How's your new job going, @jewel21? @pearlite, will your classes be remote or in-person this semester? How is Kitty Latour settling in, @peacheslatour? Is Mr. Stunt in preparation-mode for Hallowbirthday, @Cupid Stunt? This is by no means a comprehensive list of questions, so please anyone and everyone feel free to add anything you like! Thanks for asking, Snap. There was some drama Friday after work with a receptionist quiting over the manager so I am not sure what is going on. I'll let you know tomorrow... 3 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 13, 2021 Share September 13, 2021 (edited) Standing atop rubble with retired New York City firefighter Bob Beckwith, President George W Bush rallies firefighters and rescue workers during an impromptu speech at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York City, New York, September 14, 2001. Image courtesy National Archives. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) 9/11 and the birth of the Big Lie ‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’ Profile in Ass Covering: Transcript: 9/11: Twenty Years Later with Condoleezza Rice ‘Don’t focus on hate’: World marks 20th anniversary of 9/11 The Most Terrifying Thing About 9/11 Was America’s Response It’s Not Too Late to Learn the Lessons We Didn’t Learn From 9/11 Inside one of America’s biggest Muslim groups on 9/11—and the devastating weeks after. What It Was Like to Grow Up Muslim in America After 9/11 EXCERPT: An Afghan reporter recalls 9/11′s aftermath there FBI releases inconclusive report on Saudi 9/11 links The Last Time We Worshipped in the Church of the Nightly News 9/11 conspiracies cast a long shadow The counterterrorism dilemma A firefighter places his hand on the name engravings on the south pool during ceremonies to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 20 years, $6 trillion, 900,000 lives How 9/11 helped define this generation’s new brand of patriotism Defining images from the 9/11 attacks AP PHOTOS: 20 images that documented the enormity of 9/11 In photos: The September 11 attacks Some of the most iconic 9/11 news coverage is lost. Blame Adobe Flash Sept. 11 by the numbers: Facts from a tragic day in American history September 11 affected the entire nation. Here's how local newspapers are covering the 20th anniversary Another Five Years After 9/11 “What Damnable Horror!” Love Letter to the City That Stood Why ’25th Hour’ Is the Only 9/11 Movie That Still Matters The Guantánamo Bay Internment Camp Is an Unresolved Vestige of the American Occupation of Afghanistan Clear Channel Post-9/11 DO NOT PLAY list: AC/DC - Shot Down In Flames Alice In Chains - Rooster Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Los Bravos - Black is Black The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place Bush - Speed Kills Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band Fontella Bass - Rescue Me The Cult - Fire Woman Beastie Boys - Sure Shot Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot Skeeter Davis - The End of the World Drowning Pool - Bodies The Happenings - See You in September Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move The Doors - The End On a whitewashed plaster wall, an intricately illustrated, anthropomorphic purple pathogen screams at a healthcare worker, who remains unruffled. The mural is opposite the Kuvatov Republican Clinical Hospital in Ufa Russia/Vadim Braidov More than 658,000 people have died from coronavirus in the U.S. Explainer: Here's what Biden's vaccine mandate does and does not do for U.S. workers A Second Major Seasonal Virus Won’t Leave Us Any Choice Covid-19 rapid tests are cheap or free in other countries. Why do Americans pay so much? Covid-19 Crushed Las Vegas. No One Can Agree on How to Revive It. 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Evangelical Lutheran church installs 1st transgender bishop Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, in the men's singles final of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ‘Relief’: Djokovic’s bid for year Slam ends against Medvedev Edited September 13, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 3 Link to comment
OhioSongbird September 13, 2021 Share September 13, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 10:14 PM, Snaporaz said: Since it's almost the weekend, how about some weekend updates? How are you feeling, @boes and @OhioSongbird? How's your new job going, @jewel21? @pearlite, will your classes be remote or in-person this semester? How is Kitty Latour settling in, @peacheslatour? Is Mr. Stunt in preparation-mode for Hallowbirthday, @Cupid Stunt? Hey Snap! Ditto on 'thanks for asking'. Still not feeling good. Dealing with Drs and tests. Boychild was down for the weekend and I had him pick up ribs, etc from our local place (to die for). Just didn't feel like cooking, which for me is unusual. Did cook the big brunch on Sunday, tho. Other than that just sleeping a lot and taking it easy. Every one stay healthy....please. 6 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 13, 2021 Share September 13, 2021 33 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said: Hey Snap! Ditto on 'thanks for asking'. Still not feeling good. Dealing with Drs and tests. Boychild was down for the weekend and I had him pick up ribs, etc from our local place (to die for). Just didn't feel like cooking, which for me is unusual. Did cook the big brunch on Sunday, tho. Other than that just sleeping a lot and taking it easy. Every one stay healthy....please. I hope you get better and better every day. 6 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 13, 2021 Share September 13, 2021 25 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said: One day at a time..... I get so angry. All the masking, the social distancing and finally a vaccine and yet here we are. 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 13, 2021 Share September 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, OhioSongbird said: One day at a time..... 1 hour ago, peacheslatour said: I get so angry. All the masking, the social distancing and finally a vaccine and yet here we are. I’d love the “Freedom” to leave my home without getting COVID-19 from a random asshat. God bless, Ohio. Edited September 13, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt September 14, 2021 Share September 14, 2021 (edited) View of smoke and dust rising from Ground Zero on September 11, 2001 from across the East River (Photo provided by author, Matt Valentine) What I remember about the dust ‘This is my country’: how the family of Balbir Singh Sodhi resolved to carry on his American dream Too soon? Muslim-American comics after 9/11: "I thought comedy was over, but it was more important than ever" The Weirdness of Stumbling Upon 9/11 Memorials in Pokémon Go Time, misinfo complicate teaching 9/11 to kids born after it The Post-9/11 Generation SPY IN DISGUISE - An FBI Informant’s Unlikely Role in Upcoming Supreme Court Case on Surveillance of Muslims 20 Years After 9/11 - Are We Better Off? 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Kelly Accuser Says She Saw Him Sexually Assault Aaliyah, Too Deadly rape of Indian woman has 'shaken the nation once again' A 9-year-old girl was raped and murdered in India. Her death is part of a bigger problem facing Dalit women Facebook Is Raking It in With Shady Anti-Abortion Ads Bystanders harass Chinese woman going public in #MeToo case Condom ‘stealthing’ is a vile practice. California is right to ban it Harris Reed, left, and Iman attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Inside Met Gala, where there’s always someone more famous ‘Fashion rooted in values’: Met Gala to open show honouring designers of colour The Met Can’t Quite Define ‘American Fashion.’ Whatever It Is, It Looks Good. How designers are fighting the rise of facial recognition technology A brand-new blue may be the most eye-popping blue yet How your favorite jeans might be fueling a human rights crisis Geriatric Millennials, the Claw Clip Renaissance Is Nigh It’s incredibly hard to know what you should pay for secondhand clothes The Future Of Fashion: Biodegradable Jeans, Luxe Upcycling, And More I thought everyone was running around in tennis dresses, and I was right -- The hype around exercise dresses, explained Edited September 14, 2021 by Cupid Stunt 2 4 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 14, 2021 Share September 14, 2021 What a gut punch. Norm Macdonald, the deadpan comedian, actor, writer and “Saturday Night Live” star, has died after a private battle with cancer, Variety has confirmed. He was 61. Macdonald’s cancer diagnosis was kept secret from the public, but he battled it for nine years. “Norm was an original! He defined American humor with honesty and blunt force,” Jeff Danis, president of DPN Talent, told Variety in a statement. Link to comment
jewel21 September 15, 2021 Share September 15, 2021 Snap, without jinxing myself too much, it's going pretty good. I still make some stupid mistakes, I still ask questions, and I still expect to be fired everyday, but here I am. Let's hope it stays that way, heh. There's been issues with people quitting, being fired, etc, but I just keep my head down and my mouth shut. 6 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 15, 2021 Share September 15, 2021 1 hour ago, jewel21 said: Snap, without jinxing myself too much, it's going pretty good. I still make some stupid mistakes, I still ask questions, and I still expect to be fired everyday, but here I am. Let's hope it stays that way, heh. There's been issues with people quitting, being fired, etc, but I just keep my head down and my mouth shut. Hey, you can admit when you fucked up, that and being eager and willing to learn. I think you will be just fine. 5 Link to comment
Snaporaz September 15, 2021 Share September 15, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, jewel21 said: Snap, without jinxing myself too much, it's going pretty good. I still make some stupid mistakes, I still ask questions, and I still expect to be fired everyday, but here I am. Let's hope it stays that way, heh. There's been issues with people quitting, being fired, etc, but I just keep my head down and my mouth shut. Aw, don't be so hard on yourself. It takes a little while to learn the rhythm at a new job, so I don't think anyone expects perfection right away. Minding your own business and keeping yourself out of the office politics game (almost all workplaces have them) is a very smart strategy. As long as you're happier and less stressed than you were at that hellhole, you're better off. That's the most important thing. 36 minutes ago, peacheslatour said: Hey, you can admit when you fucked up, that and being eager and willing to learn. I think you will be just fine. I second that emotion! On 9/13/2021 at 6:20 PM, peacheslatour said: I get so angry. All the masking, the social distancing and finally a vaccine and yet here we are. Thank you for saying this. I feel the same way. Those of us who did the right thing, everything that was asked of us, have to pay the price for these ignorant, selfish assholes. I can't even find words to express how sick I am of these people who stand in the way of all progress. Edited September 15, 2021 by Snaporaz 5 Link to comment
peacheslatour September 15, 2021 Share September 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, Snaporaz said: Aw, don't be so hard on yourself. It takes a little while to learn the rhythm at a new job, so I don't think anyone expects perfection right away. Minding your own business and keeping yourself out of the office politics game (almost all workplaces have them) is a very smart strategy. As long as you're happier and less stressed than you were at that hellhole, you're better off. That's the most important thing. I second that emotion! Thank you for saying this. I feel the same way. Those of us who did the right thing, everything that was asked of us, have to pay the price for these ignorant, selfish assholes. I can't even find words to express how sick I am of these people who stand in the way of all progress. Just think of how far along everything could have been by now. It's like we're being held back by simple selfishness. 4 Link to comment
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