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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
The Trump/Musk firehose of folly continues, and it’s impossible to review all but the most egregious outrages here. The Associated Press, NBC, Aljazeera, and The Guardian are my masochistic picks for keeping up to date. Frankly, it’s a bit exhausting, but what the heck- knock yinzselves out.
Tesla protests gain momentum while the hate is spreading to Tesla owners. The growing negative sentiment against Tesla also attracts criminal activities like vandalism, and sometimes against Tesla owners rather the company itself.
DOGE “savings” isn’t adding up. And just 37% of Americans think DOGE is actually cutting waste.
Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups. Quakers, a Georgia-based network of Baptist churches, and a Sikh temple in California are off-limits. (Guess we Unitarians are out of luck.)
Remembering Roberta Flack: Eight timeless hits to salute an unrivaled talent.
I’m 70 years old so I probably shouldn’t be that excited that DC is finally revealing Krypto's true origin.
Joann to shutter all 800 fabric stores after failing to find a buyer to save its locations.
From AP World News: Prosecutor says golden toilet was stolen from English palace in ‘audacious raid’.
People are buying up burned lots in LA. Should they be concerned about future fires? Duh.
Remember that killer asteroid heading our way? Fahgettaboutit.
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KGB Quote of the Day: Anthony Burgess
“I suppose the only real reason for travelling is to learn that all people are the same.”
--Anthony Burgess (Wikipedia link).
(More Anthony Burgess quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Among other things, today is- in no particular order of importance-
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Quotes by or about persons born on this date (Click on link after name for quotes):
1841 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (d. 1919)
1910 – Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (d. 1992)
1917 – Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1993)
1928 – Larry Gelbart, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1937 – Bob Schieffer, American political author, journalist and TV interviewer
1943 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and film producer (d. 2001)
1975 – Chelsea Handler, American comedian, actress, author, and television host
Other birthdays:
1873 – Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. (d. 1921)
1888 – John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (d. 1959)
1913 – Jim Backus, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1913 – Gert Fröbe, German actor (d. 1988)
1918 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
1965 – Carrot Top, American comedian
1966 – Téa Leoni, American actress
1971 – Sean Astin, American actor, director and producer
1973 – Anson Mount, American actor
1976 – Rashida Jones, American actress and writer
1980 – Kash Patel, American lawyer, FBI director
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1836 – Samuel Colt was granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, was sworn into the US Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
1932 – Adolf Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
1986 – People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first female president.
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