Here's a great collection of conversations with the members of Monty Python, from the Bullseye radio show/podcast.
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Here's a great collection of conversations with the members of Monty Python, from the Bullseye radio show/podcast.
How to be better insulated from oil price shocks? This Middle East expert says “Over the long run, the United States needs to do what China is already doing: invest in E.V.s.”
Recounting the series of bad decisions that led to having Hells Angels as security at the infamous Grateful Dead-Rolling Stones concert at Altamont, Ca. in 1969.
The unwritten rule "Never embarrass the Bureau"? Someone please tell the Director.
Anyone seen "The Chair Company"? I'd say this series is the very definition of an offbeat, dark comedy/thriller.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem gave a $143M no-bid contract to a company staffed by her friends. The CEO is married to Noem's former DHS spokesperson. Most organizations have an ethics rule about “avoiding even the appearance of a conflict of interest.” Not in this Administration.
I recently saw an interview with a former FBI agent. She said they had one very important unwritten rule: Never embarrass the Bureau. The current director has not gotten the message.
A pastor who supports repealing women’s right to vote and believes homosexuality should be a crime led a worship service at the Pentagon, saying he was invited by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
North of North (on Netflix) is a lot of fun. www.imdb.com/title/tt2737...
Continuing with “Where are today's protest songs?” (drawn from the Sound Opinions podcast episode #1055):
Smoking Popes with Scott Lucas, 'Allegiance'.
“Where are the protest songs today?” Well here's one. Billy wrote and recorded it in a day. Read the lyrics, shown below the video.
As he tries to distract from the Epstein files, the president made an announcement about UFOs. For an entertaining science-based look at the chances of alien life and interstellar travel, and explanations of much-hyped Navy “UFO” videos, check out “The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You To See”.
The president keeps pardoning drug dealers and kingpins. These are just the latest – look up Garnett Gilbert Smith, Larry Hoover, and Juan Orlando Hernández.
Venezuela's oil is 'sour heavy crude'. "It's more difficult and expensive, to extract, transport and refine. Producing it releases more planet-warming gases than other kinds of crude, making it worse for the climate." The 'sour' means high in polluting sulfur. It should stay in the ground.
I've read a number of Nick Hornby's books and novels over the years (Fever Pitch, High Fidelity, How To Be Good, Songbook, Slam, Funny Girl). I recently found this Hornby-edited short story collection at Goodwill. It's from 2002, and features some real literary stars. All the stories were great.
I just watched David Lynch's “The Elephant Man”, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. From 1980, it falls between Eraserhead (1977) and Dune (1984). You can see it here.
Why don't they use foil-wrapped cucumbers, like the guys in Spinal Tap?
This week’s Consumer Health Digest newsletter features:
- Texas Medical Board reprimands doctor who prescribed ivermectin to COVID patient.
- Quantum quackery spotlighted.
- Study finds most cancer patients have been exposed to treatment misinformation.
My old phone was starting to have poor battery life, so I got a new one. It is bright orange, and I got a clear case. I always had black cases before. Hopefully orange will make it less likely to be mistaken for a handgun.
I had to say goodbye to this long-sleeve 1993 LPSC t-shirt. It tore along the colored section. I seem to recall Graham Ryder saying he'd had a hand in the design, and it was the last time that the LPI gave him any responsibility.
From the latest Consumer Health Digest:
- Information page on bogus autism therapies removed from FDA website.
- Systematic research review refutes claimed link between Tylenol and autism.
- Florida’s surgeon general promotes structured water nonsense.
Sorry . . . I missed the context of your comment. No LPSC abstracts appear in M&PS.
Sound bites on the news have the effect of sane-washing.
“Trump reveals everything . . . his lack of discipline, his ignorance, his vanity, insecurity, and crudeness, and a mean streak that knows no limits.”
Another one: Berlin.
Oh, and not a band, but: Laurie Anderson.
I've been enjoying the Australian TV series “Fisk”, available on Netflix. It's a workplace comedy about a lawyer. Stars comedian Kitty Flanagan and written by Kitty & her sister Penny. For fans of “The Office”, “Cunk On Earth”, “Dreamland”, “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Flight of the Conchords”.
Pretenders, Bangles, Siouxsie & the Banshees, 10,000 Maniacs, Cocteau Twins.
