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Without employment to intrude on life, I am becoming feral. Showers and brushing my teeth feel extremely optional. Meals are when I'm hungry, sleep is when I'm sleepy. Last night I snored for only two hours, but what does it matter? Any yawn can become a nap.
Free time is such a marvelous thing, I was expecting to do some writing. First, though, there are 119 movies I've been meaning to watch...
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In a press conference a few weeks ago, President Biden said, "I did not anticipate that there would be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that President Biden didn’t get anything done."
That's why the world will go down in flames — fools like Biden seem to honestly think Republicans will shake their hands and strike a fair compromise, do the right thing for America, and all that shit, but — how many years has Biden been Rip Van Winkled, that he could still believe that?
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My brother is taking a two-and-a-half-week Caribbean cruise. I don't understand it. He's a math guy. He knows the numbers. Knows this is a big risk. Knows there's a pandemic.
"Always wanted to take a cruise," he says, so he's sailing in a week.
Then again, he's old. Even older than me. If he's thinking there's not enough time remaining to keep delaying the things he wants, well, I can see the logic in that.
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Blue states are rolling back mask rules – but experts warn it’s too soon
It'll always be "too soon," while damned fools refuse to wear a mask or be vaccinated.
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Canada-U.S. border city seeks court order to remove truck protesters
Cops don't like to arrest their right-wing ideological soulmates, but will they do it if big money demands it? I'm seriously not sure. Could be a minor dilemma for Officer Unfriendly.
Fox News can’t get enough of Canada’s freedom-loving truckers
DHS warns that trucker protests in U.S. could begin on Super Bowl Sunday
Everything that keeps all our systems humming is more precarious than most people seem to realize. A foolishly shortsighted "just in time" inventory system... plus supply chain disruptions from COVID-19... many millions of petulant fools unwilling to wear a paper mask in a pandemic… and now, some of them want to bring everything to a halt.
If they're stupid enough to do blockades, it could be a perfect shitstorm (and at this point it's pointless to preface anything about the right-wing with "If they're stupid enough to do this").
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Dollywood offering to pay education tuition for all employees
As of Feb. 24, all seasonal, part-time and full-time employees at Dollywood Parks and Resorts can enroll in the program on their first day of employment.
It's remarkable what a business can do, and still be profitable, if the ownership isn't maniacal about squeezing out every possible penny of profit.
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Christian revival at public school prompts student walkout in West Virginia
Much of the Christian right-wing simply doesn't believe in any separation of church and state. Theocracy now!
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Why a high-ranking FBI attorney is pushing ‘unbelievable’ junk science on guns
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Louisiana Senate candidate literally torches a Confederate flag in new campaign ad
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Why must we, as Black Americans, continue to televise our murders in order to mobilize U.S. society to end racist laws? And what message does it send to non-Black America to have a multitude of videos readily available of Black people being brutalized or killed?
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Google, Comcast/NBC Universal, CVS, CitiBank — big companies that support the worst Republicans
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Goodbye to the print editions of Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, Parents, and People en Español
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The Albanian Air Force has been grounded since 2005. This guy snuck in and took pictures.
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Further remembrances of Douglas Trumbull
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Frank Lloyd Wright, noted asshole with a knack for architecture, designed this Wisconsin house, and you can rent it via AirBNB for $525 nightly.
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One-word newscast:
• Amazon
• cops
• COVID
• Futurama
• Trump
• Trump
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Mystery links — Like life itself, there’s no knowing where you’re going:
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♫♬ Sing along with Doug ♫
"Elvis is Everywhere" — Mojo Nixon
2/11/2022
Tip 'o the hat to All Hat No Cattle, Linden Arden, ye olde AVA, BoingBoing, Breakfast at Ralf's, Captain Hampockets, CaptCreate's Log, John the Basket, LiarTownUSA, National Zero, Ran Prieur, Voenix Rising, and anyone else whose work I've stolen without saying thanks.
Extra special thanks to Becky Jo, Name Withheld, Dave S., and always Stephanie...
Cranky Old Man