Archive for 2022
March 20, 2022
WHILE WAR, FAMINE, AND PESTILENCE STALK THE LAND, OUR RULING CLASS FOCUSES ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES: The House of Representatives approved new legislation on Friday that would ban discrimination based on hair texture and style. It now heads to the Senate floor for consideration.
Rep. Jim Jordan: “Fourteen months of chaos and we’re doing a bill on hair.”
March 19, 2022
AT AMAZON, 20 lb. bag of long-grain rice.
NOT WITHOUT REASON: War in Ukraine Sparks Concerns Over Worldwide Food Shortages.
UPDATE (From Ed): Ukraine-Russia: Implications on cattle market. “In this article, I want to discuss the far-reaching implications of the Ukraine war for cattle markets. Inflation, grain markets, and energy markets are the main focus. Fertilizer is another big one. There are also domestic beef demand concerns that we need to discuss. Cattle markets are reacting to all of these.”
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HOW LONG WOULD IT HAVE TAKEN A GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO DO THE SAME THING? Elon Musk’s Starlink Helping Ukraine Win Drone War.
WELL, GOOD: Antabuse may help revive vision in people with progressive blinding disorders.
I remember when talking about off-label use for prescription drugs was dangerous misinformation.
AT AMAZON, Future Essentials Canned Rice.
WHEN BIG FIRMS REPRESENTED AL QAEDA TERRORISTS, we were told that everyone has a right to representation.
Yet big firms were bullied into dropping Trump as a client, none of them appear to be offering pro bono representation to the January 6 defendants, and now we see this: Harvard, Yale, And Stanford Law Students And Faculty Pressure U.S. Law Firms To Cut Ties With Russian Clients.
So given that lawyers apparently are morally responsible for their choice of clients, I think it’s fair to criticize Ketanji Brown Jackson for representating accused terrorists.
OF COURSE IT WILL: 2023 BMW i7 Will Have Massive, Pointless Grille.
THE PERILS OF OPEN CARRY. These objections are valid, but while a visible gun makes you a target, it’s also a deterrent. The relative values of those depends on circumstances. And of course, many open-carriers to it to normalize firearms carry and move the Overton Window, which is a decision based on a different set of tactical concerns.
I QUIT MY REGULAR COLUMN AT USA TODAY BECAUSE THEY SPIKED MY HUNTER BIDEN COLUMN: Glenn Greenwald thread shreds media’s journalistic malpractice over the Hunter Biden laptop story.
But it wasn’t just a refusal to cover. Remember that Twitter even blocked sharing the story by DM.
Related: The ‘cabal’ that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us must answer for his failed presidency.
Now, 55 years after it was shot, Gibson has finally released the footage to the public via its YouTube channel. You can see it for yourself above.
Over the course of 20 minutes, the film shows viewers just about every step of the guitar build process – from its beginning as a nondescript piece of wood to the final quality checks the finished instrument endured before leaving the factory.
Toward its end, the film also touches on Gibson’s guitar amp and pickup divisions, and shows how the company made its acoustic and electric guitar strings at the time.
Interestingly, because it was shot in 1967, Instrument of the People doesn’t feature a single Les Paul. It would be another year before the legendary model returned to the Gibson catalog, after its iconic single-cut design was axed in favor of the SG in 1961 and discontinued.
The band rocking out at near the end of the video in matching sports jackets are a hoot:
RULES ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: TSA finds firearm in anti-gun California lawmaker’s luggage. “Democrat California Assemblyman Jim Cooper, who authored anti ‘ghost-gun’ legislation and receives an F rating from the NRA-ILA, apparently forgot on March 3rd that he had a loaded firearm in his purse. TSA found it during the X-ray screening of his messenger bag, which, according to Cooper’s own office, ‘looks like a purse.’ If you think he got in trouble for this, you’d be sadly mistaken.”
Well, to be fair, rules are for the little people.
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR: TurboTax Deluxe 2021 Tax Software, Federal and State Tax Return with Federal E-file [Amazon Exclusive] [PC Download]. #CommissionEarned
HOLLYWOOD WANTS YOU TO PAY MORE AT THE PUMP: Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Stiller and more stars sign letter protesting Canada Gas Pipeline.
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Google is accused in lawsuit of systemic bias against Black employees.
FASTER, PLEASE: New technique improves detection of cancer DNA in blood.
SENDUNGEN AUS DER BILDUNGSAPOKALYPSE: Germany: Critical research results on Islam banned and criminalized at universities.
THE GOALPOSTS KEEP MOVING, EVEN THOUGH THE VACCINE IS THE SAME: Moderna asks FDA to approve fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot. The response to new variants seems to be yet another dose of the same old vaccine. There has been plenty of time to develop updated boosters, but for some reason it hasn’t happened. That doesn’t sound scientific to me.
RIP: John Clayton, longtime NFL reporter and radio host, dies at 67.
“John was a pioneer as an NFL insider but also one of the kindest men you could ever work with,” said Seth Markman, vice president and executive producer at ESPN. “He literally never said no to a show that asked him to come on — from 6 a.m. to midnight, if you asked for the Professor, he was there for you. I’ll also personally remember how he loved and cared for his beloved wife Pat as she has battled multiple sclerosis. We will all miss John greatly.”
Clayton received the profession’s highest honor, now known as the Bill Nunn Memorial Award, in 2007. The award is presented annually by the Pro Football Writers of America in recognition of “long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football.”
“It’s the highest honor any writer covering this sport can receive,” Clayton said at the time.
“The PFWA mourns the passing of John Clayton. John was the PFWA’s 19th president (1999-2000) and the organization’s 2007 Bill Nunn Jr. Award recipient,” the organization said in a statement. “‘The Professor’ was a friend to so many in our business. Our condolences to his wife Pat, family, colleagues and his many friends.”
Clayton was also a longtime member of the Board of Selectors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
ESPN hired Clayton in 1995 as a jack-of-all-trades for its NFL coverage. SportsCenter producers created a weekly segment called “Four Downs” pitting Clayton against NFL analyst and former quarterback Sean Salisbury. It became must-see TV.
As did his appearance on “This is SportsCenter” commercials for ESPN, which to this day are among the best of the popular segments. Clayton’s appearance included a spot where he appeared as he would on SportsCenter, in a coat and tie, before he tore both off to reveal a Slayer T-shirt, let down his long hair, jumped on a bed and shouted, “Hey ma, I’m done with my segment.”
It’s a brilliant ad, back when ESPN was still fun and watchable:
Clayton’s explanation of how the ad was shot:
I WAS TOLD THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE: Medical marijuana use may lead to addiction, not aid health, Harvard study finds.
FROM M.C.A. HOGARTH: Business for the Right-Brained: (A Guide for Artists, Writers, Musicians, Dancer, Crafters, and all the other Dreamers. #CommissionEarned
A career as a freelance artist? Not possible, you say? The Three Jaguars beg to differ! In this cartoon and checklist-filled guide, Marketer, Business Manager, and Artist walk you through the challenges of starting and building a creative business. Topics include productizing your work; metrics and tracking; communication and networking strategies; Day Job wrangling; pricing; branding; and even how to market yourself without feeling (*shudder*) slimy! If you’ve been looking for a clear (and humorous!) guide to the philosophy and practicalities of being a professional artist… this is your book. Also, did I mention the cartoons?
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