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Belgium becomes first country to introduce mandatory monkeypox quarantine as global cases rise.

Monkeypox, Covid, bird flu, Southern Baptists, Sleep, Drew Carey, Joan Collins, Monty Python
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Published Monday, May 23, 2022 @ 4:18 PM EDT

May 23 2022

White Supremacy

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Jif peanut butter is being recalled for potential salmonella contamination. The FDA noted that the peanut butter has a two-year shelf life so consumers should check any Jif peanut butter already in their home.

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Economist Jeffrey Sachs presents evidence of possible lab origin of Covid-19. An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences calls for an independent investigation of information held by U.S.-based institutions that could shed light on the origins of Covid.

Also, As avian influenza spreads in birds, conspiracy theories about the disease infect the internet. ...users are questioning whether the virus is a bioweapon, suggesting it's a ploy by Bill Gates, and claiming a TV interview with a former CDC director offers proof that the disease outbreaks were planned or that the flu news was designed to scare people. None of which is true.

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Southern Baptist leaders mishandled sex abuse claims and resisted reforms over concerns of "potential liability," a third-party report alleges.

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Have we been getting sleep all wrong? Eight hours a day is a myth. Embracing our individual sleeping patterns could be the key to a better night's rest. (Favorite observation about sleep from someone on Facebook: "Sleep is death without the commitment.")

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Drew Carey is 64 today.

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Joan Collins is 89 today.

(Star Trek was filmed at Desilu, as was The Andy Griffith show. This scene was actually shot on the latter show's Mayberry main street. Note Floyd's Barber Shop in the background.)

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There are more Airbnb rentals than available apartments in New York City. The total number of short-term rentals of entire homes in the city's five boroughs- those listed on Airbnb Inc. and Expedia Group Inc.'s Vrbo- is more than 13,000, according to third-party data tracker AirDNA. Meanwhile, rental inventory in Manhattan, Brooklyn and a portion of Queens hovers just over 7,500, according to an April report from broker Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

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Tweets, observations, and diversions:

If you think free speech is defined by your ability to be an asshole without consequence, you don't understand free speech (but you remain an asshole).

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On this day in 1969, the BBC ordered 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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When racists say "I have Black friends," they mean Herschel Walker.
-Middle Age Riot

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My mother insists she's not going to make it through the end of this year, despite the fact she's in better shape than I am and her doctor describes her condition as excellent.

I took her shopping today and she bought some vitamins- a buy one, get one free deal. I pointed out that buying vitamins seemed kind of pointless based on her calculated life expectancy, and getting an extra bottle was really overshooting her self-proclaimed anticipated end date.

She was not amused.

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Gubernatorial comes from the Latin gubernator, which means governor. Gubernator is derived from gubernare, which means to steer or govern.

Given the current state of the country, gubernator sounds more accurate than governor. Only it should be spelled goobernator.

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Friends and patients of the late Lawrence J. Nelson, MD... A memorial will be held Sunday, June 12 at noon at the George Irvin Green Funeral Home, 3511 Main Street, Munhall.

Categories: Airbnb, Bird Flu, Covid-19, Drew Carey, FDA, First Amendment, Free Speech, Jif Peanut Butter, Joan Collins, Monkeypox, Monty Python, Sleep, Southern Baptists

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McDonald's, Wendy's accused of beefing up burgers in ads.

Covid redux, Insurrection redux, formula redux, Dick Wolf redux, animals, continuing education
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Published Wednesday, May 18, 2022 @ 4:03 PM EDT

May 18 2022

You mean pretending it's no longer a problem doesn't work? U.S. health officials say a third of people live in areas with so much virus they should consider masks indoors. Also: Long COVID: As much as 75% of hospital patients still not 'fully recovered'.

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Say it clearly: Pennsylvania Republicans just nominated a pro-Trump insurrectionist. (Washington Post gift article) Let's state this plainly: Pennsylvania Republicans just nominated a full-blown insurrectionist who intends to use the power of the office to ensure that, as long as he is governor, no Democratic presidential candidate wins his state again. He helped bus in Trump supporters and attended the rally on Jan. 6, 2021; as state senator he argued for the invalidation of Joe Biden's electors; and he's continued falsely claiming election fraud ever since.

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The baby formula shortage, explained: Abbott Nutrition's contaminated plant in Michigan; manufacturers miscalculated demand; more babies were born in 2022; US regulations for baby formula are so strict that most European formulas are illegal (even though European babies are fine). Also: FDA obliterates formula maker's defense of contamination linked to baby deaths. Also also: Urgent New York raw milk recall: New recalls are so bad, entire production lines were shut down.

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TV at unprecedented scale: How Dick Wolf rebounded to 198 hours of drama a season: "FBI," "FBI: Most Wanted," "FBI: International," "Chicago Fire," "Chicago P.D.," "Chicago Med," "Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU" and "Law & Order: Organized Crime."

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Bad Kitty: German town grounds cats to save rare birds. Authorities in the southwest German town of Walldorf have ordered some cat owners to keep their pets indoors until the end of August, to protect a rare bird, the crested lark, during its breeding season.

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Chief Justice John Roberts has just one chance to save the credibility of the high court. To alter the Roe precedent has the potential to catapult us into chaos. For the three branches of government to properly govern the one, the Supreme Court, has to be non-political.

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Learning new things every day:

People infected by brain-altering cat parasite are more attractive, finds study.

The real reason people from history wore huge powdered wigs. Ick.

How to design a theme park (to take tons of your money). Beating Disney at its own game. Until Disney came up with the physical embodiment of the Star Wars universe.

Would cockroaches actually survive a nuclear apocalypse? "I've come back so many times. Someone once told me that after World War III, the only things that will still be around are cockroaches and Cher."-Cher

Migrating sea turtles don't really know where they're going. (Smithsonian Magazine) New research finds that many hawksbill turtles take meandering routes to reach foraging sites in the Indian Ocean. Maybe they're just not in a hurry.

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Tweets, observations, and diversions:

When a rabid anti-vaxxer like Eric Clapton has to cancel concerts after catching COVID-19, it's not irony or karma: it's science.
Sweet, hilarious science.
-Middle Age Riot

Little known fact: Chuck E. Cheese's full name is Charles Entertainment Cheese.

Categories: Abbott Nutrition, Baby formula, Cats, Chuck E. Cheese, Cockroaches, Dick Wolf, Disney, Doug Mastriano, Eric Clapton, FDA, John Roberts, McDonald's, Turtles, Wendy's, Wigs

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Forbes: 32 new cars to avoid.

Lizard Overlords, Bongbong, Dianetics, Birth Control, Rats, Roe v Wade
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Published Monday, May 09, 2022 @ 12:58 PM EDT

May 09 2022

Well, this explains everything.

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If you thought American voters were daft, check out the Phillipines, where Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., a dictator's son, takes a huge lead in Philippine presidential election. Marcos Jr.'s father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., ruled the Southeast Asian nation of 110 million for 21 years before being ousted in 1986. The elder Marcos tore up presidential term limits, imposed nine years of nationwide martial law, and brutally quashed political dissent. During his rule, tens of thousands were arrested and thousands of his critics and opponents killed, while political allies benefited from rampant cronyism. He and his wife, 89-year-old Imelda, were also estimated to have embezzled up to $10 billion from state coffers until a popular uprising drove the family into exile in Hawaii, where the elder Marcos died in 1989. Let's hope dear old dad wasn't a role model.

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Singer/composer Sonny Curtis is 85 today. In addition to "Love Is All Around" (the theme of The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Curtis also wrote "Walk Right Back" and "I Fought the Law" and was a member of Buddy Holly's Crickets.

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Candice Bergen is 76 today.

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Billy Joel is 73 today.

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"Book One" of the Church of Scientology, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, was published on this date in 1950.

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On this date in 1960, the Food and Drug Administration announced it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

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Are millennial leftists aging into right-wingers? It might depend on your life experience. I'm 67 and still an FDR Democrat.

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Rats return to NYC. Sightings are up, due to outdoor dining and eased Covid restrictions.

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Speaking of rats in New York City: "You lose. You have no choice. Not your body, not your choice. Your body is mine and you're having my baby!"

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Tweets and observations:

Ban Viagra.
If pregnancy is "God's will," so is impotence.
-@JoJoFromJerz

Next time the national anthem is played every woman and girl should take a knee.
-J Not a bot

In an unanimous decision, The Supreme Court struck down a law ensuring a 35-foot "buffer zone" outside abortion clinics, ruling that it violated the first amendment preventing free speech of anti-abortion protesters. Then the Supreme Court erected a fence around itself. Got it.
-Outspoken

While we don't know who leaked the draft opinion, there's only one person we do know of that had access to it, that would have no impediment to doing almost anything, and feels justified because she- yes, she- thinks the US is already at war. Maybe Clarence protests too much.
-Duty To Warn

What kind of world is it where lawmakers want to arrest you for using an IUD but make it easier to carry around a gun?
-Steven Beschloss

You know who had a heartbeat? Every child murdered in their school because Republicans are the party of mass shooters. This isn’t about heartbeats. This is about criminalizing women.
-Rep. Eric Swalwell

A protest march that the people in power approve of is just a parade.
-Robyn Swirling

If Kavanaugh doesn't like the way people in his state are gathering outside his house, maybe he can just take off work and drive hundreds of miles to a different state.
-Samantha Bee

Categories: Billy Joel, Bongbong Marcos Jr., Candice Bergen, Dianetics, FDA, Groypers, L. Ron Hubbard, Lizard Overlords, Roe v Wade, Sonny Curtis, White Nationalists

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Jimmy Kimmel gently tells MyPillow's Mike Lindell he thinks Lindell's old crack habit made him paranoid.

Rudy raided, Bugs Bunny, Betty White, assorted potential catastrophes...
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Published Friday, April 30, 2021 @ 1:56 AM EDT

Apr 30 2021

Feds raid Giuliani's home, office, escalating criminal probe. Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice Department's investigationin a major escalation of the Justice Department's investigation into the business dealings of former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

America is running low on chicken. Blame covid-19, a sandwich craze and huge appetite for wings.

Turn up the thermostat. living or working in a cool environment for extended periods can lower core body temperature. That decreases metabolic rate – how fast we burn calories – and commonly causes weight gain.

On the other hand... Phoenix could become uninhabitable due to climate change. Also, Declassified satellite images show glaciers are melting faster than ever

The link between 'The West Wing' and Biden's address. Viewers notice remarkable similarity to a plan set out by Martin Sheen's character in long-running political drama.

Flu has disappeared worldwide during the COVID pandemic. The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza.

FDA moves to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. "Banning menthol—the last allowable flavor—in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products," Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a statement. "With these actions, the FDA will help significantly reduce youth initiation, increase the chances of smoking cessation among current smokers, and address health disparities experienced by communities of color, low-income populations, and LGBTQ+ individuals, all of whom are far more likely to use these tobacco products."

Phasers on stun? US investigating possible mysterious directed energy attack near White House.

Well, this is disburbing: The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion? A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist. Could they be right?

Physicists prove that the imaginary part of quantum mechanics really exists! The exclamation point is theirs, not mine. Still, scientists discover imaginary numbers aren't imaginary.

More good news: Omega-3 fish oil supplements linked with heart rhythm disorder. Omega-3 supplements are associated with an increased likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation in people with high blood lipids. That's the finding of a study published today in European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Earth has been knocked off its axis over the last 25 years, changing the locations of the north and south poles.

Andy Borowitz: Explosive video reveals Biden plot to use his power to improve living conditions

I have the sinking suspicion I'm cheugy.

San Francisco sound engineer accidentally dosed with LSD while cleaning 1960s radio equipment.

Man cooking up ramen in a Speedo accidentally shoots himself in the nuts with 20 bottle rockets.

99-year-old Betty White's secret to a long and happy life is junk food. "She eats crap," her former Hot in Cleveland co-star Jane Leeves told UsMagazine.com in 2011. “She eats Red Vines, hot dogs, French fries, and Diet Coke. If that's key, maybe she's preserved because of all the preservatives.”

It's Bugs Bunny Day. On this date in 1938, a preliminary version of Bugs (named Happy) appeared in Porky's Hare Hunt.

Among other things, today is Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, Childcare Professionals Day, Day of the Child, Hairstyle Appreciation Day, International Jazz Day, Lag B'omer, National Animal Advocacy Day, National Arbor Day, National Bubble Tea Day, National Hairball Awareness Day, National Honesty Day, National Military Brats Day, National Mr. Potato Head Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, National PrepareAthon! Day, National Raisin Day, National Sarcoidosis Day, and Spank Out Day.

Have a great weekend! See you Monday!

Categories: Andy Borowitz, Astronomy, Betty White, Bugs Bunny, Cheugy, Chicken shortage, Climate change, Covid-19, FDA, Health, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Biden, Mike Lindell, Phoenix, Porky Pig, Quantum mechanics, Rudy Giuliani, The West Wing

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