Post #7733 M: Woke Jesus And The Woman Caught In Adultery; McClanahan on Is the FED Making Americans Unhappy?; What 1976 Got Right About America

Quote of the Day

A cloudy day is no match 

for a sunny disposition.

William Arthur Ward   

Woke Jesus And The Woman Caught In Adultery

McClanahan on Is the FED Making Americans Unhappy?

What 1976 Got Right About America

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Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

The Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan & Dean

Post #7732 J

Endemic Report

CDC stats this week:

The major stats remain unchanged.

The Sick Times:

Undoubtedly, the biggest news over the past week was departing DNI chief Gabbard's release of newly declassified documents relevant to alleged COVID origins, including US funding of Wuhan research and Fauci's alleged involvement (re: Rand Paul).

The latest COVID-19 news:

• "COVID-19 vaccine linked with lower risk of heart attack, stroke: Study"
• "People with pre-existing physical, mental conditions face similar risk of long COVID"
• "Coadministration of COVID-19, influenza vaccines may lower MACE risk in older adults" {"MACE is a broad term that includes cardiovascular death, heart attack, stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure""
• "When travel restrictions became trade frictions: Evidence from Covid-era border closures"
• "The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine advisory committee voted unanimously today to recommend Moderna's mRNA influenza vaccine, mFlusiva, for adults 50 and over. This was its first time reviewing a new vaccine application since 2023"
• "Preventing the next pandemic using AI-designed vaccines"
• "Head-to-head comparison suggests flu was much more likely to lead to hospitalization than COVID last winter"
• "Most pandemics start when a pathogen spreads from animals to humans. It's a leading explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic: the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is a cousin to coronaviruses that live in bats"
• "UKHSA: New Pandemic More Than 25% Likely Within 5 Years"
• "Invivyd Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase 3 LIBERTY Trial Evaluating VYD2311 Antibody Versus mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine"
• "Vaccines administered in autumn and winter 2025 to 2026 showed approximately 55% effectiveness against symptomatic disease among older adults within 2 months of vaccination"
• " in some Long COVID patients"
• COVID-19 relief fraud/other crimes:
• "Texas woman gets 1 year, 9 months in prison for claiming Eaton fire, California COVID-19 benefits"
• "Wisconsin gang members sentenced to life for murder and COVID-19 fraud"
• "Former Charlotte City Councilmember's daughter pleads guilty in COVID-19 relief fraud case"
• "2 Atlanta women indicted in alleged COVID rental aid fraud scheme"
• "70-year-old Ohio man admits to COVID-19 relief scam"
• Legal/political issues:
• "Eighth Circuit Puts Nurse’s Covid Vaccine Lawsuit Back on Track"
• "Superior Court flexibly defines period in COVID-19 class action against long-term care home"
• "Joe Rogan says US presidents tried getting him removed from Spotify over COVID vax views"
• "Nurse struck off for saying Covid jab 'caused cancer'"
• "COVID vaccine complications: Is the government doing enough?"

Other Notes 

The blog continues to attract a seemingly new normal of about 1K pageviews daily. I'm still working on my first June essay. X/Twitter seems to be stabilizing; it has been a while since any tweets have gone viral or my followers have had a sustained push.

I've seen some movement in egg prices, with ShopRite breaking $1 for a dozen budget-brand eggs. Lidl's regular price is down to $1.46.

Post #7731 M: Trump’s Big Violent 80th Birthday Party at the White House; Stossel on The FDA Bans Peptides; McClanahan on The New York Times Talks Secession

 Quote of the Day

Advice is like snow; 

the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, 

and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge  

Trump’s Big Violent 80th Birthday Party at the White House

Stossel on The FDA Bans Peptides

McClanahan on The New York Times Talks Secession

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Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - Major Lance

Post #7730 M: Happy 80th to the man who is seeing every single doctor imaginable; Bernie Sanders' "public ownership" of AI is a government power grab; The Ongoing Case for Free Trade

 Quote of the Day

No army can withstand the strength 

of an idea whose time has come.

Victor Hugo 

Happy 80th to the man who is seeing every single doctor imaginable

Bernie Sanders' "public ownership" of AI is a government power grab

The Ongoing Case for Free Trade

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Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop

Post #7729 M: Trump’s Nipple Fetish Revealed; A 100-Year-Old Law Was Blocking American Trade. Then It Was Waived; Current US immigration policy is leading to constitutional abuse

 Quote of the Day

Drink nothing without seeing it; 

sign nothing without reading it. 

Spanish Proverb  

Trump’s Nipple Fetish Revealed

A 100-Year-Old Law Was Blocking American Trade. Then It Was Waived

Current US immigration policy is leading to constitutional abuse

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Musical Interlude: 10964 Top 100 Hits

Bits And Pieces - Dave Clark Five

Post #7728 M: Trump Preps for 80th Birthday;Dumb BLEEP of the Week; A House Is Illegal in This Neighborhood. A Nightclub Isn’t.

 Quote of the Day

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. 

It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

George D. Prentice  

Trump Preps for 80th Birthday

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

This video was available when I originally scheduled it. It looks like they've placed these episodes under a premium category. I do not generally cite premium content. I knew they had, for some time, put voting for Dumb Bleep under premium status, but not the content itself. I'm not replacing this episode, but as a note, because it may also affect past clipped videos. It had also been reversed after drafting, so it's possible they'll revert to availability.  If the status remains unchanged, I will not clip future episodes..

A House Is Illegal in This Neighborhood. A Nightclub Isn’t.

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Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) - Betty Everett

Post #7727 M: Trump Gets Blamed by Knicks Fans for Team’s Loss; McClanahan on A Strict Construction Handbook

 Quote of the Day

I phoned my dad 

to tell him I had stopped smoking. 

He called me a quitter.

Steven Pearl  

Trump Gets Blamed by Knicks Fans for Team’s Loss  

IRS Drains Grandpa's Life Savings—INSANE Fine

McClanahan on A Strict Construction Handbook

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Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

 Hey Little Cobra - Rip Chords