Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions.
Maryanne Trump Barry says He has no principles.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: US is making a mockery of the phrase a jury of your peers and Border Wall II.
Steve Bannon needs to watch The Inspectors.
Mnuchin paved way for postal service shake-up.
Trans Women Who Report Abuse in Prison Are Targets of Retaliation.
Aging memories may not be ‘worse’, just ‘different’.
CDC: Social Determinants of Health.
Harriette Cole: Have I been blind to my white friends’ true feelings?
Movies Misled the Masses. Can They Lead Us Into a More Equal Future?
Inside the Courthouse Break-In Spree That Landed Two White-Hat Hackers in Jail.
Placebos prove powerful even when people know they’re taking one.
Arthur writes about toxic positivity.
Brain waves can be used to predict future pain sensitivity.
How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries.
The American Scientists Who Saved London From Nazi Drones.
Pentagon’s UFO Group Is Officially Active, After Years of Secrecy.
The untold story of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress.
Countdown – the game show of spelling, math, and whoopsies.
What is a 2nd cousin once removed?
Chuck is fifty-seven.
Audio link, almost ten minutes of a 1959 Stan Laurel interview.
COVID-19
The Trump Pandemic: A blow-by-blow account.
“Immune to Evidence”: How Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracies Spread. To wit:
Dangerous Oleander Extract Not a Cure, despite What He Said.
CDC Details Its Massive Mental Health Impact.
Today I find the mask useful
along with sunglasses
to hide my tear streaked face,
not wanting to scare the barista
who has enough to deal with
behind his own mask.
-Transitions” by Tammi Truax, poet laureate of Portsmouth, NH.
Mississippi School Opening Disaster.
Email Phishing Scams – Bad Actors Seeking to Take Advantage through “SBA Loan Application”.
Navajo Nation residents face coronavirus without running water.
How rocket scientists would approach planning to reopen schools.
Think it kills the centuries-old practice of sharing business cards? Think again.
DNC
Joe Biden in his speech accepting the Democratic nomination for US President; Fact-checking him. (He does quite well, unlike his opponent’s Monday speech at the RNC.)
Hidden messages in Elizabeth Warren’s video.
Bernie Sanders speech, and link to others.
Now I Know
Why the Zebra Got its Stripes and The Stranger Things About a Scientific Constant and You Don’t Have To Be A Big Shot and The Turtle With Bricks for Wheels and The Aliens in the Cupboard and From Facebook to Mug Shot.
New blog
Alison Stonbely’s blog, Secrets of the Forest, looking at art and racism.
For the record
I really don’t care about Jerry Falwell Jr.’s sex life. Consenting adults and all that. What was loathsome has been his sanctimonious hypocrisy and his golden parachute.
MUSIC
Lyric Quartette by William Grant Still.
Outerspace – Zbonics and Rebecca Jade. Plus Sobrina Taylor interviews Rebecca Jade!
Pop Psalms: (What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding – Nick Lowe.
Solace: A Mexican Serenade by Scott Joplin.
Coverville 1321: The Sparks Cover Story and This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us – The Sparks.
K-Chuck Radio: The World of the Black MIDI.
The Curse of Ham – Buggy Jive.
Christopher Cuomo – Randy Rainbow.
Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas.
DOLLY PARTON Steers Her Empire Through the Pandemic— and Keeps It Growing.