“Police are investigating a threat of violence directed at a local cocktail lounge after its owner announced that he will require proof of coronavirus vaccination before admitting patrons when the bar reopens next weekend. Matt Baumgartner said that in less than four hours Thursday afternoon he received more than 100 messages via phone, email, and social media, nearly all sharply critical of the stance. Some threatened boycotts, others vandalism, and one threatened violence. ”
I’d be MORE inclined to go there myself. Boycott if they want, but why are some people threatening his right to run his business as he pleases?
Mitch McConnell admits he is fully committed to blocking everything. He said the same thing in 2010.
Biden’s Great Economic Rebalancing.
The Reagan Era is Finally Over.
Anti-Black Police Violence Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity and They Were Sons.
11 Moments From Asian American History That You Should Know.
Gallup: Does Capitalism Need a Soul Transplant?
Red States Crack Down on Protests.
Tucker Carlson Is Emblematic of Today’s Republican Party.
The Baby Bump That Wasn’t.
Marital Histories Differ Between Native-Born and Foreign-Born Adults.
You Won’t Need a Real ID Until 2023.
Why Going to the Doctor Sucks.
I’m good with an Excelsior Wallet, proof of having been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Chart from the CDC: Choosing Safer Activities.
What is the digital divide?
How the home appraisal gap makes homeownership more difficult and costly for Black families.
Aaron Mair: The Problem With Climate Havens.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
-Henry David Thoreau
Disney Must Pay!
Living With the Sackler Name.
Hair: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
‘Street Gang’ Director Marilyn Agrelo On All The Secrets She Learned About Sesame Street.
Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress, dies at 89.
How My Ex-Husband Became One of My Best Friends.
And more
Beavers Wipe Out Town’s Internet.
Did This Man Have the Longest Name of the 20th Century?
LEGOLAND NY prepares to open.
Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border.
Not me: “They (People in low vaccinated areas) felt they were being overlooked and neglected,” said Roger Green Sr., the pastor at Mt. Zion. “What we have done is brought it to their front door.”.
Not me: Kent tokens dropped by traders fleeing the Great Fire of London could fetch thousands. Roger Green, who is originally from Kent, spent 35 years collecting the tokens along the muddy banks of the River Thames.
Now I Know: The Trees That Rock and When Foxes Flew (Against Their Will) and Four Weddings and Divorce or Three and The Road Repair That Broke Science and Harvard Versus Hard Knocks and The Other Side of Midnight and More Accurately, He Was The Hamburglar and There’s No Such Thing As a Lot of Free Pennies and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Empathy.
Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like ‘struggle.’
Fred Rogers
MUSIC
Take a minute to listen to Prelude No. 16 in B-flat minor, opus 28, for solo piano by Chopin.
Clang, Clang, Clang Went Josh Hawley! – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody.
Iko Iko – Song Around the World.
It’s For You – Peter Sprague, featuring Rebecca Jade.
We Need To Get Past Covid – Shelly Goldstein.
Rob Roy Overture by Hector Berlioz.
LOUBOUTINS 2.0 – Aubrey Logan.
R.I.P., Jim Steinman.
It’s All Coming Back To Me Now – Celine Dion.
So This Is Love – Peter Sprague, featuring Sinne Eeg.
I Love NY medley.
Our Town suite by Aaron Copland.
For Good – Chenowith, and Menzel.
Coverville 1357: Cover Stories for Lesley Gore and Robert Johnson.
Both Sides Now – the MonaLisa Twins.
Jeepers Creepers – Julian Neel.
Many more Flintstones versions
The women of jazz fought racism and sexism to open doors for their sisters.
Roberta Flack – her musical gift to us has spanned more than 5 decades.
Songs that use augmented chords.
Linda Ronstadt, oddly. I bought one of her Mexican albums, her Capitol albums, plus the complete Trio with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. After seeing the documentary about her in the summer of 2019, I was utterly sad that her singing voice has been silenced.
