Doctors still recommend flu shot despite sneaky new strain
Writing versus AI and A World Without People
Older Americans Quit Weight-Loss Drugs in Droves — Side effects and cost continue to be significant obstacles
Frank S. Robinson’s blog suspension as a result of the comments on a 2017 blog post. BTW, I had replied to his post.
Starring Dick Van Dyke, streaming only until 1/31/2026
Claudette Colvin, who challenged Alabama’s segregation laws, dies at 86. As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her challenge presaged Rosa Parks’ and helped integrate Montgomery’s buses.
‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Dies at 68 After Cancer Battle. On one hand, his politics sucked. On the other hand, he died of the same thing my father died of, prostate cancer, a disease that “nobody” dies of except when they do
Frank Capra at Comic-Con 1974
Go, Bills!! Go, Bears! Go, 49ers. Go, Texans?
Wait, there’s an Australian version of Ghosts?
Capt. Billy’s Whiz Bang
FOTUS and fiends
Renee Good and Our Epistemological Crisis, and Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE?
He asked Fulton County, GA, for a $6.2 million payout in attorneys’ fees and costs after the criminal charges against him were dismissed. He had been indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia by pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger to “find” 11,780 votes to give him a victory in the state of Georgia.
The Venezuela attack is a constitutional crisis for the United States, and the euphoria period and Imperialism Is Very Expensive
EPA could limit its own ability to use new science to strengthen air pollution rules
CDC sharply narrows routine childhood vaccine guidance
What Morbidity Hath Secretary Kennedy Wrought? — A choice is not a choice when swamped with vaccine disinformation
Hegseth starts proceedings against Mark Kelly over video remarks; Kelly is not backing down
America’s third consecutive K-shaped recovery (an economic rally where the rich get richer and everyone else gets poorer)
Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Talk of Athens
Jan. 6 never ended: All that the rioters want is everything, and GOP hides the memorial
Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, 1/5/2026
Jordan Klepper on djt’s Tylenol Tirade and Elon’s DOGE-baggery | The Daily Show
Imperial Aggression in Venezuela: Corporate Media Fall in Line
Tony Dokoupil’s ‘embarrassing’ first days at CBS Evening News savaged by staff: ‘It’s state TV.’
MUSIC
Battle Hymn of the Empire – Marsh Family adaptation of Battle Hymn of the Republic
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, first by Beethoven (op. 112) and then by Mendelssohn (op. 27).
Ameriican Requiem – Beyoncé
Dance to the music – Sly & The Family Stone –
The Sondheim Concert
Move On Up (Extended Version – Curtis Mayfield
Hang On Sloopy -The McCoys
You’ll Be Back – Lesli Margherita
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) – Nina Simone
Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood KKK – Mitchell Trio feat. John Denver (1966)
The River by John Williams
The Red Bucket Follies’ opening number, December 2025
An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer, Op. 314
Year-end pop music mashups 2025
New Year’s Eve edition of The Dinah Shore Show, which aired 12/29/61, featuring George Burns, Ginger Rogers, and my mom’s favorite, Nat King Cole
