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JUST FOUND OUT WE'VE GOT THE GOVERNOR'S PRESSER AT 1:30 AND PRESIDENT TRUMP AT 2. So my whole show it shot.
DAVE'S MOVIE REVIEW THIS WEEK WILL BE ABOUT THE AFRICAN QUEEN And you can watch it for free by clicking here.
BEFORE YOU JUMP RIGHT BACK INTO YOUR NORMAL ROUTINE An astute listener sent this very well written blog post about some things you should consider before you jump right back into life. The author is a professor who studies and teaches immunology and biology at a college in Massachusetts. It is full of really good information you should know before you head back into a crowded, poorly ventilated space anytime soon.
I FEEL ABOUT THESE PEOPLE CROWDING INTO A CASTLE ROCK CAFE THE SAME WAY I FEEL ABOUT SMOKERS I feel for the owners of C + C Coffee Kitchen. I've eaten there and it's delightful. They opened their doors yesterday for sit down service and the place was PACKED! They are not reopen full time, they say they are just close to going bankrupt and figured they'd give their loyal clientele one last hurrah. And the photos of the restaurant, full of unmasked people standing shoulder to shoulder, were all over Twitter. Here's the thing. If those people want to go out and hang out in this place, who am I to say they are wrong? Just don't expect me to join them. Being a part of a free country is not always pretty, but if someone came to me today and told me that I just had to give up everything I had worked my adult life for, I'd tell them to pound sand. And THAT is exactly what's happening. They didn't force ONE customer to come out, they didn't force ANYONE to stay, they just opened their business. I will fight for their right to do that, but don't expect to see me there after I read the above article. Now outdoor seating is another thing....
I AM NOT GOING TO LIE, I AM STRUGGLING WITH THIS MASK THING and I know a bunch of you are going to tell me I'm stupid for wearing one at all, but I'm a rule follower by nature so I'm going to try. We went out and about this weekend. Well, to two stores. By the time I was standing in line at the grocery store, I thought I was going to pass out. Like seriously drop. If Chuck hadn't been there I might have just left my cart and walked out. Then I see this on Twitter.
**** UPDATE: THIS IS NOT AN ACCURATE PHOTO. I WOULD REMOVE IT BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE IT SO YOU KNOW IT'S NOT RIGHT. FIND THE OFFICIAL FACT CHECK WITH AN EXPLANATION OF WHY IT'S NOT RIGHT BY CLICKING HERE.
I just ordered myself a pulse oximeter to find out what's up while I'm wearing these things. Do any health care providers have any tips?
NO, LOOKING AT A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ISN'T AN EXCUSE FOR MURDER The Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation took a weird turn this weekend, as the GBI released video of what appears to be Mr. Arbery walking into an open house under construction. He looks around, then walks around the back of the house and then runs off a couple of minutes later entirely empty handed. Some on Twitter are trying to use this as a smoking gun to PROVE Arbery was a thief who deserved what he got. (they don't say that, but that's the implication) Y'all, I walk through houses under construction ALL THE TIME. As in, it's my HOBBY. There is a new neighborhood going up in my vicinity and I have walked through EVERY one of those houses, some multiple times. Why? I want to see floor plan. I want to see layout. I want to what finishes are already in (although most of the time by the time the finishes go in, the house is locked up). And no one has ever killed me for it, or even suspected this nice white lady was casing the joint. So stop pretending it's some incontrovertible evidence that he was up to no good. Stop it. Read this article about how entrenched the Good Ol' Boy Network in Brunswick is before you decided this wasn't murder.
WOW, DEGETTER ENDORSES ACCUSED SEX HARASSER BIDEN And that Wow is sarcastic because of course she did. Krista Kafer explains that power trumps principles for pretty much every Democrat right now.
THE MAN WHO BROUGHT FESTIVUS THE REST OF US IS DEAD And may Jerry Stiller rest in hilarious peace. What an actor he was.
AND NOW, TRUE FACTS ABOUT CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
OH PRECIOUS, THIS ISN'T HOW YOU DO THE MASK THING
ABOUT THAT PLANDEMIC VIDEO The one that keeps getting removed by YouTube. I strongly disagree with Tech companies deciding what information we get to consume. Their continuing censorship of the video promoting Plandemic has given it much more power. This article from Science magazine did what needs to be done, and that is they went through the video (and these are science journalists who do this all the time) and merely showed how disconnected from reality some of her claims are. I would read this before you share it. And before you yell about them not providing "evidence", where is Mikovits' evidence? She makes a lot of claims with NOTHING to back them up, from her role in early research on AIDS, to a virus causing CFS and none of her believers are concerned about evidence. Just saying.
THE BBC IS ASKING IS THE GOVERNMENT IS REALLY USING SCIENCE IN IT'S COVID RESPONSE
CHUCK TODD COMMITS FAKE NEWS ON MEET THE PRESS And I'm just saying that this wouldn't have happened if Tim Russert were in charge. Todd used a hacked up quote by AG Barr to try to make him look bad. Watch this comparison:
GERMAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FIND CHINA LEANED ON WHO TO CHANGE THE CORONAVIRUS STORY And good GRIEF people, China needs to be held responsible for the THOUSANDS of deaths related to their stonewalling. Read this.
THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL IS DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AND DESTROYING THE NOTION OF HATE SPEECH Y'all, hate speech laws are garbage. I hate all "hate" based laws because they are entirely subjective. Case in point, the San Antonio City Council has passed a motion that declares "Wuhan Flu" or "China Flu" to be hate speech. This is exactly why hate speech laws are dumb.
THE CLARENCE THOMAS DOC IS GOING TO AIR ON PBS STATIONS ON MAY 18TH! So if you missed it in limited release in the theater you can catch it on PBS. More details here.
THE UFC MADE FIGHTERS SIGN A WAIVER AND NOW PEOPLE ARE FREAKING OUT And I genuinely don't see anything unusual about the details described in this article. The fighters aren't allowed to disparage, they were notified that local hospitals might have diminished capacity and some other stuff. But the news media found people who were probably already horrified that people were fighting again this weekend to weigh in. Yawn.
CORONAVIRUS HAS LEAD TO A RECORD BREAK FOR AN 11 YEAR OLD SKATEBOARDER The young boy landed a 1080 turn during his covid lockdown. He's kind of good.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS LYING ABOUT THE FLYNN CASE And he did so Friday to a bunch of Obama fans. From the Wall Street Journal Editorial:
“There is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free,” Mr. Obama said in the Friday call to about 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association. The comments were leaked to Yahoo News and confirmed by Mr. Obama’s spokeswoman to the Washington Post and other outlets. Mr. Obama added: “That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic—not just institutional norms—but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. And when you start moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly as we’ve seen in other places.”
Even discounting for Mr. Obama’s partisan audience, this gets the case willfully wrong. Mr. Flynn was never charged with perjury, which is lying under oath in a legal proceeding. Mr. Flynn pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the FBI in a meeting at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017 that he was led to believe was a friendly chat among colleagues.
As for “scot-free,” that better applies to former President Bill Clinton who lied under oath in a civil case and was impeached for perjury but was acquitted by the Senate. We understand why Mr. Obama wouldn’t bring that up.
So what is President Obama really trying to hide here? Read the rest here.
THIS MAMA BEAR SAVED HER BABIES FROM DROWNING