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AP’s Today in History for January 24th

James Marshall finds a gold nugget. Winston Churchill dies. Ted Bundy is executed. Thurgood Marshall dies. John Belushi born.

Breakfast Tune Smokey Mokes by Roger Sprung on 1963-64 Folkways LP

Lrh1966 “From the rare “Progressive Bluegrass” #1, instrumental album(Folkways – FA 2370). Not sure of exact record date, since it has 1964 printed on record jacket, and 1963 printed on linear note sheet that is stored with the record.

This mono pressing is in very good shape for the most part.

Personal on the record: Banjo – “Roger Sprung”, Lead Guitar – “Doc Watson”, Rhythm Guitar – “Joe Locker”, Mandolin – “Willie Locker”, Bass – “Ollie Phillips”, Drums – “Bob Thomas”.

Transferred to digital using stereo gear in background photo.”

Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below

• If Biden Is to Succeed Where Obama Failed, He’ll Have to Fight the GOP
  DAVID SIROTA

• The Economy Was Broken Before the Pandemic Hit
  ROB URIE

• Joe Biden Lifted His Health Care Plan From Insurance Industry Lobbyists
  ANDREW PEREZ & JULIA ROCK

• Top 10 Executive Actions Biden Could Do But Won’t
  Lee Camp

• Corporate Democrats Want Tax Breaks for the Rich — Not $2,000 Survival Checks
  DAVID SIROTA, JULIA ROCK & ANDREW PEREZ

• New Documents Suggest J. Edgar Hoover Was Involved in Fred Hampton’s Murder
  Flint Taylor and Jeff Haas

• Why cats are crazy for catnip
  Sofia Moutinho

• As economic suffering grips regular Americans, Wall Street behemoths get ready to feast
  Common Dreams

• Scabs Used to Bust Teachers Sickout Strike – Ohio Auto Parts Worker Strike – Minnesota Oil Workers Walkoff
  MIKE ELK

• India is giving away millions of coronavirus vaccine doses as a tool of diplomacy
  Joanna Slater

• Why Biden May Be Less Evil Than Obama and Clinton – and Why This May Not Matter All That Much in the End
  PAUL STREET

• The Capitol invasion was not 9/11 in terms of violence but its political importance may be greater
  Patrick Cockburn

• Mob mentality: Capitol riot exploited to expand the national security state that failed to stop it
  AARON MATÉ

• Don’t Let The Riots Legitimize Facial Recognition Tech
  Rachel Chiu

• Justice Department considers NOT charging up to 800 MAGA rioters who caused havoc at the Capitol ‘since most of them just trespassed and were not violent’
  ARIEL ZILBER

• House Democrats Move To Impeach Biden To Prove They’d Comply If Situation Were Reversed
  T.O.

• Inaugural Address Spills Over Into Second Day As Biden Continues To List Greatest Issues Facing Nation
  T.O.

• Deranged Trump Orders Eric and Don, Jr., to Hand Out Flyers with His Tweets on Them
  Andy Borowitz

Something to think about over coffee prozac

‘Packed us together like sardines’: Guard deployed to Capitol struggles to contain Covid
LARA SELIGMAN, ANDREW DESIDERIO and NATASHA BERTRAND

The National Guard has struggled to implement a plan to test troops flowing into and out of Washington, D.C., for Covid-19, with some Guard members being forced to find their own tests and others pressured to leave their quarantine early to report to duty.

Already, hundreds of Guard members who poured into Washington, D.C., after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol have tested positive for Covid-19 or are quarantining in nearby hotels, three Guard sources said. Guard leadership has declined to release an official number of positive cases, but troops and lawmakers alike worry that the deployment is becoming a superspreader event.
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The problem was compounded on Thursday night, when thousands of troops who had been standing duty in the U.S. Capitol were told to vacate congressional buildings and take their rest breaks outside and in nearby parking garages. POLITICO obtained photos of Guard members packed together and sleeping on the ground in the garages. One unit was forced to rest in a garage with only one bathroom available for 5,000 troops.
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