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Blue Thunder

1983. One year before 1984. Also Roy Scheider, on TV James Farentino. You’re thinkng of Airwolf, Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine,

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What makes a Mountain Ecosystem tough is it’s a bunch of mini Ecosystems depending on Altitude.

Travel Time Out

Headed to By-The-Sea to make sure it’s ready for the big bug out if required (frankly I’m with those who say it’s going to get bad either way the cookie crumbles). I’ll not be gone long so I’m not staying hooked in (saves at least 3 bags). I’ll be back tomorrow evening should I feel …

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Hot For Teacher

I got it bad. So bad. Not just an incredibly bad idea, also this was inevitable. Teachers unions sue Florida’s governor over order requiring schools to reopen despite virus surge. The New York Times 7/20/20 Teachers unions sued Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Monday over his administration’s emergency order pushing schools to fully reopen …

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It Stands For (C)ompletely (T)rue!

There is no more hallowed element of our coverage of current events. Well, except for scurrilous rumors and vile calumny.

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So this is what Les thought was a contrasting environment compared to his Boreal Forest in Episode 2 of his first season. Yeah, he still had hair.

50 Shades of Kiss Me Kate

Certainly one of the most misogynistic, anti-feminist plays Shakespeare ever wrote (and there are some awful ones, Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered) the questions worth considering as you watch it are these (among others)- Who wants a tamed Shrew anyway? Lou Grant hates spunk! What makes you think you can change …

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No Sports?

Thanks to the goodness of John Oliver and HBO Money, Jelle Marble Runs 4 – 6.

RJ Eskow and Thomas Franks on Anti-Populism

Interesting. Economic History to be sure, but also History.

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Not really funny actually.

Black Helicopters and Secret Police

Think it hasn’t come to that? You are mistaken. ‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them By Katie Shepherd, Washington Post July 17, 2020 Federal customs officials said Friday that their agents had detained a demonstrator in Portland, Ore., who had described being “terrified” by …

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Amedeus, National Theatre, July 23 2020. So, like yesterday.

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