Culture Cuomo has nipples? Jane Fonda dumbbell. Other culture notes and a smile.

Daily Miscellany

Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.

Enjoy.  Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".

I got two facemasks!  I am so excited!
Still need toilet paper.
Maybe some vodka.

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Pennsylvania supermarket says coughing 'prank' prompts trashing of $35G in produce

I must wonder why they couldn't wash it all.

But what a nice fellow.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/pennsylvania-supermarket-says-coughing-prank-prompts-trashing-of-35g-in-produce-other-items

A grocery store in Pennsylvania says it was forced to trash an estimated $35,000 in produce and other items Wednesday after a customer coughed all over them amid growing concerns over the coronaviruspandemic.

The woman came into Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township around 2:20 p.m. and "proceeded to purposely cough" on the store's fresh produce as well as a small section of its bakery, meat case, and grocery shelves, according to the store's co-owner, Joe Fasula

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Andrew Cuomo’s nipples take our minds off coronavirus

The guy has got nipples.

Weird.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/31/andrew-cuomos-nipples-take-our-minds-off-coronavirus/

Andrew Cuomo looks like he’s ready for action - at a Jersey Shore night club.

The governor set the internet on fire Tuesday with wild speculation that two bizarre protrusions seen poking out from under his shirt were actually nipple rings.

Twitter and Reddit users furiously debated just what was going on under Cuomo’s official white polo - but his spokesman threw a big bucket of cold water on the idea that the 62-year-old public servant was into some wild piercing. 
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Jane Fonda, 82, says that the police who arrested her during climate change protests gave her preferential treatment because she's white

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8182691/Jane-Fonda-82-says-police-gave-preferential-treatment-shes-white.html

She received preferential treatment for being a movie star,
Not because she's white.

Jane Fonda claims she received preferential treatment when she was arrested during a climate change protest because she is white and famous.

The 82-year-old actress was detained four times last year during weekly demonstrations in Washington.

She revealed that on one occasion she spent a night in jail and used her £700 red wool coat to bed down. […]

“I’m white and I’m famous and I think orders came down from the attorney general to handle me with kid gloves,” Miss Fonda told Elle USA. […]

“There was a woman who was very cold and I loaned her my coat. But I did have to take it back — it was my mattress,” she said. …

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She finds a presidential contender molesting a child. What can she do?

Culture Prince Charles; Pics of people coping with virus.

Daily Miscellany

Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.


Enjoy.  Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".

My friend was pondering upcoming events and she noted that Palm Sunday was soon.  She suggested a drive through palm retrieval at the church since we might be able to attend.

The picture of a line of cars waiting by my church to get their fronds makes me smile.
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I watch TMZ yesterday, a really liberal show that I sort of like for the gossip.  They HATE President Trump....maybe they need some therapy.

Anyway, the white guy brings up the subject of the possibility that Trump might want to postpone this year's election coming up in November.

Nobody's even suggest such a thing, much less Trump.  As of this writing the only elections that have been postponed have been primaries and such postponement was made by the applicable state Governor.  

So the white guy mentions that Trump might cancel November's general election.  Then the narrative went on to chastise Trump for considering such a thing.  This pundit came on to lambaste the president for messing with the election.  Another pundit comes on and accuses Trump of being a nasty guy who would postpone the election so he does not lose.

PRESIDENT TRUMP NEVER, NOT EVER, EVEN SUGGESTED SUCH A THING!!!

This is what these mental retards do.  The invent something that "could" happen then throw nasty comments out about him.

I might not watch this show anymore.

Come on people.  You gotta be FAIR!


Prince Charles Tests Positive

Somebody tell this dim bulb that he might be suffering from climate change.

Well no, I wish him no harm.  But how comes he got the virus and Camilla didn't?

Odd

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-prince-charles-tests-positive-for-covid-19-11963363


Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus.

Clarence House confirmed that the 71-year-old royal had been diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease in a statement released this morning.

The heir to the throne is said to have displayed "mild symptoms" but "otherwise remains in good health", and has been self-isolating in Scotland with the Duchess of Cornwall - who has tested negative for coronavirus.
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She got desperate and though she is a cat, she wrote a book all about it.

Culture Ode to Kenny Rogers, no Olympics? More with smile and dry dog food for cats.

Daily Miscellany

Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.

Enjoy.  Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".

I have run out of dry cat food and might have to use dry dog food.

The tortures we must bear.  And my cats will not understand for one second why I am giving them dog food.  They will think I show them no respect.

I order pet food for delivery but you know how it is.  Everything takes three months to get delivered.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe finally admits postponing the Tokyo Olympics may be 'inevitable' as Canada and Australia pull out of the games due to coronavirus fears

A year with no Olympics. It's hard to imagine such a thing.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8141279/Olympics-Canada-says-wont-participate-Games-summer-2020.html

japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe has conceded that a delay to the Tokyo Olympic Games could be 'inevitable' as the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Abe told parliament that Japan was still committed to hosting a 'complete' Games, but added: 'If that becomes difficult, in light of considering athletes first, it may become inevitable that we make a decision to postpone.' The decision came as Team Canada and Team Australia announced they will not be sending athletes if the games are staged this year.

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Playboy cites coronavirus in decision to end print edition

Heh.  So Coronavirus made Playboy stop its print edition.

Playboy has been over-powered by the Internet.  Nobody buys it anymore.

And if they did it was just to read the articles.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/488393-playboy-cites-coronavirus-in-decision-to-end-print-edition

Playboy magazine announced that it will be ending its print edition, due in part to the coronavirus pandemic.

Playboy's CEO, Ben Kohn, said the decision to stop printing the magazine had been discussed for some time, but was expedited by the global outbreak.

“As the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic to content production and the supply chain became clearer and clearer, we were forced to accelerate a conversation we’ve been having internally: the question of how to transform our US print product to better suit what consumers want today … [and] engage in a cultural conversation each and every day, rather than just every three months,” Kohn wrote in an open letter on Medium.


“We will move to a digital-first publishing schedule for all of our content including the Playboy Interview, 20Q, the Playboy Advisor and of course our Playmate pictorials,” Kohn explained.
“It’s no surprise that media consumption habits have been changing for some time … [and] our content in its printed form reaches the hands of only a fraction of our fans,” he added.
Playboy had already reduced its publishing schedule to four issues a year. 
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Country Music Icon Kenny Rogers Dies at 81

He died peacefully we are to understand.

My favorite songs of his: "The Gambler" and "Islands in the Stream" with Dolly Parton.

May he rest in peace.

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/kenny-rogers-dead-dies-1203541233/

Vocalist Kenny Rogers, who dominated the pop and country charts in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of sleekly tailored hits and won three Grammys, has died. He was 81. Rogers “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family,” a representative for the singer said in a statement. Due to the national COVID-19 emergency, the family is planning a small private service at this time with a public memorial planned for a later date.

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She finds a presidential contender molesting a child. What can she do?

Culture Lyle Waggoner, Tom Hanks and the Pole People.

Daily Miscellany

Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.

Enjoy.  Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".

Heh.

Below is a picture of the famous "pole people" found along a highway running alongside my housing development.

Nobody knows who keeps "dressing" these people and note that they are now dressed for St. Patrick's Day and have "protection" to protect from the mighty virus now rampaging across our country.




Lyle Waggoner, Actor on 'The Carol Burnett Show' and 'Wonder Woman,' Dies at 84



May he rest in peace.

My but he was handsome.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lyle-waggoner-dead-carol-burnett-show-wonder-woman-actor-was-84-1167329


He auditioned for 'Batman,' posed as the first centerfold for 'Playgirl' and launched a successful business catering to Hollywood behind the scenes. Lyle Waggoner, the actor with the leading man looks who spent seven seasons on The Carol Burnett Show before portraying versions of Steve Trevor a generation apart on Wonder Woman, has died. He was 84.

Waggoner died Tuesday in Westlake, California, after a long illness, his son Jason told The Hollywood Reporter.

The hunky Kansas native famously screen-tested in 1965 to play the Caped Crusader on the 20th Century Fox-ABC series Batman, but the job, of course, went to Adam West. Later, he posed for the centerfold of Playgirl magazine's premiere issue in June 1973.

Waggoner had been on an episode of Gunsmoke and in a couple of forgettable films when he was hired to serve as the announcer on CBS' new The Carol Burnett Show, which went on the air on Sept. 11, 1967. (Producer Joe Hamilton, Burnett's husband, was searching for a "Rock Hudson type.") 
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Trump brushes aside report that White House staffer used term 'kung flu' to refer to coronavirus 

Once there was a Hong Kong flu.  Once there was a Spanish flu.  They were named, supposedly, after the countries from whence the virus originated.

Now all of a sudden we're not allowed to call it the "Chinese virus"?  People are getting insulted?

What a bunch of goofballs live in America.  Most of them are not even American.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-brushes-aside-report-that-white-house-staffer-used-term-kung-flu-to-refer-to-coronavirus

"A person at the White House used the term 'kung flu.' My question is: Do you think that's wrong?" Alcindor asked again.

"No, not at all. Not at all," Trump said, adding that Asian Americans "probably would agree with it 100%. It comes from China. There’s nothing not to agree with."
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Tom Hanks has 'the blahs' as he and Rita Wilson recover from Coronavirus

Somebody tell Tom Hanks we all have the blahs out here across the fruity plains.  Not to mention having lost most of our life savings in our 401K.

Eat it up Tommy.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/18/tom-hanks-has-the-blahs-rita-wilson-recover-from-coronavirus-australia

Tom Hanks says he feels the “blahs” but has no fever as he and wife Rita Wilson remain in isolation in an Australian residence, after being discharged from a hospital following their coronavirus diagnosis.

A representative for the Oscar winner confirmed on Tuesday that the pair were no longer hospitalised. Hanks himself said he was doing chores and getting beaten at cards by his wife as they remain self-quarantined.

“Hey folks. Good news: One week after testing positive, in self-isolation, the symptoms are much the same. No fever but the blahs. Folding the laundry and doing the dishes leads to a nap on the couch. Bad news: my wife has won six straight hands of gin rummy and now leads by 201 points,” he posted on social media on Tuesday evening.

Instead of a photo of himself or his wife, the post showed an old Corona typewriter that he travelled with “that I used to love”. The actor is pursuing a side career as a writer, publishing his debut short-story collection in 2017. “We are all in this together. Flatten the curve,” he added. 

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She finds a presidential contender molesting a child. What can she do?

Culture: Celebrities and corona virus, some knew, some didn't. Stephen King disappoints.

Daily Miscellany

Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.

Enjoy.  Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".

Chewy.com is fine to order pet food.  You can't order liquor delivered in the state of Delaware, besides beer.  Pea Pod will allow ordering groceries but they are filled up for the next two weeks.

Still, having stuff delivered is somewhat novel to me.

Stephen King panned for claiming coronavirus task force is 'all male ... all white'

Stephen King used to be someone I greatly admired.  As a young woman I read his books and loved them.  By me, "The Stand" was one of the best books ever written.  

King is a little long-winded but he had writing talent and I envied and admired him.

But of late he's turned into an idiot liberal, yon liberals so reading please forgive.


https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/stephen-king-trump-white-male-coronavirus-task-force

Author Stephen King tried dunking on President Trump during his address at the White House on Friday, but it quickly backfired when his claim about the coronavirus response team was proven wrong.

"Note that Trump’s coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white," King tweeted during Trump's press conference. The president was in the middle of discussing the pandemic and his declaration of a national emergency.

Behind him stood several members of his coronavirus task force, including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Seema Verma, who is neither male nor white.

Just minutes after King's tweet, Dr. Deborah Birx took the podium. Birx, a world-renowned medical expert, was named the White House's coronavirus response coordinator.

She has worked extensively in the global fight against HIV/AIDS -- both as the State Department's U.S. global AIDS coordinator and as the U.S. special representative for global health diplomacy.

And he had it all wrong anyway.

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Source: Police found Andrew Gillum completely undressed in hotel room with self-described 'porn star' 

I had no idea who Andrew Gillum was when this story first hit. I have since learned that Gillum was a big time politico in Florida, running for Governor in 2018.  Before that he was Mayor of Tallahasee.

Now we learn that Gillum is...well let's just say he prefers the opposite sex.

And he got caught recently in a hotel room with lots of drugs and a man who evidently overdosed on those same drugs.

Gillum came quite close to being Governor of Florida as I am to understand.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/andrew_gillum_crystal_meth_scandal_alibi?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=mixi&utm_campaign=theblaze

A source with direct knowledge of the Miami Beach Police Department's response to the scene told TheBlaze that first responders said they allegedly found Gillum in a state of complete undress and Dyson wearing "chaps,"....

which Dictionary.com defines as "a kinky or provocative article of clothing, which leave the butt and sometimes crotch exposed," when they arrived at the Mondrian South Beach Hotel room.
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Frozen 2 actress tests positive for coronavirus, shares timeline of symptoms


Even the famous are catching the coronavirus.

Now we have cartoon characters having same.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/frozen-2-rachel-matthews-positive-coronavirus

The actress said the first day she exhibited symptoms began with a "sore throat, fatigue and headache," which progressed to a "mild fever" of 100.3 on day two. Her fever was accompanied by "horrible body aches, shortness of breath, major fatigue" and "no appetite" as well as a "deep, dry cough." On day three, Matthews said she had no fever and "minor" aches while her lungs got "much worse". She continued to have shortness of breath, fatigue and no appetite as well. Matthews' lungs continued to remain heavy and she was short of breath on day four, despite her symptoms seemingly becoming "more mild," she wrote. She also lost her sense of smell and taste. Days five, six and seven consisted of "more or less the same" symptoms. "feeling more like myself, still experiencing shortness of breath, loss of appetite, fatigue and no taste/smell but overall, doing okay," the actress said of days five, six and seven. She also pointed out on Monday night that testing for coronavirus is "INSANELY hard to come by." The "Frozen 2" star said she only got tested after learning she had been around someone who also confirmed positive and showed symptoms.
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Jared Leto Just Learned About the Coronavirus Pandemic After a 12-Day Desert Meditation Trip

I am not terribly familiar with who Jared Leto is but here he is having known nothing about the killer virus for the past ten days.


https://time.com/5804668/jared-leto-desert/

Thanks to blaring headlines and the 24-hour news cycle, avoiding news of the coronavirus is difficult.
That is, unless you’re silently meditating in the desert far from civilization. That is, unless you’re Jared Leto.

The actor was self-isolating, before it was recommended by governments and health experts. Leto had taken a break from the world and retreated to the desert for some quiet time only to emerge 12 days later to a wildly changed world facing the pandemic. He took to Instagram to express his feelings.

“Wow. Twelve days ago I began a silent meditation in the desert,” Leto wrote in his post, which was captioned with a red heart emoji. “We were totally isolated. No phone, no communication etc. We had no idea what was happening outside the facility.”

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Time for a Smile

All of America loses power. The citizens take over.

Culture Dixie Chicks still hated, Golfer with cleavage and much more.

Daily Miscellany

Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.

Enjoy.  Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".

I do not believe this Corona Virus hysteria is going to last longer than a week or so.  Yeah I know the "experts" disbelieve me but I have the advantage of being part of the common class and I think like an American.

Because Americans aren't going to last long sitting at home waiting for some weird virus to die and for our elected masters to tell us what to do.  We aren't going to want to spend endless hours with our kids who are home from school.  Some of us are really going to NEED toilet paper.

But never mind what I think.  I'm speculating...could be wrong.  It's been known to happen.

What I DO know is that I have learned a lot from this over-hyped virus.

First, I did not know that what is called the "Common" flu was so deadly.  Some 6,000 people a year die of the common flu and I am shocked.  Where is all the hysteria about this little factoid?

Second, while I don't think this virus that so far has caused 40 deaths in America, most of them at a nursing home in Washington state, is going to bring about the end of the world, I have realized how very deadly a virus can be.  Did yon reader know that polio was caused by a virus?

Finally I have come to put great respect into the concept of hand sanitizers.  It is our hands that transmit most virus' and while virus' aren't known for their genius, they know how to hop inside of noses, mouths, eyes...from hands that go everywhere.  

So while I think that America's gone nuts for this Corona virus names after a beer, it has been a huge learning experience for which we will be better for the experience.

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The Dixie Chicks no longer feel like part of country music after 2003 backlash:'The entire industry turned on us'

I think the fact that these assholes said bad things about our American President while overseas had something to do for the disdain America felt for them.

They deserved it and I still don't like them.

The Dixie Chicks are back with their first album in 14 years — Gaslighter — and they discuss how the country music industry “turned” on them for Natalie Maines’s 2003 anti-George W. Bush comments, leading to their long album hiatus. In the new Allure cover story, they recall Maines uttering those controversial comments — "Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas”

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'I was shunned by stuffy golfing world because of my cleavage,' says social media favorite Paige Spirinac 

Is it wise for her to wear her top so low?  She couldn't "collar" up when out on the golf course trying to gain the respect of fellow golfers?

And she was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition?

She seeks fame but not for being a golfer.

Many of us were born at night, but not LAST night.

https://www.rt.com/sport/482772-paige-spirinac-golfer-cleavage/

Former pro golfer Paige Spirinac has slammed what she says is rampant “stuffiness” in the sport, claiming she's been shunned “because of her cleavage” and shamed as “a sl*t.”

Spirinac, 26, emerged as a college golf star while at university in Arizona and San Diego, before briefly playing professionally on the women’s Cactus Tour in 2015-16.

However, the budding blonde star decided to leave the professional ranks as her social media popularity soared, also featuring in magazines such as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. 
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Harvey Weinstein suggested Jennifer Aniston ‘should be killed’ over sex assault claim 


Harvey Weinstein is an extremely sexy man who knows that all females he comes upon lust for his body and to have his private parts thrust upon her.

Harvey would tell you how it's a curse of manhood he was born with.

Now he wants to kill us helpless females who go powerless at the sight of his sexiness.

https://pagesix.com/2020/03/10/harvey-weinstein-suggested-jennifer-aniston-should-be-killed-over-sex-assault-claim/

Harvey Weinstein suggested that Jennifer Aniston “should be killed” upon learning that the National Enquirer was planning to report he sexually assaulted her, court papers revealed Tuesday.
On Oct. 31, 2017, amid the barrage of #MeToo allegations against the disgraced movie mogul, Weinstein’s spokeswoman forwarded him an email from the Enquirer, the records show.

“Not sure if you saw this one. Jennifer Aniston,” wrote Sallie Hofmeister, a senior executive at the powerhouse Sitrick public relations company.

In its email, the Enquirer said that “Jennifer confided to a friend that during the production of the 2005 movie ‘Derailed’ Weinstein sexually assaulted her by pressing up against her back in [sic] grabbing her buttocks.”


The Enquirer also said, “Through the years he would frequently stare at her cleavage/breast and move his mouth around making Jennifer uncomfortable.”
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CLARION CALL All of America loses power. The citizens take over.

Culture Corcoran, Matthews and Dying Your Eyeballs Black

Daily Miscellany

Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.


Enjoy.  Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".

Since we have a Shark Tank story I mention that I watched it last night.  One of the contenders for Shark money were the owners of the online web STITCH FIX.

I have not used Stitch Fix but I am considering.  At my age I have, by choice, a limited wardrobe.  Most important, I want comfortable.  As a young woman, most important to me was getting into the smallest size I could.  Being thinner was forever my goal but now, pushing 70, people expect me to be fat.

Stitch Fix will help choose wardrobe items and hey, I want them comfortable, somewhat stylish and they MUST have pockets.

I'll try it out and report back.

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‘Shark Tank’s’ Barbara Corcoran fell for this very common phishing scam — and it cost her almost $400,000

IT was supposedly an error on the part of her Assistant.  Corcoran did get her money back but for her stupid support of that awful Mike Bloomberg, I still think she's stupid.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/shark-tanks-barbara-corcoran-fell-for-this-very-common-phishing-scam-and-it-cost-her-almost-400000-2020-02-27

This common email phishing scam just caught a Shark.

“Shark Tank” star and real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran revealed Wednesday that she lost almost $400,000 after scammers tricked her bookkeeper by sending a bill that appeared to come from her assistant.

“Lesson learned: Be careful when you wire money!” Corcoran tweeted on Wednesday. She also confirmed to ABC News that, “This morning I wired $388,000 into a false bank account in Asia.”

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Chris Matthews accused of ‘inappropriately flirting’ with female guest

Wow.  Chris Matthews was quite the ladies' man it would seem.

Another guy I can't stand.

https://pagesix.com/2020/02/28/chris-matthews-accused-of-inappropriately-flirting-with-female-guest/?_ga=2.141035634.1708466046.1582857435-1662899177.1582857435

MSNBC host Chris Matthews “inappropriately flirted” with a much younger female guest on at least two occasions while she was getting made up to appear on his “Hardball” show, the woman wrote Friday.

Freelance journalist Laura Bassett, who previously wrote about the incidents in 2017 without naming Matthews, identified him in a column published by GQ.

“I was afraid to name him at the time for fear of retaliation from the network; I’m not anymore,” she wrote.

During one incident in 2016, Matthews — who’s married to Kathleen Matthews, a former Maryland Democratic Party chairwoman — allegedly “looked over at me in the makeup chair next to him and said, ‘Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?'” Bassett wrote.

“When I laughed nervously and said nothing, he followed up to the makeup artist. ‘Keep putting makeup on her, I’ll fall in love with her.'”

Another time, Bassett said, Matthews complimented her red dress and asked, “You going out tonight?”
When Bassett replied that she didn’t know, Matthews reportedly told the makeup artist, “Make sure you wipe this off her face after the show. We don’t make her up so some guy at a bar can look at her like this.” 
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Polish woman, 25, goes BLIND after getting her eyeballs dyed black

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8050651/Polish-woman-25-goes-BLIND-getting-eyeballs-dyed-black.html



Aleksandra Sadowska from the city of Wroclaw in the west of Poland had gone to the tattooist after deciding she wanted to emulate a rap artist called Popek, who also had the whites of his eyes dyed black.

The bungled procedure left the 25-year-old model complaining of pains in her eyes which the tattooist is reported to have said was normal and could be treated with painkillers.
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Crime is not normally funny. These short stories are.

Culture: Spielburg daughter has odd job. Coronavirus could cost loss of more than just your life.

Daily Miscellany

Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.

Enjoy.  Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".


I chanced to see Dr. Ben Carson as part of the group helping VP Pence deal with the caronavirus.  And it occurs to me how much I like this guy.  He's intelligent, personable and quite handsome.  And he's from Baltimore!  Here's hoping he runs for President some day.
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I don't especially like laws but there is a legislation that congress passed many years ago that is a fine example that laws can be passed that benefits the people.

I speak of the 401K/IRA law that allows a person to save their money pre-tax as a deduct from their paycheck to use at retirement and to pay taxes on it then, when money coming in is a lot less than we were working.

I, an average person, benefitted from this legislation.

Plus I spent my whole life dealing with IRS's via my job in payroll.

Mike Bloomberg passes laws that tell us how much soda we can drink.
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Director Steven Spielberg’s Daughter Mikaela Announces Porn Career

I don't care what anyone says....no way is a parent proud at this announcement from a beloved daughter.

I am quite sure that Spielburg can help support his daughter so she doesn't have to shame herself in this manner.

I say there is way more to this story.  Perhaps she's on drugs or something.


https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/02/19/director-steven-spielbergs-daughter-mikaela-announces-porn-career/

Mikaela Spielberg, the 23-year-old daughter of famed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, announced on Wednesday according to reports that she is now starring in porn videos.

Mikaela Spielberg, who is the adopted daughter of the director and his actress wife Kate Capshaw, told the US Sun that her parents support her adult film career.

Mikaela said that when she told her parents about her decision, they were “intrigued” but “not upset.”

The Nashville, Tennessee, native also told the paper that she is a “sexual creature” and got tired of working day-to-day to earn a living.

“I got really tired of not being able to capitalize on my body, and frankly, I got really tired of being told to hate my body,” she said. “And I also just got tired of working day-to-day in a way that wasn’t satisfying my soul.”

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2nd Person Killed by Mardi Gras Float in New Orleans

It's Lent and I wear my ashes proudly.  And so the Mardi Gras begins and what was once a beloved American ritual has become a mess.

This year two people died by poorly made or engineered floats.

New Orleans too has deteriorated as has the Mardi Gras.

https://ktla.com/2020/02/23/2nd-person-killed-by-mardi-gras-float-in-new-orleans/

The man was fatally injured Saturday evening as the popular Krewe of Endymion was rolling, New Orleans police said in a statement. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office was to release his name and cause of death after completing an autopsy and notifying his family.

The remainder of Endymion’s parade was scrapped Saturday evening. Police said 13 floats had already gone ahead when the accident occurred with the 14th float in the formation. Remaining floats that followed, along with marching groups, were diverted from the accident scene on Canal Street, a wide route popular with parade viewers in the Mississippi River port city.

The float, with its gaudy lights still twinkling, was cordoned off by police on horseback and on foot. All around, streets were strewn with tossed bead necklaces and trinkets thrown from the floats.

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Coronavirus: Diet Coke supplies could be affected by outbreaks

I mean the coronavirus has scared the beejeesus out of the planet but damn, we may have to do without Diet Coke. 

Which is a big never mind as I've already lost a small fortune on the stock market.  

But damn..... no Diet Coke?
https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/coronavirus-diet-coke-supplies-could-be-affected-by-outbreaks/X6NHFDE5MFFYTIRD4XQQLPMN4U/

We’re OK now, but officials at Coca-Cola said if the coronavirus continues to spread, there could be an impact on how much Diet Coke and other low-cal drinks are available.

The sugar alternatives Coke uses in Diet Coke and its other zero-sugar drinks have been delayed, the company said in its annual report released Monday, CNN reported.

But the good news is, the company has started its contingency supply plans to cover the short-term impact.

“However, we may see tighter supplies of some of these ingredients in the longer term should production or export operations in China deteriorate,” Coke said in the filing, according to CNN.

The ingredient that could be impacted by the virus is sucralose, also known as Splenda, which is used in not only in some Diet Coke variants, but also Powerade Zero. It is sourced from suppliers in both the US and in China, CNN reported. But the company did not specify what exactly could be delayed.
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Culture : Beach Boys, Greta Thunberg, Smiles involving cats and chair remotes

Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson battles to prevent the band he founded from performing at a hunting convention where a deer shoot with Donald Trump Jr will be auctioned off

This is an intriguing bit of news.  Why does Brian Wilson want to stop the Beach Boys from performing?  They're passe at this point in time.

Is it because Brian Wilson, a not all that talented fellow, doesn't like President Trump?

How silly can people be cutting off their nose to spite their face?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7965203/Beach-Boys-founder-Brian-Wilson-disavows-performance-hunting-convention.html

Brian Wilson suing his own musical group The Beach Boys to stop them performing at a hunting convention in Nevada which will host Don Trump Jr. Mike Love and several other band member signed contract to play at the convention against the wishes of Brian Wilson.





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Oscar Viewership Hits All-Time Low With 23.6 Million

First of all, few people see the movies as nominated at this point in time.  Oncit upon a time going out to a movie was the only way to be entertained by film.

Nowadays we have films on Netflix and on the Internet.  There's so much entertainment on our very televisions, even our computers, that the desire to go out, use gas, go to a movie where you can't smoke...it's not that big a deal any more.

Not to mention, ahem, a bunch of morons who think because they can pretend to be someone else have some kind of right to preach to use about cows and shout Communist manifestos.

I do still enjoy the dresses and movie music will always bring back memories.

But I can review all that on the Internet without the genius of Joaquin Phoenix telling me about sad cows.

https://deadline.com/2020/02/oscar-ratings-new-all-time-low-viewership-1202854581/

It was a historic 92nd Academy Awards with a first Best Picture recipient not in the English language in Parasite adding an element of surprise to a largely predictable winners list. There was something historic in the ratings for the 2020 Oscars too — an historic low.

 Last year, the Academy Awards bet on no traditional host, kicked off the night with an energetic performance by Queen and Adam Lambert, employed “not hosts” with Saturday Night Live pedigree (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph) to do an opening monologue, kept the show’s length under 3.5 hours and created a musical moment with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s performance of “Shallow.”

The result was the first ratings increase in five years, so the Oscars tried to replicate the formula Sunday: no traditional host, high-octane opening number by Janelle Monae. monologue by SNL alums Steve Martin and Chris Rock, and a surprise music performance by Eminem aimed at creating a buzzy moment.

 But the ceremony, which clocked in at 3 hours and 35 minutes — up from 3 hours, 23 minutes in 2019 — could not repeat last year’s ratings turnaround, drawing 23.6 million total viewers and a 5.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, based on Nielsen’s Live+Same Day Fast National ratings ordered by ABC. That is down double-digits from last year’s 29.6 million and a 7.7 rating of among adults 18-49.
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Greta Thunberg Gets TV Series From BBC Studios

This child is a creation of some politico's harried brain.  First, she's not pleasant at all.  Yes I know she protests us nimrods causing her world to warm entirely too much.

As if mankind has anything to do with that.

I predict this is a show that will not succeed.

https://www.thewrap.com/greta-thunberg-tv-series-bbc-studios/

BBC Studios is making a TV show with 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. The project was announced at the BBC Showcase trade show on Monday. No network, release date or number of episodes have yet been set. Here is the description for the series, which comes from the studio’s science unit.  “The series will follow Greta’s international crusade, which takes her to the front line of climate change in some of the most extraordinary places on earth, as she explores what actions could be taken to limit climate change and the damage it causes."

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Woman dies during Australia Day eating competition

A woman died eating the cake pictured below?  She choked and had a seizure so the narrative explains.

Dying while participating in an eating competition....man that's some really bad luck.


https://www.thepostmillennial.com/woman-dies-during-australia-day-eating-competition/

An Australian woman died during an eating competition thrown to celebrate Australia day after choking on a lamington—the country’s national cake. The woman was 60-years-old and participating in a competition in the city of Hervey Bay in Queensland on Jan. 26. CTV News reported that the competition was held on Sunday at the Beach House Hotel. Australians commonly celebrate the public holiday with food festivals as well as parades and fireworks. People witnessing the event took videos that show a bar filled with cheering onlookers as the competition carried out. The woman choked while she was eating a lamington which is a type of sponge cake with chocolate and coconut on top. The woman then choked after having a seizure. CPR was carried out by bar staff until paramedics showed up and transported her to the nearest hospital. She died later at Hervey Bay Hospital.
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Cat Controls Chair Remote

Below is from a real Facebook post by a "friend" .  The picture was caught in such a timely manner.  You gotta smile.



My dad couldn’t understand why his chair lifted up on him. The cat was sitting on the chair’s remote!
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