Friday, April 15, 2022

15 April - iG Tab - 8

 

Chicago Boyz

  • During the Middle Ages, in the time of the Holy Roman Empire, there was a small group of men known as the Prince-Electors.  They, and only they, got to choose the next Emperor. We have something kind of similar in America today.  There is a cluster...

    a day ago
  • This last weekend, I actually went out of my house/neighborhood and did something different. Something interesting and out in the real world, or something that resembled the real world, out there, beyond the keyboard and computer screen...

    2 days ago
  • Netflix is streaming Servant of the People; we’ve been enjoying it.  A sit com juxtaposed with the daily news of death and destruction is trivial, but few cultural artifacts are more interesting than those that reveal what a nation laughs...

    7 days ago

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The BRAD BLOG

  • It's NICOLE SANDLER back today on The BradCast, filling in for Brad and Desi. After recapping the celebration of Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation as the next Justice of the Supreme Court on the south lawn of the White House today and a look...

    7 days ago
  • A bad day for Donald Trump is generally a good day for America. Today on The BradCast (after horrible and tragic news unexpectedly swept over our show yesterday), it's one of those days. And, if our guest, a former federal prosecutor is correct...

    8 days ago
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Lawmakers blast Big Oil CEOs for using wartime profits to enrich investors; Europe moves to ban Russian coal; EPA to finally ban deadly asbestos; PLUS: More destructive storms are causing more power outages, costing...

    8 days ago

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BlackListed News

Research Digest

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • During the Passover Seder, Jews eat from a table filled with symbolic food, such as bitter herbs and matzoh, contemplating the dishes’ relationships to Jews’ escape from Egypt. For most Ashkenazi Jews, who trace their ancestry to Central...

    2 hours ago
  • On the outskirts of Auburn, New York, lies the state's oldest operating drive-in movie theater. First opened on July 15, 1947, the Finger Lakes Drive-In continues to broadcast films for moviegoers while maintaining the classic drive-in...

    2 hours ago
  • When you cross the picturesque Bonifacius Bridge heading West, look up to your right, where you’ll see a teeny tiny stained glass window set in the wall of the Gruuthusemuseum. Though there is not much specific information available from...

    2 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Fink - Looking Too Closely

    3 hours ago
  • While there have been some aspects of the Saskatchewan NDP's post-election review (PDF) which involved conflicting currents within the party, one of the few possibilities which seems to have been generally embraced is the development of...

    4 hours ago
  • Assorted content for your Friday reading.- Gavin Yamey et al. observe that a push for vaccine equity - and the retention of public health measures until it can be achieved - are musts to avoid foreseeable sickness and death from COVID-19. And...

    6 hours ago

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