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Wednesday, March 03, 2021

Morning Wood

And wait'll you see this silver fox PACKED INTO a pair of tighty-whities.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

Remains of the Day (03/02)

Merck to Help Make Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After White House Deal https://t.co/aVmtBp7ZQ7
— Matthias #WearYourMask Egger (@eggersnsf) March 2, 2021

Great news. Funny how a president who was a 'businessman' never negotiated a single good deal

.@kerryeleveld: "New poll finds key COVID-19 relief provisions supported by more than 70%, including GOP majorities." https://t.co/FVUIjh9gsg
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 2, 2021

Republicans somehow win about half the votes already. Imagine how many they would get if they backed policies that are widely popular with Americans

Republicans have already introduced 253 bills in 43 states to suppress the right to vote.

We must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The stakes could not be higher.
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) March 1, 2021

Again, you wouldn't need to suppress voters if you championed things they like

Arizona State settles with student who sued school after being fired from job following social media post https://t.co/p9II4iRNx9 #FoxNews . #DavidJBodney is an attorney. Watch his lips move. You know what that means.
— AZDesert (@AZDesert266) March 2, 2021

Did Donald Trump negotiate this settlement? They offered her $500,000 and she got $7G?!

I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed listening to Sen. Elizabeth Warren talk about taxing the rich. ✨
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 2, 2021

Sen. Warren on wealth tax: ‘I think most people would rather be rich’ and pay 2 or 3 cents more

GAY THROUPLE: California Birth Certificate Lists 3 Dads as Parents https://t.co/4f1EzBj91G via @ToddStarnes pic.twitter.com/QN5726GofY
— Israel News Links (@IsraelNewsLinks) March 2, 2021

Three's not a crowd

Impeachment is “almost unprecedented” in New York, but calls for Cuomo to resign are growing among Democrats. https://t.co/jCHHaMw8dJ
— Todd Kennedy (@pragpro) March 2, 2021

I'm pretty agnostic about this Cuomo situation. I don't like three-term politicians to begin with -- I secretly voted for Cynthia Nixon! -- and he's obviously an overbearing bully. But I think people need to slow down on this resignation talk. His verified workplace transgression was dealt with in a way that the victim was satisfied and the other one is being looked into, as it should be. As for hitting on someone at a wedding? That's hardly the same thing and feels like piling on to me. I like that Dems take the higher road, but it should only be done when absolutely warranted, and I just don't think we're anywhere near there yet.

See, baseball *is* interesting pic.twitter.com/M4pJW3teSk
— Drew Mackie (@drewgmackie) March 1, 2021

Wait'll their "game-used underwear" hits the auction block

Additional PROOF -- with tube socks -- that Robert Conrad was one of the hunkiest men of all time.

Tennis Tuesday

Let's just say I might be lurking around my old college campus looking for this one next time I'm in Tempe. Lots more HERE.

Song of the Day: 'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft' by Carpenters

The music business may have become irrevocably unfair to most artists, but it's never been better for fans. Case in point: The Carpenters. I grew up with the gatefold "The Singles: 1969–1973."

And then received a four-disc box set {"From the Top") for my 26th birthday from my best Michigan friend, Mark. (I think he only bought it for me because he knew I would die to hear a song called "Iced Tea," which sadly turned out to be one of Richard's self-indulgent jazz instrumentals!)

But it's only since subscribing to a streaming service -- first Spotify but now YouTube Music as it features everything the former has plus you don't have to watch commercials on its videos -- that I have been able to do a deep dive into the greatest brother-singer duo in music history, with a paltry $9.99/month allowing me access to every record I could never afford as a child.

While I am still too green to offer any wisdom into the duo's deeper catalog, I wouldn't last a day without sharing this gem I discovered from 1977's "Passage." The album was a bit of a sales disappointment, despite featuring the memorable single "All You Get From Love Is a Love Song." But their cover of "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by the Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu --who named themselves after an alien who visits Earth in the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" -- did somehow manage to hit the lower echelon of the Billboard Top 40. The song title appears on the Carpenters' version above the tagline "The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day" -- and its success led to a television special called "The Carpenters...Space Encounters," as well as more inquires from UFO nuts than they ever dreamed of!