A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason. -Henry Fielding, author (21 Apr 1707-1754)

And So It Goes YouTube video by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Topic

With Paul Overstreet: "And So It Goes"

Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing at All (Official Video) YouTube video by KeithWhitleyVEVO

RIP Don Schlitz, the author of this and many other hits.

Superpower Suicide The geopolitics of our moment

We allowed crazy apocalypticists elect greedy nihilists, what else should we expect?

Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade Pope Leo XIV visits the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima in Angola, a former hub of the African slave trade, to pray for healing and a better world.

"According to genealogical research published by Henry Louis Gates Jr., 17 of Leo’s American ancestors were Black, listed in census records as mulatto, Black, Creole or a free person of color. His family tree includes slaveholders and enslaved people, Gates wrote in the New York Times."

Wayne Moss | Country Music Hall of Fame

RIP Wayne Moss (1938-2026)

Now that the Onion is running InfoWars, how will we tell the difference between it and the New York Times?

Lord, the Tennessee Legislature is devolving this last week of session. Democratic Rep. Vincent Dixie and Bo Mitchell tonight on the House floor told Rep. Johnny Garrett they "aren't friends." Expect things to get chippier as the week goes on.

1918 German World War I fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France. Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown is credited with the kill. 1945 WWII: Allied forces conquer le Shima, Okinawa in 5 days; 5,000 die 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel", becomes #1 1963 Beatles meet the Rolling Stones for the first time 1972 John Young & Charles Duke explore the moon as part of NASA mission Apollo 16 1984 After 37 weeks Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by movie soundtrack for "Footloose" 1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on live TV and finds nothing, except great ratings for his spectacle 1989 World premiere of sports fantasy film "Field of Dreams", in Dubuque, lowa; based on W. P. Kinsella's novel "Shoeless Joe", and starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta and Burt Lancaster 1994 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRs in a games (11 times) 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putinwarns the West not to cross a "red line" in his state of the union address, amid massing of 100,000 Russian troops on Ukraine border 2023 US Supreme Court rules abortion pill mifepristone can remain widely available, blocking ban by Texas US district judge

It’s National Yellow Bat Day

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On this day in 1967, the Army activated the 265th Army Security Agency Company with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY

The official insignia of the 265th is a bat with outstretched wings on a full moon rising

We will be okay
Love
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@wsj.com #Florida

Cartoonist: Daniel Medina

They should enter a contest for ugliest couple in America. They would win hands down. ,are Swastika Up!!!

The tariff refund portal goes live today. Maryland businesses should review eligibility and apply as soon as possible.

My team will be watching closely to ensure the process works as intended, and every Maryland business gets the money back they are owed.

Trump still has no plan to reimburse the American people for his illegal tariff taxes.

American families paid $1,700 more because of these taxes.

When will they get the relief they're owed?

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Would You Like To Know More about Patrick Muldoon? There’s plenty to know. He acted in many shows and movies. But he was in Starship Troopers, and that alone is a huge deal to me. Another good one leaving this world way too soon. Rest In Peace.

What Holly said:

I’ll take you’re an idiot for $1000

@theatlantic.com think of the discovery you’ll get. Hell, I’d move for a court ordered physical exam, including PEth and Liver Function tests.

The best people

Tennessee House to vote on bill requiring public agencies to report immigrants without legal status • Tennessee Lookout The Tennessee House this week will take a final vote on legislation requiring immigration status checks of any applicant for public benefits.

Seems to me it's good for anyone to be able to access public health facilities, but a new Tennessee bill would require county health departments--among other agencies--to collect immigration information before offering treatment.

Seeds of resistance Permaculture is resistance

Seeds of resistance: We can love our neighbors by protecting and conserving the ecosystems that support them, by creating political movements which work for the planet and for people, and by creating resilient communities, among much else.

Why Yale’s term paper on what’s wrong with college gets a ‘D-’ | Will Bunch An Ivy League university's report on the loss of faith in higher ed ignores what really killed the American Dream of college.

We are experiencing the culmination of the Reagan Revolution and it's time we had a counter-revolution before it's too late.

The more this topic can be covered the way @willbunch.bsky.social covers it here, the better.

Trump Can't Even Surrender Right That was the peace that was

Pathetic: Trump Can't Even Surrender Right

Marylanders are paying over $4.00 per gallon of gas.
 
Trump may have declared victory, but costs are still skyrocketing. 
 
The war he promised he'd never start is spiking the prices he promised to bring down. 

Betrayal all around. 

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. -Robert Lynd, writer (20 Apr 1879-1949)

The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.

Why doesn’t the Fourth Estate focus on the Kleptocracy?

1862 First pasteurization test is completed by Frenchmen Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive compound radium chloride 1918 Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day 1939 Ted Williams' first MLB hit comes off of NY Yankees fellow future HOF'er Red Ruffing in Boston's 2-0 opening day defeat at Yankee Stadium, NYC 1945 Soviet artillery begins shelling Berlin 1951 Huge ticker-tape parade held in NYC for World War Il and Korean War General Douglas MacArthur after he was relieved of Command by President Truman 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrongtakes X-15 to 63,250 m 1979 US President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit that swims up to his fishing boat in Plains, Georgia 1983 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security 1990 Former MLB baseball player and manager Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income 1999 Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, Colorado 2021 Record number of new COVID-19 cases reported (5.24 million) in one week around the world according to WHO, with a third in India

Happy 420 Day

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On April 20 people celebrate 420 day , to support the use and legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational use

I live in a state that has legalized cannabis and we have many dispensaries around the state

We will be okay

Love
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Michigan gas station clerk saves teen from alleged kidnapper after she whispers ‘help’ — Guardian US In Hamtramck, Abdulrahman Abohatem placed himself between 16-year-old girl and man before police arrest

Michigan gas station clerk saves teen from alleged kidnapper after she whispers ‘help’ - The Guardian

‼️It’s a good thing he hadn’t been deported☕️😒 good job my good sir. That’s a patriot.
#HappySunday

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