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Wasn't it just yesterday when you said you don't read COVID news anymore? Posted yesterday at 04:26 AM "I haven’t looked at COVID statistics in a month and no longer read any Covid-related articles."

Picture yourself sitting on a jury deciding this case where Chris Rock refuses to testify.

@Whitmanhas done a great job, along with others. Maybe is taking a break. And, after all, there are still a few million pix left!

The TV news tonight showed a picture of the Canyon Club Hotel as part of a story about Legionella in local pools. I found this article on the topic... https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2022/03/25/palm-springs-hotel-pools-closed-test-for-legionella-bacteria/7159967001/ Good thing it will be cleared up by April...

That's Sebastian Yatra. Here is another pic of him, not at the Oscars:

And wasn't this guy fun to watch?

There is another thread about the WIll Smith slapping incident, but I just want to talk about cute guys at the Oscars. Did Timothy Chalamet pull it off? He sure pulled his shirt off! Not a nipple in sight! So I like these shots better:

@Unicorn Try to enjoy your vacation. Don't get some tropical disease!

I cannot fathom why @Unicornis so committed to keeping his views here a priority. He's on vacation in Belize! He may be right, and I hope that he is, but do I want to bet my health on it? No, I don't.

My condolences to the Google butts!

I like the way he concludes his profile: "If you want me? It as simple as dropping your cocks, grabbing your socks, & texting me"

I have never once heard of Ash Barty. Did she use to go by Ash Wednesday?

Coincident with the rise of the BA.2 variant, government funding for COVID is running out. It seems as if nothing has been learned about preparedness in the last two years. latimes.com: The percentage of Omicron subvariant BA.2 cases is rising in Los Angeles County, a trend seen elsewhere nationwide as officials sound the alarm about Congress’ failure to provide critical funding for vaccinations, tests and anti-COVID drugs. Officials in L.A. County and nationally have warned about the risk to public health if new pandemic federal funding fails to be approved. There is no money left to reimburse doctors for COVID care for uninsured Americans, and funds will soon run out to provide vaccinations, Xavier Becerra, the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, said this week. According to data released Thursday, 14.7% of coronavirus samples analyzed for L.A. County between Feb. 27 to March 5 were the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant. That’s more than double the previous week’s figure of 6.4%. L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer continued to urge residents to adhere to the strong recommendation issued by her department and state health officials to continue masking in indoor public settings. “Along with the increasing circulation of the more-infectious BA.2 subvariant, everyone, especially those who are at elevated risk or live with someone at elevated risk, should wear a high-quality mask and get vaccinated and boosted,” Ferrer said in a statement Thursday. More recent national estimates have suggested BA.2 will quickly become dominant soon. BA.2 comprised an estimated 35% of analyzed samples between March 13 and March 19; the previous week, it made up 22%, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the Southwestern U.S. — which includes California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii — BA.2 made up an estimated 41% of coronavirus samples. The previous week, it was 28%. And for the first time, BA.2 is the now estimated to be the dominant subvariant in the Northeast, making up more than half the analyzed coronavirus cases in New York, New Jersey and New England. BA.2 is believed to be 30% to 60% more contagious than the earlier Omicron subvariant. BA.2, however, doesn’t appear to result in more severe illness, and it’s likely that people recently infected with the earlier Omicron subvariant will have a decent degree of at least short-term immunity to BA.2. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-25/percentage-of-omicron-subvariant-ba-2-rising-in-l-a-county

It is optional! Read the post by @RadioRobabove.

I didn't care for the black background at all. Thanks for the info on how to change it!

Hmm...I think now it is going to be June 1.

Like me! I enjoy balls and nuts at the game!

It's titled Watergate A New History, and it's written by Garrett M. Graff, the director for cyber initiatives at the Aspen Institute and author of several books. Without the notes and index, it still takes up almost 700 pages. And, it's an interesting read. It would be easier if we hadn't just been through the Trump presidency to engage in presidential acts of 50 years ago. Nixon might seem saintly in comparison. But so tired am I of reading about presidential misdeeds that the Watergate book is not getting the attention I want to give it. In order to keep it to one volume, things are mentioned that deserve more attention. The idea that General Al Haig was in over his head is only suggested in a footnote. But the book does allow me to revisit the Nixon years. Most of the principals are dead now, and it does seem like a long time ago. But that's history, isn't it? Anyway, I just passed page 500.

Recently I applied for and received the Capitol One Venture X credit card. Among its benefits are a $200 credit for an Airbnb or VRBO rental, and a $300 travel credit when travel is booked through their travel desk. So I searched for properties in San Diego for Gay Pride Weekend, perhaps now known as LBGTQIA Weekend. I grant you that San Diego in July is an attractive and popular location, especially given the heat here. My search did not result in any deals appealing to me. Airbnb has so many fees added to the list price, that the list price is a joke. Hotels are competitive, if not cheaper And hotels have housecleaning...at least they used to! Sad to say, using the Capitol One travel desk for hotels was not so appealing either, as I can find better prices on my own. That $300 credit seems built into the prices. Just my opinion now. I already have a hotel booked for free with my points on another card. One night of it, that is. Anyone here have preferences when traveling to San Diego?

That's a long time ago, @WilliamM Were the showers similar to what we have now?

No, but I respect what he is doing.

I remember those troubled times when we didn't know if the site would be here in the next hour. Fawkes hadn't made it easy to find things. @Cooper's first priority was to see if he could get medical help as Daddy lay on the floor. He did get the cops there and then tuned his attention to saving the website. Daddy had left no heir. I think Cooper worked 20 hour days helping find people who could help both Daddy and the website. Now he is our chief administrator, and I, for one, think he is doing a wonderful job. I am glad that so many have joined as moderators to help ease his burden.

Riverside County has had a drop in cases by 53% in the last two weeks. A local hospital has no Covid cases in their ICU. That is still a higher rate than last summer. But, New York City is up 38% in the last two weeks. That suggests, to me, that the European rise is coming this way. In the meantime, I take comfort that the death rates are down. And I hope that I am wrong about the new wave.

He's delightfully cute!

April 17th, Easter Sunday!