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Scarier than living ventriloquist dummies

Posted on 2017-05-31 by GaryMay 30, 2017
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A repeated premise in horror movies and kid’s nightmares is the ventriloquist dummy or doll that comes to life. It seems to me that the Glove & Boots puppets might be even scarier, especially given what they do to the … Continue reading →

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It turns out boredom promotes creativity

Posted on 2017-05-31 by GaryMay 31, 2017
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This is a curious result that apparently (unlike some other things in psychology) is repeatable: People given a task requiring creativity (such as coming up with as many ways as possible to use paper cups) tend to do better if … Continue reading →

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Joe Biden tells Stephen Colbert about the cancer moonshot

Posted on 2017-05-30 by GaryApril 18, 2017
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Two years ago today Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, died of brain cancer. A little over a year later I lost my youngest brother, also to brain cancer. Last year President Obama named Joe Biden to head … Continue reading →

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How goes Trump’s swamp draining?

Posted on 2017-05-29 by GaryMay 29, 2017
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During the campaign Donald Trump repeatedly promised to attack Washington’s corruption, specifically the cycling of people between government and lobbying. It was a crowd-pleasing line and a welcome notion across the political spectrum, at least for people not taking advantage … Continue reading →

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Marty and Doc Brown visit Jimmy Kimmel

Posted on 2017-05-27 by GaryMay 27, 2017
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I’m not sure how I missed this, but if I did, someone else might have done so as well. On 2015 October 21 I was on a flight and saw another passenger with a copy of USA Today with the … Continue reading →

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Scandals: Trump versus Obama

Posted on 2017-05-25 by GaryMay 25, 2017
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Brief and amusing comparison of scandals under Trump and Obama, courtesy of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Link: https://youtu.be/DDIoiTyK7S0 by … Continue reading →

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Major news a lot of us are missing

Posted on 2017-05-22 by GaryMay 22, 2017
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There are a lot of major things going on in the world besides Donald Trump. A few examples with links to more information: Famine endangers 20 million people in Africa (Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan) and the Middle East (Syria and Yemen), … Continue reading →

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Why can’t America have a grown-up healthcare conversation?

Posted on 2017-05-22 by GaryMay 16, 2017
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Here’s another John Green vlog post I like, one March 28 but still very timely, on the subject of health insurance in the U.S. and the dismal level of conversation about it. Link: https://youtu.be/09RvU9_m30Q Passion tends to far exceed information … Continue reading →

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In praise of Trump for a change

Posted on 2017-05-21 by GaryMay 20, 2017
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Everybody, me included, lately seems to be finding fault with President Trump, so in fairness I thought I’d share this video clip courtesy of Late Night with Seth Meyers, in which Meyers and his former (and now slimmer) SNL colleague … Continue reading →

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Politics 2017 May 20

Posted on 2017-05-20 by GaryMay 20, 2017
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Trump administration destabilizing health insurance markets possibly by accident The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that the Trump administration may be (intentionally or not) destabilizing the individual health insurance marketplace. That’s based on complaints from the companies and from state … Continue reading →

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