OMG! Knicks pull off miracle comeback!
The biggest finals comeback (29 points!) in NBA history. At one point the Spurs were ahead 71-42. And whole game highlights are here.
Tom Faranda
Pope gets 10 minute standing ovation after speech to Spain’s parliament
Leo hits all the right notes. This is from CatholicVote. Pope Leo XIV received a nearly 10-minute standing ovation from members of Spain’s Parliament June 8 after he gave a sweeping address that praised key elements of Spain’s heritage and advocated for legislation to be rooted in the protection of human dignity from conception until … Read more
NYT: “One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention?”
A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug seemed to reduce LDL long-term in a small trial. The results may point to something “curative,” one expert said. If confirmed in larger studies, researchers hope the findings may lead to a one-and-done way to prevent heart disease in large numbers of people. Most gene therapies target … Read more
YIKES! 11,000 bottles of bourbon stolen!
If they show up in my neighborhood… I did some research, a relatively low cost bourbon, around $32 a bottle. The bottles, worth about $500,000, were taken in what company officials called a “coordinated cargo theft operation carried out in broad daylight.” It was a sunny Friday afternoon in Philadelphia when the driver of a … Read more
Last of the Mohicans music – 5 minutes of lovely music and scenery
The 1992 version of The Last of the Mohicans with Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye is one of our all time favorite movies. Love, betrayal, sacrifice and courage with a wonderful musical score. This is by a very popular Franch group and I don’t even know what the instrument the dude with the longhair is playing.
“Why these ’60 Minutes’ correspondents are staying after Scott Pelley fired”
One reason not mentioned – they get paid pretty well. This is off USA Today so not a long article. Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim confirmed they will remain on the CBS program in a memo shared with staff and obtained by USA TODAY on Friday, June 5. “We have had a hard … Read more