Smithsonian Magazine: 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
And who doesn’t know the mournful song by Gordon Lightfoot? This is quite a fascinating article. Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ballad it inspired—still haunt the popular imagination. By the day he died, Ernest McSorley had built a reputation as the … Read more
Tuesday wordle
Tricky. See the 4th line.
JD Vance asked tough questions on immigration & religion
The video is nine minutes long. Good questions and good answers.
Monday wordle – a miss!
Rats. After 27 straight – it’s a tough one – could have been any of five choices, once I realized after line three where all three of the green letters were. Answer is TABBY.
WSJ: “Bias Meltdown at the BBC”
No surprise. They used to be even worse. “It’s a warning to Western democracies not to let the government control news production.” Tim Davie, the BBC’s director-general, had little choice other than to quit, and neither did the head of the BBC’s news division, Deborah Turness. In a memo leaked last week to the Telegraph … Read more
Healthiest Candy Bars, Ranked By 3 Nutritionists
A fun article as they rate the top ten best selling candy bars. When Brigid sent me this I told her “Snickers will be #1” and one of the nutritionists did rate it 1, another ranked it #3 but the third said #9! So no consensus. Funny that M and M’s is not one of … Read more
The Pelosi investment Juggernaut!
The investment acumen of Nancy and her husband is truly something to behold. Here’s some data from Yahoo! Finance and The Times of London. And below the pictures, a NY Post article. Someone has actually created an app where you can track – and copy if you wish – what they are doing. No doubt … Read more