My wife is home now after life-saving surgery. I'm doing her home care myself with a nurse to come & check occasionally. She's doing well considering how much was neglected before we pulled her from the recovery facility, & took over her care ourselves. We expect a full recovery,over maybe six months.
Paul Krugman: Has Trumphoria Finally Hit a Wall? (NY Times Column)
… market turmoil should make us take a hard look at the economy's prospects. And what the data say, I'd argue, is that at the very least America is heading for a downshift in its growth rate; the available evidence suggests that growth over the next decade will be something like 1.5 percent a year, not the 3 percent Donald Trump and his minions keep promising.
Josh Marshall: Trump To Plead the De Facto 5th (TPM)
The Times is reporting that the President's personal lawyers are recommending that he refuse to be interviewed or questioned by Robert Mueller's investigators under any circumstances. Let's be candid about what this means. The President is pleading the 5th while trying to avoid saying that's what he's doing. Let's call it the de facto 5th. The constitutional law is clear cut. It's not at all hypothetical. A sitting President has no blanket right to refuse to cooperate with a criminal investigation.
Sandhya Somashekhar: The Confederate flag resurged. The KKK burned a cross. Racial tensions flared in a Southern town. (Washington Post)
ASHEBORO, N.C. - The first unpleasant tug of history came before the election, when the yards around Dexter Trogdon Jr.'s house started blooming with Confederate flags. Then last spring, the Ku Klux Klan announced plans to burn a cross in town. A man apparently irked with his black neighbors hung a noose in his yard, and Trogdon started hearing a disturbing new view from some white people: that slavery wasn't so bad for African Americans.
The Stories Behind the Stories (Neatorama)
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. In November 1955, Maurice Sendak, a young storybook artist, drew up a draft of a children's story he called Where the Wild Horses Are. The only problem: "I couldn't really draw horses," Sendak said, "and I didn't, for the longest time, know what to use for a substitute. I tried lots of animals in the title, but they just didn't sound right." In 1963, Sendak finally settled on Things, dumping the horses in favor of monsters that were based on the Brooklyn relatives he detested as a child.
This American singer, songwriter, musician, producer and actor was born James Newell Osterberg Jr. in Muskegon, Michigan. By what name is he known professionally?
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally by his stage name Iggy Pop, and designated the "Godfather of Punk," is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer and actor. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band the Stooges, who reunited in 2003, and is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics.
Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the course of his career, including garage rock, punk rock, hard rock, art rock, new wave, jazz and blues. Though his popularity has fluctuated through the years, many of Pop's songs have become well-known, including "Search and Destroy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by the Stooges, and his solo hits "Lust for Life", "The Passenger", and "Real Wild Child (Wild One)".
In 2010, the Stooges were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Deborah replied:
I looked this up, because I didn't recognize the name: That's Iggy Pop. I like most of his music.
Dry, warm, and now wind blowing relentlessly, drying out the already dry landscape. Not good.
Noel wrote:
Iggy Stooge, later Iggy Pop.
John I from Hawai`i says,
"Iggy Pop."
Daniel in The City answered:
Iggy Pop
Billy in Cypress said:
Iggy Pop
Kevin K. in Washington, DC replied:
That's Iggy Pop.
DJ Useo responded:
This is an easy one for me, as I've met him before, & enjoyed his music for years. The answer is IGGY POP.
Dale of Sultry Diamond Springs, Norcali said:
Iggy Stooge…or Pop…almost a breeze wafting through my deck…maybe I can get a sunburn.
zorch wrote:
Iggy Pop, sometimes called Iggy Stooge.
Rosemary in Columbus replied:
Iggy Pop
Joe S answered:
As every Western Lower Peninsula Michigander knows, that is non other than Iggy Pop. I don't really care for him too much but he is so, so, so, much better than Kid Rock.
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Full disclosure: I'm a multi-year, card-carrying AARP member, because some of the benefits (aka discounts on hotels, etc.) are great. Also, if I could have an avatar, it would be Dame Helen. She is a treasure!
So far so good on beating cancer for now. I'm doing fine. At the end of the month I'll be 16 months into an 8 month mean lifespan. And yesterday I went on a 7 mile hike and managed to keep up with the hiking group I was with. So, doing something right.
Still waiting for future test results and should see things headed in the right direction. I can say that it's not likely that anything dire happens in the short term so that means that I should have time to make several more attempts at this. So even if it doesn't work the first time there are a lot of variations to try. So if there's bad news it will help me pick the next radiation target.
I have written a "how to" guide for oncologists to perform the treatment that I got. I'm convinced that I'm definitely onto something and whether it works for me or not isn't the definitive test. I know if other people tried this that it would work for some of them, and if they improve it that it will work for a lot of them.
The guide is quite detailed and any doctor reading this can understand the procedure at every level. I also go into detail as to how it works, how I figured it out, and variations and improvements that could be tried to enhance it. I also introduce new ways to look at the problem. There is a lot of room for improvement and I think that doctors reading it will see what I'm talking about and want to build on it. And it's written so that if you're not a doctor you can still follow it. It also has a personal story revealing that I'm the class clown of cancer support group. I give great interviews and I look pretty hot in a lab coat.
So, feel free to read this and see what I'm talking about. But if any of you want to help then pass this around to both doctors and cancer patients. I need some media coverage. I'm looking for as many eyeballs as possible to read these ideas. Even if this isn't the solution, it's definitely on the right track. After all, I did hike 7 miles yesterday. And this hiking group wasn't moving slow. So if this isn't working then, why am I still here?
I also see curing cancer as more of an engineering problem that a medical problem. So if you are good at solving problems and most of what you know about medicine was watching the Dr. House MD TV show, then you're at the level I was at when I started. So anyone can jump in and be part of the solution.
Here is a link to my guide: Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect
CBS starts the night with a FRESH'Big Brother', followed by a FRESH'Amazing Race'.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are John Oliver, Beanie Feldstein, and Wolfgang Puck.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Meghan Trainor, Guillermo del Toro, and Jamie Lee.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'The Blacklist', followed by a FRESH'L&O: SVU', then a FRESH'Chicago PD'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Sienna Miller, Tim Tebow, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, and Tye Tribbett.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are John Mulaney, Rep. Seth Moulton, Tony Rock, and Alan Cage.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Daniel Bruhl, Angus & Julia Stone, and Orla Doherty.
ABC begins the night with the movie 'Inside Out', followed by a FRESH'Match Game'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Rose Byrne, Richard Jenkins, and In Real Life.
The CW offers a FRESH'Riverdale', followed by a FRESH'Dynasty'.
Faux has a FRESH'The X-Files', followed by a FRESH'9-1-1'.
MY has 'Page Six TV', followed by 'Top 30', then an old 'Dateline'.
A&E has 2½ hours of old 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'Storage Wars', then a FRESH'Rooster & Butch'.
AMC offers the movie 'Enemy Of The State', followed by the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', then the movie 'True Lies'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 7-Amy's Choice
[7:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 8-The Hungry Earth-Part 1.
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 9-Cold Blood-Part 2.
[9:00AM] PLANET EARTH: THE MAKING OF THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 8-The Making of The Hunt
[10:00AM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 7-Living With Predators - Conservation
[11:00AM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 1-The Hardest Challenge
[12:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 2-In The Grip of Seasons - Arctic
[1:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 3-Hide And Seek - Jungles
[2:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 4-Hunger At Sea - Oceans
[3:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 5-Nowhere To Hide - Plains
[4:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 6-Race Against Time - Coasts
[5:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 1-The Hardest Challenge
[6:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 2-In The Grip of Seasons - Arctic
[7:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 3-Hide And Seek - Jungles
[8:00PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 4-Hunger At Sea - Oceans
[9:00PM] PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 3-Coral Reefs
[10:30PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 5-Nowhere To Hide - Plains
[11:30PM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 6-Race Against Time - Coasts
[12:30AM] PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 3-Coral Reefs
[2:00AM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 1-The Hardest Challenge
[3:00AM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 2-In The Grip of Seasons - Arctic
[4:00AM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 3-Hide And Seek - Jungles
[5:00AM] PLANET EARTH: THE HUNT - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 4-Hunger At Sea - Oceans (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Relative Success With Tabatha', 'Real Housewives Of BH', then a FRESH'Watch What Happens Live'.
Comedy Central has 3 hours of old 'South Park', followed by a FRESH'Corporate', and another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Daily Show are Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler & Spencer Stone.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Opposition is John McWhorter.
FX has the movie 'Terminator Genisys', followed by the movie 'Jurassic World', then a FRESH'The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story'.
History has 'Forged In Fire', followed by the FRESH'Buried: Knights Templar & The Holy Grail', then a FRESH'Knightfall'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] COMEDY CRIB: THE SHOW
[6:15AM] ROBOCOP 2
[8:45AM] ROBOCOP 3
[11:00AM] INESCAPABLE
[1:00PM] JAVA HEAT
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[5:30PM] LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
[8:00PM] FURY
[11:00PM] LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
[1:30AM] FURY
[4:30AM] THE THREE STOOGES-Uncivil Warriors
[5:00AM] THE THREE STOOGES-Grips, Grunts and Groans
[5:30AM] THE THREE STOOGES-A Pain in the Pullman (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00am] all in the family
[6:30am] all in the family
[7:00am] all in the family
[7:30am] all in the family
[8:15am] all in the family
[8:45am] back to school
[10:45am] spies like us
[1:00pm] 48 hrs.
[3:00pm] criminal minds
[4:00pm] criminal minds
[5:00pm] criminal minds
[6:00pm] criminal minds
[7:00pm] criminal minds
[8:00pm] criminal minds
[9:00pm] criminal minds
[10:00pm] criminal minds
[11:00pm] criminal minds (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Last Witch Hunter', followed by a FRESH'The Magicians', then a FRESH'Channel Zero'.
TBS:
FRESH'Samantha Bee'.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Kumail Nanjiani, Van Jones, and Judah & the Lion.
A mannequin "Starman" sits at the wheel of a Tesla Roadster in this photo posted on the Instagram account of Elon Musk, head of auto company Tesla and founder of the private space company SpaceX. The car will be on board when SpaceX launches its new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.
Photo by Elon Musk
Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will be writing and producing their own Star Wars films.
The news that Benioff and Weiss would be joining the Star Warsgalaxy was announced on Tuesday by Disney and Lucasfilm.
In a statement about the creators' new endeavour, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said, "David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today. Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting."
The duo's movies will be separate entities from Rian Johnson's forthcoming trilogy and the Skywalker films.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket stands on historic launch pad 39A as it is readied for its first demonstration flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 5, 2018.
Photo by Joe Skipper
"Once Upon A Time" is getting its not-so-fairytale ending. ABC announced on Tuesday that the fantasy series' seventh season would be its last on the network.
"Seven years ago, we set out to create a show about hope, where even in the darkest of times, a happy ending would always be possible," creators and executive producers Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis said in a statement to TVLine. "But we never imagined the happy ending that was actually in store for all of us - years and years of adventure, romance, magic and hope. We're so grateful to our brilliant collaborators - the cast, crew, and writers - as well as our partners at the studio and network for making this journey possible. But most of all, we want to thank the fans. Their fierce loyalty and devotion was the real magic behind 'Once Upon a Time.' We hope they join us for these last few hours as we journey to the Enchanted Forest for one more adventure."
The series essentially rebooted itself after mainstays including Jennifer Morrison and Ginnifer Goodwin departed as regulars at the end of the sixth season. The current season, which returns from an extended break in March, picked up in Seattle, where a brand new curse ensnared some of the most famous fairytale figures of them all.
However, ratings dipped to series lows, averaging 2.5 million total viewers and a 0.5 rating per episode, as the show was shuffled to air on Friday nights.
Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Georgia gathered inside the state Capitol on Tuesday, offering cookies and smiles as they sought to convince lawmakers to get their founder's name affixed to a Savannah bridge that currently honors a white segregationist.
The bridge may bear former Gov. Eugene Talmadge's name, but Rep. Ron Stephens said he recently learned the state legislature never officially named the bridge for Talmadge. The Department of Transportation never gave it an official name, nor did lawmakers. Legislation to do so passed the House in 1991, but never passed the Senate, he said.
Buoyed by this technicality, Stephens, a Savannah Republican, introduced a bill to name the bridge after Juliette Gordon Low, who founded the Girl Scouts in the coastal city more than a century ago.
Last month, Stephens had expressed doubts that his colleagues in the Republican-controlled legislature would be eager to rename the bridge and risk angering their conservative base in an election year. But that was before he knew the bridge had never been officially named.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket stands on historic launch pad 39A as it is readied for its first demonstration flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 5, 2018.
Photo by Joe Skipper
U.S. cities dominate the world's top 10 most-traffic-congested urban areas, with Los Angeles leading in mind-numbing and costly gridlock, according to a new report issued Tuesday.
La La Land, with its jam-packed freeways and driving culture despite billions being poured into rail transit, emerged from the 1,360 other cities in 38 countries to claim the worst-congestion title for the sixth consecutive year in the 2017 traffic scorecard by INRIX, a leader in transportation analytics and connected car services.
Drivers in and around the City of the Angels spent 102 hours battling 2017 traffic congestion during peak hours, INRIX's 11th annual report said.
Despite having the worst traffic congestion overall, Los Angeles had lower peak period tie-ups than San Francisco, Seattle, Boston and Portland, the INRIX study showed. Nighttime travel is also a bright spot, with Los Angeles city streets ranking better than 35 other cities.
As horrible as L.A. traffic can be, the driving experience in four other U.S. cities isn't much better, with all finishing in the Top 10 of worst traffic tie-ups:
President-for-now Trump (R-Crooked) apparently loves a parade.
At the direction of the president, Pentagon generals have begun planning a grand parade on the streets of the U.S. capital to showcase American military might.
At a Jan. 18 meeting attended by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., Trump set into motion his desire for a Bastille Day-inspired military spectacle, Pentagon officials confirmed Tuesday.
"The marching orders were: I want a parade like the one in France," a military official told the Washington Post, which added that the parade was being worked on by Pentagon brass.
Among the unresolved questions about the military display are how much it will cost taxpayers, the date the parade would be held, what role Trump himself will play in the festivities, and whether it would be a one-off event or something to be replicated.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 6, 2018.
Photo by Joe Skipper
An honorary degree bestowed upon former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly (R-Loofah) by New York's Marist College, after he was "accused of engaging in multiple acts of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment of women in the workplace."
Although the institution's board of trustees pointed out that he had "denied these allegations", in a statement they said: "To many, his reported payments of tens of millions of dollars and dismissal by Fox News lend credibility to the allegations against him."
They added: "Any form of sexual harassment or abuse is deeply contrary to the values of Marist College. The Marist Board of Trustees has therefore revoked Mr. O'Reilly's honorary degree."
O'Reilly was fired from Fox in April. A New York Times report later revealed that he had reached a $32m (£23m) settlement with a former Fox analyst over sexual harassment allegations.
O'Reilly, received his Bachelor of Arts history degree from Marist in 1971.
The ozone layer that protects life on Earth from deadly ultraviolet radiation is unexpectedly declining above the planet's most populated regions, according to a study released Tuesday.
A 1987 treaty, the Montreal Protocol, banned industrial aerosols that chemically dissolved ozone in the high atmosphere, especially above Antarctica.
Nearly three decades later, the "ozone hole" over the South Pole and the upper reaches of the stratosphere are showing clear signs of recovery.
At the same time, however, ozone in the lower stratosphere, 10-24 kilometres overhead, is slowly disintegrating, an international team of two dozen researchers warned.
"In tropical and middle latitudes" -- home to most of humanity -- "the ozone layer has not started to recover yet," lead author William Ball, a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, told AFP.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 6, 2018.
Photo by Joe Skipper
When the mercury's rising in your thermometer, it may also be rising in the ocean.
According to a new study published Feb. 5 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, there may be more than 15 million gallons (58 million liters) of mercury buried in the permafrost of the Northern Hemisphere - roughly twice as much mercury as can be found in the rest of Earth's soils, ocean and atmosphere combined. And if global temperatures continue to rise, all that mercury could come pouring out.
In geology, permafrost is defined as any soil that has been frozen for more than two years. In the Northern Hemisphere, permafrost accounts for about 8.8 million square miles (22.79 million square kilometers) of land - or roughly 24 percent of exposed Earth, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Over time, naturally occurring compounds in the atmosphere, such as mercury and carbon dioxide, can bind with organic material in the soil and be frozen into permafrost, potentially remaining trapped underground for thousands of years before it thaws, the new paper said.
In the study, researchers drilled 13 permafrost soil cores from various sites in Alaska between 2004 and 2012. Then, they measured the total amounts of mercury and carbon in each sample, which proved consistent with thousands of other soil cores taken from other sites around the world, the paper said. Using the mercury contents of their 13 cores as a springboard, the researchers estimated the total amount of mercury sealed away below North American permafrost to be roughly 793 gigagrams - or more than 15 million gallons.
Researchers have already observed climate-change-induced permafrost thawing, and there is likely more on the way: According to a 2013 study, the Northern Hemisphere will lose anywhere from 30 to 99 percent of its permafrost by 2100, assuming current human greenhouse-gas emissions continue unabated.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 29-Feb. 4. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. Super Bowl: Philadelphia vs. New England, NBC, 103.39 million.
2. "Super Bowl Post-Game," NBC, 73.45 million.
3. "This is Us," NBC, 26.97 million.
4. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 14.7 million.
5. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 12.92 million.
6. "State of the Union," Fox News, 11.72 million.
7. "State of the Union Analysis," Fox News, 10.51 million.
8. "State of the Union Preview," Fox News, 9.95 million.
9. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 9.32 million.
10. "Mom," CBS, 9.11 million.
11. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 8.94 million.
12. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 8.56 million.
13. "Ellen's Game of Games," NBC, 7.58 million.
14. "Super Bowl's Great Commercials," CBS, 7.31 million.
15. "Kevin Can Wait," CBS, 7.28 million.
16. "MacGyver," CBS, 7.27 million.
17. "Life in Pieces," CBS, 7.11 million.
18. "Chicago PD," NBC, 6.72 million.
19. "State of the Union Response," Fox News, 6.72 million.
20. "Seal Team," CBS, 6.54 million.
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