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Circumstances beyond my control require delaying the return of the daily KGB Report. I just don't have the time needed to produce something worth publishing every day.

This should be a temporary situation. We'll be back as soon as it's feasible.

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Well, that day or two turned into two months.

Suffice it to say July was Not A Good Month. August isn't much better.

We're planning on returning to our weekday schedule on Monday, August 19 30.

We're hanging in there; you do, too.

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The latest software update broke some stuff. Should be back in a day or two.

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'Black Widow' Stunner: Disney's streaming revenue reveal may be game-changer. It takes something really major to get me into a movie theater these days.

It may sound strange, given a year of panic over school closures and reopenings, a year of masking toddlers and closing playgrounds and huddling in pandemic pods, that among children the mortality risk from COVID-19 is actually lower than from the flu.

Six fully vaccinated people who attended an outdoor wedding caught the Delta variant, but people with Pfizer and Moderna shots survived, study says.

FDA adds warning about rare reaction to J&J COVID-19 vaccine.

The 'Lambda' variant is now found in 29 countries. Here's what we know about it. Lambda? What about Epsilon through Kappa?

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From Crazytown:

Fox News hosts smear Covid vaccine, despite outbreaks among unvaccinated.

With Covid surging, GOP members continue to discourage vaccination. (Video)

Don Jr. bombs at CPAC as crowd cheers low vaccination rates: A Closer Look. (Video)

Neighbors see Trump waiting by mailbox for reinstatement notice. "When the mail truck comes, he gets this excited look on his face." (Satire: Andy Borowitz)

Student charged with putting Hitler quote in school yearbook.

Allen Weisselberg removed as officer of Trump Organization subsidiaries.

A new and rapidly growing Christian movement is openly political, wants a nation under God's authority, and is central to Donald Trump's GOP. They forget about that pesky U.S. Constitution: "...no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." (Article VI, paragraph 3). It's the only place in the entire Constitution where the word "ever" appears, so the founders were pretty clear on their intent, no?

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KGB's daily agglomeration of stuff I find interesting:

Among other things, today is

• Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
• Beans 'n' Franks Day
• Embrace Your Geekness Day
• Fool's Paradise Day
• Go West Day
• Gruntled Workers Day
• National Beef Tallow Day
• National French Fry Day

On this date:

• 1832 - The source of the Mississippi River was discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft
• 1863 - New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription began three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
• 1865 - Horace Greeley, founder and editor of the "New-York Tribune" reportedly told his readers to "Go west, young man"
• 1871 - World's first championship cat show was organized by Harrison Weir and held at the Crystal Palace in London.
• 1917 - A vision of the Virgin Mary reportedly appeared to children in Fatima, Portugal
• 1923 - The Hollywood Sign was officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland" but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
• 1955 - The last execution of a woman in Britain, Ruth Ellis, took place at Holloway Prison, London
• 1960 - Democrats selected John F. Kennedy as their nominee for President.
• 1973 - Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee
• 1977 - An electrical blackout in New York City lasted nearly 24 hours, contributing to widespread fires and looting.
• 2013 - Black Lives Matter movement created in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin.

Birthdays

• 1864 - John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman and soldier (richest passenger aboard the Titanic) (d. 1912)
• 1913 - Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality (d. 1982) (Video)
• 1926 - Robert H. Justman, American director, producer, and production manager ("Star Trek")(d. 2008) (Video)
• 1928 - Bob Crane, American actor (d. 1978) (Video)
• 1940 - Sir Patrick Stewart, English actor, director, and producer (Video)
• 1941 - Robert Forster, American actor and producer (d. 2019) (Video)
• 1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor and producer (Video)
• 1946 - Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian (Video)
• 1951 - Didi Conn, American actress and singer (Video)
• 1957 - Cameron Crowe, American director, producer, and screenwriter (Video)

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Miscellany

Can mankind be unified by an extra-terrestrial threat? The reaction to Covid has shown that the 'unity through crises' model of the global ruling class has backfired. Moot point. Any advanced civilizations monitoring us know to avoid us.

Duh. TikTok trend of whitening teeth with Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is not safe, dentists say.

8 secrets Domino's doesn't want you to know.

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Categories: Allen Weisselberg; Black Widow; Christians; Covid-19; Donald Trump; Fox News; Marvel; Republicans; Seth Meyers; Stephen Colbert

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In case you missed it, a play-by-play of the Virgin Galactic flight hosted by Stephen Colbert.

This pizza chain owner who pays $16 an hour says there's no labor shortage, just a shortage of businesses willing to pay a decent wage. "If you aren't paying your employees enough to cover basic survival costs, what possible incentive could a person have to take that job?"

Last week's fake news: Graphene in vaccines, fake delta variant, kneeling Biden, veteran snub...

How did my phone number end up for sale on a US database? Ah, the wonders of technology. And social media.

Infections rise in 42 states; Fauci says it's 'horrifying' to see people cheer lack of vaccinations.

Cold weather virus in summer baffles docs, worries parents. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a common cause of cold-like symptoms but can be serious for infants and the elderly. Cases dropped dramatically last year, with people staying home and social distancing, but began cropping up as pandemic restrictions eased.

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From Crazytown:

Trump on Jan. 6 insurrection: 'These were great people'.

Trump wins 2024 CPAC straw poll With 70 percent. (Video)

A seven point plan to reinstate Donald Trump as president 'in days, not years' was handed out at CPAC. It's insane, but constitutional. Sort of.

A Pennsylvania woman who allegedly stormed the Capitol and told a police officer to "bring Nancy Pelosi out here now... we want to hang that f***ing bitch" has filed court documents claiming to be a divinely empowered entity immune from laws.

"F--k him": Rupert Murdoch reportedly made the call to bury Trump's election night dreams in a shallow grave.

Heineken suffers Twitter boycott from anti-vaxxers over disco-themed pro-vaccination ad.

Trump sues eighty-one million voters for banning him from White House.(Satire: Andy Borowitz)

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KGB's daily agglomeration of stuff I find interesting:

This is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. (Video)

Among other things, today is

• National Different Colored Eyes Day
• Etch A Sketch Day
• International Town Criers Day
• National Eat Your Jell-O Day
• National Pecan Pie Day
• New Conversations Day
• Orangemen's Day
• Paper Bag Day
• Simplicity Day

On this date:

• 1804 - Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton died after being shot in a pistol duel by Vice President Aaron Burr
• 1862 - The Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress.
• 1906 - Alfred Dreyfus was found innocent in France
• 1909 - Congress passed The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allowing it to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population.
• 1940 - Frederick McKinley Jones received a patent for an air conditioning unit for trucks carrying perishable goods. He later co-founded Thermo King
• 1960 - The Etch a Sketch toy was introduced, selling for $2.99
• 1972 - Democrats nominated George McGovern for US president in Miami, Florida
• 1973 - A fire destroyed the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States near St. Louis, MO.
• 1976 - First "Family Feud" game show debuted on ABC hosted by Richard Dawson (Video)
• 1979 - "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park: fans riot destroying disco records and causing the Chicago White Sox to forfeit the second game of a double header to the Detroit Tigers
• 1984 - Geraldine Ferraro became the first US female major-party vice-presidential candidate, after Walter Mondale selected her as his Democratic Party running mate

Birthdays

• 100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (d. 44 BC)
• 1817 - Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862)
• 1854 - George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)
• 1884 - Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957)
• 1895 - Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (d. 1983)
• 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960)
• 1908 - Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)
• 1909 - Joe DeRita, American actor (Curly-Joe of The Three Stooges) (d. 1993)
• 1917 - Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009)
• 1934 - Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (d. 2013) (Video)
• 1937 - Bill Cosby,American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 - Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Video)
• 1948 - Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer ("Star Wars") (Video)
• 1948 - Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor (Video)
• 1951 - Cheryl Ladd, American actress
• 1978 - Michelle Rodriguez, American actress

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Miscellany

Unopened Legend of Zelda game from 1987 sells for $870,000.

Giant pandas are no longer endangered, thanks to conservation efforts, China says. But they're still "vulnerable."

Colby would be official Wisconsin cheese under bill.

Holding up on that wake-up coffee until the cortisol wears off...

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Categories: Covid-19; Donald Trump; Fact check; Fox News; January 6; Medicine; Richard Branson; Rupert Murdoch; Shark Week; Social Media; Stephen Colbert; Unemployment; Virgin Galactic

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