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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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KGB Report will return on Tuesday, July 6. Have a safe Independence Day holiday!

(Salt Lake Tribune)

Town that recorded highest temperature in Canada's history destroyed by wildfire. More than 1,000 people living in and around Lytton, B.C., northeast of Vancouver, were forced to leave with little notice Wednesday. They raced out of town in every direction as smoke and flames swallowed the community in minutes.

The IRS is swamped with 35 million unprocessed tax returns, meaning people will have to wait longer for refunds. Former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told The Washington Post's Jeff Stein that "the problem is not with IRS employees who work very hard. It's with Republicans in Congress who have refused to provide adequate funding for 10 years."

China building more than 100 'nuclear' missile silos in desert. Satellite footage shows 'alarming development' that signals possible expansion of nuclear capabilities.

The biggest threat to America is America itself. We Americans repeat the mantra that "we're No. 1" even though the latest Social Progress Index, a measure of health, safety and well-being around the world, ranked the United States No. 28. Even worse, the United States was one of only three countries, out of 163, that went backward in well-being over the last decade.

Flesh eating parasites skyrocket in the US.

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From Crazytown:

Trump calls U.S. military generals 'woke,' 'weak and ineffective leaders'.

Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg plead not guilty to tax crimes. Prosecutors described a yearslong scheme to compensate executives "off the books" to avoid paying taxes.

Govs Gone Wild: Unhinged, Uncensored, Uninformed (Video)

Seditionists' roundup... "not the tightest zip ties in the bag..." And a vertical penile fracture. (Video)

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KGB's daily agglomeration of stuff I find interesting:

Among other things, today is

• Comic Sans Day
• Drive Your Corvette to Work Day
• Freedom From Fear of Speaking Day
• I Forgot Day
• Made in the USA Day
• National Anisette Day
• Special Recreation for the Disabled Day
• World Sports Journalists Day
• World UFO Day

On this date:

• 1698 - Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine.
• 1776 - The Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was not published until July 4.
• 1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and took over the slave ship Amistad.
• 1881 - Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded U.S. President James A. Garfield (who died of complications from his wounds on September 19).
• 1890 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• 1897 - British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for radio in London.
• 1900 - The first Zeppelin flight took place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• 1900 - Jean Sibelius' Finlandia received its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus. (Video)
• 1921 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding signed the Knox-Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
• 1928 - The Jenkins Television Corporation goes on air with W3XK, the first television broadcasting station in the USA
• 1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
• 1955 - "Lawrence Welk Show" premiered on ABC (Video)
• 1956 - Elvis Presley recorded "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" (Video)
• 1962 - The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opened for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
• 1980 - The movie "Airplane!" premiered (Video: Airplane! is actually a remake of Zero Hour!)
• 2002 - Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California. Extensive searches proved unsuccessful, and he was declared legally dead in February of the following year.

Birthdays

• 1877 - Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 1906 - Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 1908 - Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States (d. 1993)
• 1916 - Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
• 1922 - Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 2020)
• 1925 - Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (d. 1963)
• 1927 - Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1929 - Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines
• 1931 - Robert Ito, Canadian-born actor (Sam-Quincy ME)
• 1932 - Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (d. 2002)
• 1937 - Polly Holliday, American actress
• 1946 - Ron Silver, American actor, director, and political activist (d. 2009)
• 1947 - Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 - Saul Rubinek, German-born Canadian character actor, director, playwright, and producer of television, theatre, and film
• 1986 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
• 1990 - Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer

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Senate passes bill wishing younger generations best of luck stopping climate change. (The Onion)

Parents of children called Alexa say their daughters are being bullied because it is the same name that Amazon uses for its virtual assistant.

Yes, a Florida man is actually accused of hiding meth inside this body part. Crystal rocks found in private area, deputies say.

Picasso kept in Maine house closet for 50 years is sold for $150K.

No, you can't recycle a bowling ball (but people sure keep trying). Why do 1,200 balls end up at New York City’s main recycling plant each year? People seem to think that because they are plastic, they are the same as, say, takeout containers. They are not.

Excruciating slip-up sees BBC News report confuse Bill Clinton with Bill Cosby. Oops.

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Trump Organization and its CFO indicted by Manhattan grand jury, report says. The indictments against the organization and Weisselberg will stay sealed until Thursday afternoon, the report said. The Post also reported, citing sources, that Weisselberg is expected to surrender Thursday morning. Many are expecting Weisselberg to flip on Trump.

Bill Cosby was set free because of a deal he made with a DA who went on to represent Trump in his second impeachment trial.

Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heat wave that has smashed temperature records. Before Sunday, temperatures in Canada had never passed 45°C (113°F). Canada broke its temperature record for a third straight day on Tuesday - 49.6°C (121.3°F) in Lytton, British Columbia.

California wildfire grows to 13,000 acres, threatens marijuana farms.

Unexpected pandemic effects: 'Great Resignation' gains steam as return-to-work plans take effect. 95% of workers are now considering changing jobs, and 92% are even willing to switch industries to find the right position, according to a recent report by jobs site Monster.com. So much for the too much government unemployment benefits theory. Detail via NextDraft. "People are forgetting that restaurant workers have actually experienced decades of abuse and trauma. The pandemic is just the final straw." (Turnover is a way of life; the average job tenure for hourly food service workers is less than two months...)

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has died at the age of 88. Guess you could say Rummy's passed on that great known unknown.

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From Crazytown:

Inside gun-surrendering criminal Mark McCloskey's very sad St. Louis rally. "Noted local criminal Mark McCloskey played host to a barbecue/political rally on Sunday afternoon, drawing tens of admirers to the sweltering parking lot of a closed outlet mall in St. Louis County to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the time he pulled a gun on a crowd of people who otherwise would never have noticed or cared he existed. Despite the fact that none of the big names who had been billed to speak at the June 27 event showed up, and despite the fact that ticket sales were so dismal attendance was opened to the public for free at the last minute, St. Louis' most gun-surrendering lawyer plowed right ahead with the First Annual Pink Shirt Guy BBQ and RINO Roast in the St. Louis Mills parking lot. Grievance and untethered delusion topped the menu at the event, with McCloskey and a roster of speakers largely unknown outside the fever swamps of the far right taking turns condemning everything from critical race theory (their newest and most nonsensical bogeyman) to "cultural Marxism" (George Soros' fault of course, but how dare you level accusations of antisemitism) to the "radical left" agenda of (hahahahaha) Joe Biden. The whole gun-and-pony show was in service of McCloskey's deeply stupid run for U.S. Senate, because if there's one thing that qualifies a man for public office in the Republican party in 2021 it's a willingness to point a firearm at those with whom you disagree politically."

Trump debuts at 41st in C-SPAN presidential rankings. This survey marks Trump's first appearance on the list, on which the one-term president placed higher than only three other presidents: Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and the perpetually last-ranked James Buchanan. Barack Obama moved up to the number 10 spot.

The 2024 GOP Presidential campaigns are already staring. And they're insane (video).

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July is Bank Account Bonus Month, Cell Phone Courtesy Month, Cord Blood Awareness Month, Hitchhiking Month, Horseradish Month, Independent Retailer Month, Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, Lasagna Awareness Month, Lost Pet Prevention Month, Minority Tourism Month, National Anti-Boredom Month, National Baked Bean Month, National Bison Month, National Blueberry Month, National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month, National Culinary Arts Month, National Doghouse Repairs Month, National Family Reunion Month, National Hemp Month, National HIV Awareness Month, National Hot Dog Month, National Ice Cream Month, National Park and Recreation Month, National Peach Month, National Picnic Month, National Water Gardening Month, Plastic Free July, Sarcoma Awareness Month, Unlucky Month for Weddings, UV Safety Awareness Month, Wild About Wildlife Month, World Watercolor Month, and Worldwide Bereaved Parents Awareness Month.

Among other things, today is

• American Zoo Day
• blink-182 Day
• Canada Day
• Devotion to Duty Day
• Early Bird Day
• International Chicken Wing Day
• International Joke Day
• International Reggae Day
• National Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day
• National Financial Freedom Day
• National Gingersnap Day
• National Postal Workers Day
• National Television Heritage Day
• Second Half of the Year Day
• U.S. Postage Stamp Day
• Zip Code Day

On this date:

• 1846 - Adolphe Sax patented the saxophone
• 1836 - Congress accepted the estate from an heir of British scientist James Smithson that was eventually used to create the Smithsonian Institution
• 1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg began
• 1867 - The British North America Act took effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia joined into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday
• 1870 - The United States Department of Justice formally came into existence
• 1881 - The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States
• 1903 - Start of first Tour de France bicycle race
• 1908 - SOS was adopted as the international distress signal
• 1931 - United Airlines began service (as Boeing Air Transport)
• 1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty became the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft
• 1957 - The International Geophysical Year began
• 1963 - ZIP codes were introduced for United States mail
• 1979 - Sony introduced the Walkman. By 2010, when production stopped, Sony had built about 200 million cassette-based Walkmans.
• 1984 - The PG-13 rating was introduced by the MPAA in response to the gore and violence in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Birthdays

• 1869 - William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (The Elements of Style) (d. 1946)
• 1892 - James M. Cain, American author (The Postman Always Rings Twice, Serenade, Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity) and journalist (d. 1977)
• 1899 - Charles Laughton, English-American actor and director (d. 1962) (Video)
• 1902 - William Wyler, French-American film director (Wuthering Heights, Jezebel, Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives, and Ben-Hur) , producer and screenwriter (d. 1981) (Video)
• 1906 - Estée Lauder (née Josephine Esther Mentzer), American businesswoman, co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies (d. 2004)
• 1916 - Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (d. 2020) (Video)
• 1920 - Harold Sakata, Japanese-American wrestler and actor (Goldfinger) (d. 1982) (Video)
• 1931 - Leslie Caron, French actress and dancer (Video)
• 1934 - Jamie Farr, American actor (M*A*S*H) (Video)
• 1934 - Sydney Pollack, American actor, director and producer (d. 2008)
• 1935 - David Prowse, English actor (Darth Vader) (d. 2020)
• 1939 - Karen Black, American actress (d. 2013) (Video)
• 1941 - Twyla Tharp, American dancer and choreographer
• 1942 - Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
• 1945 - Debbie Harry (b. Angela Trimble), American singer-songwriter and actress (Video)
• 1952 - Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor, producer and screenwriter (Video)
• 1960 - Evelyn "Champagne" King, American soul/disco singer (Video)
• 1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales (b. Diana Frances Spencer) (d. 1997)
• 1967 - Pamela Anderson, Canadian-American model and actress

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Miscellany

It's so dry in California right now that drinking water is literally tasting like dirt.

112-year-old Puerto Rican dubbed world's oldest living man.

Ocala (Florida) Fire Chief whose ex-wife went on naked rampage at Outback, fired for creating uncomfortable work environment.

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