Wow... lots of things happened on May 25:
1803, Ralph
Waldo Emerson was born;
1878, Gilbert
and Sullivan's comic opera "H.M.S.
Pinafore" opened at the Opera Comique in London;
1921, Hal
David was born;
1925, John
T. Scopes was indicted for teaching
human evolution in Tennessee;
1926, Claude
Akins was born;
1929, Beverly
Sills was born;
1936, Tom
T. Hall was born;
1939, Sir
Ian McKellen and Dixie
Carter were born;
1943, Leslie
Uggams was born;
1944, birth of Frank
Oz;
1947, Karen
Valentine was born;
1955, birth of Connie
Selleca;
1960, Amy
Klobuchar was born;
1961, U.S. President John
F. Kennedy announced, before a special joint session of the US
Congress, his goal to initiate a project
to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade. (video);
1962,
The
Isley Brothers release "Twist
and Shout" (video)
;
1963, birth of Mike
Myers;
1968, The Gateway
Arch in St. Louis, Missouri was dedicated;
1969, "Midnight
Cowboy" was released and Anne
Heche was born;
1970, Octavia
Spencer was born;
1977, the original "Star
Wars" movie premiered (without the Episode IV-A New Hope
subtitle);
1979, "Alien"
debuted;
1983, "Return
of the Jedi" hit theaters;
1986, The Hands
Across America event took place;
1990, Vic
Tayback died;
1992, Jay
Leno became host of "The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno";
2001, the first Towel
Day;
2007, Charles
Nelson Reilly died;
2011, the last episode of "The
Oprah Winfrey Show" aired; (video)
2017,
"Wonder
Woman" was released;
2020, George
Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota during an arrest.
Five years ago today:
"Donald Trump is now ahead of Hillary Clinton in the polls. This was
reported today in the Washington Post and 2,000 years ago in the Book of
Revelations."
-Conan O'Brien
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The Havana Syndrome first affected spies and diplomats in Cuba. Now it has spread to the White House. US officials suspect Russian spies are aiming microwave radiation devices at targets to collect intelligence from their computers and cell phones. Brain frying is just collateral- not intentional- damage.
re: spies: Jeff Bezos, a real-life Bond villain, may own James Bond very soon. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon's recently rumored plans to acquire MGM have taken a major step forward, in a roughly $9 billion deal that is one of the e-commerce giant's largest acquisitions.
re: wealth: Wikipedia is swimming in money— why is it begging people to donate? The site is way richer than it wants you to know.
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Why is Anthony Fauci hedging on the origins of the coronavirus? Three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report that could add weight to growing calls for a fuller probe of whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the laboratory. Nah. It was the takeout pangolin nuggets they got from Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.
The 2021 vaccination map looks like the 2020 election map. The scary thing is if something that can save a lot of lives has fallen into the usual political traps, then pretty much anything can.
Speaking of scary things: Once nearly extinct, the Florida panther is making a comeback. Not as scary and aggressive as the Florida cougar.
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Republicans claim January 6th rioters were middle schoolers on field trip. (Andy Borowitz satire)
Senate GOP misrepresents Jan. 6 riot panel. (Associated Press; not satire, alas.)
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Body of missing man found inside dinosaur statue. While police have not confirmed how he got inside, local media reports that the man dropped his phone inside the statue and was trying to retrieve it, BBC News reports. He fell inside, hanging upside down, and was unable to call for help.
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John Oliver humiliates local TV stations with 'sexual wellness blanket' sponsored content.
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A mysterious rise in methane levels is sparking global warming fears.
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US warns against all travel to Japan as Olympics loom. The State Department's warning, which followed the CDC alert, was more blunt. "Do not travel to Japan due to COVID-19, it said in the announcement, which raised the department's travel alert from Level 3 — Reconsider travel — to Level 4 — Do not travel. The previous alert was issued on April 21.
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"I assume the person who first said 'to coin a phrase' said it twice in
a row."
-The
Covert Comic
Categories: Andy Borowitz, Anthony Fauci, Covert Comic, Covid-19, Cuba, Florida, Havana Syndrome, James Bond, January 6, Japan, Jeff Bezos, John Oliver, May 25, MGM, Olympics, Republicans
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