Midnight Special

Since the Saturday night Hootenanny has been well received I thought I would try a little variation for the middle of the week.

Welcome to the Midnight Special, may it shine its light on you. We will be featuring one artist for the evening, Taking a look at some hits, some deep tracks and maybe a silly song or two. I hope you find it enjoyable.

The kick off artist of the week is…

ZZ Top

If you have any requests for future artists or groups we do have a submission link somewhere on the page where you are free to suggest away.

Now, on to the show.

And ZZ Top has left the building. See y’all next week. Same bat time, same bat channel.

Deals Large and Small

Submitted by Slapout:

Big F’in historical deal:

No big historical deal:

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Got His Number

Veeshir on DeBlasio ( . . . If that even was his real name. . . . which it isn’t):

Pretty soon he’ll invade France.

Heh. Succinct.

OK, It’s About Time Someone Told Me What This Means

Let’s Make Up Our Minds, People

FrankJ has pointed out today that Bush is no longer considered that much of a Hitler.

Which reminds me:

Are there people in the world who are literally Hitler?

I don’t have every phone book in the world (do they still print those?) and I’m too worried about very unwanted attention to do an internet search, but that’s my question. And, if so, what do we do about them? They’re literally Hitler!

I Thought “Unbanked” Was One of My Scratches in Pool

Study Examines India’s Policies for Financial Inclusion of the Unbanked
by Sharita Forrest, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, via Phys.org / May 6, 2020

Globally, 1.7 billion people do not have a bank account, and policymakers struggle to provide affordable, safe and accessible financial services to the unbanked population.


With about 190 million unbanked adults, India is second only to China among developing countries in the number of residents who don’t have bank accounts or participate in the formal financial sector, according to World Bank.

Can’t have anyone using money they can’t trace, you know.

Are they working on real-estate inclusion for the unmansioned?

America

An original by DamnCat:

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Press Tara Digitation

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Return to Sender: Undress Unknown

You know how Frank used to post various spam comments he got?

Here are some from today that tickled me:

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That holiday being: Frank’s novels available at fine booksellers everywhere this weekend.

You’ll notice he only wanted to encourage one. . . .

Heya! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any issues with hackers?
My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing a few months of hard work due to no back up.
Do you have any methods to protect against hackers?

Note to self: Don’t reply to that last guy.

Don’t our government employees have anything better to do these days?

Oh — and back up, doofuses.

I’ve Told You About The Walrus and Me ~ Well, Here’s FrankJ and Basil (not Basil, You See), Yeah

Frank: See how my foot’s in the light?

Basil: Uh-huh. Now, can we please get back to this?

Fighting Fire With Fire

Submitted by Gumbeaux:

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They Might As Well Have Just Used a Sharpie

Submitted by wr-104:

A Wall Street Journal map showing this: it wasn’t behind a paywall for me, so that was good.

Mapping the Bacteria in New York’s Subways

Wall Street Journal (from 2/5/2015)

Every day, New York City’s 5.5 million commuters seed the city subways with bacteria from the food they eat, the pets or plants they keep, and their shoes, sneezes and unwashed hands.

For the first time, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College sampled DNA in New York City’s 466 open subway stations. They found genetic material from 15,152 different species, most of them harmless or unidentified. Almost half the DNA belonged to bacteria. No two subway stations were exactly the same, and the research continues.

So far, the scientists have identified 67 bacteria species associated with disease and infections.

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Funny How That Happens

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Straight Line of the Day: The Dark and Gritty Origin Stories Behind Certain Breakfast Cereals:…

Straight Line of the Day: The dark and gritty origin stories behind certain breakfast cereals…

Are You Wearing a Camouflage Helmet and Carrying a Camera? Please Wait: Sixty-Five Men From IMAO Will Be With You Soon… But It Won’t Be FrankJ, I Assure You