Saturday, April 18, 2020

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Ed Scarce at Crooks and Liars tells us that countries led by women are dealing better with the pandemic.  And we could have been one of them.

The Anglican Archbishop of Uganda, Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, is urging women to use contraception while the country is in lockdown.  "Be careful with these men, because they don't care," he told the ladies.  The Catholic Church, of course, remains in denial that men and women cooped up at home might do anything beside play gin rummy.

Dylan fans who have traced all the references in "Murder Most Foul" can apply the same technique to his new release, "I Contain Multitudes," which ranges from Indiana Jones to Anne Frank.  Anyway, it's much shorter.  Dylan's tour of Japan has been cancelled, but the website indicates he still plans to play Bend, Oregon, on June 4.

Beachgoing and professional wrestling have returned to Florida, for those who have no interest in Bob Dylan or gin rummy.

1843magazine.com has compiled an international glossary of covid-19 slang.  Watch out for Coronaspeck.

This sex-for-rent scheme may help you to understand why landlords were singled out for special abuse during China's Cultural Revolution.

We could be living in the final days of TV doctors.  It will be harder to dislodge the preachers.

Stephen Moore, a member of the White House Death Panel for the Immediate Restarting of the Economy, decided that not enough people were offended by Trump's cheerleading for the "Liberate Whatever" protesters.  So he compared them to Rosa Parks.  When they turn violent, maybe John Brown?

The World Health Organization says antibodies to coronavirus don't mean you can't be reinfected.  I think the phrase we're all searching for is "Oh fuck."




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