The Star Trek Communicator is now available!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ITB1OEC?ref_=nav_custrec_signin&

This was inevitable, and brilliant.


(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Capitalism

http://thecomeback.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders-tax-break-750-million-14-million-for-schools.html

Bowling with the CIA

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bowling-cia-undercover?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4a7cbbb597-Newsletter_3_31_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-4a7cbbb597-64536349&ct=t(Newsletter_3_31_2017)&mc_cid=4a7cbbb597&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

A short synopsis of the monsters of West Virginia

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/03/exploring-american-monsters-west-virginia/

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-lawmaker-house-intel-chairman-works-the-president

https://wonkette.com/614752/mike-pence-cant-promise-not-to-fuck-every-woman-he-sees

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/taibbi-on-trump-the-destroyer-w473144

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/three-white-house-officials-tied-to-files-shared-with-house-intelligence-chairman/2017/03/30/de4b8c30-1589-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html?utm_term=.024eba50a3e9

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/30/nice-doing-business-with-you-moscow/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=Flashpoints

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/ex-congressman-from-texas-charged-with-stealing-charitable-donations.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1

Happy Birthday to The Matrix!

Premiered on this date in 1999.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/

Happy National Tater Day!

Yum!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-tater-day-march-31/

Happy World Backup Day!

http://www.worldbackupday.com/en/

Happy National Oysters On The Half Shell Day!

Yum!

http://www.harriscrabhouse.com/

http://fordsfishshack.com/

http://www.hcoysterhouse.com/

Grand Old Pigs

https://wonkette.com/614737/the-internet-is-telling-white-men-to-kill-black-men-and-sluts-and-white-men-are-listening

Protect Your Internet Browsing - Make Some Noise!

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/wanna-protect-online-privacy-open-tab-make-noise/?mbid=social_fb

This is pretty neat!


(Thanks for the link, Missy!)

Russian Cheeto

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/29/what-you-need-to-know-about-history-according-to-president-trump/?utm_term=.740ade6f189d&wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1

Happy Birthday Eric Clapton!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton

Happy Birthday John Astin!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040014/

Happy Birthday Graeme Edge!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Edge

Happy Birthday Francisco Sabate!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesc_Sabat%C3%A9_Llopart

Stop Tripping In Horror Movies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfTqTzvFVac

Too True

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/white-house-denies-any-ties-to-united-states

A nice way to react to the gop

https://www.gofundme.com/searchinternethistory
http://resistancereport.com/resistance/crowdfunding-lawmakers-internet/

Grand Old Pigs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/28/the-house-just-voted-to-wipe-out-the-fccs-landmark-internet-privacy-protections/?utm_term=.b636989b9f69&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

http://resistancereport.com/class-war/comcast-congress-browser-history/

Happy Birthday Terence Hill!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001352/

Happy Birthday Patty Donahue!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Donahue

Happy Birthday Lene Lovich!

http://www.lenelovich.net/

Happy Birthday Marina Sirtis!

http://www.marinasirtis.tv/

Happy Birthday Juliet Landau!

http://www.julietlandau.com/

Happy Birthday Eric Idle!

http://www.ericidle.com/

Happy National Turkey Neck Soup Day!

Yum!

http://www.food.com/recipe/turkey-neck-soup-304247

Happy Birthday Wilhelm Liebknecht!

https://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-w/

Darth Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU_Jdts5rL0

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

An interesting (and worrisome) tale about an AI drone

https://futurism.com/76747-2/

Steak sauce bottle mystery at the Library

http://www.chroniclet.com/Local-News/2017/03/10/A-real-whodunit-at-Avon-Lake-Public-Library.html

Funs tuff!


(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

Russian Cheeto

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-sought-to-block-sally-yates-from-testifying-to-congress-on-russia/2017/03/28/82b73e18-13b4-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html?utm_term=.6f813486b2e6&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%252Bnation&wpmk=1

When the President and his senior advisers, family, campaign mangers, and  cabinet officers are serving as agents, spies, flacks, and employees of the Russians, it's called High Treason, and should be dealt with as such.

Grand Old Pigs

http://wtop.com/government/2017/03/visit-to-wh-grounds-by-intel-chairman-clouds-investigation/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-repeals-regulation-wage-theft_us_58d9408ee4b03692bea814c9

Our Masters

http://wtop.com/government/2017/03/red-bull-heir-enjoys-jet-set-life-4-years-after-hit-and-run-2/

Happy Birthday Futurama!

Premiered on this date in 1999.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149460/

Happy Birthday Thomas Clarkson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Clarkson

Happy Children's Picture Book Day!

https://www.holidailys.com/single-post/2015/03/28/Childrens-Picture-Book-Day

Death is too good for 'em!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/maryland-considers-cracking-down-on-drivers-who-linger-in-the-left-lane/2017/03/25/59a4f232-0f0d-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?ICID=ref_fark&utm_content=link&utm_medium=website&utm_source=fark&utm_term=.50581e55cad0


I would also impose an immediate death penalty for anyone attempting to merge onto an Interstate at less than 55mph.

The Original Snail Mail?

https://esoterx.com/2017/03/16/quantum-entangled-escargot-sympathy-for-the-snail-telegraph/

It used to be a rocket in your pocket

Now it's an asteroid in your trunk.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-03-20/man-arrested-at-white-house-gate-claimed-trump-telepathy-link

Happy Birthday Nathan Fillion!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277213/

Happy National Spanish Paella Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-spanish-paella-day-march-27/

Yum!

Happy Neighbor Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/neighbor-day/

Countdown Clock for Russian Cheeto

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/1611151200000/america-new_york/yodhms/FFFFFF3B5998000000FF0000/Time_Until_Trump_Leaves_Office

I suspect that the reign will be shorter than this....

Russian Cheeto

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/cnn-analyst-sources-say-mike-flynn-has-turned-on-trump-and-become-witness-for-the-fbi/

Tee Hee!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/anti-trump-billboard-sparks-outrage_us_58ce7dfde4b0ec9d29dcb8c6

Tracey Ullman, Angela Merkel, & 99 Red Balloons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8sjbl9IF10

Interesting article about cooperatives

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-03-23/fear-losing-jobs-workers-take-over-business

Happy Birthday Strother Martin!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001510/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Happy Bifrthday Vicki Lawrence!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493069/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000559/

Happy Birthday Diana Ross!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross

Grand Old Pigs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-plutocracy-doesnt-come-cheap/2017/03/24/9a1f79d8-10a5-11e7-ab07-07d9f521f6b5_story.html?utm_term=.5aa9bf5b21f6&wpisrc=nl_&wpmm=1

Happy National Medal of Honor Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-medal-of-honor-day-march-25/

Happy Tolkien Reading Day!

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/society/events/reading-day/

A parallel unviverse to be discovered?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/565315/Scientists-at-Large-Hadron-Collider-hope-to-make-contact-with-PARALLEL-UNIVERSE-in-days

A new story about the Black Eyed Kids

http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2017/03/black-eyed-kids-are-they-killers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhantomsAndMonstersAPersonalJourney+%28Phantoms+and+Monsters%29

Happy Maryland Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Day

Happy Birthday Robert O'Reilly!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642481/

Happy Birthday John Barry!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barry_(naval_officer)

A Patriot.

Happy birthday Richard O'Brien!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O'Brien

Happy Birthday Johnny Burnette!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Burnette

Happy Birthday John Keel!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel
https://www.sott.net/article/229112-John-Keel-and-His-Adventures-into-Unreality

Happy Birthday Elton John!

http://www.eltonjohn.com/

Happy Birthday Aretha!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin
Essential.  An American Treasure.

Today is the International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryremembranceday/2016/events.shtml

Nice article about the film Haxan, including narration by Burroughs

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/mad_nuns_torture_witchcraft_satan_silent_film_haexan_narrated_by_william

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/27/the-reclusive-hedge-fund-tycoon-behind-the-trump-presidency

https://wonkette.com/614550/is-this-why-devin-nunes-pooped-all-over-his-own-trump-russia-treason-investigation

And Then The Murders Began

http://thehookmag.com/2017/03/adding-murders-began-second-sentence-book-makes-instantly-better-125462/

Argentina's Anarchist Baked Goods

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/argentina-pastries-political

Neat story, and great names for pastries!

Happy Birthday Matilda Joslyn Gage!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Joslyn_Gage

Happy Birthday Dorothy Height!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Height

Happy Birthday Alyson Hannigan!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004989/

Happy Birthday Nick Lowe!

http://nicklowe.com/

Happy Birthday Houdini !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini

Happy Birthday Wilhelm Reich!

http://www.orgonomy.org/reich.html

Happy National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day!

Yum!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chocolate-covered-raisins-day/

Today is the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

http://www.un.org/en/events/righttotruthday/

Nice artilce about Chuck Berry's New/Last album

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/chuck-berrys-final-album-an-in-depth-preview-w473043?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=032317_15

Phantom Plane Crashes

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/03/the-bizarre-world-of-phantom-plane-crashes/

Russian Cheeto

https://wonkette.com/614512/stupid-donald-trump-just-found-out-abraham-lincoln-was-a-republican

Religion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/britain-police-say-attacker-acted-alone-but-have-arrested-7-in-sweeps/2017/03/23/178100f4-0f98-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html?utm_term=.ea1361a39658

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/watch-oklahoma-state-rep-says-rape-and-incest-are-the-will-of-god-in-abortion-bill-hearing/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/03/22/white-man-traveled-to-new-york-to-kill-black-men-and-make-a-statement-police-say/?hpid=hp_local-news_pn-nyplot-742pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.1c194e58e5f0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/23/ivanka-trumps-west-wing-job-isnt-just-unethical-its-also-dangerous/?hpid=hp_regional-hp-cards_rhp-posteverything%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.e382820a8cc1

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/opinion/birth-of-the-biggest-lie.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/03/21/senator-busted-having-sex-with-his-cousin-in-true-gop-fashion-details/

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/325410-senate-votes-to-block-internet-privacy-regulations



And useful idiots:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/23/the-trump-troubadour-went-to-45-trump-rallies-in-honor-of-his-late-son-now-he-feels-betrayed/?hpid=hp_rhp-morning-mix_mm-troubador%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.61b15ab31829

Happy Birthday Chaka Khan!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan

Happy Birthday John Peck Rathbun!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rathbun

Happy National Chip & Dip Day!

Yum!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-chip-and-dip-day-march-23/?subscribe=opted_out#467

Happy National Puppy Day!

http://www.nationalpuppyday.com/

Happy Liberty Day!

https://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm

Religion

https://www.rt.com/uk/381876-abu-izzadeen-suspect-attack/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/recep-tayyip-erdogan-turkey-president-stir-up-the-world-germany-speech-ban-threat-a7613606.html

Retail is winding down in the States

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-retail-apocalypse-has-officially-descended-on-america-2017-3

The demise of the big block stores seems preordained, to me.

My next t-shirt

https://dls-store.com/funny-i-m-going-to-hell?s=hanes-5250&c=Black&p=FRONT

ACLU Telethon on Facebook on 3/31

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hanks-tina-fey-alec-baldwin-hosting-stand-rights-a-benefit-aclu-facebook-live-987605?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Grand Old Pigs

http://wtop.com/government/2017/03/manaforts-plan-to-greatly-benefit-the-putin-government/

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/busted-former-colorado-republican-party-chairman-charged-with-voter-fraud-in-2016-election/#.WNIGE_1BKPA.facebook

Happy Talk Like Shatner Day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJOaqsBXAc

Happy Birthday William Shatner!

http://williamshatner.com/ws/

Happy Birthday Ross Martin!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553014/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy birthday Werner Klemperer!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459252/

Happy Birthday Chico!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Marx

Happy Birthday Jeremy Clyde,!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Clyde

Happy Birthday Samuel Thompson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson's_War

A Patriot.

Anniversary of the Bush Declaration of 1776

Another step towards the Revolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Declaration

Happy Goof Off Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/goof-off-day/

Happy World Water Day!

http://www.worldwaterday.org/

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tillerson-idUSKBN16S04I?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US%20Reuters%20News%20Now%202017-03-21&utm_term=US%20Reuters%20News%20Now
Reporting in to his REAL master....


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-obamacare-medicaid_us_58d01716e4b0be71dcf6d5a7?u64ibiczzegq4cxr&link_id=1&can_id=&source=email-while-nobodys-watching-paul-ryan-is-taking-a-sledgehammer-to-medicaids-promise-to-seniors&email_referrer=while-nobodys-watching-paul-ryan-is-taking-a-sledgehammer-to-medicaids-promise-to-seniors&email_subject=while-nobodys-watching-paul-ryan-is-taking-a-sledgehammer-to-medicaids-promise-to-seniors

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/us/roger-stone-donald-trump-russia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-documents-say-trump-aide-hid-payments-from-pro-moscow-ukraine-party/2017/03/21/92ec85f2-0e11-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.06d44233a24b&wpisrc=nl_&wpmm=1

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/21/god-guns-gays-gummint-the-career-of-rep-bad-bob-goodlatte/

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/325027-gorsuch-refuses-whitehouses-request-to-ask-shadowy-backers-to-reveal

RIP Martin McGuinness

https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0321/861287-martin-mcguinness-death/

Anniversary of the beginning of the Shanghai Commune of 1927

http://en.internationalism.org/icconline/2007/china-march-1927

Happy Birthday Francis Lewis!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lewis

A Patriot.

Today is the beginning of month of Germinal in French revolutionary calendar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germinal_(French_Republican_Calendar)

Happy National French Bread Day!

http://www.food.com/recipe/crusty-french-bread-101476

Happy International Day of Forests!

http://www.un.org/en/events/forestsday/

Happy International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination!

http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/

Happy World Poetry Day!

http://www.un.org/en/events/poetryday/

Basketball - Obviously the Thinking Man's sport....

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/03/shaquille-oneal-world-flat-satellite-imagery-fake/

The Onion's problems with Russian Cheeto

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/20/the-onion-struggles-to-lampoon-trump
Sorry boys, it's all low-hanging fruit with him....

Tunnels of the U.S. Capitol

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/capitol-building-tunnel-system?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=840c0da143-Newsletter_3_20_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-840c0da143-64536349&ct=t(Newsletter_3_20_2017)&mc_cid=840c0da143&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

A bit of DC trivia.

A faster version of Wi-Fi?

http://www.zdnet.com/article/slow-wi-fi-this-new-crazy-fast-infrared-network-cracks-40gbps/?loc=newsletter_featured_related_listing&ftag=TRE17cfd61&bhid=19993324377668975004593194010397

Happy Equinox!

http://earthsky.org/?p=68679

Happy Birthday John de Lancie!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209496/

Happy Birthday Dick Dyszel!

http://www.countgore.com/

Happy Birthday Carl Reiner!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005348/

Happy National Ravioli Day!

Yum!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravioli

Happy International Day of Happiness!

http://www.happinessday.org/

Apparently, treason pays well

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/navy-officers-convicted-of-corruption-in-fat-leonard-scandal-havent-lost-their-pensions/2017/03/18/d60c6d4c-0363-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html?utm_term=.75fc83c0c4c5&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

Grand Old Pigs

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/steve-stockman-charity

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/adam-schiff-trump-appears-to-have-leaked-classified-info

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/huckabee-trump-ignore-judge-travel-ban-jackson-trail-tears

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/03/trumpcare-based-reagannixons-racist

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/03/more-kleptocracy-jared-kushner-trump-son

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/19974/republicans_are_racing_to_make_workplaces_more_dangerous_and_unhealthy

http://progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/a-growing-body-of-evidence-showing-that-school-vouchers-are-/

Praise JC!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3NF349aEHM

Happy Birthday Bill Bowman!

The Bowman Body!

https://www.thebowmanbody.com/

Happy Birthday Clarence "Frogman" Henry!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_%22Frogman%22_Henry

Happy Birthday Patrick McGoohan!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001526/

One of my faves.

Happy National Poultry Day!

Yum!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-poultry-day-march-19/

RIP Chuck Berry

The REAL King of Rock'N'Roll

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/arts/chuck-berry-dies-musician.html?_r=0

Films from American nuclear tests

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvGO_dWo8VfcmG166wKRy5z-GlJ_OQND5

My next home decorating addition

http://boingboing.net/2017/03/17/late-stage-capitalism-2.html

Anniversary fo the proclaiming of the Paris Commune

https://www.marxists.org/history/france/paris-commune/

Happy Birthday Wilson Pickett!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Pickett

Happy Sheelah's Day!

http://todayinirishhistory.blogspot.com/2012/03/sheelahs-day.html

Happy Oatmeal Cookie Day!

Yum!

http://www.quakeroats.com/cooking-and-recipe/quakers-best-oatmeal-cookies

Neat article about zombie ants, etc.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170313-real-life-zombies-that-are-stranger-than-fiction


(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Happy Birthday Brigitte Helm!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375609/

Happy Birthday Pattie Boyd!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd

Happy Birthday Karl Straub!

One of DC's Finest!

http://www.karlstraubmusic.com/

Happy Birthday Paul Kantner!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kantner

Happy Birthday John Sebastian!

http://www.johnbsebastian.com/

Happy Birthday Nat King Cole!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole

Happy Evacuation Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(Massachusetts)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Day

HA! The New Twins For The Shining!

http://www.boredpanda.com/twins-girls-freak-out-hotel-guest-poppy-isabella/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=BPFacebook

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Grand Old Pigs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/03/14/america-is-a-white-nation-more-racist-fliers-spotted-at-university-of-maryland/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.162e6894eaf8

https://thenib.com/never-again?t=recent

http://m.startribune.com/new-medicaid-chief-says-recipients-should-get-jobs-pay-premiums/416227684/

https://thinkprogress.org/sebastian-gorka-vitezi-order-6db85bd6eb6a#.fnde2xh3s

https://newrepublic.com/article/141227/republicans-war-science-just-got-frighteningly-real

Happy Birthday Elliott Murphy!

http://www.elliottmurphy.com/

Happy Birthday Alan Tudyk!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876138/

Happy Birthday Nancy Wilson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(rock_musician)

Happy Birthday Jerry Jeff Walker

http://jerryjeff.com/

Happy Birhtday Leo McKern!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571674/

Happy Freedom of Information Day!

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/govinfo/opengov/freedomofinfo

Happy Bacchanalia!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchanalia

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a53841/paul-ryan-tape-healthcare/?src=nl&mag=esq&list=nl_enl_news&date=031417

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/busted-trump-campaign-chair-caught-in-a-motel-room-with-an-underage-boy/

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-adviser-secret-warrant-may-have-caught-hacker-contact/ar-AAonOND?li=BBnb7Kz

Anniversary of Washington addressing the Newburgh Address, in 1783

http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/newburgh-address/

Happy Birthday Plan 9 From Outer Space!

Premiered on this date in 1959.  A Classic.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/

Happy Birthday Sly Stone!

http://www.slystonemusic.com/

Buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio!

https://www.ohiotraveler.com/hinckley-home-of-the-buzzard/

Happy National Brutus Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/brutus-day/

Happy Ides of March!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March

Today is International Day Against Police Brutality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_Against_Police_Brutality

Happy National Peanut Lovers Day!

https://foodimentary.com/2016/03/15/march-15th-is-national-peanut-lovers-day/

THE absolute over-the-top cutting edge of computer spying and data mining!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/14/we-vibe-vibrator-tracking-users-sexual-habits?CMP=fb_gu


Of course, Brian Wilson was way ahead of the curve on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab_beh07HU




(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

No Firefly or Buffy reboots from Joss Whedon!

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/news/a823349/joss-whedon-will-never-bring-back-buffy-or-firefly/?utm_content=buffer0332b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=mainfacebookpost

Grand Old Pigs

https://futurism.com/if-this-bill-becomes-law-you-will-be-penalized-for-not-submitting-to-genetic-testing/

https://twitter.com/TedNesi/status/841388877973737474?ncid=newsltushpmgnews

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/03/13/white-supremacist-signs-posted-at-george-washington-university/?hpid=hp_local-news_gp-supremacist920p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9c754818eda2

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/13/trump-advisor-kellyanne-conway-mocked-for-spy-microwaves-claims.html

https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-childcare-plan-will-only-help-the-rich/

Happy Birthday Mercedes McNab!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573523/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Happy Birthday Penny Johnson Jerald!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425982/

Happy Birthday Michael Martin Murphey!

https://www.michaelmartinmurphey.com/

Happy Birthday Michael Caine!

http://www.michaelcaine.com/

Happy Birthday Lee Hays!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hays

Happy Birthday Einstein!

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html

Happy National Potato Chip Day!

Yum!

http://www.rt11.com/

Happy Pi Day!

http://www.piday.org/

RIP Evan Johns

http://music.blog.austin360.com/2017/03/12/evan-johns-60-left-his-mark-on-austin-music-as-a-firebrand-guitarist/

RIP P-Nut Johnson

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-p-nut-johnson-dies/?trackback=fbshare_top_flat_3

Anniversary of the Westminster Massacre of 1775

http://www.freedomandunity.org/new_frontier/massacre.html

Another prelude to the Revolution.

Let the puns begin!

Uranus discovered on this date in 1781 by William Herschel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus

Happy Birthday Vanishing Point!

Premiered on this date in 1971, (some references say that it was 1/15).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067927/

Happy Birthday Mike Stoller!

http://www.leiberstoller.com/

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/9/1641864/-Anti-Semitic-flyers-posted-at-Texas-State-but-university-president-refuses-to-issue-statement

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/03/11/1642516/-Rachel-Maddow-Calls-Out-Mike-Pence-For-Lying-That-He-Knew-Nothing-Of-Flynn-s-Turkish-Connection


http://resistancereport.com/news/man-beats-restaurant-worker/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/03/12/police-man-started-dumpster-fire-to-run-the-arabs-out-of-our-country-the-victims-were-indian/?utm_term=.4a334fb8c008

Worm Moon Tonight

http://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-march

Happy Birthday Julius Carry!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141114/

Happy Birthday Wally Schirra!

https://www.wallyschirra.com/

Happy Birthday James Taylor!

http://www.jamestaylor.com/

Happy Birthday Barbara Feldon!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271156/

Happy Birthday Liza Minnelli!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Minnelli

Happy National Baked Scallops Day!

Yum!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/88596/awesome-baked-sea-scallops/

Happy National Plant A Flower Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-plant-a-flower-day-march-12/

RIP Lyle Ritz

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/lyle-ritz-dies/?trackback=fbshare_top_flat_3

Toad Hats

https://www.thedodo.com/toad-wears-hats-2309507460.html

This is so wonderfully silly!



(Thanks for the link, Nancy!)

Collecting the Banana Album of the Velvet Underground

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/03/11/519306037/velvet-underground-and-nico-50-years-first-record-800-copies-collection?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20170311

Oh my....


(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Mysterious underwater object

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/03/massive-circular-object-appears-to-move-on-pacific-floor/

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/ukraine-manafort-hacked-texts/index.html

https://news.vice.com/story/the-gop-effort-to-let-broadband-companies-sell-your-data-is-picking-up-steam

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/323477-top-trump-adviser-admits-to-contacting-dnc-hackers-report

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/watch-paul-ryans-adams-apple-when-asked-about-the-rich.html

http://www.salon.com/2017/03/08/trumps-election-has-created-safe-spaces-for-racists-southern-poverty-law-centers-heidi-beirich-on-the-wave-of-hate-crimes/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/during-his-political-rise-stephen-k-bannon-was-a-man-with-no-fixed-address/2017/03/11/89866f4c-0285-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?utm_term=.4e799c0ae310&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%252Bnation&wpmk=1

Happy Genealogy Day!

http://www.dates.abouttravelingtheworld.com/special-holidays/genealogy-day/

Happy Birthday Shemp Howard!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397602/

Happy Birthday Nina Hagen!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen

Happy Birthday Douglas Adams!

http://www.douglasadams.com/

Happy Johnny Appleseed Day!

http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/March/appleseedday.htm

Happy Penny Loaf Day!

http://www.cooksinfo.com/penny-loaf-day

Librarians VS Russian Cheeto

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/after-trump-librarians-develop-new-fact-checking-system_us_58c071d3e4b0ed7182699786?cxbc2ro0lk0b43g14i=&section=us_arts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=culture%20shift%203-10-17&utm_content=culture%20shift%203-10-17+Version+A+CID_eabbff8645de245b15df88f91fdbe050&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Read%20More&

Freudian Slip

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/323418-spicer-accidentally-wears-flag-pin-upside-down-at-start-of

Buffy at 20

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-at-20-how-it-changed-tv-forever-w470747?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=031017_11

A nice article about one of the best TV Shows of the last 35 years.

Robot delivery comes to DC

http://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/these-adorable-robots-are-roaming-dc-streets-food-inside-video

Our new Overlords....

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-supporters-call-for-liberal-genocide-and-deportation-of-jews-at-arizona-rally/

http://www.vox.com/world/2017/3/9/14868680/trump-adviser-michael-flynn-foreign-agent-turkey-lobby

http://www.businessinsider.com/house-gop-employers-demand-workers-genetic-test-results-2017-3

Happy Birthday to Buffy the Vampire Slayer! (the TV show)

Premiered on this date in 1997.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118276/

Anniversary of the first phone call

Alexander Graham Bell's first phone call "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." occurred on this date in 1876.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone

Happy Harriet Tubman Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman_Day

Happy Frozen Dead Guy Days!

http://frozendeadguydays.org/

Religion

http://www.joemygod.com/2017/03/09/tennessee-christian-sponsor-dont-say-gay-bill-accused-adultery-local-couples-divorce-filing/

Happy Birthday John Cale!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale

Happy Birthday Mark Lindsay!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lindsay

Happy Birthday Raul Julia!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000471/

Happy Panic Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/panic-day/

Happy National Crab Meat Day!

Yum!


https://www.wharfdc.com/fish-market/

The Very Flower of Ol' Virginny

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/he-threatened-to-kill-the-president-now-he-is-seeking-public-office/2017/03/08/ec31f768-0381-11e7-b9fa-ed727b644a0b_story.html?utm_term=.bac8ce4902ac&wpisrc=nl_va&wpmm=1

Happy Birthday Micky Dolenz!

https://www.mickydolenz.com/

Happy Birthday Alan Hale, Jr.!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001308/

Happy International Women's Day!

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

Russian Cheeto

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-kislyak-russia_us_58bf087ee4b0e6e6ccb56870?

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/03/oklahoma-bill-force-christian-prayers-public-schools/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/06/white_house_issues_corporate_press_release_on_exxon_mobil_s_behalf.html

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/07/health-insurers-billion-dollar-windfall-gop-obamacare-replacement.html

Too True

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/21/donald-trumps-tremendous-sermon-on-the-mount/

(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Scarfolk Council

https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/

A sardonic little blog and commentary from Britain.

(Thanks for the link, Bill!)

Anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell's patent on the telephone

In 1876.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone

Happy Birthday Alan Sues!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837297/

Happ;y Birthday Peter Wolf!

http://www.peterwolf.com/

Happy Birthday Willard Scott!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Scott

Happy Birthday Agrippa Hull!

A Patriot.

http://www.blackpast.org/perspectives/agrippa-hull-revolutionary-patriot

RIP Robert Osborne

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/robert-osborne-dead-dies-tcm-host-1202002748/

Pics

An escape from the Holocaust

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/holocaust-great-escape-180962120/

A harrowing tale.

Animal pets and mascots during WWI

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wwi-animal-soldier-mascots

Why are there idiots?

http://www.businessinsider.com/sociology-alternative-facts-2017-2



(Thanks for the link, Nancy!)

Happy Birthday Ed McMahon!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon

Happy Birthday Lou Costello!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182579/

Happy Birthday Mary Wilson!

https://www.marywilson.com/

Happy Birthday Gordon Cooper!

https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cooper-lg.html

Happy Casimir Pulaski Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski_Day

Russian Cheeto

http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/322421-dems-criticize-trump-for-claims-obama-wiretapped-trump-tower

Grand Old Pigs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/04/the-president-accused-obama-of-mccarthyism-but-trumps-mentor-helped-enforce-it/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news&utm_term=.b19b44c1b08c

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-justice-department-to-black-voters-dont-bother/2017/03/04/9e387b9e-fe96-11e6-8f41-ea6ed597e4ca_story.html?utm_term=.6080b5b15788

some pics

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ban on segregation in public schools on this date

In 1956.

http://ravenwalker233.blogspot.com/2015/03/march-5th-us-supremecourt-segregation.html

anniversary fo the death of stalin!

Good riddance...

Happy Chalk Sunday!

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Chalk+Sunday

Happy Birthday to The Creature From The Black Lagoon !

Premiered on this date in 1954.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046876/

Happy Birthday Penn Jillette!

http://www.pennandteller.com/wordpress/

Happy Birthday Howard Pyle!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Pyle

Happy Birthday Rosa Luxemburg!

https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/

Anniversary fo the Fenian Uprising of 1867

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_Rising

Happy Saint Piran's Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Piran's_Day

Today is the anniversary fo the Boston Massacre (Crispus Attucks Day)

http://www.bostonmassacre.net/

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-lead-ammunition_us_58b881d9e4b02a4e8ddb710f

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/everything-you-need-to-know-about-trump-and-russia/2017/03/03/cc75073e-0017-11e7-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html?utm_term=.e3b7228e8d16

Religion

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mass-grave-ireland-20170303-story.html

Anniversary of being more popular than Jesus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_popular_than_Jesus

Happy Birthday Nosferatu!

Premiered on this date in 1922.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442/

Happy Birthday Glen Baxter!

http://www.glenbaxter.com/

Happy Birthday Ed "Big Daddy" Roth!

http://www.ratfink.com/

Happy National Absinthe Day!

Yum!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-absinthe-day-march-5/

Happy GameMasters' Day!

https://gmsday.com/

Grand Old Pigs

https://thenib.com/chart-team-trump-s-ties-to-russia

http://boingboing.net/2017/03/01/rachel-maddow-connects-the-dot.html

http://www.jta.org/2017/03/02/news-opinion/united-states/jewish-cemetery-vandalized-in-rochester-ny-third-incident-in-us-in-less-than-2-weeks?utm_content=buffer379fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mjlfacebook&utm_campaign=buffer

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/02/mike-pence-private-email/98637782/

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/a-whos-who-of-the-trump-campaigns-russia-connections-w469977?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=030317_12

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/reversal-former-trump-campaign-adviser-carter-page-now-says-contact-russia/

Religion

http://www.wcsh6.com/news/weird/maine-mans-jesus-toast-listed-at-25k-on-ebay/418689346

Lou Reed's Archive

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-fricke-and-laurie-anderson-talk-new-lou-reed-archive-w469748

Happy Birthday Robyn Hitchcock!

http://www.robynhitchcock.com/

Happy Birthday James Doohan!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001150/

Happy Birthday Jean Harlow!

http://www.jeanharlow.com/

Happy National Cold Cuts Day!

Yum!

http://www.sclydeweaver.com/

Happy National Mulled Wine Day!

Yum!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulled_wine

Happy National Anthem Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-anthem-day-march-3/

Happy Pully Lug Day!

https://books.google.com/books?id=zthnTSrSBuwC&pg=PT148&lpg=PT148&dq=pully+lug+day&source=bl&ots=GyMPLzNODd&sig=wkEioIRd4Zuv7NqV8NERIONY_WI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj07InEkuzRAhWFOiYKHQhiBa4Q6AEIJTAD#v=onepage&q=pully%20lug%20day&f=false

Self Destruct feature for your stolen devices

http://www.zdnet.com/article/soon-you-could-buy-gadgets-that-self-destruct-when-stolen/?loc=newsletter_large_thumb_related&ftag=TREc64629f&bhid=19993324377668975004593194010397

Too True

http://www.theonion.com/article/jeff-sessions-spits-face-fbi-interrogator-trying-g-55433

Another resource

http://idavox.com/

New museum devoted to the Revolution opening in Yorktown

https://allthingsliberty.com/2017/03/must-see-massive-new-american-revolution-museum-yorktown-opens-march-2017/

Truth

Religion

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-under-pressure-russian-ambassador-a7606986.html

Happy Birthday King Kong!

Premiered on this date in 1933.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024216/

Happy National Banana Cream Pie Day!

Yum!

http://www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-banana-cream-pie-14979

Happy Birthday Laraine Newman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628170/

Happy Birthday Gates McFadden!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000533/

Happy Birthday Austin Roe!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Roe

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Rory Gallagher!

http://www.rorygallagher.com/

Happy Birthday Lou Reed!

http://www.loureed.com/news/

Happy Birthday Willis O'Brien!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639891/

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

http://www.seussville.com/#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss

Happy Read Across America Day!

http://www.readacrossamerica.org/

Cool send-off for some goldfish!

It beats flushing them down the toilet...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-39126812

Religion

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/02/hate-pastor-angry-people-donate-planned-parenthood-name/

A little Anarchist humor

http://existentialcomics.com/comic/159

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/28/big-brother-capitalism-strikes-back/

http://progresstribune.com/1584/paul-ryan-looks-poor-kids-get-free-lunch-says-empty-souls/

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/321865-fcc-votes-to-block-internet-privacy-rule


https://thinkprogress.org/229-house-republicans-just-voted-to-keep-trumps-tax-returns-secret-a6843e9a6260#.ad5tdhv8a

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/1/1639154/-Lawmaker-who-intro-d-bill-to-purge-Democratic-professors-caught-in-most-flaming-hot-resume-pad-ever?detail=facebook

Alexandria St. Patrick's Day Parade this weekend

http://dc.about.com/od/stpatricksday/a/AlexStPatsDay.htm

DC St. Patrick's Parade is coming up

http://dc.about.com/od/stpatricksday/a/DCStPatricksDay.htm

An attempt at building a "zombie army"

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2973136/russian-ex-cop-tried-to-build-a-zombie-army-by-killing-homeless-men-and-performing-bizarre-satanic-rituals-on-their-bodies/

The search and cataloging of anonymous books

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/anonymous-texts-hidden-libraries

Interesting...

Happy Birthday Otho Williams!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho_Holland_Williams

Anniversary of the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials

Happy Birthday Yellowstone National Park!

Authorized by Congress on this date in 1872.

https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm

Happy Birthday Roger Daltrey!

https://www.thewho.com/history/roger-daltrey/

Happy Birthday David Niven!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000057/

Happy Birthday Bill Gaines!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaines

Happy Birthday Ron Howard!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000165/

Happy Birthday Harry Belafonte!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Belafonte

Anniversary of the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.html

Happy Whuppity Scoorie!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whuppity_Scoorie_Day

Happy National Peanut Butter Lovers Day!

Yum!

http://www.peanutbutter.com/

Happy St. David's Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David's_Day