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[Ignoring Covid] A County commissioner dies of COVID. The coconut Telegraph posted a picture of those in attendance including Miss Holly R. None wore a mask. The Honorable Miss Holly gets the governor’s nod to fill the dead COVID victims’ Commission seat and the WEAKLY paper shows a picture of her and her kid getting sworn in — no masks. Also in that same paper, The WEAKLY, they touted an event where everyone who is someone in Marathon showed up, again no masks. Enough already with fakery. It’s do as I say, not as I do for the elite in the Keys because they think COVID isn’t for the elites I guess. |
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[Boycott English] The fact that Kansas & Arkansas are pronounced differently bothers me more than it should. Pronouncing words that end in ‘ough’: Cough, bough, rough, dough, through, though, thorough. Is the “S” or the “C” silent in science and scent? Why does Fridge have a “D” in it, but refrigerator doesn’t? Why are Zoey & Zoe pronounced the same, but Joey and Joe aren’t? You can drink a drink, but you can’t food a food (to be fair, you can eat eats). The word “Queue” is just a Q followed by 4 silent letters. [It may be the only word with 4 silent letters in a row. Do you know of any other English word that has 4 silent letters in a row?] Why is a “W” called a Double U when it is clearly a double V? |
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[Free Money] I am Mr. Hui Ka Yan. I am donating a grant of $10,500,000 USD to you. Contact me for further details. Thanks and God bless. |
![]() Back in 1976, the Eagles had reached what turned out to be the peak of their power. They opened the year with the compilation “Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975),” which has since become the best-selling album of all time. Henley also noted the Eagles signed their first record deal 50 years ago this month. Friday night’s show proved they’ve still got the goods. Video |
The October AARP calendar is here. Full Menu > Ongoing Events |
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[What’s an 8-Track] I stopped by a little country dinner this weekend and they had this on the shelf. |
[Facebook Revealed] Don’t listen to anything they say. They are the masters of algorithms. They can tell you how long they can prolong a topic or debate down to the second. They are that good at it. They can create the perfect selection of words to perfectly and completely bamboozle us. |
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[Witness Protection] This is what happens when you rat on the dog and you need to enter the witness protection program. |
[Politics Page] Some people only want to complain and spew lies and hate. These people never look at the bright side. Poor souls. It’s no wonder they are relegated to the Politics Page! |
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[Too Big To Control] With two billion users, Facebook is too big to control. That is why the government must regulate it. Users don’t want it regulated because they like all the lies and hate. That’s what makes it so wildly popular. Who wants to read good news, right? Not many. Facebook knows it’s a cancer on the world, but they make so much money there’s no way they’ll change. They only pay lip service to self-improvement. |
![]() Reynolds has also done extensive testing and determined that both sides behave exactly the same when used to cook food. If you are stuck on a deserted island and need to use a sheet of foil to signal an airplane, using the shiny side will increase your chances of being seen by about 100% though. For cooking purposes, they’re exactly the same. |
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There was a fire last week on a vacant house on Ashe Street in Key West. The Citizen published a really good photo of it |
[Lies Removed] YouTube is going to remove all anti-vaccine misinformation. Videos that say approved vaccines are dangerous and cause autism, cancer or infertility (and growing tails) are among those that will be taken down |
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[Getting Bamboolzed] One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. ~Carl Sagan |
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[Clint Eastwood] Interviewed in 2003 with terrific questions and terrific answers. Video |
[Truth] In March, Twitter announced that users who repeatedly shared misinformation about vaccines would be banned from the platform. Video |
Q: What do you call an ICU full of anti-vaxxers? A: Inevitable |
![]() [Movies] Why is it that when they draw straws to go on a dangerous mission the short straw is always the last one. How come the bomb’s ticker always stops at 001? It’s the same with Russian Roulette, the last click has the bullet |
[National Refuge Week] Clean up on Long Beach October 17th. We will be passing out tools and setting up the app. for those who want to use it (see below) from 8:30-9 a.m. 9-11 a.m. is clean up. Cruise along Long Beach Drive and you’ll find us on the left at the Refuge path. Please bring gloves and water. |
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Climate change is affecting fall foliage. New research suggests that trees might shorten their season, despite warmer temperatures. Link |
[This app makes it fun to pick up litter] The earth is a big place to keep clean. With Litterati — an app for users to identify, collect and geotag the world’s litter — TED Resident Jeff Kirschner has created a community that’s crowdsource-cleaning the planet. After tracking trash in more than 100 countries, Kirschner hopes to use the data he’s collected to work with brands and organizations to stop litter before it reaches the ground. Link |
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Me: Please bring me a screwdriver. |