Tuesday Overnight Open Thread – 06/07/2022

More fun pictures like this can be found at the link.

IF THE LEFT HAD WRITTEN CHILDREN’S FABLES…

h/t Nikki Moonitz (@NMoonitz)

The Emperor’s New Clothes: The kid who correctly pointed out that the emperor was naked would be the bad guy.

The Grasshopper and the Ants: The ants would be the bad guys.

The Three Little Pigs: The pig who worked hard and built the sturdy brick house would be the bad guy.

The Little Red Hen: The hen would be the villain.

Chicken Little: Chicken Little would be heralded as a scientist.

ORGANIC PRODUCE: SO HEALTHY IT’LL KILL YOU

FDA investigating outbreak of Hepatitis A potentially linked to organic strawberries [USA Today – 5/29/2022]

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating two brands of organic strawberries sold at numerous grocery stores for a possible link to an outbreak of Hepatitis A.

The FreshKampo and HEB-branded fresh organic strawberries were sold at several retailers nationwide, including: Aldi, HEB, Kroger, Safeway, Sprouts Farmers Market, Trader Joe's, Walmart, Weis Markets and WinCo Foods.

Call me unhealthy, but with the veggies I eat, I would prefer that the nitrogen in the fertilizer comes from natural gas rather than from an animal’s colon.

A WORD FROM OUR FUTURE PRESIDENT

”I care about the freedom of the individual to participate in society more than I care about the freedom of a corporation to exclude them.” – Ron DeSantis

R.I.P. JIM SEALS (SEALS & CROFT)

Jim Seals, half of ‘Summer Breeze’ duo Seals & Crofts, dead at 80

Texas never seemed to claim Jim Seals, but like Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison (who were both only five years older than Seals), he was a child of West Texas who started his musical career in that hardscrabble area.

Here he is performing “Summer Breeze” with Dash Crofts.

WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GAVIN NEWSOM?

From the Babylon Bee, this is satire. But just about everything the Bee tries to satirize about the left tends to end up being a prophecy.

Gavin Newsom Can't Understand How He Got Covid When All His Servants Are Masked

"I've taken all precautionary measures, such as masking servants, sanitizing their living quarters, and socially distancing from all such rabble," said Newsom while checking the padlocks on his servants' quarantine cells, all currently occupied. "I just don't understand how someone of my status could catch COVID-19."

At publishing time, Governor Newsom enacted two weeks of lockdowns and a complete economic shutdown until he felt safe enough to again interact with his state's peasant class.

MOTIVATION

WERE CELTS IN NORTH AMERICA CIRCA 6TH CENTURY AD?

Did Ancient Celts Visit North America Where They Left An Ogham Inscribed Bone Needle With Christian Symbols?

Maybe. Probably not. But who knows? From Clovis Man’s ancestors up through the Viking era, humans had found their way from other lands to the Americas. Why not the Celts too?

[Archaeologist Robert] Pyle had previously found Ogham petroglyphs on an ancient bone needle not far from the site and started to wonder if there was any connection between the two discoveries.

Pyle made an astonishing discovery in a cave in West Virginia. Examination of the bone needle revealed the artifact was etched with Ogham, an ancient Irish alphabet. The bone was very old. Scientists dated it to 2,300 B.C, but the markings on the needle were created sometime around the 5th or 6th century A.D.
Pyle suspected the bone needle had been left by ancient Celts from Ireland. But as we all know, to suspect one thing is easy, but to prove it is much more difficult.

COINCIDENCES

I’d trade a couple mean tweets right now for the gas prices of the late ‘teens.

MAKIN’ COPIES

Rob Schneider is one of many Saturday Night Live actors of yore who have revealed themselves to be conservative in recent years.

I recall fishing with a buddy in Galveston when this skit was part of popular culture. I kept snagging my line, and having to put on new tackle. I was getting frustrated, at which time my buddy had some fun at my expense:

“The snag-master. Makin’ snags. Gettin’ pissed off.”

THROCKMORTON’S FIRST LAW OF LIVE MUSIC: IF THERE’S AN UPRIGHT BASS IN THE BAND, IT’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE GOOD

For female musicians, I’m not sure any musical format has as big a welcome mat as bluegrass music. Here is a beautiful love song from Claire Lynch.

”Sweetheart Darling Of Mine” (Claire Lynch)

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