BBC: Hillary Clinton to publish State of Terror novel

UPDATE Fan Blade Failure B777-200 Denver UAL 328

Discussion on today's Boeing 777 airline incident by a 777 pilot.

NASA Mars Perseverance Rover live coverage schedule and crash course video..

See: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

Reminder: Avoid frozen and burst water pipes and huge plumbing bills.

Just a reminder for everyone to consider letting one of your faucets drip during this long cold snap. In Kentucky, we're predicted to have below freezing weather all through this week, with the worst on Tuesday night. Especially if you have pipes under your house, it's best to use the faucet furthest from where your water service enters your home.

For many years, I place a bucket under our bathtub faucet and adjust the cold tap for a very slow drip (double-checking it periodically) and it does the trick. The purpose of the bucket is so I can see the drip rate easily. Our water likes to freeze out in the meter pit first so I also started placing a garbage can lid over the meter cover with a brick on it to insure it doesn't blow away.

It takes time for the ground to freeze to buried pipe depth but the process is sped up by wind and lower temperatures.

Don't forget to run your cars a bit more often in this cold, as extreme temperatures are hard on weak batteries. Always watch your car's temperature as is heats up so you can shut it off quickly in case there's an ice plug in the cooling system.

This is the voice of one who learned all these things the hard way, LOL........

BBC: How will 'chipageddon' affect you?

Next up will be lawn moles rising up to chew holes in our car tires.

My amateur theory is that Russia has a super computer that generates insane random theories from a database of stuff from old editions of Mad magazine, Popular Science and The Inquirer.

Seriously, I do believe Russia plants the seeds for the majority of this crap and people like Alex Jones eat it up like candy. Those seeds sprout in right-wing blogs and social media and spread globally in just a few days.

And here I am in covid isolation watching videos on science, music and "how stuff works"......


KY........

There's an important factor relating to the January 6 event that's rarely discussed.

tRump's fans were brainwashed and filled with resentment and anger well before they traveled to Washington and that formed a powder keg ready to be lit by his speech. I read though a transcript of the speech and it was peppered with lies, deceptions and inflammatory terms - more than enough to light them off. It's been the same with all his speeches since 2015.

Right-wing media like talk radio, Faux News and hundreds of right-wing sites on social media are just as guilty as tRump. We also need to add in all those rallies around the country that I'm sure finalized the deal for many of them for complete dedication to their Fuhrer. He does know how to fire up a crowd.

tRump knows he can't come out and tell them to commit a crime, but instead he has to use suggestive dog-whistle language to deliver the payload. All of it then goes into the RW echo chamber to be repeated a million times.

Most republican politicians use this highly inflammatory language every day to bond themselves to their gullible subjects. Let's remember all this right-wing garbage also goes into the global echo chamber, thereby doing damage elsewhere.


KY rant done.....

Should President Biden and VP Harris give periodic fireside/dogside chats on TV?

I think so and it would demonstrate leadership as well as provide emotional comfort to our citizens.

I remember as a kid in the 50s and 60s particularly, the president holding occasional national addresses on radio and TV and I don't think it was always during times of emergency. I vaguely recall Ike, JFK, LBJ and Carter all giving reassuring talks to the nation, and virtually everyone tuned in to listen to the message.

We really are in an emergency situation and war stance with COVID-19 and the nation needs to feel the sense of strong leadership, which the Biden Administration is in the process of building.

I also would like to see both Joe and Kamala do special periodic TV spots to thank our front line medical groups as well as the millions of essential workers.

Just curious about DU's feelings on this is and if you're positive about it, how we might help get it done.

KY....... ........