Happy Hour with Dennis and Eri‪k‬ Erik Rasmussen and Dennis Schrantz

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Against Empathy, by Paul Bloom (Amazon)




Alaska woman using outhouse attacked by bear, from below (AP News)
Marcin Music, Polish teen guitar virtuoso (Instagram)
3 lessons from the implosion of the Lincoln Project (CNN)
Beartown (HBO)
The Young Pope (HBO)
El ministerio del tiempo – The Ministry of Time (Wikipedia)
City in Michigan ranked the No. 1 coolest place in U.S. with lowest cost of living (Michigan Live)
Straight Dope on the IPod’s Birth (Wired)


The ultimate hub, Chieco figured, would be a spaceship. You could leave the spaceship in a smaller vessel, a pod, but you’d have to return to the mother ship to refuel and get food. Then Chieco was shown a prototype iPod, with its stark white plastic front.

The ultimate hub, Chieco figured, would be a spaceship. You could leave the spaceship in a smaller vessel, a pod, but you’d have to return to the mother ship to refuel and get food. Then Chieco was shown a prototype iPod, with its stark white plastic front.



HAL 9000 – Origin of the name (Wikipedia)


…about once a week some character spots the fact that HAL is one letter ahead of IBM, and promptly assumes that Stanley and I were taking a crack at the estimable institution … As it happened, IBM had given us a good deal of help, so we were quite embarrassed by this, and would have changed the name had we spotted the coincidence.



Tiger Woods is awake and recovering from surgery after serious accident (CNN)


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Pony Soldier (Linguaholic)


There is a movie that came out in 1952 called “Pony Soldier,” and in the movie, the term “Pony Soldier” is used to refer to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who is also the protagonist of the film. The term also appeared in “Hondo,” a John Wayne film that came out in 1953. Other than that, “pony soldier” is an esoteric term that isn’t used much by English-speaking communities.



MacGuffin (Wikipedia)
Larry Hogan (Wikipedia)
Trump Blasts McConnell And His Leadership In Lengthy Response To Recent Criticism (NPR)
The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen (Amazon)




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Trump stole model of Air Force One (Politico)


While in office, Trump tried to repaint Air Force One red, white and blue. Like a lot of his worst ideas, that never happened, but he did have a model of the plane that he kept in the Oval Office and that often appeared in official photos with world leaders. He apparently really liked the souvenir, because instead of leaving it behind for Biden, Trump packed it up and brought it down to Mar-a-Lago, where it’s now prominently displayed on a coffee table in the lobby.



Biden to put focus on coronavirus relief at Wisconsin town hall event (The Hill)


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Muda (Morra) (Wikipedia)
Bowdlerization (Wikipedia)
Doubt (Wikipedia) – (with Amy Adams, not Rachel McAdams)
How to Pronounce Poignant (YouTube)
I’m not a cat (YouTube)




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Geothermal Power in Iceland (Wikipedia)
Geothermal energy giving Iceland lowest heating costs in the Nordics (Think Geoenergy)
Vic’s Rant (Twitter)
I’m from Marjorie Taylor Greene’s District and I would like to say something (Twitter)
Trae Crowder, the guy Erik referenced
Bryan Cranston in The X-Files - Drive (YouTube)
Vince Gilligan on the X-Files episode “Drive” starring Bryan Cranston (YouTube)
Melania Trump statue in Slovenia removed after being set on fire (CNN)
Snowpiercer (WIkipedia)
Source Code (Wikipedia)
Murray Head - Say It Ain’t So Joe (YouTube)


Say it ain’t so, Joe please

Say it ain’t so

I’m sure they’re telling us lies Joe please tell us it ain’t so

They told us that our hero has played his TRUMP card

He doesn’t know how to go on

We’re clinging to his charm and determined smile

But the good old days are gone

The image and the empire may be falling apart

The money has gotten scarce

One man’s word held the country together

But the truth is getting fierce

Say it ain’t so, Joe please

Say it ain’t so

We pinned our hopes on you Joe and they’re ruining our show



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Incredible National Anthem Before Bills vs. Chiefs | AFC Championship | Brandon Niederauer (YouTube)
Basketball Dad singing the National Anthem (YouTube)


Joe and Jill

Went up The Hill

To take a sacred oath.

Joe gave a speech,

Without naming the impeached,

And heralded the return of Truth.



Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Mike and Karen Pence are homeless and appear to be couch surfing their way through Indiana (Business Insider)
30,573 lies during Trump’s presidency (Washington Post)


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The Dream – Podcast about multilevel marketing
82 Stupid Things From The Trump Era You Probably Forgot About (BuzzFeed News)



Cartoon by Deligne
Covfefe (Wikipedia)
Trump asks for 11,780 votes, but it’s to the tune of the Rent song (Twitter)
Trumps’ snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude (CNN)
Brimley/Cocoon Line (Twitter)


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