Let’s Replace the Every day Kos Ukraine Aid Tote Board
It’s been a couple of weeks since we checked in on the fund arrange to assist aid companies in Ukraine. Looks like the blink of a watch right here, however day by day over there’s a lengthy, chilly, harmful, unpredictable slog. Regardless that some say it’s technically spring (Can somebody verify that for me? I dwell in Maine.) the necessity for fundamental survival necessities continues to be important, thus the explanation why Every day Kos arrange this fund. Since mid-March you added greater than $30,000 for the chosen organizations that present meals, medical care, housing, schooling, monetary assist, and animal rescue assets. The brand new whole…
$3,704,280.98
…and it’s best to give yourselves a hand for that. To assist the chosen teams—the World Central Kitchen, AmeriCares, Razom for Ukraine, and the Worldwide Fund for Animal Welfare—click on right here and donate through ActBlue. Thanks on your ongoing assist. And in addition on your ongoing center fingers to Russia.
Cheers and Jeers for Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Notice: FREE GYROCOPTER RIDES ALL DAY!!!!
Disclaimer: Should carry personal gyrocopter and supply free rides all day.
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By the Numbers:
10 days!!!
Days ’til the 2024 Olympics in Paris: 115
Days ’til the 87th annual Atlanta Dogwood Competition: 10
New minimal wage for fast-food staff in California that kicked in yesterday: $20/hr.
Variety of fast-food staff in California: 500,000
Estimated variety of American bridges which might be in poor situation, in line with ABC Information: 42,400
Age of Gmail as of this month: 20
Age of Gloria Steinem as of final week: 90
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Pet Pic of the Day: Sitting lesson…
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JEERS to fundraising insanity. I do know candidates should ship out money-beg emails, however I certain want they may determine a method to do it extra creatively. Exhibit A: the Biden-Harris marketing campaign—the one one I have never unsubscribed to as a result of I need to preserve tabs on their on-line advertising efforts. Listed below are their current subject-line messages, which I might most likely recite from reminiscence from varied political campaigns from twenty years in the past:
Lacking your signature, William … For those who knew this, would not you chip in? … Our apologies … Our sincerest apologies … President Biden personally reached out … Not nice … You deserve an evidence … Unique alternative enclosed for William … Is there ANYTHING we will say to persuade you, William? … Please give us an opportunity to elucidate … We’d like you, particularly at this time … This is the deal, William … Another donation earlier than the top of the month … Pummeled (we’re anxious) … LAST name: we’re so shut … That is the FINAL name!
And so forth (and so forth). Each candidate. Each marketing campaign. Each advocacy group. Each PAC. Similar factor. All stuffing our in-boxes with cookie-cutter messages that careen from irrational exuberance to pulse-pounding desperation. It is sufficient to drive you loopy. However not me—I handed that threshold a very long time in the past.
JEERS to at this time’s version of That is The Least Shocking Factor I’ve Heard All Day. Courtesy of CBS Information:
A lead U.S. navy investigator analyzing stories of what has turn out to be often known as Havana Syndrome advised 60 Minutes he believes U.S. officers are being attacked by Russia …
A 2023 authorities report deemed it “most unlikely” {that a} overseas adversary was behind the mysterious mind accidents suffered by U.S. nationwide safety officers, but greater than 100 Individuals have signs scientists say might be attributable to a beam of microwaves or acoustic ultrasound. Victims are pissed off that the federal government publicly doubts an adversary is concentrating on Individuals. The continuing, five-year 60 Minutes investigation has now uncovered new proof pointing towards Russia.
This has been at this time’s version of That is The Least Shocking Factor I’ve Heard All Day.
CHEERS to Charles Corridor. He patented aluminum 135 years in the past at this time. And made the world secure for paranoids all over the place:
An Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie (AFDB) is a sort of headwear that may protect your mind from most electromagnetic psychotronic thoughts management carriers.
It’s simply science, individuals. It’s. Simply. Science.
AFDBs are cheap (even free for those who do not thoughts scrounging for thrown-out aluminium foil) and will be constructed by anybody with no less than the dexterity of a chimp (possibly bonobo). This low cost and unobtrusive type of thoughts management safety presents actual safety to the plenty. Not solely do they shield towards incoming alerts, however additionally they block most types of mind scanning and thoughts studying, holding the secrets and techniques in your head really secret. AFDBs are secure and function robotically. All you do is make it and put on it and also you’re good to go! Plus, AFDBs are trendy and cozy.
Bear in mind, bunker dwellers: shiny facet out!
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BRIEF SANITY BREAK
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END BRIEF SANITY BREAK
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CHEERS to holding the religion (to your self). The downward spiral of participation in organized faith continues in America, as a mixture of church leaders behaving badly, outdated dogma (insert “received run over by my karma” joke right here), and unwashed rabble with extra necessary issues to do result in empty pews and dwindling coffers. And Gallup’s newest report is, effectively, holy moly, Batman…
Fifty years in the past, in 1973, 87% of U.S. adults recognized with a Christian faith, 6% had been non-Christian or one other faith, and 5% didn’t have a non secular choice. Thus, a lot of the change within the U.S. has been a shift away from Christian religions to no faith in any respect. […]
“Jesus, can I see you in my workplace please?” —Offended God, after seeing this chart
Regardless that most Individuals have a non secular choice and say faith is no less than pretty necessary to them, a lot smaller proportions frequently attend non secular providers.
Requested whether or not they personally had attended church, synagogue, mosque or temple up to now seven days, a median of 32% of U.S. adults in 2023 reported that they had finished so, both in individual or just about. In 2000, 44% had gone to church up to now seven days, and in 1958, 49% had.
Golly. I am anxious. If the bajillion totally different gods humankind has provide you with over the millennia to scare humanity into unquestioning obedience ever determine which one in all them would be the one to smite us for going rogue like this, we’re in large hassle.
P.S. You might have a speck in your eye! Ha Ha have a look at that speck! I mock you and your eye speck! Sincerely, Log Man.
CHEERS to large balls, little balls, balls balls balls! After a wild March of ups and downs and smiles and frowns—to not point out a street plagued by busted brackets—your NCAA Fabulous 4 girls’s matchups are: South Carolina vs. NC State and Iowa vs. UConn.
God assist any of you children who run “afoul” of referee McGillicutty’s eagle eyes.
Not many individuals know this, however I attempted to compete on the basketball courtroom in class. Didn’t work out. Coach stated I didn’t have what it takes. (Like, say, top.) So that you may say my hoops had been dashed.
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Ten years in the past in C&J: April 2, 2014
CHEERS to dancing within the Isles. Large doings in over in England and Wales. Louisa Peacock on the Telegraph paperwork the chaos of the previous couple of days:
Nicely people, we had the warmest weekend of the 12 months to date and—AND—the primary homosexual weddings in Britain happened.
We did not have any floods … Ukip, I am you. Ukip councillor David Silvester not too long ago instructed that the Authorities’s choice to legalise homosexual marriage had led to the disastrous current storms and heavy floods throughout the UK. Nicely—shock! Horror! WE ALL SURVIVED.
We’re sending all of the joyful couplers the normal British wedding-day reward: a Benny Hill tea cozy.
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And only one extra…
CHEERS to nighttime sparklies. Now I do know why our moon and all of the planets and stars within the galaxy observe secure social distancing from us: we’re loopy!!! However that may’t cease the universe’s most obnoxious parasites—that may be us—from gazing up and marveling in any respect the conquering we have now but to do. The elves at NASA at all times allow us to in on the large celestial occasions for the month, and right here’s a have a look at April’s sky-watching ideas, together with particulars on subsequent week’s eclipse and a comet dropping by to say howdy:
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And don’t overlook to go outdoors, consider Neil Armstrong, and wink on the full moon on the twenty third. It is the regulation.
Have a tolerable Tuesday. Flooring’s open…What are you cheering and jeering about at this time?
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At the moment’s Shameless C&J Testimonial
“The iconography of Cheers and Jeers as a spot of freedom and boldness, these concepts have undoubtedly been a part of Beyonce’s ongoing star picture.”
—Francesca Royster
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