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December 3, 2021
Manchin Cosponsors Nullifying Vaccine Mandate, Could Pass Senate Soon
December 3, 2021
https://www.wkok.com/keller-manchin-cosponsors-nullifying-vaccine-mandate-could-pass-senate-soon/
Manchin Backs Republican Measure to Undo OSHA Vaccine Rule, Cosponsors Nullifying Vaccine Mandate
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2021/12/coronavirus-roundup-manchin-backs-measure-undo-osha-vaccine-rule/187262/Manchin Cosponsors Nullifying Vaccine Mandate, Could Pass Senate Soon
December 3, 2021
https://www.wkok.com/keller-manchin-cosponsors-nullifying-vaccine-mandate-could-pass-senate-soon/
December 3, 2021
According to social media posts (below), John and Jackie both died from COVID within days of each other, Jackie on November 24, 2021 and John on November 30, 2021. John was a conservative radio host and station general manager at WETR-FM/Joy 620 WRJZ which covered eastern Tennessee. He was definitely an anti-vaxxer as you'll see.
So what did John think of all this COVID and vaccine stuff? Well this is completely false (wtf is usadramalert.com?):
This is crazy:
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John and Jackie Adams, 71, 68, Knoxville, TN, Conservative Radio, anti-vaxx, dead from COVID.
https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/post/john-and-jackie-adams-71-68-knoxville-tn-conservative-radio-anti-vaxx-dead-from-covidAccording to social media posts (below), John and Jackie both died from COVID within days of each other, Jackie on November 24, 2021 and John on November 30, 2021. John was a conservative radio host and station general manager at WETR-FM/Joy 620 WRJZ which covered eastern Tennessee. He was definitely an anti-vaxxer as you'll see.
So what did John think of all this COVID and vaccine stuff? Well this is completely false (wtf is usadramalert.com?):
This is crazy:
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December 3, 2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/12/mel-gibson-anti-semitism/620873/
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Cancel Mel Gibson
Why is Hollywood still hiring this raging anti-Semite?https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/12/mel-gibson-anti-semitism/620873/
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December 3, 2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/supreme-court-roe-abortion-democracy/620882/
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Republicans Hope Their Assault on Democracy Will Stop a Post-Roe Backlash
Conservatives on the Supreme Court have engineered a system that allows half the country’s population to be stripped of a fundamental constitutional right.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/supreme-court-roe-abortion-democracy/620882/
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December 2, 2021
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/01/entertainment/spotify-wrapped-2021-bad-bunny-cec/index.html
(CNN)In what may come as no surprise, two names dominated this year in music streaming: Bad Bunny and Olivia Rodrigo. For the second year in a row, Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny was the most streamed artist, according to Spotify's 2021 Wrapped, the annual breakdown of Spotify's streaming data. With more than 9.1 billion streams this year, Bad Bunny beat out Taylor Swift, who came in at No. 2, followed by BTS, Drake and Justin Bieber, respectively.
But the most streamed song in the world, almost predictably, is Olivia Rodrigo's smash hit "drivers license," which became so ubiquitous that it inspired its own sketch on "Saturday Night Live" and scored Rodrigo an invite to the White House. The song was streamed over 1.1 billion times, with Lil Nas X's "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" coming in second.
That's not the only success Rodrigo saw -- her hit "good 4 u" was the fourth most streamed song of the year, and her album "SOUR" was the most streamed album in the world -- beating Doja Cat's Grammy-nominated "Planet Her," which came in at No. 5. New albums by Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran rounded out the top streamed albums of the year.
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Bad Bunny and Olivia Rodrigo topped Spotify streams in 2021
Bad Bunny most-streamed artist on Spotify for second year runninghttps://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/01/entertainment/spotify-wrapped-2021-bad-bunny-cec/index.html
(CNN)In what may come as no surprise, two names dominated this year in music streaming: Bad Bunny and Olivia Rodrigo. For the second year in a row, Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny was the most streamed artist, according to Spotify's 2021 Wrapped, the annual breakdown of Spotify's streaming data. With more than 9.1 billion streams this year, Bad Bunny beat out Taylor Swift, who came in at No. 2, followed by BTS, Drake and Justin Bieber, respectively.
But the most streamed song in the world, almost predictably, is Olivia Rodrigo's smash hit "drivers license," which became so ubiquitous that it inspired its own sketch on "Saturday Night Live" and scored Rodrigo an invite to the White House. The song was streamed over 1.1 billion times, with Lil Nas X's "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" coming in second.
That's not the only success Rodrigo saw -- her hit "good 4 u" was the fourth most streamed song of the year, and her album "SOUR" was the most streamed album in the world -- beating Doja Cat's Grammy-nominated "Planet Her," which came in at No. 5. New albums by Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran rounded out the top streamed albums of the year.
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December 2, 2021
https://www.austinmonthly.com/meet-barbette-round-rocks-cross-dressing-performer-from-the-1920s/
Meet Barbette, Round Rock's Cross-Dressing Performer From the 1920s
Famous in Paris and loved by the French poet Jean Cocteau, Vander Clyde Broadway is believed to be Texas' first drag performer.https://www.austinmonthly.com/meet-barbette-round-rocks-cross-dressing-performer-from-the-1920s/
It was on his mother’s backyard clothesline that Vander Clyde Broadway learned to be a high-wire performer. Raised in Round Rock in the early 1900s, the young teen had become obsessed with circus acts and, after seeing an ad in the newspaper, got a job with an Italian troupe in San Antonio. Dressing in drag was required, and that suited Broadway just fine.
Thus, at age 14, his persona was born. Broadway performed his first solo act in 1919 and made his European debut in 1923. By that time, he had a stage name, Barbette, which he chose both for its French sound and androgynous roots. Dressed in a woman’s ballgown, he would trapeze across the stage. Then, midway through a striptease, he’d rip off his wig, reveal his manly physique, and end the show to the sounds of a gasping audience.
“I wanted an act that would be a thing of beauty,” he said in a 1969 New Yorker article. “Of course, it would have to be a strange beauty.” French poet Jean Cocteau fell in love with him and, making him the topic of numerous essays and letters, further catapulted the performer into Parisian stardom. Then, in 1931, Barbette fell.
Pairing those injuries with a bad bout of pneumonia (and what some believe was polio), Barbette became handicapped and was forced to move back to Texas. He started a new career as a trainer and a choreography consultant for Hollywood. Eventually, he relearned how to walk. In the end, Austin was no Paris. The celebutante, depressed and constantly in pain, was lost to suicide by overdose in 1973. A single word can be found on his tombstone inside Round Rock Cemetery: Barbette.
Thus, at age 14, his persona was born. Broadway performed his first solo act in 1919 and made his European debut in 1923. By that time, he had a stage name, Barbette, which he chose both for its French sound and androgynous roots. Dressed in a woman’s ballgown, he would trapeze across the stage. Then, midway through a striptease, he’d rip off his wig, reveal his manly physique, and end the show to the sounds of a gasping audience.
“I wanted an act that would be a thing of beauty,” he said in a 1969 New Yorker article. “Of course, it would have to be a strange beauty.” French poet Jean Cocteau fell in love with him and, making him the topic of numerous essays and letters, further catapulted the performer into Parisian stardom. Then, in 1931, Barbette fell.
Pairing those injuries with a bad bout of pneumonia (and what some believe was polio), Barbette became handicapped and was forced to move back to Texas. He started a new career as a trainer and a choreography consultant for Hollywood. Eventually, he relearned how to walk. In the end, Austin was no Paris. The celebutante, depressed and constantly in pain, was lost to suicide by overdose in 1973. A single word can be found on his tombstone inside Round Rock Cemetery: Barbette.
December 2, 2021
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-59501192
Germany Orders All Unvaccinated People Into New Winter Lockdown
https://www.thedailybeast.com/germany-will-send-all-unvaccinated-people-into-new-lockdown-reports-sayhttps://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-59501192
December 2, 2021
Label: Whoop! Records – WH077
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: Feb 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House, Progressive Trance
Label: Whoop! Records – WH077 RMX
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: 5 Jun 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House, Breaks
Land Between Grooves - Electricity (Remixes)
Label: Whoop! Records – WH077
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: Feb 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House, Progressive Trance
Label: Whoop! Records – WH077 RMX
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: 5 Jun 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House, Breaks
December 2, 2021
https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/12/01/viral-social-media-posts-reveal-panic-fear-during-oxford-school-shooting/8825235002/
Man Who Addressed Student As 'Bro' In Terrifying School Shooting Video Was A Cop
https://www.thedailybeast.com/oxford-high-school-shooting-bro-video-showed-police-officer-not-shooter-talking-to-studentshttps://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/12/01/viral-social-media-posts-reveal-panic-fear-during-oxford-school-shooting/8825235002/
December 2, 2021
Architecture practice Demogo has perched a small cabin on the dramatic Marmarole mountain range in Northern Italy's Dolomites, with a full-height window that gives the impression of almost falling over the edge of a cliff. With bunk beds to accommodate up to 12 people, Bivouac Fanton was commissioned by Club Alpino Italiano to provide free, emergency shelter for hikers along the Forcella Marmarole pass.
The project replaces a previous shelter that was forced to relocate after years of strong winds, and was then rendered unusable after wear and tear. At 2,600 metres above sea level, the Marmarole is one of the most inaccessible and wild areas of the Dolomites. Treviso-based Demogo designed the 30-square-metre Bivouac to both provide shelter from and celebrate its incredible surroundings.
Accessible only via a challenging five-hour hike from where the Marmarole trails begin, the structure of the cabin had to be airlifted in by helicopter over a construction period of nearly three years, which the practice documented on their Facebook page. "High-altitude architecture takes on an extreme meaning, everything seems to expand in the perception of the extended space" said the practice. "Emotionally opposing instances emerge such as the need to protect oneself and take refuge, and the need to rediscover a human dimension."
The thin form of the cabin, which appears to hang almost perilously off its rocky site, was conceived as a telescope. One end features a small window and the other is fully glazed with a sloping window angled towards the vertiginous drop. "Externally, its formal appearance takes on the features of a rough-hewn volume suspended on a bristling cliff, a waiting body stretched out into the void," described the practice. "Living inside it means placing oneself between the lenses of a telescope, it is the attempt to frame the space, to circumscribe it, making it a work of connection between man and the environment."
Zinc-clad hikers' cabin perches on a cliff edge in the Dolomites
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/25/demogo-zinc-clad-hikers-cabin-italy-dolomites-architecture/Architecture practice Demogo has perched a small cabin on the dramatic Marmarole mountain range in Northern Italy's Dolomites, with a full-height window that gives the impression of almost falling over the edge of a cliff. With bunk beds to accommodate up to 12 people, Bivouac Fanton was commissioned by Club Alpino Italiano to provide free, emergency shelter for hikers along the Forcella Marmarole pass.
The project replaces a previous shelter that was forced to relocate after years of strong winds, and was then rendered unusable after wear and tear. At 2,600 metres above sea level, the Marmarole is one of the most inaccessible and wild areas of the Dolomites. Treviso-based Demogo designed the 30-square-metre Bivouac to both provide shelter from and celebrate its incredible surroundings.
Accessible only via a challenging five-hour hike from where the Marmarole trails begin, the structure of the cabin had to be airlifted in by helicopter over a construction period of nearly three years, which the practice documented on their Facebook page. "High-altitude architecture takes on an extreme meaning, everything seems to expand in the perception of the extended space" said the practice. "Emotionally opposing instances emerge such as the need to protect oneself and take refuge, and the need to rediscover a human dimension."
The thin form of the cabin, which appears to hang almost perilously off its rocky site, was conceived as a telescope. One end features a small window and the other is fully glazed with a sloping window angled towards the vertiginous drop. "Externally, its formal appearance takes on the features of a rough-hewn volume suspended on a bristling cliff, a waiting body stretched out into the void," described the practice. "Living inside it means placing oneself between the lenses of a telescope, it is the attempt to frame the space, to circumscribe it, making it a work of connection between man and the environment."
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