Folks - I am going to a 4th of July party on the Eastern shore of Maryland. What else is there to do there? My husband likes battlefields. Are there any nearby? Hope flying from London is easier in two months.

clarice - Super Gut by Dr William Davis says we should have homemade yoghurt with blueberries. I am making homemade yoghurt these days because of the billions of good bacteria that need to be restored.

jim nj - If you want a couple of great daily laughs with your facts, try: www.coffeeandcovid.com

David Ogilvy patted me on the head in a lift in NYC in 1985. Long story. Modern advertising is a scream. The other night there was a TV commercial for L'Oreal hair colour. The voice over said "colours up to 100% of your roots". I said to my husband "see what they did there?" He said "just like the vaccine, 'up to 100% effective'".

Narcisco - I would love to be involved in a super PAC like that one! I have the time, do you? I'll bet some people here would have the time. It would be enormous fun! This is something I've said about the English advertising world vs. American. In America they throw money at the marketing problem, in England they give it a good ole think. Which is so enjoyable. Thanks, for a while there I got to fantasise a bit.

Great pieces, Clarice! My husband came in and said "why isn't there alternative tv media then?" which started a long conversation which included OAN being cancelled, only Russia Today reporting on the trucker convoy here in England and how safe Joe Rogan is, because the median age of those who watch him is 25. That moved him on to talk about the media piling in on Carrie (wife of GB PM) and the Declaration of Independence and its use in American law over the last 50 years. He's a little like Jordan Peterson when he starts riffing. Thank you for the inspiration!

What I want to know is, since the nazis corrupted all the professions, including doctors, why did they think that would work in their favour? Also, why would the NYTimes write something derogatory about Marc Elias these days? Matt asked something a while ago along the lines of what can we do about it all? I read coffeeandcovid.com and besides all the great jokes, he's got a great and positive spin on what is going to happen. Just by sharing the news the mainstream media doesn't want disseminated, we're doing our part! Plus taking the piss helps too.

I clicked but it looked like his tweet is deleted.

"Biden is as rude as any president" did any of you hear about Biden farting in front of Camilla and she was so grossed out yet amused that she dined out on the story for ages? I believe the scene in Don't Look Up about Sting farting was added after Biden did that so famously.

Let's just say the Daily Mail has got the numbers right. So 7% of the population provides 12 equally satisfactory SCOTUS candidates. My math says that means the total population would provide 171 equally satisfactory SCOTUS candidates but Biden has vowed that 159 have no chance of being considered.

Someone read your Pieces Clarice, and got the Daily Mail to write an article about the 12 possibilities Biden is considering. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10455771/Bidens-list-potential-SCOTUS-picks-expands-12-candidates.html

Davod, I've seen some of your cute animal posts. They are great. I only came back here a few days ago. I check out babylon bee and this most days: https://politicallyincorrecthumor.com/

Clarice, the Normandy French are the nicest to American tourists of anywhere in France, in my experience. The resistance was ruthlessly obliterated by the nazis, so only really small quiet pockets would have been able to resist. Plus they were fighting each other, communists and nationalists reporting each other to the nazis when it suited them. A good example of resistance is in Ireland during Michael Collins's war with the British. The women typed letters and newssheets, rode their bikes so that each letterbox would have just a letter or two, and they hid handguns in their coat pockets and their babies' nappies. The Brits did not unleash their full power on the populace, plus lost the PR war as British and American papers reported on the disgusting actions of the British army. The Brits should have paid the papers to keep quiet!

New thread btw. Do you still upload cat photos?

So, misinformation on the anti-mandate Canadian Truckers in the Sunday Times ie. "antivax" who are threatening Trudeau and all other Canadian MPs. "Sucking up extreme groups" - what, the FBI and Antifa are in 30 below Canada for fun? And nothing at all in the Sunday (UK) Telegraph. How much do you have to pay to keep a story from being written up?

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Clarice, my husband reads you every Sunday morning, before I've fired up the computer, and comes in all excited and wants to chat about it. We watched Neil Oliver for a bit last night then searched for Canadian trucker news and found it on Russia Today! I had been through the Saturday Times of London and Telegraph and not a peep on the huge Canadian protest, even though the Queen is their sovereign. Is not reporting, at all, misinformation? My husband said "when you define something as misinformation, you are implying bad faith on the part of the person giving the information." The Daily Mail is doing it's part in the misinformation stakes by saying there are only 50,000 protestors and Trudeau is being threatened personally "at his office". The lawyers who are advising the protestors have supplied documents saying not to threaten him at home, as this could be used against the protestors. I guess his office on a weekend is the Daily Mail's idea of a scary threat now. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10456147/Justin-Trudeau-flees-secret-location-50-000-Freedom-Convoy-truckers-hit-Ottawa.html

Matt, I am so sorry for your loss. I will light a candle for her.

I strained my right shoulder back in April and was given exercises, like lean over and do circles, which I did a couple of times a day, especially while waiting in any line. I had five different exercises that I did every single day, as my doctor said "how can I scare you enough to do your exercises?". Then he told me fun stories about working in Los Angeles in the 1980s; "best time of my life". He was super cute so I can imagine how much fun he had 35 years ago with a British accent... I have found this guy, he's from Belfast so his accent takes getting used to, who has brilliant hacks for shoulders. For instance, on the way to the loo when you first get up, swing your arms in circles ten times. I do this every day now! https://tommorrison.uk/blog/the-best-sleeping-position-sleeping-shouldnt-hurt-you Scroll down to the short video to get a sense of what he recommends. He's a scream. Because of his exercises, I can now sleep on my stomach, which is my first choice, I just bunch my 'mypillowdotcom' under my neck and cheek. IgnatzR: I really like the idea of natural products over medicine and nigella seeds are supposed to be great for all flu/coughs and colds. It's 85p for 40g and I get a week of servings from that. We sometimes skip dinner so I'll definitely look into supplements. We have a goat farm about a twenty minute drive away so I'm off to see about goat's meat and cheese.

Back from cooking and eating dinner. Miss Marple, Nigella Seeds are a pre-covid prophylactic and are also recommended if you cannot obtain ivermectin. I read this at: https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FLCCC-Alliance-I-MASKplus-Protocol-ENGLISH.pdf You want 80 mg per kg which I roughly worked out as a teaspoon of ground seeds per day. Nigella seeds get stuck in your teeth, even when ground up very fine. Not a good look. I've also printed up "Steps to take before Hospitalization" which includes lawyering up, getting a HCPOA for each family member specific to Covid, and lots of helpful encouragement: https://www.truthforhealth.org/fact-sheets-and-position-statements/ I have a couple of friends from India so I actually have ivermectin in a drawer with my Beecham's Powders ie. dispersible asprin. I believe that everything I prepare for doesn't happen, by the way. It seems like there's so much light, way down at the end of the tunnel.

I love the idea of a wall chart with lots of strings! Off to finish cooking dinner. I grind my own Nigella seeds and put two teaspoons per day in everything. Sells out at Waitrose but I found some at Sainsburys. Cheers!

It's been a long time Now I'm coming back home I've been away now Oh how, I've been alone I'm reading Bob Spitz's Beatle biography and that lyric seems fitting. Sorry to be away so long but I feel like spring and positiveness are in the air. Are you all reading Jeff Childers at coffee and covid? Here are a zillion reasons to be happy: https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/-coffee-and-covid-thursday-january-0a4

"May I tie my shoes?" That was funny!

Miss M, I am a patreon of Michael Yon and he sends two or three emails a day. He says Border patrol is down there trying to figure things out, given that Joe Biden has thrown down the welcome mat. He also says some kind of American public response is inevitable, from April, definitely by June. My meditation teacher sent us all an Indian astrologer's take on the next year which says American is going to be in turmoil.

The reason anyone discusses Harry and Megan is due to Netflix and spotify working with Oprah to market them. She had 9 million and reportedly 6 hours of on film interviewing and what's come out is dull, duller, dulles (to quote Winston Churchill). I wonder why nothing has been said about the Rose Hanbury rumours (she and William allegedly had a thing possibly when Kate was pregnant with child number 3). I heard that got out because Megan passed it on. The thing is, Harry allegedly is sexually incontinent, so when lockdown ends, Megan will be in the same boat. I distract myself from the really quite awful news with soap opera rubbish like this.