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YouTube video by Age of the Geek

YouTube video by Age of the Geek

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Why should someone in Florida be so concerned about the mayor of Los Angeles? So many people outside of Los Angeles seem to have an interest in the mayoral elections. When I lived in Pasadena, Altadena or Orange County, I wasn't that concerned with the mayoral race in Los Angeles or even my hometown, but plenty of people are ready to weigh in including this person from Florida.

This is an example of poor analysis of the facts. People did die, but where and why did they die? In 2022 only 565 deaths from TB were reported in the US. TB is rare in the US. According to the WHO, 1.23 million people died of TB in 2024. "Globally, TB is the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent and among the top 10 causes of death." In 2024, about 10.7 contracted TB, but remember, TB is preventable and curable.  

On 19 May 2026, this was shared on Facebook amongst my acquaintances. That was a day after the shooting at a San Diego mosque where two teenagers opened fire and killed three men. The screenshot used here is from a video taken at a Wylie Independent School District school board meeting in 17 February 2026. Another student, the president of the school's Republican club said, "They were giving out hijabs to girls throughout the high school, and they were giving our Qurans, and they also had pamphlets about Sharia law."

HBO Max's "The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas" begins with a disheartening statement: "A lot of America is never going to see me as American" (Kumail Nanjiani).  That's a sad statement when you consider the first Asian since the crossing of the Bering Strait to reach the Americas over 15,00 years ago were Filipino sailors (Luzonians) in 1587.

Comedian Terrence K Williams posted this on his Facebook page. The modern US flag is juxtaposed against a flag that doesn't seem to represent any country. The white and green flag somewhat resembles the flag of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but again, this doesn't represent Islam or a country. The first failure in this comparison is that this is a comparison of a country (where Muslims do exist) and a religion, which exists in many countries.

Sheep steal the spotlight from Hugh Jackman in the charming family-friendly murder mystery: "The Sheep Detective." Although there is a murder, it isn't bloody and you'll learn a bit more about stereotypes, sheep and the nature of love in this cozy murder mystery. Based on German crime writer Leonie Swann's  2005 novel "Three Bags Full," the film is set in the English town of Denbrook.

Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns dr...

Discover the depth of J. Edgar Hoover's vendetta against Martin Luther King Jr.

Taylor Townsend has apologized after posting a series of videos on Instagram in which she mocked a buffet in China and said “these people are literally killing frogs.” Townsend, the world No. 1 in dou...

Most Americans say political violence is never justified, but younger and more liberal Americans are more likely to say it can be.

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Ego Nwodim is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after seven seasons, making Season 51 the first in years without a Black woman in the cast.

Mayor Karen Bass has issued a curfew for Downtown Los Angeles. The curfew will be in place starting tonight from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM.

How one chaotic demonstration at a Paramount Home Depot spurred Trump to send in the National Guard. What really happened?

President Trump is sending the National Guard to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom by invoking rarely used federal powers.

“The Longest Day” was a well regarded film when it came out in 1962 and if forced audiences to remember the D-Day invasion of Normandy was a joint effort that required communication bet…

The best thing that can be said for this current live-action version of “Snow White” which includes extensive CGI (e.g. all the dwarves), is that somewhere in Los Angeles or New York or…

Reports indicate that DOGE funding cuts have compromised the National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program.

Donning a “Make America Goth Again” cap and waving around a chainsaw, the “Mistress of Dark” herself took a stand on social media this weekend. In a post to Instagram on Sat…

A photo of Army biologists was on a list of images to be purged, seemingly because it mentioned they were recording data about fish that included their gender.

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts m...

President Trump posted a “SpongeBob Squarepants” meme mocking federal employees in the wake of an email sent to the workforce asking them to document their achievements from the past week. The meme th...

Billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk violated the law with his weekend demand that federal employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired, attorneys for the workers said Monday in a lawsui...

“Captain America: Brave New World” might be just the kind of thing segments of our polarized US citizens are railing against yet this may give the other side a reason for hope. Anthony …

An old man stands up before an audience of college-age people and as he describes his experiences as a member of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II, in flashbacks we see him as a…

There’s a minimalist beauty to this Donmar Warehouse’s production of “Macbeth.” Starring David Tennant (“Doctor Who”) and Cush Jumbo (“The Good Wife”…

Two films romanticize the bad boys musicians and I wonder if both don’t have the underlying message, “Boys will be boys.” One looks at a specific period in the life of Bob Dylan, …

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A record-setting bunny museum and a 70-year-old artists' retreat are among the quirky spaces that burned in the Palisades and Eaton fires.

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Although I do feel the Pedro Pascal is everyone’s favorite “dad” at the moment, I resisted seeing “Gladiator II” (styled “GLADIIATOR” in the beginning titl…

What we think we know about prisons and prisoners, barring actual experiences,  may be limited by our exposure to mass media. Recently, a 2024 documentary limited series indicated that the media an…

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Although I do feel the Pedro Pascal is everyone’s favorite “dad” at the moment, I resisted seeing “Gladiator II” (styled “GLADIIATOR” in the beginning titl…

Tired of Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” or want something different from “The Nutcracker” to enliven your holidays? Dress up in your best pajamas or get out your tiara and…