Remember Covid?

More than 400 cases in four states (Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky) seem to be linked to a common source, which has not yet been identified, according to the C.D.C.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/well/eat/cyclospora-stomach-bug-what-to-know.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yFA.ynUQ._Hns1iZ-991v&smid=url-share

Can we stop trying to evaluate and explain events based upon pre-Trump criteria? The CDC of the not too distant past would have certainly, by now, identified the specific source(s) of the Cyclospora contamination. Instead, they’re leaving it to Taco Bell to take action without guidance.

The CDC no longer has enough competent epidemiologists, or sufficient funding, to do its work. Because of Donald J. Trump, and no on else. RFK, Jr. wouldn’t be where he is without Trump. It’s his fault, so please stop claiming the difficulty is primarily a matter of the bacteria being “tricky.”

Deadpool at Hoover

Jumble, 7/15/26

The timing of today’s Jumble is perfect. Except the water in Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam is in danger of falling low enough to reach the dead power pool level. Leaving it without the ability to generate electricity, so Hoover will be sucking air like the other namesake. California announced today it will do what it can to keep that from happening.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/lake-mead-dry-bone-california-205118456.html

All the Leaves are Green, and the Sky is Yellow

Fires and floods are disastrous elsewhere in the United States. Canadian wildfires are casting a yellow haze over us in Massachusetts.

But don’t worry, climate change is a lie started by Democrats. What we should be worrying about is the fraudulent 2020 election that Trump will be explaining tomorrow night, in his typically cogent and detailed manner.

Hey Beatles/Hey Bingle!

I’m thinking Joe Sinnott probably had Bing Crosby’s Hey Jude/Hey Bing! album in his record collection. 65-year-old Bing covered two Apple label singles from the fall of ’68.

On December 11, 1961, ABC-TV in America broadcast a TV special that Bing had produced in England, in which he performed this humorous rendition of ‘The Sheik of Araby’.

A few weeks later, on January 1, 1962, the Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, recorded their own humorous take of ‘The Sheik of Araby’ at their Decca Records audition.

An Aussie Good Cartoonist

Pat Oliphant has died. Originally from Australia, Oliphant found his way to America, where he established himself as one of the leading political cartoonists. He was an exceptionally gifted draftsman, with a loose and seemingly effortless drawing style.

Here’s the NYTimes obit/appreciation:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/arts/pat-oliphant-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xlA.E8y-.QcOKLMBkveSh&smid=url-share