I read the news today, oh boy!

[Jerome]

And you thought you have it hard - https://www.ips-journal.eu/regions/afric...m=referral

[CRAZY-HORSE]

just read an interesting article online,
Don Henley paying tribute to Kenny Rogers.
seems Kenny was responsible not only for initially signing Henley to a label but also introducing him to the other Eagles.
also gave him the best piece of advice ever: "be nice to the people on the way up because theyre the same people you meet on the way down"

the article: https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartanntp

[Jerome]

Don Henley, known for his dalliances with the ladies back in the day, had an expression. Instead of saying 'love them and leave them' he would say 'love them and lear them' referring to the days when he would send a Lear jet to pick up the latest girlfriend. It was always a return ticket! Don't know if this is true or not but I read it somewhere a long time ago.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

two recent news articles that would be literally world headlines if not for the Covid-19 pandemic:

Saudi Arabia abolishing death penalty and flogging minors: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/sau...spartanntp

and the health concerns surrounding Kim Jong-Un: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/austra...54nbc.html

[Jerome]

two recent news articles that would be literally world headlines if not for the Covid-19 pandemic:

Saudi Arabia abolishing death penalty and flogging minors: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/sau...spartanntp

and the health concerns surrounding Kim Jong-Un: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/austra...54nbc.html

The Saudi news is a good thing - should have been done a long time ago. Kim Jong-un is a real oddball indeed. He lives in a fantasy.

For a real insight into the death penalty and all that goes with it read Norman Mailer's 'The Executioner's Song' - changed my mind about things.

One thing that is going to come out of C-19 is that retail / high street shopping is going to die a slow death. Online shopping is already taking over but C-19 is going to be the death knell for retail. Everything from travel to electronic goods is now predominantly online. The only things I go out shopping for is groceries and clothing. (I just have to have that slinky black number). Even that is changing as I have my vegetables delivered from an organic farm in Galway. And it tastes a hell of a lot better than the stuff in the supermarket. Everything else I can do online. Read a book many moons ago by Clifford Simak called 'City'. Strange book, but the main thing I got out of it was that cities have basically become unnecessary entities and are no longer required. Things do seem to be heading in that direction. And do we really need sport at all? Or is it just an addiction that extracts money from brainwashed fans. Note - the word fan is an abbreviation of the word fanatical. Suddenly the Premiership just does not seem to matter anymore. Or the Olympics for that matter. The best thing about that is the opening ceremony. I think C-19 is making a lot of people look long and hard at what is important to them. And they are starting to find routine things they used to do on a regular basis are suddenly not important anymore. Strange times.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

WOW
looks like Adele has lost a hell of a lot of weight of late (deliberately)

and now ive read it all:
seems the do-gooders on the "WWW" are saying people are Fatophobic by praising her weight loss

https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/smar...spartandhp

[CRAZY-HORSE]

never been a fan of Elon Musk, he seems to open his mouth and remove all doubt a lot of the time...
he seriously makes Trump look like a genius most of the time....Curse Of The Billionaires maybe????

anyway,
Musk and his Canadian Rapper girlfriend, Grimes, have just welcomed a new baby into the world and the name they gave it is unbelievable:
X Æ A-12  yup, that's its name, lucky for the child that name is not deemed valid in California

the article:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartanntp

[Music Head]

^^
lol
destined to be a rapper with that name

[Ruby]

^^That's just thoughtless and a bit narcissistic - giving a child that name. 

In other news, gardening is a hazardous pursuit, and that's the bottom line!  - 

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/brian-may-injury/

[CRAZY-HORSE]

just read an interesting article re: Mike Tyson,
it put a human element on the former Heavyweight boxing champion.
his struggles with drugs/booze/his career etc...

https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/more-spo...spartanntp