And it sounds so bleak.
Lying in bed this morning, I turned on the radio and got Canadian NPR instead of the regular kind. Here is what’s in the news up North.
And it sounds so bleak.
Lying in bed this morning, I turned on the radio and got Canadian NPR instead of the regular kind. Here is what’s in the news up North.

New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military top brass to show up for a meeting at Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday. The generals and admirals aren’t used to traveling on short notice for a reason they don’t understand. They don’t mind issuing orders like that to the people under their command, but probably don’t like taking orders.

Effect of cocoa flavanol supplementation for the prevention of cardiovascular disease events,
I’ve been buying this nutritional supplement from Aldi for years.
Cocoa extract supplementation did not significantly reduce total cardiovascular events among older adults but reduced CVD death by 27%.
Finally, nutritional science has some good news. The study looks legit.
The study was conducted by Brigham and Women’s Hospital. There were 12,666 women over 65 years old, and 8776 men over 60 years old in a double-blind, placebo controlled study. A 27% reduction in death by cardiovascular disease is substantial.
I don’t follow football, but Sparky wanted to watch the Buckeyes play the Huskies today. The game wasn’t what he expected, so he lost interest. We stuck with it through the half-time show.

How did the school district in the capital of Iowa acquire an illegal alien from Guyana as their superintendent?
Jackie Norris is the chair of the Des Moines School Board. Norris used to be the White House Chief of Staff for First Lady Michelle Obama.

and not obese, degenerate sex clowns reading to children at the library.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is 50 years old, and I’m not sure how to feel about that.

Democrats dig in on health care demands with government shutdown days away
Does anyone care if the government shuts down? This should be another issue that brings us all together.

Alyssa Milano removes her breast implants: ‘Letting go of the body that was sexualized and abused’
This is dumb, but her sanctimony is so irritating. Alyssa Milano got a boob job and it paid off when she starred on Charmed for eight years. The show was about witches, romance and female empowerment featuring three sisters with ample charms that were generously displayed. It had something for everyone.
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