Back of the Book

Sat, Feb 27, 2021 05:00 AM

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Hosts: R. Paul Martin & Pickles of the North

Topics:

Covid~19 cases in the whole world - 113,267,921 on Friday.
Covid~19 deaths in the whole world - 2,513,380 on Friday.
Covid~19 cases in the United States of America - 28,464,252 on Friday.
Covid~19 deaths in the United States of America - 509,710 on Friday.
Covid~19 deaths in the United States of America since our last program - 14,695.
Poll - 5.6% of Americans identify as LGBTQ+
Flying cars - Not a good idea, but they're coming.
The January 6, insurrectionists - Are still being arrested.
Sleep deprivation - R. Paul talked about it as he was experiencing it.

Synopsis:

Back of the Book!

We talked about the pandemic and how we're living in it.

We talked about the Mars explorations.

We talked about proposals to have flying cars in Europe by 2022, and over Los Angeles by 2024. Not a good idea.

We talked about homophobic police in Tulum, Mexico arrested two men for kissing on a beach and other beach goes surrounding the police and chanting "We're gay too!" until the police let the two men go. We discussed a recent poll that shows 5.6% of those polled identified as LGBTQ+ which is more than ever before.

Guests:

Guests? Guests? We don't got no guests. We don't need no stinkin' guests! -

Playlist:

Barracuda - Heart
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Info / Links:

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For the somewhat more advanced user who wants to protect his or her privacy there is the Tails OS. Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB flash drive or a DVD. It allows you to use any computer that will allow you to boot up off a USB flash drive or a DVD and it provides a lot of good security for your on-line activities. You can get it here.

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