From the Daily Beast.

As always click on the gears for the full story.

Michael Avenatti Guilty on All Counts in Nike Extortion

Remember when he was the personal hero of every single left wing talking head?

What an unmitigated gaggle of morons.

From howmuch.net, a financial literacy website.

I'd like this better if they had provided some definitions of their catagoies, particularly 'Urban" and "Open Areas".

And I can't figure out what the hell the grey area is labelled, but it's still sort of fun.

From Mish Talk

A sudden rise sulphur dioxide (SO2) levels is associated with sudden burning of organic matter including human bodies.

As alway, click on the map below to go straight to the article in it's entirety.

So here's the question, "How likely is it that the Chinese government is lying through their teeth about the extent of the total infections and deaths caused by the Coronavirus?"

Then, of course, there's the next quesion, 'Why would the Chinese government be any different from any other government?"

Click on the map below for the source of these maps.

Evidently, this shit has been going on for a while now!

A repost, only slightly modified, from 2010.

What really happened in Massachusetts ... Iowa !!!

No real need to comment.

The Art Of Flying by Jan van Ijken.  Via Aeon, my latest favorite site.

A two minute film about “murmurations”: the mysterious flights of the Common Starling. It is unknown how the thousands of birds are able to fly in such dense swarms without colliding.

Every evening the starlings gather at dusk to perform this stunning air show.

From Neil Halloran, via Chart Porn which seems to be on hiatus, if not defunct since the presidential election of 2016.

At 17 minutes, this might be a mite long for some of you.

You know who you are.

But I find it to be among the more powerful presentations that I have ever sat for.

Reposted at the suggestion of Donna.

The Fallen of World War II from Neil Halloran on Vimeo.