There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say "cuckoo"
[Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:]
Cuckoo, cuckoo-------- *Anti-Vax Priest Who Claimed Vaccines Contain ‘Aborted Embryos’ Dies of COVID. An Italian priest who shunned COVID-19 vaccines over the false belief that they contain “aborted embryos” has died at the age of 51 after battling coronavirus for several weeks. (The Daily Beast)… Lindsey Graham Spent Six Years With His Head Up Trump’s Ass for Nothing
The former president accused his most loyal footstool of being a “RINO,” though it’s pretty clear Graham can’t stay mad at the guy. (Vanity Fair)…
[Children: Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: ]
Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye . . .
[Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:]
Cuckoo!
[Children:]
. . . to you---------* Scientists watch giant ‘doomsday’ glacier in Antarctica with concern. Is the world’s most important glacier on the brink of collapse? (The Guardian)… American and other Western companies have long been eager to do business in China, and that made sense when the country was opening to the world and reforming its economy. But operating in China has become more problematic as President Xi Jinping has tightened his political grip on the country and reversed market reforms. The risks are increasingly moral as well as financial. That’s clear from a new report by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and the consulting firm Horizon Advisory. The report finds that doing business in China has implicated U.S. and multinational corporations in the Communist Party’s human-rights abuses, the surveillance of Chinese people, and Beijing’s military buildup. (The Wall Street Journal)…
[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
[Kurt:]
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!
[Brigitta:]
I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
[Louisa:]
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
[Gretl:]
The sun has gone to bed and so must I*-------- Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust ignorance said more about America than her. The co-host of "The View" was wrong in saying the Holocaust wasn't "about race." Her misunderstanding is rooted in how race is determined in America. (MSNBC)…
*So Long Farewell/Richard Rodgers