Eddie Lang

I don’t know Eddie Lang’s solo records but I do like his duets with Lonnie Johnson from the 1920s. Both are great guitarists.

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A Florida man

The guy who posted Florida Man stuff has stopped but this would have fit right in.

A Florida man was arrested after calling police and asking them to test his meth's authenticity, according to officials. https://t.co/EPmgI9pRwS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 13, 2022

and there are these:

My favorite story of the morning. A Florida man is arrested after stealing a crossbow. He stuffed it down the front of his pants. I had so many funny one-liners in my mind when we aired this story, but since I need to remain employed, I kept my comments to myself. pic.twitter.com/mW6ilzHWoQ
— Jim Donovan (@jimdonovancbs3) February 24, 2022

Florida man allegedly stole $30,000 in live turtles while fixing a breeder’s refrigerator https://t.co/IKpMA1aaom
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) March 17, 2022

#BREAKING: Authorities have responded to a shooting that took place near a Burger King in Northwest Miami-Dade that witnesses said was caused by an employee at the fast food restaurant.https://t.co/R8DiTOqL1C
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) March 17, 2022

The customer attacked the employee with mayonnaise!

It weighs 17.4 pounds…but it’s not a potato even though it looks like one

This is Doug. Doug weighs 17.4 pounds, and looks and feels very much like a big potato.

A New Zealand couple found Doug, submitted an application for “the world’s heaviest potato,” sat back and waited. But then the results of a DNA analysis came in. https://t.co/fctCYQxbNI pic.twitter.com/o6L5ap5JKl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 17, 2022

Lower vaccination rates in red states result in more deaths

Now that the omicron wave is over, a couple of new analyses of state-by-state data both point to an inescapable conclusion: Living in states run by a Republican governor is dangerous to your health. My latest column: https://t.co/PtuJU97bTh
— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) March 14, 2022

The mortality disparity between the parties is large enough to potentially swing an election. https://t.co/t5AAVoDWCp
— Roll Call (@rollcall) March 30, 2022

Of all the graphs & charts I've done over the past couple of years, this one includes the single eeriest coincidental data point. pic.twitter.com/BjBJ15KBS3
— Charles Gaba 🇺🇦 (@charles_gaba) March 16, 2022

Babe Ruth coached for the Brooklyn Dodgers

I didn’t know that until I saw it on Twitter.

Brooklyn #Dodgers coach Babe Ruth! (1938) #MLB #Baseball #History pic.twitter.com/37rcBMv8Ar
— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) March 13, 2022

Just a random Sunday in collections. Giving an old friend a tour of @BaseballHall and we stumbled upon Babe Ruth’s cap as a coach with the Brooklyn Dodgers. This place truly blows my mind daily. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/wivtzNd7i8
— Josh Rawitch (@HOFprez) March 13, 2022

"If you cut that big slob in half, most of the concessions at Yankee Stadium would come pouring out."
~ Waite Hoyt on the eating habits of the Sultan of Swat: Babe Ruth 🌭🍔🍗#Yankees #TheBronxZoo pic.twitter.com/PsxQzlR59t
— 🅃🄷🄴 🄱🅁🄾🄽🅇 🅉🄾🄾 (@BronxZooNYY) March 13, 2022

The Godfather at 50

I saw it in a theater in Pittsburgh. To me, it’s good, not great. It’s certainly very influential.

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Cool story from @KCStar archives: 50 years ago "The Godfather" opened to packed movie theaters everywhere. Except in Kansas City, where local Italian Americans were not happy. https://t.co/VpNNFbawWE
— Sharon Hoffmann (@Sharonakc) March 15, 2022

In theatres, 50 years ago today: “The Godfather.”

This is the author Mario Puzo’s letter to Marlon Brando:

“I wrote a book called THE GODFATHER which has had some success and I think you're the only actor who can play the part Godfather with that quiet force and irony.” pic.twitter.com/2CqqcR2XUx
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) March 15, 2022

50 years ago today, “The Godfather,” Francis Ford Coppola’s epic gangster movie based on the Mario Puzo novel and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premiered in New York.

Actor Al Pacino and actress Jill Clayburgh attend the world premiere in New York on March 14. pic.twitter.com/uIxr5vQPa1
— AP Images (@AP_Images) March 15, 2022

Francis Ford Coppola’s #TheGodfather is turning 50 today and we’re going to make you an offer you can’t refuse…Exclusive clips straight from the AFI Archive celebrating one of the greatest films of all time. #afi100 👇 pic.twitter.com/mSndFcfB5n
— AFI (@AmericanFilm) March 24, 2022

THE GODFATHER was released 51 years today. A landmark of American cinema, there's some interesting facts around the making of the film…

A THREAD
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— All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) March 24, 2023

THE GODFATHER was released 52 years ago today. A landmark of American cinema and widely regarded as among the greatest films ever made, the story of how it came to the big screen will bada-bing your brains all over your nice Ivy League suit…

1/46 pic.twitter.com/NMiPLCq7PE
— All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) March 15, 2024

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Mable John

Mable John is a great underappreciated R&B singer who recorded for Motown and Stax in the 1960s. There are CDs of her output on both labels and her Stax singles are on the first singles box set. Some excellent recordings were not released back then.

updated 8/26/22

Mable John passed away this week at 91 years old.

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Beyond her many other accomplishments — collaborating on a hit single with Isaac Hayes, singing backup for Ray Charles — Mable John earned a place in the music pantheon as one of the first female artists signed to Motown. She has died at 91. https://t.co/aUxLb7RHKl
— NYT Obituaries (@NYTObits) September 14, 2022

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her most successful single

Trump was always a huckster

Here’s a video with an hour of commercials featuring Trump hawking products. I have attached a few individual commercials for those who (like me) who can’t watch an hour of Trump.

Good tweets by Ronald Brownstein on the Republican agenda

Each lane in the red state drive to roll back rights is accelerating-growing more extreme. Per @HRC AL leg today, became "1st in the nation to impose felony criminal penalties on medical professionals who offer evidence-based, age-appropriate, gender-affirming treatment to youth" https://t.co/kqUnc1h8rS
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) April 7, 2022

Abortion bans, voting restrictions, book bans, bans on transgender girls in HS sports, care bans for transgender youth, stiffer penalties for protest, permitlless gun carry, censoring teachers on race/gender/sexual orientation: the red state 2021-22 agenda https://t.co/rpGaICcSY7
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 15, 2022

Whether Ds want to engage or not, Rs controlling ~1/2 the states are passing laws to restrict abortion & voting, bar transgender girls from HS sports, criminalize treatment for transgender youth, ban books, censor teaching of race/gender/sexual orientation, add penalty 4 protest https://t.co/xDsjtxMQ1z
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 15, 2022

Which party is more ruthless? It’s not even close, @paulwaldman1 writes https://t.co/yAXSLqdALT
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 15, 2022

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: “TV news media fails to confront Republicans about their provably false allegations.” https://t.co/IPq5YWZWs6
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 13, 2022

Mike Tyson is selling edibles shaped like an ear!

New: Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield have partnered up to create and deliver “Holy Ears,” edibles in the shape of an ear

“If i was on cannabis, I wouldn't have bit his ear,” Tyson said, referring to the 1997 fight when the boxer bit Holyfield’s ear pic.twitter.com/WNjdi5Tnlz
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 14, 2022

Mike Tyson’s weed company is making edibles in the shape of an ear. Genius pic.twitter.com/VOU3uAMzOf
— Greg Baroth (@gbaroth) March 14, 2022

Check out the comments, too.

Mike Tyson is getting into the marijuana business, opening the 'Tyson Ranch' 170 km north of Los Angles where he will grow cannabis. Will also feature an amphitheater, glamping, an edible factory and an extraction area. pic.twitter.com/zWADej8xYA
— Richard Southern (@RichardCityNews) January 3, 2018

Mike Tyson can't sell his bitten-ear shaped marijuana gummies (Mike Bites) in Colorado b/c of a law against selling human-shaped edibles https://t.co/ydnLJJ1dTD pic.twitter.com/kRbmnoTo6x
— Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) April 5, 2022

More than two decades after Mike Tyson bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear at the 1997 WBA Heavyweight Championship fight, the legendary boxer has released a line of edibles — in the shape of ears https://t.co/9XW2bktSSY
— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2022

“I want to carry this company on my back,” former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson said.

Meet Tyson 2.0, the cannabis company that has turned Iron Mike into the ganja god of cannabis.https://t.co/Elpq2AHHB2
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) August 17, 2022