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Rentiers-The Movie

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The Movie "Oppenheimer", due to be released in July is getting much fanfare as a classic American Hero saga celebrating the struggle to create a weapon to end WW2.
Will Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, be portrayed as a hero or a reluctant and tragic character haunted by his creation?

Biden to end covid "emergency" status

Biden to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11
Story by Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY • 5h ago

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is winding down the treatment of COVID-19 as an emergency, restructuring how the federal government will respond to the pandemic that is entering its fourth year.

The administration plans to end both the national emergency and public health emergency on May 11.

The Weekly Watch

The Tip of the Yucatan

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We're in the Yucatan of Mexico for the next three weeks...lucky us. I thought I would take you along to see the sights we're experiencing. This week we're in a small fishing village/beach town, El Cuyo, and visiting a UNESCO recognized biosphere reserve, Rio Lagartos, to do some birding.

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Album of the Week - 1-28-23

Afternoon folks!

Another week, another fine mess of blues. This week there's some old country-blues banjo style from the 20's. Dock Boggs was an early country blues player and you'll find lyrics and patterns in his music that show up in later blues compositions. There's also some more modern country blues from Doc Watson.

There's some serious Chicago blues from Eddie Taylor. There's a bunch of blues rock from Roy Buchanan, Free and Evan Johns and the H-Bombs.

There are also albums from Emmylou Harris, It's A Beautiful Day and Renaissance for a little variety in your listening.

I will be adding tunes to the Dock Boggs, Doc Watson and Eddie Taylor playlists. the former sometime next week the latter two over the weekend.

Enjoy!

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