Well, here we are at the third Friday in August!
The air cleared up and the temps went down this week. I had to turn the a/c back on for part of Thursday, but the daytime highs are supposed to be even cooler in the coming days.
Anyway, it’s time for this week’s Friday Five in which I bring you: two topics stories in each of two unusual topics, plus the top five stories of the week, five stories about the pandemic, five stories of interest to queers and our allies, and five stories about deplorable people.
This Week in Confused Angry White Men:
A Man Who Had Ranted Against Joe Biden Surrendered To Police After Threatening To Blow Up His Truck In DC- The man appeared to have been livestreaming and threatening President Joe Biden and Democrats before surrendering Thursday afternoon I feel it necessary to point out that while he did call for Biden and other Democrats to resign, he said they reason they needed to resign is because no one can afford health care any more… in other words, what motivated him to his act of terror was a Republican-caused problem…
‘The revolution is on’: Would-be D.C. truck bomber demands Biden’s resignation, then surrenders
This Week in the Graveyard of Empires:
Stories of the Week:
US Capitol riot judges step up as the conscience of democracy
OnlyFans Says It Will Ban Sexually Explicit Content How to say you want to go bankrupt without using the work bankrupt…
Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000
T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive Customer Data Breach
This Week in the Pandemic:
Nearly 5,600 Hillsborough students isolated or quarantined one week into school year
An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine. Now he’s refusing to treat them
Stories of Interest to Queers and Our Allies:
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Approves LGBTQ Rights Ordinance
Illinois expands legislation to protect LGBTQ service members
How Lil Nas X Is Revolutionizing Hip-Hop as an Empowered Gay Star
This Week in Deplorable People:
Grand jury indicts Minn. GOP operative on child sex trafficking charges
Oregon School Board Passes Motion to Ban Pride Flags, BLM Signs
Trump Gushed About Handing Afghanistan Over to the Taliban, Who Would Then ‘Kill Terrorists’