Just in case you find it difficult to fall asleep tonight...

The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Music Travel Love (From Music Studio Love)

The Sound of Silence by Ed McKendry with backing vocals Gerald Pea.

At Sam & Kelly's house in Stone Harbor

SV Delos update

In memory of Dusty Hill

Is Riding An Electric Bike In A National Park Legal?

Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, Pa is famous? I had no clue!

I had two brothers that spent a combined eight years @ St Francis U. in Altoona, Pa

& they never mentioned The Famous Horseshoe Curve...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_Curve_(Pennsylvania)

Two intimidating birds!

 

I thought the one above was a Hawk.

I googled Hawk & saw in the photo below

the Hawk has a different beak

...than the boss bird walking towards the camera in the first photo!

Yikes!

So...what is the boss bird with the big chest that

holds his wings behind his back & appears

to be wearing Yoga pants?

You cannot bunt a Home Run! Can you?

After the afternoon rain

 I later saw a vanilla moon in a blueberry sky shining down upon Blossom Hill...

Made me smile

Eddie & the Old Guys still sure have a lot of Talent!

Liberals ruin almost everything...

 

Space tourism tax: Congressman announces new plan after Blue Origin launch

Jessica Smith

·Chief Political Correspondent

Tue, July 20, 2021, 12:03 PM

Shortly after Jeff Bezos — the world's richest man — completed his first spaceflight, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D., Oreg.) announced he's working on a plan for a new tax targeting space tourism.  

The Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax Act would create new excise taxes on commercial space flights with human passengers for non-research purposes. 

“Space exploration isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy. Just as normal Americans pay taxes when they buy airline tickets, billionaires who fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value should do the same, and then some,” said Blumenauer in a statement. “I’m not opposed to this type of space innovation. However, things that are done purely for tourism or entertainment, and that don't have a scientific purpose, should in turn support the public good.”

Blumenauer noted he's worried about the environmental impact of launching humans into space for tourism or entertainment purposes.  

Read more: Bezos space flight: Billionaire space race could benefit regular people, too

Jeff Bezos along with his brother Mark, Oliver Daemen, and Wally Funk leave the New Shepard crew capsule after returning from space on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. (Photo by Blue Origin/Anadolu Agency via Getty)

"While proponents of suborbital space flights point to transatlantic flights as having similar carbon footprints, these flights carry significantly more passengers and travel much farther," said a press release from Blumenauer's office. "The result is space launches accounting for an estimated 60-times greater emissions than transatlantic flights on a per-passenger basis, enough to drive a car around the earth and more than twice the carbon budget recommended in the Paris Climate Agreement."

While Blumenauer has not released details of the proposal yet, he said he's considering a per-passenger tax on the price of a commercial flight into space — similar to commercial flights. He would also like it to include a two-tiered excise tax for each launch. The first tier would apply to suborbital flights between 50 and 80 miles above the Earth's surface. The second tier — flights exceeding 80 miles above the Earth's surface — would face a "significantly higher excise tax." 

According to a press release, the bill would have exemptions for NASA spaceflights for scientific purposes. 

"In the case of flights where some passengers are working on behalf of NASA for scientific research purposes and others are not, the launch excise tax shall be the pro rata share of the non-NASA researchers," the release said. 

Earl would have taxed the Wright Brothers for figuring out how a tube in the sky could be made to fly!

If you are wondering why you have not seen Barkann or Amaro on the Phillies post game since June?

Maybe this is why...

I did not get a reminder email...did you?

 

When you need a nap

sometimes any place will do...

 

I think these guys are really good...

I also think mellow, mellow music can be tiring... and the coolness can grate...

What does Ted think about todays journalists? He founded CNN 41 years ago...

Ted Turner wrote this in his 2008 autobiography Call Me Ted. He wanted to create CNN so that it would do “serious journalism,” adding: 

“I wanted to present the news in an unbiased fashion. At that time, some of the evening anchors, (of network broadcast news) including Walter Cronkite, were injecting their own opinions into the telecasts and I just didn’t like it. (CNN president Reese) Schonfeld and I decided that on CNN, news would be the star, not our on-air people.”

Guess what Ted?

 

Too heavy? Why would they do this?

In Pittsburgh & Philadelphia the city disposes of your trash. It's included in your property taxes.

There are no private contractors to choose from. Why would these two men stand by & watch this woman

empty her trash cans into the truck when they said they were too heavy?

There has to be more to this story...

And why has the city of Pittsburgh not responded?

I'm going to attempt to follow this story...

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/07/02/brighton-heights-woman-dumps-own-trash-garbage-truck/

Don't let the dogs out!

 

We have a visitor...

1985...I remember Michael telling me he was responsible for having the Pepsi Cups in the right place...

A man, a song, a piano & the man enraptures 100,000 people...He did not even use his drums!

The drum video has gotten over 100million views ... that's show business!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeDMnyQzS88

Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from California, actually ran for President in 2020!

Can you imagine?

How to build up immunity in your little ones...

 This little guy had a front row seat at the Phillies-Red Sox game today.

Had popcorn/cotton candy & a few doses of immunity!

Dennis Prager protege'

Have you ever wondered

 how each of our 50 states got its name?

From Readers Digest

https://www.rd.com/list/how-every-state-got-named/

I follow most sports and I have a question.

 At what point in a great athletes career should they call it quits?

• Jim Brown retired too early. Or did he?
• Barry Sanders was great when he called it quits...

Roger Federer, winner of 20 Majors & 7 or 8 Wimbledon

Titles got his butt kicked today by a 24 yo admirer!

Roger will be 40 in August.

Serena Williams is 39 & got injured in the 1st round.

Jeter spent 20 years with the Yankees.

He was still productive when he retired in 2014.

Michael Jordan was 40, playing for the Wizards when he finally retired!

And then we have Tom Brady, who turns 44 in August of 2021.

So...At what point in an athletes career should they say "I'm done"?

Phil Mickelson was not done! When on

the cusp of 51

he won his 6th Major golf title by beating a whole bunch of 'Flat Bellies!*

* a lee trevino quote...

They make me smile

The underdog won the race!

"They just kept chatting!"

 The kid on the lake that rents electric boats noticed that the four ladies that rented a boat a half

hour ago were getting pretty close to the damned dam!

So he got in his boat & went out to investigate. He decided to attach a rope to their boat to

prevent them from going over the damned dam! He even called 911... Rescue units were late to arrive.

The kid finally decided he had to put his more powerful electric boat in reverse!

Everyone was OK!

When interviewed by the local Press after the incident, the kid said the 

ladies never seemed concerned...he told the Press,

"They never stopped chatting through the whole thing!"

What is the gist of this song by John Mellencamp

Is it a celebration song or a put down song?

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/what-is-the-great-american-rock-anthem/

Kyle Smith posts his opinion

Twenty four days after operation & I finally felt comfortable enough to take a shower!

 

I now feel fresh & clean as all outdoors!!@#!

Remember Emma Coburn?

Only the first three make it to the Tokyo Olympics!

My Friday blog covering the crew of Sailing Vessel Delos

I have been following these guys for almost two years. Not my style, but I love their adventures.

Today, I visited their online store wanting to buy a hat. I chose the BLUE one because it says it is

specifically made for 'Big Heads'... roughly, 20 inches to 23 inches! The hat is $30.00 but I thought,

what the heck, they have provided me with pleasureable videos for two years. I'll support them.

So I took a tape measure and measured my head. The circumference of my head is 24 inches!

I did not buy the hat!@#!@#..!@

What is the circumference of your head?

Three weeks later...

 

One week after

Three weeks after

Not as bad as I thought it was gonna be...

So what did they do?

On the right is a messed up knee

So they put in some metal stuff so there is

no bone on bone rubbing!