They propose adding a Category 6 label to any tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 192 mph, “probably faster than most Ferraris,” lead author Michael Wehner said.

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S: Morning Brew

THOSE PESKY SCIENTISTS...

Good morning. Some scientists have been watching too much Spinal Tap: They think hurricanes should go to Category 6.

A new study, published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, argues that hurricanes are getting so powerful due to climate change that the upper limit of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale, Category 5, is antiquated.

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THE SIX STAGES OF MANUFACTURED BORDER CRISES

Fifth Stage: Acceptance. Sixth Stage: Blame

Cartoon by Eric Allie for Counterpoint

ON this date in 1971 - NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.

Alan became agitated when Bun Man and Mr. Purple didn't wait and played through the hole Alan was on.

Alan never did find the course marshal that day and Bun and Purple made the 19th Hole and chuckled for a long time over Alan's crazy golf outfit.

SEEKING JUSTICE FOR ALL, BUT STARTING WITH THE DUDES

ON this date in 1593 - Bun Man and Mr. Purple put final edit on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew...

The courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong shrew was loosely based on Bun's relationship w/ one of the Queen's LiW.

True to form, Bun in the guise of Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments—the "taming"—until she becomes a compliant and obedient bride.

There is justice in the land.

ON this date in 1911 - The first old-age home for pioneers opened in Prescott, AZ.

Local proprietors, Bun Man an Mr. Purple, set the bar high for admittance.

Seems a pioneer had to prove he was one and when these 'civilized' old-age roughnecks came to enter, the Boyz said they couldn't be pioneers due to being civilized.

One of the rejects said they should call the place Hotel Arizona...

"You can check in anytime you like, you can just never get in..."

THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES...

SumFall and FallWin...

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Hey Noodles, what ya doing?
Noodles: It's Spring, it was 70 degrees yesterday...
KD: Hold your horses there buddy, we still got some winter left
N: Not tracking, this is spring weather
KD: Well, we call this climate alteration, some peeps can't get to climate change
N: So, do we call the seasons WinSpring, SpringSum, SumFall, FallWin
KD: It may come to that...

What up Peeps,

Historybook: Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces invention of first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (1909); Welsh actor and director Michael Sheen born (1969); Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo born (1985); Brazilian soccer player Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior born (1992); RIP American actor Kirk Douglas (2020).

"Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life."

- Michael Jordan

Wanna put the GOP into a death spiral?

Have Biden drop Kamala and put Taylor in as VP...

No need to vote

Will this be a new category when seeking flights?

DO YOU WANT A PLANE WITH BOLTS ARE WITH MISDRILLED BOLTS?

What else is brewing

Boeing said it found misdrilled holes on some fuselages of undelivered 737 Max planes, marking another manufacturing setback for the company.

s: Morning Brew

HATE - In a Nutshell

Historybook: Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, arrives in Boston (1631); Baseball legend Hank Aaron born (1934); English actress Charlotte Rampling born (1946); Medgar Evers’ murderer convicted after 30 years (1994); President Donald Trump acquitted in his first impeachment trial (2020).

"When you hate, the only person that is suffering is you because most of the people you hate don’t know it and the rest don't care."

- Medgar Evers

2024 - THE YEAR OF THE SWIFTIES

Swift's Big (Mid-)Night

The 66th annual Grammys were held last night, with Taylor Swift taking home the show's top prize of album of the year for "Midnights." The win was Swift's fourth in the category, pushing her past Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, and Stevie Wonder for the most in Grammy history. She announced her next album, "Tortured Poets Society," during her acceptance speech (out April 19).

S: 1440 Digest

ON this date in 2001 - After Bun Man and Mr. Purple spent the last week holed up in a Paris Hotel w/ Catherine Zeta-Jones, it was announced that Kelly Ripa would be Regis Philbin's cohost.

The show was renamed to "Live! With Regis and Kelly."

Seems Kelly had the more wholesome image at the time, but Catherine had the bigger smile on her face for reasons decorum prohibits me from discussing in this forum.

Morning mood...

And I've gone by the point of caring; Some old bed I'll soon be sharing; And I've got one more silver dollar; But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider...

Oh yeah, Midnight Rider on that Midnight Train to Georgia--Allmans to the Pips...SWEET!!

ON this date in 1917 - The U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 (Asiatic Barred Zone Act) with an overwhelming majority.

The action overrode President Woodrow Wilson's December 14, 1916 veto.

Congressmen were beside themselves w/ glee over this action.

Senators Bun Man and Mr. Purple from the Great State of Utah only chuckled as they knew this would not solve the immigration issue.

Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT & DO.

Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research.

This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.

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FROM 2014...Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form,and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer.

It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one.

Obviously, we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of 'cocktails', 'highballs' and just a good old-fashioned 'stiff drink'.

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HUMOR MEDICINE

THE MORE YOU KNOW

Feel better now

Mary was having a tough day and had stretched herself out on the couch to do a bit of what she thought to be well-deserved complaining and self- pitying.
She moaned to her mom and brother,
"Nobody loves me ... the whole world hates me!"

Her brother, busily occupied playing a game, hardly looked up at her and passed on this encouraging word:

"That's not true, Mary. Some people don't even know you."

I SAID HEY, WHAT AM I PREPPIN' FOR?

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Winkin, what are you doing?
Winkin: I'm pattin' Blinkin's head for a job well-done
KD: That's nice dude, you think that is your job?
W: Well I've been watching this human work thing, those that pat heads get the most money.
Blinkin: Yeah, what's up with that?
KD: As peeps move up the chain, they do less 'real work' and more glad-handing
W: They're getting ready to run for Congress?
KD: Something like that...