Back of the Book

Sat, Oct 30, 2021 05:00 AM

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Hosts: R. Paul Martin & Pickles of the North

Topics:

Covid~19 cases in the whole world - 245,893,010 on Friday.
Covid~19 deaths in the whole world - 4,987,156 on Friday.
Covid~19 cases in the United States of America - 45,892,544 on Friday.
Covid~19 deaths in the United States of America - 744,955 on Friday.
Covid~19 deaths in the United States of America since our last program - 10,117.
Halloween - Pickles of the North told about the history of Samhain and it evolution into Halloween.
It was news 83 years ago - Pickles of the North talked about the famous radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" in 1938.

Synopsis:

Halloween, Samhain and a Martian Invasion

Pickles of the North held forth on Samhain, which is the progenitor of the modern Halloween celebration.

Pickles also talked about the famous "War of the Worlds" Broadcast that happened on this date in 1938.

We talked about the attempt by Facebook to divert attention from its bad actions by a fast, and silly, name change.

Guests:

Guests? Guests? We don't got no guests. We don't need no stinkin' guests! -

Playlist:

Barracuda - Heart
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Info / Links:

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If you'd like to keep your browsing history private you can get yourself the Tor Browser. Using the DuckDuckGo search engine is automatic with the Tor Browser, and by accessing the DuckDuckGo search engine from the Tor Browser you are pretty much guaranteed that no one can trace searches back to you.
Gnu Privacy Guard can help you to encrypt your data and preserve your privacy.
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For the somewhat more advanced user who wants to protect his or her privacy there is the Tails OS. Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB flash drive or a DVD. It allows you to use any computer that will allow you to boot up off a USB flash drive or a DVD and it provides a lot of good security for your on-line activities. You can get the Tails OS here.

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