Sorry, I just can't resist...

Amish Paradise by Weird Al

From the article

"The Hutterite kids and pregnant moms don't go into the animal barns. Kids aren't really exposed to the animal barns until they're like 12 or so... The Amish kids are in and out of the cow barns all day long from an early age," Ober said.

When scientists analyzed dust samples from Amish and Hutterite homes, they discovered that Amish house dust had nearly seven times more microbes. To test whether this made a difference, they exposed mice to each type of dust. Mice that inhaled Amish dust showed much less inflammation in their airways when exposed to allergens.

Whereas mice exposed to Hutterite dust didn't get that benefit. This strongly suggested that early, regular exposure to certain farm microbes trained the immune system of Amish kids to react calmly instead of aggressively to substances like pollen or food. This phenomenon is called the farm effect.

...by studying the microbes responsible for the farm effect, scientists believe it is possible to replicate the protective effect of the Amish environment. For instance, they could develop proactive solutions, such as probiotics, nasal sprays, or even dust-derived treatments that train a child's immune system in the early years of life.

Since CBS will not be replacing Colbert with another host and are cancelling the Late Show, what will they be showing in that time slot?

CBS recently cancelled After Midnight, again choosing not to replace the host (after she left,) in the 12:35(ET) time slot, instead they are going to be showing Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.

In this case however, CBS won't own the show; nor produce it. Instead, it's leasing the time period out to Entertainment Studios, owner of Comics Unleashed.

This type of transaction is known in the TV business as a "time buy." An outside media company pays the network for the right to put a show on its air, expecting to make up the cost by selling commercial time to advertisers.

What will they be doing to replace the Late Show?

CBS recently cancelled After Midnight (choosing not to replace the host after she left) in the 12:35(ET) time slot, instead they are going to be showing Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.

In this case however, CBS won't own the show; nor produce it. Instead, it's leasing the time period out to Entertainment Studios, owner of Comics Unleashed.

This type of transaction is known in the TV business as a "time buy." An outside media company pays the network for the right to put a show on its air, expecting to make up the cost by selling commercial time to advertisers.

Their not just getting rid of Colbert, they're not going to replace him. The entire show will be cancelled. They canned The Late Late show already. All the late night shows on all networks have seen declining ratings for some time now. Yes, Colbert was number one...and by far. But number one in a declining field. (Links in #25 above.)

In 2024, it was reported that The Late show saw a 32% drop in revenue over the last five years. There's also been a huge drop in younger people watching.

So again, yes, he's number one. But number one in a field where even Fallon has had to go to just new shows on four nights a week (reruns on Friday.) Seth Meyers had to get rid of his live band on his show.

As far back as 2012 budgets were being cut. Jay Leno opted to take a 50% pay cut in his salary (from 30 million/year to $15 million) so that none of his staff would be laid off.

And yes, Colbert may have had a bump up this year in revenue, but over the last several years, they ALL have been declining.

THAT BEING SAID...the timing of this is suspect of course. Right after Colbert criticized CBS, the entire show gets cancelled next year.

So some possibilities are, CBS canned Colbert, and the entire show, as payback. Or CBS was going to do this anyway and it's just a coincidence on the timing. Or CBS was thinking about doing this, and Colbert's comments just gave them the excuse they needed to can the show.

To be honest, Colbert would probably do better as a podcast anyway. Late night talk shows on tv are on a sinking ship. This may be a blessing in disguise for Colbert.

I guess I see multiple things going on with these stories. One the one hand, you have the Guard and the Marines being sent in uninvited.

On the other hand, there's something else to be noticed. What the heck is going on with these de-centralized groups showing up at varies places over the last few years where there are protests and causing violent mayhem? Like the links above stated, they come from out of town, they have nothing at all to do with the real protesters (who are peaceful) and just start doing violent stuff. I don't even think it's a left-wing or a right-wing thing. It's a chickensh*t-wing of people wanting to simply cause chaos. At least that's how it looks. The LA police chief said multiple times that the actual protestors were very peaceful, and that the violence was coming from people who were from out of town.

@#33 Yes, and it is of grave concern. I may not have made it clear when highlighting the links, but neither the LA police nor the California Highway Patrol nor any California official made any requests for either the National Guard or any US military to be sent in.

Oh, without a doubt, Klaus Schulze going solo was a VERY, deeply, massively good thing.

And yeah, the Klaus Schulze & Peter Namlook Dark Side of the Moog project of several albums are quite impressive indeed! Although they are in a different style than Schulze's 1970's stuff. I love all the song titles in the multiple Dark Side albums that all correlate, namewise, with Pink Floyd song titles. (Though musically it's all original stuff.)

BY THE WAY...

If you have Netflix, you might want to look up Bandersnatch. It's a flick where you choose what happens. Set in the 1980's. At one point, the main character goes into a record store and you get to choose if he purchases Phaedra by Tangerine Dream, or The Bermuda Triangle by Tomita...the album you choose ends up being part of the soundtrack from that point forward in the flick. I will warn you though, there are many iterations of what happens in the movie based on your choices, with multiple endings, including secret ones. And sometimes, repeating the same choices if you go back, will lead to different things as well. Personally I like the Phaedra by Tangerine Dream option which goes well with the acid sequence, that is if you find it (and no, I never done acid.) And it's not exactly a happy flick, but it is cool in terms of figuring out which way to go, and with all the scenes that put the background music to great effect.

I didn't know if you knew it or not, but Klause Shulze was an original member of Tangerine Dream before going solo. Here is a link to one of his shorter 1970's pieces (it's only 13 minutes long.....lol...when CD's came out in the 80's he had some pieces that ran 70 minutes...)

Anyways, here he is live in 1977 just sitting on a piece of carpet, surrounded by synths...and just...creates. Definitely if you like Ricochet, you should like this one. And should be able to see the connection to Tangerine Dream for sure.

Found a better link (longer) for the Tangerine Dream live in 1975..

@#12 I saw Tangerine Dream live way back in the late 1980's. Yes, I had Ricochet as well.

Fun fact (or rumor)..Tangerine Dream used to be one of the LOUDEST bands in their shows.

Why? Because...and I'm cracking up typing this....for a good while they had their sound mixer BEHIND the stage!!! LOL!!!!

I also saw Philip Glass in concert...we were given 3D glasses for the show.

But the most amazing one, along the synth lines, I ever saw was a few years ago back in 2018... Jean-Michel Jarre. Holy crap... He even hauled his big-azzed monolithic synth unit complete with a jillion wires on-stage. And yes, he did the laser harp thing.

I think we do need some more information on this.

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@#10 Does your synth enjoyment include 1970's Tangerine Dream or Klause Shulze?

@18 Yeah I hear ya. Yes they are number one, but ALL late night network shows have been dropping in ratings. According to the articles, Jimmy Fallon cut his new shows from 5 days a week to four back last year, which follows CBS and ABC doing the same thing. So basically, yes...#1 for sure....but perhaps #1 in a field that is shrinking in ratings across the board? And has been shrinking for some time.

The first link...the Forbes one....was from last year. The second one, the MSN one, was just recently. Basically between the two links there's two sides...one is it is VERY suspect on the timing of the cancellation announcement, the other side is it was going to happen anyway, but the timing is very bad.

@#16 the two links are in my #15 post. :-)

@#31 Interesting....I guess we are actually talking a couple of things though. One is the feds taking over the California National Guard...and two is the United States military being sent in. I think my posts were more centered on the US military rather than the California National Guard.

What you posted is interesting, Lamplighter. It states the California National Guard would be sent in response to immigration protests, but did it state exactly what they would be doing? What I read in the links above was that US military would be guarding federal buildings and the Guard would be assisting ICE in doing what they do...but I didn't see anywhere that the guard itself would be assisting LA police, or California Highway Patrol.

I am all ears on this, and you are one of the posters here I pay attention to a lot (I just usually don't post...just read.)

Just as I was getting ready to post this here, I noticed CBOB made a separate entry for this most amazing song. So giving him credit that he posted first...but this IS an amazing tune and video.

Hilarious!!!

Trump and Epstein dance in the NEW hit song...RELEASING THE FILES!

LOL...I was just about to post that very link....but under the Friday night tunes. If I do, I'll credit you CBOB...

From what I've read, neither the police, nor any California official asked for military help.

While it is of DEEP concern that the military was sent in over the objections of California officials, there were definitely reports of violence that came from sources other than right-wing sites.

@#86 Redial ... That's interesting and definitely something to think about. Thanks for pointing that out.

@84

Off topic... per capita, Alaska has more rape cases per 100,000 inhabitants at 118.4. Texas is #13 at 49.5 per 100,000 inhabitants. Still fairly high up, as it is in the top half, but far from being at the top. Btw, New Jersey had the fewest rape cases per 100,000 inhabitants at 17.9.