It’s Popcorn Day and New Zealand PM will have a kiwi baby

The Video Wheel wants you to know that this is National Popcorn Day. Whatever else happens, take comfort in the recipes offered here. In the US meanwhile, there is widespread alarm about the extent and severity of the flu this year. Many would like to create a more effective vaccine but as most people know, the flu doesn’t stand still. Then in New Zealand, the prime minister is having a baby. Jacinda Ardern is upbeat about balancing her duties. Such a different place is that little land of not even five million souls. Finally, Quebec psychiatrists are among many who wonder about the brave new world of legal marijuana. They want THC levels limited to 15 percent. And the City of Montreal is worried that toking is, after all, smoking. Will activists pursue a return to smoke-filled rooms?