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This is from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The whole episode is worth your time, but the last 40 seconds is amazingly powerful. We all need to be thinking about what she is saying and why she is so angry.
Again language alert, but these times call for such language
Tissues are your responsibility…
The transcendent Señora Weinhaus loves to read, but of late due to health and (shhh…) aging issues she has been having difficulty doing so. I thought perhaps if I got her an eReader whereby she could control the font and other factors it might bring this enjoyable activity back into play for her.
After researching the matter I landed on the Kobo Clara HD, mainly as it was touted as the best choice if you want to use third party options, like say, your public library. Kindle was the best choice if you want to tap into the Amazon universe of eBooks. But with a world of free eBooks available from the library and other sources, “why buy?” said Señor Tacaño.
I pre-ordered the unit the first of May for delivery at the end of May. I then told my bride that I had a present coming for her so she could bathe in the delight of anticipation. The release date was set back and the eReader finally arrived today, at the end of June. That might have been a bit too much anticipation.
Fedex had dumped the box on our front porch, and the only way I knew to look for it was an email saying it had been delivered. They had also accidentally left a package for the neighbors across the street, whom I knew were home. I am not a big fan of the way deliveries are done these days.
Back from my curmudgeonly aside…
I grabbed the box and headed upstairs to find the mistress of our abode. I opened the package and took the eReader out to give to her, and I found myself saying, “I thought it would be bigger.” Then nagging memories came rushing back and I thought, “And where have I heard that before?!?”
Keep well.
Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain’s 2008 campaign for president, said this in an interview on MSNBC, succinct and damning.
“Donald Trump has been the worst president this country has ever had. And I don’t say that hyperbolically. He is. But he is a consequential president. And he has brought this country in three short years to a place of weakness that is simply unimaginable if you were pondering where we are today from the day where Barack Obama left office. And there were a lot of us on that day who were deeply skeptical and very worried about what a Trump presidency would be. But this is a moment of unparalleled national humiliation, of weakness.
“When you listen to the President, these are the musings of an imbecile. An idiot. And I don’t use those words to name call. I use them because they are the precise words of the English language to describe his behavior. His comportment. His actions. We’ve never seen a level of incompetence, a level of ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the country whose ever been charged with substantial responsibilities.
“It’s just astonishing that this man is president of the United States. The man, the con man, from New York City. Many bankruptcies, failed businesses, a reality show, that branded him as something that he never was. A successful businessman. Well, he’s the President of the United States now, and the man who said he would make the country great again. And he’s brought death, suffering, and economic collapse on truly an epic scale. And let’s be clear. This isn’t happening in every country around the world. This place. Our place. Our home. Our country. The United States. We are the epicenter. We are the place where you’re the most likely to die from this disease. We’re the ones with the most shattered economy. And we are because of the fool that sits in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk.”
No need for me to comment.
Keep well.
yeah I know you did not ask!
I do not watch a lot of TV, but lately when I do I invariably see a commercial from a hotel chain, airline, restaurant and many different other types of businesses touting how well they are cleaning. The ads from airlines and hotels definitely grab my attention.
After seeing one of these advertisements I habitually have the same thought, “Why the hell were they not doing this before the pandemic?” And by the way, what is this “deep cleaning” they all are bragging about?
Folks have been working livestock with the help of dogs for several millenniums now. My former father-in-law (a good man, God rest his soul) was a master of this method, a true artist. My in-laws had a small ranch, usually with a core herd of 60 or 70 “mama” cows. This meant they usually had an equal number of cows to sell at a future point.
My father-in-law usually had two dogs, one of which was heeler and the other a header. A heeler moves a cow by coming in from their back side, Continue reading “Eyeballers…”
I have a correspondent, a fellow reprobate like myself, from the northern hinterlands of Chicago. He sent me the following musings that struck a note with me.
While watching the riot news last night I had a moment of conspiratorial déjà vu. I’ve seen this stuff before. I immediately put my Tin Foil Hat on and began to think back in history. I remember the Civil Rights riots in the 60’s in Watts, Detroit, Newark, Chicago, Philadelphia, and a whole lot of other cities. Those riots and demonstrations, including the Anti-War protests, the Women’s Rights and Gay Rights protests, usually had an element of police crackdown and brutality. They also resulted in a strong push back by whites. In 1968 Richard Nixon used that push back to help him win the White House. Continue reading “Tin Foil Hat Conspiracy”
yeah I know you did not ask!
Last Christmas I was given a gift card to Half Price Books. Works for me as normally folks do not read the print off the page, and why pay full price. This is especially true as much of my reading is not necessarily of the latest books hot off the press.
So, with gift card in hand, I made the sojourn to the nearest Half Price Book store about 3 miles from the house. After wandering around for a while, I had a few books in hand, but I still had a bit of money left on the card. I passed the rack of calendars, and realized I did not have a 2020 calendar for my man cave. After discarding calendars of cute cats or puppies, impressive landscapes, inspiring quotes, I was torn between one of a science fiction theme and one of Kama Sutra illustrations. One of the folks I work with on my Spanish is from Guatemala. He sometimes refers to me as Viejo Verde. Living up to my reputation I bought the calendar with drawings based on the ancient Indian Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment in life.
So far I have not attempted any of the postures depicted. Just looking at them daily has forced me to visit the chiropractor and get a script for muscle relaxers. I am assuming the ancients had bones of rubber.
Here is a link to an article that is on the St Louis Public Radio site. Enjoy!
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Just as an aside: I read most of the more popular H. G. Wells stories as a teenager. At that time they were essentially science fiction for me. I’ve spent the last few days rereading 6 of his novels. This time around, yes – they are science fiction, but they can be read as social commentary also. For instances, in this novel, a large portion of it was allotted to how quickly society broke under extraordinary pressure, and how badly many people behaved. Add in there a willingness of many people to play ostrich and ignore what is in front of their eyes.