Yestere'en the Google search algorithm served up some Saturday Night Live videos of a character I was unfamiliar with: Friar Guido Sarducci. Open to mild critcism for cultural insensitivity, I suppose--- but still pretty funny, I think. ------Alan
After how many blacks, most of them unarmed, have been killed by police, wouldn't you think someone, somewhere, might get the idea that there must be a systemic flaw in the U.S.'s method of policing?
Secret Service director quits. WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.
Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had been facing growing calls to resign. --nordy
Guardian: Who might Kamala Harris pick for VP? Three favorites emerge. Governors Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Roy Cooper of North Carolina and Arizona senator Mark Kelly are reportedly on the short list. --nordy
Today I got an email from Peter Welch, glowing about Harris and saying nice things about Joe Biden ... now that he has done what Welch wanted him to do. There is a rotten aspect to group think. What could be creativity and inspiration is instead meanness and hypocrisy. People latch onto something and run with it before thinking it through. It's how Hitler had power. It's how DT has power. It's also how the Dem Party forced out Biden, the same way they forced out Howard Dean.
Well, that's it for me. Apart from this dear blog and reading Heather Cox Richardson's sane letters, I want nothing to do with anything political anymore. Too much broken trust. I'll still work at the polls in my little town, because they need help. But I don't know for how much longer. We'll see.
The Harris campaign has requested vetting materials from the following potential vice presidential nominee picks, according to NBC News: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ================= Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has also been contacted by the Harris campaign to provide vetting materials to be considered as a possible vice presidential candidate, ABC News reports.
I'd better not pick out a favourite. That's the one the Dems would be sure to skip.
DIL posted on my FB page today that the boomers need to move over and let the next generation have the baton. I want to say Have at it...but watch out what you wish for. Maybe we made it look too easy.
If one uses a strictly calendrical definition of the Baby Boomers, I am one (barely). If one uses cultural identifiers, I am definitely a member of the Silent Generation or the Beat Generation. It was commonplace where and when I grew up to observe that during the 1960's it was still the 1950's. I agree that it is time for the Boomers to step aside. ---Alan
So, should boomers also stop canvassing, working at the polls, writing postcards and whatnot? Happy to pass the baton, but I sure hope the next generation doesn't drop it.
The secret to living longer: join a club [Click] “The documentary Join or Die examines the decline of organizations in America – and how it’s fueled a national crisis.” My parents were not joiners, and neither am I. Many people socialized at college or work, but not I, or at least not seriously. Religious organizations provided some friendships for a while, but those withered away. There is a big difference, in my opinion, between a coworker or other acquaintance and a friend. My family has been shrinking throughout my life. I found that bunch of long-lost relatives of my father a few years ago, but interactions with them have decreased to occasional e-mails with one of them. Howard Empowered has been my principal source of society for a long time now. ——Alan
I have noticed lately that many political sites (campaign pages, etc.) won't accept e-mails unless one sends them money first. It has occurred to me to literally send them two cents in such cases, but I have not yet tried it. "Love my money, love me." ----Alan
We are the better for you joining our HEP "club", Alan! I agree that I am much happier with a small, thoughtful group of kind-hearted souls than some group of people who hang around with glasses of alcohol in their hands kibitzing and trying to best one another...which is the way most groups seem to go, in my experience.
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I finally showed up and left some notes on the last thread...!
ReplyDeleteYestere'en the Google search algorithm served up some Saturday Night Live videos of a character I was unfamiliar with: Friar Guido Sarducci. Open to mild critcism for cultural insensitivity, I suppose--- but still pretty funny, I think.
ReplyDelete------Alan
The political chatter this morning seems largely predictable.
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Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman [Click]
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After how many blacks, most of them unarmed, have been killed by police, wouldn't you think someone, somewhere, might get the idea that there must be a systemic flaw in the U.S.'s method of policing?
DeleteI saw a pic of the family on the Guardian. Another black family in mourning. --nordy
Delete‘Dark oxygen’ in depths of Pacific Ocean could force rethink about origins of life [Click] “Charged metallic lumps found to produce oxygen in total darkness by electrolysis of water.” Think this might be another reason to not be in a hurry to dredge up the nodules on an industrial scale?
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Wow. Yes, indeed.
DeleteHIV preventive and treatment could be made profitably for just $40 a year for every patient [Click]
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DeleteSecret Service director quits.
ReplyDeleteWASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.
Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had been facing growing calls to resign. --nordy
Guardian: Who might Kamala Harris pick for VP? Three favorites emerge.
ReplyDeleteGovernors Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Roy Cooper of North Carolina and Arizona senator Mark Kelly are reportedly on the short list. --nordy
Has Gretchen Whitmer declined?
DeleteNo. She has said she intends to serve out her term of office, but also "never say never."
Delete-----Alan
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Today I got an email from Peter Welch, glowing about Harris and saying nice things about Joe Biden ... now that he has done what Welch wanted him to do. There is a rotten aspect to group think. What could be creativity and inspiration is instead meanness and hypocrisy. People latch onto something and run with it before thinking it through. It's how Hitler had power. It's how DT has power. It's also how the Dem Party forced out Biden, the same way they forced out Howard Dean.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's it for me. Apart from this dear blog and reading Heather Cox Richardson's sane letters, I want nothing to do with anything political anymore. Too much broken trust. I'll still work at the polls in my little town, because they need help. But I don't know for how much longer. We'll see.
The Harris campaign has requested vetting materials from the following potential vice presidential nominee picks, according to NBC News:
ReplyDeleteNorth Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has also been contacted by the Harris campaign to provide vetting materials to be considered as a possible vice presidential candidate, ABC News reports.
——Alan
Garbled the list a bit. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz should get his own line.
Delete------Alan
I'd better not pick out a favourite. That's the one the Dems would be sure to skip.
DeleteDIL posted on my FB page today that the boomers need to move over and let the next generation have the baton.
I want to say Have at it...but watch out what you wish for.
Maybe we made it look too easy.
If I sound bitter it's only because I am.
DeleteLow grade group bullying behaviour definitely raises my ire.
And ire can be exhausting.
If one uses a strictly calendrical definition of the Baby Boomers, I am one (barely). If one uses cultural identifiers, I am definitely a member of the Silent Generation or the Beat Generation. It was commonplace where and when I grew up to observe that during the 1960's it was still the 1950's. I agree that it is time for the Boomers to step aside.
Delete---Alan
So, should boomers also stop canvassing, working at the polls, writing postcards and whatnot? Happy to pass the baton, but I sure hope the next generation doesn't drop it.
DeleteCanvassing (if I understand what it is) and writing postcards have never been parts of political campaigns out here, as far as I know.
Delete-----Alan
Am I alone in wishing Pete Buttegeg (sp?) would be picked? He is brilliant. -Susan
ReplyDeleteWould make sense to me if I could manage to care.
DeleteI share the definition of Butegieg as the Mayor From Mackenzie. Yes, smart; but too smart by half, I think.
Delete-----Alan
I dunno, Susan. I've always felt underwhelmed by him...though he seems nice enough.
DeleteThe secret to living longer: join a club [Click] “The documentary Join or Die examines the decline of organizations in America – and how it’s fueled a national crisis.” My parents were not joiners, and neither am I. Many people socialized at college or work, but not I, or at least not seriously. Religious organizations provided some friendships for a while, but those withered away. There is a big difference, in my opinion, between a coworker or other acquaintance and a friend. My family has been shrinking throughout my life. I found that bunch of long-lost relatives of my father a few years ago, but interactions with them have decreased to occasional e-mails with one of them. Howard Empowered has been my principal source of society for a long time now.
ReplyDelete——Alan
I have noticed lately that many political sites (campaign pages, etc.) won't accept e-mails unless one sends them money first. It has occurred to me to literally send them two cents in such cases, but I have not yet tried it. "Love my money, love me."
Delete----Alan
We are the better for you joining our HEP "club", Alan! I agree that I am much happier with a small, thoughtful group of kind-hearted souls than some group of people who hang around with glasses of alcohol in their hands kibitzing and trying to best one another...which is the way most groups seem to go, in my experience.
DeleteQuality rather than quantity; howardempowered for sure.
DeleteThanks, listener
------Alan
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DeleteCan Kamala Win??? | Lichtman Live #60 [Click]
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Colbert monologue [Click]
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After Colbert spent his whole monologue putting down Joe Biden, we stopped watching. By any chance, did he ever apologise for it?
DeleteVIDEO! Heather Cox Richardson's take on Biden stepping out...
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