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Open thread 5/7/21
Things I don’t care about enough to write a post on
But you can talk about them amongst yourselves, if you like. And I suppose that this list qualifies as a post about them. The Gates divorce. The ins and outs of the Liz Cheney brouhaha, except for the fact that … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/6/21
Here’s a meme sparked by the epic Biden-Carter get-together
Bidens entourage arriving in the Carters neighborhood.. pic.twitter.com/0zQ7lvxKI6 — mike (@1kingsbay) May 4, 2021
Continue reading →Open thread 5/5/21
Did you know that the song “We’ve Only Just Begun” started out in life as a bank ad for Crocker Bank? Richard Carpenter – always looking for songs he could use – noticed, and ten gazillion weddings were launched. The … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/4/21
I hadn’t seen Ray Bolger as anything but the Scarecrow. The way he gets up from the split – impressive:
Continue reading →Open thread 5/3/21
Mayday! Mayday!
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.] Today is Mayday. As a child I was confused by the wildly differing associations the word conjures up. It’s a distress signal, for example, apparently derived from the French for “come … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/1/21
Steve Goodman was certainly ahead of his time. This song was written in 1979, over 40 years ago, and describes the pre-Disneyfied Times Square that I remember. It was a rough place. This song would probably get him into big … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/30/21
Black cop: the heart of the matter is lies
This article appeared recently in The Federalist, based on an interview with a black police officer (his employment was documented by the periodical): In my opinion, the anti-cop narrative began with the Obama administration. He made negative law enforcement comments, … Continue reading →