I Wash Mine Daily
TsMadison Hosting “The ALL WHITE SOIRÉE”for EMORY clinical Research ~ Atlanta Monster ~ conservative humor ~ disgraceland ~ einstein ~ How Poetry Came to Matter Again ~ At Least 58 People Shot In Chicago This Weekend; 6 Dead, 52 Wounded ~ Julian S. Carr, “Unveiling of Confederate Monument at University. June 2, 1913” ~ Julian Carr ~ @jjones9 From white supremacist Julian Carr’s speech at the dedication of Silent Sam in 1913 ~ silent sam ~ wbts nonsense ~ Shelby Foote on “The Great Compromise” ~ Another View of Shelby Foote ~ slavery and global warming ~ why was the war fought ~ From Sixties hippies to anarchist drag queens, I discovered one cultural treasure after another ~ Father calls inured daughter a hero for saving mom from oncoming MARTA train ~ Young girl lured to motel, forced into ‘sex trafficking’ ~ talking heads 1975 ~ hobo code ~ @chamblee54 what are the names of pork industry magazines @dandrezner @natsecHeather ~ JORDAN PETERSON EXPLAINS GOD WHILE SAM HARRIS LOSES HIS MIND ~ splc bs ~ @BallbusterF Hey @StormyDaniels no one likes a nasty cunt! @StormyDaniels Agreed! Which is why I wash mine daily. ~ Gay Trump supporter alerts FBI that Grindr shut down his account ~ Atlanta Drag Club GM Publishes Transphobic Messages ~ Modestly Strong but Malleable Support for Single-Payer Health Care ~ The Vanishing Idealism of Burning Man ~ ag statement ~ Darron Glass ~ Mom charged with DUI after wreck on Ga. 400 that killed her 2 kids ~ Two officers suspended for a day after body cam video was leaked of the Denver mayor’s son berating cops during traffic stop ~ Food Words That Are Also Verbs fritter, hock, shoulder, rib, juice, wine, junket, carp, hare, fish, milk, pork, trifle, mushroom, curry, scallop, chip, duck, cream, flounder, egg, shake, butter, sprout, jam, chicken, toast, sandwich, waffle ~ A Father’s Responsibility ~ rat park/bert ~ Taylor Swift Interviews Rock ’n’ Roll Icon Pattie Boyd on Songwriting, Beatlemania, & the Power of Being a Muse ~ Joe Rogan Experience #1158 – Chuck Palahniuk ~ A Minimalist’s Guide to Camper Van Conversions ~ Racists Don’t Like Their Racism Video Taped. Boo Hoo. ~ Backpage Plea to Texas Sex Trafficking Charge Turns On CEO’s Admission to Brokering Adult Prostitution ~ Rep. Handel TV Ad: Combat Human Trafficking “The first bill that Congresswoman Handel co-sponsored after winning last year’s special election was H.R. 1865, which passed the House in February, and was signed into law by President Trump in April. The law had almost immediate results in shutting down Backpage, and many other online recruiting and advertising sites for Human Trafficking.” ~ David Foster Wallace on John McCain: ‘The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub’ ~ cultural appropriation ~ Man accused of urinating on girl, 5, and calling her racial slur: police ~ Prosecutors: Story of man urinating on black girl made up ~ contra panic ~ @BallbusterF Hey @StormyDaniels no one likes a nasty cunt! @StormyDaniels Agreed! Which is why I wash mine daily. ~ eight best crime podcasts ~ Attn. Facebook Enthusiasts: You are not required to express an opinion about #JohnMcCain ~ @cheezit On December 26th, experience the cheesy crunchy satisfaction of Cheez-It crackers in the biggest college football bowl yet, the Cheez-It Bowl. @chamblee54 Is this satire? @cheezit Thanks for asking, Luther. You feta believe that it’s real! You can learn more about this exciting event here ~ pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Playing checkers outside a service station on a Saturday afternoon _ Marion Post Wolcott, 1910-1990, photographer _ Date Created/Published: June 1939 ~ seven more words to six sixty six
This is the poem from last night at Java Monkey:
been to the mountaintop been to the sea ~ body part insults and other such jive
heard happy talk about being free ~ maybe its just my time to be alive
laughed with morticia lusted for lurch ~ got tested for drugs look out for disease
wanted to sleep so i dropped out of church ~ back skull feet eyes blood pressure knees
blow twenty five points in the super bowl ~ both jesus and satan work over my soul
i gave up the reefer and gave up the beer ~ one thing i will never give up is the queer
it has taken this long to find my voice ~ i’m glad my mother did not take the choice ~ selah
The Cost Of Football
Football is just around the corner. The teams are busy with the pre season, and soon weekends will be full of hitting and drinking. Perhaps this is a good time to wonder whether football is worth the human cost. Especially now, with a national debate raging about the future of our health care. Football injuries keep hospitals hopping during the autumn.
This is the annual post about the down side of football. There is a helping of hypocrisy here, as PG enjoys watching the hits. Pictures are from The Library of Congress.
Football season is here. While the games are fun to watch, the players are paying the price. Your health insurance premiums just might be affected.
Football is a contact sport. On every play, the linemen block other lineman to keep them from tackling a back. Someone gets hit on every play. Most of these hits are “clean” and cause only bruises. Some are “dirty”, and cause injuries. Even the clean hits can hurt someone.
It is estimated that 187,000 emergency room visits every year are due to football. What if an illegal drug sent 187k to the er annually? There would be a hue and cry to kill the pushers.
Knee injuries are especially prevalent. An estimated 45,000 knee operations are performed each year due to football injuries. Arthroscopy is a wonderful invention.
With all those helmets slamming into each other, head injuries occur. “The researchers found that there is approximately one catastrophic head injury per every 150,000 athletes playing, or 7 catastrophic injuries yearly. There were 0.67 injuries per 100,000 players at the high school level and 0.21 injuries per 100,000 for college level football players.” Often, the coaches get caught up in the do or die spirit of a big game, and don’t get the player the medical attention that he needs. “Football is a very macho sport. Athletes are taught to play through pain,” …“But concussions range in severity and symptoms, so all a player may experience is a headache several hours after impact. High school players need to be educated in these symptoms and encouraged to self report.”
Even cheerleading squads are reporting more injuries, due to botched stunts.
When you see the players in their youthful glory, you don’t think what they will look like after they quit playing. Many players know this, but the lure of today’s glory justifies the pain of tomorrow. The heroes of yesterday often walk with pain today.
Wonderful Tonight
Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me is the book for Pattie Boyd. Ms. Boyd has the copyright to herself, with presumed ghostwriter Penny Junor given *with* credit. The former Patricia Anne Boyd has had quite a life.
Ms. Boyd was born at a young age. Her family moved to Kenya, where they had many cool adventures. Her parents split up, her mother remarried, and her stepfather was a horrible man. The Boyds, who by now included several more children, moved back to England. Pattie went to convent school, then went to live in London. She got a job in a beauty salon, when one day someone suggested she try modelling. At times, this story sounds like a movie.
Pattie was working as a model, including some TV commercials. Richard Lester noticed her, and hired her as a school girl in “A Hard Days Night.” George Harrison noticed her, and they were soon an item. Meanwhile, swinging sixties London was in fast forward mode. Pattie Boyd plugged herself into the sex, drugs, and rock and roll lifestyle, and had her share of good times.
George wrote “Something” about his glamorous young bride. His pal Eric Clapton took note, and wrote “Layla.” Eric was in pursuit for many years, writing many beautiful love letters. Finally, as her marriage to George was winding down, Pattie took up with Eric. It was great fun for a while, until Eric’s alcoholism spoiled things. Pattie left Eric, came back, got married to him, and stuck around until Eric got another lady pregnant. (Conor Clapton died tragically in 1991.) The story goes on, and on, until the book was written in 2008. According to wikipedia, Pattie is going strong in 2018. She married Rod Weston, husband number three, in 2015.
Wonderful Tonight is a fun book to read. Penny Junor knows how to tell a story. The life of Pattie Boyd is full of struggle, as well as glamour. Many of the people, including Pattie’s sisters, struggle with addiction. One gets the sense that this, like many autobiographies, puts the subject in the most flattering light possible. There is probably another side to many of these stories. If they can be told as skillfully as this one is, these stories would be worth reading.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. “Winter bathing, Smiths Casino, Miami, Feb. 6, 1921″ W. A. (William A.) Fishbaugh, copyright claimant … No renewal found in Copyright Office.
Julian Carr And Silent Sam
A Confederate monument was torn down last night in Chapel Hill NC. The statue, known as “Silent Sam,” was intended as a monument to students who left school to fight in the War Between the States. “In 1913, the Daughters of Confederacy, after four years of fundraising, paid sculptor John Wilson, a Canadian, $7500 for the statue. Wilson used a Boston-man, Harold Langlois, as the model. It’s unclear, however, if those attending Silent Sam’s dedication knew they were celebrating a Yankee’s profile. Silent Sam was among many “Silent Sentinels,” – statues of soldiers without cartridge box, soldiers who could no longer fire a shot – that were manufactured and bronzed in the North and then sent down south for public display. Many of these statues look remarkably similar. Like Silent Sam, they also face north, toward the Union.”
Many of the comments today quote a speech made at the 1913 unveiling. The speech was by Julian Carr, a prominent businessman and philanthropist. Mr. Carr is considered, with some justification, to have been a white supremacist. A Confederate veteran, Mr. Carr appears to have been a complex man, who did both good and harm.
This tweet is typical of today’s discourse. @jjones9 “From white supremacist Julian Carr’s speech at the dedication of Silent Sam in 1913.” The tweet features a screen shot, of a quote from the 1913 speech. “I trust I may be pardoned for one allusion, howbeit it is rather personal. One hundred yards from where we stand, less than ninety days perhaps after my return from Appomattox, I horse-whipped a negro wench until her skirts hung in shreds, because upon the streets of this quiet village she had publicly insulted and maligned a Southern lady, and then rushed for protection to these University buildings where was stationed a garrison of 100 Federal soldiers. I performed the pleasing duty in the immediate presence of the entire garrison, and for thirty nights afterwards slept with a double-barrel shot gun under my head.”
What was the rest of the speech? A bit of research turned up a transcript, Julian S. Carr, “Unveiling of Confederate Monument at University. June 2, 1913.” The rest of the speech has little in common with the “one allusion.” The speech sounded like the memorials to fallen soldiers in many other wars. “They served, they suffered, they endured, they fought, [and died – crossed out] for their childhood homes, their firesides, the honor of their ancestors, their loved ones, their own native land.”
Mr. Carr’s theme is defense of a the homeland. When the War broke out, the concept of a United States, ruled by a strong federal government, was less accepted than it is today. Many people in the South saw it as a failed experiment. Slavery was an important issue in the decision to secede, along with economic matters that do not get twenty first century people worked up. Slavery is not mentioned in the 1913 speech.
“Of the students and alumni of the University of North Carolina, about 1800 entered the Confederate army … . The University had in the service 1 lieutenant-general, 4 major-generals, 13 brigadier-[page break 8] generals, 71 colonels, 30 lieutenant-colonels, 65 majors, 46 adjutants, 71 surgeons, 254 captains, 161 lieutenants, 38 non-commissioned officers and about 1000 privates. I regard it as eminently appropriate to refer briefly at his point to the magnificent showing made by our state in the military service of the Confederacy. … The entire Confederate loss on the battlefield was 74,524, of which North Carolina’s share was 19,673, or more than one-fourth; 59, 297 died of disease, and of these, 20,602 were North Carolinians.”
“And I dare to affirm this day, that if every State of the South had done what North Carolina did without a murmer [sic], always faithful to its duty whatever the groans of the victims, there never would have been an Appomatox[sic]; Grant would have followed Meade and Pope; Burnside, Hooker, McDowell and McClellan, and the political geography of America would have been re-written.”
There are three other noteworthy quotes in the speech. “Even the great Northern universities – Harvard, Yale and Princeton – furnished quotas of soldiers for the Confederate ranks. From Harvard came 257, of whom 58 were killed in battle and 12 died in the service, and in this large list appear 8 brigadier-generals and 5 major-generals. Of the graduates and students of Yale, 48 entered the Confederate service, and of these 8 were killed in battle or succumbed to disease. At Princeton 55 men left the University, early in 1861, to enter the Confederate service, and from the somewhat incomplete records of that University it appears that a considerable percentage of these young men were killed in battle, or died from disease.”
“Permit me to refer at this point to a pleasing incident in which that distinguished son of the South, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, had the leading part. A year or two ago diplomas were given by our University to all the students who had interrupted their studies to enter the military service of the Confederacy. Mr. Wilson, then President of Princeton University delivered these diplomas. One man only of the Class [handwritten – that Matriculated in 1862] wearing the Confederate uniform, came forward to receive that highly prized token. It was the humble individual who now addresses you. At the dinner, later in the day, Professor Wilson greeted me with the remark that in many years nothing had so much touched and warmed his heart as the sight of that Confederate uniform.”
The speech went on and on, and sounded much like any other memorial. Once again, it should be noted that defense of the homeland received much more notice than a defense of slavery. The speech ended with these words: “In the knowledge of subsequent developments, the progress, peace and prosperity of our united, common country, victor and vanquished now alike believe that in the Providence of God it was right and well that the issue was determined as it was. And the people of all sections of our great Republic, moved by the impulse of sincere and zealous loyalty, of fervent and exalted patriotism may say: “All is well that ends well.”
“Again, dear Daughters of the Confederacy, I thank you in the name of the eighteen hundred brave, loyal, patriotic, home-loving young student soldiers who went out from this grand old University to battle for our Southern rights and Southern liberties, five hundred of whom never came back. God bless every one of you, and every Daughter of the Confederacy in our dear Southland.”
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Coat Of Many Colors
PG saw a story, and thought about the song, “Coat of many colors”. The b side was by Porter Wagoner, “Coat of many sequins”. COMC is about a woman who is too poor to buy her little girl a coat at the store, so she makes a quilt. The other kids make fun of her, but little Dolly knows that the coat is really made of love.
The song talks about a story in the Bible. PG had heard about the story, but didn’t remember the details. He must have been daydreaming in Sunday School when that story was taught. With the help of google, Genesis 37 appears, as if by magic. Pass the popcorn.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age:
and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Ok, hold on for a minute. Israel had at least two wives. The Biblical definition of marriage must be between a man and two women.
The story gets a bit weird here. Joseph has this dream, where he becomes the boss hog brother. The other brothers decide something needs to be done, that Joseph needs to die. Reuben tries to help Joseph, and has a plan to save him. Joseph is stripped of the coat of many colors, and placed in a pit, with no water. Before Reuben can sneak Joseph out of the pit, a camel caravan comes by. Twenty pieces of silver change hands, and Joseph is sold into slavery. The brothers decide to pull a cover up, and make it look like Joseph was dead. Reuben made another sandwich.
31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said,
This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him;
Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted;
and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
This feature was originally posted in 2012. The pictures, from The Library of Congress, are 6 years older. Dolly Parton is 6 years younger.
Are Racist/Racism Obsolete?
Dear White People, Please Stop Pretending Reverse Racism Is Real ~ I Drink Too Much, But It Isn’t About The Alcohol, It’s About The Sex ~ 15 states side with Nevada in drugmaker delay of execution ~ Nevada death-row inmate on legal delays: ‘Just get it done’ ~ race scene ~ Incitement to Violence Is Not Limited to Trump ~ is your brain a democratic or republican ~ r or d link ~ we don’t hate you ~ i would rather go through starbucks and the swimming pool three times a year than be white and weigh 400 pounds ~ @chamblee54 .@JohnHMcWhorter .@GlennLoury .@jordanbpeterson 1-What are your preferred pronouns? 2-I re-wrote how to in my own style. I chose to say you’re instead of you. 3-Are racist/racism obsolete? Has meaning expanded to point where those words are useless? ~ There was a folk saying about pigs earlier in this thread. ~ I recently had a facebook encounter with some self described socialists. When I wrote about it in my blog, I included this:You should never wrestle with a hog. You will get dirty, and the pig will enjoy himself. Later, there was this: “Did you just call us pigs in your horribly designed blog” ~ I didn’t go to Aspen as a negro ~ I would rather go through starbucks and the swimming pool three times a year than be white and weigh 400 pounds ~ Dread Singles Classique ~ Mike Pence ~ Roseanne Cash ~ rock and roll fueds ~ Chrissy Teigen Shares Her Secret To Having Gone Her ‘Entire Life Without Saying The N-Word’ With Nonblack Folks Struggling To Do So ~ This makes me sad to see A few weeks ago you were quitting drinking, but now you are a mess again. This little speech makes you look petty and asshole-ish That last line … “I need an enema today”… is more true than you think ~ ac ~ Robert Wright on Marshall McLuhan, Joe Rogan, and Jordan Peterson ~ Edinburgh festival 2018: the 10 best jokes ~ These were voted the worst jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival “This vodka is drunk by the rapper Sean Combs. P Diddy? Only when he drank a whole bottle.” ~ foods that fight heart attack ~ circle ~ Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald No country’s political class, except maybe Israel’s – maybe – exploits and trivializes anti-semitism accusations for cheap political gain as brazenly, cynically and recklessly as the British political class does ~ demolitions ~ makeup lies ~ incels ~ orwellian ~ @jvn Not all republicans are racist. Just like not all democrars are evil, we have to stop demonizing eachother. Unless you’re actually racist then you suck, Trump is Racist – not all his voters are necessarily we gotta remember we are all in this together. ~ Crazy Rude Asian? Seemingly Drunk Porsche Employee Gets Fired for Running Black Folks Out of Atlanta Lounge ~ contra points This video has an interesting point of view. FWIW, some people use *Becky* as a generic insult for *some* white women. I have seen *Chad* used to describe the male counterpart of *Becky*. And now, I learn that certain incels use Chad as a generic term for a man who gets laid, presumably with women. ~ ted talk on depression ~ Shawn Kruzan ~ Mr. White Chocolate ~ rock star philosophy ~ Trump and the N Word ~ outrage is helping trump ~ woke washing ~ Rupaul likes to say we are born naked, and the rest is drag. It turns out he stole that line from a drag queen at the Sweet Gum Head. ~ Something is wrong with america when ________ does _____ and _______ happens, while _______ does _______ and _______ happens. Something far worse is wrong with america when people get mad because of that so-called logic. ~ Democrats … Stacey Abrams Don’t Owe You Jack … I would prefer Miss Abrams to Mr. Kemp. ~ I am concerned about the followers of Miss Abrams. I am also concerned that anything she says to fire up her own base will have the effect of alienating Republicans. Barack Obama was able to walk this tightrope and get elected. It remains to be seen if Miss Abrams can. ~ @SlavojTweezek So after the recent allegations that Trump used the N word on multiple occasions, do you regret saying you would have voted for him? Ž : No, come on, such bullshit, you know! Trump can’t even pronounce the word, you know, “nihilist”. ~ ” exploits and trivializes _____ accusations for cheap political gain as brazenly, cynically and recklessly ” Is it worse than racism talk in the USA, by everyone with a facebook account? ~ concept of people expressing their toughness via generous distribution of obnoxious opinions, & name calling people who do not share your passion for these ideas is valued more by giver than receiver ~ @tunaofthesky #MyTwitterEpiphany People say things with their thumbs they’d never dare say with their mouths ~ pictures are from The Library of Congress. ~ here is the poem from last night at java monkey:
#imnotmissingsexbutt moderation ~ my lotion budget shot up to the sky
how do you turn up a phone vibration ~ apple pie puts a twinkle in my eye
all the cold showers are getting wetter ~ poodle wags puffy tail and i follow
eyesight of stevie wonder is better ~ dentist told me to spit and i swallow
why do i keep running out of kleenex ~ all that i seem to be bouncin’ are checks
tweet with one hand while starchin’ my socks ~ wobbly machine at the laundromat rocks
made uber driver take bumpy ride home ~ this trailer hitch has way too much chrome ~ selah
#NationalTellAJokeDay
What bird doesn’t build a nest ? A cuckoo cause it lives in a clock.
A penguin walks in to a bar and says to the barman, have you seen my brother?
Batman says I don’t know, what’s he look like?
I saw this wino; he was eating grapes. It’s like ‘Dude! You have to wait!’
What do u call a girl who lives on top of a house? RUTH
Helium walks into a bar Bartender asks, “What will you have?” Helium did not react.
A Hasidic Jew with a frog on his shoulder walks into a bar.
Bartender: “where’d you get that?” Frog: “Brooklyn. There’s hundreds of them.”
We were up all night wondering where the Sun had gone, then it dawned on us
Do you know what a pink birds favorite game is?? FlaBINGO
An upset cannibal threw up his arms….
Knock! Knock! Who’s there? Control Freak. Con—Okay, now you say, “Control Freak who?”
Why do cows wear bells? Because their horns dont work
Knock, knock, Who’s there? Spitamish Spitamish who?
*Proceeds to spit on other persons shoe*
Q: Why couldn’t the leopard play hide and seek? A: Because he was always spotted.
How many abstract artists does it take to change a lightbulb? Fish
What’s the difference between a hooker and a drug dealer?
A hooker can wash her crack and resell it
What did the baby corn say to its mom? Where’s my pop corn?
What does a panda use to fry eggs? A pan. Duh.
What did Charles Dickens keep in his spice rack? The best of thymes, the worst of thymes…
Teacher: “Kids, what does the chicken give you?” Student: “Meat!”
“What does the pig give you?” “Bacon!” “What does the fat cow give you?” “Homework!”
My ex-wife still misses me…but her aim is gettin’ better!
What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple?… 1/2 a worm!
The kitten was having trouble watching her Blu-Ray. Turns out she just had the movie on paws.
There were 2 cats looking into a bird cage.
First cat: “That’s not a canary. It’s green!” Second cat: “I don’t know, maybe it’s not ripe yet”
I never wanted to believe my Dad was stealing from his job as a road worker …
But when I got home, all the signs were there
A man went into an auto parts store. “Can I get a new gas cap for a Yugo?”
The clerk thought for a second and said, “That seems like a fair trade.
Did you hear about the guy who got fired from his job at the door factory?
Yep, he just couldn’t get a handle on it.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
August 16
This morning brought the sad news about Aretha Franklin. The lady was a national treasure. It is tough to imagine the United States without the Queen of Soul. Rest in Peace.
August 16 has been a busy day for the grim reaper. In 1977, Elvis Presley met his maker August 16, 1977. Other famous people to die on August 16 include Robert Johnson, 1938, Babe Ruth, 1948, Margaret Mitchell, 1949, Bela Lugosi, 1956, and Idi Amin, 2003.
As a partial replacement for Elvis and Aretha, Madonna was born August 16, 1958. Other births on August 16 include T. E. Lawrence, 1988, Charles Bukowski, 1920, Fess Parker, 1924, Eydie Gormé, 1928, and Julie Newmar, 1933
August 16 “is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.” On August 16, 1858, “U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.” Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Indicate Weakness
bad behavior ~ Tsutomu Yamaguchi ~ 21-year-old man ID’d as victim in shooting outside DeKalb County restaurant Levester Taylor ~ jaco pastorius ~ GBI investigating officer-involved shooting at rail yard ~ how to ~ ‘The Nation’ Apologizes for Publishing Poem With ‘Disparaging and Ableist’ Language ~ apology ~ A poet published a poem. There was a controversy. The poet pinned an apology to his twitter feed. Here is a blackout poem based on that apology. ~ poem talk ~ slippery slope ~ cottonmouth ~ copperheads ~ Black Conservative Comes Unglued When Michael Eric Dyson Won’t Bow And Scrape To Her ~ mckenna and dick ~ dick download ~ alpharetta church party ~ tyler mahan coe @BethLynch2020 I remember when the argument was… “deplatforming Milo will only make him more popular.” Where’s Milo, again? @chamblee54 Who said that about Milo? I don’t remember hearing that. Do you have any screen shots or links? @BethLynch2020 I’m busy. ~ @BethLynch2020 I’m busy. ~ philip k. dick meets g-d ~ The Death of the Author and the End of Empathy ~ Customer and worker brawl inside Brooklyn salon ~ We Jews Must Resist Assimilating Into the Whiteness Pushed by Trump and Netanyahu ~ Why the Left Is So Afraid of Jordan Peterson ~ A Lovingkindness Meditation ~ The Jesus of History versus the Christ of Faith ~ witch hunt thread ~ mother david ~ burroughs archive ~ Democratic Socialism Threatens Minorities ~ goldberg on jeong ~ the problem with twitter ~ kimmel and kayne ~ Ingraham rant ~ jason kessler/npr ~ Black Lives Matter-D.C. Condemns ‘Fake’ BLM Group That Shared Stage With Trump Supporters ~ Hawk Newsome, President of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York ~ kessler on npr ~ Morning edition 08-10-18 ~ more kessler ~ james casey ~ dui ~ d.f. wallace interview ~ Precious Okoyomon on finding poetry in everything ~ SOCIAL MEDIA WAS A MISTAKE ~ tcb ~ An open letter to the internet. The election for Governor of Georgia, between @staceyabrams and @BrianKempGA, is starting to heat up. Georgia voters are getting a lot of *help* in deciding which of these two candidates to vote for. ~ gramscian marxism ~ There is a flag, a man, a shirt, a pair of pants, and a dog tag. Which one do you want one of? ~ You should not use the phrase “bunch of pussies” to indicate weakness. The vagina is the strongest organ in the human body. ~ First They Came for the people who recite First They Came ~ The spell check suggestion for ableist is stable. ~ I have an idea. we should always substitute *asshat* for *racist* just call out bad behavior, and don’t worry if it is because you are _______ and the other person is ________ ~ @schadenfraade Q: How many performatively woke leftists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Google it. It’s not my job to educate you. ~ @PunsWorId I got an email from Google Earth saying it can “read maps backwards” and I thought: “That’s just spam.” ~ No matter how bad things are right now, no matter how stuck you feel, no matter how many days you’ve spent crying, no matter how many days you’ve spent wishing things were different, no matter how hopeless and depressed you feel, I promise you won’t feel this way forever ~ Kbanitoplaya Sorry i don’t speak English i use translator. I’m scort service $$$ piersgavestonjr i don’t speak escortish ~ pictures are from The Library of Congress. ~ poem from last night at java monkey:
go down the foggy ruin of time control ~ know too much to argue on the breeze
gave her my heart but she wanted your soul ~ peeking through a keyhole upon her knees
oh my god am I under seduction ~ you’re an idiot younger than that now
abraham kill me a son production ~ go away from my window you’re a cow
never buy your soul back when its rotten ~ can’t help it if I’m lucky in crime
don’t tell her what i think is forgotten ~ she can look me up if she’s got the time
can’t help it if I’m lucky in crime ~ take the night time paint the daytime black
she can look me up if she’s got the time ~ an trophy artist they don’t look back
take the nighttime paint the daytime black ~ don’t tell her what i think is forgotten
an trophy artist they don’t look back ~ never buy your soul back when its rotten ~ selah
Racism Double Feature
There was a comment thread on facebook. Here is the comment that started it. “I have a Facebook friend, who is a black Trump supporter, who says he doesn’t care “if he’s racist or not.” I don’t know what to think about that. Maybe there are a few of my black friends who can help me with that?” There were a lot of comments, which is not surprising. Race, and not liking Donald Trump, are two popular topics of conversation.
The conversation started with a link to When Someone Says They Still Support Trump, I Instantly Know 6 Things About Them. The six items, with a parenthetical summary, are: 1. You want to be ruled, not governed (authoritarianism,) 2. You are not someone I would trust to do business with (business ethics,) 3. You’re either a racist or an enabler of racists (racism,) 4. You have issues with women (misogyny,) 5. You aren’t quite as “Christian” as you claim to be (religious exploitation,) 6. You are anti-constitution (respect for rule of law,)
While those six items are more or less true about Mr. Trump, it is a stretch to say they apply to anyone who supports the man. (Many of these character traits are present in people who don’t like Mr. Trump, especially authoritarianism.) What is disturbing to PG is the way that racial attitudes dominates the conversation. This is a problem in a lot of ways. The obsession with screaming racist helped Mr. Trump get elected. Insulting potential voters is not a good campaign strategy.
There seems to be a national verdict that Donald J. Trump is a racist. A non compliant racial attitude is worse than authoritarianism, crookedness, and mental instability. If you are white, and you question this orthodoxy, then you are a racist. If you are black, and don’t believe without question, then you are asking to be insulted.
The Trump-is-racist meme follows a cynical decision to make Mr. Trump’s racial attitudes a campaign issue. The best evidence cited is a 1973 complaint, involving discrimination in renting apartments. Other evidence… attacks on nationalities, attacks on religious groups, support of unseemly white people … utilize an elastic definition of racism. Others disagree.
There was a comment: Martin C Ezeonu “Lol… I don’t like Trump cuz he is an asshole. On the other hand we know exactly where there country stands now because of him. This country is still racist as hell. these past years nobody addressed is just politicians smartly covering it up. But now to move forward something has to give. And I like that. Let people stop being deceived. Don’t care if he is racist or not I like the fact that he is not a politician and couldn’t play the game. That’s why both parties want him out.”
Mr. Ezeonu is from Nigeria. He might have little in common with most African Americans, other that his skin tone. That is all many people see. People fail to appreciate the amazing diversity in today’s African America. In the comments, Mr. Exeonu was called an idiot, mentally ill, and many other things. Not agreeing with a national consensus is dangerous.
Mr. Trump has numerous problems. In the list of six things, we see authoritarian tendencies, and ethical shortcomings. Many feel the Democrats made a mistake by screaming racist, instead of focusing on his shady business practices. Many white people were alienated by this campaign tactic. After the Trump victory, many black people feel alienated by his election. The race situation gets worse and worse. Saying that Donald Trump is a racist does not help.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. This is a repost.
One of the touted TED talks in the weekly email is Color blind or color brave? It is by Mellody Hobson, a POC in the investment business. It is the standard call to talk more about race. Talk, talk, talk, and talk some more. The word listen is not used.
At the 3:13 mark, Mrs. Hobson makes a remarkable statement. “Now I know there are people out there who will say that the election of Barack Obama meant that it was the end of racial discrimination for all eternity, right?” (Yes, this is a TED talk.) It is possible that someone has said that. There are also people who say the earth is flat.
PG asked Mr. Google about this. The top two results are about the TED talk. The third result is an article in Forbes magazine, Racism In America Is Over. It is written by John McWhorter, one of the “black guys at Bloggingheads.tv.” Dr. McWhorter does say racism is over, sort of. The problems that remain are a lot worse. Too much food for thought, for a population with intellectual bulimia.
There is a quote in the Forbes article that is pure gold. “When decrying racism opens no door and teaches no skill, it becomes a schoolroom tattletale affair. It is unworthy of all of us: “He’s just a racist” intoned like “nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!””
There are a lot more results. PG is getting tired of looking. If you want to see for yourself, google “the election of Barack Obama meant that it was the end of racial discrimination for all eternity.” Except for a rogue title editor at Forbes, almost nobody has said that. This is a repost. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Flapper Valve
The commode in the back bathroom was not working. I usually don’t use this facility, and had put off taking a look. When I took the lid off, and took a test flush, the flapper valve floated off to one side. The water was not collecting in the tank. This is a problem.
Like most reasonable people, I don’t like to work on toilets. I usually screw things up, and make them worse than before. The potential for getting hurt is there. Finally, I took a deep breath, and found a video about how to do this. It seemed pretty simple. The pipe next to the flapper has two pegs on it. The flapper has two holes, one on each side, that fit over the two pegs.
The only troubling detail was the fact that the commode to be fixed did not have mounting pegs, on the pipe. It was an older model, and the flapper was attached to the piple with a flexible rubber flap. This was going to be a problem.
After a trip to the store, to purchase a new flapper, the work started. Yes, a closer examination of the pipe did not reveal any mounting pegs. Maybe if I secure the flapper in place, then it would not float away. I took an old bicycle inner tube, cut off about 9″. I wrapped the tubing around the base of the pipe, on top of the flapper flapper. The 9″ of inner tube was held in place with a cable tie. This did not work. The good news is cutting the cable tie off, and not my finger.
Maybe what I needed to do was take off the old school flapper, take it to a store, and see if they had one. To do this, I had to remove the flapper. To remove the flapper, I had to take a bracket off the pipe. The bracket had two little holes in it. Originally, there was a pin that went through those holes to the flapper. When you flushed, a that pin went up, and the pin pulled the flapper up. The pin is long gone, but the bracket remains. Unfortunately, this metal part has been underwater for 64 years. It was not going to come off. Searching for the funny shaped screwdriver was of little use.
The next plan was to hold the flapper flapper in place, with a cable tie only. This cable tie was 8″ long, and had a few inches left over, after wrapping it around the 1″ pipe. Wrapping this around the base of the pipe did not work, until I noticed 2 holes in the side of the flapper. These holes are in the same location as the holes on the modern flapper, which you can put over the pegs on the pipe. What would happen if you twisted the cable tie, so that the leftover cable tie formed a psuedo peg, which you then thread the flapper hole through? And then you attach another cable tie to the pipe, positioning the leftover cable tie to the other side, and stick this leftover cable tie through the other flapper hole. When you turn on the water, and flush the toilet, this works. Sometimes you do more good than harm. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Jason Kessler On NPR
Alt-Right whiz kid Jason Kessler appeared on National Public Radio this morning. Nobody looks good in this episode. The interviewer was arrogant and dismissive. Mr. Kessler spouted nonsense about freedom of speech. If other groups organize to support themselves, white people should to. This line of reasoning has a two-wrongs-make-a-right feel to it. If black people behave badly to promote their cause, then white people should be able to do the same.
Noel King, the NPR dude, asked Mr. Kessler “What are the differences between races?” and “Do you think white people are smarter than black people?” These are not a good questions for a white supremacist. You are inviting him to spew out nonsense, and Mr. Kessler does not disappoint. There was talk about iq studies, most of which are discredited. What was not mentioned are the sociological differences. When multiple populations live apart from one another, there are going to be differences.
After getting a stupid answer, to a stupid question, Mr. King snaps back with “You don’t sound like someone who wants to unite people when you say something like that, you sound like someone who wants to tick people off.” “Kessler shot back , “Well, you sound like someone who doesn’t respect science.!” Can’t we just get along?
“… NPR transitioned to an interview with a Black Lives Matter activist, a setup implying that white supremacists and people advocating for racial justice are two sides of the same coin.” NPR made a curious choice, with Hawk Newsome, President of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York. “The Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists that shared the stage with Donald Trump supporters at the “Mother of All Rallies” on Saturday are a “fake” imitation that “does not share our principles, politics, or values,” according to the movement’s official chapter in Washington, D.C. … By the end of the event, news cameras had captured images of Trump fans — and their children — posing for pictures alongside activists from an organization called Black Lives Matter of Greater New York (BLM-NY). That scenario has created confusion for those unable to differentiate between BLM knockoff groups and official BLM chapters. “We don’t want handouts; we don’t want anything that’s yours,” Hawk Newsome, President of BLM-NY, told the crowd of mostly Trump supporters gathered on the National Mall. “We want our God-given right to freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
@DMVBlackLives “.@nycDSA FYI @BLMGreaterNY is NOT part of @Blklivesmatter and does NOT share our principles, politics, or values.” Why did NPR choose Hank Newsome to represent the “BLM side”? Chamblee54 found this information in less than a minute on google. Pictures for today’s entertainment are from The Library of Congress.
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