Tupperware
It is another morning. Get up, do a few gentle exercises, stumble into the kitchen, make the first part of breakfast, go back to my room. Turn the computer on, take out my medications. Since two of the meds are out, I walk across the room. There is a shelf with pills waiting to be taken. It turns out I have, for some reason, a double supply of my blood pressure meds. It is the time of year when I need to see the doctor. She will think of something to fuss at me about, and spoil my day. Since I have a six month supply of things, I can put this unpleasant duty for a while.
Sunday does not, under any circumstances, include going to church. It does include taking a reading on the water meter. I have had my issues with the county water department. It pays to take a weekly meter reading. This week was within reasonable usage, so we move on.
Twitter and facebook, the midget mannequins of the apocalypse, are full of cheerful commentary about our antichrist POTUS. I am just sitting back, taking it all in. It does seem to give Mr. Biden an advantage in the upcoming election. Whatever g-d chooses to do with the orange haired idiot is fine with me. I would, however, prefer not to let VPOTUS have a chance at playing world leader.
I took the transcripts of the debate, and broke it down into ten beat lines. The next step is to retrofit the lines into couplets, and create poems. Breaking down the transcript was triggering. POTUS interrupted, lied, shouted down, and generally acted like a total asshole. It brought back unpleasant memories of jousting with verbally incontinent bullies. After this wrestling match with a hog, the entire country was dirty. The pig enjoyed himself.
People obsessed with Donnie’s racial attitudes are missing the point. The president is a crook, a liar, and a fuckup. Maybe he is a racist, maybe not. Unfortunately, many people thing a man’s racial attitudes are a good reason to hate him. Me, when I hear someone call president Trump a racist, I realize that this same person probably calls me a racist. I hate feeling solidarity with Donald Trump, but these social justice wankers are forcing me to.
Breakfast began with mandarin oranges, and canned cherries, left over from yesterday. Every other day, I open a can of each, pour the juice in my tea, and put half the can in a bowl. The other half goes in a jar, waiting for the next day. This was a jar morning.
Two Tupperware containers are waiting for me. Yesterday, I cut up potatoes, washed some turnip greens, and put them in the steamer. I remembered to cut down the heat, after it started to boil. After a half hour, I have a delicious breakfast for two days.
The Tupperware #250 Millionaire Line is a marvel of Eisenhower era plastics. This container is clear plastic, 3.5″ tall and 4″ round. The plastic is .16″ thick, and utterly indestructible. This product was bought at a Tupperware party.
“After World War II, (Earl Silas) Tupper received a block of polyethylene from DuPont, which was hoping plastics manufacturers would invent peacetime uses for the new material the company had developed during the war. Tupper tinkered with his molding machines for months. DuPont had added fillers to the polyethylene to firm it up and it was difficult to mold. Tupper asked DuPont for some pure polyethylene pellets instead. They were skeptical, but after much trial and error, Tupper produced the first of his Tupperware bowls.”
“Tupper started marketing his products as giveaways with cigarettes. Eventually they made it into department stores. He even opened a showroom on Fifth Avenue in New York. His Tupperware “wonderbowl” — with its patented burping seal — won design prizes. He advertised widely. But he wasn’t doing very well financially.”
“The person who transformed Tupperware into a marketing empire was Brownie Wise — a single mother with no formal business training. She had started selling huge quantities of Tupperware at home parties, and when Earl Tupper noticed the sales figures in 1951, he invited her to visit Massachusetts. The result: he decided to sell Tupperware exclusively through home parties and to make Wise his company’s vice president and head of all sales.”
It worked well, until it didn’t. Mr, Tupper fired Ms. Wise, and sold the company. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
2019 Homicide Statistics
Crime in the U.S. 2019 has been issued. It is more statistics about crime than you could consume in a lifetime. This blog published reports on these numbers for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Expanded Homicide Data Table 1 is the source of homicide statistics. These numbers are broken down by race, gender, ethnicity, and other factors. (Hispanic or latino, known here as hispanic, is considered an ethnicity, rather than a race. Hispanic people are included in racial breakdowns according to their race.) In 2019, there were 13,927 homicide victims. The gender breakdown is 10,908 male (78%), 2991 female (21%), and 28 unknown (.2%).
Quick facts, from the U.S. Census Bureau, is the source of population numbers. On July 1, 2019, there were 328,239,523 people in the United States. White people were 76.3% (252,087,953), and black people were 13.4% (43,984,096). Hispanic people were 18.5% (60,724,311).
2019 homicide victims break down into white 5,787, black 7,484, other race 434, and unknown race 422. Hispanics are counted separately, and had 2,193 victims. If you divide the number of homicide victims by the population, you get the number of homicide victims per million (vpm). The overall population lost 42.4 vpm. For white people, there were 22.9 vpm. For black people, there were 170.1 vpm. For hispanic people, there were 36.5 vpm.
50.8% of the population is female, according to the census bureau. We will use this 50.8/49.2 breakdown in this next section, even though there are indications that the percent of females is higher for black people. The gender breakdown overall is 10,908 male (78%), 2991 female (21%), and 28 unknown (.2%). The male/female ratio for homicides is, for white people, male 4,026 (69%), and female 1,759 (30%). For black people, it is male 6,446 (86%), and female 1,035 (14 %). For hispanics, it is male 1,768 (80%), and female 425 (19%).
On a per capita basis, overall, males had 67.7 vpm, with females losing 18.0 vpm. White males had 32.4 vpm, with white females losing 13.7 vpm. Black males had 306.9 vpm, with black females losing 47.0 vpm. Hispanic males had 60.9 vpm, with hispanic females losing 14.1 vpm.
The numbers are down from 2018. 2018 had 14,123 homicide victims (w 6,088, b 7,407, h 2,173). 2019 had 13,927 homicide victims (w 5,787, b 7,484, h 2,193). This is with an overall population increase of 1,072,089. Most of the other numbers were lower in 2019.
The Washington Post reports 999 people shot dead by police in 2019. The breakdown: White 404, Black 250, Hispanic 163. (Using these numbers for comparison may be tricky. The FBI groups Hispanics into White/Black/Other as appropriate, while WAPO considers Hispanics to be a separate racial category.) If you divide the WAPO number by the total number of victims, you get a killed-by-police percentage. Overall, this is 999/13,927 = 7.1%. For White people, this is 404/5787 = 6.9%. For Black people, this is 250/7484 = 3.3%. For Hispanics, this is 163/2193 = 7.4%.
Learning Curve
I am still trying to figure out the new WordPress thing. The tried and true method is to write text, add pictures, and see what happens.
A key step is adding links. For years, I have made the links in my template. I have the code, with zzz for the url and xxx for the text that will appear in the post. It is a handy system, that has served me well over the years. Will this code work in the new editor?
I was looking through my old posts, with the intention of finding old text to recirculate. I soon got tired of that, and decided to write something fresh. One of the old posts was titled Page 43. It is a writing prompt. Take a book, go to page 43, and write about the first sentence. The book for today’s exercise is Skinny Legs and All, by Tom Robbins.
“Hand in hand, she short, he tall, she bouncy, he lame, they walked along the stream.” Boomer Petway and his bride, Ellen Cherry Charles Petway, were walking towards a cave. They were going to have a picnic lunch, after eating dessert first. They brought with them a can of beans, and a silver dessert spoon. The spoon was probably not involved in the pre-meal festivities. Once they commence to celebrating their young marriage, Ellen Cherry feels the need to cry out Jezebel.
“Hand’ in hand’, she short’, he tall’, she bounc,’-y, he’ lame, they’ walked a’long the’ stream.” The sentence has an iambic beat. The first ten beats would make a great line for a poem. Not only does it score high on the meter meter, but it ends in EE. This vowel sound is very common at the end of words. Rhyme zone has 1518 results the EE sound.
Getting back to the new editor, this is causing brain damage. If you go to the menu, and select “All Posts,” you will see a list of the most recent posts. Under each post, you can choose “Edit,” which is pretty obvious. Next to that is “Classic Editor.” Apparently, I can start the post in the new window, close it, and finish it using the classic editor. However, WordPress is making noise about dumping the classic editor altogether, so it would be better to learn the new system. It is a bit of a challenge.
The first step is to add a link, to see if that works. The old code for links works here. The only difference between the old code, and the new, is about twenty characters added onto the new code. Eventually, I can update the template, but for now the old code can be recycled. That can be a real problem when repeating an old post.
The next step is to add pictures. This is absolutely essential to the look of chamblee54. If you google the question, you will get some conflicting answers. Finally, I clicked on the blue plus sign, which lets you add a block. This is, after all, called the block editor. There appear to be some toys to play with, after I get used to this thing.
Before I reinvent chamblee54, I need to get this learning curve post up. If you go into the “Media” blocks, you will see something called “Stacked.” This will enable you to download pictures. The code looks a bit different. It is tougher to work with.
It was looking good for a while. Maybe I should have just inserted the text, and gone on. Instead, I kept pushing buttons, and screwed something up. The pictures are now set off to the right of the border by about 24 pixels, and rub over the lists of details beside the picture space. I can’t tell if it was like that all along, or if I put it there by accident. I am going to start another post, and see if it works better this time. I may wind up going with the classic editor anyway.
One more try with the pictures was the correct move. I was pushing this and that button, and trumped everything up. The text works well, give or take a tweak or two. This post is going to go on the internet, and maybe somebody will read it.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. These pictures that were edited in 2016. Chamblee54 has written about Skinny Legs and All before. (one two three)
New Regime
The day started out like many others. Get up, do human being stuff, and settle in for the day. One thing I try to do is put something up on the blog every day. Often, it is reruns of things I have previously posted. Today is no different.
It is pretty basic. You find an old post. Right click on the edit tab, and open it in a new window. Then you open a window for a new post. This is where it got complicated today.
For months, WordPress has been warning me that a new editor was coming. Based on previous experience with new editors, I stuck to the classic editor. Today, the classic editor is not available.
Anybody that works with machines is familiar with the new edition experience. You have to learn all over again. Some things will be easier. Some things will be impossible. Features that you took for granted are no longer there. You don’t know what you have until it is gone.
The only thing to do is write a post, and try to figure out the new editor. This is done without human assistance. You can scroll through a forum, or try to decipher some instructions. Mostly, it is open menus, and look. The first step is to write text, and mark it up.
The next step is finding pictures. Photographs, and graphic poems, are an essential part of chamblee54. I honestly don’t know how I am going to add photographs to this.
I try to add photographs. You have to insert one picture at a time. The instructions are useless. Finally, I hit publish by mistake. I go to a menu, and look up the post to edit. It gives me the option of editing in the classic editor. I take this option. This is enough brain damage for one day.
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Measuring Racism
PG hears the word “racist” tossed casually so much, he suspects it has lost it’s meaning. Dictionary definitions are of little use. The meaning of the word depends on who is saying it.
The modest suggestion here is for a seven point scale to measure racism. Zero would be totally colorblind, and six would be metaphysical hate. For the sake of simplicity, this scale, in the beginning, will only apply to white-black relations in the United States.
The model for this is the Kinsey scale. In his books on human sexuality, Dr. Kinsey described a seven point scale. Zero was totally heterosexual, and six was totally homosexual.
PG does not have a clue how to write a test for this scale, or how to score this test. White people see racism differently than black people. White people are affected by racism in different ways than black people. Different cultures view racism in different ways.
How would PG score on this scale? He has black friends and black enemies. Certain parts of black culture are enjoyable, and certain parts make him want to turn the radio off.
PG does not like people that do not like PG. When it is us against them, you need to remember which one you are. How does this register on this racism scale? It depends on who does the judging.
This is a repost. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. These images are from “… a collection of images of downtown Atlanta streets that were taken before the viaduct construction of 1927 – 1929. Later, some of the covered streets became part of Underground Atlanta.” The renovation at Underground never stops.
Subtle Ways
Facebook has a feature called “watch.” It is a symbol at the top of the page, which is sometimes advertised with a red marker. If you click on the symbol, you are encouraged to watch videos.
The Subtle Way to F**k with Racists – James Davis, with the uncensored f word, was the top video saturday. PG considers the r word to be hate speech, and complained about the video. The evil empire soon replied that the video did not qualify as unsuitable.
The Subtle Way … is a comedy routine. It starts off with some commentary on riots. It is not until 2:26 that we get to the “Subtle Way.” Since copyright protection is real, this will be paraphrased.
After the rioters are finished looting, the comedian goes to the vehicles of “racist people.” He peels the sticker off the license plate. He is not going to (expletive) property, he is going to (expletive) you. You are going to go to the DMV, because Black Lives Matter. After you get back from the DMV, your vehicle gets keyed. The audience laughs repeatedly. They are not worried about their vehicles.
Having “your shit” keyed is not subtle. This is probably someone the performer has never met. The comedian does not say how he knows they are racist. Even if this is a “racist people,” that does not justify malicious damage to property. This is what Facebook is encouraging.
The next “Subtle Way” involves breaking and entering. The comedian is going to break into the house of the policeman. They will break in, take “they best wine,” and put it in the freezer. When the officers wife goes to get the wine, there will be an unpleasant surprise. Meanwhile, the comedian is going to hide in the bushes outside, and yell “N***a.” Facebook, and Comedy Central Stand-Up, think this is a good idea. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Who Is Telling The Truth?
As you may have heard, a grand jury presented its findings in the death of Breonna Taylor. Unlike many of the current shouters, I listened to the presentation by Attorney General Daniel Cameron. While his report is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate, it did make two important points.
The police did knock, and announce themselves. Breonna Taylor was not asleep in bed. Ms. Taylor was standing in the hall. If Ms. Taylor had indeed been in bed, she might not have been hit by gunfire. Again, this assumes that the authorities are telling the truth.
The Tatum Report is a youtube channel. Officer Tatum has a investigative report about the Taylor shooting. I have been skeptical about this report. It turns out the Louisville Courier-Journal published excerpts from the same report August 25. UPDATE: Here is the 39 page report.
I was looking at a facebook discussion. Someone said that a body was found in a vehicle rented by Breonna Taylor. This seemed a bit far fetched. I googled it. This came up. This story is from a CBS affiliated TV station, not a youtube channel.
“The documents also alleged that back in 2016, the body of Fernandez Bowman was found in a car rented by Breonna Taylor. When LMPD detectives arrived at Taylor’s home to question her, (Jamarcus) Glover was there. Taylor told the detectives she did not know Bowman, that she had been dating Glover for several months and that she had let him drive the rental car. She also gave detectives her phone number, which was a number that Glover was still using as recently as February of this year, according to the documents. That homicide victim was the brother of Damarius Bowman, one of Glover’s “associates” who has been arrested with Glover numerous times, the report stated.”
WKYT mentions these documents appearing in the Courier-Journal. Another source has a .pdf of another Courier-Journal article, which will be used as a source of quotes below. For some reason, the cached Courier-Journal story does not include the “body in the rented car” item.
Before going further, we should note a few things. This was a preliminary report, that was leaked to the press. It is not guaranteed to be accurate or true. There are some recordings of phone calls made from jail. While this may technically be legal, it strikes some people as improper. Last, there were some other allegations in the report. There is cameral footage, and documentary evidence. Many allegations of criminal behavior are made about Breonna Taylor. If the police officers had gone to trial, these allegations would have been brought up in court.
The .pdf has another version of the “body in the rented car” story. “The 39-page report says Taylor began dating Glover, known as “Chop,” in 2016, and in December that year, she let him borrow a car she rented. The next day, the body of Fernandez “Rambo” Bowman, 27, was found inside the vehicle. When police came to interview Taylor about it, Glover was at her apartment and she said she let Glover use the car. She said she did not know the victim, who was Demarius Bowman’s brother.”
“The Courier Journal confirmed that account through evidence filed in the case of the man charged in Bowman’s slaying — Quenton Se’Ville Hall, 38. It shows that Taylor rented the vehicle on Dec. 1, 2016. Fernandez Bowman was shot, allegedly by Hall, while driving the car, which crashed into a telephone pole, a fence and a house. Neither Taylor nor Glover was charged in Bowman’s death.”
The original chamblee54 post had selections from recorded jail phone calls. After reading the 39 page report, I realized that these quotes were heavily edited. The real conversations are not as sensational. If you want to see some of the jailhouse phone calls, read the 39 page report. Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
The Uterus Collector
“Georgia prison with ICE detainees performs questionable hysterectomies” The story of “the uterus collector” was the clickbait sensation for a few days. Fresh outrages have taken its place in the shiny object machine. Just how many detainees at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) had hysterectomies? Estimates range from “one or two” to “at least seventeen”.
The story broke with a report from Project South. The whistle blower was Dawn Wooten. video video Ms. Wooten, a single mother of 5, worked at ICDC, until her hours were cut, after a dispute about Covid-19 infection. As is the case with many workplace stories, there are conflicting accounts.
The focus of the complaint is inadequate safety measures, taken with regard to Covid-19. “Priyanka Bhatt, staff attorney at … Project South, told The Washington Post that she included the hysterectomy allegations because she wanted to trigger an investigation to determine if they were true.”
If ICDC did not have the resources to provide adequate safeguards against Covid-19 infection, how are they going to have the resources to provide hysterectomies? These ladies were detained over immigration issues, and many will eventually be deported. “Even on the lower end of the cost scale, a hysterectomy can cost thousands of dollars and both ICE and the private companies that contract with the agency to oversee its detention centers notoriously provide dangerous and substandard medical care to cut costs and maximize profits.”
There are some concerns about Dawn Wooten. “… Wooten described how she repeatedly complained to staff leadership before she was demoted in early July from working full time to an on-call position, where she was only offered a few hours a month — a move she charges was retaliation for speaking up and demanding stricter medical safety protocols. She has worked at the facility for three years in three separate stints as a licensed practical nurse …” The Protect Whistleblower Dawn Wooten gofundme has grossed $101,471, by the time this feature was written.
AP had a story, with a variety of headlines. If you go into the details, you see this: “The AP’s review did not find evidence of mass hysterectomies as alleged in a widely shared complaint filed by a nurse at the detention center. Dawn Wooten alleged that many detained women were taken to an unnamed gynecologist whom she labeled the “uterus collector” because of how many hysterectomies he performed. … Amin (Dr. Mahendra Amin, gynecologist accused in complaints) told the intercept, … he has only performed one or two hysterectomies in the past three years.”
“Some people who have worked with detainees at Irwin have questioned some of the allegations in the Project South complaint. Paul Alvarado, a local immigration attorney, told Insider that he was “very, very skeptical” about the allegations of unwanted hysterectomies. Alvarado estimated that he’d been to Irwin representing clients more than 100 times.”
“I’ve never heard of any sort of medical mistreatment from the clients, and I’ve represented hundreds of clients from Irwin, so it came as a shock to me when I read it,” he said. He said that while clients might complain about delays and other issues inherent to the immigration system, he hadn’t been made aware of OB-GYN concerns.”
“I’ve been an immigration lawyer for 24 years. I’m a huge proponent of immigration reform,” he said. “I’m an advocate for the rights of these undocumented aliens, and I’d be the first to get to the podium and scream if something smelled fishy — but I have not heard of any of this.” Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. UPDATE Hospital where activists say ICE detainees were subjected to hysterectomies says just two were performed there
#1619Gate
The 1619 Project was published by the New York Times in August, 2019. It was a grand historic project, marking the 400th anniversary of the first African slaves to arrive in Virginia. Claims were made. “The 1619 project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding …”
Many of the claims were controversial. A few days ago, without any explanation, the Times deleted many of the “true founding” comments. Not surprisingly, many people noticed the difference. Cached copies have a way of contradicting convenient revisionism.
Full Disclosure: I have not read The 1619 Project. My reading bandwidth is limited. I cannot comment on the narrative presented in the project, and assume that much of it is true. What is fascinating about #1619Gate is the spectacle of the mighty New York Times humbling itself. There is also the bizarre behavior of @nhannahjones, the lady behind The 1619 Project
This tweet landed on my timeline earlier this week. @nhannahjones “There is a difference between being politically black and being racially black. I am not defending anyone, but we all know this and should stop pretending that we don’t”
@kelsey_midd “What does this mean?”
@nhannahjones “If you don’t know it ain’t for you.”
@kelsey_midd “I’m not the only person that asked. I’m also a black person.”
@nhannahjones “Yes, I am capable of seeing your avatar. And I will repeat: if you don’t understand the difference between being born/designated a certain race and taking up a particular set of racial politics, I am not going to educate you here.
@chamblee54 The lady does not suffer from false modesty @nhannahjones “Reporter @nytmag covering race from 1619-present//AKA The Beyoncé of Journalism//Co-founder ida b wells society //smart and thuggish//Aries//1619Project.” After a while, “The Beyoncé of Journalism” was looking more like the Kellyanne Conway of historic scholarship.
Before getting to the last segment of this show, we should mention what happened earlier sunday night. I am part of a poetry community, which is now meeting on zoom. This group is welcoming, and supportive of my work. Unfortunately, they welcome some less appealing players. Last night, one man had a poem about abolishing the police. There was a line. The only time colonizing white people like the police is when they need to have a (racial slur) exterminated. (That is not an exact quote.) I cut the sound off, and waited for the piece to be over.
The boundless folly of woke twitter awaited me. I soon came across the following exchange. I have a screen shot of the punch line, in case it is deleted. The tacky poet fell into context.
@sullydish “Basic rule in online journalism: if you change something after publication, acknowledge and explain it. On 1619 Project, NYT just broke this basic *ethical* rule. And to further the cover up @nhannahjones deleted all tweet history. Let that sink in.”
@nhannahjones “This is the last thing I will say about this. The wording in question never appeared in the 1619 Project text. It appears nowhere in the printed copy, something easily verifiable as pointed out to you. It didn’t appear in my essay nor any of the actual journalism we produced.”
@ira_mckey “It may be the last thing you say about it, but the Twitter screenshots and the history of what you said about it Still exist.” (Includes photo of NHJ tweet: @nhannahjones “I argue that 1619 is our true founding. Also, look at the banner pic in my profile.”)
@nhannahjones “This is my tweet. My tweets are not official 1619 copy.”
Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. More episodes of the #1619Gate series are available. Two Three Four Five
Was Mae West A Man?
August 17 is birthday 127 for Mary Jane “Mae” West. Of course, she died in 1980, so the party is off. PG saw a note on facebook, and made the comment “She was rumored to be a man.” One right click google search later, this post started to take shape. This is a repost.
There is a blogspot site, maewest.blogspot.com. It is still published, with a birthday post today. Five years ago there was a post, Mae West: Penis Rumors. It seems as though Miss West liked to say, to the press, “When I die, you are going to be very surprised!”
A hollywood gossipmonger had a story, Was Mae West…A Man?! Much of her information comes from the tasteful findadeath site. The story here is that Mae West died in 1950, and the death was kept quiet. Her brother made appearances in her place, until the final death in 1980. This would have been quite a feat, considering that John Edwin West died in 1964. That doesn’t stop people from talking.
“…the real Mae West died somewhere around 1950, give or take a couple years, and rather than let the show stop, it was announced that not Mae, but her brother, died. Of course, the brother then became Mae West and carried on until November 1980. If you look carefully at photos from around 1950 on it definitely looks like a different person not to mention the big hands and masculine features, bone structure, etc. I may not have all the details 100% correct but I would almost put money on the fact that the ‘Mae West’ ‘who died in 1980 had a weenie!!”
The hands were mentioned by Raquel Welch. The two were in Myra Breckinridge, the first movie Miss West had made in 27 years. (Miss West appeared on Mr. Ed in 1964.) Miss Welch appeared at a film festival in 2012, and had stories to tell.
“When I went over to say hello to her (one day) I said, ‘Hi, it’s Raquel, remember?’ She sort of extended her hand to me and I went to kiss the ring and one false fingernail painted silver fell to the floor. I looked at the hand and I thought, ‘Oh, I’m getting a vibe.’ I really think she’s a man! At this point in her life all bets are off and you’re not going to be able to doll it up that much. I would say it’s pretty accurate that she resembled a dock worker in drag.” …
“I had this beautiful dress and it was black with a big white ruffle around the neck and a black velvet hat … Apparently Mae got wind of the fact that I was wearing this exquisite dress and I went to the studio that day for our scene together. I got coiffed, got my hair done and went to the closet to get the dress and it wasn’t there. I asked my dresser what happened to the dress and she said, ‘It’s been confiscated. Mae does not want you to wear that dress. You can wear the red dress that you wore in the last scene!’ … Welch was so outraged that she stormed off the set and refused to return until the dress was back in her closet. … “For the scene, we never appeared in a two-shot together. She left after she did her lines and I had someone off-camera reading her lines and I had to pretend she was there.”
Pictures from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Worst Tweets Ever
@theangiestanton US House candidate, GA-5 “Just think of all the people that will live now that Ruth Ginsburg has died and can’t vote for them to be aborted.” Some people are like a school during the covid lockdown … no class. With the fingernails still growing, the Republican candidate for GA 05 made a spectacle of herself. If the tweets are deleted, here are the screen shots.
Angela Stanton King is the definition of futile – a republican candidate in Atlanta, GA. Mitch McConnell, OTOH, is the Senate majority leader. His post mortem statement is little better.
“In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise. … By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise. President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”
Some of the reactions to the King tweet are notable. Before getting to them, we have one more from the candidate: @theangiestanton “Black ppl love celebrating and worshiping the white liberal women that fought for their children to be aborted… #BYE (Waving hand emoji)”
@OutsideGrid “I totally agree. I might add that a massively disproportionate number of those murdered under her evil reign were black babies. Only a racist would support that type of democide.”
@2020FLnative “This is harsh but SO TRUE. She was of the old guard that supported abortion simply to get rid of people “we didn’t want”. Her words. Ick.”
@RealCandaceO “Spare us the fraudulent virtue and skip to the part where you start lining up fake sexual assault victims.” This tweet has been deleted.
@CollinsforGA Doug Collins US Senate candidate, GA-Special “RIP to the more than 30 million innocent babies that have been murdered during the decades that Ruth Bader Ginsburg defended pro-abortion laws. With @realDonaldTrump nominating a replacement that values human life, generations of unborn children have a chance to live.”
@Kermie64108506 “Did Ruth have mercy on the millions of babies she is responsible for having aborted?” Pictures are from “Special Collections and Archives Georgia State University Library”.
Both Sides Clickbait
A facebook friend posted a bit of clickbait, The Police Are Lying in LA and the Media Is Falling for It—Again The post is about the two L.A. County deputies shot Saturday. Against my better judgment, I started to read it. I could only get a few paragraphs in, before I saw something.
“As I sit down to write this, it is tempting to give in to my complete disgust with how the police usually frame and the media then cover a more common situation—police shootings of unarmed Black people—by offering some of my own “just presenting both sides” coverage.”
When you can’t say anything good, say something about the media. Fortunately, this is an easy factoid to shoot down. The Washington Post publishes Fatal Force. The mission of this database is to “log every fatal shooting by an on-duty Police officer in the United States.” FF has all kinds of filters. You can learn that, in 2020 so far, 9 unarmed Black people have been killed by Police.
In the quote above, I don’t know if they refer to Police randomly killed, or to Police killed in the line of duty. For the purposes of this post, I am going to ask “How many police have been killed by gunfire this year.” The answer is 34. This is 377% the 9 unarmed Black people killed by Police.
The Officer Down Memorial Page shows 9 officers killed this year by vehicular assault. This is similar to the 9 unarmed Black people killed by Police. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
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