From The New York Times: “How Sign Language Evolves As Our World Does.” Begins with the influence of small screens on ASL but moves to matters of culture.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Another Mary Miller vote
I don’t follow them all. But this one stands out: Miller (R, IL-15) was one of just twenty “no” votes, all Republican, against H.R. 6552, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022. As is often the case, Miller voted with the worst of the worst: Biggs, Boebert, Brooks, Gaetz (no surprise there), Gosar, Greene, &c.
Who runs against Miller in November? Paul Lange.
Related reading
All OCA Mary Miller posts (Pinboard)
A joke in the traditional manner
Who’s the lead administrator in a school of fish?
On what would have been my dad’s ninety-fourth birthday, I continue in the traditional manner.
The punchline is in the comments.
More jokes in the traditional manner
The Autobahn : Did you hear about the cow coloratura? : Did you hear about the new insect hybrid? : Did you hear about the shape-shifting car? : Did you hear about the thieving produce clerk? : Elementary school : A Golden Retriever : How did Bela Lugosi know what to expect? : How did Samuel Clemens do all his long-distance traveling? : How do amoebas communicate? : How do ghosts hide their wrinkles? : How do worms get to the supermarket? : Of all the songs in the Great American Songbook, which is the favorite of pirates? : What did the doctor tell his forgetful patient to do? : What did the plumber do when embarrassed? : What happens when a senior citizen visits a podiatrist? : What is the favorite toy of philosophers’ children? : What’s the name of the Illinois town where dentists want to live? : What’s the worst thing about owning nine houses? : What was the shepherd doing in the garden? : Where do amoebas golf? : Where does Paul Drake keep his hot tips? : Which member of the orchestra was best at handling money? : Why are supervillains good at staying warm in the winter? : Why did the doctor spend his time helping injured squirrels? : Why did Oliver Hardy attempt a solo career in movies? : Why did the ophthalmologist and his wife split up? : Why does Marie Kondo never win at poker? : Why is the Fonz so cool? : Why sharpen your pencil to write a Dad joke? : Why was Santa Claus wandering the East Side of Manhattan?
[“In the traditional manner”: by or à la my dad. He gets credit for the Autobahn, the elementary school, the Golden Retriever, Bela Lugosi, Samuel Clemens, the doctor, the plumber, the senior citizen, Oliver Hardy, and the ophthalmologist. Elaine gets credit for the Illinois town. Ben gets credit for the supervillains in winter. My dad was making such jokes long before anyone called them dad jokes.]
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
At last
From The Washington Post :
The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to four people familiar with the matter.
“‘Alternative’ votes”
From The New York Times: “Previously undisclosed communications among Trump campaign aides and outside advisers provide new insight into their efforts to overturn the election in the weeks leading to Jan. 6.”
The scheming in these e-mails is transparently dishonest. Of the fake-electors ploy, Jack D. Wilenchik, a lawyer, writes,
I guess there’s no harm in it, (legally at least) — i.e. we would just be sending in “fake” electoral votes to Pence so that “someone” in Congress can make an objection when they start counting votes, and start arguing that the “fake” votes should be counted.”In another e-mail, Wilenchik writes that “‘alternative’ votes is probably a better term than ‘fake’ votes.” He appends a smiley face to that suggestion.
Remember “alternative facts”?
Literature clock
Self-explanatory.
I would like to know if it has 5:15 a.m., but I wouldn’t want to have to get up that early to find out.
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My friend Stefan Hagemann tells me that 5:15 a.m. is a passage from Hunter Thompson.
Monday, July 25, 2022
Joni Mitchell sings
And plays — there’s one guitar solo. At the Newport Folk Festival, yesterday:
An introduction : “Carey” : “Come In from the Cold” :
“Help Me” : “A Case of You” : “Big Yellow Taxi” : “Just Like This Train” : “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” : “Amelia” : “Love Potion No. 9” : “Shine” : “Summertime” : “Both Sides Now” : “The Circle Game.”
And that’s all — there’s a set list.
Brandi Carlile: “Did the world just stop? Did everything that was wrong with it just go away?”
Trump edits
[As found here. Click for a much larger view.]
The Trump edits to this statement are almost entirely self-explanatory. But why take out “and sickened”? To be outraged is to be angry. I’m going to guess that for the defeated former president, to be sickened, or to say that you’re sickened, is to look weak.
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And for the record: he did not deploy the National Guard or federal law enforcement.
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I realized only early this morning: omitting “you do not represent me" and “you do not represent our movement,” while leaving in “you do not represent our country,” seems to suggest that “Antifa” was behind the January 6 riot. Which of course doesn’t jibe with “you’re very special” and “we love you.” But 2 + 2 sometimes equals 5, right?
The Van Gelder Studio
The Van Gelder Studio, coming back.
A related post
Rudy Van Gelder (1924–2016)
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