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Oh my. This is just a recipe for a floating vessel of sickness.
Ship of Flools.
Remoras are very cool as they are in nature, and they are also the fish metaphor that keeps on giving.
I had the same response! Thanks for the information on Fletcher Henderson.
Take care of yourself; drop the mask and collapse and rest when you can.
My god, can they not insult the memory of Don Rickles?
Trump has the comedic timing of a junior-high bully, which some people find funny, mostly sycophants and fellow bullies.
My brain interpreted this as though Dr. Mehmet Oz was going to perform as a mentalist, which really wouldn’t surprise me at this point.
*Beshear
The language in the articles seemed thoughtful, not pretentious, and was preferable to identifying people as “prisoners” or “people with a criminal conviction” or other such terms. I don’t know why Brashear would single this out as something to address.
I have heard/read the phrase in scholarly journals (specifically medical journals, in publications of studies of treatment or management of incarcerated people with mental illness), in which the authors were clearly making an effort not to refer to the participants with dehumanizing language.
I think it’s because boneless, skinless chicken breasts were promoted so heavily in the past few decades, especially during the “low-fat” cooking phase; they just got embedded in the public consciousness as the preferred cut of chicken. (Whereas, of course, they are usually dry and flavorless.)
And the safety— rules and regulations, inspections, shutdowns as necessary.
Techbroprah
I suspect that might be Tapper’s own handwriting printed on the pocket squares; he was a “political cartoonist” in undergrad, and the writing looks similar. That would mean he’s extra proud of the (completely pathetic and shameful) cutesy non-protest.
(Forgive me if this fact is already known)
It’s all beyond grotesque, but I wonder how his lack of reading skills (from the page or prompter as well as his ability to enunciate) will affect his participation. I mean, they are only “safe” if he reads one short line, and even then he may misread or opt to “weave.”
I need to reintroduce the descriptor “sentient pile of cocaine“ David Ellison. (I can’t recall whom to credit with that genius coinage.)
Yes, I was reminded of the prairie dress trend and the 80s ”feminine denim” vibe.
The zoomed-in photo is Dickensian in its brilliance. Her look of skeptical revulsion, his patronizing, stupid smirk (with his tongue between his teeth? Maybe? I can’t bring myself to look too closely), and the limp, damp-looking dollar bill.
I just realized who she was reminding me of, with her 80s post-adolescent blowsiness: Blair, on “The Facts of Life,” played by Lisa Whelchel, who, as I recall, became or was a right-winger in any event.
(Thought I’d share in case anyone else was having vague, inchoate Blair flashbacks.)
I’m also bemused/irritated by Lutnick’s choice of the phrase “sucking sound,” which I associate strongly with Ross Perot’s anti-NAFTA rhetoric back in the 90s.
Wow; thanks for IDing him. I could only think, “Who’s the guy who looks like a corpse?"
Let’s make it happen!
Thank your for this perfect comparison, and for knowing it’s Mozart.
Sending you and Samwise strength and peace.
Absolutely.
This (8 years of Reagan and then HW Bush) is what I attribute the categorical awfulness of our generation to— I’m sure there are other factors, but the election of Reagan brought a palpable cruelty that I could feel, even though I could not articulate it as a kid. I felt the world get meaner.
Apparently CPR of the forehead.
