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Collection of Eleven Stories Illustration : Marjorie Howe Dixon, 1923

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In her rush to declare to the world why her particular religion should rule the United States of America, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene conveniently identified the true name of the long-time religion of both white Supremacy and the Republican Party: Christian Nationalism.

Conservative politicians before Greene were politically-astute enough to never distill into a single phrase the essence of both their religious worldview and their political plan to dismantle democracy to install a theocracy. 

However, Greene, thinking of herself more highly than one should, mistakenly encapsulated into a single, succinct, and digestible descriptor the exact framing through which we can understand the cruel intentions of the religious right in this country: Christian Nationalism. 

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Derek Luke (born April 24, 1974) is an actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in Antwone Fisher. He played Gabe Jones in Captain America: The First Avenger. He is known for his role as Kevin Porter on 13 Reasons Why.

He was born in Jersey City, the son of Marjorie Dixon, a pianist, and Maurice Luke, a former actor.

He played one of the four male leads in Miracle at St. Anna.

He played a small role as a nurse in The King of Queens and appeared in Trauma. He played one of the group members of Mayhem on Moesha.

He co-starred in Biker Boyz. He plays Alicia Keys’ love interest in her music video for “Teenage Love Affair”. He played singer Monica’s love interest in her music video for “So Gone”. He played Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs’s Notorious and James ‘Boobie’ Miles in Friday Night Lights.

He was cast to play Bobby Joe in Glory Road.

He played Gabe Jones, a member of the Howling Commandos in Captain America: The First Avenger.

He began starring in HawthoRNe as Miles Bourdet, an assistant surgeon from Chicago.

He played the character of “Gregory” in The Americans. He played Malcolm Devoe, head of security for Empire Entertainment on Empire and Cookie’s secret love interest. He was cast in the lead role in “Suspicion.”

He married actress Sophia Adella Luke (1998) and they have a son together. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Holiday Inn (1942)

For many reasons, Holiday Inn is a classic but one particular scene prevents it from being a film you'd happily watch over and over. It makes me uncomfortable for multiple reasons but I can kinda-sorta defend it in this movie because of the context in which it's used. It sounds like a weak argument but hold on, listen to what I’ve got to say before you judge. Even if the scene in particular is a deal-breaker, there's a solution.

Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby), his fiancé Lila Dixon (Virginia Dale) and Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire) are a trio of successful singer-dancers. As Jim prepares to retire from the hustle-and-bustle of non-stop performances to live on a farm with his future wife… his partners announce they have no intention of stopping and ditch him. Finding the farm life back-breaking, he converts his home into “Holiday Inn”, an entertainment venue open only on holidays and featuring elaborate dance and musical numbers. The first performer to join Jim's new troupe is Linda Mason (Marjorie Reynolds), whom he quickly falls for but is afraid to show his feelings to due to a broken heart.

Plot-wise, there’s plenty going on. After Holiday Inn is up and running, Linda catches the eye of Ted and his agent, Danny Reed (Walter Abel). They don’t know what her name is, which prompts Jim to hide her from the two and try to keep her “for himself”. It creates all sorts of drama and comedic situations between the whopping twelve original numbers featured throughout this musical. The best and most well-known is White Christmas - yes, this is where that tune comes from. It's never been better than here. The song is romantic and beautiful. Seeing it in its original context fills your heart with warmth. Overall, this is a charming, romantic story filled with sometimes insecure and often messy characters. This is one of those movies that on paper would look awful but in action, works. Big credit goes to Marjorie Reynolds, Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, who are great together.

Now let’s address the giant stain at the center of this story; the reason why you’ll probably wind up seeing an edited version of it on TV. Once Jim realizes that Ted is searching for Linda, he is desperate to find a way to hide her from his former partner. Unfortunately, he also needs to keep his clients happy with a stage number for Lincoln’s Birthday (February 12, for those who don’t know). His solution is to run the minstrel show number Abraham. This means Crosby and Reynolds (along with the band) appear in blackface so that no one watching will recognize them. It makes your skin crawl and isn’t helped by the limited amount of dialogue given to the black actors in the film (other than Louise Beavers, there aren't any other people of colour in significant roles) but as far as uses of a racist, offensive and disrespectful form of theatrical make-up, it’s probably the least offensive version you’ll see because it's less of a "let's make fun of Black people/find a way to avoid hiring Black actors in our movie" and more of a "hey, it's ok to use this as a costume/disguise, right?". It's still not ideal, but it could've been much worse.

A standout moment in Holiday Inn has aged so poorly that it threatens to derail the entire film. The rest is a funny, romantic and entertaining holiday story. The dance numbers are outstandingly shot, staged and performed. It’s extra exciting to watch because of how few edits break up the footwork and because you know the people making those moves were really doing them. No wires or backgrounds were removed via computer effects. As for the songs, they range from pretty good to instant classics. In the end, I choose not to judge Holiday Inn for its worst scene and would rather focus on its strongest moments. If you don’t think you can, this is one instance where I would break my usual policy and recommend you view the edited-for-TV version. (On DVD, November 30, 2019)

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https://thepostmillennial.com/the-christmas-swattings-list-of-conservatives-and-lawmakers-who-were-swatted-at-during-christmas-2023

Christmas and the following week saw a number of high-profile swattings of conservatives, both politicians or pundits.

Jack Posobiec, Jonathan Turley, Senator Rick Scott, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Brandon Willis, Greene's daughters, the Delaware computer repair shop owner who came into possession of Hunter Biden's laptop, Georgia State Senators John Albers, Kim Jackson, Kay Kirkpatrick, Clint Dixon, and Georgia Lt. Governor Burt Jones all had police called to their homes over fabricated violence.

On Christmas Eve, the parents of Human Events' Jack Posobiec were swatted after an anonymous called reported to police that he has shot his parents and was threatening to shoot his wife and children. On Christmas, they were swatted again, this time the caller told officers that Posobiec had shot his wife and sons in the kitchen.

"My parents were just Swatted," Posobiec said after the first incident. "Everyone is fine. Law enforcement are fully involved and tracking down the perpetrator."

***Turley is not a conservative

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Thérèse Raquin - Émile Zola (1868)

“Thérèse Raquin is an 1868 novel by French writer Émile Zola, first published in serial form in the literary magazine L'Artiste in 1867. It was Zola's third novel, though the first to earn wide fame. The novel's adultery and murder were considered scandalous and famously described as ‘putrid’ in a review in the newspaper Le Figaro. Thérèse Raquin tells the story of a young woman, unhappily married to her first cousin by an overbearing aunt, who may seem to be well-intentioned but in many ways is deeply selfish. Thérèse's husband, Camille, is sickly and egocentric and when the opportunity arises, Thérèse enters into a turbulent and sordidly passionate affair with one of Camille's friends, Laurent. ...”

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2018 May: Germinal (1884-85), 2018 July: Markets of Paris - Dixon Long & Marjorie R. Williams (2012) / The Markets of Paris - Emile Zola (1873)

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Hiking the Withlacoochee Bay Trail on the Nature Coast

“Let’s take a hike,” my sister said. We sipped a morning cup of coffee at Cattle Dog Coffee Roasters, a cozy wooden coffee house in historic downtown Crystal River on Florida’s Nature Coast. She and her husband were visiting from Florida's west coast. They never miss the opportunity to explore local hiking trails and byways. “I’ve always wanted to see what was at the end of the barge canal,” I confessed. The barge canal was only a few miles north on US-19. The Cross Florida Barge Canal The Cross Florida Barge Canal, proposed in the 1930’s and eventually funded in the 1960’s, was a public works project that would have cut a shipping channel across Florida from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic. Richard Nixon stopped the project in 1971 due to public backlash led by local Florida environmentalist Marjorie Harris Carr. The boulders dug from the barge canal sit along the waterway on the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. Photo by Sally White Kids (and Fish) on the Cross Florida Barge Canal For me, the area of the Florida Barge Canal in Crystal River held many memories. My daughter practiced riding her pink princess bicycle along the smooth paved trail while my husband and son fished from a covered pavilion along the canal. I kept up with her at a fast walk, almost run, until we were swarmed by a cloud of pesky yellow flies. We raced back to the truck cab, away from the biting bugs. I’d vowed we would return one day and bike the 5-mile trail - when it was cooler and less buggy. Secret fishing spots and scenic water views await the adventurous on the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. Image by Sally White. We often fished on the banks of the canal and would bring my mother-in-law out for the afternoons, setting up camp chairs and breaking out a picnic lunch. We’d watch the crabs climb through the shallows to devour discarded bait shrimp, fighting with other crabs for their take of the bounty. It was the place to picnic, practice casting with the kids and relax under the Florida sun. But with all those memories, I had somehow never made it to the end of that paved trail. Withlacoochee Bay Trail entrance by the parking area by the bridge. Photo by Sally White. The Withlacoochee Bay Trail The Withlacoochee Bay Trail begins at Felburn Park Trailhead, under the south side of the barge canal bridge on US-19 in Crystal River. The multi-use paved trail stretches 5-miles. The first half of the trail parallels the barge canal, and the second part runs through the woods and alongside the salt marshes around Richardson’s Creek and all the way on a peninsula shaped piece of land to the Gulf of Mexico. Part of the Florida State Park system, the trail welcomes cyclists, hikers, and even in-line skaters. Two adjacent equestrian trails in Dixon Hammock offer horseback riders the opportunity to explore wild Florida. This multi-use 5-mile paved trail is a fee-free area managed by the Florida State Park system Withlacoochee Bay Trail. Photo by Sally White. We drove from Felburn Park down the gravel access road. The road took us past 4 parking lots along the way to the final West End Parking Area, 3.98 miles down the road from the trailhead. Paddling from the Withlacoochee Bay Trail Three kayakers were unloading their gear from a truck when we arrived. They pulled their brightly colored vessels down to the rough kayak launch among the oysters onto Richardson’s Creek to the left. In the distance, small islands rose from the tidal waters and steam flowed from the decommissioned power plant on the skyline. The paddle launch site onto Richardon's Creek is near the West End Parking Lot on the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. Photo by Sally White Above the launch area, a wooden observation platform cast a dark shadow over the oysters protruding from the mud below. At low tide, paddlers must take care not to get stranded in the thick mud and sharp oyster beds. And those small islands? They are actually all part of a single island, Everett Island, owned by the park and cut by shallow waters. The path beside the observation platform led to the exposed oysters and thick mud. Low tide on the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. Photo by Sally White. Hiking the Last Leg of the Withlacoochee Bay Trail A pair of cyclists pedaled past as we headed down the paved path of the last leg of the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. From the West End Parking Area, it would be a 1.1-mile round-trip hike. The wide, paved path cut through the maritime hammock. This area of the trail snuggled closer to the Richardson Creek side of the peninsula. The foliage between the cypress trees thinned out, giving us a view of the blue glistening waters. The hiking path led us through a maritime hammock with views of Richard's Creek on the left. Withlacoochee Bay Trail. Photo by Sally White. The Trail’s End We walked and talked over the half mile until we reached an observation platform at the trail’s end. The covered deck overlooked the point where the Cross Florida Barge Canal, John’s Creek, and Trout Creek converged with Richardson’s Creek to flow into the Gulf of Mexico. It is a scenic meeting of waterways. Boaters anchored at the headwaters of Trout Creek with their lines cast, hoping to catch ‘the big one’. Farther away, small islands shimmered under the blue skies and bright sun. My sister and I took the worn trail alongside the observation deck, past the stands of sawgrass and limestone rocks to the mud by the water’s edge. Low tide in the Gulf of Mexico. We watched as a blue heron swooped across the canal to land on the rocks on the opposite side, fishing for its own ‘catch of the day.’ Part of the Great Florida Birding Trail, visitors can expect to see wading birds like herons, egrets & ibis here. Some even spot eagles, osprey and hawks hunting for fish, along with pelicans, cormorants and anhinga birds. Part of the Great Florida Birding Trail, visitors may spot wading birds, eagles, hawks and other feathered friends along the trail and waterways. Photo by Pat Manfredo. A group of cyclists rode up, dismounting their bikes to explore the trail’s end, and signaling a silent changing of the guard. My sister and I deviated from the paved path on our return, choosing to take the grassy service road that ran alongside the barge canal instead. With water views, secret fishing spots and a lone cactus, it made for a scenic change. Along the Marjorie Harris Carr Greenway Cross Florida Greenway Our grass trail rejoined the main path at the West End Parking Lot. There, an angler tried his luck at the fishing pavilion on the barge canal while a group of tourists from up north drank in the magical views of Florida’s Nature Coast from the Richardson Creek observation deck. The Withlacoochee Bay Trail is part of the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway, a 110-mile linear green space which stretches from Central Florida to the Gulf of Mexico to the St. John’s River. Cactus with a view on the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. Photo by Sally White Things to Know Before You Go to Hike the Withlacoochee Bay Trail: - The Withlacoochee Bay Trail is open from 8 AM to sunset 365 days a year. - Located at 1020 N. Suncoast Boulevard (US-19), Crystal River, FL 34428. - Contact number: 352.758.1000 - There is no entry fee. - Pets are allowed but must be on a leash. - There is a compost toilet at parking lot #3, a mere 2.38 miles away from the trailhead. Read the full article

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Reality Check: Are fertility problems on the rise?

Is our society becoming more infertile? While people may not always feel comfortable sharing their fertility struggles, one in six Canadian couples is believed to be affected by them. And there’s no shortage of advice online for them--every day it seems there’s a new article on how to improve fertility--what to eat, what not to eat, what may help, what may hinder.

Despite the onslaught of information, there is still a ton we don’t know about the topic. The last known study (in 2011) on the prevalence of infertility in Canada acknowledged that. Researchers, who attempted to estimate the country’s infertility rate, concluded it had increased to 15.7 percent, up from 5.4 percent in 1984.

However, Canadian fertility experts with whom Global News spoke say there is no conclusive evidence that infertility has increased since then. Doctors do admit more people are turning to fertility clinics than a generation ago. The number of those clinics across the country has also doubled (to 37) in the past 15 years, according to the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS).

Heather Shapiro, former CFAS president, attributes that to the “rapid evolution” of in vitro fertilization (IVF) technologies and their success rates.

But Mark Evans of CFAS points out that "increased usage of IVF is not correlated to with an increase in infertility." Quebec and Ontario remain the only two provinces that specifically cover IVF. Ontario’s system allows a woman to take advantage of one covered IVF cycle in her lifetime, while Quebec’s offers a sliding scale of tax credits.

Hannam has his own theories on why fertility clinics have become busier in recent years. Better reproductive technology means more people are turning to surrogacy and fewer are turning to adoption due to the latter process having grown more lengthy (the list of children up for adoption is also shorter).

This summer, one Toronto couple actually turned to social media in the hopes of fast-tracking an adoption rather than putting themselves on a provincial wait list.

Much of the fertility focus in recent years has been on men. More guys aged 18 to 45 have infertility than diabetes. Last month, a Belgian study of 54 men aged 19-22 suggested male infertility might be inherited. It found men conceived with the help of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), a type of assisted reproductive technology that forms part of IVF; men who used the procedure had almost half the total sperm count of those who conceived "naturally."

André Van Steirteghemat, a co-author of the findings published in the Human Reproduction journal, believes this gives credence to what’s long been speculated: since many cases of male fertility are caused by genetic defects, men born thanks to ICSI “might inherit such defects from their fathers.”

An Australian professor also warned last week against becoming too reliant on assisted conception techniques, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

"We are taking recourse to IVF in increasing numbers," said the University of Newcastle’s John Aitken. Aitken expressed concern as well over "ongoing health problems with IVF children." He argued that research has shown that boys whose fathers smoked and used assisted conception techniques have a greater risk of developing cancer.

But he cautions that "there’s a lot of bias in where the data comes from," which he says is often fertility clinics. When it comes to females, the number of first babies born to women between 30 and 49 years of age has risen significantly. More than half of all live births in Canada in 2013 were to mothers in this age group, up from 39.6 percent in 1993.

Mothers over 40 increased their share of first-time births as well. About 3.5 percent of all live births in 2013 were to women between 40 and 49 years old. A decade prior, that number was 2.7 percent.

Reproductive endocrinologist Marjorie Dixon, of the Anova Fertility clinic in Toronto, has seen another shift. More younger people come into her fertility clinic to discuss family planning than when she started her practice eight years ago. To her, though, that doesn’t mean there’s been an increase in infertility, which she says is not "scientifically proven."

She believes the trend is due to couples being better educated on the topic of fertility and feeling more empowered to talk to their doctor about family planning.

The majority of Dixon’s clients are still 35 and over. They’re often people “who have traveled, met their mates later in life, and focused on their academic and professional careers."

Dixon and Hannam both stress that couples who want to have kids shouldn’t delay consulting a doctor if they’re struggling to get pregnant.

Up to 60 percent of the patients Dixon sees have been helped through low-intervention methods that sometimes cost as little as a couple hundred dollars (that’s how much a 10-day round of ovulation medicine can cost).

"Often, we just keep calm and carry on," she said. "We’re busy taking care of our careers and partners." She says the sooner a fertility problem is addressed, typically, the better the prognosis.

“Knowledge is power.”

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PUP RALLY

Now streaming:

Free Puppies!--The directors of this documentary, Samantha Wishman and Christina Thomas, are yankees, from New York and Philadelphia respectively, chronicling a little-reported story from the American rural South: A lack of resources for animal welfare. The filmmakers seem struck by the degree to which dogs in Dixie are neglected and allowed to breed, and the frequency with which their offspring are abandoned, often on a roadside in a box marked "FREE PUPPIES!"

But Wishman and Thomas also find heroes: The focus is on a few women in Dade County in northern Georgia who work quixotically to rescue, spay, neuter, foster and find adoptive homes for these strays. They do this work seemingly at their own expense, with very little help from the local government--no funds for a shelter, veterinary care, etc. This problem is hardly confined below the Mason-Dixon line, of course, but conditions there seem particularly bad.

The most vividly presented of these women is the voluble and energetic Monda Wooten, who runs a discount flooring business in the town of Trenton when she can squeeze it in between looking after strays and browbeating her snickering colleagues on the City Commission to prioritize building a shelter. She and her friends Ann Brown and Ruth Smith, among others, seem to live in a constant, self-imposed on-call state, taking calls about strays or other imperiled animals as they drive around, shlepping dogs to low-cost spay and neuter clinics, negotiating with dog hoarders, helping facilitate a huge diaspora of strays to adopters in the North, and more.

I was braced for a miserable time going into this one, but while the movie's implications, both cultural and logistical, are certainly sad, it's not depressing to watch. In part this is because it's full of adorable dogs; we, of course, mostly get to see the lucky ones. But it's also because the women's unhesitating dedication and courage are inspirational, and their characters are funny and fascinating. Though it isn't stated explicitly, Monda comes across like a Trumper (I found a picture of her and other local politicians in the Dade County Sentinel posing with Marjorie Taylor Greene, in whose congressional district Trenton is located). At one point Monda mentions that their shared passion for dogs is just about all that she and Ann--who wears a peace sign on her shirt--have in common. The fact that, in our supposedly hopelessly polarized society, they're able to put aside their differences for the sake of this work is immensely cheering, both for dogs and for our nation.

That said, there's also a striking moment in which Monda explains, rather defensively, that when she takes a pregnant dog to a vet, she'll have the vet abort the puppies, on the grounds that it's better than bringing more mouths to feed into a world that won't care for them. She doesn't say whether she would extend this option to pregnant humans.

Two other documentaries, both short subjects about the plight of arctic animals, are available for free from the New Yorker; both are tough but worth your time...

Nuisance Bear--This wordless wonder, directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden and running just under 14 minutes, shows a polar bear wandering around the outskirts of Churchill, Manitoba--famous as a stop for tourists to watch the creatures on their migratory route. Local officials, faceless in pickups and vans, chase the harried, unassuming beast away from town, while nearby kids in costume trick-or-treat, under police escort, in the icy streets. The soulful title bear is the only real character, and is entirely sympathetic.

Haulout--This one, directed by Evegnia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev and running less than a half-hour, has a human protagonist, Russian scientist Maxim Chakilev, keeping vigil in a cabin on a desolate stretch of Siberian beach. He's waiting for a "haulout," a mass beaching of sea mammals to rest during their migration. Sure enough, one morning he wakes up and opens the cabin door to find himself surrounded...

...by tens of thousands of walruses. As a surreal image, this is worthy of Bunuel, and initially there's something whimsically appealing, almost cozy, about the idea of spending a day hemmed indoors by a sea of these lolling, snorting pinnipeds. But it's soon clear that this is not a healthy phenomenon; the animals have bunched on land in such numbers because of a lack sea ice on which to rest, and the density is dangerous to them. What Chakilev finds after the walruses depart is appallingly sad and ominous, and the film is beautiful, haunting and heartbreaking.

#haulout #nuisance bear #free puppies

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MIC: Chuck Schumer to Biden "We're In Trouble" | Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts Desantis, Is Trump Behind It? | Tudor Dixon: Ban Books About Divorce by The Young Turks

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Trudy Haynes (November 23, 1926 – June 7, 2022) was a news reporter. She became the nation's first African American TV weather reporter when she was hired by WXYZ-TV in Detroit in 1963. In 1965, she became the first African American TV news reporter for KYW-TV (now CBS-3), in Philadelphia, where she continued until her retirement in 1999. She received an Emmy Award as well as two Lifetime Achievement Awards during her 33-year tenure at KYW-TV and was hosting an online show called the "Trudy Haynes Show" at the time of her death. She was born Gertrude Daniels in New York City. The only child of Marjorie and Percy Daniels, she attended several schools but she graduated from Hills High School in Queens; racial segregation forced her to be bused to school. At Forest Hills, she became the only African-American cheerleader on her high school team. She was accepted to Howard University, where she studied sociology and psychology. She earned her BA in 1947. Before her work in news and network television, she started with the Ophelia DeVore Charm and Modeling Agency in the early 1950s. DeVore was known for being one of the first to market products to ethnic consumers and use African American models during the age of racial segregation and the civil rights movements. She appeared in several advertisements, most notably as the first African American to appear in poster advertisements for Lucky Strike cigarettes. She became an instructor for other trainees including Diahann Carroll and Beah Richards. She took her first steps towards her true calling in broadcasting when she was hired by WCHB, a black-owned radio station in Inkster, Michigan. WCHB was the first black-owned radio station north of the Mason–Dixon line. The station was created and operated by the father of one of her college classmates. She was hired as a receptionist; the director of the station took notice and asked if she wanted to be on a show. Accepting the position, she was named WCHB's "Women's Editor" and polished her interviewing skills while hosting a daily 90-minute program targeted at women. She had an affiliation with many professional associations. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTtNd2rNbz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Bloglet

Saturday, October 1, 2022

My son’s twentieth anniversary fast approaching.  

The Yankees play Baltimore.  The crowd still waiting for Judge’s homerun number 62.  When Judge is walked (as he has often been these last games) they chant “asshole” at the pitcher.  In another part of the baseball world Shotei has been racking up saves as a pitcher and getting a few homeruns.  If there is such a title as runner up MVP he will get it.  

Sunday, October 2, 2022

My son asks if I have any contact info on something we haven’t seen in several years.  I find an old, coffee stained, address book.  Did know I still had it.  I find the information he is seeking but see a lot of names I don’t recognize.  

Funny: My high school class does an occasional zoom call (but what could I add to this discussion?).  They are at 7:00.  I would miss Jeopardy.  I like these people but there is so little to talk about.  Sort of along the same lines: the ice show is having another reunion.  If I were to go, what would I say to any of them?  

Immigrants bused to New York have learned of job opportunities in Florida.  Workers, cleaning up after Hurricane Ian, are promised fifteen dollars an hour.  Don’t know yet about DeSantis’s response to this.  (He could be our next president. Note too that he’s put a message out to looters.  They’ll be shot.)

A rebroadcast on Newsmax: Trump speaking in Michigan. Promoting Tudor Dixon.  Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the warm-up acts...DJT  praises Ginni Thomas, and her husband.  “A wonderful lady...” etc.  With each lie (a verbal tic) he says “you know that.”  And, towards the end of his rant, the QAnon music is heard.  Don’t know if the crowd did the QAnon salute.  

The Yankees play at the Stadium.  Judge doesn’t get his homer.  There are only a few games left in the season and they are away.  The home crowd won’t get to see him  hit number sixty-two.  (In another part of country Pujols hit number 701.)

to be continued

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