DHS Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has tendered her resignation.
Monthly Archive: April 2019
Ordinary Bookclub: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Chapters 6-15)
From getting the wand to the Sorting Hat to the end of the First Day at Hogwarts
Brexit Most Messy
UK PM Theresa May released a video this morning from 10 Downing Street, as her situation becomes as shaky as the camera work in her impromptu message.
Sunday Morning! Agnès Varda (1928-2019)
You meet a lot of artists wandering down city streets. Not everyday do you meet one like the great French filmmaker Agnes Varda.
With Gratitude to Mrs. L., Who Taught Me I Was Somebody
Imagine my surprise when I walked into my classroom, and strung across the chalk board was a banner reading, in big purple letters, “WELCOME TO EM CARPENTER DAY”.
And Just Like That, Billy Ray Cyrus is Cool Again
Wonder what the proverb for living long enough for Billy Ray Cyrus to be cool again is…
The Original Or The Cover: “Golden Brown”
The Stranglers’ “Golden Brown” recorded the original. Cage The Elephant recorded the cover. Who ya got?
Linky Friday: Outrage
Linky Friday returns and brings you links and stories about outrage, protests, wrongdoing, affrontary, grievances, and Monty Python.
Woman Commits Crime, Victim Goes To Jail
There was no “cultural misunderstanding” here; nobody mistakes a head pat for pulling a child away by the hair. This woman lied, and the convenient brown-skinned scapegoat paid the consequences.
Bern Notice
Like it or not, the front runner for the Democratic 2020 nomination as it stands right now, today, in the year of our Lord 2019, is Bernie Sanders.
