2016.12.31 Apollo Saturn V Reverie
2016.12.16 Mr. Grinch – TOCC TV Man Of The Year
2016.11.16 American Pravda
2016.10.16 Snowed In At The USSRC
2016.9.16 The Other Chalk Line
THE TERMINAL… Fort Book vs The Byters
2016.07.16 Superman… We have a problem
2016.6.16 I AM JIM CASEY
2016.05.16 2016.05.16 The Tribe Has Spoken …So Long Uncle Bamy
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2016.04.01 The Homeless War
2016.03.16 WTF!? Sherman
@AP »
President Donald Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend today with a display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands. Questions about virus precautions and protests from Native American groups will also greet the president. http://apne.ws/CM0kdcg
A Paris court upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, citing a lack of sufficient evidence. http://apne.ws/99BAWGC
Barcelona's mayor doesn't want to tear down her city's monument to Christopher Columbus, but she does want a debate about Spain's colonial legacy. @JWilsonBCN http://apne.ws/X8ysrHM
Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid, one of Copenhagen’s biggest tourist attractions, has been vandalized with the words “racist fish” scrawled on the big stone on which the statue sits. It has long been a target for vandals. http://apne.ws/Eb8lvdG
WordPlay
It's got to be 'chaise longue' (or is that 'chaise lounge'??).
There's just so much going on with this, from fancypants French to folk etymology to pronunciation. Lots of good reasons to look it up. #AskMW
The wool report is on hiatus for summer.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/chaise-lounge-or-chaise-longue
@MerriamWebster @PeterSokolowski What piece of furniture do people look up the name of the most?
And specifically for Peter (but not so much about language); Do you miss the Tweed Report?
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New from me: The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allows the state of Alabama to stop counties from setting up curbside voting for the July 14th runoff election, and restores absentee witness and ID requirements in 3 counties. https://bit.ly/2NQeDoT #alpolitics
Several college students in an Alabama city organized “COVID-19” parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first, officials said. http://apne.ws/YPRN0Vb
It's now officially an artifact. https://twitter.com/MSTODAYnews/status/1278450076512325635
NEW: Mississippi has officially retired its former state flag featuring the Confederate battle emblem to a museum.
"This is the thrill of my lifetime to accept these flags," said former Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson.
https://mississippitoday.org/2020/07/01/its-an-artifact-mississippi-officially-retires-its-state-flag-to-a-museum/
@JudyWoodruff @WmBrangham My high school didn't have room for 3000 srudents, faculty & staff to stand 6 feet apart. Opening schools will result In exponential spread. Convenience for the feminist mantra is obviously more important than flattening the curve. And you want me to wear a mask...? Hoo. Ha.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-pledge-americas-workers-month-2020/
HUNTSVILLE, Al - Madison Cnty is irresponsible to seek mask enforcement before the first or middle of Sept. Huntsville has no pandemic and masks will inflict further economic injury. IF there is a vaccine, it's too late for fall; if not, interrupting herd immunity is INSANE.
