I’m feeling snarky today. “What’s new?”, I hear you asking yourself as you shake your head. Nothing much, I suppose, and I have a feeling I will continue feeling snarky for at least the next 16 months, probably longer.
A double standard?
In the news this morning, I read that Peter Yarrow of the famed folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, was to perform at a 2-day music festival in Norwich, Connecticut in September, but that his scheduled appearance has been canceled. Why? Because of an “indecent liberties” conviction in 1969. What happened was two teenage girls, sisters aged 14 and 17, snuck past hotel security and went to Mr. Yarrow’s room, seeking his autograph. When he answered the door, he was naked. Yep, that’s all. He did not touch the girls, did not invite them in, did not “grab them by the {ahem}”. For this, Yarrow was convicted of taking “indecent liberties” and sentenced to three months in jail. In 1970. Again, he did not know who was at the door, the girls went unannounced to seek his autograph, and he did not touch either of them.
While I think answering a knock on your hotel room door while stark naked is a really stupid thing to do, I also think sneaking to a celebrity’s hotel room is a stupid thing to do. I am a supporter of the #MeToo movement, and make no mistake, I think every sexual predator should receive the Lorena Bobbitt treatment. However, I do not see this as a case of sexual assault, abuse, harrassment, or anything more than stupidity. Fifty years later, Mr. Yarrow is still paying the price for an episode of bad judgment. But, on the other hand …
At least 17 women have accused Donald Trump of varying inappropriate behavior, including allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault, the latest being a credible accusation by E. Jean Carroll who has provided details in her autobiography of the assault, which took place in the mid-1990s. He has cheated on all three of his wives. He has admittedly gone into dressing rooms of underage girls to view their naked bodies. And then there was his infamous mic-drop moment when he bragged that “when you’re famous, they let you do it … you can grab them by the {ahem} …” And yet, nearly half the adults in this nation are willing to allow this ‘man’ to sit in the Oval Office, are willing to ignore or overlook his words and actions … words and actions that far exceed Mr. Yarrow’s on a scale of atrociousness.
Peter Yarrow, when informed of the decision to drop him from the roster of the Norwich festival, bowed out with grace. When Trump hears criticism based on his sexual exploits, he responds with rants and vitriol. Make of it what you will.
Say WHAT???
I realize that not everyone is a history buff, and some people have never read a book of history since leaving that European History class in their senior year of high school. No problemo … we all have our own interests. One of mine happens to be history, primarily U.S. history and post-WWI European history. However, I cannot imagine anybody in this country whose jaw didn’t drop when, in his speech yesterday, Trump, speaking of the time of the Revolutionary War, said …
“Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over airports, it did everything it had to do.”
In case there are any Trump supporters reading this who may not understand the gaffe … the Revolutionary War ran from April 19, 1775 to September 3, 1783. Wilbur and Orville Wright flew their first airplane on December 17, 1903. Doesn’t it seem that, even if he didn’t know the exact dates, he would have realized the airplane did not exist at the time of the Revolution? 120 years later, after the end of the war …
Y’know … I don’t mind so much if the president of the country makes a bad decision that gets us all killed, as I mind that such an ignorant person has my life and yours in his hands. Just imagine how much danger such ignorance puts us all in. Sigh. At least the meme-makers had fun with it.
And my favourite …
Have a great evening, and remember friends …
We, on the other hand, have had fairly mild temps, but I do wish the bloomin’ rain would quit. Then again, at least I haven’t had to water the flowers for over a week now! So, are you guys in the mood for a bit of humour to start this week off right? Grab a snack and a drink and pull up a chair … let’s get this show on the road, shall we?
It is a pyramid made of pennies. 1,030,315 pennies, to be exact. It weighs 6,360 pounds and stands 44.6 inches tall. At the base, it is 65 rows wide by 65 rows long, and stands 65 rows tall.
Originally thinking the world record was made of only 626,789 coins built by a man in Colorado a couple of years ago, Nielsen knew he could beat that, and so the building process began.
It has rained almost constantly since Friday night, and this is the result. This used to just be grass, but now I’m wishing I hadn’t given away my fishing rod ‘n reel several years ago! For a time, the flowers were enjoying the rain, but now I hear their wee voices saying, “Enough already!!!” Anybody have a small boat we can borrow, just in case?
It’s reminiscent of an Abbott and Costello clip, don’t you think? A more stupid man has never sat in the Oval Office. And then the conversation turned to former White House Counsel Don McGahn, who testified under oath to Robert Mueller’s team that Trump had asked him to fire Mueller, and then later that he had asked him to deny that he had ever asked him.
The hair is held together by a genuine silk thread, and is encased in a 19th century glazed oval frame. That amount of money … for a lock of hair of a dead person, albeit a famous dead person … is further proof, if any were needed, that people with money to burn are people of very little brain.
Personally, I think the messages are relevant and timely. The original message might have been intended to save lives that day, but … the replacement messages might save lives over a much longer term.
And that’s a wrap for today, my friends! Please don’t forget to share those gorgeous smiles I see on your faces … I left a few extras by the door, so feel to grab one on your way out in case you lose yours sometime this week. Love ‘n Hugs from Filosofa and Jolly!
Three years … who knows how much money wasted … and not a single prosecution, not a single person has spent a single day in jail. Even the seven people who had made a plea deal had not yet been sentenced. Understandably and justifiably, the people of Flint are disgusted and out of patience. Although a new investigation has been promised … every promise that has been made to the people of Flint thus far has been broken, and they still do not have potable water, so why should they believe this promise?
It was announced yesterday that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving at the end of June. Mind you, it’s been some 94 days since she last held so much as a press briefing, so nobody knows quite what she has been doing for the past three months anyway. But, if you want a good laugh, consider this … she said she hopes to be remembered for her transparency and honesty! 🤣🤣🤣 She has been anything but transparent or honest, and has been naught but a paid mouthpiece for whatever gaslighting Trump ordered her to do. Surely she has told nearly as many lies as Trump himself, and she is one of the ones who claimed that “God wanted Donald Trump to become president.” 
I don’t know whether she actually plans to run for governor against incumbent Asa Hutchinson, whose term will end in 2022, but nothing would surprise me these days. One could hope that the good people of Arkansas have better sense.
MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report)—Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.
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