Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2016 on Twitter
Saturday, October 08, 2016
Donald Trump's last 24 hours
The Gutter King, Donald J. Trump
By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.
After Donald Trump's hedging [1] apology last night (ending "I pledge to be a better man tomorrow"), he inserted a passage like a song's bridge, where he seemed to evoke RFK spending time with the poor folks, and being transformed. Then he crawled back in the gutter on Bill Clinton, and ended his 90 seconds on a [shockingly] defiant note.
[1] a) that's not me; b) this is a distraction; it's ten years old; d) what about Bill Clinton?
After Donald Trump's hedging [1] apology last night (ending "I pledge to be a better man tomorrow"), he inserted a passage like a song's bridge, where he seemed to evoke RFK spending time with the poor folks, and being transformed. Then he crawled back in the gutter on Bill Clinton, and ended his 90 seconds on a [shockingly] defiant note.
[1] a) that's not me; b) this is a distraction; it's ten years old; d) what about Bill Clinton?
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A curious Publix advertisement from 1967
By Jack Brummet
What I love most about this 1967 Publix ad is the expressions on the people. . .
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Friday, October 07, 2016
Thursday, October 06, 2016
Mike Pence's whoppers at this week's VP Debate #PantsOnFire
From Huffington Post Politics:
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drawing: faces 1627 - Candy Shop
By Jack Brummet
[A sign I found about 20 years ago. Whatever it was painted with, you cannot use ink on the surface. I used a #5B pencil.]
[A sign I found about 20 years ago. Whatever it was painted with, you cannot use ink on the surface. I used a #5B pencil.]
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Fun with embalming fluid — a story from 1919
Not likely, but this should have been the origin of the phrase "stiff drink."
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Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Clown sightings: Bill The Clown
by Jack Brummet, Clown and Prankster Ed.
Reading the strange clown news lately, I remembered this image I snagged in the early days of the WWW. It was about 1992. Every new website was exciting, and we all passed around the few dozen really interesting ones. I don't remember which site this came from, but it was an archive of photos and early photoshop works. This image was—and remains—one of the creepiest I've seen on the web in the last 25 years, dated 1992, and titled "Bill The Clown," file name bill-the.gif.
Reading the strange clown news lately, I remembered this image I snagged in the early days of the WWW. It was about 1992. Every new website was exciting, and we all passed around the few dozen really interesting ones. I don't remember which site this came from, but it was an archive of photos and early photoshop works. This image was—and remains—one of the creepiest I've seen on the web in the last 25 years, dated 1992, and titled "Bill The Clown," file name bill-the.gif.
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Monday, October 03, 2016
Hot Sauce in Kitsap County
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
If you like Americana, and/or Bluegrass and raucous humor, you may just love this Melanie Curran album. It is the most hyperlocal collection I've ever heard, but you will enjoy it no matter where you live, because it translates far and wide. The tracks:
- RIP 305 Park and Ride
- Peterson's Topsoil
- Old Shoes and Picture Postcards
- Hot Sauce in Kitsap County
- 7th Greatest Dancer in This Bar
- Jefferson County Two-Step
- Thurston County Blues (Trd.)
- The Kingdome Was an Inside Job
- Capitol Hill is Hell
- A History of Seattle
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