Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a "serial child molester." He was a registered sex offender.
I rock a shoe to compliment occasions
But when I do, it seems I'm causing complications
Call me a bounder, call me whack
Either way I'm old-school, from a time before crack
I want the chaps to know I shan't let them down
And the B-boys to know who wears the crown
putting aside the question of enjoying art by people who have done or said heinous things. Should men who exploited girls as young as 14 be given a nation’s highest honors?
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you’ve seen live:
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Philip Glass Orchestra
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Suzanne Vega x 2
Dizzy Gillespie
Concrete Blonde x 2
Buddy Rich
Jane’s Addiction
I’m in a foul mood, so I’d pick anyone of a number of people who sexually exploited or facilitated SA of underage children and paid no price from David Bowie, to MZB, Jimmy Savile, and even Jimmy Page. Talented people all, but it would feel good to dump boiling soup on their heads.
Canadian plane dropping water on the Los Angeles forest fire. Neighbors helping neighbors. Thank you so much Canada, we are sorry our current leader is an idiot.
People are always like "oh the night sky would have been so much brighter and magnificent in the past" but jokes on you guys cause my eyes suck and I wouldn't be able to see it without modern eyeglasses anyway.
I saw Mitch McConnell and he tried to hug me and I was alll like, "Dude get off me, I am trying to throw some pottery here. Go find Lindsey Graham for that shit."
I have several actually. School library where I teach, county library, city library, school library at my alma mater, and I may have one or two from past residences that I use on Libby (but I feel a little guilty about that. A little)
Still though. 250 years of America. No kings. Democracy. Many problems but many very great things.
And America is NOT that guy.
Give me a few things you love about America, whether you live here or not.
For me:
- The popular music of the last 100 years
- R.E.M.
- Flannery O’Connor
- Basketball
Before you get snobbish about e-readers, remember that they allow large text for those with sight disabilities, alternate fonts for those with dyslexia, and can be laid down flat for those lacking mobility in their hands.
That last point is especially helpful for me right now.
Go e-readers!
Jesus, Ezra. That isn't what happened at all.
Rufo did not "try to figure out if" it's true." He gleefully amplified the lie, then offered a bounty to anyone who could retroactively "prove" it.
It spurred death threats. Thousands will soon be deported because of it. Many of them will die.