A1
"'I will do everything I can in the coming five years to make sure you never have a reason to vote for extremism again,' [Macron] said."
However
"As significant for France and for Mr. Macron's future, nearly 34 percent of eligible voters did not cast a ballot or cast a blank or null one, suggesting that a large number of people could not bring themselves to vote for him ... [t]hat lack of support presaged a difficult road ahead as Mr Macron tries to build a legislative majority to push through his program."
A3
"I always go for the squeeze bottle."
Although it does away with the pounding on the bottom, I feel such a nostalgic affinity for the bottle. Joannie, I think we should keep both in stock.
A4
"On Wednesday, North Korea confirmed it was holding Kim Sang-duk, who also goes by his American name, Tony Kim, on charges of committing 'hostile criminal acts with an aim to subvert the country.'"
We really really owe Sweden.
A6
"According to tribal law, single women, widows, divorcées and those without sons could not inherit the land, which meant that the state could confiscate it without compensation. Over the years, thousand of women -- no one really knows how many -- were forced from their homes and into slums in surrounding towns and cities."
Once again, the West seems to be silent and impotent about this. Ivanka? Anyone?
Would you believe John McCain? We Must Support Human Rights.
A6
"As Palestinian prisoners ended the third week of a mass hunger strike, Israel released videos that it said showed the strike leader, Marwan Barghouti, sneaking snacks in his cell."
What mean-spirited bullshit.
To see what a hunger strike is really all about, see this film.
A10
The online headline was changed to:
So at first glance, I thought the article might have been about these:
And also, shouldn't it be "Kushner companies court"? The noun is "companies" modified by the adjective "Kushner", right? Companies court.
Or am I wrong?
A21
"[T]he real takeaway from the week was not the political prowess of Paul Ryan or President Trump, but the intensity of Republican infighting, even on an issue where the party was supposedly unified."
"The bill established a template: devise legislation based on Freedom Caucus priorities, then add just enough concessions to bring in the minimal number of centrists needed to pass -- and swiftly, before Congress's nonpartisan scorekeepers can estimate the impact of the bill.
The problem is, that's a terrible way to write legislation."
B3
As a legal secretary, I had the privlege of working for many female lawyers, beginning with my sister, Lynn, in 1976.
They were all conscientious go-getters who seemed to work twice as hard as the males.
C1
DD & Bekah in Philadelphia!
D1
"Gift Ngoepe gave his cap to the Hall of Fame, but kept his bat, he said, because it still had hits left in it."
The Gift that keeps on giving.
D1 (online only)
An all-time classic! Chapman blows a 3-run save in the 9th! Strikeouts galore! And a cold, windy Wrigley Field.
and an upside-down Kyle Schwarber!!
TIME MACHINE
May 8, 1978
39 years ago
The Jews and Carter (by Alexander M. Schindler)
"Differences on issues clearly obtain. They are marked, consequential, even profound. But they involve means, not ends -- and so there is no final rupture. So long as these differences persist, we intend to give them unfettered voice. Given the communality of vision, there is no reason why they cannot be resolved."
In the short term, Carter was good for Israel -- but in the long term, he was great for peace.
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