Monday, May 22, 2017

56. 5/22/17

Happy Birthday to my big sister!

 A10 CHINA'S GIFT TO GERMANY: A GIANT STATUE OF MARX

"Karl Marx is officially revered in China, the last major Communist state after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991."


"In China, there are two completely different voices in the debate over the statue ... one is that Germany is now a wholly capitalist state that has abandoned Marxism. Sending the statue is tantamount to sending his ideas back to try to reignite the spark of revolution ... The other is that Marx's theory of class struggle had a very negative effect on China. Sending the statue is symbolically returning defective goods."

That guy in the lower left is definitely a relative!

C1 IN PURSUIT OF NEWS TO SKEWER

"The writing staff of TBS's 'Full Frontal With Samantha Bee' uses the shorthand 'Scalia' for a last-minute show adjustment, a reference to the rewrite that had to be undertaken when Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016."


The best of these jesters will be the ones who can quickly react to the constantly "breaking news" with wit, originality and oppo energy. Samantha gets my vote.

A24 ON CLIMATE, LOOK TO CHINA AND INDIA

"India is expected to obtain 40 percent of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2022, eight years ahead of schedule."


"The Trump administration seems determined to destroy or undermine every initiative on which President Obama based his pledge in Paris to substantially reduce America's greenhouse gases ..."

America leads by example. In theory. So much damage can be done in just a few short years. Perhaps irreversible.

A1 SHIFTING TONE, PRESIDENT SAVES DARK WORDS FOR A FAITHS FRINGE

"President Trump on Sunday pivoted away from his strident assessment of Islam as a religion of hatred as he sought to redefine American leadership in the Middle East and rally the Muslim world to join him in a renewed campaign against extremism."


"We are not here to lecture ..."

Marco Rubio: "It's in our national security interest to advocate for democracy and freedom and human rights."

"'Drive them out,' [Trump] said. 'Drive them out of your places of worship. Drive them out of your communities. Drive them out of your holy land. And drive them out of this earth.'"

He was referring to extremists, not special prosecutors, btw.

B1 SOURED ON UBER

"Parking fees make up about 15 percent of revenue for the city of Pittsburgh."


And the driverless car pulled up to this:



A25 HATE THE SUBWAY? BLAME CUOMO

"New York City subway riders contend with more than 70,000 delays a month (well over a delay every minute)."


Toto needs to tug at that curtain. Riders Alliance.

B6 WYOMING WIND PROJECT ENVISIONS COAL MINERS AS ITS NEW WORK FORCE

"The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that national employment for mining and geological engineers will grow by 6 percent between 2014 and 2024, while employment for wind turbine technicians is expected to grow by 108 percent."


Let's hope they deliver on their promises.

C1 A "BACHELORETTE" BIBLE

"There is a mantra often repeated on 'The Bachelor' and its spinoff, 'The Bachelorette': 'Here for the right reasons'."


And there's even a Fantasy League. Of course there is.

A25 THE UNFREEING OF AMERICAN WORKERS

"Almost one in five American employees is subject to some kind of noncompete clause."


"Creeping along the road to serfdom, yoked to corporate employers the way Russian peasants were once tied to their masters' land."

And if you happen to live in a "Right to Work" state ... 




C6 ALBEE ESTATE REJECTS BID TO CAST BLACK ACTOR

"The late playwright Edward Albee exercised such control over professional productions of his plays that directors were often required to submit headshots of proposed casts before getting the rights to mount them."


The Conan Doyle estate has always been very picky about granting rights, but seems more relaxed lately. Sherlock becomes public domain in 2023. The Albee estate will become more flexible as their own PD date approaches!

Here's a great page about copyright law in theatre.

TIME MACHINE
May 22, 1996
21 years ago


COLORIZING THE OREO. PASTEL, NO LESS.

"How long will it take for a return to 'classic white'?"


I don't remember these.

JOURNAL; A GAY RIGHTS VICTORY MUFFLED

The brouhaha over the Defense of Marriage Act. The Times did not let Clinton off the hook, either:

"The bill also forces Mr. Clinton, who says he opposes both same-sex marriage and anti-gay discrimination, into a corner. If he vetoes it, his opponents can portray him as a proponent of same-sex marriage; if he signs it, he endorses the gay-bashing that the bill transparently is. He's presumably praying it will never reach his desk ... If Mr. Dole's cynicism is deplorable, so is Mr. Clinton's cowardice, which fans the flames."

COMPANY NEWS; ACER PLANS AN INTERNET-READY PERSONAL COMPUTER

Quaint, huh?

AFTER "L.A. LAW," A PURSUIT OF PASSIONS FOR FOOD AND LIFE

A very cool celebrity-couple piece. My favorite Tucker role is as Woody Allen's father in Radio Days.

NEW JERSEY DAILY BRIEFING; CLERK GUILTY IN POSTAL FRAUD

"After selling postage, Dale Agar of Lafayette altered computer records to make the purchase look smaller, leaving her with an excess of cash."

$108,000? That's a lot of postage.

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