Aug 172024
 

Yesterday, I learned that the same artist who created the Obana “Hope” poster has now made one for Kamala called “FORWARD.” It’s 18×24 but you can download it as a pdf on a single page. And if you don’t have an 18×24 space, you can get “labels” (actually just sticky paper) at an office supply store. (I just used my last one for something else, but have ordered more.) And, yes, this is the same poster I wrote about in yesterday’s email – I didn’t want anyone to miss it. It is Creative Commons, which means you may print it and put it up without worrying about copyright. You are, as it were, pre-licensed.  Also, I received a grocery delivery.

Margaret Atwood has a new French Revolution post out. She explains why it took her this long … but frankly I think this is exactly the right time for it. Not, I suppose, that the people who most need to be warned will see it – or not in large numbers – but at least we will.

I don’t suppose anyone who comes here is any more interested in crowd sizes in general than I am. I’m all too aware that crowd sizes are not even as good an indicator of electoral victory than the polls. But there is something they do measure, and that’s what this article is about. It appears that HuffPost is willing to print what is right before their eyes when the New York Times will not.

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Jan 292024
 

Yesterday, what I mostly did was finish two knitting projects – one fair-sized one on which I’ve been working for some time, and one so small I started and finished it after finishing the large one.  Not exciting, but there it is

Crooks and Liars has posted a video by Cliff Schecter which really points up the difference between the time when the Republican Party had Joe MacCarthy, and now, when all Republicans are Joe McCarthy. And you may learn something about the Illinois loyalty pledge too. It’s under 7 minutes, and if you watch it at C&L you won’t have to pay YouTube to avoid ads.

Margaret Atwood has been using her Substack to share a multi-part history of what the French Revolution (which she calls “The French Revvie”) was really like. This link it to Part IV – subtitled “The Vengeance.” I used to warn that if we didn’t make some corrections – and quickly – we’d have another French Revolution. And, yet, when I saw it, I didn’t recognize it. Margaret did. No surprise that she is smarter than I am.

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