https://twitter.com/VanityFair/status/1281601310148775937


An article about how it came to be-

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/07/carl-reiner-final-performance-the-princess-bride

And Trump condoned it. He's trying to distract from that. Let's keep the Putin bounty for our soldiers in the news.

That the president can read, walk, drink.

-
Setting the bar a little low!

Other accounts focused just on the "testing," but this article goes into all the ways he urged his listeners to hate and attack.




https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/trump-tulsa-rally-campaign-enemies-fear.html

And this by the lovely and stern Nina.

When I think of how simply dangerous it was for black musicians to sing protest songs by them-- humbled. This is about MLK's death:

Nina Simone: Why (The King of Love Is Dead) -

What's gonna happen now? In all of our cities?
My people are rising; they're living in lies.
Even if they have to die
Even if they have to die at the moment they know what life is
Even at that one moment that ya know what life is
If you have to die, it's all right
Cause you know what life is
You know what freedom is for one moment of your life

But he had seen the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you'd better stop and think
Everybody knows we're on the brink
What will happen, now that the King of love is dead?

From Worldometer: US new cases today-
+33,140

The power of creative thinking: Scientist blows bubbles with son in park... realizes bubbles could deliver pollen without damaging the flower.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/world/soap-bubble-robotic-pollination-study-scn/index.html

None of us are free if one of us is chained.

Roger Goodell:"We, the National Football League, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people. We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all players to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the National Football League, believe that black lives matter."

There was a name just hovering in my mind... I was waiting for him to say it. You know... that name that Goodell trashed and insulted... the name of the man who sacrificed his career for his right to protest police brutality.... What was his name again?

COLIN KAEPERNICK.

Over the weekend, there were reports of two fatal shootings of young black men "during the violence" (making it sound that it happened in a confrontation with the police or protesters).

The first, of Chris Beatty, a beloved local football star and businessman, seems to have been because he came across some burglars or muggers (not "in the violence". Alas, in Indianapolis, "normal murders" are quite common.

The other, however.... 18-year-old Dorian Murrell-- was at the protests when he encountered a 29-year-old white man walking around with a guy. Eyewitnesses say there was no violent encounter before; the shooter claims self defense. He shot Murrell multiple times.

It's important, I think, to distinguish 'riot violence' and "shooting during the riot'-- which makes it seem like the protesters killed someone. Headline on Sunday: Indianapolis riots leave 2 dead after 'multiple shootings' reported downtown, buildings damaged

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2020/06/02/indianapolis-riots-arrest-made-fatal-shooting-18-year-old/3125859001/