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The right to disconnect has started, allowing Australians to stop responding to emails and calls after hours.
Turf War: For 148 years, the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then, an old-money-versus-new-money clash erupted.
Trolley, the online journal of the NYS Writers Institute. Issue 7: Summer Camp
Orange
The Word Of The Week: Sanewashing. “If Biden made a flub, that became the headline. It eclipsed whatever else he had been trying to say. Why isn’t Trump being covered the same way? When Trump says something insane or incoherent, that should be the news. It’s not just smoke that a reporter needs to blow away to reveal some underlying policy point that may or may not actually exist. The nominee of a major party regularly says things that are insane or incoherent. That’s what’s significant. That — and not whatever policy a reporter can interpret from his ravings — is the news in these Trump events.”
A Week in His Declining Spiral
The debate
This is precisely the debate analogy I thought of: Kamala Harris Floats Like a Butterfly, Stings Like a Bee.
Kimberly Atkins-Stohr writes in the Boston Globe: “His bar was on the floor. All he had to do was not look crazy. He failed. I didn’t think it could get worse than Trump lobbing lies like Democrats supporting post-birth abortions or immigrants eating house pets in the Heartland. But I was wrong. Trump said that on Jan. 6, 2021, after he sicced an armed mob on the US Capitol: ‘Nobody on the other side was killed.’ Elected officials carrying out their constitutional duties are not ‘the other side.’ He proved himself unfit in less than an hour.”
Per Vanity Fair: “Ever since he flirted with running for president in 1988, Trump has relied on his mentor Roy Cohn’s three rules of winning: attack, attack, attack; admit nothing, deny everything; and always claim victory. ‘I thought that was my best Debate, EVER,’ Trump posted on Truth Social about 20 minutes after leaving the stage.”
FactChecking the Harris-Trump Debate
Also:
RedState asks the Biggest Traitors to the Conservative Cause – the McCain Family or the Cheney Family? (No, I’m not linking to that.) My answer is the Congressional MAGA enablers (Stefanik, Jordan, Cotton, Cruz, Graham, et al.)
Speaking of enabling: Evangelical leader Lance Wallnau pitches djt to followers as divinely chosen for the presidency.
MUSIC
Pale September – Fiona Apple
Sérgio Mendes obituary: Brazilian musician who popularised bossa nova worldwide. Fool On The Hill – Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66
Will Jennings, Oscar Winner for “My Heart Will Go On” and “Tears of Heaven, Dies at 80. I remember him mostly for his work with Steve Winwood, such as Valerie.
James Darren, ‘Gidget’ Surfer and Cop on ‘T.J. Hooker,’ Dies at 88. He sang, too. Her Royal Majesty – James Darren
Music Television Is (Way)Back!
New Chautauqua – Peter Sprague
Hangover Game – MJ Lenderman
Phil Donohue Show (1990) -the original cast of A Chorus Line, just before the show would close
Anacreon overture by Luigi Cherubini
Favorite Songs By Favorite Artists (Series Three) #21: Robyn Hitchcock
Dream A Little Dream Of Me – MonaLisa Twins
Coverville 1501: Nina Persson Cover Story and Greg Kihn Tribute and 1502: Cover Stories for P!nk and Jack Black
Anthem – Leonard Cohen
Save It For Later – Harvey Danger
Can’t Find My Way Back Home – Peter Sprague featuring Leonard Patton
Darker Than Death – Indigo De Souza
The opening number from the 1994 Tony Awards
What’s Love Got To Do With It – Tina Turner
You Can’t Stop The Beat – Ambassadors of Harmony
K-Chuck Radio: The Surgeon General won’t like this…
Green Day: Wake Me Up When September Ends
Roll call
Florida — I Won’t Back Down – Florida’s own Tom Petty, and used by Florida politicians for decades, including, most recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Guam — Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter.
Hawaii — “24k Magic” by Hawaii’s most successful pop artist, Bruno Mars.
Idaho — Private Idaho – the B-52’s, who are not from Idaho.
Illinois — Sirius – the Alan Parsons Project, which played while the Chicago Bulls were introduced during the Michael Jordan era of the 1990s.
Indiana — Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Indiana’s own Michael Jackson. [It’s on Off The Wall, MJ’s best album.]
Iowa — Celebration – Kool & the Gang.
Kansas — Carry On Wayward Son by, um, Kansas. I LOVE this song.
Maine — Shut Up And Dance – Walk the Moon.
Maryland — Respect – Aretha Franklin.
Massachusetts — I’m Shipping Up To Boston – Dropkick Murphys, a loud-and-proud Massachusetts punk band that regularly wears Boston sports jerseys while playing.
Minnesota — 1999 -Prince, Minnesota’s own, well, prince.
Mississippi — Twistin’ the Night Away – Sam Cooke, the “King of Soul,” who helped expand the genre in Mississippi.
Missouri — Good Luck, Babe – Missouri’s Chappell Roan.
Montana — American Woman – Lenny Kravitz (originally by Guess Who, a Canadian band).
Dr. SCOTUS Will Now See Your Next Patient – Ron Harman King fears our 
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