This psychedelic Walt Disney Silly Symphony from 1935 offers an interesting comparison to Munchkin Land in The Wizard of OZ. The Lollipop Guild would fit right in here.
The way éclairs are used is extremely suggestive. The depiction of a black Miss Licorice is unfortunate. Alcoholics and gays also make an appearance in this cartoon.
“It is a tenant of my faith that the Constitution is divinely inspired.”
– Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R)
From his statement, I infer that Bowers is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The religion formerly known as Mormonism.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/04/51oaks?lang=eng
It’s good that Bowers spoke out forcefully today against the failed pressure tactics by the Trump campaign. But just as kings, despite their claims to a throne, were never appointed by God, I forcefully reject the idea that the Constitution of the United States was divinely inspired.
Bowers insisted that Rudy Giuliani provide proof of voter fraud, which Rudy couldn’t do, because it never existed. In contrast, Bowers doesn’t require proof that the Constitution was divinely inspired. He accepts it simply as a matter of faith.
Many Evangelical Christians, who don’t consider Mormonism to be a valid religion, also believe that God played a role in the drafting of the Constitution. We’re supposed to think that He went back and said, “Oh, wait! I have a few more Commandments to add, but let’s call them Amendments, okay?” This sort of dangerous nonsense was one of the reasons why I abandoned my own faith before graduating from college.
Lock him up! Lock him up!
PRX Remix is a program from the Public Radio Exchange that collects audio stories from various sources. I’ll embed a couple of worthwhile segments that have been featured on PRX Remix.
https://exchange.prx.org/group_accounts/98822-remix
As with the start of the Revolutionary War, our Constitutional government began with an event here in Massachusetts. Shays’ Rebellion.
The fascinating, and dangerous, lives of real-life Skywalkers.
Here is modest proof supporting the claims that Google manipulates search results to suit its own purposes. Each of the strings below is looking for “NextGen TV Boston”. My post from yesterday about WCRN appears near the top of the results from both DuckDuckGo and Bing. Google? Nope, nowhere to be found, even when limiting results to the last 24 hours.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=nextgen+tv+boston&atb=v174-1&ia=web
Joel Whitburn has passed away. Whitburn’s scrupulous cataloguing of the Billboard song charts is appreciated by many who enjoy popular music and the radio biz, pros and fans alike.
Whitburn’s determined realization of his obsession reminds me of Andrew Sandoval, whose impeccable work I enjoy very much. Whitburn tracked everything that charted, while Andrew devotes a great deal of effort into finding the countless obscure 45’s from the 60’s that never charted.
