Rumsfeld: Looting is transition to freedom.
11 Stupid Reasons White People Have Rioted.
These 10 Questions Can Mean Life Behind Bars.
US cited for police violence, racism in scathing UN review on human rights.
The History of ‘Thug’: “The surprisingly ancient and global etymology of a racially charged epithet.”
Why are we celebrating the beating of a black child?
So You’re About To Become A Minority…
Part of Michelle Obama’s revealing speech at Tuskegee. The whole thing. Plus the reaction from certain parties.
The NRA’s brazen shell game with donations.
Art Spiegelman: Je Suis Charlie —But I’m Not Pamela Geller. AFDI is “the anti-matter, Bizarro World, flipside, mirror-logic version of what Charlie Hebdo is about.”
Rating Last Week’s Craziness. What should we do when debunking just isn’t enough?
The 10 biggest lies you’ve been told about the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
There is no “Blue Wall” for the Democratic Presidential nominee in 2016.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: American students face a ridiculous amount of testing. Oliver explains how standardized tests impact school funding, the achievement gap, how often kids are expected to throw up.
Former Homeless Teen Cyndi Lauper Testifies Before Congress On Ending LGBT Youth Homelessness.
An open letter to pastors (A non-mom speaks about Mother’s Day). And, from last year, the holiday’s centennial: Its Surprisingly Dark History.
In case you missed it, Harriet Tubman was the selection of the Women On 20s voters. Now tell the President.
Judge Rules Man Fathered Only One Twin.
Dustbury on the passing of the lead Kingsman, Jack Ely, of Louie, Louie fame; and the wonderful Ben E. King. I’m SO pleased that King’s original version of Stand By Me was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”, only about a month before King’s death. As Mr. Frog noted, Ben E. King also performed Save the Last Dance for Me with the Drifters.
Then, unsurprisingly, the great bluesman Riley B. King, known as MB.B. King, died this week. From NPR: “He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ’87. He was so beloved that he received honorary degrees from the Berklee College of Music as well as Yale and Brown universities, among others.” Here’s an episode of Sanford and Son, featuring B.B. King.
SamuraiFrog remembers Michael Blake, author of Dances with Wolves.
The Mike Wallace Interview featuring Rod Serling (1959). Serling’s legacy lives on as his hometown of Binghamton, NY opens a museum exhibit in the Bundy Museum of History.
Grief is powerful. “Here are 6 lessons survivors learn from tragedy.”
There’s a Facebook graphic noting that, in the American way of writing dates, all of the days in this 10-day period are palindromes, e.g. 5/17/15, 5/18/15. It was also true in April 2014, March 2013, February 2012, January 2011. It was similarly true in 2001-2009, if you use the leading zero in the day field: 1/01/01. 2/01/02, et al.
It’ll be true next June: 6/10/16 et al., then starting 7/10/17, 8/10/18, 9/10/19, 1/20/21, 2/20/22, 3/20/23, 4/20/24, 5/20/25, 6/20/26, 7/20/27, 8/20/28, and 9/20/29. Then not again until 2101, so prepare your memes now.
Frontier Town: yeah, I visited there a long time ago.
David Kalish: The incredible adventures of my wife’s nose.
Mark Evanier’s 60th birthday, starring his mother. And Ken Levine’s mom gets him a writing gig.
Let it Beep, Apple Computers! And Beep Beep by the Playmates.
Tammy Wynette’s greatest Top Pop success. (It’s NOT Stand By Your Man.)
Omnified G and Turning the Corner and We want our nickel back.
SamuraiFrog ranks Weird Al: 90-81 and 80-71.
Paved in Robbie Williams platinum.
No, beards are no more filthy and dangerous than everything else.
JEOPARDY!: Louis Virtel’s one regret after losing (and snapping) on the show. Why Ken Jennings’s Streak Is Nearly Impossible To Break; almost certainly true. Plus 6 Inside Facts; these are totally true.
Nurses from the Opening Credits of MASH, the TV show.
Muppets: a whole lot of stuff, including Orson Welles.
GOOGLE WATCH (me)
Arthur and his blog and Facebook and breaking technology. Something like that.
ADD does the A to Z. So does Monsieur Frog.
Dustbury would LIKE to wear sunscreen. Plus a Stevie Wonderesque medley.
Chuck Miller writes the Best of our TU Community Blogs every Thursday. My posts have been on the list occasionally, but for May 7, my post about Kent State was the READ FIRST.
