Friday Night Open Thread

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Do you have something you’d like to share? A link? A joke? Some words of wisdom? A topic to discuss? It’s our nightly Open Thread, and you have the floor.

Guest Post of the Night: C.C.

Not a subject amusing enough to make a meme out of, but too serious to ignore.

Submitted by c.c.:

Will BLM and the woke even acknowledge July 26th?

30th anniversary of the Disability Act is around the corner and so far, crickets.

Almost like they really don’t care about equal rights…

The Stuff of Nightmares

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I, Sis, Is Still a Threat

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Oh, the Amenity

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Must be piranhas in the pool

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A Real-Life Action-Adventure Story

IMAO World Headquarters

IMAO World Headquarters, 5:00 p.m. (EST)

Frank J.
Frank J:  OK, it’s well past 8:00 a.m. — sorry to keep you waiting.  Who brought my Mountain Dew and Diablo sandwich?

Oppo
Oppo: That’s Basil’s job.

Basil

SpaceMonkey
Spacemonkey: Where is Basil?

Keln
Keln: He hasn’t been showing up for meetings.  Can the rest of us skip this?

Mr. Right
Mr. Right: Yep.

Basil
Basil {via videoconferencing:}: Wait. What?  I’ve been posting.


Walrus: {via text message:} Can I have his office?


Keln
Keln: You didn’t see his blog posting?  There was an incident.

Frank J.
Frank J.: I’m in charge.

Oppo
Oppo: Gadzooks!

SpaceMonkey

Spacemonkey: I’m going to see if he’s OK!

Mr. Right

Mr. Right: I’m going too!

Keln
Keln: Yep. I’m gonna cut out of this meeting, but not necessarily to see Basil.

Keln

Basil
Basil: Really, guys — I’m not exactly Joe Biden yet.

Basil

Oppo

Mr. Right

SpaceMonkey

Keln

Harvey

Walrus:  So, is the meeting over?  Working from home, you know. Hello?  Hello? . . .

Frank J.
Frank J.:  Well, sit back for my previously recorded six-hour TedTalk.  Who are you, again?

Amuse of Power

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The Real Meaning of the Word Metrics

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Containment

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Straight Line of the Day: The AP Will Capitalize [on] “Black” [sic] but Not “white” [sic]. Their Next Tortuous Style Decision Is …

Straight Line of the Day: The AP will capitalize [on] “Black” [sic] but not “white” [sic]. Their next tortuous style decision is …

AP says it will capitalize Black but not white
The Associated Press | July 20, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — After changing its usage rules last month to capitalize the word “Black” when used in the context of race and culture, The Associated Press on Monday said it would not do the same for “white.”

The AP said white people in general have much less shared history and culture, and don’t have the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color.

“We agree that white people’s skin color plays into systemic inequalities and injustices, and we want our journalism to robustly explore these problems,” John Daniszewski, the AP’s vice president for standards, said in a memo to staff Monday. “But capitalizing the term white, as is done by white supremacists, risks subtly conveying legitimacy to such beliefs.”

“White doesn’t represent a shared culture and history in the way Black does,” The New York Times said on July 5 in explaining its decision.

CBS News said it would capitalize white, although not when referring to white supremacists, white nationalists or white privilege.

Some proponents believe that keeping white lowercase is actually anti-Black, saying it perpetuates the idea that whites are the default race.

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Anti-Babe League

Well you asked for it. I wasn’t going to do it.

Nope, wasn’t.

But golly gosh durn it I’m an accommodating feller so here it is.

Now I could have made it easy for you and had the question be “Who do you hate most” but I went with the standard “Who do like better?”

Vote and be damned.

Alexandra “Sandy” Ocasio-Cortez
Ilhan Omar

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Who do like best?

Knee-Jerk Liberal Asphalt

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