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Quote Of The Day: Ronald Klain
Today’s quote comes from a must-read piece in The Guardian that examines the lost time in fighting coronavirus. The story is headlined: ”The Missing Six Weeks: How Trump Failed The Biggest Test Of His Life” and the quote comes from Ron Klain, the man who headed the White House Ebola response under President Obama.
“The US response will be studied for generations as a disastrous, failed effort. What’s happened in Washington has been a fiasco of incredible proportions.
We are witnessing one of the greatest failures of governance and basic leadership in modern times.” Ronald Klain
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Trump Claims Responsibility For Longest Black History Month In 4 Years
DuaneThis is perfect.
‘Tell Me About It, Stud,’ Says Pleather-Clad Elizabeth Warren On Debate Stage In Effort To Court Bad Boy Demographic
Faking traffic on Google Maps with a wagon of 99 smartphones
Google Maps incorporates data from smartphones to estimate traffic in any given location. Artist Simon Weckert used this tidbit to throw the statistical models off the scent. With a wagon of 99 smartphones, he turned roads red on Google Maps just by walking around.
Nice.
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Kellyanne Conway Suggests Martin Luther King Jr. Would Have Traveled To Ukraine For Dirt On Biden
WASHINGTON—Praising the civil rights leader for his determination and commitment to justice, Kellyanne Conway, senior counselor to the president, suggested to reporters Monday that Martin Luther King Jr. would have traveled to Ukraine for dirt on Joe Biden. “Dr. Martin Luther King, who was known for his nonviolent…
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DuaneOh, siblinghood
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Credit to Kelly for this idea. The story has been changed to protect the innocent.
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I need to do a book of just comics that end with God laughing.
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You can categorize countries by how many derivatives you need to take before you can feel good about yourself.
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I wonder how long until you just shout Fried Cheese and a drone gently places it into your face.
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Dan Rather: For The Sake Of Our Nation, We Must Fairly Uncover Right From Wrong
I am stunned. And I like to think I do not stun easily.
I find myself at moments almost speechless – granted not a quality one associates with former or even current news anchors.
This is a story unlike any I have ever seen. Its contours seem to entangle this administration like a giant squid around a submarine in an old science fiction film, tentacles prying apart what once seemed solid. With a spectacle like this, it’s sometimes important to pause and try to take in as wide a picture as possible. There is so much we do not know, but what we know already is gravely striking. What the president, his lawyer, and others have already copped to would be enough to almost roll credits in a mob film. I apologize for the multiple cinematic allusions, but this story defies the imagination normally required for real life.
For most of my life, my job was to try to make sense of events, big and small, in real-time. Sort of like a play by play broadcaster relating to an audience what is transpiring, often ad-libbing as new details emerge.
I find myself wondering what it would be like to be in the midst of this story, either on the ground in Washington or in an anchor chair, tapping the incoming rivers of information from reporters, on Capitol Hill, at the White House, and at other perches necessary for covering this rapidly metastasizing narrative.
What I return to, as I think back at other moments of crisis and uncertainty, is the need as a reporter and as a citizen to remain steady. Now steadiness should not be confused with apathy or detachment. We need to be engaged, with a steely determination to get to the bottom of what seems to be but the tip of a proverbial iceberg. There are many leads to follow, many new angles emerging. We cannot afford to lose grasp of the threads of the much bigger story arc.
This is unprecedented. This is dangerous. But this is also necessary. We cannot panic in the face of what we confront, or get overwhelmed by details. We must breathe deep, take stock, see all for what it is, methodically and fairly uncover right from wrong, truth from fiction, and ultimately we must persevere, for the sake of our nation.
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House Democrats Issue Condemnation Of Ukraine For Making It Harder To Avoid Impeaching Trump
WASHINGTON—In an effort to hold those responsible to full account, congressional Democrats issued a resolution Monday condemning Ukraine for its role in making it harder to avoid impeaching President Trump. “It’s completely unacceptable for Ukraine’s leaders to engage in these potentially criminal talks that have…
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I really need to write a book of dating advice.
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Gerry, a font based on gerrymandered congressional districts
DuaneI love this so much
Gerry uses congressional district boundaries as letters. Hahahahaha. Oh wait.
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I may be killed for revealing the truth.
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Children's Fairyland, the mid-century storybook theme park that inspired Walt Disney and where Frank Oz got his start
Oakland, California is home to a real gem of a storybook theme park. Located next to Lake Merritt, Children's Fairyland has been delighting families of young children since 1950. As the story goes, Walt Disney himself visited Fairyland in 1955 and soon after built Disneyland, incorporating ideas he learned at the park. He also hired Fairyland's first director, as well as one of its puppeteers, to work at his new amusement park in Anaheim.
While Disney's parks went the commercial route, Fairyland turned into a nonprofit after many years of being managed by the city. It remains the charming, lakeside mid-century park where no adult is allowed in the park without a child** and no child is allowed without an adult.
How do I know all of this? Well, I'm excited to share that I've started working with Fairyland. When I first moved to the Bay Area in the mid-1990s, I lived across the street from Lake Merritt and, as a childless young person, I often wondered what was going behind the giant (Old Lady in the) shoe. I remember devising ways to get in, eventually waiting until I had a baby to pass through its gates for the first time. When my daughter (who's now a teenager) was little, she and I visited many times together. Believe me when I say that it's a great thrill for me to be on the "inside" of this Bay Area institution.
Bert, Fairyland Master Puppeteer Lewis Mahlmann, and Frank Oz in August of 1970. This photo was shot when Frank brought Bert and Cookie Monster to Fairyland for a special visit.
In my short time there, I've learned that Walt's visit isn't the only interesting Fairyland fact. East Bay Yesterday podcast host Liam O’Donoghue recently interviewed the park's executive director, C.J. Hirschfield, and asked her many of the questions his listeners had. The questions ranged from, "Is Fairyland haunted?" to "Did Frank Oz begin his career there?" (spoiler: yes!).
Listen in. It's good stuff:
Got more questions about Fairyland? Ask me in the comments. I'll do my best to answer them.
The poster from Bert and Cookie Monster's Fairyland visit.
[**Yes, there are exceptions to this rule. Grownups can enter the park without a child in tow for three scheduled nights per year: the park's Gala Fundraiser in late May, Oaklandish's annual 21+ shindig called Fairyland for Grownups (TBD date in August), and the live-art event called Drawn Together (TBD date in September). The park can also be rented for weddings, birthdays, and other events.]
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Before you tell me I've misunderstood, bear in mind that your email will decrease my happiness.
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Soonish is out in paperback for just 12 bucks!