tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101803972024-03-15T21:09:59.183-04:00Third Estate Sunday ReviewThe Third Estate Sunday Review focuses on politics and culture. We're an online magazine. We don't play nice and we don't kiss butt. In the words of Tuesday Weld: "I do not ever want to be a huge star. Do you think I want a success? I refused "Bonnie and Clyde" because I was nursing at the time but also because deep down I knew that it was going to be a huge success. The same was true of "Bob and Carol and Fred and Sue" or whatever it was called. It reeked of success."
Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comBlogger12331125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-75482334989038459402024-03-12T23:37:00.002-04:002024-03-12T23:37:11.140-04:00Media: When It Doesn't Add Up<p>The message of the last days must be: Some times things just don't add up.</p><p> </p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194475523@N05/52901574731" title="tc2"><img alt="tc2" height="333" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52901574731_7c69b5b9e9.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Take RICKY STANICKY. Three grown friends have used a made up person -- Ricky -- to cover for their mistakes and failures and to get out of doing things they don't want to do. Don't want to go to the baby shower? Ricky's got cancer again! They take it too far and have to produce a Ricky. They hire Rod (Jon Cena) to pretend to be Ricky.<br /></p><p> </p><p>A rated-R comedy with Zac Efron in the lead? Why not? He's delivered comedy gold in THAT AWKWARD MOMENT, NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS II, DIRTY GRANDPA and the comedy classic MIKE & DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES. </p><p> </p><p>And with Peter Farrelly helming?</p><p> </p><p>Should add up to comic gold -- in theory.</p><p> </p><p>But it doesn't.</p><p> </p><p>LOW LIGHTS AND TRICK MIRRORS -- the name of the one best unproduced scripts ever. Studios didn't get behind it because the two main characters were women. People loved to read it. No one wanted to get behind it. Its rather infamous. Could it be made today? Probably, but it wouldn't have the shock value it did when people first read it. It would still have a lot of the humor.</p><p> </p><p>Jeffrey Bushell's script has not aged well. Over 14 years ago, it had a quality. In fairness to Bushell, certain ideas and certain lines got raided over the years by people reading his unproduced draft. What would have played in 2010 just is nothing in 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, people worked on the script before filming -- five, including Farrelly. And that may be why the idea falls apart early on. It's certainly why it's one of the worst scripts of the year. </p><p><br /></p><p>Supposedly, the film is about three best friends -- Efron's Dean, Jermaine Fowler's Wes and Andrew Santino's JT -- from childhood who invented Ricky Stanicky as a scapegoat and excuse. Something went wrong? Ricky did it. But they're not friends, they're barely two-dimensional characters. In fact, Wes isn't even that. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some have objected that Jermaine Fowler's Wes is a pot head who doesn't work. Were this not a raunchy comedy, we'd join them. It is strange that the only one with no ambition is also the only African-American male character in the film. It's even stranger that he's the second-billed performer in the film and one of the big three friends but is forever disappearing from the screen.</p><p>Dean, Wes and JT have used Ricky as an excuse repeatedly. And that includes to duck out on their romantic partners. Dean's girlfriend's reaction to the news of Ricky being a fake is very much covered. She almost jeporadized her career as a journalist due to the lie. She's outraged. JT's wife? She's ticked about being lied to. She rages. She tells JT he will be sleeping in the backyard for the next six months. Keith? We never see Keith react.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who is Keith? The underwritten Wes' even more underwritten live-in boyfriend. At one point in the first half of the movie, Ricky has to pretend to be Wes' ex-boyfriend. Wes wasn't sure what he thought of Keith when they first started going out so he told Keith he'd just broken up with Ricky with the intent to pretend they got back together if Wes didn't want anything longterm with Keith. So made up Ricky has this whole conversation with Keith that he doesn't have with Dean's girlfriend or JT's wife.</p><p><br /></p><p>You don't think Keith's going to have a reaction to finding out this is a lie? </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a bad movie. </p><p><br /></p><p>And Peter Farrelly's made a lot of bad films at this point. DUMB AND DUMBER, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and ME, MYSELF & IRENE are the classics. Every other comedy he's done is a failure. Are we going to blame the actors? Why do those three work? Because they contain actual characters. It's not just that you care about Lloyd, Mary and Charlie, you care about all the characters in the film -- even Magda. These were great characters. </p><p><br /></p><p>But when you've got Gwenth Paltrow in a fat suit (SHALLOW HAL), you don't have a character to root for. You don't have anyone worth liking. Peter and his brothers were accused of being nothing but gross out merchants. Except for their trinity of comedy, all their other attempts at comedy have been failures. </p><p><br /></p><p>Failures.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pramila Patten. </p><p><br /></p><p>As noted last week (<a href="https://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/03/iraq-snapshot_5.html">here</a> and <a href="https://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/03/iraq-snapshot_01681166956.html">here</a>), she was not the objective fact finder the media tried to present her as but someone that the Israeli government invited in -- and this while they rejected other officials with the United Nations. She was not objective. She returned last week with a 'report' about something that the media tried to pass off as an 'investigation.' Rapes had happened October 7th, she insisted in her press conference about her non-report. Rapes had happened, she insisted. She had no proof. She had nothing but what the Israeli government told her. But she was happy to whore for the Israeli government that invited her in.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While the media celebrated her (and her lies) reality wasn't as kind and she's felt persecuted and misunderstood.</p><p> </p><p>We're told this bothered her and that she tried to walk it back a bit yesterday when speaking to the United Nations Security Council by emphasizing assaults and rape on Palestinians by Israeli forces.</p><p><br /></p><p>No, that doesn't balance anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>She misled the world by pretending to prove something she hadn't. On Twitter, one fool after another cites her as proof that rapes were carried out on October 7th. Deluded clowns embrace her as their personal savior.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reality: She doesn't add up and she never will.</p><p><br /></p><p>She spoke to no one who was raped. She did not conduct an investigation of any kind. She went to Israel because the Israeli government wanted her there -- her, not anyone else with the UN. </p><p><br /></p><p>She doesn't add up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nor do the rape claims. As two who have been assaulted, we're not buying that rape was carried out and that surviving victims exist who can't step forward -- that five months later can't step forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>None of it adds up because it's always been a like put forward by the Israeli government in order to justify their war on Palestinians. </p><p><br /></p><p>If there's a lesson here, it's that if it doesn't feel right, there's a probably a reason for that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-84915115962409674212024-03-05T01:56:00.000-05:002024-03-05T01:56:28.686-05:00Truest statement of the week <p><b>Israeli forces <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3Du001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BEL51FWnLnQoKfoBXs4uCcFWWaCI-2FMLG6PJsP7OPY9Z2wTog7DHZ3jhK7fkjllMcUkuQtp3G6-2Bc2IBV0-2F8DueoNfyVgmUceqh-2Bd1QsKHYjXq-2FldrYuCmpn0x9Kr4GseWhejiNuMsERq4Qu4mVK0dSF8-3DcrCi_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0CYcOD-2B7lt8xOGBYvZRLgbdZlKLcqRI66ehugZ-2BPu48tmSnogWwtUI52GqZpi-2BmKs-2BoOJs6DGR-2BivMNbHd7NN4FEmp7-2BvV0iD1JjoecdDX7wLwgpuC-2FctL10ateEnNFOPF5b3RYvJy75V-2Byxz4ZAEc9Wd1XpeGt-2Fo90ZvN-2FhM3aSXOFAuAC6FZMxctVeMd730hLgoHlHZmwih8IiFHaRe8o-3D&source=gmail&ust=1709420221428000&usg=AOvVaw0tJiTZFP1AO7OCPbuRom73" href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BEL51FWnLnQoKfoBXs4uCcFWWaCI-2FMLG6PJsP7OPY9Z2wTog7DHZ3jhK7fkjllMcUkuQtp3G6-2Bc2IBV0-2F8DueoNfyVgmUceqh-2Bd1QsKHYjXq-2FldrYuCmpn0x9Kr4GseWhejiNuMsERq4Qu4mVK0dSF8-3DcrCi_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0CYcOD-2B7lt8xOGBYvZRLgbdZlKLcqRI66ehugZ-2BPu48tmSnogWwtUI52GqZpi-2BmKs-2BoOJs6DGR-2BivMNbHd7NN4FEmp7-2BvV0iD1JjoecdDX7wLwgpuC-2FctL10ateEnNFOPF5b3RYvJy75V-2Byxz4ZAEc9Wd1XpeGt-2Fo90ZvN-2FhM3aSXOFAuAC6FZMxctVeMd730hLgoHlHZmwih8IiFHaRe8o-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">killed more than a hundred Palestinians</a> and
wounded more than 700 on February 29, 2024 during a distribution of
food aid in Gaza city, pushing the Palestinian death toll to <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3Du001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BK6ki9wV13ZHo6u9q6FVUDs6DrHVPBkmXZCSWqxkvlHF7b8O0LEcAvfgRnKRlCBqZ-2ByWoDUwcFYx9JYfuF-2F7VIIOznu6odcQHY7yDt5lPS2BA1Ot_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0EwQVX-2BHuGdyeTVy3xHNj-2FVvLCSr-2B5NjI1tUxOA0sHeLSimbEXjRhz38uzFiBfRtpmEvHGYhYzX3CEXALkFGOmyhqqOmoZaLXNMZ1MCYg5hz7X6Wg9gE0yDG1ge5wXKu6JT168FmSRy7Dvg7dUmnzL5CR9XzU2iYMLKnJfw9gCLlIUASjOCg5UnYLCXCFvSNc5UrAwdL8uSxXWmvg805GAQ-3D&source=gmail&ust=1709420221428000&usg=AOvVaw0YuUvUPqM_G6MP_LRWim2j" href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BK6ki9wV13ZHo6u9q6FVUDs6DrHVPBkmXZCSWqxkvlHF7b8O0LEcAvfgRnKRlCBqZ-2ByWoDUwcFYx9JYfuF-2F7VIIOznu6odcQHY7yDt5lPS2BA1Ot_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0EwQVX-2BHuGdyeTVy3xHNj-2FVvLCSr-2B5NjI1tUxOA0sHeLSimbEXjRhz38uzFiBfRtpmEvHGYhYzX3CEXALkFGOmyhqqOmoZaLXNMZ1MCYg5hz7X6Wg9gE0yDG1ge5wXKu6JT168FmSRy7Dvg7dUmnzL5CR9XzU2iYMLKnJfw9gCLlIUASjOCg5UnYLCXCFvSNc5UrAwdL8uSxXWmvg805GAQ-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">30,000</a> since
October 7, 2023. The food aid massacre was straightforward in its
deadliness as armed Israeli forces aimed weapons at desperate, hungry
Palestinian civilians and killed many of them. It was also plausible
within the context of who has firepower and who doesn’t, and wholly
consistent with Israeli atrocities, especially those committed since
October 7, 2023.</b></p>
<p><b>And yet, Western media headlines went out of their way to obscure and
protect the perpetrators of this awful crime. CNN reported there was a “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3Du001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BB-2FGE6Pv4mLTp8DDzG0wGJ5lcxEWyD-2Fv-2Fe9-2FFNmTw0Mi20BOXD2yMb-2BokrQkIJoiU9Up54O50rYPrcnnWn0etITETzi1Gliw-2FlLi5DICsbissoWbEeui-2BsN7JwKWdPJCFQ-3D-3D4Vmg_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0CFOJ4jvyx7Ybqe997h2x0v-2B36SWybmn-2FPh6TiLJcc3leo-2FNycgCFNcfti1GdWzWDkhaEe3RwMHLOUxYVJHsVx8erUj7AArq1w5YC03xaQv8nUbEOJqpIoT5ic-2Bb-2BgSiPqbgDGZ9vgsKVttN4d-2FbStTwnG2EqQvAvz70545qFh67WaDm-2Btx91vJYyKIDsb7rkvjpT3gwlb8UIPzGy3wfTkc-3D&source=gmail&ust=1709420221428000&usg=AOvVaw2e6rFT3aCpyt2AuMyHA3Cm" href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BB-2FGE6Pv4mLTp8DDzG0wGJ5lcxEWyD-2Fv-2Fe9-2FFNmTw0Mi20BOXD2yMb-2BokrQkIJoiU9Up54O50rYPrcnnWn0etITETzi1Gliw-2FlLi5DICsbissoWbEeui-2BsN7JwKWdPJCFQ-3D-3D4Vmg_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0CFOJ4jvyx7Ybqe997h2x0v-2B36SWybmn-2FPh6TiLJcc3leo-2FNycgCFNcfti1GdWzWDkhaEe3RwMHLOUxYVJHsVx8erUj7AArq1w5YC03xaQv8nUbEOJqpIoT5ic-2Bb-2BgSiPqbgDGZ9vgsKVttN4d-2FbStTwnG2EqQvAvz70545qFh67WaDm-2Btx91vJYyKIDsb7rkvjpT3gwlb8UIPzGy3wfTkc-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Carnage at Gaza food aid site amid Israeli gunfire</a>,” as if the victims had little to do with the gunfire. The outlet didn’t even bother to mention Palestinians.</b></p>
<p><b>The Washington Post was worse, declaring that, “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3Du001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BKREhaCjtfJhocJ1GS-2F6htTEGGi6I1HqwGhTCwArcZrbes5Lwi2YCTW2Cw6OjAAVXwZq4U6EgEauWM78dw-2FJ-2Bqn4yAeDfV-2BYFi1XSXwrABa9bqQk_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0OtWC5tF0-2BYiIIuoEaVn0hNfBvaNOlKsoP6c8mHvM5myDKHaRO4fe9zV0nDlIh6dz76NiPFnaGzOma6r9LwNDaQIbl3FeP9xoWRVEC-2BgGvGmBm8qn2ZRT425MP95zG9YICr-2FMPyFGZvP3TJgd8LRO-2Bv7AzgDIUZKAZL7eGp6bY1dC45qdl7m6dYVeIJeEtgeYYilRedMdsOdwTdjpxyS8uA-3D&source=gmail&ust=1709420221428000&usg=AOvVaw24tife_LMC0ArzGLabOcOo" href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BKREhaCjtfJhocJ1GS-2F6htTEGGi6I1HqwGhTCwArcZrbes5Lwi2YCTW2Cw6OjAAVXwZq4U6EgEauWM78dw-2FJ-2Bqn4yAeDfV-2BYFi1XSXwrABa9bqQk_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0OtWC5tF0-2BYiIIuoEaVn0hNfBvaNOlKsoP6c8mHvM5myDKHaRO4fe9zV0nDlIh6dz76NiPFnaGzOma6r9LwNDaQIbl3FeP9xoWRVEC-2BgGvGmBm8qn2ZRT425MP95zG9YICr-2FMPyFGZvP3TJgd8LRO-2Bv7AzgDIUZKAZL7eGp6bY1dC45qdl7m6dYVeIJeEtgeYYilRedMdsOdwTdjpxyS8uA-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chaotic aid delivery turns deadly as Israeli, Gazan officials trade blame</a>.”
The use of the word “chaotic” suggests things were out of everyone’s
control. And, either Israeli or Gazan authorities could be to blame.</b></p>
<p><b>The New York Times took a poetic approach, listing a series of events seemingly unconnected, with its headline, “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3Du001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BK6ki9wV13ZHo6u9q6FVUDvvTaU83IB70u2w717hJSbcUCXfzLs-2B8nePLd9sxvo8QWkC9xJA-2Ba9pcrDtxr8qOeAvO8RI37e8GbH5G1jrfBQyUInz_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0INhMlyfBNWySMt2QY7qhKGJQ5-2FKeRuDfNdVSjAO-2BdyUpwlYBT-2BqyK-2Bfe-2Bso3-2BcYhvb-2BG5nKS13EPhzBZSkr4TQBmWRMsgOY3aE2oGDyE5lVaJMsSIl3z6Tij-2BM474AIJqFhJ4NO5EMEiHtcPnUf9-2FNaOmZi5MlyRFPLl-2Fn5j5mSOaF7xA2jLK-2FZJzvTIVVY-2BysQKqiw3g-2FWTnlLBaXw2t8-3D&source=gmail&ust=1709420221428000&usg=AOvVaw3_KrG32o4ASFCIGZhdybAp" href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BK6ki9wV13ZHo6u9q6FVUDvvTaU83IB70u2w717hJSbcUCXfzLs-2B8nePLd9sxvo8QWkC9xJA-2Ba9pcrDtxr8qOeAvO8RI37e8GbH5G1jrfBQyUInz_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0INhMlyfBNWySMt2QY7qhKGJQ5-2FKeRuDfNdVSjAO-2BdyUpwlYBT-2BqyK-2Bfe-2Bso3-2BcYhvb-2BG5nKS13EPhzBZSkr4TQBmWRMsgOY3aE2oGDyE5lVaJMsSIl3z6Tij-2BM474AIJqFhJ4NO5EMEiHtcPnUf9-2FNaOmZi5MlyRFPLl-2Fn5j5mSOaF7xA2jLK-2FZJzvTIVVY-2BysQKqiw3g-2FWTnlLBaXw2t8-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">As Hungry Gazans Crowd a Convoy, a Crush of Bodies, Israeli Gunshots and a Deadly Toll</a>.” If sentences had shoulders, this one practically shrugged in helpless ignorance at the curious mystery behind the massacre.</b></p>
<p><b>Some news outlets left Israelis and Palestinians out of the headline
altogether to seemingly avoid placing blame. Reuters reported, “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3Du001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BJuYYakb04-2Bw-2BzuHkzpdonV8NZCxOaxg5ZPHbHN4nKZ9W0O2KJ5pGCE0HARD1tPe4Ec6D-2BgZwaNt9z-2FvxX79W0ww5bu-2FoLcAnqbPvciC1tLzw7vGDVbqQTL3PgSfxWXHzOS-2BqgdaPGZdX4iREA-2FDRNw-3DnXVT_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0NfalXqUZTu0AoYH1xIFeqozKhl2LmzFp3o08nHcIVMtKr6TmkBq-2BFEDV8qI087G-2Fre7Xo7-2BUhs1f0YyPGXCSLIN9fY5EvCY7I-2Fx0CTg6nMWefKKyz7pjb6-2FgsC1AJIKEi9lwwEAHjQf-2BWEXxlw2kYlCIWf7ZfHwNNVLzOniJafu2KJFl0nW1HcqcY88Hl9bDk20JaxarxTNqPwp-2FM2OV7Q-3D&source=gmail&ust=1709420221428000&usg=AOvVaw1id_6q94xGrBNznwfiHeX_" href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BJuYYakb04-2Bw-2BzuHkzpdonV8NZCxOaxg5ZPHbHN4nKZ9W0O2KJ5pGCE0HARD1tPe4Ec6D-2BgZwaNt9z-2FvxX79W0ww5bu-2FoLcAnqbPvciC1tLzw7vGDVbqQTL3PgSfxWXHzOS-2BqgdaPGZdX4iREA-2FDRNw-3DnXVT_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0NfalXqUZTu0AoYH1xIFeqozKhl2LmzFp3o08nHcIVMtKr6TmkBq-2BFEDV8qI087G-2Fre7Xo7-2BUhs1f0YyPGXCSLIN9fY5EvCY7I-2Fx0CTg6nMWefKKyz7pjb6-2FgsC1AJIKEi9lwwEAHjQf-2BWEXxlw2kYlCIWf7ZfHwNNVLzOniJafu2KJFl0nW1HcqcY88Hl9bDk20JaxarxTNqPwp-2FM2OV7Q-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">More than 100 killed while seeking aid in Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000</a>,” and the supposedly liberal NBC News claimed, “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3Du001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BN-2B8y3WrStvRfgjR1SZmefIG71sFS-2BNiDf9wrxz-2FlhF4GSQa3W-2BmG4o-2FsbedeLkfJxCukiZrKoro8xeqJgEM4OcC9SLYNRmWAeNTs4zzMMUWpjWW_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0KVFbYHTbcREWp8ddVZ-2Fncni-2Bby90caYvsL4JCUCm1uHfjrOHCjQX24JHKJc3BHWOEWwKAJTFuMs3fJEUw6HPzsNqr7-2FWI56YolEkc9NcdGjPYszM5-2FOiXlC5iS9eG-2BdihesMPsnaZr8WEe3jgP1cYnDjBHGATRvrBbZfnpKmVc78q3z8L2eziM8N9FMzpmPg03rXhX98jLuAOuocxyXCww-3D&source=gmail&ust=1709420221428000&usg=AOvVaw36nvzzl9biQB_1iKP9APrk" href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BN-2B8y3WrStvRfgjR1SZmefIG71sFS-2BNiDf9wrxz-2FlhF4GSQa3W-2BmG4o-2FsbedeLkfJxCukiZrKoro8xeqJgEM4OcC9SLYNRmWAeNTs4zzMMUWpjWW_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0KVFbYHTbcREWp8ddVZ-2Fncni-2Bby90caYvsL4JCUCm1uHfjrOHCjQX24JHKJc3BHWOEWwKAJTFuMs3fJEUw6HPzsNqr7-2FWI56YolEkc9NcdGjPYszM5-2FOiXlC5iS9eG-2BdihesMPsnaZr8WEe3jgP1cYnDjBHGATRvrBbZfnpKmVc78q3z8L2eziM8N9FMzpmPg03rXhX98jLuAOuocxyXCww-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Dozens killed in attack on crowd waiting for aid, Gaza health officials say</a>.” Even PBS couldn’t bring itself to identify the perpetrators or victims with its headline, “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn%3Du001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BBABXjoB87dONOyk35CV6HrOkC7HW-2Bs11BaRG6BjXcl7AkASO6nTiLHUM56ytFRf9s1x0zr-2B9MVBvk4iwkRDhcEOQ06F-2Fxsq91Upg3AnV6O-2FJ-2BikPW8SVD18MAOYo3AdVJ9rWUXC-2FLJgiiXXo8Bf6DQ-3DoTs1_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0EmELVUMqn-2BIjZ460lVQkHShlIks2wl4YK3sFlKvuVSdQ4vYbrhW-2BKWXPGMRPkyoCQ9w6a8WIQT9Bc8U9DBO79l797fLwbRtNXGrP7q1h7-2B-2B3HBlwT4vCkY81rkRFxGoHiMUIGHLCkTKLlTf7agC2Fq0cSuVgp66M9j9FA7PFqyTGq69zl19P-2FOAombkaYGzVwTGR214T8LxYCmT2hbDSYU-3D&source=gmail&ust=1709420221428000&usg=AOvVaw08KN1S4ZV36bRomjVZxCtt" href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BBABXjoB87dONOyk35CV6HrOkC7HW-2Bs11BaRG6BjXcl7AkASO6nTiLHUM56ytFRf9s1x0zr-2B9MVBvk4iwkRDhcEOQ06F-2Fxsq91Upg3AnV6O-2FJ-2BikPW8SVD18MAOYo3AdVJ9rWUXC-2FLJgiiXXo8Bf6DQ-3DoTs1_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2Bjzv6-2Ffx-2Ba13GWmvna0sKQsoT9wUlv6q-2Fy7m9-2B7Mu7QtF1B2u1Koea9Y1w64lvuIvi5yWRqNkiRPCiobzKVoH3lbqgVA0lPQ2qZbGkJRQoUzbn6FShZfnKqbCIkMvmmTOQ-2FxwXo2oC7XM7iLVdV9wO5hN8acKzp3up7EVa9d6a9RGUW2G1WZC7dSu-2FrgfqrA6MpVQbeiqYqpFplFufrfvr-2B9ytjKw7eauVokIXbDsw4WzJQUDvXlxRR9vUpEbULNKSVOpn2DH6OubMs40zRkRaD2BV5rAO3P-2FamNnpdR76S8nCpG9Vx2auhKih4Ibo0AgPXNgaZpFWiAWxCKkIXZO4lQwm3PZjHO5FNNHyLAf9o-2FwWTouSohkw7KQ3jPfnksHgoYcE-2BmDkM8wyKFfVy5HljUkvq4c9v8TOotEofXPZctVE9hfQLA6zeyGCgXvP-2BkIxRCrqT-2FJ98HkWVga5n2dkw5bsL-2BgGPfVuxpiPcwgSZmf2BuAjXp7j8pAKKRXKbDIvf8kmOUNTlBHqEPgzA4b0EmELVUMqn-2BIjZ460lVQkHShlIks2wl4YK3sFlKvuVSdQ4vYbrhW-2BKWXPGMRPkyoCQ9w6a8WIQT9Bc8U9DBO79l797fLwbRtNXGrP7q1h7-2B-2B3HBlwT4vCkY81rkRFxGoHiMUIGHLCkTKLlTf7agC2Fq0cSuVgp66M9j9FA7PFqyTGq69zl19P-2FOAombkaYGzVwTGR214T8LxYCmT2hbDSYU-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">More than 100 killed in Gaza while trying to get food from aid convoy</a>.”</b></p><b>
The use of the passive voice, of language designed to obscure and
give the perpetrator the benefit of the doubt, is a popular trick
employed by major news outlets when reporting on Israeli atrocities. </b><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>-- Sonali Kolhatkar, "<a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/04/tell-the-truth-about-israels-crimes-against-humanity/">Tell the Truth About Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity</a>" (COUNTERPUNCH). <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-34207582369519309072024-03-05T01:55:00.001-05:002024-03-05T01:55:10.647-05:00Truest statement of the week II <p><b>When my first interview came out with <span class="caps">NBC</span>,
the responses, I mean, were mostly supportive, but the responses that
weren’t were demanding who I voted for and talking about, you know, I’m
from Alabama, so I deserve this mess, like I should just leave. And
Alabama and the South at large does not deserve to be the redheaded
stepchild of our country, because there are people like us in every
other state. And like I said in the <em>Glamour</em> <a href="https://www.glamour.com/story/these-embryos-are-five-years-worth-of-money-sadness-and-hope-i-just-want-to-be-a-mom">piece</a>, there are people who believe this but, you know, might not have a Confederate flag in their neighborhood.</b>
</p><p><b>People in Alabama have to work twice as hard to get the same rights
that the rest of the country has and that we deserve. And it’s not
something we can just vote away. It doesn’t matter a lot of times who or
what we vote for in this state. But that doesn’t mean — we deserve the
same rights, the same standard of care as the rest of the country.</b></p><p> </p><p>-- Abby Crain speaking to Amy Goodman, "<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/4/alabama_ivf_patients_warning_to_others">Alabama <span class="caps">IVF</span> Patient’s Warning to Others Outside the State: 'You Are Not Safe'</a>" (DEMOCRACY NOW!).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-78950353645477068902024-03-05T01:52:00.003-05:002024-03-05T02:04:07.705-05:00A note to our readers <p>Hey --</p><p>Monday.<br />
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Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:<br />
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and Ann of <a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6a9718;">Ann's Mega Dub</span></b></a>.</div>
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And what did we come up with? <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/truest-statement-of-week.html">Truest statement of the week</a></li></ul><p> Sonali Kolhatkar gets a truest -- first one for her this decade though she has shown up in the '00s and the '10s.<br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/truest-statement-of-week-ii.html">Truest statement of the week II</a></li></ul><p>Abbey Craine gets a truest. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-note-to-our-readers.html"> Gaza</a></li></ul><p>Repost from THE COMMON ILLS for Gaza coverage. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/tv-elsbeth.html">TV: ELSBETH</a></li></ul><p>Ava and C.I. went with an entertainment show this week. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-talk-mike-ava-and-ci.html">Book Talk (Mike, Ava and C.I.)</a></li></ul><p>Book conversation. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-list.html">Book list</a></li></ul><p>What we've read and discussed so far this year. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/2024-passings.html">2024 passings</a></li></ul><p>Passings for the year. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/tweet-of-week.html">Tweet of the week</a></li></ul><p>Paul Rudnick. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/music-elaine-covers-sonny-chers-look-at.html">Music: Elaine covers Sonny & Cher's LOOK AT US</a></li></ul><p>Repost of Elaine's piece on LOOK AT US, <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/evan-ross-my-wonderful-sons-who-are.html">Evan & Ross, my wonderful sons who are loving men,...</a></li></ul><p>Diana Ross celebrates her sons. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/iraq-unregistered-marriages-harm-women.html">Iraq: Unregistered Marriages Harm Women and Children</a></li></ul><p>Human Rights Watch on Iraq. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-editions-playlist.html">This edition's playlist</a></li></ul><p>What we listened to while working on this edition. <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/03/highlights.html">Highlights</a></li></ul><p> Mike and the gang wrote this and we thank them for it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Peace.</p><p> </p><p>-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6a9718;">C.I.</span></b></a></p><p><b><span style="color: #6a9718;"> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #6a9718;"> </span></b></p><p> </p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-40607924557758861762024-03-05T01:51:00.003-05:002024-03-05T01:51:58.556-05:00Gaza<p><i> Reposting for Gaza coverage:</i></p><p><br /></p><h2 class="date-header"></h2><p>
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Monday, March 4, 2024. US Vice President Kamala Harris calls for a
'cease-fire,' the US government -- as they did when Nazi Germany caused
starvation -- has resorted to airdrops of food, the assault on Gaza is
never ending, THE NEW YORK TIMES and CNN stand accused of biased
coverage and of refusing to listen to their own employees, and much
more.<div><br /></div><div><p>US Vice President Kamala Harris is in the news for remarks made Sunday in Selma. From the official White House transcript:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>So, before I begin today, I must address the humanitarian crisis in
Gaza. (Applause.) What we are seeing every day in Gaza is
devastating. We have seen reports of families eating leaves or animal
feed, women giving birth to malnourished babies with little or no
medical care, and children dying from malnutrition and dehydration.<br /><br />As
I have said many times, too many innocent Palestinians have been
killed. And just a few days ago, we saw hungry, desperate people
approach aid trucks, simply trying to secure food for their families
after weeks of nearly no aid reaching Northern Gaza. And they were met
with gunfire and chaos.<br /><br />Our hearts break for the victims of that
horrific tragedy and for all the innocent people in Gaza who are
suffering from what is clearly a humanitarian catastrophe. (Applause.)<br /><br />People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane. And our common humanity compels us to act.<br /><br />As
President Joe Biden said on Friday, the United States is committed to
urgently get more lifesaving assistance to innocent Palestinians in
need.</b></p><p>
</p><p><b>Yesterday, the Department of Defense carried out its first airdrop of
humanitarian assistance, and the United States will continue these
airdrops. And we will work on a new route by sea to deliver aid.<br /><br />And
the Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow
of aid. (Applause.) No excuses. They must open new border crossings.
They must not impose any unnecessary restrictions on the delivery of
aid. They must ensure humanitarian personnel, sites, and convoys are
not targeted. And they must work to restore basic services and promote
order in Gaza so more food, water, and fuel can reach those in need.<br /><br />As
I have said repeatedly since October 7th, Israel has a right to defend
itself. And President Joe Biden and I are unwavering in our commitment
to Israel’s security. <br /><br />Hamas cannot control Gaza, and the threat
Hamas poses to the people of Israel must be eliminated. Hamas is a
brutal terrorist organization that has vowed to repeat October 7th again
and again until Israel is annihilated.<br /><br />Hamas has shown no regard
for innocent life, including for the people of Gaza, who have suffered
under its rule for almost two decades. And Hamas still holds dozens of
hostages, for nearly 150 days now — innocent men and women, including
American citizens, who were brutally taken from their homes and from a
concert.<br /><br />I will repeat: The threat of — Hamas poses to the people
of Israel must be eliminated. And given the immense scale of suffering
in Gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire — (applause) — for at
least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table.<br /><br />This
will get the hostages out and get a significant amount of aid in. This
would allow us to build something more enduring to ensure Israel is
more secure and to respect the right of the Palestinian people to
dignity, freedom, and self-determination. (Applause.)<br /><br />Hamas claims it wants a ceasefire. Well, there is a deal on the table. And as we have said, Hamas needs to agree to that deal.<br /><br />Let’s
get a ceasefire. Let’s reunite the hostages with their families. And
let’s provide immediate relief to the people of Gaza. (Applause.)</b></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That's
not a cease-fire. It's a pause. Six weeks is not a cease-fire. A
pause? A pause could allow medicines and food in an area sorely in need
of both. But let's not pass a pause off as a cease-fire. This was
rather weak but to get the White House to this point -- even to this
point, the American people had to reject blind support for the
government of Israel. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna141594">Peter Guo (NBC NEWS) reports</a> on
a new Gallup poll whose findings are coming out this morning, "A total
of 58% of Americans view Israel favorably, down 10% from last
year, the poll found. It is the lowest rating to the U.S. ally in more
than 20 years. "</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's remember that not only
is the White House refusing to call for a true cease-fire, they are
continuing to supply weapons for the Israeli government to carry out
killings. <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/starvation-is-taking-place-sanders-demands-biden-cut-off-all-military-aid-to-israel">Joe Queally (COMMON DREAMS) explains</a>:</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><p><b>Sen. <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/bernie-sanders">Bernie Sanders</a>
on Sunday accused Israel of standing in clear violation of the U.S.
Foreign Assistance Act by creating the conditions for mass starvation
within the <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/gaza">Gaza</a>
Strip as he called on the Biden administration to halt all military aid
to the country until Palestinians are granted the life-saving
humanitarian relief they urgently need.</b></p><p><b>"Starvation is taking
place in Gaza," Sanders said in a statement. "Israel is prohibiting aid
convoys from delivering desperately needed food and water."</b></p><p><b>While the U.S. government <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-gaza-airdrops" target="_blank">initiated</a>
airdrops over the weekend with the aim of providing tens of thousands
of meals for those starving and suffering malnutrition in the besieged
territory of Gaza, relief agencies said the effort was only a drop in
the bucket of what is needed to stem what the UN Relief and Works Agency
for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Sunday called a "<a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1764356343299719303" target="_blank">hell on earth</a>" situation.</b></p><p><b>Sanders
on Friday was supportive of airdrops—an effort he said would "buy time
and save lives"—but added that "there is no substitute for sustained
ground deliveries of what is needed to sustain life in Gaza."</b></p><p><b>The
government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Sanders, "must
open the borders and allow the United Nations to deliver supplies in
sufficient quantities. The United States should make clear that failure
to do so immediately will lead to a fundamental break in the
U.S.-Israeli relationship and the immediate halt of all military aid."<br /></b></p><p><b>On Sunday, as <em>Common Dreams</em>
reported, UNICEF issued a warning to the world that ten child deaths
from starvation had already been documented, that others had likely
occurred, and many more should be expected if conditions on the ground
were not immediately addressed.</b></p><p><b>"Horrific reports confirmed that, over the last few days only, at least 10 children died of malnutrition in Gaza," the agency <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-child-deaths-unicef" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">said</a>. "These deaths are man-made, predictable, and entirely preventable."</b></p><p><b>Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.commondreams.org/tag/amnesty-international" target="_self">Amnesty International</a>,
called the situation in Gaza an "engineered famine" created by Israel
and its international allies who have stood aside or provided backing to
Netanyahu.</b></p><p><b>[. . .]</b></p></div><div><p><b>As Sanders' office noted in its Sunday statement, Israel's ongoing
blockade of food, water, medical supplies, and fuel as the civilian
population suffers at such levels is a clear violation of Section 620I
of the Foreign Assistance Act, which states: </b></p><blockquote><b>No
assistance shall be furnished … to any country when it is made known to
the President that the government of such country prohibits or otherwise
restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United
States humanitarian assistance.<br /></b></blockquote><p><b>"Today," said
Sanders, "I urge President Biden to implement this law and make it clear
to Israel that, if aid access is not immediately opened up, he will
impose consequences under the Foreign Assistance Act and stop military
assistance to Israel."</b></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Back to Kamala's speech.</div><div><br /></div><div>"And convoys are not targeted."</div><div><br /></div><div>That's
probably the strongest part of the remarks. Last Thursday, over 100
people were killed by Israeli forces as they tried to get aid. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna141539">NBC NEWS explains</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><li><b>Rescuers continue to recover bodies from Nabulsi roundabout in Gaza City, where more than 100 people were killed when <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-aid-convoy-gaza-city-dead-idf-opened-fire-rcna141195" target="_blank">Israeli forces opened fire near a crowd of Palestinians</a>
hoping to get food. The Israel Defense Forces both confirmed and denied
shooting into the crowd and blamed most of the deaths on a stampede. </b></li><li><b><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna141493/rcrd35770?canonicalCard=true" target="_blank">Aid agencies</a> and <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna141493/rcrd35765?canonicalCard=true" target="_blank">health workers</a> said “<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna141493/rcrd35767?canonicalCard=true" target="_blank">a large number</a>” of the dead and injured from the aid convoy violence had gunshot wounds.</b></li></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>What
a shocker. We're left yet again with the truth versus what the Israeli
government says happened. A close reading of Kamala's remarks make
clear that the US government has rejected the claims of the Israeli
government. Among the many others pushing back on the Israeli
government's lie? Amnesty International.</div><div><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MnSqwQIj1Uc?si=EdbrHsTK1VTy3ShF" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This morning, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-03-04-24/index.html">CNN's Helen Regan, Ibrahim Dahman and Amy Cassidy report</a>:</div><div><p class="sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB"><b>A
growing number of children in Gaza are dying from dehydration and
malnutrition, the Palestinian health ministry said Sunday, amid
desperate conditions due to Israel’s <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/01/middleeast/gaza-aid-israel-restrictions-investigation-intl-cmd/index.html" target="_blank">throttling of aid</a> and destruction of the besieged enclave — reinforcing the urgency of this week’s ceasefire talks.</b></p><p class="sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB"><b>A Palestinian
Ministry of Health spokesperson said the number of children who have
died of dehydration and malnutrition in northern Gaza has risen to 15.</b></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In
the face of the starving taking place, US President Joe Biden decided
to join with Jordan's King Abdullah II in providing aid to Gaza via an
airdrop. Saturday, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/02/1235485952/gaza-aidrops-us-military-humanitarian-aid">D. Parvaz (NPR) reported</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>The U.S. military on Saturday said it began dropping food over the
Gaza Strip, a war-torn enclave desperate for humanitarian aid.</b></p> <p><b>A
"a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Gaza" of over 38,000
meals along the coastline using C-130 aircraft was conducted by U.S. and
Jordanian air forces, U.S. Central Command said <a href="https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/3693216/united-states-central-command-and-royal-jordanian-air-force-conduct-combined-ai/">in a statement</a>.</b></p> <p><b>"We are conducting planning for potential follow-on airborne aid delivery missions," CENTCOM said. </b></p> <p><b>President Biden <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1763702007469085066">on Friday said</a>
the U.S. would carry out airdrops in coming days, "redouble our efforts
to open a maritime corridor, and expand deliveries by land."</b></p></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/03/gaza-aid-convoy-israel-war/?itid=lk_fullstory">Claire Parker (WASHINGTON POST) notes</a>, "The remarkable scene of American aid bundles floating down to starving
Palestinians was the starkest illustration yet of the rift that has
grown between the Biden administration and the Israeli government over
the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/israel-hamas-war/?itid=lk_inline_manual_3&itid=lk_inline_manual_29" target="_blank">Gaza war</a>.
For months, Israel has resisted pressure from Washington to allow more
humanitarian aid into the enclave, even as it relies on U.S. bombs and
diplomatic support to carry out its punishing military campaign there."
Airdrops are nothing new, of course. Then a brutal regime -- the Nazis
-- occupied the Netherlands, the US government resorted to airdrops to
get aid in. For a little over a week, Operation Chowhound were
carried out. Again, this was a brief operation and that was because it
was seen as lacking so it was replaced with Operation Faust -- a ground
operation.</div><div><br /></div><div>The airdrop has been criticized by some as insufficient. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chef-jos-andrs-pushes-back-criticism-airdrops-gaza/story?id=107747205">Rebecca Gelpi-Ufret (ABC NEWS) reports</a>:</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> Chef and humanitarian José Andrés, whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen has been sending significant aid <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE" data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-gaza-hamas-war/?id=107535302" target="_blank">into Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war</a>,
on Sunday pushed back on criticism that airdrops into the Palestinian
territory are wrong because they are hypocritical and insufficient
compared to broader solutions.</b></div><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><b>"We
need to bring food into Gaza any way we can," Andrés told ABC News
"This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, calling the situation there
"desperate."</b></p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><b>According
to the U.N., more than 570,000 people in Gaza are on the brink of
experiencing famine levels of hunger due to the continuing conflict.</b></p><p class="EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy"><b>While
Andrés said the broader goal should be to simply allow a "daily,
constant and massive" flow of trucks into Gaza, "I don't think we need
to be criticizing that Jordan, America are doing airdrops. If anything,
we should be applauding any initiative that brings food into Gaza."</b></p><div><br /></div><div>As the assault on Gaza continues, people want a cease-fire. Again, a six week break is not a cease-fire. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-repeats-attacks-as-children-die-of-hunger">ALJAZEERA reports</a> on Sunday remarks by Pope Francis:</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="card-live__content"><div class="wysiwyg-content"><div class="wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1kw180w" id="wysiwyg"><p><b>Pope Francis has appealed for an end to the conflict in Gaza, urging the world to say: “Enough please! Stop.”</b></p>
<p><b>Addressing believers in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City, the pope
expressed concern over the consequences of the conflict on children and
asked for the release of all the captives taken during Hamas’s raid on
October 7.</b></p>
<p><b>“Each day, I carry in my heart with pain the suffering of the
populations in Palestine and Israel due to the ongoing hostilities,
thousands of dead, injured, displaced,” Francis said.</b></p>
<p><b>“Do you really think you can build a better world in this way? Do you
really think you will achieve peace? Enough please! Let us all say
enough please! Stop!”</b></p></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Also
on Sunday, US Senator Raphael Warnock did not get a warm welcome in his
home state of Georgia. The Democrat was sworn in as a US Senator back
in 2021. The senator is also a Baptist preacher and he was delivering a
sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta that was also being
livestreamed when people began walking out. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna141539">Doha Madani and Tavleen Tarrant (NBC NEWS) report</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><b>TikTok
creator Erynn Chambers, whose username is @rynnstar, posted a video to
her account of the group, whose members identified themselves as part of
the protest. The video offers a clear angle to the back of the shirts,
which say "Stop arming Israel" and "Permanent ceasefire now."</b></div><div><p><b>A representative for Chambers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. </b></p><p><b><a href="https://twitter.com/thinkpiecetribe/status/1764319119824781773" target="_blank">An X user also posted what appeared to be the same video</a>,
saying the demonstration included various members of Atlanta's Black
community, including students and alumni of the Atlanta University
Consortium. The user did not immediately respond to a request for
comment. </b></p><p><b>The user wrote on X that they voted for Warnock
because they believed he would stand for what's right but said Warnock
has "failed the Palestinian people," as well as his constituents in
Atlanta. </b></p><p><b>Warnock is among more than a dozen<a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-ossoff-rev-warnock-colleagues-sign-letter-in-support-of-ongoing-us-diplomacy-to-free-hostages-restore-mutual-ceasefire-agreement-in-gaza" target="_blank"> senators who signed a letter last month addressed to President Joe Biden</a>, urging diplomatic efforts to ensure a cease-fire as well as a hostage release. He also called for a cease-fire as recently as <a href="https://twitter.com/senatorwarnock/status/1763006975426642396?s=46" target="_blank">last week in a speech</a> on the Senate floor. </b></p><div class="styles_hidden-show-more-content__37qyQ"></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Gaza remains under assault. Day 150 of the assault in the wave that began in October. <a href="https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/12/the-view-from-washington-let-the-killing-in-gaza-continue/">Binoy Kampmark (DISSIDENT VOICE) points out</a>, "Bloodletting as form; murder as fashion. The ongoing campaign in Gaza
by Israel’s Defence Forces continues without stalling and restriction.
But the burgeoning number of corpses is starting to become a challenge
for the propaganda outlets: How to justify it? Fortunately for Israel,
the United States, its unqualified defender, is happy to provide cover
for murder covered in the sheath of self-defence." <a href="https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-22-23/index.html">CNN has explained</a>, "The Gaza Strip is '<a href="https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-22-23/h_6b422f2abd54d7a1e3c9c9321c1dd103" target="_blank">the most dangerous place</a>' in the world to be a child, according to the executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund." <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-gaza-hamas/gaza-strip-is-the-most-dangerous-place-to-be-a-child-unicef-105520385?id=105348620">ABC NEWS quotes</a> UNICEF's December 9th statement, ""The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child.
Scores of children are reportedly being killed and injured on a daily
basis. Entire neighborhoods, where children used to play and go to
school have been turned into stacks of rubble, with no life in them." <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna125877">NBC NEWS notes</a>, "Strong majorities of all voters in the U.S. disapprove of President Joe
Biden’s handling of foreign policy and the Israel-Hamas war, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/poll-bidens-standing-hits-new-lows-israel-hamas-war-rcna125251" target="_blank">according to the latest national NBC News poll</a>.
The erosion is most pronounced among Democrats, a majority of whom
believe Israel has gone too far in its military action in Gaza." The
slaughter continues. It has displaced over 1 million people per the US
Congressional Research Service. <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/conditions-in-gaza">Jessica Corbett (COMMON DREAMS) points out</a>, "Academics and legal experts around the world, including Holocaust scholars, have <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-genocide-lawsuit" target="_blank">condemned</a>
the six-week Israeli assault of Gaza as genocide." The death toll of
Palestinians in Gaza is grows higher and higher. <a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2024/01/gender-alert-the-gendered-impact-of-the-crisis-in-gaza">United Nations Women noted</a>,
"More than
1.9 million people -- 85 per cent of the total population of Gaza --
have
been displaced, including what UN Women estimates to be nearly 1 million
women and girls. The entire population of Gaza -- roughly 2.2 million
people -- are in crisis levels of acute food insecurity or worse." <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna141594">NBC NEWS notes</a>, "Gaza’s death toll has <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-gaza-war-death-toll-reaches-30000-palestinians-rcna140843" target="_blank">passed 30,500</a> , according to the enclave's Health Ministry, amid <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fears-famine-grow-gaza-aid-agencies-suspend-deliveries-rcna140175" target="_blank">surging fears of starvation</a> in the north of the territory." Months
ago, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-11-21-2023-8db6dafbe39830c907f7c2db258c9875">AP noted</a>, "About 4,000 people are reported missing." <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/7/israel_propaganda_gaza">February 7th, Jeremy Scahill explained</a>
on DEMOCRACY NOW! that "there’s an estimated 7,000 or 8,000
Palestinians missing, many of them in graves that are the rubble of
their former home." February 5th, the United Nations' Phillipe
Lazzarini Tweeted:</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 100%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1754491459145765059" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-4" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-4&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1754491459145765059&lang=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fthecommonills.blogspot.com%2F2024%2F02%2Firaq-snapshot_5.html&sessionId=8f0fa1745619dea84d27d8781eb3a286b6bb0ce3&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 416px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p> </p><div>And the area itself? <a href="https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-gaza-israel-bombing-destruction-hamas-reconstruction-f299a28410b70ee05dd764df97d8d3a0">Isabele Debre (AP) reveals</a>, "Israel’s <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" href="https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war" rel="noopener" target="_blank">military offensive</a></span>
has turned much of northern Gaza into an uninhabitable moonscape. Whole
neighborhoods have been erased. Homes, schools and hospitals have been
blasted by airstrikes and scorched by tank fire. Some buildings are
still standing, but most are battered shells." <a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/world/gaza-destruction-ukraine-iraq-vietnam-2776016">Kieron Monks (I NEWS) reports</a>, "More than 40 per cent of the buildings in northern Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, according to a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/gaza-strip-map-attacks-damage/">new study of satellite imagery</a>
by US researchers Jamon Van Den Hoek from Oregon State University and
Corey Scher at the City University of New York. The UN gave a figure of <a href="https://www.unocha.org/news/un-relief-chief-intolerable-humanitarian-situation-gaza-cannot-continue">45 per cent of housing</a>
destroyed or damaged across the strip in less than six weeks. The rate
of destruction is among the highest of any conflict since the Second
World War." <br /></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/cnn-employees-criticise-gaza-coverage-leaked-recording">THE NEW ARAB reports</a>:</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><p class="selectionShareable" style="margin-bottom: 11px;"><b>Employees at <em>CNN </em>have expressed their discontent with the channel’s coverage of <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-truce-possible-24-48-hours-if-israel-accepts-terms">Israel’s war on Gaza</a> during a meeting with network executives, a leaked recording obtained by <em>The Intercept</em> has revealed.</b></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><b>The employees confronted a panel of executives during the meeting at <em>CNN</em>’s
London Bureau on 13 February, berating the seniors and telling them
they felt "devalued, embarrassed, and disgraced" by the channel's
coverage of the war.</b></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><b>Among the staffers who criticised <em>CNN </em>was renowned news anchor Christiane Amanpour, who according to <em>The Intercept</em>, was identified in the recording after someone said her name.</b></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><b><a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/cnn-reporter-sees-horror-modern-war-inside-gaza"><em>CNN </em>correspondents</a> have been confronted in and outside Gaza for what Palestinians say is biased news coverage in Israel’s favour.</b></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><b>This, the employees said during the
February meeting according to the leaked recording, was creating a
"hostile climate for Arab reporters".</b></p></div><div>In other news of media bias, we're dropping back to <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/1/nyt_anat_schwartz">Friday's DEMOCRACY NOW!</a> where Amy Goodman, Ryan Grimm and Jeremy Scahill addressed the questionable 'reporting' of THE NEW YORK TIMES.</div><div><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BMNV0Csj46Q?si=IJfiGRUIn2aTFgac" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="text"><p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: This is <em>Democracy Now!</em>, democracynow.org, <em>The War and Peace Report</em>. I’m Amy Goodman.</b></p>
<p><b><em>The New York Times</em> is reportedly conducting an internal
investigation to identify the source behind leaked information about its
coverage of Israel and Gaza. According to <em>Vanity Fair</em>, the internal investigation follows a <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/01/28/new-york-times-daily-podcast-camera/">report</a> in <em>The Intercept</em> about the <em>Times</em> shelving an episode of its podcast <em>The Daily</em> over doubts regarding the accuracy of a highly controversial blockbuster <em>New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html">article</a> published at the end of December alleging Hamas members committed widespread sexual violence, weaponized it, on October 7th. <em>Vanity Fair</em> <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/new-york-times-israel-gaza-leak">reports</a> that in recent weeks management of <em>The New York Times</em> have questioned at least two dozen staffers, including producers of <em>The Daily</em>, the podcast, in an attempt to understand how internal details about the podcast’s editorial process got out.</b></p>
<p><b><em>Democracy Now!</em> asked <em>The New York Times</em> about the
internal investigation. The paper’s international editor, Phil Pan, said
in a statement, quote, “We aren’t going to comment on internal matters.
I can tell you that the work of our newsroom requires trust and
collaboration, and we expect all of our colleagues to adhere to these
values,” end-quote.</b></p>
<p><b>The <em>New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html">article</a>
at the center of the controversy was published December 28th. It was
headlined “'Screams Without Words': How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence
on Oct. 7.” In it, the <em>Times</em> reported they had found evidence
of systematic sexual violence orchestrated by Hamas and that their
two-month investigation, quote, “uncovered painful new details,
establishing that the attacks against women were not isolated events but
part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7,” unquote.</b></p>
<p><b>However, not long after the highly publicized article was published,
major discrepancies began to emerge, including public comments from the
family of a major subject of the article, contradictory claims from a
key witness, and criticisms over a lack of solid evidence in the overall
investigation. Then news emerged last week that one of the three
authors of <em>The New York Times</em> piece, named Anat Schwartz, had
liked multiple posts on social media advocating for violence against
Palestinians, including one that called for turning Gaza into a
slaughterhouse. Anat Schwartz is an Israeli filmmaker who had no prior
reporting experience before she was assigned by the <em>Times</em> to work on the major investigation along with her relative Adam Sella and veteran <em>Times</em> reporter Jeffrey Gettleman.</b></p>
<p><b>On Wednesday, <em>The Intercept</em> published another in-depth <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/">investigation</a> that further questions the <em>Times</em>
article and the reporting process behind it. It’s headlined “'Between
the Hammer and the Anvil': The Story Behind the New York Times October 7
Exposé,” and the two <em>Intercept</em> reporters who wrote it join us today. Jeremy Scahill is a senior reporter and correspondent at <em>The Intercept</em>. He’s joining us from Germany. And Ryan Grim is <em>The Intercept</em>’s bureau chief in Washington, D.C., where he joins us from.</b></p>
<p><b>We welcome you both to <em>Democracy Now!</em> Jeremy, let’s begin with you. Can you lay out first the significance of the <em>New York Times</em> article that’s at the center of the controversy, and then talk about your latest piece, that looks into how it all came about?</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">JEREMY</span> <span class="caps">SCAHILL</span>:
Well, Amy, in early December, you had the death toll skyrocketing in
Gaza. You had a number of nations, including those that are allies with
Israel, starting to speak out about the death toll among women,
children, the elderly. And part of a pattern of what we’ve seen
throughout the course of these five months of scorched-earth attacks
against Gaza is that whenever Israel perceives itself to be losing the
narrative war or when it needs to remind the public of its perception
that Israel is the only victim in this story, they unload a new round of
attacks against a variety of individuals or organizations that are
working in Gaza or living in Gaza, human beings. We saw that with the
attacks against <span class="caps">UNRWA</span>. We saw that with the attacks against Al-Shifa and other hospitals.</b></p>
<p><b>And in early December, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his
government really began an intense propaganda campaign to convince the
world that Hamas had engaged in a systematic campaign of rape aimed at
Jewish women and girls. And then they launched this fake criticism of
feminist organizations, saying that they had all systematically failed
to stand up and denounce this systematic rape regime that had been
intentionally implemented by Hamas in the October 7th attacks. And on
the day that Netanyahu made his most prominent statement about this,
President Biden was at a fundraising event in Boston, and he issued — he
made a statement at his speech that echoed what Netanyahu said, and
said the world, you know, can’t turn away and ignore this.</b></p>
<p><b>Well, what was happening at that very moment was that <em>The New York Times</em>,
with one of its most prominent international correspondents, Jeffrey
Gettleman, he had recently hit the ground in Israel, and he was working —
Gettleman enlisted the help of two individuals that were going to work
with him there. And Gettleman had proposed three lines of investigation,
and one of them was the issue of sexual violence. And the two
individuals that Gettleman was working with, one of them is a very young
person who’s only recently gotten into journalism, Adam Sella, and he
had mostly been like a food journalist and has a background in looking
at agricultural issues, etc. He had started to write some freelance
pieces that were dipping into the waters of politics and the conflict,
but a quite inexperienced reporter. And then, the other was someone with
no reporting experience outside of making some documentary films, and
that is Anat Schwartz. It’s unclear how Anat Schwartz, in particular,
got involved with this project.</b></p>
<p><b>And as you mentioned, she had, early on in the Israeli attacks
against Gaza, liked a tweet that actually was cited by the International
Court of Justice as a potentially — a statement of potential genocidal
incitement. She also liked the tweet from the Israeli government
promoting the debunked allegation that 40 babies had been beheaded on
October 7th, which is entirely false, as well as another tweet that
said, “We must just refer to Hamas as <span class="caps">ISIS</span>.”</b></p>
<p><b>And so, they start off on this investigation, and our understanding
from sources is that the overwhelming majority of the interviews and
reporting that was being done on the ground was being handled by Anat
Schwartz and Adam Sella.</b></p>
<p><b>And we discovered a podcast interview with Anat Schwartz in Hebrew
that she gave, where she — it’s a shocking podcast in how much detail
she offers about the process that they used when they were reporting it.
And just to put it in a nutshell, she describes how the first thing
that she did was start to call around to what she describes as all of
the Israeli hospitals that have facilities that are called Room 4
facilities. These would be the intake places where people who have been
victims of sexual crimes, including assault and rape, etc., where they
would be examined or their cases would be referred. And she said that
not a single one of them reported that they had any reports of sexual
assault or rape on October 7th.</b></p>
<p><b>She then started calling around to a rape crisis hotline and
describes how she had this, what she described as an intense
conversation with the manager of the rape crisis hotline in that part of
Israel, where she was dumbfounded when he was saying he didn’t have any
calls reporting sexual assault or rape. And she’s saying, “How is this
possible?”</b></p>
<p><b>And then she starts talking — she goes to a holistic therapeutic
center that was established at a former high-end retreat center outside
of Tel Aviv, where mostly people from the Nova rave, where there were
attacks and where a couple of hundred people were killed — it was a
place where people could do alternative medicine and yoga, relaxation
therapy — I mean, people who were highly traumatized. And she goes
there, and her characterization was that she sensed what she called a
“conspiracy of silence” among the therapists, because none of them were
telling her, “Yes, we’re treating people who were raped or had
experienced sexual assault.”</b></p>
<p><b>And so, when she went through all the official channels, the places
where you would reach out to see, if you’re exploring if there’s a
pattern here, what then happened is she starts to look at who’s been
interviewed about alleged rapes during the October 7th attacks, and ends
up then going and reinterviewing a handful of people who already had
made assertions that they witnessed rapes. And some of these people had
told varying versions of their stories — which in and of itself does not
necessarily mean that they didn’t witness something. I mean, these are
people that were in the midst of an incredibly violent episode. But more
central to that is that some of the people that <em>The New York Times</em>
relied on to assert that there was a systematic, intentional campaign
of rape weaponized by Hamas were people that have no forensic
credentials, no crime scene credentials. These were people that are not
legally permitted in Israel to determine rape, that they relied on these
individuals to make this claim that there was a systematic rape regime
implemented.</b></p>
<p><b>And some of those people, Amy, have well-documented track records of
promoting very incendiary narratives about atrocities that occurred on
October 7th that were flagrantly false. Just two examples. One of the
most prominent or ubiquitous figures that has emerged in Israel’s
narrative that Hamas committed systematic rape is an architect from New
Jersey named Shari Mendes, who is living in Israel now and is a member
of the Israeli Defense Forces rabbinical unit. And she was deployed to
prepare women’s bodies for burial in the bases where Hamas attacked
military facilities. And she’s been quoted widely saying that they saw
widespread evidence of rape and that she personally saw it. She
described broken pelvises, not just among, you know, soldiers, but among
grandmothers and children. But Shari Mendes also was quoted by the <em>Daily Mail</em>
as saying that a pregnant woman had a fetus cut out of her body and
that the fetus was beheaded and then the mother was beheaded. This is
entirely false. We’ve gone through all of the official records that
Israel has put out on people who died that day. There was no pregnant
woman killed that day. That’s been thoroughly debunked. She also relied
on Yossi Landau, a senior official at Zaka. Zaka has been — it’s an
ultra-Orthodox private rescue organization. It’s been exposed by <em>Haaretz</em>,
the newspaper in Israel, as one of the leading promoters of false
information and also that they contaminated the crime scenes by moving
evidence around that actual professionals could have done. They also had
promoted the beheaded babies stories, etc.</b></p>
<p><b>So, <em>The New York Times</em>, they can’t find anyone who works in
the rape crisis centers, at the hospitals, among therapists, that are
coming forward and saying, “Yeah, we saw this,” or “We have
documentation of this,” so they go to people who already were known to
have promoted false information, and then they start relying on their
testimony to paint this tapestry, this notion that there was a
systematic rape regime. And in the <em>New York Times</em> article, they
do not ever disclose that their key witnesses have serious credibility
problems. So, this is, at a minimum, we are looking at a <em>New York Times</em>
piece that failed to inform its readers about severe credibility issues
among some of its premier “witnesses,” quote-unquote, that it put
forward in this story.</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>:
I wanted to go to part of a podcast interview that Anat Schwartz did on
January 3rd, produced by Israel’s Channel 12. It was conducted in
Hebrew. Here, Anat talks about the difficulties and pressures in
reporting the story.</b></p>
<blockquote>
<p><b><span class="caps">ANAT</span> <span class="caps">SCHWARTZ</span>:
[translated] Maybe the standard that we have to meet may not be
realistic. Maybe it won’t be this complete big story that is told from
beginning to end and is complex and has details and nuances and
characters. And maybe we are aiming too high. Then there was the U.N.
woman and the silence, and there was a lot of preoccupation with it. So,
I said, “We’re missing momentum.” Maybe the U.N. isn’t addressing
sexual assault because no outlet will come out with a declaration about
what happened there, and that it will no longer be interesting. And at
some point, after one of the rewrites, we said, “OK, that’s it.” And
then I already informed all the people in the Israeli police who are
waiting to see what was going on. What? Was <em>The New York Times</em> not believing there were sexual assaults here? And I’m also in this place. I’m also an Israeli, but I also work for <em>The New York Times</em>. So, all the time, I’m like in this place between the hammer and the anvil.</b></p>
</blockquote>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>:
That’s Anat Schwartz, speaking on a podcast on January 3rd. She said
she felt “between the hammer and the anvil,” which, Jeremy, you choose
as the title of your <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/">piece</a>.
Talk about the significance of that and, again, the relationship
between Anat Schwartz and other reporter, the young reporter, Adam
Sella.</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">JEREMY</span> <span class="caps">SCAHILL</span>:
Well, another part of this story is that one of the main victims that
was featured in this is referred to as “the woman in the black dress.”
Gal Abdush is her name. And, in fact, her family members are the
individuals in the feature photo on the piece. And another thing that
we’ve learned from Israeli researchers who published this is that when
Anat Schwartz and Adam Sella went to a woman that had taken photographs
of Gal Abdush that day, they told this photographer that it was her duty
under Israeli <em>hasbara</em> to cooperate with <em>The New York Times</em> and let them have all of her photos. And ”<i>hasbara</i>”
is the term for public diplomacy, but what it really is is the notion
that Israel should engage in externally focused propaganda in order to
win over international audiences, primarily Western, the United States
and powerful countries, to Israel’s point of view. So, she is using this
term, going and trying to encourage someone to cooperate with <em>The New York Times</em>, not because <em>The New York Times</em> is, you know, the most important news organization in the world, but because it’s their duty under Israeli <em>hasbara</em>.
So, when she talks about being caught between the hammer and the anvil,
what she’s saying is she’s caught between her duty to be honest and a
journalist and her duty to serve the agenda of the Israeli state.</b></p>
<p><b>And her partner in this, Adam Sella, is the nephew of Anat Schwartz’s partner, and they’re not married. In fact, Amy, <em>The New York Times</em>,
they requested a correction from us, because we had initially said that
it was her nephew, which I think in the context of America and other
countries you would say. If you’re somebody’s longtime life partner, you
would say, “Oh, yeah, this is my nephew.” OK, they’re not blood
relatives, and they emphasize that she’s not married. Fine, we corrected
that.</b></p>
<p><b>My question is: Where are the corrections in <em>The New York Times</em> piece? <em>The New York Times</em>
has grave, grave mischaracterizations, sins of omission, reliance on
people who have no forensic or criminology credentials to be asserting
that there was a systematic rape campaign put in place here. And to
publish this article at a moment when Israel was intensifying, after
that brief pause where captives were exchanged — intensifying its
genocidal attack against the people of Gaza, this played a very, very
significant role. And the more we learn about this, the more we discover
that the reporting tactics that <em>The New York Times</em> used are
certainly not up to the standards that the newspaper claims to be
promoting. They will not issue any corrections on what has already been
documented to be very problematic sins of commission and omission in
this piece.</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: We’re going to break and then come back to this conversation. We’re talking to Jeremy Scahill, senior reporter at <em>The Intercept</em>. Next up, he’ll be joined by Ryan Grim, who is the Washington bureau chief of <em>The Intercept</em>, and we want to talk to Ryan about what’s happening in <em>The New York Times</em>
now in response to this story, and the leak investigation that’s going
on, and why a podcast based on their story, their own podcast, <em>The Daily</em>, didn’t air. Stay with us.</b></p>
<p><b>[break]</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: “I’m from Here” by Amal Markus. This is <em>Democracy Now!</em>, democracynow.org, <em>The War and Peace Report</em>. I’m Amy Goodman.</b></p>
<p><b>We’re speaking with <em>Intercept</em> reporters Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim about their <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/">exposé</a> into <em>The New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html">article</a> that was published at the end of December. They published another one in January.</b></p>
<p><b>We asked <em>The New York Times</em> for a response to your article,
and the international editor, Phil Pan, responded, quote, “Ms. Schwartz
was part of a rigorous reporting and editing process. She made valuable
contributions and we saw no evidence of bias in her work. We remain
confident in the accuracy of our reporting and stand by the team’s
investigation. But as we have said, her 'likes' of offensive and
opinionated social media posts, predating her work with us, are
unacceptable,” end-quote.</b></p>
<p><b>Ryan, if you can respond to this and talk about what’s going on internally in the <em>Times</em>, and also talk about this leak investigation that’s going on within the paper of record?</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">RYAN</span> <span class="caps">GRIM</span>:
[inaudible] by her own admission, in that podcast interview she had,
significant violence, because there are two ways to think about what
happened on October 7th. The first way is that it was a day of
extraordinary mayhem and violence. The Israeli defenses melted away. Not
only did you have several thousand Hamas fighters stream across the
fence, but you also had hundreds of civilians, some associated with
gangs, come across. And in that context, the idea that there would be no
sexual assault is not taken seriously by pretty much anybody who
understands kind of war and violence. That’s one way to think about
October 7th.</b></p>
<p><b>The other way to think about it is that Hamas intentionally and
systematically designed a kind of strategy of weaponizing rape and
sexual violence. That was what Anat Schwartz and <em>The New York Times</em>
kind of believed going into the investigation. And oftentimes as
journalists, we have something that we think we’re going to be able to
prove, we report it out, and then we can’t quite get it. Like, it just
— we just don’t land the story. But what the <em>Times</em> did is they wrote the story anyway.</b></p>
<p><b>But that gets you then to <em>The Daily</em> episode. So, this article comes out at the very end of December. As <em>The New York Times</em> always does, its landmark pieces get turned into episodes of their flagship podcast, <em>The Daily</em>.
But immediately after the story came out, it started coming under
criticism, because, as Jeremy pointed out, a lot of the named subjects
of the story have enormous credibility problems. And so this starts
getting pointed out. Inside the <em>Times</em>, the producers of <em>The Daily</em>
have their own kind of fact-checking process where they go over the
stories. And the original script that was produced for that first
episode had to be discarded, because the producers there couldn’t stand
behind it, so they redrafted a second script, which had a lot of caveats
and was closer to the first version that I laid out just now, which is
an interesting podcast episode, and it’s something worth exploring. But
if they had aired that, it would have raised questions about why they
were walking away from the certainty of the original piece.</b></p>
<p><b>So, we <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/01/28/new-york-times-daily-podcast-camera/">reported</a> on the kind of machinations inside <em>The New York Times</em> about this, the controversy, the disputes that were going on. And since then, as <em>Vanity Fair</em> <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/new-york-times-israel-gaza-leak">reported</a>, <em>The New York Times</em>
has — rather than reviewing the kind of journalism that went into this,
they are launching a leak investigation to try to figure out who’s
talking to us.</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: In February, one of the reporters behind <em>The New York Times</em>
investigation, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jeffrey Gettleman,
spoke at a conference on conflict-related sexual violence hosted by
Columbia University. He talked about the piece.</b></p>
<blockquote>
<p><b><span class="caps">JEFFREY</span> <span class="caps">GETTLEMAN</span>:
I did some stories about hostages. And pretty soon, I mean, maybe, I
don’t know, within the first few days of this attack, we were hearing
reports of rape and mutilations of women. We heard it right away. And I
don’t — maybe people in this room remember those videos of the female
soldiers being taken away and the body of that one woman, Shani Louk, in
the back of a pickup truck half-naked. Right away, it just — it just
— there was obviously crimes against women that happened.</b></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><b>So, because, sadly, I have some experience doing this, I began
looking to see what we could find out. And I worked with two other
colleagues, and we interviewed almost 200 people over the course of two
months. And what we found, I don’t want to even use the word “evidence,”
because evidence is almost like a legal term that suggests you’re
trying to prove an allegation or prove a case in court. That’s not my
role. We all have our roles, and my role is to document.</b></p>
</blockquote>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: So, I wanted to get a response to what he is saying there. He’s talking, by the way, to Sheryl Sandberg, the former <span class="caps">COO</span> of Meta, Facebook. Jeremy Scahill, if you can talk about what he sees his role as a reporter?</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">JEREMY</span> <span class="caps">SCAHILL</span>:
I mean, this is an astonishing comment from Jeffrey Gettleman. I mean,
what is he talking about, that it’s not the job of journalists to
uncover evidence? If you’re going to have a headline that — by the way,
let me just say this. The “Screams Without Words” headline comes from a
source named Raz Cohen, who was at the Nova music festival, and he
claims to have witnessed a rape of a woman that he said was — and he’s a
special forces, Israeli special forces, veteran, and he has been very
adamant that the people who he saw committing this crime were not Hamas,
that they were ordinary people. And he has said that in numerous
interviews. But to have, then — and he’s the one who said it was like
“screams without words.” They’re using a headline from a person whose
testimony undermines the thesis of their blockbuster story. So, just to
put that on the table.</b></p>
<p><b>But for Gettleman to say that it’s not the job of journalists to
produce evidence, when you’re going to say, in the middle of a war,
where civilians are being starved and killed in an operation that is
under review now by the International Court of Justice for genocide — if
you’re going to then make an allegation that Hamas implemented a
systematic rape campaign, and you say it’s not your job to produce
evidence, then what is the job of a journalist in a situation like this?
Because, honestly, if you really read their piece carefully, much of it
is innuendo. Much of it is based on sources who have either credibility
issues or lack professional credentials to weigh in on these matters.
This is a grave, grave situation. This is one of the most important
pieces of journalism that has been produced during this war, and one of
the most consequential. And for the lead reporter, who himself has won
the Pulitzer and is an experienced war correspondent, to say that it’s
not the job of <em>The New York Times</em> to present evidence in an article asserting that Hamas systematically raped women, it’s astonishing. It’s astonishing.</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: And also, the prestigious Gorge Polk Award for Foreign Reporting this year was awarded to the staff of <em>The New York Times</em>, the citation reading, in part, quote “for unsurpassed coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas. <em>Times</em>
reporters used firsthand accounts to demonstrate how brutal and well
planned the Hamas attack was,” end-quote. And this article in question
that we’re talking about, “'Screams Without Words,'” was apparently part
of the package submitted by <em>The New York Times</em> that won the award. Ryan Grim, if you can talk about that and the dissent within the <em>Times</em> itself?</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">RYAN</span> <span class="caps">GRIM</span>:
Before I answer that, I did want to add one thing to what Jeremy was
saying. It is remarkable that Sheryl Sandberg was on that panel with
Jeffrey Gettleman, because on December 4th — and Jeremy talked about how
this campaign was rolled out — on December 4th, Sheryl Sandberg and the
Israeli ambassador to the United Nations hosted an event at the U.N.
that launched the campaign against these feminist organizations for not
standing up and condemning, you know, Hamas’s systematic use of rape.
The next day, it was Bibi Netanyahu and then Biden who piled on that
campaign. That same day, on December 4th, Sheryl Sandberg penned an
op-ed in <span class="caps">CNN</span>. She also gave interviews or was quoted in <em>The New York Times</em>
on that same day in an article by Jeffrey Gettleman, Anat Schwartz and
Adam Sella. So, they were all working together on December 4th to launch
this campaign.</b></p>
<p><b>The December 4th <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-israel-hamas-sexual-violence.html">article</a> in <em>The New York Times</em>
had a much softer headline. It said, you know, “What Do We Know About
the Use of Sexual Violence” or “About Sexual Violence on October 7th?”
And people can go back and read that story. They reported at the time
that Israel had enormous amounts of forensic evidence that they were
going through that would establish all of the claims that they were
making. On December 8th or 9th, they very quietly corrected that story
to say, “Correction: Israel does not have forensic evidence to back up
these claims. It is relying on eyewitness testimony.” Anat Schwartz had
previously reported in the <em>Times</em> that they had, quote, “tens of
thousands of eyewitnesses” that they were going to bring forward to
make these claims. So, they front-loaded this campaign with these major
claims that there was forensic evidence and thousands of witnesses. Then
their final article comes out at the end of the month, and, to a casual
reader, you would come away from reading it, saying, “Well, they proved
it. They made their case. This barbaric terrorist organization did use
rape systematically against Israeli women.” And that was used to justify
the continuation of the war on Gaza.</b></p>
<p><b>But then, as you said, when <em>The Daily</em> tried to look closer
at the article, they realized they couldn’t actually stand up the claims
that were being made in it. And so, inside the <em>Times</em>, you have this extremely intense debate going on. And I think leaders at the <em>Times</em>
have been surprised. They’re used to external criticism, but the amount
of internal criticism they’re getting has them on the back foot.</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: And finally, Jeremy, we just have 30 seconds, but even the use of the term “terrorist” within <em>The New York Times</em> and the stepping back of one of the leading editorial directors?</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">JEREMY</span> <span class="caps">SCAHILL</span>:
Yeah, I mean, there’s a lot of — there’s a lot of concern right now,
particularly among reporters who do work on an international level, that
there has been a politicization of this war internally within the
newsroom that is impacting the coverage. And I think it’s pretty clear.
You can see that in some of the journalism. And now <em>The New York Times</em> — <em>The New York Times</em> has —</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: Five seconds.</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">JEREMY</span> <span class="caps">SCAHILL</span>:
— has ended up walking back the major claim that they made, and now
they’re saying hedge words: It may have occurred. That’s one of the most
significant things we uncovered here.</b></p>
<p><b><span class="caps">AMY</span> <span class="caps">GOODMAN</span>: Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim, they are the co-authors of the <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/">piece</a>, “'Between the Hammer and the Anvil.'”</b></p></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The following sites updated:</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><h2 class="title"></h2>
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2 days ago </div></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-39669136438333290162024-03-05T01:49:00.000-05:002024-03-05T01:59:48.299-05:00TV: ELSBETH <p> CBS has a new series, ELSBETH. Carrie Preston returns in a series playing the character Elsbeth Tascioni -- a role she won an Emmy for and one that she played on 19 episodes of THE GOOD WIFE and THE GOOD FIGHT. That should be good news.</p><p> </p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194475523@N05/52901574731" title="tc2"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52901574731_7c69b5b9e9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="tc2"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p> </p><p> </p><p>Carrie's built up a fan base over the years appearing in shows that included TRUE BLOOD, PERSON OF INTEREST, CLAWS and in films like MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA, 5 FLIGHTS UP and THE HOLDOVERS. That should be good news.</p><p> </p><p>Robert King and Michelle King wrote the pilot episode. That should be good news.</p><p> </p><p>It got solid ratings last week when it debuted -- improving significantly in the time period when contrasted to last year. That should be good news.</p><p> </p><p>So why are we hedging our bets or, at least, trying to tamper down on expectations?</p><p> </p><p>There are two reasons. First off, the format. </p><p><br /></p><p>ELSBETH is about an attorney who becomes a crime solver. The crime solver genre is overcrowded -- MCMILLAN & WIFE, MCCLOUD, DEAR DETECTIVE, THE SNOOP SISTERS, HART TO HART, THE BLACKLIST, THE KILLING, KOJAK, QUINCY, TENAFLY, ELLERY QUEEN, GIDEON OLIVER, MINDHUNTER, BONES, UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, LUTHER, THE SECRET CITY, THE FALL, DEATH AND OTHER DETAILS, MURDER SHE WROTE, MRS. COLUMBO --</p><p><br /></p><p>Wait. Let's stop on that last one. MRS. COLUMBO was an NBC mystery series that aired for two seasons and Kate Mulgrew played the lead role -- the wife of Lt. Columbo -- of the Peter Falk series COLUMBO. It started out as MRS. COLUMBO, then became KATE COLUMBO, then KATE THE DETECTIVE and then KATE LOVES A MYSTERY. </p><p><br /></p><p>ELSBETH is like COLUMBO in that the show is not a who-done-it. Viewers see the crime committed, then Elsbeth shows up on the scene and figures out who and how it was done. Other than COLUMBO, the standard has been in countless series for the killer to be revealed at the end of the show. This led to people catching on that if the big name guest was, say, Larry Hagman, he was the killer. By dispensing with the guessing game, COLUMBO broke the rules </p><p><br /></p><p>So, for example, in "Try and Catch Me," we see Ruth Gordon's character Abby murder the husband of her late niece. And we know why. She believes he murdered her niece and made it look like an accident. She's a hugely successful mystery writer so she believes she can get away with it. Even when her assistant played by Susan Sullivan begins blackmailing her. Abby matches wits with Columbo and loses.</p><p><br /></p><p>In last week's pilot, Elsbeth matched wits with a college drama professor played by Stephen Moyer (the two worked together on TRUE BLOOD) who kills one of his students when she plans to out him for seducing her. No one but Elsbeth sees him as a murderer -- in fact, she's the only one at the crime scene who notices various indicators that this was not a suicide. And it builds to a nice cat-and-mouse.</p><p><br /></p><p>However?<br /><br />Yeah, there's a however. </p><p><br /></p><p>The professor is caught not by Elsbeth's wits but by her and the police watching him and catching him attempting to plant evidence on a student to frame them.</p><p><br /></p><p>It kind of undercuts the whole point of the show. And it's a very weak way to start the series. We now know how a villain can be caught whenever the writers feel lazy -- just have him followed by an entire police squad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully, this 'solution' is a one-off and will not be used again on the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>So that's one problem. What's the other?</p><p><br /></p><p>CBS.</p><p><br /></p><p>The show airs on CBS which doesn't know what century this is and has its long, long history of sexism.</p><p><br /></p><p>More than any other network, CBS doesn't seem capable of learning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take MRS. COLUMBO. It actually got good ratings at first. It debuted on a Monday -- a two hour pilot and then showed up on Thursday of the same week for it's first regular episode. But then the next week? Instead of building on the audience, NBC aired a repeat of QUINCY (a two-hour repeat). </p><p><br /></p><p>ELSBETH showed up last week -- airing in February. And CBS, in their glorious 'wisdom,' plans to air the next hour long episode in . . . April. </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and did you want to stream it?</p><p><br /></p><p>You can't on HULU. Despite other CBS programs being available there. </p><p><br /></p><p>CBS is pimping PARAMOUNT+ hard. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, over the weekend, you might have streamed it there. If you have basic PARAMOUNT+. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have it with SHOWTIME -- an add on -- you searched for the show in vain. (Monday, it became available on AMAZON PRIME if you subscribe to PARAMOUNT+ and SHOWTIME).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is how they unroll a new series?</p><p><br /></p><p>They don't know what they're doing and it really shows. </p><p><br /></p><p>ELSBETH should be a show worth watching. If it aired on another network, we'd be more eager to predict its success.</p><p><br /></p> Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-23330444593093718142024-03-05T01:46:00.003-05:002024-03-10T04:26:06.472-04:00Book list <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21187732@N00/468338453" title="books"><img alt="books" height="288" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/191/468338453_cbbf0b25ce_o.jpg" width="352" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><p> <br /></p><p>1) <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"</span><a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/02/j-rany-taraborrellis-awful-beyonce-book.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">J Randy Taraborrelli's awful Beyonce book</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" -- Ann reviews a book on Beyonce.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2) "</span><a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/02/sheila-wellers-carrie-fisher-life-on.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_self">Sheila Weller's Carrie Fisher: A Life On The Edge</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" -- Marcia reviews a puff piece bio.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">3) "</span><a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/02/sheet-pan-fajita-shrimp-in-kitchen.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_self">Sheet Pan Fajita Shrimp in the Kitchen</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" -- Trina reviews a cookbook.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">4) "</span><span class="item-title"><a href="http://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/2024/03/container-gardening-book-review-idiot.html" target="_blank">Container Gardening (book review), Idiot of the Week, and Kylie Minogue
performed at the Brit Awards</a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" -- Mike covers a book on container gardening. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> <br /></span></p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-5251523044015096472024-03-05T01:46:00.002-05:002024-03-05T01:46:45.012-05:00Book Talk (Mike, Ava and C.I.) <p><img alt="1summerread" height="259" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5529/14390508187_a58417c935.jpg" width="500" /></p><p><b> </b></p><b>As
we did in 2021 and 2023, we're attempting to again increase book coverage in the
community. After a review posts, we try to do a discussion with the
reviewer. This go round, we're talking to Ann about "</b><span class="item-title"><a href="http://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/2024/03/container-gardening-book-review-idiot.html" target="_blank"><b>Container Gardening (book review), Idiot of the Week, and Kylie Minogue
performed at the Brit Awards</b></a></span><b>" Mike?<br /></b><p> </p><p> Mike: The book I reviewed was Tammy Wylie's CONTAINER GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS: A GUIDE TO GROWING YOUR OWN VEGETABLES, FRUITS, HERBS AND EDIBLE FLOWERS. Gardens can be fun. They can produce flowers or fruit or vegetables. They produce oxygen which we all need. They can be relaxing and help with stress My mom gardens. In a week or two, my dad will be tilling up the soil for whatever vegetables she's going to plant. In my review, I wrote, " <a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/">My mom</a> has a flower
garden and she grows some vegetables during the spring, summer and fall
and we've got a walnut tree. I grew up with that." Mom reminded me that we also have raspberry bushes. So I grew up with that. And Elaine and I have a daughter. I want her to grow up with that as well. We saw a thing on TV about container gardens. That's where you grow in containers. And it's great if you have a crop that could overtake everything in your garden -- you can contain that in a container. More to the point, you might not have land for a garden. <a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/">Betty</a> and I talked about how her daughter has a container garden because she's got an apartment. Before college, when she lived here with C.I., Betty's daughter and C.I. would garden -- some in the garden but some in containers. And I spoke with Betty's daughter and she's planting spicy peppers and cilantro and parsley right now in her containers. She says it makes cooking easier because for something to add to vegetables on the stove, for example, she just gets cilantro or peppers out on her balcony and add those to what she's cooking. As it gets warmer in her area, she'll plant green beans and other vegetables. So this is something I can do with my daughter and we can learn together and later on she'll be able to do it where ever she lives. It's a skill and it's a memory. My mom's always talking about how you should teach your kids to cook because it gives them a skill and a great memory. </p><p><br /></p><p>And you liked the book?</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike: I really did. I reviewed Tammy Wylie's book. That wasn't the only book on container gardening that we read. We also read Sophie McKay's BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL CONTAINER GARDENING and Max Barnes' CONTAINER GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS. Sophie's book was okay but Max's book bored us. All three grew up gardening at a young age -- I believe with grandparents teaching them to garden. But Max just made it boring. My daughter read maybe a third of his book. I read all but the last ten pages hoping to find something interesting but didn't. Sophie's book was okay. But Tammy wrote with such enthusiasm that it was hard to put down but you wanted to put it down immediately because she made it come alive and I just wanted to get started doing it. </p><p><br /></p><p>So that's a strong recommendation for Tammy Wylie's CONTAINER GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS: A GUIDE TO GROWING YOUR OWN VEGETABLES, FRUITS, HERBS AND EDIBLE FLOWERS? </p><p> </p><p>Mike: Yes.</p><p> </p><p>And what about another year of book reviews?</p><p> </p><p>Mike: I honestly wanted a year off. I get why Marcia and my mom wanted to continue but I did want a year off. That said, we talked and agreed that we didn't have to write lengthy book reports. So with that out the window, I'm okay with it. I don't get how you two write massive media pieces each week. That's a lot of work.</p><p><br /></p><p>We're just doing a piece of an entertainment TV show this week.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike: Good. I bet you'll could use the break.</p><p><br /></p><p>-------------</p><p><br /></p><p>Book discussions:</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-talk-ann-marcia-trina-ava-and-ci.html">Book Talk (Ann, Marcia, Trina, Ava and C.I.)</a>"<br /></p><p> </p><p> </p> Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-45628533975119055402024-03-05T01:45:00.001-05:002024-03-05T01:45:29.098-05:002024 passings<p> <br /></p><p> </p><p>"<a href="https://sexandpoliticsandscreedsandattitude.blogspot.com/2024/01/bad-news-settlers-shot-child-in-back.html">bad news (settlers shot a child in the back and adan canto has died)</a>" -- Rebecca covers the passing of THE CLEANING LADY and DESIGNATED SURVIVOR star. <br /></p><p> </p><p> "<a href="https://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/01/david-soul-and-glynis-johns-have-passed.html">David Soul and Glynis Johns have passed</a>" -- two passings -- one you knew from STARSKY & HUTCH, the other you knew from MARY POPPINS.</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/01/mary-weiss-leader-of-genre.html">Mary Weiss, The Leader of the Genre?</a>" -- Elaine notes the passing of the leader of The Shangri-Las. </p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-death-of-norman-jewison-and-death.html" target="_blank">The death of Norman Jewison and the death of Taraji P. Henson's career</a>" -- Stan notes the passing of film director Norman Jewison. <br /></p><p> </p><p> "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/01/melanie-queen-of-music-festivals.html" target="_blank">Melanie: Queen of the Music festivals
</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://theworldtodayjustnuts.blogspot.com/2024/01/thank-you-to-melanie-jess.html" target="_blank">Thank you to Melanie (Jess)</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/2024/01/jon-stewart-to-return-to-desk.html" target="_blank">Jon Stewart to return to the desk</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/2024/01/melanie-reacher-young-voters.html" target="_blank">Melanie, REACHER, young voters</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/01/when-are-they-going-to-arrest-kari-lake.html" target="_blank">When are they going to arrest Kari Lake?</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/2024/01/we-lose-melanie-and-dexter-king-but-are.html" target="_blank">We lose Melanie and Dexter King but are still stuck with Jonathan Turley?</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://sexandpoliticsandscreedsandattitude.blogspot.com/2024/01/my-top-five-melanie-albums.html" target="_blank">my top five melanie albums</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/01/ugly-chaya-chachi-ratchik.html" target="_blank">Ugly Chaya Chachi Ratchik</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/01/wheres-floridas-dont-say-southern.html" target="_blank">Where's Florida's "Don't Say Southern Baptist" law?</a></span>," and "<a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/01/melanie-mary-weiss-green-day.html">Melanie, Mary Weiss, Green Day</a>" -- remembering singer-songwriter Melanie. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"<span class="item-title"><a href="http://ruthsreport.blogspot.com/2024/01/norman-jewison-and-melanie.html" target="_blank">Norman Jewison and Melanie</a></span>" -- Ruth notes Melanie and Norman Jewison's passing. </p><p><br /></p><p>"<span class="item-title"><a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/01/chita-rivera.html" target="_self">Chita Rivera</a></span>" -- a trailblazer's life is noted by Elaine. </p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/2024/02/carl-weathers.html">Carl Weathers</a>" -- Stan covers the actor and the athlete's passing.</p><p> </p><p>"<span class="item-title"><a href="http://ruthsreport.blogspot.com/2024/02/richard-lewis.html" target="_self">Richard Lewis</a></span>" -- Ruth notes the passing of a stand up comic and actor.<br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-85216315103878964992024-03-05T01:43:00.001-05:002024-03-05T01:43:48.005-05:00Tweet of the week<p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After Melania heard about SCOTUS letting Trump stay on the ballot, her first question was, "But I don't have to touch him, do I?"</p>— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/1764673340734648562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-5252984670351063712024-03-05T01:37:00.001-05:002024-03-05T01:37:27.343-05:00Music: Elaine covers Sonny & Cher's LOOK AT US<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<a href="https://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/03/sonny-chers-look-at-us.html">Sonny & Cher's LOOK AT US </a>
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</p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-224209827273655625" itemprop="description articleBody">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JFs-Ius6cqA?si=K5I0N9TYcUEUCgRj" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><p> Cher posted that today on YOUTUBE. She's performing Hedy West's "500 Miles" on her variety show CHER from 10/5/75.</p><p><br /></p><p>I
was not aware she did that solo. So this is where I get to write --
Had to stop and jump over to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to vote for
Cher. You can vote once each day. Cher needs to be in the hall.</p><p><br /></p><p>This post is about when Cher started her recording career with Sonny.</p><p><br /></p><p>In
1965, Sonny Bono and Cher recorded and released their first album LOOK
AT US. (Cher also released her first solo album ALL I REALLY WANT TO
DO.) At that time, albums were largely just on vinyl. There were
8-tracks and there were reel-to-reel tapes but most people bought
vinyl. Singles sold better than albums. That was starting to change --
album artists like The Beatles, The Mamas & The Papas and others
would move us away from AM radio hits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pop -- popular
music -- was pop, soul, folk, rock and roll, jazz, showtunes, comedy
tracks ("Hello Muddah, Hello Father"), etc. As music grew up rock and
roll became rock and folk became folk rock. Sonny and Cher were
pioneers of folk rock and are often not given credit for that. </p><p><br /></p><p>LOOK AT US still holds up. Twelve strong tracks including "I've Got You Babe." </p><p><br /></p><p>That was their monster hit. </p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r5fFlI7MFeM?si=wWf3zKuBD6NiUtI6" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><b>They say we're young and we don't know</b></p><p><b>We won't find out until we grow</b></p><p><b>Well, I don't know if all that's true</b></p><p><b>'Cause you got me and baby I got you.</b></p><p>The
label released "It's Gonna Rain." Sonny said no, that's not the hit.
He called in favors at an LA radio station and got them to play "I Got
You Babe" instead (he'd been a promo man for Phil Spector).</p><p>Sonny
was right. "I Got You Babe" was a smash hit. An instant number one hit
on the pop chart -- it even made it to number 19 on the R&B
chart. </p><p><br /></p><p>"Unchained Melody" follows. Cher had sung
back up on many of Phil Spector's hits including the Righteous Brothers'
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." Multiple people had hits with the
song in the 50s but, in 1965, it became a hit for the Righteous Brothers
(their version is used in the film GHOST with Demi Moore, Patrick
Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg). Cher had a deep voice and that might be
why they recorded it (this is a solo Cher song). The Crystals' "Then He
Kissed Me" comes next -- and you'll note, again, Cher has a deeper
voice than Sonny.</p><p>"Sing Cest La Vie" comes next and appears to be
Sonny attempting to do a "Que Sera Sera." It features a great vocal by
Cher and strong comedic touches by Sonny. Then "It's Going To Rain" and
finally side one closes out with "500 Miles."</p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EJTySLJdFsk?si=WQjJNejX7rGFy-FR" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>That's a fun one to sing along with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side
two opens with "Just You" which was a top 20 hit for the duo. "The
Letter" follows and it made the top 100. They do a great job on the
standard "Let It Be Me." "You Don't Love Me"? I like it when I hear it
but I always forget it's on the album between listens. But the album
really ends on a solid note with two strong punches. "You Really Got A
Hold On Me.</p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GlLdN8YxYzY?si=xkQ8xCYLYPXHQVWy" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br /></p><p>Smokey
Robinson wrote that classic and, while it's a song that's hard for any
artist to mess up, I really think Sonny & Cher nail it.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Why Won't They Let Us Fall In Love" closes the album.</p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZLubEZKHdPk?si=4evlw9JlBbk4Vvsa" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>Ronnie
Spector was the lead singer of the Ronettes. Cher sang back up on
their number one hit "Be My Baby." Phil recorded the song with Ronnie
solo (Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich wrote the song -- Phil claimed a
songwriting credit but really didn't do anything to write the song). He
didn't release it -- he loved to play mind games with Ronnie. Sonny
& Cher knew the song from their Spector studio work. Now that they
were a duo, and out of Phil's orbit, they decided to record it for their
album. Trivia note -- this is one of three songs Cher has recorded
that Ronnie recorded first. Name the other two.</p><p><br /></p><p>In
1974, she moved to WARNER BROTHERS as a solo artist and it was decided
that she should work with Phil Spector producing her. One of the three
songs she recorded with Spector was a cover of the Ronettes' "Baby I
Love You."</p><p><br /></p><p>The third song? In the eighties Ronnie
Spector released an album in 1987 entitled UNFINISHED BUSINESS that
included Desmond Child and Diane Warren's "Love On A Rooftop." Two
years later, the song was the sixth track on Cher's monster selling
album HEART OF STONE which included the hits "If I Could Turn Back
Time," "Just Like Jesse James," "Heart of Stone" and her duet with Peter
Cetera "After All." </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="https://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/03/iraq-snapshot.html">Iraq snapshot</a>" (THE COMMON ILLS):</p></div>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-61711837134668356292024-03-05T01:27:00.001-05:002024-03-05T01:27:11.867-05:00Evan & Ross, my wonderful sons who are loving men, husbands & fathers—I love you. #nationalsonsday<p> </p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WhljVfaHbko?si=Kx1pBv4BA5qWxzRR" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-40274097533447406002024-03-05T01:23:00.002-05:002024-03-05T01:23:06.565-05:00Iraq: Unregistered Marriages Harm Women and Children<p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/03/iraq-unregistered-marriages-harm-women-and-children"><i>From Human Rights Watch</i></a>:</p><div class="news-header__main text-gray-800">
<h1 class="news-header__title text-2xl font-medium leading-tight break-words md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl xl:text-6xl " id="7041">Iraq: Unregistered Marriages Harm Women and Children</h1>
<p class="news-header__subtitle text-base md:text-2xl ">Religious Leaders Officiate at Weddings in Violation of Iraqi Law</p></div><ul><li>Religious leaders in Iraq conduct thousands of marriages each
year, including child marriages, that flout Iraqi laws and are not
officially registered.</li><li>These marriages create a loophole around legal restrictions on
child marriage and have disastrous effects on women and girls’ ability
to get government services, register their children’s birth, and claim
their rights.</li><li>Iraq should prosecute religious leaders who officiate at marriages
in violation of Iraqi law, facilitate the legalization of unregistered
marriages, and ensure that all Iraqis have the full range of their
rights.</li></ul><p>(Beirut) – Religious leaders in <a href="https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/north-africa/iraq">Iraq</a>
conduct thousands of marriages each year, including child marriages,
that flout Iraqi laws and are not officially registered, Human Rights
Watch said in a report released today. These marriages violate women and
girls’ rights and may leave them in precarious positions without social
or financial support.</p><p>The 40-page report, “‘<a href="https://www.hrw.org/node/387530">My Marriage was Mistake after Mistake’: The Impact of Unregistered Marriages on Women’s and Children’s Rights in Iraq</a>,”
documents the impacts of unregistered marriages on women and girls who
enter them, and the downstream effects on their children. The
unregistered marriages function as a loophole around legal restrictions
on child marriage and have disastrous effects on women and girls’
ability to get government services and social services linked to their
civil status, obtain birth certificates for their children, or claim
their rights to dowry, spousal maintenance, and inheritance.</p><p>“Iraqi authorities need to recognize that unregistered marriages are opening the door to child marriage on a large scale,” said <a href="https://www.hrw.org/about/people/sarah-sanbar">Sarah Sanbar</a>,
Iraq researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Iraqi authorities should take
steps to halt the practice and not make women’s and children’s access to
critical services like identity documents or health care dependent on
their civil status.”</p><p>Human Rights Watch interviewed eight women and two men, all of whom
married outside the courts, one child whose parents had married outside
the courts, four local nongovernmental groups, and two international
groups. Human Rights Watch also interviewed a judge at Al Bayaa court in
Baghdad, and a judge at the Supreme Judicial Council.</p><p>Over the last 20 years, child marriage rates have steadily been
increasing in Iraq. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), 28 percent of girls in Iraq are <a href="https://www.unicef.org/media/108161/file/SOWC-2023-full-report-English.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">married before age 18</a>. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq, <a href="https://iraq.un.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/CCA%20Iraq%202021%20final%20version%20FINAL%20w%20AR.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">22 percent</a>
of unregistered marriages involved girls under age 14. Child marriage
puts girls at increased risk of sexual and physical violence, adverse
physical and mental health consequences, and being denied access to
education and employment.</p><p>Although many communities in Iraq consider the religious marriages
culturally legitimate, they are illegal under Iraq’s Personal Status Law
and are not officially recognized until registered with the Personal
Status Court, after which the couple is issued a civil marriage
certificate.</p><p>Without a civil marriage certificate, women and girls are unable to
give birth in government hospitals and are forced to opt for at-home
births with limited access to emergency obstetric services. This
increases the risk of medical complications that can threaten the life
of both the mother and her baby, particularly when the mother herself is
a child.</p><p>One woman interviewed, from southeast Baghdad, was married at 14 and
was divorced by age 15. “My husband refused to ratify the marriage or
divorce contract so legally [on my ID] I am still single,” she said. “I
can’t claim the monthly [governmental financial support] of 105,000 IQD
(about US$80) for divorced women since I have no proof of my marriage or
divorce.”</p><p>Under Iraq’s Birth and Death Registration Law of 1971, parents can
only obtain birth certificates for babies born in wedlock. A child
without a birth certificate cannot secure any other identity document
and is at risk of losing their legal identity or becoming stateless. If
their status is left unresolved, these children may be barred from
enrolling in schools, getting jobs, obtaining travel documents, owning
property, or getting married.</p><p>“I was married when I was 14, and soon after I became pregnant, my
husband abandoned our family and took my ID and our [religious] marriage
contract with him,” one woman interviewed said. “I was so young, and I
had to give birth in my mother’s house with a midwife because I couldn’t
go to the hospital. I couldn’t get my daughter her documents, and now
she is 16 and still has no documents.”</p><p>Her daughter said, “Not having documents really affects my mental health. I can’t go anywhere, and I never feel safe.”</p><p>When asked how her life would change if she were able to get her
documents, she said, “It would allow me to go to school and experience a
sense of citizenship within my nation. Compared to others, my
aspirations might seem modest. I want to get an ID, go to school, earn a
degree, and eventually get a job.”</p><p>The process to legalize an unregistered marriage is lengthy,
complicated, and bureaucratic. The process becomes significantly more
difficult in cases involving divorce or the death, disappearance, or
denial of the marriage by one spouse. For many women, the social,
financial, and emotional burdens associated with undergoing this process
seem insurmountable, leading them to forego legalization, and thus,
their rights.</p><p>When a couple in which one or both spouses are underage goes before
the court to have their marriage legalized, the judge faces a <em>fait accompli, </em>Human
Rights Watch said. If the judge refuses to legalize their marriage, it
leaves the couple and their children in a precarious position. But when
judges ratify religious marriage contracts involving children, it
weakens the rule of law and facilitates the growing prevalence of child
marriage in Iraq. Most judges opt to legalize child marriages.</p><p>In a case in which a Human Rights Watch researcher was in the
courtroom, at Al Bayaa court in Baghdad in May 2023, a 17-year-old girl,
visibly pregnant, entered with her father and her 20-year-old husband.
They had married a year earlier and were seeking to legalize their
marriage ahead of the birth of their child. Without deeper inquiry into
the circumstances of the marriage and wishes of the underage bride, the
judge asked her, her father, and her husband whether they consented to
the marriage and then certified it.</p><p>There are no provisions in Iraqi law that explicitly punish religious
leaders who officiate marriages that go unregistered, including in
cases in which one spouse is a child. This enables religious leaders to
sidestep Iraqi law with impunity, Human Rights Watch said.</p><p>A judge at the Supreme Judicial Council said that it may be possible
to initiate prosecutions against religious leaders by using article 240
of the Iraqi penal code, which punishes any person “who contravenes an
order issued by a public official or agent, municipal council or
official or semiofficial body in accordance with their legal authority
or who disobeys an order issued by those entities.” However, he said
this provision has never been used.</p><p>
</p><p>“The impacts of not having a civil marriage contract can be
devastating for women and girls, and their children,” Sanbar said. “Iraq
should prosecute religious leaders who officiate marriages in violation
of Iraqi law, facilitate the legalization of unregistered marriages,
and ensure that all Iraqis are able to enjoy their full range of
rights.”</p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-57417023028369365092024-03-05T01:20:00.001-05:002024-03-05T01:20:27.320-05:00This edition's playlist <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194475523@N05/51710770520" title="diana cover 2"><img alt="diana cover 2" height="461" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51710770520_a00044618b_o.jpg" width="473" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><p> </p><p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6745658374842902883" itemprop="description articleBody"><p> </p><p>1) <a href="https://twitter.com/dianaross?lang=en">Diana Ross</a>' <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2021/11/kats-korner-no-diana-ross-thank-you.html">THANK YOU</a>.</p></div><p> </p><p>2) Sonny & Cher's <a href="https://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/03/sonny-chers-look-at-us.html">LOOK AT US</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>3) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChaseRiceMusic?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Chase Rice</a>'s <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2021/06/kats-korner-chase-rice-serves-up.html">THE ALBUM</a>. </p><p> </p><p>4) <a href="https://melissamanchester.com/">Melissa Manchester</a>'s <a href="https://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/02/kats-korner-melissa-manchesters-back.html">RE:VIEW</a>. <br /></p><p> </p><p>5) The Mamas and the Papas' <a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-mamas-and-papas-papas-mamas.html">THE PAPAS & THE MAMAS</a>. </p><p> <br /></p><p>6) <a href="https://greenday.com/">Green Day</a>'s '<a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/01/kats-korner-green-day-return-of.html">SAVIORS</a>.'</p><p> </p><p>7) <a href="https://www.cher.com/">Cher</a>'s <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2013/09/kats-korner-chers-closer-to-perfection.html">CLOSER TO THE TRUTH</a>.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8) <a href="http://samsmithworld.com/us-splash-cms/">Sam Smith</a>'s <a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2015/11/sam-smiths-new-album-out-now.html">IN THE LONELY HOUR DROWNING SHADOW EDITION</a>. <br /></p><p> </p><p>9) <a href="http://www.benharper.com/">Ben Harper</a>'s <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2016/05/kats-korner-ben-harper-serves-up-minor.html">CALL IT WHAT IT IS</a>.</p><p> </p><p>10) <a href="http://www.carlysimon.com/" target="_blank">Carly Simon</a>'s <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2015/04/kats-korner-what-bedroom-tapes-reveal.html">THE BEDROOM TAPES</a>.<br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-17018352855899879272024-03-05T01:15:00.001-05:002024-03-05T01:15:34.477-05:00Highlights <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65839082@N06/6114690989/" title="a park painting 11 by Stanohboyitneverends, on Flickr"><img alt="a park painting 11" height="386" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/R6cswGOX64ENrRn-isWWRIozwUu3gfldZif8to8wRe1v3DEJZGeNHVQdonVBIGodS0un-PXcUY5bxsfJd4NKVvgRiYXzDizp2lX6TbXmSGHY=s0-d" width="500" /></a>
<br /> </p><p>This piece is written by Rebecca of <a href="http://sexandpoliticsandscreedsandattitude.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude</a>, Cedric of <a href="http://cedricsbigmix.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cedric's Big Mix</a>, Kat of <a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kat's Korner</a>, Betty of <a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas Friedman is a Great Man</a>, Mike of <a href="http://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mikey Likes It!</a>, Elaine of <a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Like Maria Said Paz</a>, Ruth of <a href="http://ruthsreport.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruth's Report</a>, Marcia of <a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SICKOFITRADLZ</a>, Stan of <a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oh Boy It Never Ends</a>, Ann of <a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ann's Mega Dub</a>, Isaiah of <a href="http://theworldtodayjustnuts.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The World Today Just Nuts</a> and Wally of <a href="http://thedailyjot.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Daily Jot</a>. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights. </p><p><br /></p><p> "<a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/03/like-when-fighting-nazis-in-wwii-us-has.html">Like when fighting the Nazis in WWII, the US has t...</a>" -- most requested post by readers of this site -- "and educational," reader Corbin e-mailed.</p><p> </p><p>"<a href="http://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/2024/03/container-gardening-book-review-idiot.html" target="_self">Container Gardening (book review), Idiot of the Week, and Kylie Minogue
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maybe marianne's the answer,</a>" "<a href="http://sexandpoliticsandscreedsandattitude.blogspot.com/2024/02/elected-republicans-keep-making-it-worse.html" target="_self">elected republicans keep making it worse</a>," "<a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/03/shady-menendez.html">Shady Menendez,</a>" "<a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/02/good-for-sarah.html">Good for Sarah</a>," "<a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/02/chips-and-salsa-and-wendys.html">Chips and salsa and Wendys and Burger King</a>," "<a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/02/tennessee-gets-worse.html">Tennessee gets worse,</a>" "<a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/2024/02/give-marianne-williamson-listen-shes.html">Give Marianne Williamson a listen - she's live rig...,</a>" "<a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-are-country-can-be-marianne.html">What are country can be -- Marianne Williamson spe...</a>," "<a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/02/insanity.html">Insanity</a>," "<a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-hate-they-spread-causes-violence.html" target="_self">The hate they spread causes violence</a>," "<a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/02/stand-up-and-celebrate.html" target="_self">Stand up and celebrate</a>," "<a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/02/exactly.html" target="_self">Exactly</a>," "<a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-hateful-haters.html" target="_self">The hateful haters</a>," "<a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/02/greg-abbott-is-hate-monger.html" target="_self">Greg Abbott is a hate monger</a>," "<a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/03/groomer-lauren-boebert-at-heart-of-sex.html">Groomer Lauren Boebert at the heart of sex tape sc...</a>," "<a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/02/boe-boe-is-last-to-judge.html">Boe-Boe is the last to judge,</a>" "<a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/02/turley-goes-further-into-gutter.html">Turley goes further into the gutter</a>," "<a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/2024/02/march-5th-looms.html" target="_self">March 5th looms</a>," "<a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/2024/02/i-support-marianne-williamson-listen-to.html" target="_self">I support Marianne Williamson - listen to her live right now she's speaking
for you too</a>," "<a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/2024/02/all-in-for-marianne.html" target="_self">All in for Marianne</a>," "<a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/2024/02/crooked-clarnece.html" target="_self">Crooked Clarnece</a>," "<a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/2024/02/black-history-month-and-black-current.html" target="_self">Black History Month and Black Current Events</a>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-talk-with-crooked-clarence.html" target="_blank">A Talk With Crooked Clarence</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/03/fat-ugly-and-coward-clarence-thomas.html" target="_blank">Fat, ugly and a coward -- Clarence Thomas</a></span>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://theworldtodayjustnuts.blogspot.com/2024/03/crooked-cowardly-clarence-thomas-has.html" target="_blank">Crooked Cowardly Clarence Thomas has NEVER served his country</a></span>," "<a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/03/crooked-clarence-up-close-and-personal.html">Crooked Clarence Up Close and Personal</a>," "<span class="item-title"><a href="https://cedricsbigmix.blogspot.com/2024/03/crooked-clarence-rolls-around-in-his.html" target="_blank">Crooked Clarence rolls around in his own filth and in balnut</a></span>," and "<span class="item-title"><a href="http://thedailyjot.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-just-in-crooked-clarence-thomas.html" target="_blank">THIS JUST IN! CROOKED CLARENCE THOMAS NEEDS HIS PENILE SHEATH!</a></span>" -- news coverage in the community. <br /><p><br /></p><p></p><p> </p><p>"<a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/03/tex-mex-pork-chops-and-rice-skillet-in.html" target="_self">Tex-Mex Pork Chops and Rice Skillet in the Kitchen,</a>" "<a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/03/quick-chicken-quesadillas-in-kitchen.html" target="_self">Quick Chicken Quesadillas in the Kitchen</a>" and "<a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/02/easy-bean-soup-in-kitchen.html" target="_self">Easy Bean Soup in the Kitchen</a>" -- Trina serves up some recipes. <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> "<a href="http://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/2024/02/you-know-dusty-springfield-used-to-tuck.html" target="_self">You know Dusty Springfield used to tuck a maxi pad under there to give it
more oomph</a>," "<a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/2024/02/mary-queen-of-scots.html">MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS</a>," "<a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/2024/02/x-files-ncis-spin-off.html">X-FILES, NCIS spin off</a>," "<a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/2024/02/weekend-box-office_27.html">Weekend box office,</a>" and "<a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/2024/02/all-of-us-strangers.html">ALL OF US STRANGERS</a>" -- TV and film coverage in the community. <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> "<a href="http://sexandpoliticsandscreedsandattitude.blogspot.com/2024/03/raye.html" target="_self">raye,</a>" "<a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/03/cher-raye.html">Cher, Raye</a>," "<a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/02/melissa-manchester-dolly-parton-and.html">Melissa Manchester, Dolly Parton and Rhiannon Giddens</a>," "<a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/02/disappointing-kaney-and-p-diddy.html">Disappointing Kaney and P Diddy</a>" and "<a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2024/03/sonny-chers-look-at-us.html">Sonny & Cher's LOOK AT US</a>" -- music coverage in the community.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p> <br /></p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-84293983236081855312024-02-27T08:10:00.001-05:002024-02-27T08:10:24.815-05:00TV: Lorne Michaels tries to shift the overton window<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Where was the Trump clan reject? That was our question
in the lead up to this past weekend and since. Remember her? The ruler
on comedy. The saggy mess that trashed Jon Stewart. (If you don't
remember her, see "<a href="http://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/media-its-stupidity-stupid.html">Media: It's The Stupidity, Stupid</a>" from last week.) Comedic Czar Trump didn't even
bother to Tweet about it, did she?</span></p><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194475523@N05/52901574731" title="tc2"><img alt="tc2" height="267" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52901574731_3a0e530b70_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></span><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">About what? Let's note the climate we're living in -- a climate that Donald Trump's supporters have created.where state senators feel <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/02/26/exp-lgbtq-filth-becky-anderson-whitney-wild-live-022609aseg1-cnni-world.cnn">they can call LGBTQ+ people "filth.</a>"</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a class="yiv9961149012ydpe0236fdyiv3365808960" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oklahoma-senator-s-derogatory-comments-on-lgbtq-people-spark-outrage-in-wake-of-nonbinary-teen-s-death/ar-BB1iUdo2?cvid=ccb7e45b207a40fc8073dc28d391fe11&ei=61" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This,
sadly, is not an anomaly. And Trump Comedy Czar felt she could attack
Jon Stewart for a joke about how old both Donald Trump and Joe Biden
are. She felt this was 'bothsidism.'</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">No, you stupid idiot -- and those of you who supported her -- that's not the problem.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">We saw the problem on Saturday when SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE elected to bring on Shane Gillis as the host. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Who?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Exactly. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">For
those who don't know, the minor comic was supposed to be part of the
2019 cast because elderly idiot Lorne Michaels (he turns 80 this year)
thought Gillis was hilarious. But following the announcement, multiple
examples of Gillis' racism, sexism and homophobia turned up in the press
and old man Lorne was forced to drop Gillis from the cast and declare
his 'jokes' to be "<span><span face="UI sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><a class="yiv9961149012ydpe0236fdyiv3365808960" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/shane-gillis-mentions-his-firing-in-2019-in-his-snl-monologue/ar-BB1iQmIh?cvid=394137cf4dd64f2eb9cfdc3ef0d0d240&ei=24" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">offensive, hurtful and unacceptable</a>.”</span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Did Gillis learn from it? No, he got even more hateful. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Somehow, in senile Lorne's mind, continuing to be "offensive, hurtful and unacceptable" made him the go-to for a host.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Do you get how offensive that is?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">If you don't, maybe your a member of the Trump family.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This is passed off as 'bothsideism.' It's not.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Bringing
on a racist (homophobe, sexist) is not the same as a Democrat or a
Republican. This is hate merchant. And when Lorne brings on a hate
merchant to host, he is normalizing hatred and encouraging violence.
This is outrageous. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Gillis bombed in the monologue and in the skits.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">No surprise, he's a very limited 'talent.' </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The
take away is that, for 80-year-old Lorne, you don't have to be funny.
You just have to be a hate merchant and he'll put you on to give 'the
other side' a hearing. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This is the 'bothsideism' you call out.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The
KKK do not get to host a program so that we can hear 'both sides.'
Allowing a hate merchant like Gillis to come on does not represent
Republicans, it represent hate and fascism. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Lorne Michael is -- and has been for far too many years -- an embarrassment. But as he works in his final years to shift the Overton window to include racism and hate in polite conversation, he reaveals how truly craven and disgusting he is. Remember, this is the man who built up <span><span>Rudolph William Louis Giuliani before 9/11 -- before 9/11. <br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">His latest stunt proves that he's far too old to be producing the show. It
also proves something about closet cases but we'll table that for a
later date.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Some
people ignored this in the lead up for very good reason -- they didn't
want to promote it. We understand that. In the lead up, a number of us
worked on bumping up FOX's game show THE FLOOR which aired against the
first 30 minutes of SNL. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">But
the reality is that most people just looked the other way because they
didn't give a damn. That's sad and that's disgusting. The same hate
merchants attacking Black History are the same hate merchants attacking
reproductive rights and they are the same hate merchants attacking
LGBTQ+ people and they are the same hate merchants attacking Asians and
Muslims and so many more. Shame on elderly Lorne Michaels for
platforming a hate merchant in order to mainstream violence.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">If you're not getting how bad this was and how completely unqualified </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Shane Gillis</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> was to host, grasp that an opening monlogue should never include this apology, "<span><span face="UI sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;">Look,
I don't have any material that can be on TV, all right? I;m trying my
best. Also, this place is extremely well-lit. I can see everyone not
enjoying it. This is the most nervous I've ever been." But his did. </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span face="UI sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span face="UI sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;">His did.</span></span><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-71539224250710719982024-02-27T08:08:00.006-05:002024-02-27T08:11:13.228-05:00A note to our readers <p>Hey --</p><p>Tuesday.<br />
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Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:<br />
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Betty of <a href="http://thomasfriedmanisagreatman.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man</span></a>,<br />
C.I. of <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">The Common Ills</span></a> and <a href="http://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">The Third Estate Sunday Review</span></a>,<br />
Kat of <a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills)</span></a>,<br />
Mike of <a href="http://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">Mikey Likes It!</span></a>,<br />
Elaine of <a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">Like Maria Said Paz</span></a>),<br />
Cedric of <a href="http://cedricsbigmix.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">Cedric's Big Mix</span></a>,<br />
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Wally of <a href="http://thedailyjot.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">The Daily Jot</span></a>,<br />
Trina of <span style="color: #6a9718;"><a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Trina's K</a><a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">itchen,</a></span> Marcia of <a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6a9718;">SICKOFITRDLZ</span></a>,<br />
Stan of <a href="http://ohboyitneverends.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6a9718;">Oh Boy It Never Ends</span></b></a>,<br />
Isaiah of <a href="http://theworldtodayjustnuts.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6a9718;">The World Today Just Nuts</span></b></a>,<br />
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And what did we come up with? <p> <br /></p><ul class="posts"><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/tv-lorne-michaels-tries-to-shift.html">TV: Lorne Michaels tries to shift the overton window</a></li><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/truest-statement-of-week_27.html">Truest statement of the week</a></li><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/aaron-bushnell.html">Aaron Bushnell</a></li><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-talk-ann-marcia-trina-ava-and-ci.html">Book Talk (Ann, Marcia, Trina, Ava and C.I.)</a></li><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/from-tesr-test-kitchen_27.html">From THE TESR TEST KITCHEN</a></li><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-list.html">Book list</a></li><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/music-kat-reviews-melissa-manchesters.html">Music: Kat reviews Melissa Manchester's new album</a></li><li><a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2024/02/this-editions-playlist_27.html">This edition's playlist</a></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Peace.</p><p> </p><p>-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6a9718;">C.I.</span></b></a></p><p></p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-51400492016005217222024-02-27T08:08:00.004-05:002024-02-27T08:08:49.582-05:00Truest statement of the week <p> As I wrote in my <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/17/shooting-the-messengers/">Gaza Diary</a>
last week, Israel is committing war crimes so brazen & outrageous
that no one had even thought of legislating against them. What’s more,
almost every act of this war can be independently documented, often in
real time. The entire war is a crime.</p><p> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/middleeast/un-food-convoy-gaza-israel-strike-cmd-intl/index.html#:~:text=Israeli%20forces%20fired%20on%20a,the%20UN%20and%20CNN%27s%20own"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-314150" height="934" src="https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/foodconvoy-680x934.jpeg" width="680" /></a></p><p> </p><p>-- <span class="left-sidebar-author">Jeffrey St. Clair, "</span><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/23/roaming-charges-111/">Roaming Charges: Somewhat Immature</a>" (COUNTERPUNCH). </p><p> </p><p> </p><div align="left" class="left-list"><br /></div><div align="left" class="left-list"><br /></div><div align="left" class="left-list"><br /></div><p> </p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-79242873816848388192024-02-27T08:07:00.004-05:002024-02-27T08:07:51.863-05:00Aaron Bushnell<p> </p><div><br /></div><div>In the US, President Joe Biden still can't come to
the aid of the Palestinians. More and more people just can't stomach
anymore of the killing. Aaron Bushnell was one such person.</div><div><br /><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 100%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1762091490015379807" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1762091490015379807&lang=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fthecommonills.blogspot.com%2F2024%2F02%2Firaq-snapshot_0389705138.html&sessionId=83e9c0ed63461743897afb4a42cc9cea44b1b028&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 708px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div>Yesterday reports emerged about the actions Aaron took. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israeli-embassy-air-force-member-sets-himself-on-fire/">Jordan Freiman (CBS NEWS) reported</a>, "An active-duty U.S. Air Force member is in critical condition after
he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.,
on Sunday, officials said. The man set himself on fire around 1
p.m. ET and both the U.S. Secret Service and Metropolitan Police
Department responded, the agencies said." <span class="Link"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-us-embassy-fire-c49922e38d51727af736e60e3bb21dd5">Didi Tang and Michael Balsamo (AP) added</a>, "</span>Law
enforcement officials
believe the man started a livestream, set his phone down and then doused
himself in accelerant and ignited the flames. At one point, he said he
'will no longer be complicit in genocide,' the person said. " And <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/26/us-airman-sets-self-on-fire-in-protest-over-israels-genocide-in-gaza">ALJAZEERA noted</a>, "In December, a protester set herself on fire outside the Israeli
Consulate in Atlanta. A Palestinian flag was found at the scene, and the
act was believed to be one of 'extreme political protest'." <a href="https://time.com/6821425/israel-embassy-air-force-protest-fire-self-immolation-aaron-bushnell-latest-updates/">Chad De Guzman (TIME) became the first reporter at a US outlet to name Aaron</a>, "The burn victim, who identified himself in video of the incident as
25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, reportedly succumbed to his injuries on
Sunday night, according to independent journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/taliaotg/status/1761956302543016071">Talia Jane</a>, who posted on social media that she is in contact with Bushnell’s family and friends." </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhHFQpv3J2A">MIDDLE EAST EYE has posted the video</a>.
As he walks up to the embassy, he explains what has led to this. He
then pours gasoline on himself and then sets himself on fire. Here are
his final words.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Aaron
Bushnell: I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force and I
will no longer be complicit in genocide. I'm about to engage in an
extreme act of protest. But compared to what people have been
experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers is not
extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be
normal. Free Palestine. Free Palestine! Free Palestine! Free
Palestine!</b></div><div><br />
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we did in 2021 and 2023, we're attempting to again increase book coverage in the
community. After a review posts, we try to do a discussion with the
reviewer. This go round, we're talking to Ann about </b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"</span><a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/02/j-rany-taraborrellis-awful-beyonce-book.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">J Randy Taraborrelli's awful Beyonce book</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">," Marcia about "</span><a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/02/sheila-wellers-carrie-fisher-life-on.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_self">Sheila Weller's Carrie Fisher: A Life On The Edge</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" and Trina about "</span><a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/02/sheet-pan-fajita-shrimp-in-kitchen.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_self">Sheet Pan Fajita Shrimp in the Kitchen.</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" Marcia?</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Marcia: I wanted us to do this again and I got a lot of e-mails asking if we were going to. I spoke with Trina who said she'd kick things off for 2024.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Trina: A lot of people didn't want to do this. Let me clear on that. I read Lisa Grant's SUPER EASY COOKBOOK FOR BEGINNERS: 5-INGREDIENT RECIPES AND ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES TO GET YOU STARTED. It's a straight forward book and I can talk about that but with the review, I tried to keep it brief and simple because we thought -- Marcia and I -- that one reason so many in the community were luke warm on another year of books was because it felt like assignments to them. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Ann: And then Marcia goes next and writes a mammoth book review.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Marcia: I didn't plan on that. I was reviewing Sheila Weller's Carrie Fisher biography and it's just so damn embarrassing. It actually reminded me of a book that Ava and C.I. have called out. IS THAT A GUN IN YOUR POCKET? The author savaged Elaine May's directing while creating this myth of Jodie Foster as a great director. Jodie's a great actress. She is not a great director. Sorry. By contrast, Elaine My has created art when directing. Sheila was just a little fan girl of Carrie Fisher and it got old real quick.</span></p><p><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Ann, you had a different reaction -- or are we reading that wrong? -- with the Beyonce book?</span></b></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Ann: No, you're right. The bad author thought every event and every step had to go into the book. Elizabeth Taylor was a child star. That's why you can focus on her childhood in depth. There's no point to do that with Beyonce. And instead of telling her story, it looked like a timeline. There was never roomto examine the significant moments because everything was treated as spellbinding and amazing and once in a lifetime -- it was just too much damn hype.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>You don't recommend the book you read?</b></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b> </b><br /><br />Ann: I certainly don't.</span></p><p><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Marcia?<br /></b><br />Marcia: I never want to read Sheila's bad book again.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Trina?</span></b></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Trina: I actually think Lisa Grant's book was interesting to read and would be very helpful to beginning cooks. She breaks things down clearly and walks you through. One of the two best beginners cookbooks I've ever read. And I'm not naming the other because I'll review it when my turn rolls around next.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Okay, thank all of three of you.</span></b></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span> <br />Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-64667734111214349272024-02-27T08:03:00.003-05:002024-02-27T08:03:29.666-05:00From THE TESR TEST KITCHEN<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21187732@N00/29994579777" title="1stove"><img alt="1stove" height="540" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/1917/29994579777_0e50a63d4d_o.jpg" width="572" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><p><br /></p><p>Back to THE TESR TEST KITCHEN!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>We like chocolate. We like Twinkies. But we haven't enjoyed what Hostess has served up in the last ten years. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back <a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2014/09/from-tesr-test-kitchen.html">in 2014, "the summer of Twinkie fun," the chocolate version left us underwhelmed</a>. Then <a href="https://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2018/08/from-tesr-test-kitchen_22.html">in 2018, they tried a fudge crusted abomination that we still need to brush our tongues to remove the taste</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>But now?</p><p><br /></p><p>Chocolate Lovers Twinkies.</p><p> </p><p><img alt="Hostess Chocolate Lovers Twinkie 13.58oz 10ct - image 2 of 11" height="400" src="https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/134b7570-7731-4192-b234-8c9224e97b0c.b26c1b4034f1077477a143b00baaefe5.jpeg?odnHeight=117&odnWidth=117&odnBg=FFFFFF" style="max-height: 117px; max-width: 117px; min-width: 117px; object-fit: contain; overflow: hidden;" width="400" /> <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At last, Hostess has pulled it off. It's a foamy chocolate cake, soft and tasty,with a chocolate creme center. This is what a chocolate Twinkie should taste like. Make a point, if you're a fan of Twinkies, to check this one out.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-1414298979069027152024-02-27T08:03:00.001-05:002024-02-27T08:03:09.501-05:00Book list<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21187732@N00/468338453/" title="books"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/191/468338453_cbbf0b25ce_o.jpg" width="352" height="288" alt="books"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p> </p><p> </p><p>1) <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"</span><a href="http://annsmegadub.blogspot.com/2024/02/j-rany-taraborrellis-awful-beyonce-book.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">J Randy Taraborrelli's awful Beyonce book</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" -- Ann reviews a book on Beyonce.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2) "</span><a href="http://sickofitradlz.blogspot.com/2024/02/sheila-wellers-carrie-fisher-life-on.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_self">Sheila Weller's Carrie Fisher: A Life On The Edge</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" -- Marcie reviews a puff piece bio.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">3) "</span><a href="http://trinaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/02/sheet-pan-fajita-shrimp-in-kitchen.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_self">Sheet Pan Fajita Shrimp in the Kitchen</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" -- Trina reviews a cookbook.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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<a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/02/kats-korner-melissa-manchesters-back.html">Kat's Korner: Melissa Manchester's back</a>
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<p><a href="http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/"><b>Kat</b></a>:
"Whatever it is, it'll keep till the morning. Haven't we both got
better things to do?" Beautiful sentiment right. Great song. But when I
think of the song, I think of Magic Mountain and my first journey as an
aunt. "Aunt Kat, Aunt Kat, we want to go to Magic Mountain!" But my
sister and her husband were working constantly so it was left to the
aunt or it wasn't happening. Going to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk or
something similar, no problem. But Valencia? </p><p>It's not Los
Angeles, let's not pretend. Yeah, it's LA county. And like most spots
in LA county, you might as well toss the maps out the window because
they're really not going to help. Same with advice from friends. My
boyfriend at the time agreed to drive, then bailed and told me, "It's
just off Interstate 5." ,Turns out, that's a bit like saying you can get
straight to The Golden Gate Bridge via The Castro District. You can't
really, you have to maneuver a great deal, but people will tell you that
you can -- and they are wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point, you get
off I-5 and it's like four or five turns (and I think it used to be more
turns back in the day that we're talking about). It took forever to
get there and we left at seven in the morning. We then did the rides,
my niece wanted a t-shirt with Farrah Fawcett on it, my nephew wanted a
poster (I think it was The Eagles, he will correct me if I'm wrong), we
saw some sort of animatronic puppet show and, again, rode the rides.
We're getting some food at this mammoth complex when my other niece
starts crying (when she found out I was doing this review, she said to
put that in) and I'm like, "What, what?" She pulls some nice earrings
out of her pant pocket and explains she swiped them. "S**t!" is my
response. She's wanting to go back and, I'm sorry, we couldn't find our
way back if we tried. And she wouldn't stop crying because we had to
return them. I told them to stay at the table. Walked around the other
side of the food court. Found a young woman in a Jefferson Starship
t-shirt, gave her five dollars and she walked back to the table with me
and explained she was in charge of the store and would take the earrings
back and everything was fine. And it was. My niece stopped crying and
a stranger got five bucks and a new pair of earrings. </p><p>Now to
address the damage. Bribe them all not to relate that story to the
parents. And all could be bought but one nephew (I have five kids with
me) but then I thought of Maggie. Friend forever and someone who -- at
that point -- had dreamed of doing hair. She loved fixing our hair in
high school. And she fixed everyone's hair. And loved it. Until she
started getting paid for it and dealing with people who weren't friends
and who thought they could bring in a photo of, say, Raquel Welch and
say, "Cut my hair like this" and that they would then look like Raquel.
No. They looked like exactly the same woman but with a haircut like
Raquel had.</p><p>This was either while she was getting ready to quit or
right after she had and I told my nephew that Maggie would cut the hair
on his Sabrina Duncan CHARLIE'S ANGEL doll so that it looked right (the
doll did not have the bob Kate Jackson wore on the show but something
similar to what she wore in the TV movie). At last, everyone's going to
keep the secret. By now it's starting to get dark and we need to go.
But I don't know the direct way out. And anyone carrying five kids
through an amusement park knows that it is not a straight shoot with no
stops. </p><p>By the time we got to the car, it was no longer getting
dark, it was dark. And we've got five to six hours still to go to get
home. If we can make it to Interstate 5. One wrong turn after another
and I'm getting frustrated but saying we're going the right way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then that song comes on and, yes, "I think we can make it." <a href="https://melissamanchester.com/">Melissa Manchester</a> was singing that and we were finally heading in the right direction. And we were in the car all singing along with Melissa.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge">You told me you need me</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Needing me now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Is something I could use</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Midnight blue</span></b></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge">Wouldn't you give</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Your hand to a friend?</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Maybe it's not the end</span></b></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge">And I think we can make it</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">One more time</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">If we try</span></b></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge">One more time</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">For all the old times</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Midnight blue</span></b></div><p><br /></p><p>Someone else is singing it now. Melissa still. But also <a href="https://dollyparton.com/">Dolly Parton</a>.</p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C6C-mlaG_dM?si=b7V48EtQBKor8t9K" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>That
is the most beautiful duet. And it's from Melissa Manchester's brand
new studio album RE:VIEW. It's her 25th studio album and she's
revisiting some of her favorite songs. Like her big hit "You Should
Hear How She Talks About You." I should say big pop hit -- the song,
written by Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow, made it to number five on
BILLBOARD's Hot 100. Melissa had seven top forty pop hits and placed
sixteen songs in the Hot 100. But she wasn't a pop star. She, like <a href="https://twitter.com/IAMANITABAKER?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Anita Baker</a>,
was more of an artist for adults, charting the road of love and life,
not of crushes and high school. She had 18 top forty hits on the adult
contemporary chart -- seven of which went top ten. </p><p><br /></p><p>Clive
Davis ran ARISTA when Melissa started recording and his opinion was
that her songwriting was good enough for album tracks but that she
needed to record songs written by other people in order to have a hit.
Clive's very smart but that was a dumb opinion. He wanted her to be a
pop singer and that was a very limited road for her. Her voice went
beyond what was allowed in most pop songs. And leaving aside singers
like <a href="https://twitter.com/DianaRoss?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Diana Ross</a>
and Aretha Franklin who could not only take a song onto the pop chart
but also to adult contemporary, dance and soul charts, female pop
singers did not have long careers as hitmakers. As the seventies wound
down, it was noted that Olivia Newton-John was one of the few female
singers to have a hit pop song each year -- that would end in the 80s
with "Soul Kiss" ("The Rumour" would go top forty in 1988 but even if
1985's "Soul Kiss" stayed on the chart for one week or more in 1986, she
had no song in the top forty during the year of 1987).</p><p><br /></p><p>Not
only was Clive overestimating the career of a female pop star, he also
underestimated Melissa's songwriting chops. She co-wrote "Midnight
Blue" with <a href="https://carolebayersager.com/">Carole Bayer Sager</a> and it went to number one on the adult contemporary chart.</p><p><br /></p><p>RE:VIEW
finds Melissa exploring her discography and finding new meaning. And
listeners should love it. "Just Too Many People" was an adult
contemporary hit in in 1975 making it all the way to number two and it
made it to number thirty on the pop top forty. I'm sorry, I do not
recall that song from back then. I first heard it a few weeks back when
C.I. posted Melissa's new version of it here at THE COMMON ILLS.</p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oiP7YSWUu8s?si=1xesjYwKuGFPbws6" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>And
I thought it was a great song, could tell by the way she sang it that
she wrote it or co-wrote it (she co-wrote it with Vini Poncia). Was not
aware it was a song from the seventies or that Melissa was re-exploring
her catalogue. The song is perfect for today and that's probably one
of the reasons she elected to redo it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But this album
should not just be about Melissa reconsidering her own work. It should
be about listeners, critics and the industry reconsidering Melissa.</p><p><br /></p><p>She's
an amazing singer. She was and she still is. She got her musical
start as a backup singer and backup singers rarely have success when
moving to the front of the stage. <a href="https://sherylcrow.com/">Sheryl Crow</a> managed it, <a href="https://twitter.com/PPArnold1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">PP Arnold</a> managed it (in England) . . . Probably the most famous example is <a href="https://twitter.com/cher?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Cher</a> who started out singing backup on the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," on <a href="https://darleneloveworld.com/">Darlene Love</a>'s
"Christmas Baby Please Come Home," on Darlene Love's "A Fine Fine Boy,"
on the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron" and on the Righteous Brothers'
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." The skill required to sing back up
can't often derail the ability to sing upfront and hold the audience's
attention. So Melissa going from backing up <a href="https://twitter.com/BetteMidler?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Bette Midler</a>
to a successful solo artist was not a sure thing. But her talent was
so immense that she pulled it off. Both as a singer-songwriter and also
as an interpreter of songs written by others. On RE:VIEW, she revisits
her hit song "Don't Cry Out Loud" written by Peter Allen and Carole
Bayer Sager.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let's not "baby cried the day the circus
came to town"? I loved the song when it first came out. But it came
back to life for me because of THE COMMON ILLS and Rebecca's <a href="https://sexandpoliticsandscreedsandattitude.blogspot.com/">SEX AND POLITICS AND SCREEDS AND ATTITUDE</a>.
At those sites, and in real life, they use that phrase repeatedly.
Some outlet drops their coverage of war resisters in November of 2008 to
avoid embarrassing Barack Obama -- and to abandon Ivan Brobeck who
returned from Canada on election day 2008 to draw attention to the
plight of war resisters? Well didn't that outlet just "baby cried the
day the circus came to town." </p><p><br /></p><p>And I'd think about
that song each time and I wonder what was Melissa doing now. Why did I
have to wonder that. Cher is finally up for induction in The Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame (she better get inducted this year) and I'm looking at
the males also in the running and thinking, "What a sad bunch of
nobodies." Not all of them. But, a number of them. And yet they're
covered and discussed endlessly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why has Melissa Manchester not gotten her flowers?</p><p> </p><p>When
C.I. went into the hospital in 2021 and was in and out of consciousness
for about a week, she kept muttering about a bad book and then wrote "<a href="https://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2021/02/dumb-bitches-or-sisterhood-is-no-excuse.html">DUMB BITCHES or SISTERHOOD IS NO EXCUSE FOR PRAISING A BAD BOOK</a>"
about Gillian G. Gaar's 'classic' 1992 book -- according to Naomi Wolf,
Susan Faludi and others who didn't read the awful book or read it but
didn't know one damn thing about music history. In her review -- her
return to the internet after a week of hospitalization -- C.I. ripped
that book apart for its racism, its sexism (the author played by men's
rules on inclusion, not very feminist) and its many, many never-ending
errors. Here's C.I.:<br /><br /></p><p><br /><b><br />
Song writing is an area that Gillian is particularly ignorant in. In the midst of a (brief) section on the legendary <a href="http://www.lauranyro.com/">Laura Nyro</a>, she types:<br /><i><br />
While none of these albums achieved great chart success (though <a href="https://melissamanchester.com/">Melissa Manchester</a>'s version of "Midnight Blue" from SMILE gave Manchester
her first top ten hit) . . . </i></b><br /><b><br />
How stupid do you have to be to type that?<br /><br />
You clearly didn't listen to what you're pretending to be an expert on.
Yes, on SMILE, Laura Nyro has a song about midnight and blue. It is
not
the same song that Melissa took into the top ten. Melissa's song was
written by Melissa and Carole Bayer and appeared first on Melissa's
January
1975 album MELISSA. Laura's album? SMILE? Released in February so
it's hard to see how Melissa could have recorded the song first. If
that's
not obvious to you, let's note the year as well -- SMILE was released in
February of 1976 -- a year and one month after MELISSA was released.
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SMILE was Laura's return to recording after a four year absence. No,
she wasn't giving songs away during her semi-retirement. Equally true,
Laura's song is "Midnite Blue," not "Midnight Blue." Let's include both
songs here so there's no further confusion.
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This is Laura Nyro's "Midnite Blue" from 1976's SMILE.
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This is Melissa Manchester and Carole Bayer's "Midnight Blue" from 1975's MELISSA.
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Sorry, Gillian, they are two different songs. Next time trying doing the actual work required to write a book.</b> <br /></p><p> </p><p>And
that 1992 'classic' book error was repeated over and over so today you
can find multiple books and essays repeating the lie. </p><p><br /></p><p>"Midnight
Blue" is a classic song and was a big hit and a book by a supposed
feminist took the songwriting credit from Melissa (and Carole) and gave
it to Laura.</p><p><br /></p><p>That goes to what a raw deal Melissa
Manchester has gotten. The male critics today have largely ignored her
and she couldn't count on a so-called feminist to give her credit for
the works she'd done.</p><p><br /></p><p>Listening to RE:VIEW is a great
experience. I hear a song like "Fire In The Morning" and I can remember
it on the radio years ago but hadn't heard it since. It's a great song
and all ten tracks are great songs and great recordings. Gerald
Albright joins her to sing "Just You And I" (another hit she co-wrote
with Carole) and she sings "Whenever I Call You Friend" with Kenny
Loggins and Dave Koz. She and Kenny wrote that song which became a top
five hit for Kenny and <a href="https://stevienicksofficial.com/">Stevie Nicks</a> in 1978. But Melissa and Kenny never recorded the song together until now.</p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ciTmZKhPCqM?si=ZjHJ-FqXQuGOEcaw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>"Through
The Eyes Of Love," "Come In From The Rain" and "Confide In Me" round
out the album and make a strong case for Melissa to finally get her
flowers. She's once again given them to her fans with RE:VIEW.</p></div>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-79712624240207604752024-02-27T08:02:00.001-05:002024-02-27T08:02:11.400-05:00This edition's playlist <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194475523@N05/51710770520" title="diana cover 2"><img alt="diana cover 2" height="461" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51710770520_a00044618b_o.jpg" width="473" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6745658374842902883" itemprop="description articleBody"><p> </p><p>1) <a href="https://twitter.com/dianaross?lang=en">Diana Ross</a>' <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2021/11/kats-korner-no-diana-ross-thank-you.html">THANK YOU</a>.</p></div><p> </p><p>2) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChaseRiceMusic?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Chase Rice</a>'s <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2021/06/kats-korner-chase-rice-serves-up.html">THE ALBUM</a>. </p><p> </p><p>3) <a href="https://www.adele.com/">Adele</a>'s <a href="https://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2021/11/kats-korner-if-you-can-snap-up-adeles.html">30</a>. </p><p> </p><p>4) <a href="https://greenday.com/">Green Day</a>'s '<a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2024/01/kats-korner-green-day-return-of.html">SAVIORS</a>.'</p><p> </p>5) <a href="https://robbiewilliams.com/">Robbie Williams</a>' <a href="https://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2022/11/kats-korner-robbie-williams-re.html">XXV</a>. <p> </p><p>6) <a href="https://www.cher.com/">Cher</a>'s <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2018/09/kats-korner-cher-gives-us-another.html">DANCING QUEEN</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>7) <a href="http://samsmithworld.com/us-splash-cms/">Sam Smith</a>'s <a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2015/11/sam-smiths-new-album-out-now.html">IN THE LONELY HOUR DROWNING SHADOW EDITION</a>.<br /> </p><p><br /></p><p>8) <a href="http://sting.com/">Sting</a> and <a href="http://www.shaggyonline.com/">Shaggy</a>'s <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2018/05/kats-korner-44876-is-perfect-summer.html">44/876</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>9) <a href="http://www.benharper.com/">Ben Harper</a>'s <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2016/05/kats-korner-ben-harper-serves-up-minor.html">CALL IT WHAT IT IS</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br />10) The Mamas and the Papas' <a href="http://likemariasaidpaz.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-mamas-and-papas-papas-mamas.html">THE PAPAS & THE MAMAS</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br />
8) <a href="http://mavisstaples.com/">Mavis Staples</a>' <a href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2019/03/kats-korner-mavis-staples-live-and-so.html">LIVE IN LONDON</a>. <br /></p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10180397.post-2662012118004205942024-02-19T21:31:00.002-05:002024-02-19T21:31:15.814-05:00Media: It's The Stupidity, Stupid <p>Stupidity abounds on the internet. "Stephen Sondheim's WEST SIDE STORY," MS. MOJO says in a clip of SNL with Robert Downey Jr. Uh, no. That would be Jerome Robbins' WEST SIDE STORY. He produced it, he directed it and he choreographed it. Yes, Sondheim did write lyrics . . . to the music Leonard Bernstein wrote. The book was written by Arthur Laurents. When you refer to the original Broadway production, it's Jerome Robbins' WEST SIDE STORY. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some people are just too stupid to have internet access.</p><p> </p><p> </p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194475523@N05/52901574731" title="tc2"><img alt="tc2" height="267" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52901574731_3a0e530b70_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Which brings us to Sabby Sabs. Last week was a humiliating week for grifter Matt Taibbi. <a href="https://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/2024/02/idiot-of-week.html">Mike dubbed him Idiot of the Week</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfUgQq6G85U">THE VANGUARD boys couldn't stop laughing at him</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lQXXJZjjwE">Hal Sparks felt the need to bring up Matt's misogyny</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hT9gKGTasY">THE MAJORITY REPORT noted the humiliation</a> and that Matt had "s-ed your d" ("your" referring to Elon Musk), BOING BOING headlines "<a href="https://boingboing.net/2024/02/16/elon-musk-to-his-sycophant-pet-journalist-matt-taibbi-you-are-dead-to-me.html">Elon Musk to his sycophant pet journalist Matt Taibbi: 'You are dead to me'</a>" and Matt himself? He went on YOUTUBE with Donald Trump Jr. (no link to the sewer). <br /></p><p> </p><p>Why?</p><p> </p><p>He had a new "exclusive." Exclusive? Rantings from his addled brain are surely exclusives. This time the poster girl for conspiracy theories was insisting that Donald Trump was spied on during the 2016 election at the behest of the CIA. Excuse us. The rabid brain of Matt Taibbi can't stick to basic allegations -- he has to pretend that accusations are facts and that he must water the facts to make them grow. So he moves beyond the CIA to Barack Obama.</p><p> </p><p>Proof? </p><p> </p><p>Matt Taibbi doesn't need no stinking proof! <br /></p><p> </p><p>We're not Barack Obama fans. We never fell for the spin and were in agreement -- strong agreement -- with Juan Gonzalez's "<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/2008/01/11/i-smell-barack-obama-baloney/">I Smell Barack Obama Baloney</a>" (NEW YORK DAILY NEWS -- 2008). We produced pieces like "<a href="http://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2008/04/tv-christ-child-fumbles.html">TV: The Christ-child fumbles</a>" (2008) and "<a href="http://thirdestatesundayreview.blogspot.com/2009/02/tv-blustering-boys.html">TV: Blustering Boys</a>" (2009). We never fell for the con. But we do live in a world where conjecture is conjecture, and extrapolation is not passed off as researched facts and documentation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately for Matt, Sabby Sabs is as unbound by facts and reality as he is.</p><p> </p><p>"Sources say," Tabbi wrote. Unnamed sources. Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Might they motive to spread lies? Didn't a major claim implode on them? Yes and yes. </p><p><br /></p><p>There was Sabby repeating it all as facts and chortling over her own claim that CNN and MSNBC were censoring the story. </p><p> </p><p>Sabby then wanted to play a clip of Lesley Stahl interviewing Donald Trump in 2020 for 60 MINUTES.</p><p> </p><p>We'll use <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-60-minutes-interview-lesley-stahl/">the CBS transcript</a>:</p><p> </p><p> <br /></p><p><b>President Donald Trump: It's the biggest -- second-biggest scandal.
The biggest scandal was when they spied on my campaign. They spied on my
campaign, Lesley-</b></p><p><b>Lesley Stahl: Well, there's no-- real evidence of that.</b></p><p><b>President Donald Trump: Of course there is. It's all over--</b></p><p><b>Lesley Stahl: No--</b></p><p><b>President Donald Trump: --the place. Lesley, they--</b></p><p><b>Lesley Stahl: Sir--</b></p><p><b>President Donald Trump: --spied on my campaign and they got caught--</b></p><p><b>Lesley Stahl: Can I-- can I say something? You know, this is 60 Minutes. And we can't put on things we can't verify--</b></p><p><b>President Donald Trump: No, you won't put it on because it's bad for Biden. Look, let me tell you--</b></p><p><b>Lesley Stahl: We can't put on things we can't verify--</b></p><p> </p><p>After playing the clip, Sabby then proved how stupid and unprofessional she is.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>"Is Lesley Stahl going to come back on and apologize for what she said in this interview?" Sabby huffed. "Don't look at this through a partisan lens. To that point, I feel that Lesley Stahl should have to come back and issue a [sic] retractment for this interview." </p><p><br /></p><p>What the hell is a "retractment"? Do you not know English, Sabby?</p><p><br /></p><p>A "retractment"? Do you mean a "retraction"? How stupid are you?</p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty damn stupid -- criminally stupid, in fact.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lesley notes that Donald's claims can't be verified. And they couldn't. Sabby thinks that, four years later, the work of Matt Taibbi verifies Donald's claims. Even if that were true (it's not), Lesley doesn't owe an apology for anything. We can't verify it -- that's what Lesley said and, in 2020, they couldn't.</p><p><br /></p><p>Watching Sabby you get how dangerous stupid people are -- not just to themselves but to the entire system of democracy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again: "retractment." Stupid, stupid, stupid.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>"It came from inside the house," she insisted -- trying to pretend it was a horror movie. But the only horror was her. "All of them lied!" she exclaimed. "Obama, Hillary, Lesley Stahl."</p><p><br /></p><p>Is her obsession with Lesley Stahl about the fact that Lesley has made a career in journalism and Sabby's left begging for money on YOUTUBE?</p><p><br /></p><p>She's a fool. Many people are. Take this century's Patti Davis. </p><p><br /></p> <div dir="ltr">There are people we don't feel the need to 'honor.'
Often, these people are right-wingers who say something some on the left
agree with. This site does not exist, for example, to promote any
child of Dick Cheney's. We are not so starved for common sense that we
need to celebrate the former president of vice or anyone in his family.
By the same token, Donald Trump's wayward relative? Not interested. </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">We won't name her but we have to comment on her because of <a class="yiv3237229358ydp44e3da42yiv1928017110" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/mary-trump-calls-jon-stewart-a-danger-to-democracy/ar-BB1iggYQ?cvid=55d70ac9589c4448841954f6854d4bc2&ei=55" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">remarks she's made per NEWSWEEK</a>.
Jon Stewart is a comedian. He does not exist to deliver an election to
anyone. Jon Stewart is also not -- and has
never been -- The Great Liberal Savior. He is a
center-left person. He's not left. He's done great comedy. Outside of
that, he's been a strong advocate for military families and the 9/11
rescuers. </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Last week, he
returned to THE DAILY SHOW. And, yes, children, he was funny. We especially enjoyed the exchange with Dulce Sloan ("I said what I
said"). He will be doing Mondays for the foreseeable future. We could
not get through an episode with Trevor Noah who was not funny, who
played Stepin Fetchit with the popping eye balls and the high pitched
voice for laughs. It wasn't funny. Maybe it was in his own country but
the US has enough racism to address (we would think the same of the
region that Noah grew up in) without resorting to racist tropes from the
first half of the 20th century. We didn't watch THE DAILY SHOW when he hosted regularly but we did appreciate his humor.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">NEWSWEEK quotes the Trump family member stating:</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b><span><span face="UI sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 17px;">Not
only is Stewart's 'both sides are the same' rhetoric not funny, it's a
potential disaster for democracy ... The damage done by his 'The Rally
to Restore Sanity and/or Fear,' a DC rally/joke which inspired an entire
generation to shrug off politics and ignore the dangers of the right
wing, cannot be overstated. It was, in no small part, responsible, for
helping Donald come to power</span></span><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">We called out The Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear. We also called out the people who were seeing that as something political. </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"> <br /></div><div dir="ltr">But
even with the critique we gave of that -- which we stand by -- we're not going to
pretend that was "responsible, for helping Donald come to power."</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">That's
a huge overreach. </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Maybe that Donald family member should look at her
own actions. We know she's a motor mouth today; however, don't
remember her injecting herself into his campaign in 2015 (or in the
election year of 2016). That whole family -- including motor mouth --
is trash. </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Now we can be dumb but we're not stupid enough to blame Jon Stewart for Donald being elected.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">The
first person to blame is Hillary Clinton. In 2008, she went
everywhere. Was there a bar in Philadelphia, for example, that she
didn't drop in and talk to potential voters? She was 'of the people' in
her 2008 campaign (for the Democratic Party's presidential
nomination). She went everywhere and she gave everything to the
campaign. And she lost.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"> <br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Some people would take that and learn from it.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">And you could argue that Hillary did learn: She learned how to cheat.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">And it bit her in the ass.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">She's angry and she's never going to get over losing. </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">She
needs to blame herself. Russia was the raving of a sore loser. And
she also needed to drop out of public sight. Others who lost had the
good sense to do so. Al Gore, for example. Or John Kerry who, after the 2004
loss, went out of the country for a brief time. But loser Hillary
wanted to make every day about her.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">She's the reason she lost.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">In
2015 and 2016, she refused to do actual work. Donna Brazile was
rightly fired from CNN for feeding Hillary's campaign debate questions
ahead of the debates. Hillary strong armed others from running for the
nomination -- including a male senator who we would've supported but who
said it wasn't worth it -- and yet the primary ends and she seems to
think she's going to be crowned president.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">She
is not and was not Barack Obama. She never had the sheen of
celebrity. But he attracted voters with celebrities so Hillary felt the
need to surround herself with them. Did no one in the DNC see that
trouble? </div><div dir="ltr"> </div> <div dir="ltr">Hillary thought she could be Barack. Oh, look, Hillary
onstage with J-Lo, oh look, Hillary with this celebrity and with that
and -- That's not campaigning and Hillary will never, ever by a stylish
figure. What she won support for was her ability to roll up her sleeves
and get to work. Presenting herself as consort to the stars was
ridiculous and artificial -- and Hillary's long been accused of being a
fake. She tanked her own campaign with that celebrity nonsense and by
refusing to be the workhorse she was in 2008 when she went every where
(during the primary) to get votes. 2016? She was Bully Boy Bush
needing his pillow on the road and telling people to stop scheduling him
overnights because he needed to sleep in his own itty bitty bed.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Jon Stewart? He's not on the list of even 100 reasons that Donald won the 2016 election. </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Don't
like his jokes? Don't watch him. But you're a liar when you start
claiming that he's the reason Donald Trump made it into the White
House. The Trumps are the reason -- and motor mouth might want to check
out the long history of her trashy family that burned everyone they
ever encountered -- even Nikola Tesla -- and maybe if that family had
addressed that issue, Donald wouldn't be the nutcase he is today -- a
nutcase who is just like his trashy family.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">After Jon Stewart left THE DAILY SHOW, late night hosts seemed to lose all perspective. You couldn't watch late night anymore because they were all telling jokes and/or attacking Donald. That's not comedy. Some embraced the obsession. We didn't. A lot of people didn't. It wasn't fair and it often wasn't funny. It also gave Donald the appearance of being more important than he actually was. <br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">One of the few comics who had the right touch during this time period was John Mulaney who's take was that Donald Trump was like a horse let loose in a hospital. That was original, funny and inspired.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Everyone else seemed to be singing the same tune from the same hymnal. And each episode brought diminishing returns. </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">If you believe Jon Stewart is the liberals only hope in 2024, you should be glad that he's joking about Joe Biden and -- and! -- Donald Trump. He can speak to people in ways that the only-bash-Trump hosts cannot. He comes across as fair and so people will take a moment to listen.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">But whatever you believe, Jon Stewart is a comedian and his first -- and main -- job is to make you laugh. He gets that -- he got it when he took on CROSSFIRE years ago -- but so many in the audience don't as evidenced by the bitching, moaning and whining after last Monday's show. It's the stupidity, Stupid.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><p> </p><p> </p>Third Estate Sunday Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08748978831193695100noreply@blogger.com