Tuesday, October 4, 2022
I keep thinking of Herschel Walker’s video intro to one of those reality shows he was on. Maybe, it was the cooking one, or maybe it was Dancing With The Stars – I can’t recall. But one thing he said stands out in my mind. The piece was Walker narrating about his life and showing different things he had done besides football. He said, “I’ve done a lot of things in my life.”
Indeed, he has. I think being a U.S. Senator would be, for him, just another thing.
Unfortunately, he has shown a lack of understanding of most issues, and those he has expressed opinions on show either an ignorance or a lack of compassion. He has taken the no abortion no exception stance. This morning it came out that he paid for a woman’s abortion. His lawyer and Walker himself say that is not true. But there is a cancelled check from him and a get well card.
Then there’s the OathKeepers’ trial. No one is arguing over the evidence, only the intent. The defense is saying that the OathKeepers were standing by waiting for word from then President Trump to declare the Insurrection Act and they were going to come to his aid. Furthermore the head of the group, who was outside the Capital on Jan 6th and was seen directing those inside who seemed like a general ordering his troops. Ah, not so, says the defense, he’s a man of peace, not violence, those who entered the Capital did so on their own.
Ah yes.
But there’s all this communication talking violence, not only before, but after. They were planning to disrupt the Inauguration. That is why the FBI moved quickly to arrest them before that date.
There’s also the statement that the Insurrection Act is only a “cover”.
So the evidence shows they were planning to disrupt the Jan 6th proceeding and after that the Inauguration, regardless, of what Trump said. Hum. If this ain’t sedition nothing is.
Then there’s the Nazi spy who dropped leaflets on the White House during WWII. A famed woman aviator, she spoke at peace rallies organized by a group called, “America First.” Wow. can’t these folks come up with new slogans?
And the Supreme Court is going to hear cases that would allow state legislatures to overturn the election of the people, and to allow radical gerrymandering – even worse than what we have now.
This is not good.
And lastly, Kim Kardashian and the mummy.
Ms Kardashian posed with an Egyptian Mummy at the MET Gala in 2018. The picture was posted on her Instagram account. (She has 25 million followers, Or I also heard, maybe wrongly 320 million. Whatever.)
The mummy was recognized in Egypt as having been stolen from the Egyptian Museum during the Arab Spring. In fact, the feet of the mummy were damaged during the looting. See the clubfootedness?
The mummy was returned.
Returned
Here it is back in the Cairo Museum where I photographed it in 2019.
Jon Oliver’s show was about the “museum” pieces that have been stolen. Many pieces from Africa taken during occupation in that country by the British. I was aghast at just how many pieces the Met alone has. Then there were rows and rows of shelves loaded with Indigenous people’s beautiful pieces. Makes me feel uncomfortable supporting any of these museums. What a sad sad state.
Funny, NPR was just interviewing a Republican (Trumper) on Herschels denial of having paid for his girlfriends abortion. The interviewee went on and on about how wonderful Herschel’s recovery from mental illness is admirable. And then the same defender went on to say that Herschel is a preacher so there is no way he would have paid for his girlfriend’s abortion. Lately NPR is interviewing right wing nuts. In this country so long as you say you are a Christian goes a long way. Even tho I have tried to stay away from any form of the “news,”. It can’t seem to get a way from “news.”