Japanese couple taking a mirror selfie, 100 years ago. pic.twitter.com/ofWcCeyotZ
— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) August 9, 2021
One year ago today, I made one of the most important decisions I’ve ever made: selecting my vice president. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner and friend on this journey. Thanks @VP for all you do. pic.twitter.com/Daxy2jj1eM
— President Biden (@POTUS) August 11, 2021
Bridges, roads and broadband … high speed internet gets a slice of $1 trillion infrastructure plan. @tarbel explains how far that money will go. https://t.co/eKwYnb83sY
— AP Business News (@APBusiness) August 11, 2021
Opinion: Biden defies expectations. Again. https://t.co/R6NzNCstDu
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2021
ALurkSupreme
Good morning, jackals.
WereBear
I am thoroughly tired with the paywalls on the FNYT and WaPo. Because every time I use up my limited passes to appreciate a well-crafted, informative, and accurate article, the next time is getting trapped into short click-baitey crap.
It really is an abusive relationship. Editorials — eh, I expect it. But now it seems like everything is an opinion.
Grateful Biden, Harris, and the rest of his administration is just doing what they said they would do :)
SiubhanDuinne
@ALurkSupreme:
Morning, Lurk.
raven
Selfie, RVN, 1968.
rikyrah
Good Morning Everyone ???
rikyrah
MSNBC (@MSNBC) tweeted at 7:02 AM on Thu, Aug 12, 2021:
“Our governor is traveling across the country raising money for his 2024 bid and risking the lives of not just individuals here in the state, but our children,” Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who is a candidate for governor, said. https://t.co/D5fogYNHpN
(https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1425789677299195911?s=03)
rikyrah
???
11thHourShade (@11thhourshade) tweeted at 11:38 PM on Wed, Aug 11, 2021:
Brian Williams rocked Rudy4doing video greeting cards4money: “Throw in a little extra&maybe he’ll do that trick where produces the drippy brown goo! Think about it. How many personal greetings are U going2get in your lifetime from ppl under federal investigation? #11thHourShade? https://t.co/m8J32BquZn
(https://twitter.com/11thhourshade/status/1425678104924667906?s=03)
OzarkHillbilly
@rikyrah: Blech. Not Baud but it’s the best I can do.
Betty Cracker
@rikyrah: It’ll be interesting to see how the primary shakes out between Fried and Crist. They’re the only serious candidates so far, AFAIK. Both are problematic in different ways. I’d personally prefer Fried but think it’s likely Crist has a better chance to win.
NotMax
Morning tuneage (of a sort). Tchaikovsky weeps.
:)
(And while on the subject how is it no one – AFAIK – has composed a series of novels or a TV show titled Tchaikovsky, P.I.?)
A Ghost to Most
Joe’s doing really good. Congress as well, considering. The GOP is imploding. Now, how do you deprogram 100 million gullible rubes that churches created, and Murdoch and Agent Orange grifted?
marklar
@WereBear: I read a tip yesterday that suggested linking to the NYT and WaPo through a public library. Don’t know if it works (I link to it through work), but it’s worth a try!
OzarkHillbilly
@A Ghost to Most: FEMA camps.
Lapassionara
@raven: Way cool.
stinger
Thank you for this post, Anne Laurie. Biden, Harris, and 100(and 53)-yr-old selfies! Great way to start the day.
eclare
@raven: Wow!
p.a.
Joe B is a professional politician in the best senses of the phrase.
narya
@raven: Ummm .. . you’re cute!
Gin & Tonic
@ALurkSupreme: I like the reference in the nym.
zhena gogolia
@stinger:
Yes, I love to see these positive posts first thing in the morning. Looking forward to the Rubin article.
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
Trying to recall if it was you who evinced curiosity some time ago abut the Sterling Hayden/Frank Sinatra movie Suddenly. Noticed it’s included on Prime.
Geminid
@Betty Cracker: It doesn’t seem like the Crist-Fried conrest will be very divisive. There probably are not too many policy divisions between them. Ideally, they would both run against DeSantis, and Democrats judge who has the better pitch. They’ll probably take some shots at each other, though. They have ambition, and so do their staff.
Hopefully it’s not to bitter a race. DeSantis seems beatable. Maybe Florida Democrats will find the extra 70,000 votes they were short by in the last three Governor’s races. I think they lost by 60,000 in 2010, 66,000 in 2014, and less than 40,000 in 2018.
raven
@narya: Maybe 53 years ago!
WereBear
@marklar: I’ll keep it in mind, thanks.
It has been sooooo long since I’ve been to the library, tho :)
WereBear
@NotMax: Such a favorite I OWN it :)
navigator
Biden’s next campaign needs to feature a side by side video of Joe pulling out in a corvette next to Trump beep-beeping that firetruck.
JML
I think the smartest thing the Biden administration has done is ignoring the instant media reaction cycle. They’re operating on their own schedule and not playing whack-a-mole on everything and it’s working. It’s interesting, because the Clinton (Bill edition) campaign really mastered (hard to say they invented it) the instant reaction/rapid response aspect of political communications and everyone since has followed that model (for the most part). It used to be that you couldn’t get past something by ignoring it, that it would follow you around and get bigger and bigger, but since so much of this outrage is manufactured I have to wonder if you can just let this crap burn out on its own. Seems to be the Biden plan and it’s mostly working…
zhena gogolia
@NotMax:
I don’t think it was me. I’m still in my Richard Armitage film festival. Re-watching North and South right now.
I hate audio books but I guess that’s where his oeuvre is mainly centered right now, so contemplating Audible.
Haven’t really missed TCM yet. We were able to watch Beau Brummell on Prime the other night. As long as I get an occasional Stewart Granger costumer, I’m happy.
zhena gogolia
@NotMax: Maybe if it’s on Prime I’ll check it out, although I’m not a fan of Sinatra.
ETA: It looks pretty amusing. It looks as if the Downton Abbey movie ripped off the plot from it.
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
Upon further reflection, it may have been our resident mob enforcer.
For fans of Hayden, note also that The Killing (directed by a young Kubrick) is also on Prime.
WereBear
@NotMax: When I saw that, I wanted to watch it again: then discovered Mr WereBear had never seen it!
Well, I said, now we have to.
zhena gogolia
@NotMax:
Who’s our resident mob enforcer???
NotMax
@zhena gogolia
SiubhanDuinne.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: It was in Subaru Diane’s nym for awhile. But you know how it goes, if you’re really good, you don’t need to advertise.
trollhattan
@Betty Cracker:
Y’all have a big state. Your politician pool seems small, round, placed in front yard so mom can keep an eye on them.
Any new blood?
Another Scott
@WereBear: There are various ways around the paywalls via clearing cookies, using Incognito/Private Browsing windows, etc. I usually either open an Incognito tab, or try to get there via a Twitter link (which usually is outside the paywall) – if one can find a sentence in the story, one can usually search for that and find an alternative link.
There’s also a browser extension for Chrome that claims to be a comprehensive solution for many sites. (I haven’t yet tried it myself.)
https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
There are probably other similar things – it’s a very common annoyance.
HTH a little.
Cheers,
Scott.
KSinMA
@WereBear: Try your library’s website. You might not have to physically go over there.
yellowdog
@WereBear: Just delete your cookies, then close your browser. You might have to restart your phone/tablet/computer. Repeat as necessary because they will replant cookies.
Geoduck
The Japanese couple reminds me of this vintage photo.
Spanish Moss
@zhena gogolia: I love “North and South”! I have watched it a few times myself. I found it because I liked Armitage in the Hobbit (didn’t like that movie at all, but thought he was great in it), and I have a fondness for period pieces. So, I am a relatively new fan.
PaulB
Turning off Javascript in your browser for those two sites allows you to read most of their content without worrying about the paywall, which depends on Javascript. It does mean that some of that content, which is occasionally also Javascript-dependent, will not display properly, but I’ve had about a 90% success rate.