On this day:
1565
The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1567
James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1588
Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
1848
Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
1921
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
1967
Vietnam War: off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
1981
A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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U.S. ETFs are growing at a record pace this year with 464 new ones coming to market through June. They include the first public-private credit ETF and many new buffer, covered-call, active and crypto ETFs.
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The Colbert kerfluffle continues. They believe great and unseen pressures are at the root cause of Colbert's decline.
Why is it that these people, who believe that economics is the root of every problem, don't believe it here?
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Is the Constitution compatible with the power and conformity requirements of socialism and Islamism?
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When news and entertainment couple, the resulting product is usually illegitimate.
As a sideline reporter for NFL games, Charissa Thompson wouldn’t always be able to talk to coaches. When that happened, Thompson would just fabricate having done so. She would simply make up an interview. He said this, he said that. Innocuous pablum but nonetheless untrue.
Last year, Thompson admitted to this professional fraud on a podcast without apparent remorse.
Thompson, who works primarily for Fox Sports, got no blowback from her employers for this and was at her post the following Thursday night, hosting Amazon’s broadcast of the game between Baltimore and Cincinnati.
There have been changes at FOX this year, but not with Thompson.
Fox Sports host Thompson said she’s looking forward to a “new beginning” after Peter Schrager and Michael Vick left the network, leaving two vacant seats on the Fox “NFL Kickoff” show.
Thompson, who reportedly landed a lucrative contract extension with Fox, hosts the show on Sunday mornings throughout the NFL season with a desk of analysts, including retired Patriots wideout Julian Edelman and Pro Football Hall of Famer Charles Woodson.
During a fan Q&A on Tuesday’s installment of the “Calm Down” podcast, Thompson explained that she is excited and curious about how the “shakeup” will affect the future of the show.
However that resolves, it is unlikely Truth will be involved. Or that anyone will care in the busy, bustling kingdom where Truth is just one of many variables in the mix.
One might be curious and suspicious about the development of a culture that accepts misrepresentation and mendacity as staples in its daily life. What is chilling is the casual way these people view their deceits, suggesting they, themselves, don't take themselves seriously.
That is true nihilism.
2 comments:
Nihilism taught at Mercy Hospital
Impossible! They developed Mass with the Liturgical Dance.
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