The difference between an enemy and adversary is an adversary plays by established and mutually agreed upon rules.--anon
Thomas saved and delayed the GoT for me last night.
It is said there are three GoT spin-offs under consideration at HBO.
Went to a Jehovah's Witness wedding yesterday and it was an interesting day. ("Day", as it took the couple two bloody hours after the wedding to get their pictures done.) The wedding was between two members of the local religious community and the guests were almost all from that group, 250 at least. It was an unrestrained religious-social community. I began watching early and could not assign parents to children; there was a free flow of kids among the adults. There was no hint of separateness; this was true ethnically and racially. The ceremony emphasized a literal New and Old Testament view of men and women--not St. Paul, Genesis. So a very rigid and hierarchical system is assumed by all--with its serious responsibility as well. It looked like a group of people who would be very comfortable with old-line political conservatives. Reminded me of the Acts of the Apostles. Impressive group.
I could not read the article yet but a headline announced that conservatives were "weaponizing the Middle Ages." The gist apparently is that scholars who emphasize the Middle Ages are inadvertently (or maybe maliciously) supporting and promoting the dominance in the period by white males. From the syllabus of a recent Chicago conference: "Historians of medieval Europe have recently faced a strong intellectual challenge from our colleagues conversant in critical theory, primarily housed in literature departments. The basic organizing principles and methods of medieval historiography, it has been argued, are programmed to support a predominately cis-gendered, white, male, heterosexual, Christian, patriarchal regime of power-knowledge—regardless of the individual historian’s own intellectual and political commitments. What is needed, therefore, is a movement to reshape the historical study of the premodern past, a movement cognizant of critical race theory, intersectionality, and indigenous studies, among other critical frameworks."
A "strong intellectual challenge."
They have a lot of work to do.
Boeing didn’t share information about a problem with a cockpit safety alert for about a year before the issue drew attention with the October crash of a 737 MAX jet in Indonesia, according to industry and government officials. (wsj)
Tres Plus Dos Equals Cinco de Mayo
The painting often identified as commemorating Cinco de Mayo in Mexico actually depicts the Spanish war with Napoleon's France two generations before the French war in Mexico. Nor is the event of Cinco de Mayo of much political significance--other than ironic--although it was a shocking military one.
Thomas saved and delayed the GoT for me last night.
It is said there are three GoT spin-offs under consideration at HBO.
The president repeated his mistaken claim that “China has been paying Tariffs to the USA” for 10 months. In fact, American importers pay those import levies. While Chinese exporters on some occasions may lower their prices and absorb part of the tariffs, several recent studies have concluded that almost the entire financial burden has fallen on the U.S. economy.--Lynch
While Trump clearly does not understand anything about tariffs, his critics have been so blindly committed to opposing him--e.g. Weapons of Mass Collusion--that they have virtually neutralized themselves. Again we poor working stiffs are caught between a rock-head and a hard-head.
Went to a Jehovah's Witness wedding yesterday and it was an interesting day. ("Day", as it took the couple two bloody hours after the wedding to get their pictures done.) The wedding was between two members of the local religious community and the guests were almost all from that group, 250 at least. It was an unrestrained religious-social community. I began watching early and could not assign parents to children; there was a free flow of kids among the adults. There was no hint of separateness; this was true ethnically and racially. The ceremony emphasized a literal New and Old Testament view of men and women--not St. Paul, Genesis. So a very rigid and hierarchical system is assumed by all--with its serious responsibility as well. It looked like a group of people who would be very comfortable with old-line political conservatives. Reminded me of the Acts of the Apostles. Impressive group.
I could not read the article yet but a headline announced that conservatives were "weaponizing the Middle Ages." The gist apparently is that scholars who emphasize the Middle Ages are inadvertently (or maybe maliciously) supporting and promoting the dominance in the period by white males. From the syllabus of a recent Chicago conference: "Historians of medieval Europe have recently faced a strong intellectual challenge from our colleagues conversant in critical theory, primarily housed in literature departments. The basic organizing principles and methods of medieval historiography, it has been argued, are programmed to support a predominately cis-gendered, white, male, heterosexual, Christian, patriarchal regime of power-knowledge—regardless of the individual historian’s own intellectual and political commitments. What is needed, therefore, is a movement to reshape the historical study of the premodern past, a movement cognizant of critical race theory, intersectionality, and indigenous studies, among other critical frameworks."
A "strong intellectual challenge."
They have a lot of work to do.
Boeing didn’t share information about a problem with a cockpit safety alert for about a year before the issue drew attention with the October crash of a 737 MAX jet in Indonesia, according to industry and government officials. (wsj)
Tres Plus Dos Equals Cinco de Mayo
The painting often identified as commemorating Cinco de Mayo in Mexico actually depicts the Spanish war with Napoleon's France two generations before the French war in Mexico. Nor is the event of Cinco de Mayo of much political significance--other than ironic--although it was a shocking military one.
Goya sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War, a savage affair fought by Spanish partisans against hard, regular French troops. This famous painting was The Third of May (along with its companion piece, The Second of May 1808 or The Charge of the Mamelukes.)
Third of May:
A half century later in 1862, Spain's creditors ran out of patience with her debts. France, eager to expand her territory and following long accepted custom of seizing a reluctant debtor's ports and collecting the tax receipts in lieu of their loan, invaded the Mexican port of Veracruz with the intent of collecting customs receipts until the debt was repaid. They also had another aim: They hoped to make their stay permanent with the placement of Maximilian on a Mexican throne. The French marched inland. This was an experienced, tough group and they proceeded virtually unopposed until they were confronted by a good sized Mexican force at the small town of Puebla. There, against all expectation and logic, on 5 May 1862, Mexican troops, led by Ignacio Zaragoza, defeated a larger force of the elite French Foreign Legion. Mexican President Benito Juarez declared 5 May a national holiday -- Cinco de Mayo--although he certainly knew the truth. The French replaced their commander and sent thirty thousand reinforcements. In no time they controlled the cities and created the election that elected Maximilian Emperor of México.
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