{"id":33415,"date":"2018-08-17T08:17:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33415"},"modified":"2018-08-17T08:17:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T15:17:56","slug":"friday-fun-potpourri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/17\/friday-fun-potpourri\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Potpourri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we begin on a somber note in tribute to <strong>Aretha Franklin<\/strong>.\u00a0 For now (and hopefully for the rest of my life) I can still remember her voice from back when I had hearing.\u00a0 And what a voice!<\/p>\n<p>The internet is rightfully ablaze with tributes to Aretha, but I will only focus on two: one very unique how New Yorkers paid tribute using their subway stations, and the other is a reminder of what we had for eight years and what we sadly have to put up with now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aretha-Franklin_NYC_Subway_RESPECT.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Aretha-Franklin_NYC_Subway_RESPECT.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"485\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Compare <strong><em>Twitler\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> totally self-absorbed and tone-deaf &#8220;tribute&#8221; to<b> Aretha Franklin &#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TWITLER:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cI want to begin today by expressing my condolences to the family of a person I knew well. \u00a0She worked for me on numerous occasions\u2026.\u00a0 So just want to pass on my warmest best wishes\u2026.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6067997\/Trump-tweets-death-Aretha-Franklin-Clintons-release-long-tribute.html\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6067997\/Trump-tweets-death-Aretha-Franklin-Clintons-release-long-tribute.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/8\/16\/1788735\/-The-difference-between-Barack-Obama-s-tribute-to-Aretha-Franklin-and-a-f-king-a-hole-s-tribute\">https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/8\/16\/1788735\/-The-difference-between-Barack-Obama-s-tribute-to-Aretha-Franklin-and-a-f-king-a-hole-s-tribute<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To that of Pres. Obama&#8217;s &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRES. OBAMA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade\u2014our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bfASqKlLc5\">pic.twitter.com\/bfASqKlLc5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1030129887623958538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>(Lord \u2026 how our nation misses that man!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Moving on to brighter moments.\u00a0 Leave it to the Dutch to create a one-off promotion by the <strong><em>Rijksmuseum<\/em><\/strong> for their brand new, just opened addition <strong><em>Rijksmuseum Schiphol<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 240-foot long (73 meters) luggage belt in the baggage claim area featuring master works of art!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FeWCbzdKDXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cThe luggage carousel gives an overview of Dutch art history, from the Middle Ages to the present with artworks from artists including Rembrandt and Vincent van Gogh.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s open 24\/7 \u2013 and it\u2019s FREE!\u00a0 You can learn more about it here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumnext.com\/2017\/09\/rijksmuseum-covers-schiphol-airport-luggage-belt-dutch-works-art\/\">https:\/\/www.museumnext.com\/2017\/09\/rijksmuseum-covers-schiphol-airport-luggage-belt-dutch-works-art\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And how could we pass up another in an endless series of monumental goofs that proves (yet again) Fox news <em>(sic)<\/em> leads the way in misinformation and outright lying!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ainsley Earhardt<\/em><\/strong> on <em>\u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d<\/em> in rebuttal to Gov. Cuomo wanted to prove that America <em>IS<\/em> great by reminding us of how we defeated <strong><em>\u201cCommunist Japan\u201d<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ainsley Earhardt proudly remembers the time that the United States &quot;defeated communist Japan,&quot; proving we are truly a Great country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xFMHWtuQ8v\">pic.twitter.com\/xFMHWtuQ8v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/revrrlewis\/status\/1030041181164658688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Maybe like you, this immediately reminded me of one of <strong>John Belushi\u2019s<\/strong> famous lines from <strong><em>\u201cAnimal House\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cOver?\u00a0 Did you say \u2018OVER\u2019?!?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cNothing is over until we decide it is \u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Animal-House_Belushi_Germans-Bombed-Pearl-Harbor.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Animal-House_Belushi_Germans-Bombed-Pearl-Harbor.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cHELL NO!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A good reminder that our work on retaking the House <em>AND<\/em> Senate is not done.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s all do what we can to <strong>GOTV!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we begin on a somber note in tribute to Aretha Franklin.\u00a0 For now (and hopefully for the rest of my life) I can still remember her voice from back when I had hearing.\u00a0 And what a voice! 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