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TRUMP’S CABINET—A SATIRICAL VIEW PART 1
THIS ALL BEGAN with the NBC NEWS headline, August 22, 2024, “RFK Jr. as Trump’s Health Secretary? Here’s What He Wants to Do.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Image from NBC News. Brandy Zadrozny writes,...
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TRUMP CABINET—A SATIRICAL VIEW PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN A DAUNTING TASK: satirically assembling a cabinet for a (God forbid) second Trump administration. One challenge is finding those with any appropriate qualifications who are still...
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TALES OF THE 5S AND OTHERS
IT IS WITH MIXED PRIDE AND SHAME that I read Fiona Young-Brown’s “The 10 Busiest Highways in the U.S.” in the dailypassport website. Pride, because I contend successfully with these obstacles each...
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HIGH PRAISE FOR GEORGE THE CAT
WHAT WITH JD (“JERK DEFINITIVE”) VANCE and all, this may evolve into The Year of the Cat. And, as described by BBC, August 21, 2024, George, a “Popular Train Station Cat Gets Google Maps Marker.” Talk...
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RADIO COMEDICS—IN COMEDIES AND ELSEWHERE
I WATCH VERY LITTLE NEWLY PRODUCED TV, and in particular no sit-coms. For one thing, I find canned laughter annoying. On the other hand, I am an enthusiast of SiriusXM “Radio Classics,” The Jack Benny...
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ACRONYMS FYI PART 1
SARAH ANNE LLOYD OF THE INTERESTING FACTS website assembles a list of familiar acronyms—though not necessarily familiar to all of us (er… IMHO, me). She writes, “From markings on your electronics,...
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ACRONYMS FYI PART 2
THIS CONTINUES YESTERDAY’S ACRONYMS from Sarah Anne Lloyd’s collection at the Interesting Facts website. OU. Sarah Anne corrects my misunderstanding about this identification of a kosher food item....
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CLACKING ppp
EVEN PIANISSISSIMO, ppp, WASN’T ENOUGH for knitters back in 1915. This, from History Facts, which reports, “The New York Philharmonic had to ask audiences not to knit during concerts.” It’s a perfect...
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HOCKNEY’S TURANDOT PART 1
DAVID HOCKNEY IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST, as suggested by the number of times he has appeared here at SimanaitisSays. Just click on SimanaitisSays Hockney and follow up on the wonderful art. David Hockney...
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HOCKNEY’S TURANDOT PART 2
HERE IN PART 2, DAVID HOCKNEY’S SETTINGS for Puccini’s Turandot continue to illuminate with Kenneth E. Silver’s 1991 interview of the artist. Hockney’s illustrations and the Los Angeles Opera’s sets...
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WIND POWER UPDATE—INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF TRUMP’S MENTAL ACUITY PART 1
THE GUARDIAN REPORTS “TRUMP Appears to Tie High Bacon Prices to ‘Horrible’ Wind Energy,” August 30, 2024. Anna Betts writes, “Donald Trump revived questions about his mental acuity after appearing to...
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WIND POWER UPDATE—INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF TRUMP’S MENTAL ACUITY PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 , GOVERNMENT DATA on our nation’s increased use of wind power were discussed. Today we address wind turbine longevity, current and future recyclability, and advanced optimizations...
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A GENTLEMAN AND A THIEF—THIS ONE, FOR REAL
I’VE RECENTLY (RE)ENJOYED To Catch a Thief, that wonderful Cary Grant/Grace Kelly flick in which he portrays the consummate gentleman/thief. Not to say a nervous passenger in a Sunbeam Alpine‘s great...
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WATCHING ONE’S MANNERS AT TABLE AND BAR
WHAT A NEAT MAP FROM REMITLY via Mental Floss! “The World’s Food and Drink Etiquette, Mapped,” is in concise formats foldable into one’s Baedeker’s. World travelers like me (hem hem) learn to improve...
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WHENCE WISDOM?
THE NICE NEWS WEBSITE, August 31, 2024, features an article by Rebekah Brandes titled “What Makes Someone Wise? Global Study Finds Cross-Cultural Agreement on 2 Major Factors.” How could one not read...
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EVOLUTION OF THE R+T ROAD TEST PART 1
JOHN R. BOND LIKELY CRIBBED the road test idea from Brit magazines. The Brits had been stylizing their presentations since the 1920s; the year 1951 was a pivotal one for R+T (the “&” came in...
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EVOLUTION OF THE R+T ROAD TEST PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN DISCUSSING R+T’s INAUGURAL road tests in 1951. Various formats were assayed, though by midyear a standard format began to evolve. Here in Part 2, road test A-1-51 (the year’s first...
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AN OPERATIC HOLMES PART 1
SHERLOCK HOLMES (THE REAL ONE as we Sherlockians like to believe) has been portrayed in numerous films, at least thrice on the musical stage, once in a ballet—and now, according to BBC News, August...
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AN OPERATIC HOLMES PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 HAYLEY COYLE of BBC News reported on “What the Deuce? Sherlock Holmes Opera Debut.” A Matter of the Mysterious “The.” This new opera, “Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of the Four,”...
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MY FAVORITE MODEL(S)—AND THE REAL ONE
THE JULY 2024 ISSUE OF Classic & Sports Car and subsequent sleuthing confirm that I am not the only person absolutely whacko about the 1933 Napier-Railton. The fact that I actually drove (!) this...
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