good morning, sunshine.
by all accounts you wont have the washington redskins to kick around much longer. dont know what portends for the braves and indians. a lot of call for renaming them the redtails which sounds a lot like its precursor and ticks off some pc boxes by honoring the tuskeegee airmen. also seeing many cloven hooves up for hogs which is a nickname for the teams offensive line from back in the 80s. already imagining the "hogs slaughtered" headlines. can the redtails be plucked or is that racist? birdist? ableist? everything seems to be ableist on some level. got your favorite stupid dc-related name? swamp rats, filibusters, lobbyist, establishment. my only hope is that the washington monugents get to sing at opening day. and if its at an empty stadium all the better.
i was able to recognize 45 of 62. this image was tagged because theres only one black person, lou gossett jr. (answer in comments)
"Strolling across the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the Big Apple’s most popular attractions — but how much cooler would it be if you could visit a wine cellar at either end? Well, the hidden chambers beneath the famous bridge once served that very purpose, as chilled storage units for liquor vendors starting in 1876, several years before the bridge was even road-ready. Their existence was born out of compromise: The Brooklyn Bridge’s construction path crossed over two local businesses on either end, Luyties & Co. and Rackey’s Wine Company. The bridge’s chief engineer, Washington Roebling, came up with the idea to help keep these businesses afloat by renting out the cellars for storage, which also helped offset construction costs for the bridge. During the Prohibition Era, the cellars were used for newspaper storage until 1934, when the “dry era” ended. Today, the cellars are no longer used for their original purpose but are opened for rare historical tours."
16 years ago, Kellogg's ran survey asking Koreans for new flavour for Chex cereal. Green onion won by far. Kellogg's snubbed decision, created super choco flavour instead. Now "so sorry". Green onion Chex out July 1. This ad feat. trot singer Tae Jin-ah 😂pic.twitter.com/UvZrMixLNU
— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) June 27, 2020
1130: enjoys delicious slice of reheated pizza
1131: i will never eat cold pizza again!
1132: burns roof of mouth on a plume of riccota cheese
1133: cold pizza forever!
was sure this had to be the onion.
Only available until Sunday 2:00pm. Very worth it.
http://distillerista.com/mexican-gin-tonic/
mexican g and t
"walking past people loudly enjoying New York’s flourishing sidewalk bar scene combines the preexisting anxiety about missing out on what the cool people are doing with the new anxiety that the cool people are now actively killing us."
The Giant Claw
make a few billion give one away
American TRAITORS should go to jail FOR LIFE.pic.twitter.com/5MJ8U6PCz6
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) June 22, 2020
"Today, I am announcing that the Office of the General Treasurer will remove the words "and Providence Plantations" from the state's checks. We will also remove those words from our letterhead, citations, and other Office correspondence.
the lincoln project is the #nevertrumper republicans without a home superpac. they seem to be putting up the most viral videos with a little bite so far. wouldnt go so far as to call it art but im all for the consistent mockery with such a willing subject.
This is art. pic.twitter.com/ZPJxHu20TV
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 21, 2020
50 years later, Oregon honors exploding whale with park name.
After nearly 100 years, Eskimo Pie ice cream will get a new name.
"We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is derogatory," Elizabell Marquez, head of marketing for parent company Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, told Reuters and the Wall Street Journal in a statement.
The chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar joins brands such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's in overhauling long-used names and marketing strategies considered racially offensive.
low turnout at the tulsa trump event apparently due to a concerted effort by teens & others organizing via social media to obtain tickets in order to essentially punk trump via large number of no-shows. i thought his million ticket request was bluster but they just got fooled big time. i think last week k-pop fans (not sure if it was at the urging of the bands) overwhelmed a pro-trump hashtag with clips of their favorite bands. it seems this is related. pretty hilarious but can only guess what kind of blowback it will cause if this tactic is gets abused by both sides. not that bots and trolls havent already scuttled useful discourse online.
now watching a k-pop playlist is an act of resistance instead of that, uhh, other thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhTeiaCezwM&list=RDCLAK5uy_k27uu-EtQ_b5U2r26DNDZOmNqGdccUIGQ
the great is not quite great but very good. if you enjoyed the favourite then you will probably enjoy this as they were written by the same dude (too lazy to look it up) though it is perhaps a bit overlong. on hulu.
