Um…I’ll pass on this…delicacy.
Beyond Something
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Retro Quote – G.K. Chesterton
“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.”
– G.K. Chesterton
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Photo of the Week – August 22, 2020
During a virtual roll-call at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, the 18th, the Rhode Island delegation was represented by John Bordieri, the executive chef at Iggy’s Boardwalk, a seafood restaurant on Narragansett Bay. Bordieri initially bemoaned how badly both the seafood and restaurant industries have been hit by the current COVID-19 pandemic – while a masked man stood next to him holding a plate of fried calamari.
As many discussed the beautiful beachfront setting and / or the idea of dining on fried calamari, many wondered who the beefy man perched beside Bordieri is – and if he does private parties! I don’t know what calamari or beachfronts have to do with politics, but this setup added a colorful diversion to an otherwise lackluster convention.
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Video of the Week – August 22, 2020
In one of the most powerful moments during this week’s Democratic National Convention, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot and almost killed during a mass shooting in 2011, describing her long road to recovery and likening her challenge to what’s ahead for the country while endorsing Joe Biden.
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Tweet of the Week – August 22, 2020
For the record, Sen. Kamala Harris never called Joe Biden a racist.
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Worst Quote of the Week – August 22, 2020
“Over the last week, the Democrats held the darkest and angriest and gloomiest convention in American history.”
– Donald Trump, in his overall assessment of the Democratic National Convention.
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Second Best Quote of the Week – August 22, 2020
“Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t. And the consequences of that failure are severe. 170,000 Americans dead. Millions of jobs gone while those at the top take in more than ever. Our worst impulses unleashed, our proud reputation around the world badly diminished, and our democratic institutions threatened like never before.”
– Former (and real) President Barack Obama, in his speech at the Democratic National Convention.
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Best Quote of the Week – August 22, 2020
“Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is.”
– Former First Lady Michelle Obama, in a pre-recorded speech for the 2020 Democratic National Convention
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Steve Bannon Looks Like…
On Thursday, the 20th, the political world received a shock when Steve Bannon, former campaign manager to Donald Trump, was arrested on tax fraud charges. Okay, maybe not too many were shocked. I mean, Bannon is the 10th former Trump official to be indicted on something. Bannon has been charged with personally using money from a non-profit intended to build a massive wall on the U.S. border with México – you know, the wall for which México was supposed to pay. Adding to the elitist irony of it all, Bannon was taken into custody aboard a yacht owned by an exiled Chinese billionaire.
But it’s Bannon’s mug shot that has elicited a slew of raucously crass comments. Any mug shot – which are just one step above driver’s license photos – always makes for a few good laughs. Looking at Bannon’s pic incurred all sorts of unsavory images in the Chief’s perpetually disturbed mind.
Hence, Steve Bannon’s mug shot makes him look like:
- The creepy old guy at the end of the bar who keeps winking at you. (I’ve been on both ends.)
- A man enduring a midlife crisis stepping into a Ferrari dealership while his wife is at a church retreat.
- A Walmart greeter.
- Fellow blogger and my brother in creatively mental instability Art Browne. (Love you, buddy!)
- A refugee from Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville”.
- Any drunk at a Waffle House between midnight and 4 a.m.
- A headshot for a reverse mortgage commercial.
- Jerry Garcia’s missing twin.
- An NFL referee.
- Any 1980s-era televangelist.
- A 1980s-era rock star fresh out of rehab.
- A 1970s-era porn star fresh out of rehab.
- Any number of homeless men I used to see on the streets of downtown Dallas – only more pathetic.
- The old man who asks, “Want some candy?”
- The Chief at age 70. Oh God, how terrifying!
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Retro Quote – John Churton Collins
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