“We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.”
Instagram Moment of the Week – August 8, 2020
On Monday, August 3, Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University in Virginia, inexplicably posted a photo of himself with a woman who is not his wife, both with their pants undone, partying on a yacht. He then deleted the photo, but in the current cyber age, the image has been captured – for better or worse – forever.
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Photos of the Week – August 8, 2020
The 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally opened this week in Sturgis, South Dakota with little regard for the COVID-19 pandemic. Bike aficionados roared into town, sans masks and social distancing. I have to concede I have no problem with this. While I haven’t ridden a motorcycle in almost 30 years – and probably wouldn’t now at my age – I fully support this rally and the attendees’ right to navigate as they please. If I was on bike, traveling down the highway at 100 mph, my biggest concern wouldn’t be a virus flying into my mouth; it’d be a bug! Or some idiot coming the other way in their over-sized SUV texting.
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Video of the Week – August 8, 2020
Images captured in the aftermath of a horrific blast of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut, Lebanon on August 5 that killed at least 135 people and injured more than 5,000 others show a city in chaos.
The following day Beirut resident Hoda Melki captured her mother playing “Auld Lang Syne” on a piano amidst the blast-related debris and damage in her apartment.
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Tweet of the Week – August 8, 2020
Discussions between congressional Democrats and Republicans over additional economic relief, including extending unemployment benefits, have broken down – again – as Americans continue struggling with rising personal debts and increased costs of living.
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Worst Quote of the Week – August 8, 2020
“[Children] don’t have a problem, they just don’t have a problem. It doesn’t have an impact on them. I’ve watched some doctors say they’re totally immune.”
– President Donald Trump, in a video commentary on why schools should re-open, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The video had been tweeted out by Trump’s reelection campaign, but was promptly removed by Twitter for violating its newly-minted standards against spreading false information.
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Best Quote of the Week – August 8, 2020
“Trump is actively sabotaging the election under our noses – this isn’t theoretical, it’s happening RIGHT NOW.”
– Brian Tyler Cohen, on the recent ousting of top executives of the U.S. Postal Service.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s mail service, displacing the executives in a move now dubbed the “Friday Night Massacre. The incident comes as congressional Democrats called for an investigation of DeJoy and the cost-cutting measures that have slowed postal deliveries and jeopardized mail-in ballots in recent primary elections.
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Retro Quote – C.S. Lewis
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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Darwin Award Winner of the Month – July 2020 – Louie Gohmert
“[I]f I get it, you’ll never see me without a mask.”
– Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
The far right-wing congressman who had adamantly refused to wear a mask in public has now tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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Instagram Moment of the Week – August 1, 2020
In a now deleted Instagram post, semi-singer and desperately untalented actress Madonna praised the words of Donald Trump’s newest medical hero, Dr. Stella “Demon Sperm” Immanuel.
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