Like a Frisbee on a rooftop, we might not be able to get our stuff back, but it's nice to know where it is: lunarlink. And of course Apollo 12's Lunar Module, the Intrepid, hasn't been photographed yet; the late Pete Conrad never knew how to be like everyone else. Two days, guys, time to build up to a fever pitch. Apollo 11!
"We came in peace for all Mankind."
The Great War
Henry Allingham, 1896-2009, may the Lord have mercy on his soul. Headlinelink, Her Majestylink, and obitlink. Rest in peace, sir, and thank you for helping us to remember the glorious dead of the Great War.
Lest we forget.
The Endorsement
I missed the first two episodes of the new Syfy (formerly the Sci Fi Channel) comedy-drama Warehouse 13, but was able to see them thanks to my father's obsessive D.V.R.ing. Let me recommend Warehouse 13 to you in this way: it is funny and fun, but most importantly startlingly intelligent for a Syfy program. Science fiction is a smart genre, but from the first Syfy (Sci Fi) has been a brainless broadcaster. I was agape at the underlying intelligence of Warehouse 13, a series I was prepared to dismiss as a lighthearted version of The X-Files. Give Warehouse 13 a shot; I'll wager you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Article III
My objection to Judge Sotomayor is not her now-infamous "wise Latina" comment. It is, on its face, undeniably racist, but it was clearly not meant to be, and who among us has not unwitting said something racist in our lives? The preponderance of the evidence indicates that she's not an overt racist. But, when she and her fellow judges on the appellate panel had a chance to add their wisdom to the Ricci case, Judge Sotomayor chose to stand silent. She passed the buck to the Supreme Court. She had a chance to make a profound statement on American law, but she chose to hide. She's a coward, she'd rather remain silent even when she has a public duty to speak, and there's no room for cowards on the high court.
Whomever President Obama nominated to succeed Justice Souter was clearly going to share the ludicrous Warren-era interpretation (dismissal, haphazard rewriting) of the Constitution, and I accept that as a natural consequence of his bamboozling of the voters last Election Day. But, what, he couldn't find an anti-Constitutional judge or scholar who had the guts to do her job? There isn't one brave jurist amidst the vast left-wing conspiracy?
The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
Curtis Mayfield, "Superfly" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)
Commentary: As I type this post, I am listening to the radio show WireTap and show shan't listen to either R.B.D.S.O.T.D. until after the show, though my habit it to hear the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. whilst bloggy blogging about it. By Lucifer's beard, why does the show have to be called WireTap? Why couldn't it be either Wiretap or Wire Tap?
More on topic, I've never seen the film Super Fly, but I have long loved the song "Superfly."
Freitag, 17 Juli
Bobby Womack, "Across 110th Street" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)
Commentary: Why should you see the film Across 110th Street? Two words: Yaphet Kotto.
"I'm not saying what I did was all right,
Trying to break out of the ghetto was a day-to-day fight."
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