Jordan Peterson Doesn't Want Lives to Be Saved, Katie Porter’s "Rigged" Election Mistake, Dogs Can Smell Parkinson's, Guys Don't Read Novels, Harry Belafonte Sings
Another great newsletter. I’m still scratching my head how about the Hoboken story - triggered was definitely the right word. How this is “woke” (as if that’s a bad word), I’ll never understand.
My son used to read primarily non-fiction when he was younger, but somewhere along the line got into the sci fi and fantasy genres and reads a few books a week, still finding time for non-fiction. Maybe men need to try to find fiction genres that interest them, or maybe they haven’t tried? Me, I like everything, but give me a good mystery or historical fiction!
For whatever reason I had been wondering what books you ( Kareem) had been reading when this edition arrived with the bit on Guy's Don't Read Novels (and why they should). So, any thought about periodically (or aperiodically) commenting on a book you found interesting and worthwhile, like you do for films and music?
Can't make bail? Time for jail! Darn, I forgot that it's Trump, and he'll remain free to wreak havoc on the free world...not unlike a bad Godzilla movie.
Per usual, another excellent newsletter. Thank you! Loved the Belafonte version of John Henry. I had not heard that one before and as I listened, the melody is similar to Chuck Berry's "Brown-eyed Handsome Man."
As any Professional Woman will tell you placing a sitting Senator in a KITCHEN for a rebuttal is not only demeaning to her but to all of us. Most of us didn't even hear what she said we were so appalled and angry at where the Republican Party thought was a good location for her rebuttal UGH! Also thanks for the quote by Coach Popovich.
It’s a bit of a conundrum: how to not be a sore loser and still point out that there is a lot about political campaigns that really is unfair: massive amounts of money from corporate or private PACs, gamesmanship (promoting the person you want to run against in the general by mentioning his name often rather than your primary opponent), not to mention lurking misogyny etc. As her constituent and someone who campaigned for her several times, I am sorry that Katie Porter won’t be in Congress. But I refuse to fault her for being ambitious or for wanting to point out what worked against her. Like so many things, Trump has managed to make the word “rigged” a problem even if it might apply.
Thank you for the Belafonte clip. I have enjoyed his music since the 50s. It struck me while watching that he has enormous hands. I'll bet he could palm a baseball.
To think Katie Britt and Jordan Peterson shared years of common history with the indomitable Harry Belafonte and the joyful pandas, and appear to be neither noble or free. How is that possible? (You don't need to answer that.)
Carlos Fuentes wrote about the novel in This I Believe.
Here are a few of his ideas:
"Imagination and language, memory and desire - they are not only the living matter of the novel but the meeting place for our unfinished humanity as well....The novel proposes the possibility of a verbal vision of reality that is no less real than history itself. The novel always heralds a new world, an imminent world. Because the novelist knows that after the terrible, dogmatic violence of the twentieth century, history has become a possibility; never again can it be a certainty. We think we know the world. Now, we must imagine it."
I’ll tell you why men don’t read. It’s because it’s hard .men are not good readers because reading is not what their brains are used to. We are much more visual. I haven’t read a novel in a long time but I’ve read a lot of graphic novels . That way I can finish the book.
RE: Katie Porter. I, too, like what I’ve seen of her in Congress. She did a podcast episode with Jon Stewart that was terrific. How unfortunate she used the term “rigged” to describe her primary loss.
Maybe it was just a poor choice of words. I’m sure the cards were stacked against her. Schiff is popular and well-known. That out of state rich people poured money into his campaign isn’t right, but, as you said, it isn’t illegal.
However, after listening to fools claiming the ‘20 presidential election was “rigged” nonstop for 3+ years, listening to groundless complaints of “voter fraud”, etc., her use of “rigged” to describe her loss only adds fuel to the fire they’re trying to light. The problem is that no matter how often she tries to retract that word, it’s done.
Katie, you should’ve been MUCH more careful in what you said. The effect will be far-reaching in November when the fraudster loses again. The country needs maga to be killed and buried, and you made it harder.
This week's newsletter is just chock full of interesting stuff.
As a Phoenix Suns fan, the spurs have been a thorn in our side. I will probably never forgive Robert Horry and David Stern for stealing the one championship the Suns were sure to win. I would like to believe that Popovich had no role in the dirty play of Horry and Manu Ginobili. But whether he did or not, I have tremendous respect for the man. He is brilliant, and unlike many smart people, he understands people.
Pandas . . . I want one . . . or five.
I'm disappointed in Katie. Aside from this one moment, she has had an excellent career. The sad thing is that there is truth inherent in her position: like her (and unlike you), I consider that role of the big boys in elections both dishonest and illegal. She just picked a bad time and way of expressing herself.
I am a voracious reader of both fiction and non-fiction (2 books/week). I'm not a churchgoer. Reading is my connection with God. It is rare that I read a book that does not teach me something about the universe and, particularly, myself. But it is hard to compete with TV titillation.
You and Heather Richardson are keeping the rest of us sane.
My husband was just reading a list of great Canadian fiction and someone cheekily suggested Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life, so you know how we Canucks feel about him .... There were 4 pedestrian or cyclist deaths in February alone in Toronto where both JP and I live, but go off man about the war on cars.
“Republican Sen. Ron Johnson scoffed at those alarmed by the riot. “This didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me,” the Wisconsin senator said. “I mean ‘armed,’ when you hear ‘armed,’ don’t you think of firearms?””
I think Mr. Johnson must be right. After all, weren’t the Anglo-Saxons and Normans at the Battle of Hastings unarmed? It is a testament to the lethality of the unarmed that about 5000 were killed by unarmed participants in less than a day.
Even so, isn’t an unarmed insurrection still an insurrection?
Another great newsletter. I’m still scratching my head how about the Hoboken story - triggered was definitely the right word. How this is “woke” (as if that’s a bad word), I’ll never understand.
My son used to read primarily non-fiction when he was younger, but somewhere along the line got into the sci fi and fantasy genres and reads a few books a week, still finding time for non-fiction. Maybe men need to try to find fiction genres that interest them, or maybe they haven’t tried? Me, I like everything, but give me a good mystery or historical fiction!
For whatever reason I had been wondering what books you ( Kareem) had been reading when this edition arrived with the bit on Guy's Don't Read Novels (and why they should). So, any thought about periodically (or aperiodically) commenting on a book you found interesting and worthwhile, like you do for films and music?
Can't make bail? Time for jail! Darn, I forgot that it's Trump, and he'll remain free to wreak havoc on the free world...not unlike a bad Godzilla movie.
Per usual, another excellent newsletter. Thank you! Loved the Belafonte version of John Henry. I had not heard that one before and as I listened, the melody is similar to Chuck Berry's "Brown-eyed Handsome Man."
As any Professional Woman will tell you placing a sitting Senator in a KITCHEN for a rebuttal is not only demeaning to her but to all of us. Most of us didn't even hear what she said we were so appalled and angry at where the Republican Party thought was a good location for her rebuttal UGH! Also thanks for the quote by Coach Popovich.
“Basically, life is a series of annoying ear flicks.”
I believe you’ve encapsulated it very nicely, Kareem.
And, I’d never seen that Harry Belafonte performance. Wow. He just knocked it out of the park.
Thank you for all of your posts and cultural references. I think they’re awesome.
It’s a bit of a conundrum: how to not be a sore loser and still point out that there is a lot about political campaigns that really is unfair: massive amounts of money from corporate or private PACs, gamesmanship (promoting the person you want to run against in the general by mentioning his name often rather than your primary opponent), not to mention lurking misogyny etc. As her constituent and someone who campaigned for her several times, I am sorry that Katie Porter won’t be in Congress. But I refuse to fault her for being ambitious or for wanting to point out what worked against her. Like so many things, Trump has managed to make the word “rigged” a problem even if it might apply.
Thank you for the Belafonte clip. I have enjoyed his music since the 50s. It struck me while watching that he has enormous hands. I'll bet he could palm a baseball.
To think Katie Britt and Jordan Peterson shared years of common history with the indomitable Harry Belafonte and the joyful pandas, and appear to be neither noble or free. How is that possible? (You don't need to answer that.)
Carlos Fuentes wrote about the novel in This I Believe.
Here are a few of his ideas:
"Imagination and language, memory and desire - they are not only the living matter of the novel but the meeting place for our unfinished humanity as well....The novel proposes the possibility of a verbal vision of reality that is no less real than history itself. The novel always heralds a new world, an imminent world. Because the novelist knows that after the terrible, dogmatic violence of the twentieth century, history has become a possibility; never again can it be a certainty. We think we know the world. Now, we must imagine it."
“Or the driver in front of me slows down at a yellow light so that I miss the light.”
Oh, don’t even get me STARTED on THAT. I’ve been known to cuss loud enough for them to *hear* me.
I’ll tell you why men don’t read. It’s because it’s hard .men are not good readers because reading is not what their brains are used to. We are much more visual. I haven’t read a novel in a long time but I’ve read a lot of graphic novels . That way I can finish the book.
RE: John Henry. Thanks, Kareem. That was great.
RE: Katie Porter. I, too, like what I’ve seen of her in Congress. She did a podcast episode with Jon Stewart that was terrific. How unfortunate she used the term “rigged” to describe her primary loss.
Maybe it was just a poor choice of words. I’m sure the cards were stacked against her. Schiff is popular and well-known. That out of state rich people poured money into his campaign isn’t right, but, as you said, it isn’t illegal.
However, after listening to fools claiming the ‘20 presidential election was “rigged” nonstop for 3+ years, listening to groundless complaints of “voter fraud”, etc., her use of “rigged” to describe her loss only adds fuel to the fire they’re trying to light. The problem is that no matter how often she tries to retract that word, it’s done.
Katie, you should’ve been MUCH more careful in what you said. The effect will be far-reaching in November when the fraudster loses again. The country needs maga to be killed and buried, and you made it harder.
This week's newsletter is just chock full of interesting stuff.
As a Phoenix Suns fan, the spurs have been a thorn in our side. I will probably never forgive Robert Horry and David Stern for stealing the one championship the Suns were sure to win. I would like to believe that Popovich had no role in the dirty play of Horry and Manu Ginobili. But whether he did or not, I have tremendous respect for the man. He is brilliant, and unlike many smart people, he understands people.
Pandas . . . I want one . . . or five.
I'm disappointed in Katie. Aside from this one moment, she has had an excellent career. The sad thing is that there is truth inherent in her position: like her (and unlike you), I consider that role of the big boys in elections both dishonest and illegal. She just picked a bad time and way of expressing herself.
I am a voracious reader of both fiction and non-fiction (2 books/week). I'm not a churchgoer. Reading is my connection with God. It is rare that I read a book that does not teach me something about the universe and, particularly, myself. But it is hard to compete with TV titillation.
You and Heather Richardson are keeping the rest of us sane.
My husband was just reading a list of great Canadian fiction and someone cheekily suggested Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life, so you know how we Canucks feel about him .... There were 4 pedestrian or cyclist deaths in February alone in Toronto where both JP and I live, but go off man about the war on cars.
“Republican Sen. Ron Johnson scoffed at those alarmed by the riot. “This didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me,” the Wisconsin senator said. “I mean ‘armed,’ when you hear ‘armed,’ don’t you think of firearms?””
I think Mr. Johnson must be right. After all, weren’t the Anglo-Saxons and Normans at the Battle of Hastings unarmed? It is a testament to the lethality of the unarmed that about 5000 were killed by unarmed participants in less than a day.
Even so, isn’t an unarmed insurrection still an insurrection?