end of the week bric a brac

Well I guess I still stand by my statement.  This whole thing of dividing human beings into subgroups is rather silly.  I remember in grade school I came across something in one of our textbooks, that divided white folk into different groups, Nordic, Alpine, and probably some insulting name for the southern and eastern Europeans. I think it's mostly fodder for white supremacists and black muslims and others of that unsavory ilk. 

I will agree with the guy on political correctness, it's just annoying and gets in the way of everything else.  If you write about any historical event you have to go out of your way to criticize the racism and sexism and homophobia of that time even if those had nothing to do with it. 

Way back when he did his first docs I rather liked Ken Burns, but anymore I am sick of him.  No matter what he's talking about it looks and sounds like the civil war.  Those still photos, that music, that earnestness, give me a break.  I was reading a review the other day about his latest which is on country music and I thought well I don't like Ken Burns but the subject interests me so I read it but it was all about how there weren't enough women stars (there are plenty of women singers) or black people (with no mention of Charlie Pride) and there was nothing about the music.

It's like that in movie reviews too all the critic talks about is how the director dealt with women and minorities and whether it's a good movie or not is irrelevant.

American Renaissance?


In other pressing news I think maybe The Scourge is getting a little itchy fingered with his smiting.  Marie, Maria, kind of picky, but I suppose there is some point there.  But the comma in Help Me Rhonda that's just stupid, shouldn't have been there in the first place.

So I watched the candidates debate last night, kind of interesting at the beginning when sparks flied as they were discussing their various health plans.  I was disappointed to see that they had an audience.  I don't know why they allow audiences in these debates.  I guess they feel that it needs the equivalent of a laugh track.  One thing I noticed about the audience is that every time a candidate attacked another with some fervor they let out kind a genteel boo.  There is all this talk about the dems being divided but I think that in the end, no matter who wins the nomination they will stick together to a man.

I have been wrong on many things, mostly Trump, but also Biden, I never thought he would run, and if he did I didn't think he would have much of a following, but this Brexit thing, right from the start I never thought that it would come to pass.  And now its candle is almost extinguished.  Good,.