Sunday, November 27, 2022
Saturday, November 26, 2022
Yes, It Was Simpler Then, And Less PC!
Superman in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. New York City, November 21, 1940
As Far As We Can Tell, Still Clueless . . .
REPORTER, yesterday: "Mr. President, USA tied with England. Any comment on the draw?"
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 26, 2022
*blank stare*
*20 seconds later*
BIDEN: "Is the game over?" pic.twitter.com/WWVx0G5iHl
Once Upon A Time, Nearly Everybody Had One!
The aluminum Christmas "tree". The idea was that the light from the spotlight (with the revolving color wheel) would reflect amidst the tree and transmit different colors as the wheel went round and round. Thus, no need for tree lights. Of course, it worked better if you turned all the other lights in the room off. It's hard to imagine that this was once all the rage, but it was. Go figure . . . .
More Than 25 After Her Death, Having Her MOMENT!
On Nov. 21, 1934, Ella Fitzgerald, the “Queen of Jazz,” made her debut at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. She had planned to go on stage and dance for Amateur Night, but when the Edwards Sisters danced before her, she decided to sing instead. That break led to others, and she became a sensation after a song she co-wrote, “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” became a major hit in 1938.
Fitzgerald battled racism and was ordered by Pan-Am to leave their flight to Australia. Despite missing two concerts there, she went on to set a new box office record in Australia. She helped break racial barriers by refusing to perform before segregated audiences. The NAACP awarded her the Equal Justice Award and the American Black Achievement Award.
She became the first Black woman to win a Grammy. In her music, she innovated with scat singing, sang be-bop, jazz and even gospel hymns. She performed with her own orchestra, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and her Song Book series became a huge critical and commercial success.
By the time she died in 1996, she had won 13 Grammy Awards, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement, the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mattel has now designed a doll in her image, part of the Barbie Inspiring Women Series, which “pays tribute to incredible heroines of their time — courageous women who took risks, changed rules and paved the way for generations to dream bigger than ever before.” - Jerry Mitchell
Fitzgerald battled racism and was ordered by Pan-Am to leave their flight to Australia. Despite missing two concerts there, she went on to set a new box office record in Australia. She helped break racial barriers by refusing to perform before segregated audiences. The NAACP awarded her the Equal Justice Award and the American Black Achievement Award.
She became the first Black woman to win a Grammy. In her music, she innovated with scat singing, sang be-bop, jazz and even gospel hymns. She performed with her own orchestra, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and her Song Book series became a huge critical and commercial success.
She performed in Hollywood films, and her most memorial take on television came when her voice shattered a glass. When the tape was played back, her voice broke another glass, and the ad asked, “Is it live, or is it Memorex?”
By the time she died in 1996, she had won 13 Grammy Awards, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement, the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mattel has now designed a doll in her image, part of the Barbie Inspiring Women Series, which “pays tribute to incredible heroines of their time — courageous women who took risks, changed rules and paved the way for generations to dream bigger than ever before.” - Jerry Mitchell
H/T: Fannie Lou Hamer's America
Friday, November 25, 2022
Is He 'Engaged' Or Isn't He? Well . . .
Two days ago, Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden is "directly involved" in negotiations to avert a massive rail strike.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 25, 2022
Today, Biden said, "I have not directly engaged yet." pic.twitter.com/g8a7u9EnyD
Thursday, November 24, 2022
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