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This week on GLoP, we’re in the midst of a low level cultural revolution in which movies, tv shows, books, statues, and more are all looking at possible cancellation. So the Tom Cotton/NYT and the Bon Appétit contretemps are kicked around, then we get to Gone With The Wind. Also, were the late 60’s worse than what we are going through now? Some thoughts about mothers and daughters, Rob shares his recipe for Pavlova, and Jonah needs some Irma la Douce.
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Still assuming facts not in evidence. Indeed, assuming facts actually contradicted. The autopsy report does not support that conclusion.
A more accurate description might be the rather recently invented “suicide by cop.”
Not only is Uncle Remus the amicable storyteller inoffensive, neither are the Tom-and-Jerry-like hijinx of Br’er Bear, Br’er Fox, and Br’er Rabbit. ~20 years ago, I took my children to Disneyland, and while wending our way through the line for Splash Mountain, told them the story of The Tar Baby as well as I could remember it. I was disappointed that I had to rely on my memory of my childhood copy of Tales of Uncle Remus, since I always enjoyed the colorful dialect used by the characters.
At this point, several generations have been denied an entertaining story explaining how some problems – sticky situations – are worsened by aggressive efforts to solve them. They’ve also been denied a clever description of how to turn your enemy’s hatred of you to your advantage:
Please MSM, please don’t publish fake news about Donald Trump.
Co-counsel adds “objection, expresses a legal conclusion. Move to strike from the record, and ask that the jury be instructed to disregard.”