I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers & Jeers".
OK, you've been warned - here is this week's tomfoolery material that I posted.
CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.
ART NOTES— an exhibition entitled Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools: Three Hundred Years of Flemish Masterworks— with masterworks by Rubens, van Dyckand other works of the Netherlands from 1400 to 1700 — is at the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Canada to October 20th.
YOUR WEEKEND READ is this lengthy (yet quite informative) essay by The Guardian’s Emily Bell on the difference between US and UK journalism.
HAPPY TRAILS to the CNN human interest story reporter Jeanne Moos:
THURSDAY's CHILD is named Sarina the Cat— an English kitteh whose four kittens were adopted (but not her) - then 232 days later, a TikTok video posted by a shelter finally found a home for her.
SPORTING NOTES— today, more soccer tournaments on hand. Besides some on the Fox Sports cable channel: the ones on free network TV today are — England-Slovakia at noon Eastern, Spain-Georgia at 3:00 PM Eastern and Mexico-Ecuador at 8:00 PM Eastern.
ELECTION NOTES — on the evening of the 4th of July, after watching fireworks/band concerts on TV, tune into C-SPAN ... as they will be showing the election results (in their wee hours of the morning) in Britain. Back in 1997, the BBC feed showed one-district-after-another-after-another voting out the Conservative incumbent … and it seems likely that history will repeat (or even outdo) itself.
FRIDAY's CHILD is named named Leila the Cat - a NYC kitteh left behind when a deli owner moved ... but was rescued by neighbors and now living her best life.
BRAIN TEASER— try this Quiz of the Week's News from the BBC ...… and the usually easier, less UK-centered New York Times quiz.
LAST NIGHT yours truly hosted the Top Comments diary with a look at the upcoming Netroots Nation gathering … and how even if you cannot attend (or at least not the entire convention) there are ways to participate.
OLDER-YOUNGER BROTHERS?— English actor Patrick Troughton (the 2nd actor to portray Dr. Who) and Academy Award winner Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Mission Impossible).
...... and finally, for a song of the week ...........................… no time for a profile this week …. but in advance of the expected Tory collapse on July 4th, there is another humorous video … although this dates back years ago (to Brexit)
Jacob Rees-Mogg is someone The Economist in 2018 dubbed, “A neo-Victorian back-bench novelty”. A member of Parliament since 2010, he is among those considered at risk of losing his seat, due to several reasons (besides Tory unpopularity): 1) Re-districting, so there is a different electorate, 2) the Labour candidate (Dan Norris) has name recognition and experience, plus 3) the presence of a candidate from far-right Nigel Farage’s Reform Party (expected to drain Conservative votes). With that background: