Covers: Shine

Thanks to my friend Don for the suggestion to write about this.

“Shine” was written in 1910.

Don wrote to me:

“I was just watching a Netflix documentary on Frank Sinatra and saw a clip with original sound. There was a radio talent show, Major Bowes Amateur Hour (forerunner of Ted Mack of our generation.) Sinatra auditioned as a solo but at show time was merged with “the Three Aces” a trio also from Hoboken. They went on as the Hoboken Four and won. That led to a national “tour” and the rest is history (sort of).”

Here’s an article from a Sinatra blog.

Trump thinks American Jews think Israel is our country

He’s wrong. I’m Jewish and I’m American. I’ll never forgive Trump for saying the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville included very fine people. He’s a bigot.

My country is America. https://t.co/Fhx6SPsnnJ
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 16, 2020

well I guess maybe you can say this is somewhat better than “go back to your country” https://t.co/On6v1c6Q5A
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) September 16, 2020

Here's the story https://t.co/u0p6Fk9NOZ
— Ron Kampeas (@kampeas) September 16, 2020

I have known ⁦@FoxmanAbraham⁩ for almost 40 years & it takes a lot for him to say this.

And he’s right. https://t.co/lI1pvJySb5
— Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) (@NormEisen) September 11, 2020

Almost half of Republicans believe mail in voting fraud is a problem

They believe Trump’s lies

A new Pew poll finds that nearly half of Republicans believe fraud in vote-by-mail is a "major problem." That's ominous. It means Trump's efforts to declare uncounted mail ballots a plot against him could find an audience, stoking violence. New piece:https://t.co/TIKC6ceNPf
— . (@GregTSargent) September 16, 2020

Schools and coronavirus update 9/16/20

🚨: LSU football coach Ed Orgeron said Tuesday that most of his team has contracted COVID-19.

"Not all of our players, but most of our players have caught it," Orgeron told reporters. https://t.co/OarFVAWsHO
— Matt Rogers 🗳 (@Politidope) September 15, 2020

Since many Florida public schools opened their doors about a month ago, the number of children under 18 who have contracted Covid-19 statewide has jumped 26%, state data show https://t.co/jTa67LS9jj
— CNN (@CNN) September 15, 2020

Students at Univ of Wisconsin – La Crosse told to shelter in place as COVID-19 on campus soars. https://t.co/0gu042rDfN
— Heidi Li Feldman (@HeidiLiFeldman) September 15, 2020

Florida school districts are defying Gov. Ron DeSantis and publicly reporting new Covid-19 cases among students and staff. https://t.co/bMxLx2xEyy
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 11, 2020

Meanwhile…https://t.co/TVaQg6WJM1
— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) September 11, 2020

Surely, coronavirus outbreaks surging out of control on college campuses was literally the most predictable crisis ever. https://t.co/OevP3niNru
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) September 10, 2020

Ignorance about the Holocaust

Almost a quarter of young adults in America (23%) said they believed the Holocaust was a myth or had been exaggerated or weren’t sure. One in eight (12%) said they had definitely not heard, or didn’t think they had heard, about the Holocaust. https://t.co/bUiN0F3JAv
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) September 16, 2020

Yikes: "A nationwide survey released Wednesday shows a 'worrying lack of basic Holocaust knowledge' among adults under 40, including over 1 in 10 respondents who did not recall ever having heard the word 'Holocaust' before" https://t.co/SV7AxCpnMF
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) September 16, 2020

"It is becoming clear that future generations may one day call these stories into question; they may not believe the horrors that Holocaust survivors endured and the atrocities we witnessed….We must not let this happen," writes one Holocaust survivor.https://t.co/LilAaK7daf
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 16, 2020

‼️Eleven per cent of respondents across the US believed that Jews had caused the Holocaust. https://t.co/rUw3gFEIBs
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) September 16, 2020

A different interpretation:

The @guardian article and Holocaust poll running around is reported extremely disingenuously. The headline doesn't hold up if you look at the actual results.

People are not certain on # killed. But most know a LOT were killed.

ONLY 1% say it's a myth.
96% believe it happened. pic.twitter.com/NHAZirrkbC
— Natalie Jackson (@nataliemj10) September 16, 2020

Survey finds "shocking and saddening" lack of Holocaust knowledge among millennials and Gen Z https://t.co/LnR3Egt1u8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 16, 2020

Millennials and Generation Z show a disturbing lack of Holocaust knowledge in a new survey. But even more alarming is the high percentage of respondents who believe Jews were responsible for the Holocaust or that the Holocaust is a myth or exaggerated. https://t.co/aPaBT4NU7i
— US Holocaust Museum (@HolocaustMuseum) September 16, 2020

We can be shocked every year that studies show Americans don't know about the Holocaust or we could…teach about the Holocaust. This is something I wrote about just that in 2018: https://t.co/E5RKZMFsfM
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) September 16, 2020

Dwight Eisenhower on Holocaust “Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses – because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
— Robert Windrem (@rwindrem) September 17, 2020

Coronavirus polls – update 9/16/20

Absolutely gobsmacking how much the horse of partisanship is dragging the cart of reality right now.https://t.co/D58mYAp0rd

There's a 126-point partisan gap in net concerns about COVID— +63 for Dems; -63 for Republicans — and economic appraisals have completely diverged. pic.twitter.com/vkaYQ8oFNC
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) September 16, 2020

NEW: A majority, 57%, of Americans say Trump has been delivering the wrong message about the #COVID19 outbreak, inc. 34% who say completely wrong – Big partisan gaps https://t.co/TiRxrqYAlQ pic.twitter.com/Fq1BWm1pI8
— Amy Mitchell (@asmitch) September 15, 2020

New ABC/Ipsos poll:

61% of Americans say Joe Biden has more respect for those who serve in the military than Trump does. Only 37% say Trump has more respect.

Also: Only 31% trust what Trump says about coronavirus. 51% trust what Biden says about it.https://t.co/vzdK0KQ1X0 pic.twitter.com/xwT6i8LpwE
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 13, 2020

NEW: 28% of Republicans believe Pres. Trump responded too slowly to the coronavirus, and 26% have reservations about his rhetoric on the pandemic, per new @ABC News/Ipsos poll. https://t.co/XzWc8AQsd4
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) September 13, 2020

NEW @ABC Ipsos poll:
-just 35% of Americans approve of Pres Trump’s handling of COVID-19 (65% disapprove)

-67% think Trump acted too slowly in responding to COVID-19

-68% distrust what the President has said about the virus

More from @kendallkarson https://t.co/gRL0LZ8YLS
— Karen Travers (@karentravers) September 13, 2020

CALIFORNIA
Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way that [see below] is handling the coronavirus outbreak?

President Trump
Approve 29%
Disapprove 68%

Governor Newsom
Approve 62%
Disapprove 31%

(Public Policy Institute of CA, 9/4-13/20)https://t.co/K3LiwFoewK
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 17, 2020

Good riddance to Caputo

I do help his health improves but he doesn’t belong in the government.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump health appointee at center of allegations of political meddling on coronavirus response taking leave of absence.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 16, 2020

NEW: We have the Michael Caputo video from Facebook Live.

It’s…uncomfortable watching.

More, and story, below.https://t.co/pfZX744Trl pic.twitter.com/QLBJEqNOxN
— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) September 16, 2020

Caputo is delivering the message that the Trump administration wants the Department of Health and Human Services to deliver: “buy bullets.” That’s why Caputo isn’t just any HHS employee, he’s its mouth. Think about that. Think real hard about that. https://t.co/4lyBS77YlK
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 15, 2020

"He is speaking to a pattern, a mindset that we've seen from Donald Trump himself, from the president the last few years. There's so many echoes in what Caputo was saying about his false conspiracies within the CDC" – @PhilipRucker w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/83gTAi6d9g
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) September 14, 2020

NYT: Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition" and falsely warned that left-wing hit squads were preparing for armed insurrection after the election. https://t.co/Sz4kNG03xc
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) September 14, 2020

More Trump lies at his ABC town hall on 9/15/20

UPDATE

Update: Trump made at least 22 false or misleading claims at last night's ABC town hall.

Fuller list: https://t.co/g1j7VaoBi9
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 16, 2020

You could save yourself time by instead writing an article on the things he said that were true. It would probably be very short.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 16, 2020

NEW –> Trump’s ABC News town hall: Four Pinocchios, over and over again https://t.co/hDWhy5RUYm
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) September 16, 2020

Another tour de force from @ddale8 fact-checking a torrent of lies pic.twitter.com/xDxKI32ef8
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) September 16, 2020

We’re 8 minutes into this town hall and Trump has already lied to the audience repeatedly about Covid, about masks, about his praise for China, about the travel ban, about Fauci, about Biden, and more. It’s an avalanche of lies. Period. So much of this is recycled lies.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) September 16, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump repeated several false and Pants on Fire claims during his ABC News town hall. Here’s a roundup of his claims, fact-checked and with context https://t.co/9mTQmalNmY pic.twitter.com/fE4jXW5L3M
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) September 16, 2020

Peeps

Peeps are one of the things that everyone knew about but me.

Being Jewish, we never had them. I was in a discussion at work in my 40s and everyone was talking about Peeps. I thought I could figure out what they were from the context but I couldn’t. I finally had to ask what they were talking about.

There won’t be Peeps this Halloween or Christmas:

You won't be able to buy Halloween or Christmas-themed Peeps marshmallows this year due to the pandemic — the next special batch will be for Easter https://t.co/JoKtP3w1R1
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) September 15, 2020

The Washington Post used to run Peeps Diorama contests. Here’s are examples. You can search for more.

Behold the winners of the 2015 Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest, showcased this year in 180-degree glory: http://t.co/pFtxXJloXe
— Caitlin Gibson (@CaitJGibson) March 31, 2015

Scenes from The Shining, Ghostbusters and The Twilight Zone recreated using only Peeps for the Washington Post’s “2013 Peeps Diorama Contest”. pic.twitter.com/R4XPooVA2w
— Fear Catalogue (@FearCatalogue) September 9, 2019

Peeps Show VI – The Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest Winners http://t.co/uW5S1y8S
— Cybele May (@candyblog) March 29, 2012

Peepresearch.org has a page on the amazing surgery to separate Peep quintuplets.

I tried every flavor of Peeps I could find, and only 2 were better than the original (msn.com)

This sounds terrible:

Pepsi and Peeps Have Joined Forces to Create Marshmallow Soda@chezspence reportshttps://t.co/OYUcvUchPh
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 25, 2021

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Month: September 2020