Covers: I’m Only Sleeping

“I’m Only Sleeping” is a 1966 Beatles song.

The beer snake

I didn’t know about the beer snake until yesterday.

Yes, there's a science to the beer snake 🍻 🐍 @XFLDefenders pic.twitter.com/UKuShmB5hg
— ESPN (@espn) June 2, 2024

I learned about Roy Milton through a CD box set

I had never heard of Roy Milton until I got the outstanding CD box set The Specialty Story. Milton made a lot of fine records in the 1940s.

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A Mythbusters experiment accident

12 years ago today, Mythbusters accidentally fired a cannon through someone's house pic.twitter.com/zRo03e7jNq
— depths of wikipedia! (@depthsofwiki) December 6, 2023

The Trump cult is threatening violence after the verdict

Threats of political violence were skyrocketing before Trump's historic conviction. Now, the climate will only grow more toxic as America's seething right plots revenge.

"There will be a chorus of poison likely worse than what we heard before Jan. 6th."https://t.co/oc0NTzqy9J
— Axios (@axios) May 31, 2024

"On online forums that have previously been linked to mass shootings, people are threatening violence and attempting to publicly identify the 12 New York jurors who on Thursday decided to convict former President Donald Trump," @donie reports https://t.co/iMaZ7nicSM
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 31, 2024

After the guilty verdicts, Trump’s Truth Social platform hosted posts voicing “hope” that “every juror is doxxed and pays for what they have done” & “May God strike them dead. We will on Nov 5th and they will pay!” The only remedy? An overwhelming anti-MAGA turnout & vote this…
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) June 1, 2024

“We need to identify each juror. Then make them miserable. Maybe even suicidal,” wrote another user on the same forum. “1,000,000 men (armed) need to go to washington and hang everyone. That’s the only solution,” wrote another user. “This s— is out of control.”…
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 1, 2024

Covers: The Third Man Theme

“The Third Man Theme” was from the 1949 film and was originally played on a zither. Of the covers, I know the one by the Band.

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The Orioles have a condiment race

The Orioles have been having an animated condiment race on the scoreboard during the games. On May 27, 2024 (and I was there), they surprised us and did the race in person for the first time.

They also gave away t-shirts. I got the yellow one and bought the other two on eBay.

"The hot dogs aren't real. They can't hurt you."

The hot dogs: pic.twitter.com/AaMpxwSqdX
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) May 27, 2024

There were live hot dogs at the #Orioles’ hot dog race at Camden Yards today for Memorial Day (which also featured a condiment T-shirt giveaway).

Relish won. pic.twitter.com/WpYB3QIPtd
— Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) May 27, 2024

Art on Batimore electrical boxes

Some electrical boxes on Pratt St. have been painted. See my slide show below with picture I took today (5/31/24).

Here’s who is lighting up the city with their art on electrical boxes

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Democrats are failing to do anything about Thomas and Alito

Roberts won’t do anything. All that Democrats will do is tweet and write letters. Its’ time to subpoena Roberts. There is no incentive for the justices to change their behavior since they know they are not accountable.

Here’s Chief Justice Roberts’s letter purportedly “explaining” his refusal to appear in Congress to address his colleagues’ obvious violations of 28 USC 455. Spoiler alert: His letter explains absolutely nothing. He might as well have said fu*k you! https://t.co/FzMPbtdm32
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) May 30, 2024

Once again, I am asking Democratic politicians to have a plan for taking on a Republican-controlled Supreme Court that isn't "send another letter begging John Roberts to do something about it" https://t.co/j30cn8hiYR
— Jay Willis (@jaywillis) May 30, 2024

He won't do anything. It's up to you. Enough with tweets and letters. Subpoena him.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 30, 2024

You gonna do more than tweet?
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 30, 2024

Here's an idea Are you worried it would look partisan? Several Republican Supreme Court justices are functioning like they're working for the Republican party. https://t.co/QhzkTHX7vl
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 30, 2024

BREAKING: Chief "justice" John Roberts DECLINES the meeting request from @SenatorDurbin and @SenWhitehouse, and says it's up to Alito whether he recuses (he said he won't). Can we subpoena them now? Or are we gonna write more letters? pic.twitter.com/EbgO6XmQ9d
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) May 30, 2024

John Roberts joins Alito in telling Senate Democrats to go fly a kite over their questions about recusal on Trump's immunity claim. Do @SenatorDurbin & @SenSchumer simply take "none of your business" for an answer? https://t.co/iKouWavTVo.
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) May 30, 2024

FFS Senate Democrats … grow a pair and issue a subpoena … 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/73M0vpzVuH
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) May 30, 2024

Republicans want to destroy public education

Terrible take by Politico. They only discuss enrollment, not the quality of education. Republicans are trying to destroy public education. They want private and religious schools that promote their right-wing agenda.

They don’t want our kids in their private schools. They show it by raising tuition over the price of a voucher.

These schools are given taxpayer money to discriminate against poor kids. We told you this would happen. https://t.co/zRx4XqXSKp
— Jess Piper (@piper4missouri) May 25, 2024

Notice that many states subsidizing private school tuition for affluent families via ESAs have shamefully high child poverty rates. There are far better uses of your state's general fund than writing checks to the already fortunate. pic.twitter.com/ZzcOWQcFXV
— Jen Jennings, PhD (@eduwonkette_jen) May 30, 2024

Almost 1 in 5 voucher users in Indiana is from a family making $150K+. pic.twitter.com/fZ2hHBnzS5
— Jen Jennings, PhD (@eduwonkette_jen) May 25, 2024

Is your only definition of successful the higher enrollment numbers? Have you looked at the quality of education and how the students are doing? That should be considered too.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 29, 2024

Florida’s top education official says public school closures a tradeoff for school choice https://t.co/B0iucDqaNE
— POLITICO (@politico) May 29, 2024

That’s the GOP plan. If they can weaken public education enough, they have made Brown v Board a moot point without having to go to the Supreme Court. 🤦‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/o21VbPkdA8
— HubCityOldMan (@coachG61) January 8, 2023

I’ve got to address this common argument that is completely false. It’s not just “their” tax money. If most parents could self-fund quality education, then public schools would not need to exist. But most parents chip in a small amount in taxes that is added together with the… https://t.co/VWsNeGoeq9
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 28, 2024

Taxpayer money meant for public education shouldn’t fund private religious schools, for the same reason that taxpayer money meant for public parks shouldn’t fund private pools in a megachurch pastor’s backyard.

If religious schools want taxpayer money, they should pay taxes. pic.twitter.com/N8xBYsFgn0
— Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) June 3, 2024

I really wish rich, out-of-touch folks who nothing about education would just stop. 1) Read the fine print. THIS IS A GOVT VOUCHER PROGRAM. Voucher programs have not been shown to improve results for poor Black children because most cannot get into high-quality private schools.… https://t.co/EAvAGFuYo1
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 7, 2024