“When I’m Sixty-Four” is a Beatles song from 1967. Paul McCartney wrote it around 1956.
Now he’s 64 … grandchildren sing for Sir Paul
Instagram posts on Sparrows Point
When I moved to Baltimore in 1976, the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard located near the city was possibly the largest private employer in the area. It was eventually demolished.
I worked in a local Social Security Office and interviewed many people who were retiring from Sparrows Point. Many of them didn’t have much education but clearly had worked hard and made a good living. They were making more than twice what I did at the time.
The guys who were born in rural parts of the South generally didn’t have birth certificates. We used Census records to establish their age. Their memories were very good. They could tell you where they had grown up and how far it was from the nearest town.
I remember one man who said he was born in 1914. I got the 1920 Census which showed he was 11. I had to get the 1910 Census and he was on it – one year old. I was sure he was born in 1909 and somehow had lost track of five years. He was 70 and doing physical labor at Sparrows Point. When I told him, his biggest concern was if it would affect his pension since they had a mandatory retirement age. I didn’t think so since he genuinely thought he was 65.
Trump wants to control elections
Republicans undermine the will of voters
They reduced the power of Democratic governors in Wisconsin and North Carolina
Bluesky thread on athletes on Sesame Street
Trumps tariffs are bad for farmers
I’m not sympathetic to anyone who voted for Trump.
Instagram post on All-Star ballots
I remember the punch-card ballots. As an Orioles fan, I would vote for Orioles players for the AL team. I would vote for the worst players for the NL team to increase the AL chances of winning and make the NL look bad.
Trump and many close to him are antisemitic
Blue states subsidize red states
Great new song by Fishbone
Fishbone has a great new song mocking Trump supporters. All Trump supporters are racists or willing to tolerate racism which is just as bad. The song has curse words so it’s NSFW.
They posted a parody of a Trump rant on Instagram. It sure sounds like him:
The song is on their upcoming album available directly from the Fishbone store.
I first learned about Fishbone in 1988 when they backed Little Richard on a cover of Rock Island Line. It’s on a tribute album to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. I then got Fishbone’s fine album Truth and Soul.
Sad! 