It’s Friday, ya bastids!Well, there was a wedding this morning. If you’re looking for a link to click on, what’s the point? Just turn on your computer. Everything will be about the royal wedding—probably even if you’re not on-line yet. Prince William married a “commoner.” Let’s just say that Catherine Middleton’s family was not part of the British nobility. I don’t like the term “commoner.” It sounds like the Prince is getting married to Snooki from the Jersey Shore. The Queen lent Kate Middleton a diamond halo tiara. Lent? Queen Elizabeth is 85 years old. Does she expect to need it again? The Cartier diamond tiara was described as “understated,” which in royal jewelry terms, means it wasn’t heavy enough to bend Kate Middleton’s neck.
Among other stuff, the Queen gave the newlyweds a bunch of new titles of nobility, which is what royals give each other on special occasions instead of personalized coffee mugs. William and Katherine are now the newly minted Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Earl and Countess of Strathearn, and Baron and Baroness of Carrickfergus. I wonder if they have to assume their new duties as Baron and Baroness of Carrickfergus right away. It would be a shame if their honeymoon was interrupted by a call that there was a plumbing problem somewhere in Carrickfergus.
At least the fairy tale wedding kept our mind off of the ogres and trolls at home for a while. Back in the USA, Representative Sally Kern of the Oklahoma House said during a debate on affirmative action that “people of color” “don’t want to work as hard.” Kern’s statements are not just offensive to minorities, they are offensive to everyone. But just to make sure, she kept on offending everyone. Kern then said that women don’t work as hard as men. She said “women tend to think a little bit more about their family, wanting to be at home more time, want to have a little more leisure time.” Nice. Oklahoma has lawmakers whose views on gender roles were formed by watching Calgon commercials in the 1970’s. What was Sally Kern thinking? What every other conservative is thinking. She just didn’t have the sense not to say it out loud.
And in the 1970’s, Donald Trump was sued by the federal government for not renting to African-Americans. So his excellent relationship with “the blacks” evidently didn’t extend to rental agreements. At the time, the New York Times reported that Trump held a press conference where he accused the government of trying to force his real estate company “to rent to welfare recipients.” Eventually Trump reached an agreement with the Department of Justice in which he did not admit guilt. I’m sure that was his number one goal. Donald Trump is constitutionally unable to accept guilt, responsibility, criticism, or the existence of others.
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