One of my favorite pople speaks, and he usually speaks with insight and eloquence
Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz musician Wynton Marsalis said that the racially charged and profanity-laced creations in rap and hip-hop are “more damaging” to the culture and to black Americans “than a statue of Robert E. Lee.” [story (caution: N-word)]
Amen, sir
If you’re not familiar with him and his works,
I’ll lend you one of the score of his CDs that I own.
60-Minutes profile
Classical
More clasical
Athletic classical
Über classical
Mood standard
Swing
New Orleans
Blues
etc.
(What? Yeah, now I feel better.)
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Note: I only kibosh comments for using the actual N-word, mainly out of respect for my brothers-in-arms;
and I normally wouldn’t include a post including that word, unless the word itself is condemned, as it is here.
but not spying spying
damned Hessian collusion
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Historical ref-1 (remember, some whippersnapper or media type may run across this and not know what we’re on about)
Historical ref-2 (yes, this will be on the exam)
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Farmer Confronts ANTIFA member.
Hillary tosses another woman under the bus
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(What? Well, just some things y’wanna do before y’forget.)
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Cultural ref
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Rule 3a: If your opponent scores a bulls-eye, blame it on favorable-wind privilege, and quickly bring up their misses from a previous match.
Rule 3b: If you miss, say “I meant to do that,” draw a circle around your hits, declare them bulls-eyes, and bring up your opponent’s privilege and misses from a previous match
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Cultural ref-1 (You can’t push a chain*; that’s why animal rescue uses a loop on a stick)
Cultural ref-2 (Sometimes, skepticism is just wanting to know how it was really done)
* Engineering-students’ truism
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