Friday Fanfare

San Francisco. Photo by Godofredo A Vásquez/AP, posted at theguardian.com:

Interesting development in fashion. Headline from nypost.com: “Models ditch photoshoots, ‘stressful’ casting in favor of selling their likeness to AI.”

Topsy-turvy world. From NYP: “Al Sharpton compares college protests to Capitol riot as he argues quiet Dems losing ‘moral high ground’.” Silent majority, as Tricky Dick would say?

Last night the Outlaw channel, 48–4 on OTC in NYC, ran Many Rivers to Cross (1955), a comic western starring Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker. Also in the cast, Russell Johnson, The Professor on 98 episodes of Gilligan’s Island. It occurred to me that I may have never checked his canon. There are 173 titles under his name at IMDb. As impressive as that is, it pales in comparison to his WWII service record. He was a bombardier who flew 44 combat missions. His decorations include the Bronze Star, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three service stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one service star, and the WWII Victory Medal with Honorable Service Lapel Button. He earned a Purple Heart after being shot down over the Philippines in 1945. Wow! Kudos, Sir. He passed away at 89 in 2014. Photo from Google Images:

Headline from foxnews.com: “UK’s Boris Johnson turned away from voting station for not having ID.” Now that’s a beautiful thing — a shining example for the entire world, especially the USA.

Netherlands. Star Wars fans at cinema where all nine parts of series was shown. Photo by Phil Nijhuis/EPA, posted at theguardian.com:

From FN: “Biden prays for ‘honesty, decency, dignity’ in Day of Prayer proclamation amid ongoing campus protests.” He fails on all three counts, especially the first. Also from Quid Pro Joe, from FN: “Biden calls Japan ‘xenophobic’ for not accepting many immigrants, compares to China, Russia.” I wonder how the mainstream media would have reacted if Trump had said it.

Another pleasant day to do business curbside. My thanks to the kind folks who donated and bought stuff. Here’s what sold: four hardcovers and five DVDs in Russian; six CDs, including Eric Clapton Unplugged; I Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark; The Queen’s Handmaid by Tracy Higley; Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson.

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