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AKA Kamala Fever, an epidemic spreading throughout the country via an infectious laugh and virulent memes.
Treatment:
a shot in the arm of pure joy
for the next 101 days get plenty of exercise knocking on doors, constructing lawn signs, handing out bumper stickers, carrying people to register and to the polls.
after which the next day, take 2 aspirin for your celebratory champagne headache.
More than 1 billion people are expected to watch live on TV and social media.
The idea of performing a show of this magnitude along a large stretch of river in a city under its highest terrorism alert was so outrageous that even Emmanuel Macron at first thought it was “a crazy and not very serious idea”. But this week at the Elysée, the French president said: “We decided it was the right moment to deliver this crazy idea and make it real.”
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As the athletes sail, a show will unfurl around them, described by its organisers as revolutionary and irreverent, as well as full of surprises.
Historical monuments, rooftops, bridges, the sky and the water will provide simultaneous settings for overlapping dance, music, acrobatics and light shows that explore the history of Paris in all its diversity as well as its tradition of rebellion. Tightrope walkers will cross the river on high wires, the star French ballet dancer Guillaume Diop will perform on a rooftop and BMX freestyle bikers will backflip over the water. The French pop star Aya Nakamura, who faced a racist backlash earlier this year over the possibility that she would sing, will perform – and is expected to sing hits by the singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour. Céline Dion is thought to be singing Édith Piaf, and Lady Gaga is also expected to appear.
IT WAS THE BEST of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
[Charles Dickens – A Tale of Two Cities opening paragraph]
An updated plot in today’s revision thickens, twists and takes unexpected turns.
Attribution: Village Idiots by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
something to think about just in case we need a Plan B due to unfortunate circumstances if Joe has to withdraw from the race but stays as President and hands the campaign position, money and staff over to Kamala: Who should she choose as a running mate? Here’s a checklist to use to vet a prospective VP candidate:
Someone who has the necessary nationwide recognition,
is an attack dog,
knowledgeable in foreign affairs,
good credible speaker,
relative youthful and pleasant appearance
knows the White House inside out and how to work the Congress,
but most of all whose selection will stun, entice and intrigue the media, bring back bipartisanship compromise and bridge the national divide gap.
How ’bout Liz Cheney for starters? Ticks off the list as well as ticking off the magaT king and cult.
If not her, who would be your choice to meet those requirements?