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asher553Today wasn't an official off-day at my company, despite it being MLK Day, but I took the day off because I work in Portland and didn't want to have to worry about dealing with a bunch of rent-a-riot idiots. Besides which, it would give me a chance to stay home and watch the inauguration, and then rest up before heading out to the party that our local chapter was throwing tonight.
There is a small chance that my face might end up on local TV; I saw a camera crew from the local news station there. I spotted my friend Kim as she came in, and I raised my right hand to wave at her; "I gotta be careful when I do that," I quipped, "'cuz we've got the media here!" Kim got the joke and laughed.
(In case you somehow missed it, Elon Musk gave a speech and said "my heart goes out to all of you!" - putting his right hand over his heart, then extending it into the air - and now the media are falling all over themselves pretending to think he was giving a Nazi salute. I tend to agree with Stephen Green at Instapundit [ https://instapundit.com/697456/ ]: "This was bait so Elon can sue a lot of people for libel and bankrupt them. But hey, you’d have to be super rich and super smart to set a trap like that. . ." The media, who are not super smart, literally did nazi that coming.)
This episode will likely be another entry under the column of anti-Semitism vs. "anti-Semitism" which I've written about previously.
Anti-Semites and "anti-Semites"
https://asher63.livejournal.com/841995.html
Elon Musk and "anti-Semitism"
https://asher63.livejournal.com/870277.html
Anyway, I didn't stay late, but the party was fun. It was a sold-out house and I saw most of my friends from the political community. There was the obligatory playing of "YMCA" with pantomimed letters and fist-pump Trump dances. I sampled the vegetable platter and chatted with some of my buddies, and headed home. I've got an early workday tomorrow - plus the conservative meetup later this week. [353]
There is a small chance that my face might end up on local TV; I saw a camera crew from the local news station there. I spotted my friend Kim as she came in, and I raised my right hand to wave at her; "I gotta be careful when I do that," I quipped, "'cuz we've got the media here!" Kim got the joke and laughed.
(In case you somehow missed it, Elon Musk gave a speech and said "my heart goes out to all of you!" - putting his right hand over his heart, then extending it into the air - and now the media are falling all over themselves pretending to think he was giving a Nazi salute. I tend to agree with Stephen Green at Instapundit [ https://instapundit.com/697456/ ]: "This was bait so Elon can sue a lot of people for libel and bankrupt them. But hey, you’d have to be super rich and super smart to set a trap like that. . ." The media, who are not super smart, literally did nazi that coming.)
This episode will likely be another entry under the column of anti-Semitism vs. "anti-Semitism" which I've written about previously.
Anti-Semites and "anti-Semites"
https://asher63.livejournal.com/841995.html
Elon Musk and "anti-Semitism"
https://asher63.livejournal.com/870277.html
Anyway, I didn't stay late, but the party was fun. It was a sold-out house and I saw most of my friends from the political community. There was the obligatory playing of "YMCA" with pantomimed letters and fist-pump Trump dances. I sampled the vegetable platter and chatted with some of my buddies, and headed home. I've got an early workday tomorrow - plus the conservative meetup later this week. [353]
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Date: 2025-01-22 05:13 (UTC)