1. This is fun if you like making fun of song lyrics.
2. Nancy the Ripper. That's what I saw someone call Nancy Pelosi after she tore apart Trump's speech. I have no idea if that ripping apart was a deliberate move or just one of those moments when the frustration boils over the edge of the political pressure-kettle. What she said suggests the latter:
“It’s appalling the things that he says. And then you say to me: ‘Tearing up his falsehoods, isn’t that the wrong message?’ No, it isn’t,” she said, adding: “I feel very liberated. I feel that I’ve extended every possible courtesy. I’ve shown every level of respect.”It's fascinating that some have attacked her for that move, given what Donald Trump has done to the rules of courtesy and comity: They certainly have never been expected to apply to our Dear Leader! But Pelosi shouldn't lower herself to his level, I hear. That she tried the high road for such a long time makes me awed by her patience. I would have eaten and digested someone many times during the last year, given that facts and such matter not at all.
3. You probably didn't know that yesterday was the International Day Of Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The tolerance is certainly not at zero level, though things are better than they were thirty years ago. This article shows the three most common types of FGM:
The most extreme type, infibulation, is getting rarer which makes me happy:
Women who have undergone infibulation – where the labia are cut and sewn together to drastically narrow the vaginal opening – have to be cut open again to enable sexual intercourse and childbirth.
4. I feel politically very alone. Am I alone in this? Heh.