Noteworthy entries.

You may not talk like that . . .

Several weeks ago I passed this restroom door, which was located in a grocery store. Cannot?  Oh yeah?  That sign made me want to prove the sign wrong by carrying tons of merchandise into the restroom until it was completely full of merchandise. I don't know why the "can" vs. "may" error gripes me so much--perhaps it's because I hear and see this problem so often, and also because it seems that it would be so very easy to understand the problem and stop making the error.

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For one Republican, reason prevails.

I'm sorry to say that this reasonable approach to Muslims shown by Jersey Governor Chris Christie (i.e., the lack of bigotry) is all too rare among Republicans. Lawrence O'Donnell reports:

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Christie's words shouldn't be inspirational, but they are in this climate of Republican bigotry.

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Stephen Colbert…for the Supreme Court???

Bob Edgar, opinion contributor at POLITICO both pans and applauds Stephen Colbert's creation of Colbert Super PAC in this article: Stephen Colbert for Supreme Court justice! Mr. Edgar says:

The Super PAC launched Thursday by the satirist Stephen Colbert and blessed by the Federal Election Commission is a terrible idea. It makes a mockery of our campaign finance laws, inviting politicians of all stripes to launch their own Super PAC-linked TV "news" shows and then use those programs to raise buckets of money from corporations, labor unions and other special interests. It’s the sort of thing Common Cause has always been against. We hate it. And it’s positively brilliant!
But "...inviting politicians ... to launch their own... TV 'news' shows..."??? What if we flip it, and TV "news" shows launch their own politicians? Uh, oh. Too late.

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Tiny children playing big guitars

This video made me do a double-take. How are these children able to play such big guitars so well? The little girl in the middle is the one to watch extra closely. The music is certainly precisely played. For many years I taught guitar lessons, and I could never teach such a young child to confidently play a bar chord (you'll see a few of these in this video). I'm stunned and staggered and delighted to see and hear the music, but a little wary about how hard these children had to be pushed to reach this performance level. I'd love to know more about the teaching methods . . .

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