Happy Feet Friday

Here's my all-around favorite 1940s singer, Ella Mae Morse, knockin' out a hep version of "Patty Cake Man".

Bonus music!  Jimmy Blanton, from a live 1941 broadcast of Duke Ellington's band, slappin' that bass.

My question, these days, is whether teachers' unions do anything but undermine education

"Chicago Teachers Union Focused on Protesting 'War in Venezuela' for Some Reason".

Over the weekend, the Chicago Teachers Union announced an ’emergency protest’ for ‘no war on Venezuela.’ If you’re wondering what this has to do with teaching kids how to read and do math, you’re not alone.

Spotted in the local Walmart parking lot

Rarely seen in Brunswick County, NC, here's a car that belongs to a specimen of Homo wokeus (click to enlarge)

Leftists just love virtue signaling. Note, particularly, that this doofus wants you to believe that even his dog (or her dog, as the case may be) hates Trump.

Working-with-your-hands Wednesday

Since I have a very plebeian palate, I've always considered French cooking to be a form of puttin' on airs, just so much ooh-la-la pretentiousness (although I have to admit, I have had a couple of French dishes I really liked). Jacques Pépin, however, has given me a completely new perspective.

He's quite an interesting guy. He was Charles de Gaulle's personal chef back in the 1950s, and he later came to the United States where he worked for Howard Johnson's, of all places (I don't know if he was responsible, but the best hot dog I  ever had in my life was at a HoJo's in Cary, NC). He has also worked as a culinary instructor and has earned all kinds of awards.

Somalians: it's not just about the fraud

They've got a history of joining terrorist movements: "Somali Terror in America".

Send Delta Force in to secure a whole floor

"Hilton Hotels Refusing Rooms to DHS Officers".

Homeland Security used an X post Monday to say that Hilton Hotels are denying rooms to Department of Homeland Security officers in the Minneapolis area.

Since this story first appeared, the franchisee and the main corporation have tripped over themselves trying to undo the pr damage of this dumb move. 

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