There’s been some weird shit going down in New York over the last few days and nights. At the Garden, Trump conjured up a grotesque roll call of the right - comedians, Fox News celebs, members of the hard-nosed hard right - in order to stick it to the liberal establishment, one of whom claimed that a “floating island of garbage” was, in fact, Puerto Rico. A couple of days later, at Yankee Stadium, two Yankees fans grabbed the wrists of a Dodgers player as he reached over the wall to make a catch. (What makes this particularly egregious is that the player concerned was the great Mookie Betts, late of Fenway Park, Boston.)
Yes, I am conflating the two events, and probably without any justification. I really shouldn’t assume that Austin Capobianco is a Trump supporter, but I do. Anyone who can attempt to grab the ball out of the mitt whilst risking causing an injury to the player concerned is not someone who cares about right and wrong.
What I am not doing is condemning all Yankees fans for the behaviour of a single fan. And nor am I generalising about the Republican Party on the basis of Trump.
In the same way that Starmer has purged the Labour Party of any hint of socialist authenticity, so Trump has purged the GOP of the half-way decent Republican values which were espoused by, for example, McCain and Romney.
There still exists a Republicans Against Trump organisation, which stands up for those values, just as Labour In Exile continues to represent a thread of democratic socialism on which Labour was founded.
Starmer triumphed in the UK because the competition was non-existent. It’s not so simple in the US, where Kamala Harris and the Democrats have shown themselves to be a worthy opponents. Brave too, because Trump has shown himself to be an unforgiving shit and is on record that one of the objectives of his campaign is revenge.
Well, the Dodgers did it for us. The Yankees and their fans lost out again in the World Series, with a bizarre fifth inning in which Cole gave up five unearned runs.
I’m hoping that the news on Wednesday morning will produce a political parallel to the baseball and make all the above irrelevant.
In short, I’m hoping that a black woman will defeat a right wing middle-aged white man.
(And that might be a warning to Starmer in the years to come.)
Today from the everysmith vaults: Radio 3 has done its job again. I turned on the radio the other afternoon to hear an unfamiliar string quartet playing. The rolling display informed me that I was listening to a piece by Verdi, the only string quartet he composed and the only non vocal music. It's in E minor and it's bloody good.
Yes, I am conflating the two events, and probably without any justification. I really shouldn’t assume that Austin Capobianco is a Trump supporter, but I do. Anyone who can attempt to grab the ball out of the mitt whilst risking causing an injury to the player concerned is not someone who cares about right and wrong.
What I am not doing is condemning all Yankees fans for the behaviour of a single fan. And nor am I generalising about the Republican Party on the basis of Trump.
In the same way that Starmer has purged the Labour Party of any hint of socialist authenticity, so Trump has purged the GOP of the half-way decent Republican values which were espoused by, for example, McCain and Romney.
There still exists a Republicans Against Trump organisation, which stands up for those values, just as Labour In Exile continues to represent a thread of democratic socialism on which Labour was founded.
Starmer triumphed in the UK because the competition was non-existent. It’s not so simple in the US, where Kamala Harris and the Democrats have shown themselves to be a worthy opponents. Brave too, because Trump has shown himself to be an unforgiving shit and is on record that one of the objectives of his campaign is revenge.
Well, the Dodgers did it for us. The Yankees and their fans lost out again in the World Series, with a bizarre fifth inning in which Cole gave up five unearned runs.
I’m hoping that the news on Wednesday morning will produce a political parallel to the baseball and make all the above irrelevant.
In short, I’m hoping that a black woman will defeat a right wing middle-aged white man.
(And that might be a warning to Starmer in the years to come.)
Today from the everysmith vaults: Radio 3 has done its job again. I turned on the radio the other afternoon to hear an unfamiliar string quartet playing. The rolling display informed me that I was listening to a piece by Verdi, the only string quartet he composed and the only non vocal music. It's in E minor and it's bloody good.
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