Eric Scheske

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Pervs to Paintings Best line from my morning surfing: "Those who live in eternal fear are only replacing the Orange Man with the Gray Man [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/joe-biden-could-sexually-harass-someone-in-the-middle-of-fifth-avenue/] ." It's an odd article, though. After that line in the tagline, the article talks about

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> pic.twitter.com/l0VthqVRN6 [https://t.co/l0VthqVRN6] > — The Weekly Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) May 5, 2020 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1257676598540750849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > pic.twitter.com/DO2fTzDpmP [https://t.co/DO2fTzDpmP] > — The Weekly Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) May 5, 2020 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1257676096738398210?

Commie Symps

The Establishment and the Left Another prominent voice says it's probable that Corona came out of a Chinese lab [https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/05/04/mike-pompeo-says-theres-enormous-evidence-that-coronavirus-came-from-wuhan-lab/] . Despite growing evidence, we know that the Establishment, from the NBA to Boeing, will resist the evidence so they can continue

Episode 74

New Episode Released Wicked Pope, Moors, Siege of Vienna [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/5/3/episode-74-wicked-pope-moors-siege-of-vienna] 1492. A threefer: 1. Muslims tossed out of Spain 2. Columbus 3. Alexander VI starts pontificate Okay, first the conquest of Grenada. This had been a Muslim stronghold for years, the southern

BYCU

On Needing a Drink Yesterday afternoon, the "currently-negative" Coronabeer headlines were back. Right-wing Michigan militia types stormed the Capitol [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/hundreds-protest-michigan-lawmakers-consider-extending-governors-emergency-powers-n1196886] (each side has their embarrassments; the left's hold professorships and Hollywood contracts). Swaths of my truck-worn backyard are a mud

A Modest Proposal

Warning System The news headlines are veering more and more to future Coronabeer outbreaks. This tells me: the current crisis is passing. If there's not enough current bad news to keep readers engaged (scared), the media needs to focus on future bad news. The thing they're

Miscellany

Maris and Money The MLB is looking to a 100-game season, using a three-division, 10-team plan in which teams play only within their division [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2020/04/28/mlb-optimistic-about-starting-season-late-june/3039275001/] . Crazy times call for crazy solutions, but this doesn't strike

Iowa

Regionalism Redux It might be a good time to revisit Grant Wood's “Revolt Against the City" [https://medium.com/art-story/grant-wood-and-his-revolt-against-the-city-259968f55fb2] (PDF can be found here [http://interarts.org/CW%20Wood%20Essay%20Revolt.pdf]). The American Gothic artist wrote the essay in 1935, in the throes of

An Evergreen Piece

Humble Men Socrates was an ugly, poor man with no pretensions. In the eyes of the world, he was a misfit and fool, a constant butt of jokes around sophisticated Athens, but he didn't mind. He was very humble, thinking little of himself and caring little for his

Episode 73

New Episode Released 1400s, Florence Banking, Heroes, States Rights [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/4/26/episode-73-1400s-florence-banking-heroes-states-rights] We are at the 1400s. We are going to take this segment all the way to 1491. It is the penultimate segment of this historical survey. The Renaissance is in full swing.