He became an instant Dem star by calling Donald Trump and J.D. Vance et gang “weird” – and they are weird. But, is it me, or is Tim Walz’s explanation of his “weird” comment itself weird? It’s definitely unclear and meanders all about. … No matter, I guess. As long as the word is sticking to the weirdos.
Month: August 2024
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Is it me? Or is Tim Walz’s explanation of his ‘weird’ comment weird?
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Good news: ADUs, aka ‘in-law’ apartments, approved by lawmakers
There’s a lot that lawmakers left out of the just passed $6.5 billion housing bond bill, such as a local-option transfer fee. But it did include a provision allowing so-called accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to be built as a right in single-family zones. … Abundant Housing Massachusetts is rightly praising passage of the ADU provision, noting it could lead to construction of thousands of apartment-like units attached to single-family homes in Massachusetts.
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She says KA-ma-la, he says KUH-ma-la … let’s call the whole thing off … but first …
This has to be one of the strangest mini-issues in presidential-election history, showing just how petty and low our politics have sunk, to wit: the dispute over the correct pronunciation of Kamala Harris’s first name. Is it KA-ma-la, or Ka-MA-la , or KUH-ma-la? For a person who has a medium-low Boston accent (some of those ‘r’s really are difficult to say) and who has trouble correctly pronouncing words like ‘banal’ (no matter how many times I’m corrected), I’m not going to find fault with someone getting a pronunciation wrong. It happens to everyone. The brain can get locked into a mispronunciation, and that’s that for life.
But … but Donald Trump is now openly mocking the VP’s name in speeches, when he’s not calling into question her racial identity. He certainly seems to be ridiculing the non-European nature of her first name, as linguist John McWhorter notes at the NYT. But you know what? Let him. He’s on the defensive. Harris is gaining. And he loses independent support every time he plays the racial card.
Update – True: ‘Trump is suddenly running scared.’
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The state is paying for its overpromises to migrants, Part II
The state’s misguided emergency shelter program has not only cost Massachusetts taxpayers more than a $1 billion, hotel owners are earning millions via the program …
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