SUMMER FRIDAYS DEP'T.: Greatest Hits
Indignity Vol. 4, No. 138
Previously in Indignity
LOST & FOUND DEP'T.
Tom Scocca
Snake Is Once Again at Liberty
THE WORST THING WE READ™
Tom Scocca
The Press Takes a Swing at a Bogus Controversy [paywalled]
COLUMN DEP’T.
JOE MACLEOD
MR WRONG: Postcards From the Edge of Nothingness
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SIDE PIECES DEP'T.
Tom Scocca
FOR DEFECTOR, I wrote about the bizarre and antique ideology that made pundits argue that Kamala Harris didn't do enough to attract moderate voters when she picked Tim Walz as vice president, and that she needs to pick a fight with her own supporters:
The nadir of Democratic politics, in this model, was George McGovern's loss to Nixon in 1972, driven by the silent majority's disgust with Black Power and longhaired antiwar activists; the peak was Bill Clinton's decision to humiliate Jesse Jackson at the 1992 Rainbow Coalition conference by denouncing the activist and niche rapper Sister Souljah. It is a philosophy of loserdom elevated to principle, a commitment to anticipating how reactionaries might attack and preemptively making those attacks oneself.
In the rattling would-be recriminations over the Walz pick, it was possible to imagine the sound of that mummified consensus finally, belatedly crumbling. The message of the Harris–Walz campaign—which Walz began delivering with natural, folksy energy on TV as soon as Harris took over for Joe Biden—is that the Democrats don't need to defend their candidates and policies to mainstream America, the Republicans do. The Trump movement is built on monstrous people with toxic beliefs and destructive policy goals, and normal human beings are disgusted when they hear about it.
NOT-SO-EASY LISTENING DEP'T.
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Tom Scocca
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TOM SCOCCA
VISUAL CONSCIOUSNESS DEP'T.
Yard Sale
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SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of sandwiches selected from Book of Recipes, by Daughters of the American Revolution, Genesee Chapter, published in 1922, and now in the Public Domain and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
HAM SANDWICH
Cold boiled ham (1/4 as much fat as lean). Season with salt and paprika. Mix with salad dressing and enough cream to spread.
DATE AND NUT SANDWICH
Spread cream cheese on buttered bread; next a layer of chopped dates; sprinkle with chopped peanuts.
RAISIN SANDWICH
Grind 1 1/2 c. raisins and 3/4 c. English walnuts. Put between buttered bread.
BROWN BREAD
Spread thin slices of brown bread with butter, then with cottage cheese, mix with chopped nuts.
If you decide to prepare and attempt to enjoy a sandwich inspired by this offering, be sure to send a picture to indignity@indignity.net.
MARKETING DEP'T.
Supplies are really and truly running low of the second printing of 19 FOLK TALES, still available for gift-giving and personal perusal! Sit in the crushing heat with a breezy collection of stories, each of which is concise enough to read before the thunderstorms start.
LESS THAN 5 COPIES LEFT: HMM WEEKLY MINI-ZINE, Subject: GAME SHOW, Joe MacLeod’s account of his Total Experience of a Journey Into Television, expanded from the original published account found here at Hmm Daily. The special MINI ZINE features other viewpoints related to an appearance on, at, and inside the teevee game show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, and is available for purchase at SHOPULA.
