News flash: We're having a bit of snow. We cats are snug at home with a good dinner under our belts, waiting for the HOA dudes to plow us out. We hear a few snowplows already. Life is good.
Another news flash: The National Archives has been caught altering an image from the 2017 Women's March in a larger exhibit on women's suffrage. Seems that protesters' signs blasting Trump were blurred so as not to rile anybody.
We're wondering whom the Archives are not trying to offend. The Trumpsters? People who might not like the word "pussy"? Posterity? Consider us cats alarmed.
Once this starts, what's next? Will the Smithsonian remove Archie Bunker's chair (because, of course, All in the Family made fun of his bigotry)? Will Trump make the Museum of African-American History & Culture close down? Will they whitewash (no pun intended) exhibits on the American Bund rally at Madison Square Garden in February 1939?
We are in trouble, folks. Once authentic images from history are manipulated by official entities, we have entered fascist/autocratic territory. There is only one solution to this. REGISTER VOTERS, ESPECIALLY IN BATTLEGROUND STATES, KEEP THEM REGISTERED, AND VOTE THESE TRUMP FASCISTS' ASSES OUT OF OFFICE IN NOVEMBER. Please excuse the shouting. We cats HISS.
UPDATE: From the US National Archives: "We have removed the current display and will replace it as soon as possible with one that uses the unaltered image. We apologize, and will immediately start a thorough review of our exhibit policies and procedures so that this does not happen again." HEADS MUST ROLL. We cats HISS.
Another news flash: The National Archives has been caught altering an image from the 2017 Women's March in a larger exhibit on women's suffrage. Seems that protesters' signs blasting Trump were blurred so as not to rile anybody.
We're wondering whom the Archives are not trying to offend. The Trumpsters? People who might not like the word "pussy"? Posterity? Consider us cats alarmed.
Once this starts, what's next? Will the Smithsonian remove Archie Bunker's chair (because, of course, All in the Family made fun of his bigotry)? Will Trump make the Museum of African-American History & Culture close down? Will they whitewash (no pun intended) exhibits on the American Bund rally at Madison Square Garden in February 1939?
We are in trouble, folks. Once authentic images from history are manipulated by official entities, we have entered fascist/autocratic territory. There is only one solution to this. REGISTER VOTERS, ESPECIALLY IN BATTLEGROUND STATES, KEEP THEM REGISTERED, AND VOTE THESE TRUMP FASCISTS' ASSES OUT OF OFFICE IN NOVEMBER. Please excuse the shouting. We cats HISS.
UPDATE: From the US National Archives: "We have removed the current display and will replace it as soon as possible with one that uses the unaltered image. We apologize, and will immediately start a thorough review of our exhibit policies and procedures so that this does not happen again." HEADS MUST ROLL. We cats HISS.
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