That anthem actually is the musical representation of the current administration.

Best part is after, “...la-and of the freeeeeeeeee!” when she gives someone off-camera a look like, “Nailed it!”

My cats were snuggling me on the couch and ran into the bedroom closet and are now cowering in fear from that.

My wife seriously got angry with me that I made her listen to this in its entirety.

It’s almost as if this woman had the right face and body to front a “band” and nobody considered whether she actually knew how to perform these jobs...

Man, Carol Channing looks really good for 97!

My wife heard me play this and is now almost on the floor laughing.

1. Is she trying to seduce America?

Even Mike Pence had to sit down in the middle of that singing of the anthem.

Yup. It’s nice to help the kids create a rhythm, but beyond that, leave it up to them. If the homework isn’t developmentally appropriate so they can do it on their own, then you have a problem (either your kid needs more help at school or the teacher needs to be bringing things down a level).

Good lord, that’s not how words work. “Niggardly” means penny-pinching. “Nigger” is a contraction of “negro.” Actually, I *do* remember someone on TV clutching their pearls and demanding an apology when a newsreader used the word “niggardly,” only to get angry and defensive when it was pointed out that they were wrong.

No. “Seasoned” was already in use, meaning wood that had sat for a time after being cut to make it more suitable for use. Any use by slavers was copied from that original usage, so no one today should be ashamed to say “seasoned.”

Jury-rigged is the correct term. It has a nautical origin. If your mast went “by the boards”, i.e. broke off at the deck or shortly above it, you could rig a jury mast. You would jury rig it. Why jury? I don’t know.

Its interesting how old phrases can carry the wrong connotation to people in the know.

Sorry mate, the word you used after “navel gazing” is considered as offensive as the c-word by about 98% of people in the UK. Ergo you are using deeply offensive, sexist-based language which demeans your argument, however valid you may think it is. It also makes you a twit, a nitwit, a bear of little brain and wit,…

I thought it was an allusion to Hell but google seems to think it is in reference to downward trends on the stock market.

This ^ . Is it racist if the person on the speaking end and the person on the listening end don’t even know the origin??? Isn’t it BETTER that the negative connotations from these terms were lost? I enjoy the etymological information, but I wonder what sense there is in trying to put the hateful/negative power back…

Exactly.

Yay! Let’s take phrases that most people use in a completely innocuous way, drag their racist origins out of obscurity, dust ‘em off, and teach them to everyone so that people can be offended by them again!

I don’t know man flim-flammed and bamboozled are pretty great words to say. They roll of the tongue quite nicely.