Jesmyn Ward Wins National Book Award for the Second Time

She's on the top of my list for next reads. In fact, I have her first novel, Salvage the Bones, on the table nearby here.

She won for that book, and then this week for her second novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing.

That's quite a set of accomplishments, no matter your ideology.

National Book Awards Fiction Prize: Jesmyn Ward's 'Sing, Unburied, Sing'https://t.co/U33zExNCbv

— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) November 16, 2017

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93.1 Jack FM, KCBS Los Angeles

The Sound went down yesterday at 1:00pm. The station had a good run. The outpouring (and mourning, literally) was unheard of, man. That said, the last song I heard yesterday was Bad Company's "Moving On," so that's what I'm gonna do, heh.

Not sure what I'll be listening to, but I like Jack FM, which is still on the radio. Here's the set list from this morning:

Pumped Up Kicks
Foster The People
9:43 AM

Jimi Hendrix
Purple Haze
9:40 AM

Incubus
Pardon Me
9:43 AM

Real Life
Send Me An Angel
9:25 AM

Pat Benatar
Love Is A Battlefield
9:21 AM

Vance Joy
Riptide
9:17 AM

Fleetwood Mac
You Make Lovin' Fun
9:14 AM

Billy Idol
White Wedding
9:10 AM

Stone Temple Pilots
Interstate Love Song
9:07 AM

O.M.D
If You Leave
8:54 AM

Aerosmith
Love In An Elevator
8:51 AM

Outkast
Hey Ya!
8:47 AM

X Ambassadors
Renegades
8:39 AM

Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls
8:35 AM

David Bowie
Modern Love
8:23 AM

Michael Jackson
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
8:19 AM

Foo Fighters
My Hero
8:15 AM

Dead Or Alive
You Spin Me Round
8:12 AM

The Black Keys
Lonely Boy
8:08 AM

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Waiting
8:05 AM

Definitely eclectic. A nice change of pace perhaps. Or, moving on.

49ers Wide Receiver Marquise Goodwin Played Sunday After Death of Premature Son (VIDEO)

This is a good family. And this is a heartbreaking story. They have faith. Their faith helped make it through the crisis. And his prayer in the end zone Sunday, seen at the video, is for the ages.

Wow.

At CBS This Morning:

Slut-Shaming Al Franken's Accuser

So, Leeann Tweeden appeared on the cover of Playboy? So, she's a slut and is open game for Democrat sexual assailants, like Al Franken.

The "self-proclaimed nasty woman" is Vivian Copeland, who's apparently just earned her fifteen minutes of fame.

At Twitchy:

TWISTED: Self-proclaimed 'nasty woman' crawls INTO THE GUTTER to victim-shame Leeann Tweeden https://t.co/MELn9CgXmQ

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 17, 2017

Here's Franken's accuser. A far cry from the little girls Moore groped (and why haven't you spoken out about that you horrible hypocrite) or the respectable women who've accused YOU. pic.twitter.com/Id76FjN4LE

— Vivian Copeland (@Belairviv) November 17, 2017

Leeann Tweeden as she appeared on TV to accuse @alfranken and her nude centerfold from Playboy. Quite the transformation. I don't care what party a person belongs to. Perverts need to be held accountable but false accusations aren't cool, either. pic.twitter.com/WfZXcOl1bP

— Vivian Copeland (@Belairviv) November 17, 2017

A Tale of Two Scandals

Bob Menendez vs. Roy Moore.

Talk about a tale of two scandals! Check out our updated graph on the Roy Moore coverage vs. the Sen. Menendez corruption trial. Full Study: https://t.co/vSVz2pqDKU pic.twitter.com/mXWVTEH0Vf

— MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) November 14, 2017

Thank you @thetorontosun for paying attention to #SleazeBobMenendez ! https://t.co/RaELyFwaRJ

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 16, 2017

From @michellemalkin: Silence on Sleaze-Bob Menendez. https://t.co/aKwfuBG5Eu pic.twitter.com/eUy26EwU2y

— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) November 16, 2017

.@SenateMajLdr, you do require that all those accused step down or be expelled including @SenatorMenendez who likes them "young and inexperienced".. https://t.co/EhnqOTYwDL

— Crusader MAGA 🇺🇸 (@MSPOA) November 16, 2017

He's Got a Point

He would be Robert Stacy McCain, in light of all the sexual assault allegations, for example, here: "Al Franken."

Dear Creepy Liberal Guys: Virtue-signaling, by demanding draconian punishment for sexual harassment, won't help you, once you are accused yourself. Wake the fuck up. Feminists hate you, too.

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) November 17, 2017

Al Franken

I'm seriously blown away by the sheer volume of sexual assault allegations floating to the top of the much right now. Some are serious, some not so much, but why have all these been suppressed for so long?

I'd like to see more actual evidence of wrongdoing in most of these cases, for example, more than he said/she said. And of course less politics. Stop defending your side while simultaneously attacking your enemies. Of course, leftists come out far, far worse, since they're the full on social justice warriors with mountains of demons coming out of the left's collective closet: Just now all these hip progressives are retroactively calling for Bill Clinton's resignation? Give me a freakin' break.

In any case, Al Franken's an idiot and a loser, but then, he's a Democrat, so I repeat myself:

KABC anchor: Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It https://t.co/lG4A1ZTUhC pic.twitter.com/EYIzr9ok2s

— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) November 16, 2017

Here's Michelle Goldberg, who is very far left, at the New York Times:

Franken Should Go via @NYTimes https://t.co/usa9edBGXD

— Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn) November 17, 2017

And also, Kate Harding, who's got me blocked on Twitter, defending the Al Frankenstein predator:

'As I write this, only one woman has alleged that Franken assaulted her.' Guys, (if you are a Democrat) you get a pass for assaulting 'only one woman.' More than that though, is too much. https://t.co/hyQMVYL7DG

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) November 17, 2017

More on this later, man.

Why Do Fewer and Fewer Americans Trust the Mainstream Media?

Here's Sharyl Attkisson, for Prager University:



And check out Ms. Sharyl's book, The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote.

William D. Gairdner, The Great Divide

At Amazon, William D. Gairdner, The Great Divide: Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never, Ever Agree Hardcover.

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Coup d'État in Zimbabwe as Mugabe Under House Arrest

This looks like the real thing, at the Telegraph U.K., "Zimbabwe crisis: Army 'secures' Robert Mugabe and takes control of Harare."



And from Ms. Rukmini:

Every coup I covered in Africa in the 7 yrs I was there started with soldiers seizing state TV. https://t.co/YetvXnRDaP

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) November 15, 2017

“We just changed the head of the train,” says official in Zimbabwe, where president is under house arrest post-coup https://t.co/PP8sQobU1l

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) November 15, 2017

Countdown at 'The Sound'

Following-up from last week, "The Sound is Going Down."

At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Excited for Christmas

Via London's Daily Mail, on Twitter:

We all have one friend who's already this excited for Christmas! 😂😂🎄 (Listen with your 🔊 on!) via @DailyMail pic.twitter.com/vXtqoETq9F

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) November 5, 2017

Stylin'

Seen on Twitter, a couple of weeks back:

pic.twitter.com/E2AvMKVTmj

— 😜ϦαϦᏋᏇϴᖇlᎴ😜 (@babeworld247) October 31, 2017

The Trump Wave

Or is that an anti-Trump wave, lol?

At Der Spiegel:

New @DerSpiegel cover: Washington, one year after pic.twitter.com/s2BANHmD5E

— Mathieu von Rohr (@mathieuvonrohr) November 3, 2017

Nice Ear Muffs

Seen on Twitter:

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— Country Girls (@DownHomeGirls) November 8, 2017

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— SelfShotElite (@SelfShotElite) October 28, 2017