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=== Junior Johnson === | |||
Boing Boing: "NASCAR is an activity in which humans sit in wheeled, self-propelled boxes and hold contests to see who can roll the fastest." | |||
Racing is not my thing to defend, but I am a huge fan of Tom Wolfe’s work, and I have to say that his “The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes! 3” (1965) is “must” reading (I re-read at least once a year, in the The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby collection, which is excellent in its entirety and among my most beloved books). | |||
* ]https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/nascar-banned-the-confederate-flag-prompting-calls-for-a-boycott/173432/17 Comment] @ Boing Boing | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 19:59, 15 June 2020
Online diary of Karl Jones for Wednesday June 10, 2020.
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The ambiguity of oracles
The Oracle always replies Yes — and No!
- Comment @ Boing Boing
The Punisher is a criminal
Police in the US Have Embraced the Punisher Skull as an Unofficial Logo. Now the Character’s Creator Is Asking Artists of Color to Reclaim It
Gerry Conway doesn't want the Punisher skull to become a symbol of law enforcement.
Junior Johnson
Boing Boing: "NASCAR is an activity in which humans sit in wheeled, self-propelled boxes and hold contests to see who can roll the fastest."
Racing is not my thing to defend, but I am a huge fan of Tom Wolfe’s work, and I have to say that his “The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes! 3” (1965) is “must” reading (I re-read at least once a year, in the The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby collection, which is excellent in its entirety and among my most beloved books).
- ]https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/nascar-banned-the-confederate-flag-prompting-calls-for-a-boycott/173432/17 Comment] @ Boing Boing