Roundup
(1) Kudos to Professor William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection for being the named plaintiff in a class action suit against the state of New York for its racially-based discriminatory COVID treatment guidelines. Read all about it here.
(2) RIP to blogger “Oregon Muse,” who had a regular gig at Ace’s writing the Morning Rant and the weekly chess column and book thread. I don’t know any personal details about Oregon Muse (such as, for example, his age), but I regularly read his Morning Rant and the news of his death is shocking and sad. Here’s the article at Ace’s. Oregon Muse apparently died of COVID. Condolences to his family and to the Ace of Spades community.
(3) RIP to actress Yvette Mimieux. She was 80 years old, and in her heyday a truly lovely actress with a delicate beauty. By sheer chance and some convoluted circumstances involving the weather, about 45 years ago (!) I spent a day with Mimieux and her then-husband Stanley Donen in a Malibu beach house owned by a friend of my brother-in-law. I doubt that either Donen or Mimieux could have been too happy about spending a rainy day in a beach house with four strangers (me, my then-husband, my brother-in-law, and his wife). Donen was rather taciturn, but Mimieux was as friendly and gracious as could be, making the best of the situation. That seems memorable to me.
(4) Face mask mandates and other COVID restrictions end in Britain. The timing is interesting.
(5) Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch issue a joint statement saying NPR’s Nina Totenberg is a liar, or at the very least mistaken. I had suspected as much when I first read the report that Gorsuch was a meanie to Sotomayor (you can read the details at the link), and I wondered whether NPR or Totenberg – who’s made a career out of reporting supposedly inside info on the Supreme Court – had checked with the justices themselves or whether they were relying on some third or fourth party. Seems like probably the latter.
And where would we be without a little Democratic Party intimidation and threats?
“Bernie Sis Nina Turner Calls Manchin & Sinema ‘Extremists,’ Suggests Takin’ It to the Streets”—
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2022/01/19/bernie-sis-nina-turner-calls-manchin-sinema-extremists-suggests-takin-it-to-the-streets-n1550834
H/T Instapundit.
(Maybe she should just collapse on screen and shout “Cain’t Breathe!!”)
But move along now. Nothing to see here…
I am very sorry to hear the news of Oregon Muse’s death. His Book Thread at Ace of Spades was something I looked forward to every Sunday. May he rejoice forever in the light of the Lord.
I certainly fell for the Sotomayor and Gorsuch fabrication. But I have such a low opinion of Sotomayor I would tend to believe almost any absurdity about her.
I imagine Ms. Totenberg was as surprised to be called out on her story by the Justice herself as Christine Blasey Ford was by her “witnesses”.
I’m sure at AoSHq there will be a remembrance thread soon if not Sunday morning.
Today you can see the thread late morning and can post but don’t do it after today.
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=397453
I wish France would follow Britain. I am planning trip to France first 2 wks of Ap for some good History. Then in Sept my Wife and I going on two River Barge trips. The requirement for a QR code is a pain.
Wonder if you still need COVID test to get into UK from the US.
Yvette was such a lovely eloi.
(4) Face mask mandates and other COVID restrictions end in Britain. The timing is interesting.
France seems determined to go the other way, and to follow Australia in making an example of Novak Djokovic.
https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/tennis-news/novak-djokovics-french-open-plans-in-jeopardy-as-france-passes-new-vaccine-mandate-law-articleshow.html
Stanley Donen got around. He was married 5x and was afterward appended to Elaine May for 20 years (she refused to marry him). Lived to be 94 years old.
Has Ms. Totenberg issued a public apology? sarc/off
tcrosse,
Yes, I remember Weena the Eloi well. And Yvette’s character in Where the Boys Are. Also, hanging out with Stanley Donen must have been cool, even if he wasn’t terribly personable.
If Oregon Muse lived in Oregon, I wonder how limited his treatment options were for Covid? Was monoclonal antibodies available? Was Ivermectin available?
Heard of two more people I know that have contracted Covid a second time.
There is a lady in her 50s that I have worked for that caught it a second time , this past December. This was after she had Covid early on, circa 2020, and then was double vaccinated, and then got it again. Her comment indicated that it was not pleasant the second time around. This lady works out at the gym regularly and is very trim.
Seems neither vaccination , nor “ natural immunity” is 100% with this virus.
Re Yvette and the beach house. I’ve wondered from time to time, what would actually transpire if one were in such a situation with [admired famous person].
Which leads almost seamlessly into the ‘table for four’, or whatever the formal name is: Who would be your choices for the other three seats? Spousal units are not in play, unless you’re cohabiting with [admired famous person].
If there’s enough interesting answers, I’ll toss mine in too.
Leftists didn’t believe the Gorsuch-Sotomayor statement, so Chief Justice Roberts issued one saying he had not asked any justices to wear masks — and they don’t believe him.
I am no fan of Sotomayor, but she has been a Type I diabetic since childhood, and is also visibly overweight. She’s at risk; if she feels safer joining hearings on Zoom, it’s her choice, since it can be done that way.
Sad to hear of Oregon Muse’s passing.
sonny wayz,
Mark Steyn, Andrew Klavan and Dick van Dyke.
neo, what a wonderful story about your day with Yvette Mimieux!
From the wikipedia entry on Stanley Donen: “Stanley Donen was born on April 13, 1924, in Columbia, South Carolina, to Mordecai Moses Donen, a dress-shop manager…”
Now that’s a name! I don’t think the lovely, Mrs. Firefly is interested in having more children, but I’d be up for having another son if we could name him Mordecai Moses Firefly!
Yes. RIP Yvette Mimieux.
In addition to the movies, she made a memorable recording of Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil – accompanied by Ali Akbar Khan. It’s still available on compact disc.
SHIREHOME: check this out. A lot of history here.
http://www.historywalksparis.com/
Bon voyage!
It’ll be interesting to see how Nina DeadlyMountain gets out of this. The usual strategy would be for NPR to pretend it just didn’t happen, but this fib was so delicious it really got out of control and sucked in a lot of people!
@ Mr. Firefly
“Dick van Dyke”
I did *not* see that one coming! Mine:
Richard Feynman
Mike Hailwood
Elizabeth Windsor
I’m still considering the menu.
sonny wayz: might I suggest fish and chips ? 🙂
Mike Hailwood… Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a Very Long Time. A legend!
“…might I suggest fish and chips ?”
None of the premier Champagne houses will suggest a suitable pairing.