Historian and presenter Simon Schama on Pete Hegseth’s D-Day speech, quoted in The Guardian:
Hegseth’s remarks were a “special kind of loathsomeness: a blend of historical deafness, grotesque stupidity and comically ludicrous self-importance”.
“As if the little people’s rage against immigration somehow is superior to the war against the 3rd Reich and entitles this comic book nobody to lecture the actual heroes.”
This weeks’ Herb Sunday is pretty special.
Favourite tracks (there are so so many):
Van Morrison - Dweller On The Threshold
Bruce Springsteen - Between Heaven And Earth
Spotify 💩
Living his best life
What an incredible life
18 May 1980 🖤
Currently reading: Our Share Of Night by Mariana Enriquez 📚
Finished reading: Juice by Tim Winton 📚
🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 5/5 - Superb.
Fantastic book, and a terrifying vision of the future.
“And what really stung was this. All these fools and criminals? They’re our ancestors. The future they ate was ours. The leftovers? Well, that’s our world. Such was our inheritance. To be robbed. Of food, water, safety. We were robbed of memory, comrade, and of the courage to think”.
“These were not letters designed to persuade. They were reminders to myself that what I’d had was real and beautiful, and they were a means by which I could escape the rage of victimhood and claim my great luck in having had those years”.
Why tho?
Currently reading: Juice by Tim Winton 📚
