Too bad the Olympic Opening Ceremony mucked it up with so much social commentary. It was a visually stunning presentation, which I fortunately watched with SOUND OFF. Nor did I see the Last Supper sequence and was unaware of the controversy, but your Charlie Hebdo reminder is poignant. (no muzzle bashing allowed)
Social commentary aside, it was mesmerizing to watch:
The red, white, & blue (French flag colors)fireworks on the bridge to begin festivities on the Seine
—the trek of the Olympic flame from empty stadium, from rooftop to rooftop
—the dancers in water alongside the Seine
—the swaying pole top dancers
—the masterpieces confiscated from the Louvre and brought to the Seine as ships of Olympians floated by
—the Notre Dame reconstruction workers doing ballet from scaffoldings
—high wire trapeze over the Seine
—a beheaded Marie Antoinette
—a dazzling light and laser show as darkness fell on the Eiffel Tower
—the galloping silver animatron horse on the water
—and the Olympic flame finally being lit and rising high into night sky by hot air balloon.
Visually unforgettable. LA ‘28 won’t be able to top it no matter Hollywood’s special affects
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Supreme Court was “actively undermining our democracy.”
According to the Massachusetts Democrat, that required reforms.
Warren said, “Yeah, well, I think we’ve got all the Democrats who are ready for meaningful ethics reform to bind the Supreme Court and we’re working on changes to the Supreme Court. It can be term limits, it could be adding the number of justices things we can do without having to have a constitutional amendment. I think what President Biden is doing is think about this moment, here is a man who’s been a transformative president. He’s gotten an enormous amount done and yet he has stepped away and he has passed the torch to Kamala Harris. Why has he done that? He’s done it as an act of patriotism for our nation. And he is saying, we not only have to have a president who is here for the nation and who will heal us and bring us together. We also have to change our Supreme Court .”
She added, “We also have to change our Supreme Court because right now we have a Supreme Court that has basically jumped the guard rails and is out there giving power to the president, saying that the president can commit any act that the president wants, saying that Congress cannot authorize agencies to act. So we’ve got a Supreme Court that is actively undermining our democracy. I think what Joe Biden will do over the next six months is he’s going to keep drawing that to the attention of the American people and reminding them when they vote in November, the Supreme Court is on the ballot, and that is a good reason to vote for Kamala Harris, to vote for Democrats in both the Senate and the House.”
Yeah, well, wrong--You're going to need a Constitutional Amendment for term limits. As long as we're term limiting the Supremes, let that also apply to Senators, Representatives and Indian Chiefs.
Wow! That is quite a depiction and explanation. No need for me to be there or watch it since your prose has brought it to life for me. It sounds most impressive (except the headless Marie?! Yikes!). Anyway they spent millions trying to clean up the river but I hear excessive rains forced more bilge down there to make it real nasty.