SATURDAY, 8/3/13, Issue 166
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Jackson
Jesse Jackson admits misspeaking: meant to say “doofus”: Responding to the demand of Gov. Goldfinger for an apology for comparing him to the late “segregationist” governor of Alabama, George Wallace (Gov. Goldfinger wants Jesse Jackson to apologize), Jesse Jackson backed down and admitted that he misspoke.
“I apologize to the governor of Deleónsylvania,” Jackson supposedly said. “While I did say ‘segregationist,’ I intended to use the word ‘doofus.'”
Sink
A number of observers clearly were relieved that in Jackson’s restatement there existed at least a tincture of accuracy. Alec Sink is understood to have said, “Comparing the governor to George Wallace is probably giving the governor too much credit.”
McCollum
Others were less kind. “Doofus is good. There’s no doubt the governor is inept,” former state attorney Bill McCollum allegedly said. “Just look at his incompetence in appointing education commissioners and selecting lieutenant governors. You have to go back to California’s Grey Davis a decade ago to find this level of spectacle.”
Crist
Others contended that Jackson’s retraction did not go far enough. Prospective gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist is believed to have demanded that Jesse be more exact. “‘Doofus’ is not the word I would have used. A better term would be ‘cursed.'”.
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August’s List: Recently published music videos, edited by Farinelli. Watch & listen
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Smart Ass Cripple: Expressing pain through sarcasm since 2010, by Mike Ervin. Read
The Field Negro, by Wain Bennett. Read
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Brain Pickings: by Maria Popova. Read
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Nursing Clio: Because the Personal is Historical. Read
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Panned Review: Film reviews by Jacob Lusk. Read
Calvin’s Story: Epilepsy & beyond: a mother’s journal, by Christy Shake. Read
Maggie World, Normalizing the abnormal, by Sally Coghlan McDonald. Read
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On the Blink: Considering how my light is spent, by Emily Michael. Read
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Everyday Dolce: Finding the dolce in everyday stories of life, love, and food, by Jamie Cornman. Read
Make Jax Weird_______
Fiction Fix 16. A Jacksonville publication. Jayshiro Tashiro, “Birds in the City” / Cathleen Calbert, “Man Loves Woman Loves Dog” / Amando Paulger, “In the Hands of God” / Van G. Garrett, “Piss and Vinegar” / Di Jayawickrema, “Kirkenes, Norway” / Josh Lamstein, “Cooties” / Meeah Williams, “The Taste of Strawberries Today” / Glenn Erick Miller, “Essence” / Edward Hagelstein, “The Peespot Players.” Read
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Eat Poems #9. Audio chapbooks–Poets in, around, and from Jax. Virus Conversations, by Michele Leavitt. Pub: Mark Ari. Leavett’s collection Back East won the Michael Macklin First Book Prize in 2013, & her memoir excerpt “No Trespassing” won The Ohio State University’s 2010 William Allen Award for creative nonfiction. Listen
Mudlark: an electronic journal of poetry and poetics. Published by Dr. William Slaughter, Professor Emeritus of UNF’s English department. Read
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The Jaxleft Channel, from George Farrar. Jax Left homepage View
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Progress Florida: Read
