musitorial n a mashup of music, musings and editorials, music and song that evokes thought and commentary.
Today’s musitorial is, as is often the case, inspired by the news.
This morning it was revealed that the U.S. Republican drop-deadline of July 9, 2025, for international actors to negotiate (sic) their trade deals wasn’t really the real deadline.
Apparently the real real deadline is August 1, 2025 (for now?).
Geez, is this wheel of fortune lite? Round and round and round they goes. Where they stops, nobody knows.
So, today’s musitorial is “The Boxer,” by Simon and Garfunkel (1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Sony), the refrain of which goes, “Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie.”
Oh! I forgot. The reference to elephants is to the popular saying that elephants never forget. An accepted graphic symbol synonymous with the Republican Party (The Grand Old Party) is an elephant.
Don’t forget.
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Link to news story about the delayed deadline: https://tinyurl.com/yf4kvmmn
Link to Wikipedia article “The Boxer”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boxer
Link to lyrics of “The Boxer”: https://tinyurl.com/ydvzstvz
Link to Wikipedia article on Simon and Garfunkel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel
Link to article on the Republican elephant (cartoonist Thomas Nast) which
first appeared in Harper's Weekly in
1874: https://tinyurl.com/483mamnc
