Not the city but the song.  My only reference has been the first time I heard the Emerson, Lake and Palmer version back in 1974 and I always loved it.

Little I knew about the history of the song and indeed how rich it is till this morning via Bayou Renaissance Man:

To honor Britain and its people as they regain some of their independence, and in the hope that the island nation may be restored to at least some of its former glory, here’s a quintessentially English anthem.  It’s “Jerusalem”, a poem by William Blake set to music by Sir Hubert Parry.  The text may be found here.  This rendition is from the Last Night of the Proms concert in 2009;  the annual “Last Night” traditionally features the song in its conclusion.

And, of course, the video:

And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon Englands[b] mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold:
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In Englands green & pleasant Land

England does not have an official anthem (another thing I did not know) but God Save The Queen is the one most used as although many people have commented and lobbied to make Jerusalem as the official anthem. If the reaction of the people of the Proms 2009 video is any indication, Jerusalem should indeed represent England.

From the January 1907 issue of “What To Eat”

I shall not entertain any more arguments. This is well over 113 years of history that cannot simply be ignored.

Let this be the silliest In Memoriam to JD Kinman: bean-less Chili aficionado, author and Gentleman among many other virtues.  

Once again The Danish National Symphony Orchestra. I reckon they have Ennio Morricone pat down.

stargaze
[ stahr-geyz ]

verb (used without object), star·gazed, star·gaz·ing.
– to gaze at or observe the stars.

It basically requires being nighttime, tilt your head up or use a telescope if you like more detail. Hell, even the carbon footprint must be zero!

Enter Long Island in New York

No I am not making this up. Here is the full pamphlet issued by the state of New York.

Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is a true American hero.  He was an Air Force fighter pilot and the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, known a the “miracle on the Hudson.”

The movie Sully, based on his autobiography, is one of my favorite movies.  Between Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks, it so good, the scene where all the NYC water taxis come to help rescue the passengers of the crashed plane brings a tear to my eye, no matter how many times I watch it.

So it would be hard-pressed for someone like Sully to engender ill will from me, but he did.

He wrote an OpEd in the New York Times:

Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too. I Dare You to Mock Me.

It was in response to a video of Laura Trump making fun of Biden.

As a small boy in Denison, Texas, I remember vividly the anguish of being called on in grade school, knowing that I was going to have a hard time getting the words out; that my words could not keep up with my mind, and they would often come out jumbled. My neck and face would quickly begin to flush a bright red, the searing heat rising all the way to the top of my head; every eye in the room on me; the intense and painful humiliation, and bullying that would follow, all because of my inability to get the words out.

Those feelings came rushing back, when I heard Lara Trump mocking former Vice President Joe Biden at a Trump campaign event, with the very words that caused my childhood agony. “Joe, can you get it out?” Ms. Trump was seen saying onstage, as a few giggles are heard from an otherwise silent audience. “Let’s get the words out, Joe.”

Go watch the video in the link above.

She wasn’t mocking his stutter.  I don’t think most Americans know that Biden had one.

He does have a problem speaking in debates.  I don’t think it is because of a childhood stutter, but because he is an old man probably with early dementia.

He doesn’t stutter, he jabbers on nonsensically.

This can’t be real life…

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— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) December 1, 2019

He has on multiple occasions done campaign events where he got the state he was in wrong.

And it’s wrong to mock a man with dementia.  If Bide dropped out of the race and said he had it, nobody would mock him for it.  That he keeps plugging ahead like he’s in full command of his faculties is mockable.

My grandfather had dementia, it was tragic, but he knew when it was time for him to retire and not run the business anymore.  He was only a few years older than Biden is now, and wasn’t running to control the US nuclear arsenal.

If Biden wins in 2020, by 2022 the US Secret Service is going to have to make sure President Biden is wearing pants before stepping out of the residence.

I can imagine this happening at a press conference.

President Biden: “I’ve signed a new trade deal with China.  I like how those Chinamen make noodles. *sloppy fart noise* Uh…”

USSS: *wrinkles nose* “We have a code brown.  Magoo discharged a live round.  Clear the press corps.”

I’m not saying that this is evidence the great Captain Sully has full-blown TDS.  Only that it seemed like quite a reach not worthy of a NYT OpEd.

WESTON, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are searching for two males who they said were captured on surveillance video trying to break into multiple vehicles in Weston.
Video released Friday shows the two thieves trying to break into vehicles around 2:40 a.m. Jan. 12 that were parked outside a home in The Islands community, located on Camellia Drive and Island Way.
Detectives believe the same thieves also burglarized several unlocked cars in the same community, as well as another community. (Bold are mine)

Thieves break into multiple vehicles in Weston neighborhood (Video)

Check the video in the link. It reflects what I have seen before: They do not care for cameras or motion sensor lights. It is a crime mostly without preparation or tools and they are counting on your laziness and absent-mindness and leave the car door unlocked.

A sharp rise in citywide crime since 2020 began was sparked by New York’s new bail reform laws, which took away a judge’s discretion to hold repeat and possibly violent offenders behind bars, NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a press conference Friday.

“In the first three weeks of this year, we’re seeing significant spikes in crime. So either we forgot how to police New York City, or there’s a correlation,” Shea told reporters in reference to the new laws

NYPD commissioner Dermot Shea blames bail reform for 2020 crime spike

How bad?

Since 2020 began, as of Friday at midnight, robberies are up 32.5 percent, car theft is up 61 percent and burglaries are up 18 percent compared to the same time period last year.

And the numbers aren’t fractions either — a total of 233 more robberies have happened this year compared to last, 159 more car thefts and 125 more burglaries, just in the last three weeks.

Ladies and gents, we are barely but 25 days into 2020.  Gross calculations put it at 700 robberies (29 daily), 415 car thefts (17.5 daily) and 819 burglaries (34 daily) since the ball dropped in Times Square on Midnight plus one second on January First.

Then again, when you elect a government that sees you as a potential felon, it make sense you should support the laws that make it easy for you to remain free if you were to fully enter a life of crime, accidentally or otherwise.