According to the end of that article, apparently you can spend as much as $367 on a new 'vintage-style' bowling shirt. I can just imagine what my bowling parents would have thought about that!
eBay has been a great resource for me personally - I’ve found vintage 100% silk Nat Nast shirts in great condition and nice color combinations for $30-35. Occasionally I even get compliments for them, which is more than I can say for most of my attire.
My grandmother had a quilt that was made from all her bowling shirts, which I got after she died. It so reminds me of her....She was an awesome bowler. Even used a 16lb ball when women just didn't do that...lol..she traveled to tournaments all over the state ( OH).
I remember when Sen. Tom Eagleton was hounded off the Democratic ticket as vice president in 1972 due to the revelation of his history of depression. He was named by George McGovern, and resigned from the ticket in less than two weeks. Eagleton had undergone electroshock therapy years earlier. Both the treatment he had endured and the stigma of his disease were barbaric by contemporary standards.
A half-century has passed. We like to think we are more enlightened and tolerant of mental health & illness. Perhaps not.
Thus it is an open question whether Rep. Tom Kean's political career has been effectively ended. He has clearly forgotten the main lesson of the Watergate era: "It's not the diagnosis but the coverup."
Here’s a more concise and polished version of your statement:
As someone with a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling and eight years of professional experience, I am deeply empathetic to mental health challenges. I agree that seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness.
That said, as a public servant, communication is essential. Being absent for months without meaningful communication is difficult to view as anything other than a failure to fulfill the responsibilities of the office.
If he was hospitalized, then he was clearly facing serious challenges, and seeking treatment was the right decision. However, if he was able to make stock trades during that time, it raises the question of why his office could not have communicated with the public on his behalf.
This version preserves your empathy while making the distinction between compassion for mental health and expectations of public accountability more clearly.
How has Kean voted on paid leave (like FMLA but with some income replacement), healhcare, Medicaid expansion, and other laws that would enable more Americans with depression to consider a month of inpatient treatment? Or does he only want this for himself?
Golblarmit, when is this conflation of DSA with socialism and communism going to stop?? They are miles apart, and I’m getting tired of the intellectual laziness of conservatives and moderates by continuing to be willfully ignorant about it. Communism especially is very different from democratic socialism, as communism is an authoritarian system (that I despise, incidentally). I’m not at all surprised that it was a MAGA Republican who is in the employ of communists. Makes total sense. Please, I urge everyone who writes or speaks about these terms to educate themselves about what they actually mean.
Good point, Denmark has democratic socialism while Russia has tried to cure a communist hangover with Putin's big doses of authoritarianism "the morning after". Denmark became a good place to live, poverty fixed, allowing choices that Russia does not allow. The US thus had it last run of Danish immigrants many decades ago. With life better there, they quit trying to immigrate to the US.
I'm not a constituent of Kean, but my disapproval of his behavior has nothing to do with his purported depression and everything to do with his lack of handling his responsibilities. He failed to meet his obligations to his constituents, and to the country. If he wasn't up to anything else he could have had a family member phone a Congressional leader, or have had them call staff to issue a simple press release.
I think Kean's time in Congress is running out. He won by just over 5 points in 2024. R+5 is not a safe seat for any Republican in 2026, much less one who disappeared for 3 months.
let's hope! he is my nepo baby congressman. There is a very competent D running in the district. We got more reddish purple the last time they re-drew the maps. Hopefully enough people are turned off by his absence to vote for Rebecca Bennett. BUT my favorite story on this came via this morning's Daily Beast - MAGA Rep. Lauren Boebert Flames Fellow Republican for Going MIA. LAUREN BOBERT!!!
To steal a Monty Python line: “Brezhnev and Kosygin are in the kitchen right now, eating my wife’s jam. They’re peaking down her blouse. Why doesn’t Mr Maudling do something?”
In the 1950s, Joe McCarthy was pummeled for alleging the personnel employed by the U.S. government and military held and acted on pro-communist ideas.
Today, both of our political parties seem determined to offer candidates who proclaim their allegiance to Soviet-era communism and applaud communists such as Lenin, Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, and Castro (among others) as their personal heroes.
No worries. We're dealing with so much bullshit coming out from Trumpers that it's hard to keep everything straight. I've made a couple "bloopers" myself. Hope your surgery was successful.
Did anyone, anywhere ever expect these four words strung together: "cool sportswear: bowling shirts"?
To complete today's themes, I would like to see an AI of Marco Rubio wearing one.
According to the end of that article, apparently you can spend as much as $367 on a new 'vintage-style' bowling shirt. I can just imagine what my bowling parents would have thought about that!
Or you can buy vintage vintage for presumably a lot less, but don't be surprised if it has a permanent aroma of Old Style and Winstons!
eBay has been a great resource for me personally - I’ve found vintage 100% silk Nat Nast shirts in great condition and nice color combinations for $30-35. Occasionally I even get compliments for them, which is more than I can say for most of my attire.
Enjoy your time off Joe. I will miss you.
I would never be mean to Andrew...lol
My grandmother had a quilt that was made from all her bowling shirts, which I got after she died. It so reminds me of her....She was an awesome bowler. Even used a 16lb ball when women just didn't do that...lol..she traveled to tournaments all over the state ( OH).
I remember when Sen. Tom Eagleton was hounded off the Democratic ticket as vice president in 1972 due to the revelation of his history of depression. He was named by George McGovern, and resigned from the ticket in less than two weeks. Eagleton had undergone electroshock therapy years earlier. Both the treatment he had endured and the stigma of his disease were barbaric by contemporary standards.
A half-century has passed. We like to think we are more enlightened and tolerant of mental health & illness. Perhaps not.
Thus it is an open question whether Rep. Tom Kean's political career has been effectively ended. He has clearly forgotten the main lesson of the Watergate era: "It's not the diagnosis but the coverup."
Here’s a more concise and polished version of your statement:
As someone with a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling and eight years of professional experience, I am deeply empathetic to mental health challenges. I agree that seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness.
That said, as a public servant, communication is essential. Being absent for months without meaningful communication is difficult to view as anything other than a failure to fulfill the responsibilities of the office.
If he was hospitalized, then he was clearly facing serious challenges, and seeking treatment was the right decision. However, if he was able to make stock trades during that time, it raises the question of why his office could not have communicated with the public on his behalf.
This version preserves your empathy while making the distinction between compassion for mental health and expectations of public accountability more clearly.
The Democratic ticket dumping Eagleton put me off the Democrats a bit. It looked wrong both morally and politically.
How has Kean voted on paid leave (like FMLA but with some income replacement), healhcare, Medicaid expansion, and other laws that would enable more Americans with depression to consider a month of inpatient treatment? Or does he only want this for himself?
Golblarmit, when is this conflation of DSA with socialism and communism going to stop?? They are miles apart, and I’m getting tired of the intellectual laziness of conservatives and moderates by continuing to be willfully ignorant about it. Communism especially is very different from democratic socialism, as communism is an authoritarian system (that I despise, incidentally). I’m not at all surprised that it was a MAGA Republican who is in the employ of communists. Makes total sense. Please, I urge everyone who writes or speaks about these terms to educate themselves about what they actually mean.
Good point, Denmark has democratic socialism while Russia has tried to cure a communist hangover with Putin's big doses of authoritarianism "the morning after". Denmark became a good place to live, poverty fixed, allowing choices that Russia does not allow. The US thus had it last run of Danish immigrants many decades ago. With life better there, they quit trying to immigrate to the US.
Victor Mellor is grifting and running the con. He fits in well with MAGAs.
Just Dumb Vance and the Orange shit pile accuse the democrats of being communists...as always, the magats project and confess
He seems like False Flag material.
I'm not a constituent of Kean, but my disapproval of his behavior has nothing to do with his purported depression and everything to do with his lack of handling his responsibilities. He failed to meet his obligations to his constituents, and to the country. If he wasn't up to anything else he could have had a family member phone a Congressional leader, or have had them call staff to issue a simple press release.
I love reading your pieces and look forward to your return. I hope you enjoy your leave and time with your family.
Congrats! Enjoy the new girl and your family. Thanks for the smile (& reminder of babytime). Be well.
I think Kean's time in Congress is running out. He won by just over 5 points in 2024. R+5 is not a safe seat for any Republican in 2026, much less one who disappeared for 3 months.
let's hope! he is my nepo baby congressman. There is a very competent D running in the district. We got more reddish purple the last time they re-drew the maps. Hopefully enough people are turned off by his absence to vote for Rebecca Bennett. BUT my favorite story on this came via this morning's Daily Beast - MAGA Rep. Lauren Boebert Flames Fellow Republican for Going MIA. LAUREN BOBERT!!!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-rep-lauren-boebert-flames-fellow-republican-tom-kean-for-going-mia/
"You might have noticed bowling shirts being worn by more and more men these days." Cannot say that I have, but now I'm afraid that I will!
QAnon and communism are the perfect gateways to magaism.
Geting your lackeys to take the fall for your corrupt deals is how authoritarianism works. Don't hate the player hate the game.
Happy 4th Comrades! I see a bright red future ahead! 🇺🇸❤️❤️🛠️
https://youtube.com/shorts/cSGpKp4gTHg?is=3hu0wqw8qPu_GQez
To steal a Monty Python line: “Brezhnev and Kosygin are in the kitchen right now, eating my wife’s jam. They’re peaking down her blouse. Why doesn’t Mr Maudling do something?”
We live in "The Manchurian Candidate."
Have a great holiday & enjoy your baby girl Joe - babies change so quickly in these first months ❤️
In the 1950s, Joe McCarthy was pummeled for alleging the personnel employed by the U.S. government and military held and acted on pro-communist ideas.
Today, both of our political parties seem determined to offer candidates who proclaim their allegiance to Soviet-era communism and applaud communists such as Lenin, Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, and Castro (among others) as their personal heroes.
blech
Think that was Senator Joe McCarthy. Eugene came later.
You are, of course, absolutely correct and I was horribly incorrect. Thanks for your note, Steve; I've corrected myself.
I guess I was still woozy from the outpatient surgery I had yesterday. I shouldn't have attempted to comment.
No worries. We're dealing with so much bullshit coming out from Trumpers that it's hard to keep everything straight. I've made a couple "bloopers" myself. Hope your surgery was successful.
Thanks, Steve.