Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 13, 2021

I keep hoping for a version of Siri that has a snarky Australian accent.

Facts are part of “cancel culture” and they are equally awful if you ask some folks.

I was just thinking the other day about the possibility of making the biggest city in a state automatically being designated the capital. There would be other considerations, though. Besides, if population fluctuates…

The pathetic in this one is strong.

What a repulsive phenomenon – the facts that facts can cancel your feelings.

Facts matter.

Since Siri is still part of that plot to wipe out stupid humans, should we be trusting her answers?

I’m pretty certain Danae grows up to be Nemi.

That’s usually how it works Danae. Just ask some close-minded adults.

No fact checking? What a good tRumpublican.

Facts? What do they have to do with anything?

If fact-checking was the only cancel culture we had to worry about, things would be great (well, at least much better)

My mind is made up. Don’t confuse me with your “facts”.

Too bad Danae already sent in her essay on San Francisco, the capital of California.

Cancel Culture = Fact Checking?

a lot of states do not have the biggest city as it’s capital- Los angles, Dallas, New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Seattle, Las Vegas, Trenton, New Haven, Detroit,

It may not be long before Danae is using orange bronzer and strategically placing hair strands to hide thinning.

As far as State Capitols goes,

… size (population) doesn’t (necessarily) matter.

Portland’s in Oregon, Augusta’s in Georgia. America needs more city names.

Danae is just following the lead of the great minds in D.C.

Upon first hearing the term “cancel culture” I would have wagered it was coined by political progressives who historically exhibit a genius for substantial and catchy phraseology.

(E.g., “New Frontier” vs. the blah “Silent Majority,” “Peace, Land and Bread” vs. the clunky “Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationalism.”)

Maine. Is that where Lerner and Loewe wrote that song?

The question was poorly worded. The teacher should have been more specific. Danae deserves at least a B for a great report, even if it was on the wrong city. …no child left behind. Maybe ignorant, but not left behind. …yeah, sarcasm.

I’m glad she got the correct city for her report after all. Getting an “F” would have really upset her, especially since she wouldn’t have known why.

Texas has the same thing. Houston and Dallas are both larger but Austin is the Capitol.

Shocker: New York City is not the Capital of New York State.

See also New York State and New York City … and Albany.

My Bro-in-law was a composition/english teacher at a small college in N.M. After first assignment he had to inform the class (again) that Wiki is not factual. If used, paper was returned and points taken.

During and after the war of 1812, several states moved their capitals from coastal cities to inland towns that were safer from British (or other) naval attacks. Massachusetts came close to moving their capital from Boston to Amherst. I suspect the case was the same for Maine moving their capital from Portland to Augusta.

Just as a point of USA clarification: “Capital” (when it isn’t referring to wealth or an uppercase letter) refers to the city that serves as the seat of a country’s or state’s government. “Capitol” is the building in which the legislative body of government meets. When “capitol” is capitalized (sic), it refers to the United States Capitol, a building in Washington, DC, that hosts Congress, the legislative branch of the US federal government. Of course, the capitol building is always in the capital city — maybe that is why they are spelled differently.

Cancel Culture: Term invented by those who resent having their stupidity questioned.

In my state of SC, Charleston, the largest city, was the state capital. Then, the legislature decided to move the state capital to Columbia in order to push slavery into the central and western sections of the state. Now, Columbia, the state capital, is the second largest city next to Charleston.

In the movies it’s usually called Capital City.

Performers, and this now includes political speechifiers, have always been subject to cancellation, if their message was hateful, violent, harmfully stupid or, yes, just plain not popular enough. It has nothing to do with the First Amendment. You can say what you like but no one guarantees you a venue. It’s just business.

Portland is also not the capital of Oregon.

Maybe it is just me but my Siri has an attitude! Big Time!!!!

Um; anybody know how many SciFi movies are out there on the market regarding the Siri’s and others on the market ? Reason I inquire is that I’ve been able to watch old reruns of The Outer Limits and last week there were two episodes that were great ! PS-the humans never had a chance !

Danae always has an excuse and someone else to blame…

And when she gets a low grade for being wrong, she’ll blame the teacher…

Austin is the state capital, but Houston is far larger.

Fact lives matter.

The biggest ain’t always the most important.

I like the “Apple Skull” on the back of her computer.

When I lived in Waterville, which is just north of Augusta, we’d go there for some great seafood – fried clams and onion rings and fresh, warm homemade donuts.

Before I moved south, I adopted a cat from the Augusta Animal shelter. We went in just to look, but just one glance at “Ben” sitting in his cage, an older male cat who’s owner had ended up in a nursing home, and he was mine. Or I was his. Had him for over 10 years, he was a one person cat, didn’t like other cats but got along great with my 98lb hound mix. Miss them both.

She’s just lucky that she “Finished” early for once so she has Time to “Fact Check” herself.

It’s a general rule that capitals are never major seaports. In the Old World, the capital may be near a seaport, but the port is distinct (Ostia, Piraeus, Leith….), and in the New World, there is almost always a considerable distance, except for Boston. Portland, as the name suggests, is a seaport. Augusta is in what is traditionally called “Central Maine”, although it is far southwest of the actual center.

I miss my gifted kids who are so sure that they KNOW THEIR ANSWER is CORRECT. Some argued it is so because their parent said so… I taught gifted kids at a Title I school for over 20 years. Seriously, I do miss my kids and teaching! I’m just relieved I’m not dealing with zoom-classes.

Portland isn’t the capital of Oregon either!! Salem is, but not THAT Salem with the witch trials.

If that teacher wants facts, s/he can google for them. How about some points for creativity, or ingenuity in the yankee tradition of use-what’s-handy? Doesn’t that count as exercise for a young inquiring mind?

How does that joke go? “Do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky Louie-ville or Lou-uh-ville? You pronounce it Frankfort.”

Why is the phone have to be apple not Android