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The Problem Is the Banana on the Wallby John Horvat IINovember 28, 2024The Problem Is the Banana on the WallEveryone has an explanation for the turn of events in November.It's the economy, the culture, a failure to connect with working-class Americans. All these are valid reasons.However, I have my own explanation that sheds some light on what has gone wrong in America. It explains something of the craziness of our times. I think the problem is the banana on the wall.I know it sounds exoteric, but let me explain. I think the banana metaphor will help clarify why some Americans reacted during the election.An Auction in New YorkMy reasoning centers on a recent event in New York City in which the renowned Sotheby's auction house sold a 2019 art piece dubbed “Comedian” by Maurizio Cattelan. The work consisted of a fresh banana duct-taped to the wall.The bidding started at $800,000, and within five minutes, the item sold for $5.2 million plus auction house fees, which came to a total of $6.2 million. The new owner is Chinese-born crypto-businessman Justin Sun.The actual banana cost thirty-five cents when bought in the morning at an Upper East Side fruit stand. The new owner will get a certificate of authenticity and installation instructions should he want to replace the banana before it rots. Mr. Sun has already announced that he will eat the original banana “as part of this unique artistic experience, honoring its place in both art history and popular culture.”Commenting after the sale, Billy Cox, a Miami art dealer with his own copy of “Comedian,” says the work is something of historical importance that comes only “once or twice a century.”The Elephant in the Room Is the Banana on the WallSomething is profoundly wrong here.That's why I think the problem with our country is the banana on the wall. It's the elephant in the room that no one wants to see.We are living in a society where certain liberal sectors inhabit an alternative reality where thirty-five-cent bananas are handled as multimillion-dollar works of art. The problem is that they want to force everyone else in society to believe their madness.The only way to get out of this mess is for innocent souls with enough common sense to break the spell of this absurd consensus by crying out, “It's not art! It's just a banana! Can't you see?”Insisting on AbsurditiesTo return to our original problem, what happened in November was a clash of two groups. The first are those who do not want to see the absurdity of the banana on the wall and dogmatize that it is art. They create their own reality and impose it on the nation.The second group consists of those tired of being told a banana taped to the wall is art. They long to live in a world where art is art and bananas are bananas.In the election, some of the latter group said, “Enough is enough.”Other Bananas on the WallThis reaction was not against a single banana on one wall.You see, there is the banana that claims a man is a woman and a woman is a man. Other bananas claim that people can choose their pronouns, pornography in libraries is literature or that it is just fine for men to compete with women in sports. We are told drag queen story hours are suitable for children, after-school Satan Clubs are educational and it is not a human baby but a clump of cells.It is all part of a vast banana extravaganza that we are asked to admire and make believe is the blueprint for a dream society. Sensible people are starting to do the unthinkable: Question the real value of these bananas of absurdity that appear on the walls of our wayward culture.An AwakeningThus, the election represents an awakening that comes none too soon. When absurdities are enshrined in a culture, anything can happen. Truth is denied, morals are eroded and a cult of ugliness reigns. The cruelest manifestations of intolerance and cancellation are possible since the absurd demands absolute acceptance. It cannot tolerate innocent souls that call a spade a spade and denounce the nonsense of the banana on the wall.The time has come for a return to order and sanity. It is long past time to take the bananas off the wall. 

Aamer Khan, Jacob Shymanski, and Ramya Amuthan review “The Maid” by Nita Prose. A 2022 New York Times Best Seller, it sold over 2 million copies, but that doesn't mean we're sold on it. Jacob plans to approach this review with ruthless efficiency and discipline, but the rest of us are only in it for the chaos.HighlightsIntroducing “The Maid” by Nita Prose (00:00)The Agenda (00:51)Synopsis (01:36)Addressing the Elephant in the Room / Is it Icky? (04:01)Beefing with The Maid (13:41)Redeeming Qualities (if Applicable) (21:41)Quality versus Popularity (23:58)[Spoiler] The Ending / Doing the Right Thing (28:16)Concluding Thoughts (31:53)Find "The Maid: A Novel" by Nita Prose on: CELA or Audible#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK  "A twist-and-turn whodunit, set in a five-star hotel, from the perspective of the maid who finds the body. Think Clue. Think page-turner."—Glamour NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE / ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Stylist, Glamour, W magazine, PopSugar, The Rumpus, Book Riot, CrimeReads, She Reads, Daily Hive, Canadian Living ..."An endearing debut. . . . The reader comes to understand Molly's worldview, and to sympathize with her longing to be accepted—a quest that gives The Maid real emotional heft." —The New York Times "The Maid is a masterful, charming mystery that will touch your heart in ways you could never expect. . . . This is the smart, quirky, uplifting read we need." —Ashley Audrain, #1 bestselling author of The Push.A dead body is one mess she can't clean up on her own.Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection. But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's unusual demeanour has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black. But will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late? Both a Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.

- Ladies' Room: Is it okay for a coworker to make lunch for someone's boyfriend? - What's Your One?: New TV Sitcom Family - A basketball coach gets fired....but would Antoine ever do this same thing??

What is your favorite Christmas tradition?...Ladies' Room: Is her husband being cheap or is she a golddigger...and Antoine is sad that kids will never get this textbook experience...all that and much MORE!

- Ladies' Room: Is your date allowed to talk about their Ex? - You Only Get One: One movie for the rest of your life - Monica beats Antoine at Two-Word Tango? WHAAAAT?!?!

We cover fan theories from Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Room, and The Office. [Hunchback of Notre Dame] Are the gargoyles in Hunchback of Notre Dame just Quasimodo's hallucination? (01:31) [The Room] Is the cult film inspired by a Shakespearean tale? (21:22) [The Office] Why do the workers in Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch become more absurd in the later season of The Office? (45:30) Want to win a brand new pair of either Air Pods Pro or Beats Fit Pro? Enter to win: fantheoryqueries.com/contest Support the show and get sweet merch! https://www.fantheoryqueries.com/merch/ For exclusive bonus content, FTQ Discord theory discussion channel, and the ability to view live recording sessions, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fantheoryqs Advertisers: please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on Fan Theory Queries. Fan Theory Queries is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit AirwaveMedia.com to listen and subscribe to their other fine shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have just made a recording of our latest investment committee meeting. This month we discuss :- Elephant in the Room – Is the negative yield curve a sure sign of the next recession? Broken Models? – Do low bond yields mean the end of diversified portfolios? More Big Bazookas? – Can we expect more economic stimulus and will it still work?Currency Pirates – Are we protected against a weakening Pound?If you have any comments or investment related questions please get in touch at pbailey@assetfirst.co.uk

Friend Fix Episode!!!! The ladies answer the question: What are you scared of?Elephant in the Room: Is coming out a surprise anymore and Wendy takes a tumble.We Got to Do Better: Does social media show you who your favorite child is? Wear What When: Underwear Talk, panties and bra opinions..check us out on IG @teashines and on FB "Sweet Tea and Sunshine" Page

This week it’s all about time as we take you to a house possessed by an evil clock. This week we take you to the year 1992. This week we take you to the sixth movie in the Amityville franchise, Amityville 1992: It’s About Time. Is this the horror version of the Room? Is it common to bring your boyfriend over to the house where you used to live with a previous boyfriend as he still lives there? Was it really that rough being a reclusive goth kid in the 1990s? Come with us as we dissect this and more in today’s ground breaking episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bmoviebreakdown/support

10e émission de la 29e session... Cette semaine, ben du sax avec des nouveautés freebop, retour en 210 et de l'avant-jazz ! En musique: Paolo Porta sur l'album Beginner's State of Mind (Slam, 2015); Mark Helias Open Loose sur l'album The Signal Maker (Intakt, 2015); Trio BraamDejoodeVatcher sur l'album Quartet (BBB, 2010); James Falzone's Renga Ensemble sur l'album The Room Is (Allos Documents, 2015); Daniele Cavallanti and The Milano Contemporary Art Ensemble sur l'album Sounds of Hope (Rudi, 2015)...

Like the Internet, knowledge today is inclusive and overwhelming, unsettled and messy, and linked, says David Weinberger, author of Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room. The demise of the Encyclopedia Britanica and the uncertain future of the newspaper and libraries demonstrates that the Internet is destroying knowledge as we have always known it. But according to Weinberger, we shouldn't fear these changes but rather embrace them.

The technological advancements of the past twenty years have rendered the future of the library as a physical space, at least, as uncertain as it has ever been. The information that libraries were once built to house in the form of books and manuscripts can now be accessed in the purely digital realm, as evidenced by initiatives like the Digital Public Library of America, which convenes for the second time this Friday in San Francisco. But libraries still have profound cultural significance, indicating that even if they are no longer necessary for storing books they will continue to exist in some altered form. Radio Berkman host David Weinberger postulated in his book Too Big To Know that the book itself is no longer an appropriate knowledge container – it has been supplanted by the sprawling knowledge networks of the internet. The book’s subtitle is “Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room.” Inspired by the work of Harvard Graduate School of Design students in Biblioteca 2: Library Test Kitchen – who spent the semester inventing and building library innovations ranging from nap carrels to curated collections displayed on book trucks to digital welcome mats – we turned the microphone around and had library expert Matthew Battles ask David, “When the smartest person in the room is the room, how do we design the room?” Matthew Battles is the Managing Editor and Curatorial Practice Fellow at the Harvard metaLAB. He wrote Library: an Unquiet History and a biography of Harvard’s Widener Library. David Weinberger is the author of Too Big To Know and a senior researcher at the Berkman Center. He is also the co-director of the Harvard Law School Library Lab.

Welcome to episode #301 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. David Weinberger is a true thinker (writer and doer) when it comes to the Internet and all things new media. He is one of four co-authors of the seminal Marketing and Business book, The Cluetrain Manifesto. He is also the author of two other amazing books about Marketing, Business, the Internet and the future titled, Small Pieces Loosely Joined, and Everything Is Miscellaneous. He's been on the Six Pixels of Separation Podcast a couple of times in the past, and always provides enlightening commentary about how we - as a society - have been dealing with the impact of the Internet in our lives. Weinberger just published another masterpiece called, Too Big To Know - Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room. The subtitle makes it pretty simple to understand the complex things that Weinberger has been thinking about for the past few years. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #301 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 49:12. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter.  Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. CTRL ALT DEL is coming in Spring 2013. In conversation with David Weinberger. Too Big To Know. Everything Is Miscellaneous. Small Pieces Loosely Joined. The Cluetrain Manifesto. Follow David on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #301 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising podcast blog blogging david usher david weinberger digital marketing everything is miscellaneous facebook itunes marketing marketing podcast online social network podcast podcasting small pieces loosely joined social media the cluetrain manifesto too big to know