I noticed E. Jean Carroll’s paper clip. I also noticed how much healthier she looks in this photo than Trump currently looks. Just sayin’. Going to get my own paper clip.
Yes! Stinkball was seated between Kate and the King at dinner. Would love to know if they compared notes afterwards! What they had to put up with to get a break on tariffs . . .
Pamela, and Kate, a decent human being, said nothing about it. The difference is notable; Trump would have had no qualms about making an insulting comment had the situations been reversed.
Jen, unlike Trump, most of the folks around him don't mention it. Courtesy is something Trump never had time for. OK, he didn't have time for kindness, caring, decency and a bunch of other positive characteristics either.
Couldn't have said it any better! The royals were softening him up so that Starmer could get a better trade deal. The Brits know that all you have to do to get something out of Trump is to flatter him. Notice that the big celebration was at Windsor Castle and not Buckingham Palace (where thousands of British citizens were protesting).
The British Royalty understood how the people of the U.K. feel about DT. Trump was kept high and dry from the crowds and inside the walls at Windsor. The Prime Minister did the same, sending him to the country house and behind its walls! Trump had no chance to interact at all with the people!
Thanks Mary Carroll for the Buckingham Palace update. I'm glad you agree that the British royalty was playing the flattery game. They did it very well. I hope the UK won't get screwed over by Trump with tariffs.
I like the idea of a basic paperclip, the common one, maybe a silver one, maybe a colorful one precisely because it is a common everyday item. The symbolism of the clip I believe celebrates the quiet, unassuming, commonplace, every-person. A fancy sterling or gold one doesnt have that same meaning.
Respectfully, I agree that keeping the message as nonpartisan as possible is crucial. For me, it emphasizes that what’s at stake is much, much bigger than politics.
You can get large paper clips at every office supply company, probably even at WalMart. I happened to have a blue one in my office supplies, and I sure wasn't going to put on the red one that I also saw there.
I thought you would be talking about the paper clip project a small town in Tennessee started: the students collected 6 million paper clips to remind them of the 6 million Jews who perished in the shoah. I have paper clips on my desk and will start wearing one today.
And that was over 25 years ago. There is a children’s book about the project, SIX MILLION PAPER CLIPS; and a documentary film PAPER CLIPS, which can be rented or purchased from Amazon.
In our weird day and age, there’ll soon be green hair-dyed punkers sporting jumbo paper clip-pierced nasal septums in no time. Ted Cruz will use it as more evidence of a vast libruhl conspiracy depriving him of the pleasure of his next vacation in Cancun.
There was a 2004 Miramax documentary about a class in TN (yes, TN) studying the holocaust. The young students couldn’t comprehend the number 6 million. They started the paper clips project and sent out letters asking for contributions of paper clips. They got 10s of thousands of responses from all over the world. Someone donated a railroad car used in Nazi Germany in WW II and a memorial was created filled with at least 6 million paper clips.
Before I retired, I taught a unit on the Holocaust to my Honors 8th graders on Anne Frank and the Holocaust. A figure of 6 million is difficult to imagine. After a class where I attempted to put it into context with several examples, their assignment was to each make a poster that showed that huge figure in an easily understood way. The results were amazing! We were given permission to fill the hall bulletin board with these posters due to their amazing illustrations. (Wish I'd known about the paper clips back then.
What a loving and lovely testimonial. Teachers are still my favorite. I spent 30 years in school and training and loved every minute. Not to make light of such a grave situation, but there was a New Yorker cartoon (probably from the 90’s when a million was impressive) of an older investment manager sitting behind his desk with his head in his hands. The caption read, “why didn’t anyone tell me a hundred thousands equals a million?” I can’t fathom our national debt today.
This is perfect. I'd never heard this history. I just found a bright pink paperclip on my desk and will wear it on my black jacket to a funeral this morning.
Great idea! I have lots of paper clips. I was thinking of wearing one of my big ones. But now I’m thinking of wearing a big one with a colored one hanging from it. I was also considering making a necklace of paper clips. I’m pretty lazy so we’ll have to see on that one. Thanks for all the ideas!
I will definitely wear one to the art fair today. Another quiet, subtle form of protest is the Bright Blue Dot. https://www.britebluedot.com/ You can get a little 2 inch square sticker for your car window. It doesn't say anything but tells those in the know that you are a bright blue dot in a red state, county, family. In my case it's county.
I put a sign out front of our house listing all the things we should all be in favor of: Checks & Balances, Democracy, Equality, etc. Someone stole it within a week. So I bought three more. The new one has lasted one month and counting. Never give up!
Someone (MAGAt) was always taking my Harris/Walz sign so I put vaseline all around the edges and put blue sprinkles on the vaseline - use gloves. Then to make things even more secure, I surrounded it with barbed wire. It was never stolen again.
I had a similar thought re: the Vaseline, but the addition of blue sprinkles is genius. I also contemplated strategically placed "doggie land mines" around the base. Trail cams were also purchased and will be deployed if this one disappears.
Me, too. I don't even do it at election time. All over my town--and just about the whole county--they fly Trump flags. Even my friends are Trump fans. I just don't understand it.
From 1980-1990 in Poland during martial law people wore resistors - tiny elements from anything electrical. Saw this at the European Solidarity Center and Museum in Gdansk earlier this year.
We all HAVE paperclips! I'll share this widely, wear one today, and hope that it catches on! Thank you for sharing this east idea to identify ourselves to each other! <3
If nothing else, we'll have questions! We don't have to initiate a conversation which, in my case, could be combative. But a simple question and a simple answer is sublime. I can do this!
I still have the safety pins on my jackets and coats from tRump's first term. I will now add a paper clip to my everyday baseball cap, which also sports a pride pin and a US flag (often upside down).
My everyday ball cap says "Navy" and has my crossed anchors pin on it. I’ve been debating whether or not to add my pronoun pin, I don’t want my anchor pin to get lost in a bunch of pins.
Neat. Yes she does look cool. But it’s too subtle for me. I prefer wearing the tee shirt I made 6 years ago announcing the traitors of America and Trump is boldly listed as the most recent entrant.
I've been wearing my Penzey's pins, although not everyone knows about Penzey's. I'll consider adding a paper clip.
P.S. If you are not familiar with Penzey's, it is a long-established spice company that has supported good causes for a long time. Before marriage equality had widespread support, their then magazine included in its cooking stories a family with two fathers and received hate mail. They didn't back down. Bill Penzey has also been opposing Trump since before 2016. (And their spices are excellent! I've been a customer for over 25 years.)
Me too-not quite as long a customer as you because Missouri got their stores much later than the upper midwest but I’ve been purchasing my spices from Penzey’s for 6-7 years.
During Trump 1.0 teachers in the middle school where I taught wore safety pins to signal that we were a “safe” person to the LGBTQ community and wouldn’t out anyone. I think this is genius! Thanks—and I hope you find what you need at the farmer’s market!
I was a wearer of the safety pin in the early days of Trump 1.0. I remember one day fretting about whether to wear my safety pin to a wedding reception where the attire was pretty formal. I decided not to wear it but put it in my purse. When I took my seat at my assigned table for dinner, I saw that the woman seated next to me was wearing a safety pin on her fancy dress. I put mine back on, regretting that I hadn't worn it from the outset.
Oh goodness that is an awesome gesture by teachers likely surrounded by a policy that wouldn’t support that lifestyle. Luckily our kids went to a school that had an LGBTQ club.
I noticed E. Jean Carroll’s paper clip. I also noticed how much healthier she looks in this photo than Trump currently looks. Just sayin’. Going to get my own paper clip.
E. Jean Carroll is a decent human being.
Despite being feted by the British this week Donald Trump is a miserable, hollow bag of wind and bile.
An embarrassment
Truly Judy. If anything demonstrates the demise of a once great nation it is the rise of Donald J. Trump.
He personifies everything that is wrong with our country.
Yes, it's like the worst of US were distilled into an elixir of disinformation then blended with a massive dose of spite.
Can’t wait for his fall!
Thunk! Like dropping a tub of lard.
Al, and the sad part is that it is coming onto our nation's 250th anniversary as a nation. Ugh!
Yes Ruth that and the undeniable fact that we did it to ourselves- TWICE!
To say the least...
"...miserable, hollow bag of wind and bile." !
And I hear he smells really really bad.
And Princess Kate had to abide him, having to sit at his right during the state dinner.
Didn't the King have to sit next to him for some event? I seem to recall that his chin was lifted.
Yes! Stinkball was seated between Kate and the King at dinner. Would love to know if they compared notes afterwards! What they had to put up with to get a break on tariffs . . .
google it and share! LOL
How much do you want to bet the old lech tried to hit on her…in front of Mel!
Pamela, and Kate, a decent human being, said nothing about it. The difference is notable; Trump would have had no qualms about making an insulting comment had the situations been reversed.
I guess his brand of perfume, sold at his online store, doesn't do the job!! Bless the princess Kate for putting up with sitting next to that piece.
‘Oh de Colon’
I believe the correct term is "stinks to high heaven", which is the closest he'll ever get to heaven.
Jen, unlike Trump, most of the folks around him don't mention it. Courtesy is something Trump never had time for. OK, he didn't have time for kindness, caring, decency and a bunch of other positive characteristics either.
Couldn't have said it any better! The royals were softening him up so that Starmer could get a better trade deal. The Brits know that all you have to do to get something out of Trump is to flatter him. Notice that the big celebration was at Windsor Castle and not Buckingham Palace (where thousands of British citizens were protesting).
The British Royalty understood how the people of the U.K. feel about DT. Trump was kept high and dry from the crowds and inside the walls at Windsor. The Prime Minister did the same, sending him to the country house and behind its walls! Trump had no chance to interact at all with the people!
Lucky them!
You also have to give that thug money.
Thanks Mary Carroll for the Buckingham Palace update. I'm glad you agree that the British royalty was playing the flattery game. They did it very well. I hope the UK won't get screwed over by Trump with tariffs.
The word feted was the NY times header. Far more complicated than that simplistic summation.
"FETID" was the correct word. They should have used Spellcheck.
Perfection! 😄
I can’t wait to see her collect the 83 or so million. I hope she has a public party. I’ll perform my songs, lol.😆
I think King Charles is pretty crafty putting on such a show. He knows full well that our mewling bag of wind responds well to stroking.
I hate to be critical here, but you are giving wind and bile a VERY bad name.
:-)
U R TOO KIND!!
She may have made you notice but the People of Norway used them in WWII to indicate a member of the resistance.
Yes, Joyce explained that.
Me Too❣️
I think she looks healthier because the burden of her court case has been lifted and she won!
Trump looks like crap because of all the secrets, dirty dealing, dishonesty he lives with every day of his repulsive life.
I’m going to start wearing my paper clip tomorrow!
JennSH, Me too. On both counts.
I'll get mine too!!
Perhaps Jill’s special paper clips can become new #SIL merch? I’d buy one in a nanosecond!
I like the idea of a basic paperclip, the common one, maybe a silver one, maybe a colorful one precisely because it is a common everyday item. The symbolism of the clip I believe celebrates the quiet, unassuming, commonplace, every-person. A fancy sterling or gold one doesnt have that same meaning.
We need blue ones
Keep it non-partisan.
And put paper clips in your pocket to offer to anyone who asks about the one you’re wearing.
Respectfully, I agree that keeping the message as nonpartisan as possible is crucial. For me, it emphasizes that what’s at stake is much, much bigger than politics.
I agree! There are several Rs who do not agree with or condone tRump's evil messages/acts/lies, etc. Let's not call out sides.
You can get large paper clips at every office supply company, probably even at WalMart. I happened to have a blue one in my office supplies, and I sure wasn't going to put on the red one that I also saw there.
I am wearing one 📎
Excellent point! I was going with pink because it's so pretty. But I'll consider blue (except it will blend in with all of my clothes. Hmm...)
I agree on all but one point. JWB is known for her pins, it’d be kind of weird if she didn’t have a paper clip pin.
LOL!
My thought exactly!
So will I.
Me,too!
My wife love's Jill's pins.
I would buy one also.
Me too!
So would I !!!
Same!!
Me too! Please keep us posted on this, Joyce!
I thought you would be talking about the paper clip project a small town in Tennessee started: the students collected 6 million paper clips to remind them of the 6 million Jews who perished in the shoah. I have paper clips on my desk and will start wearing one today.
And that was over 25 years ago. There is a children’s book about the project, SIX MILLION PAPER CLIPS; and a documentary film PAPER CLIPS, which can be rented or purchased from Amazon.
What a great idea for the school to bring awareness to the death of the Jewish people
Holy Moly! There's a story that needs to be told. PAPER CLIPS! Norway gave us "QUISLING" and now the PAPER CLIP! Brilliant!
In our weird day and age, there’ll soon be green hair-dyed punkers sporting jumbo paper clip-pierced nasal septums in no time. Ted Cruz will use it as more evidence of a vast libruhl conspiracy depriving him of the pleasure of his next vacation in Cancun.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
There was a 2004 Miramax documentary about a class in TN (yes, TN) studying the holocaust. The young students couldn’t comprehend the number 6 million. They started the paper clips project and sent out letters asking for contributions of paper clips. They got 10s of thousands of responses from all over the world. Someone donated a railroad car used in Nazi Germany in WW II and a memorial was created filled with at least 6 million paper clips.
Before I retired, I taught a unit on the Holocaust to my Honors 8th graders on Anne Frank and the Holocaust. A figure of 6 million is difficult to imagine. After a class where I attempted to put it into context with several examples, their assignment was to each make a poster that showed that huge figure in an easily understood way. The results were amazing! We were given permission to fill the hall bulletin board with these posters due to their amazing illustrations. (Wish I'd known about the paper clips back then.
What a loving and lovely testimonial. Teachers are still my favorite. I spent 30 years in school and training and loved every minute. Not to make light of such a grave situation, but there was a New Yorker cartoon (probably from the 90’s when a million was impressive) of an older investment manager sitting behind his desk with his head in his hands. The caption read, “why didn’t anyone tell me a hundred thousands equals a million?” I can’t fathom our national debt today.
Correction, a thousand thousands - maybe I needed more school…
Wish we could see them!
Thank you for this information
And bless the teacher(s) that came up with such a wonderful & visible idea to teach children about the holocaust.
If teachers do that now they will be expelled for grooming anti fascists.
I love this idea and will wear a paper clip daily until I feel confident that American democracy is safe and well. Thanks Joyce, Jill, and E. Jean!
I, too, will sport a paper clip from now on.
This is perfect. I'd never heard this history. I just found a bright pink paperclip on my desk and will wear it on my black jacket to a funeral this morning.
Great idea! I have lots of paper clips. I was thinking of wearing one of my big ones. But now I’m thinking of wearing a big one with a colored one hanging from it. I was also considering making a necklace of paper clips. I’m pretty lazy so we’ll have to see on that one. Thanks for all the ideas!
With the colored clips you can color coordinate with your clothes.
I’m thinking about wearing a plain one as a pendant on a silver chain.
Love that idea!
I will look through my junk drawer for a colorful one
I will definitely wear one to the art fair today. Another quiet, subtle form of protest is the Bright Blue Dot. https://www.britebluedot.com/ You can get a little 2 inch square sticker for your car window. It doesn't say anything but tells those in the know that you are a bright blue dot in a red state, county, family. In my case it's county.
I have a NO KINGS garden flag in back yard… will move to front …if I feel brave enough…definitely on NO KINGS PROTEST DAY….
My yard flag: Humankind. Be both.
I understand being afraid to move the sign to the front yard. I am afraid to put a sign out front except for candidates around election time.
I put a sign out front of our house listing all the things we should all be in favor of: Checks & Balances, Democracy, Equality, etc. Someone stole it within a week. So I bought three more. The new one has lasted one month and counting. Never give up!
Someone (MAGAt) was always taking my Harris/Walz sign so I put vaseline all around the edges and put blue sprinkles on the vaseline - use gloves. Then to make things even more secure, I surrounded it with barbed wire. It was never stolen again.
I had a similar thought re: the Vaseline, but the addition of blue sprinkles is genius. I also contemplated strategically placed "doggie land mines" around the base. Trail cams were also purchased and will be deployed if this one disappears.
My dog would be glad to donate. Great idea.
Doggie landmines are easier to scoop and place than tangling with barbed wire. I’ll remember for the next election.
Brilliant!
Good for you!!!
Thank you. I appreciate knowing am not alone.
We are prohibited from having yard signs. Maybe a flag with a paperclip or a blue dot.
Put one inside your window. That’s where mine is.
I have 3 small upside down flags in front window.
Me, too. I don't even do it at election time. All over my town--and just about the whole county--they fly Trump flags. Even my friends are Trump fans. I just don't understand it.
Here, too. Trumpers all over the place. Like an invasion of roaches.
Will order mine today. Like Joyce I am surrounded in AL. But am slowly finding blue dots. This might make it faster!
I have a blue heart garden flag out front…
From 1980-1990 in Poland during martial law people wore resistors - tiny elements from anything electrical. Saw this at the European Solidarity Center and Museum in Gdansk earlier this year.
Interesting! Thanks for posting.
We all HAVE paperclips! I'll share this widely, wear one today, and hope that it catches on! Thank you for sharing this east idea to identify ourselves to each other! <3
If nothing else, we'll have questions! We don't have to initiate a conversation which, in my case, could be combative. But a simple question and a simple answer is sublime. I can do this!
I still have the safety pins on my jackets and coats from tRump's first term. I will now add a paper clip to my everyday baseball cap, which also sports a pride pin and a US flag (often upside down).
My everyday ball cap says "Navy" and has my crossed anchors pin on it. I’ve been debating whether or not to add my pronoun pin, I don’t want my anchor pin to get lost in a bunch of pins.
Neat. Yes she does look cool. But it’s too subtle for me. I prefer wearing the tee shirt I made 6 years ago announcing the traitors of America and Trump is boldly listed as the most recent entrant.
Do both/alternate! - depending on which crowd you're swinging with that day!
You can't possibly have any space left...
I've been wearing my Penzey's pins, although not everyone knows about Penzey's. I'll consider adding a paper clip.
P.S. If you are not familiar with Penzey's, it is a long-established spice company that has supported good causes for a long time. Before marriage equality had widespread support, their then magazine included in its cooking stories a family with two fathers and received hate mail. They didn't back down. Bill Penzey has also been opposing Trump since before 2016. (And their spices are excellent! I've been a customer for over 25 years.)
Me too-not quite as long a customer as you because Missouri got their stores much later than the upper midwest but I’ve been purchasing my spices from Penzey’s for 6-7 years.
You are lucky to have a store. I do mail order, but one of these days, I will get to one of their stores!
And Penzy's has the best spices! My chef son keeps me supplied with them.
Love it! Thanks, Joyce!
During Trump 1.0 teachers in the middle school where I taught wore safety pins to signal that we were a “safe” person to the LGBTQ community and wouldn’t out anyone. I think this is genius! Thanks—and I hope you find what you need at the farmer’s market!
I was a wearer of the safety pin in the early days of Trump 1.0. I remember one day fretting about whether to wear my safety pin to a wedding reception where the attire was pretty formal. I decided not to wear it but put it in my purse. When I took my seat at my assigned table for dinner, I saw that the woman seated next to me was wearing a safety pin on her fancy dress. I put mine back on, regretting that I hadn't worn it from the outset.
Hey Cathy. That you took it with you, and took it out and put it on, sounds courageous enough to me. And admirable too!
Oh goodness that is an awesome gesture by teachers likely surrounded by a policy that wouldn’t support that lifestyle. Luckily our kids went to a school that had an LGBTQ club.
Solidarity and stand with like minded people! 📎🖇