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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I found this story googling.

    I met Barack Obama at a State Department reception early in his presidency. A colleague who wanted to test his skills at Indonesian asked him, “Mr. President, did you know that in Indonesia they still call you ‘anak Menteng’?”

    “Anak” means “child of” and Menteng is a neighborhood in the capital of Jakarta where many of the country’s elite live.

    President Obama quickly answered. “Oh, saya bukan anak Menteng. Saya anak Menteng Dalam.” (Oh, I’m not a Menteng kid. I’m a kid from Inner Menteng.”)

    In Indonesia, this roughly means “I’m from the back streets where the workers and servants live.” The US equivalent might be “I’m not from Park Avenue. I’m from the alley behind Park Avenue.

    https://www.quora.com/Could-Obama-speak-Indonesian I know Quora is not a primary source, but I’m just googling.














  • “American families aren’t having enough children. I think there’s evidence that some of the things that we’re doing to parents is driving down the number of children that American families are having,” Vance says in the video.

    “In particular, there’s evidence that the car seat rules that we’ve imposed, which of course I want kids to drive in car seats, have driven down the number of babies born in this country by over 100,000. So as we think about how to make kids safe here, I think we should do it in a way that’s accommodating to American families.”

    The weird part is “things that we’re doing to parents”. Guy want no rules, no safety standards, nothing. Libertarian weirdo.