Open thread 5/10/24
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men [and puppies]
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy!
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The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men [and puppies]
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy!
Oddly enough, I guess, here I’ve gone through life thinking that having a conscience meant actively not doing crimes to other people, y’know, like murdering and butchering them, all the way down to not committing some minor slight or disrespect. Didn’t realize one gets a pass when acting out depravity.
Great line from Brandon Fugal, owner of Skinwalker Ranch, referring to all of the hate directed at him on Twitter, to wit, “Twitter is the bathroom wall of the Internet.”
There are confirmed reports of a petition among Secret Service agents about inadequate training and possible insider threats. The “insider threat” part is of particular concern, since DEI hiring practices will not be putting conservatives in the agency. Is Trump actually safe from assassination?
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/05/10/secret-service-danger-n2174003
And agreed, sdferr. The other question is why a post like this was considered a good idea, even on an open thread.
Neo:
Please delete my May 10, 2024 at 9:33 am at the top – some Christians and/or Republicans are finding it unsettling, which was not my intent…
Finally, one Parent is acting like a Parent. A 16 yr old that defaced a WWI Memoria was turned in by his Father. Where are the rest of the Parents?
This is Islam:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Z3Rq5zE4Oh0?si=P958RqcBtHaNKXS7
Graphic
Karmi, I’m curious about is what you were trying to say.
That you got to know some bad people while in prison?
What’s telling is you didn’t rat out Vernon to the other inmates. Was your motivation self-protection? That nice fellar might have whacked you? I’m guessing you recognized his unstable nature.
Karmi, I’m curious about is what you were trying to say.
Or why.
Karmi probably didn’t say anything about that guy because it wasn’t in his own best interest to do so. In a prison you need to be careful about what you say about anyone else–not that I would know for sure! But it’s similar to other male only spaces but with a less prudent population.
Karmi, did you consider Vernon a psychopath? Cutting of someone’s breast isn’t normal– even for murderers.
Why do you say he had a conscience? How did he express his remorse?
Steve Bannon is heading to JAIL as appeals court upholds his conviction for defying the January 6 committee subpoena
Strange bedfellows far-right, far-left unite against Jews – a Reichman University study…
Hunter Biden’s Gun Charge Appeal Fails
(UPDATE: Can Criminals Experience Remorse?)
It seems sure that the younger generations will get their first history lesson on the Cold War in Hollywood film just before Labor Day, because the bio-pic “Reagan” debuts then, on August 30th.
The film will chronicle events in this best remembered President’s life from his Mid-West boyhood, to acting career, and his stint as Anti-communist President of the Screen Actor’s Guild. Then, his late 1960s Governorship of California, and his career topping two term stint as President confronting The Soviets, and ending the Cold War.
“We win. They lose.” Here’s The Western Journal’s account after a screening in Scottsdale, Arizona:
As one would expect, the Cold War plays heavily into the storyline.
The tale is told through the eyes of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, portrayed by Jon Voight, who sets out to explain to an up-and-coming Russian leader how Reagan helped bring about the demise of the Soviet Union in the 1980s….
Quaid’s portrayal of Reagan is strong, as is Penelope Ann Miller’s (“Kindergarten Cop”) performance as Nancy Reagan.
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https://www.westernjournal.com/reagan-movie-sneak-peak-released-featuring-star-actor-opening-date-announced/
Apparently, we’re gonna get this Hollywood love letter to remind us of his great leadership in the past, just before the ugly business of a dirty campaign for the same office climaxes.
Will it serve as a purgative? Or a battle hardened reminder of what’s at stake today?
Against The Law’: Jack Smith’s Staged Docs Photo Could Throw Major Wrench In Case Against Trump – Tampering with Evidence happens all the time under The Rule of Law.
Seems like the crew here could use a feel good story, so here you go!
https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-800700
Poor Karmi is being repressed by Christians and Republicans. I hear a tiny violin in the background.
NEO, you made Instapundit again. Congrats!
NOAA says tonight’s ‘cannibal’ solar storm could be worst in 165 YEARS and cause GPS and power outages – as they reveal exact time it’ll hit – supposedly we’ll know more about it around 8 pm ET when it is “one million miles” away – traveling at “500 miles per second.”
Qaid has a very avuncular mien much like the gipper
Re: “Reagan”
T J:
Thanks for putting that on my radar. Jon Voight, swoon, as the narrator, it’s got to be good.
I know I keep to the sunny side, but there really seems to be much cultural ferment working in our direction.
America could use a good history lesson on the long conflicts between Islam and the West. And I do not mean just from the Crusades on, but the long conflict before that. Plus the history of the Ottoman Empire.
Can’t go back to Constantinople.
But sure can learn from it.
Western Crusaders had weakened it, then the Muslims finished off the Byzantine Empire.
Seems I read one time that in the pre Crusade Muslim invasion of Spain, some of the natives sided with the Muslims, also.
They ended up running Spain for almost a thousand years….
History repeats itself.
Yes monaghans kingdom of heaven directed by ridley scott was too equivocal (he later wrote the screenplay for the departed.and body of lies
whats the real agenda here
https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1788918123665481883
I don’t know what’s more shocking – that they attacked the Magna Carta or that it was two women in their *80s*!
I would have thought Dennis Quaid was more like George W. Bush — same Texas background, same grin or smirk. Quaid was supposed to play Bush in “Katrina: American Crime Story,” but the project was mercifully cancelled. Let that sink in for a minute: Hollywood tried to make out that Hurricane Katrina was a crime story.
Anyway, Quaid has grown up and has even become a gospel singer of all things, so who knows? Maybe he’ll make a good Reagan.
well it was a crime story on the part of nagin blanco and the levee supervisors, but I’m sure that was not the way it would have been played, although the Clinton scandal was relatively balanced, surprisingly so, they played the same card almost a decade later with Hurricane Maria, even though Trump was much more proactive, only a few small players were caught up in the fraud then,
the protestor is one of these druid tree people, maybe she was CND back in the day
but clearly they hate the Magna Carta and any check on a tyrant, which they only think Boris Johnson was wrong for the wrong reason,
honestly they should bring back the rack,
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-60868573
Open Thread: Something Local but Different:
Chases Eagles and J.J. :
Drachinifel has done a review of the Puget Sound Navy Museum in Bremerton WA.
Puget Sound Navy Museum – Shipyard History Done Well –
Drachinifel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg6RvX8WCLE
Another good reason to venture over the mountains to the wet side of the state.
The sail of the USS Parche (SSN-683) is pictured in the video. It was a nuclear powered spy sub (tapped USSR underwater communication cables and other stuff) before being decommissioned in 2005. The reactor compartment was chopped out of the hull and is now in a very large open excavation at the Hanford Site with at least 50 others.
Miguel Cervantes:
Church of England continues to find new and interesting things in the Old and New Testament. Not sure exactly what they are worshiping. “Flip Wilson Show -The Church of What’s Happening Now” wasn’t just a 1970s thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmJati2W7uA