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Another nice message from Glimmerglass's Francesca. Regards, Len https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/922/X1C4t8.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/rYXEy8.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/avVpbs.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/14...

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Gotta admit I never heard of her. Regards, Len https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/Z5V8mJ.jpg Marga Richter, Composer in a Male-Dominated Era, Dies at 93 During a career that began in the 1940s and stretched into this century, she often felt she and other women were slighted. By Neil G...

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maestrob wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:43 pm
Those who ridicule opera as "over the top" or too extreme haven't yet learned from life, IMHO.

Brian thanks-very well put. Opera has so many cases of exit arias someone could write a book on this subject instead of just an article. Regards, Len

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Lost in the shuffle of the Roger Stone whitewash is perhaps an even more significant development: yesterday AG Barr announced the replacement of the US Attorney for the Eastern District of NY with one of his cronies. That completes his hat trick of forcing out the heads of the three entities that a...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 10, 2020 1:07 am
He doesn't see color.

He sure seems to see color when it comes to his racist tweets. If only I could get back to NYC to walk the street over there-that's one of our favorite places to walk-wonder if we could get over there by Xmas for the windows. Regards, Len

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barney wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 08, 2020 6:08 pm
Where is the REAL change going to come from? Rejection of racism has real support right now; it must not be allowed to dissipate back to the old tensions and mistrust.

Barney the latest from the Lincoln Project! Regards, Len

https://youtu.be/-vZp3FAQZvU

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Even now there are only nine Victorians out of 5.5 million in intensive care with the virus; the whole of Australia (27 million) has suffered 106 deaths. It's more the potential that is causing fear. Barney great numbers-I guess you can see what's been happening in the US with the surge of record c...

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Right now I favor dealing with anything Confederate-the flag, the wrongly named forts-for now let's leave Jefferson and Washington out of this-we're only helping trump if we go farther right now-at least that's how I currently see it. Just this week I watched a 4 hour CNN special on 1968-a year that...

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Washington Post columnist Max Boot recently posted an interesting, informative....and scary piece on this issue: What if Trump loses but insists he won? Hank scary is right-thanks for this article. We should know about how the Supreme Court decides on the tax issue case pretty soon now-this has me ...

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This article may not be of interest to US CMGers, but I feel it will interest both the other Australian ones. Barney that interested me but also on the news yesterday there was talk of Australia's 2 largest provinces being blocked off from each other due to corona-hope you're safe! Regards, Len Asi...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:03 am
in this forum at least, I don't see anyone in favor of muzzling speech.

Thank goodness for that-as an aside I was just listening to Rachel's show from last night fully devoted to trump's niece's new book-great material already out there even as trump tries to muzzle the book! Regards, Len

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We got word Hamilton would be shown on the Disney Channel-we subscribed to the channel-$6.99 a month-last night we watched it-very enjoyable. The subscription gave us access to Fantasia-Sue had seen the original before we knew each other and I had never seen it-we both saw the later Fantasia with L...

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maestrob wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:32 pm
So why bother with a free trial that will only turn into another unwanted monthly charge down the road? I just don't see the benefit.

Brian thanks-sounds like good advice. Regards, Len

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:25 am
Every time I go for one of those free-trials I later kick myself after I forget to unsubscribe and get a monthly bill.

Joseph, thanks-that could be me! Regards, Len

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LOCK HIM UP! Regards, Len

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I got a flyer in the mail from Primephonic-never heard of it-the offer a free 3 month trial-has anyone made use of it? Regards, Len

https://www.primephonic.com/?gclid=EAIa ... gIcp_D_BwE

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Possibly in the US the slogan "all lives matter" has political connotations it does not in Australia. But for me, as a Christian, all lives are created by God in his image and therefore have ineluctable value. Blacks every bit as much as whites. My first examination of any issue does not begin with...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:02 am
Which Side of History

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XmFXlt1AFHA

In my book one of their best! Regards, Len

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Ricordanza wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:42 am
Are his followers so detached from reality that they swallow this outrageous deception?

Hank watching the news this morning-the amount of people packed together and with no masks-frightening! Regards, Len

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Trump Falsely Claims ‘99 Percent’ of Virus Cases Are ‘Totally Harmless’ The president dismissed the severity of the pandemic, downplaying the effect of the disease even as infections surge across the Sunbelt and rebound in California. By Roni Caryn Rabin and Chris Cameron July 5, 2020 President Trum...

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We got word Hamilton would be shown on the Disney Channel-we subscribed to the channel-$6.99 a month-last night we watched it-very enjoyable. Len Hamilton on Disney+ Everything You Need to Know for Hamilton on Disney+ Leigh Scheps | June 30, 2020 Five years after its New York City premiere, the expo...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:21 pm
The language is outdated.

Even if so it still gets this from me! Regards, Len

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Has the court become a tool of the Republican Party? I know courts in the US are vastly more political than Australia . Barney I won't say a tool but 5 of the justices are conservatives and 4 are liberal-also depressing is how many conservative unqualified justices at lower levels trump and McConne...

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I haven't seen much coverage on this but I find it troubling-wonder if they'll rule the same way on trump's taxes? Regards, Len Supreme Court blocks House from seeing secret Mueller grand jury documents until hearing this fall By Ariane de Vogue, Devan Cole, Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN W...

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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mozart We asked Mark Hamill, Condoleezza Rice, Mitsuko Uchida and others to pick the music that moves them. Listen to their choices. In the past, we’ve asked some of our favorite artists to choose the five or so minutes they would play to make their friends fall in ...

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Very, very, very, very, very, very annoying. Barney I watch and tape alot of CNN-I can't believe how frequently the Mesobook commercial airs-it's a must fast forward moment! https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AchQ/maune-raichle-hartley-french-and-mudd-llc-free-mesobook Turns out it's a claim center-they must ...

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barney wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:42 pm
If I do have any Trump-supporting friends, I'd have to suggest that we don't discuss US politics.

Barney exactly-out here where I live in Western NJ Sue and I are very careful on this front. Regards, Len

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Lance I watch a lot of CNN-I DVR the shows I want to watch-then when I play them I can fast forward through the commercials-I can't stand watching CNN live-the commercials are unbelievable over and over again and are intolerable. Regards, Len

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:52 am
No way Trump's going to jail! Sorry to disappoint.

Joseph this is most disappointing-please defend your position-okay you're probably right. Regards, Len

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:48 am
FOX NEWS Rough polling stretch has GOP operatives asking: Could Trump drop out? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump- ... e-drop-out

If he dropped out would he resign and be pardoned by Pence or could he pardon himself? Regards, Len

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The endorphins released become addictive, particularly for sopranos and tenors with their high notes (I've studied the physiology of this and, yes, it's true, high notes are addictive to singers: they feel a rush of happiness whenever they hit a high C!). Brian and that's how I feel just listening ...

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barney wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:53 am
Wow, those ads surely are tough. They are probably right that the Democrats don't have the stomach for the fight;

Barney not tough enough-this guy has to be jailed-I'm one Dem tough enough for the fight. The guys a thug, a crook! Regards, Len

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barney wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:38 pm
You have to feel for them.

Barney so true. So sad. Regards, Len

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barney wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:46 pm
as he could be exposed as a baby rapist and his supporters, including a couple on this forum, would still vote for him.

I would not! Regards, Len [fleeing]

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Apparently trump has know about this since March and has done nothing. Len :( https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/kBpP7S.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/JsUCYd.jpg Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says The Trump a...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:58 pm
The most devastatingly effective ad campaign so far comes from Republicans in the Lincoln Project.

Bravo! Bravisimo! Regards, Len

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:49 am
Short answer is, they didn't —

Trump 62,984,828
Clinton 65,853,514

So true-hopefully with video adds like this Biden will get the electoral college! Regards, Len [GO LINCOLN PROJECT GO!]

https://youtu.be/vEzfHfLaLG4

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I remember seeing a 2 segment clip about this on 60 minutes: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/holocaust-prisoners-in-nazi-concentration-camps-made-music-now-being-discovered-and-performed-60-minutes-2019-12-15/ Music From the Death Camps: Alive and Being Readied for a New Home With the help of the Itali...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 2:11 pm
Had 2 Lindemans last week, a shiraz/cabernet and a cabernet/merlot.

We've started drinking them again-don't know why we stopped-it's nice wine and very well priced-$5.99 a bottle! Regards, Len

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How many lives have been upended because of this cursed virus! Brian so true-Sue and I sit at the dinner table wondering when we'll be back in NYC-the concerns about hotel stays, restaurants, public transportation-there's talk some NYC museums may try to open up in some way by August? Regards, Len :(

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:08 pm
look like the east end of a jackass moving west.

Joseph another one I never heard before-great! I googled! Regards, Len

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... oving+west

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Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center Cancel Fall Performances All of New York City’s major classical music institutions will be closed at least until the end of 2020. By Sarah Bahr June 18, 2020 With coronavirus cases sharply down in New York City, residents are preparing to return to dining outdoors an...

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