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- Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
Neither do I, but once outsiders declared open season on the U.S., I, to somewhat even the score, resolved to invoke the law — of talion. I watched Lucille Ball’s I Love Lucy Show every week for years, along with Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, and Sid Caesar; and on the radio I listened to the ...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:04 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 3164
- Views: 2082136
Re: What I listened to today
Bizet, Carmen (original version, 1874) - Soloists, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, B'Rock Orchestra/René Jacobs (period instruments) (live, March 2024)
Audio: https://classicalmusicinconcert.blogspo ... acobs.html
Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5B_JvFm4IxE&vl=en-US
Audio: https://classicalmusicinconcert.blogspo ... acobs.html
Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5B_JvFm4IxE&vl=en-US
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:13 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
I could mention all the comedies of Billy Wilder but that was essentially a European sensibility. I agree with that and everything else you wrote. Billy Wilder. European sensibility. You bet! Thumbs up to non-PC humorists. Norman Lear too. If you live in America and love comedy, even if you’re Cath...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
In contrast, Australian humor is like dark matter: we know it has to exist somewhere, but good luck finding it. Somehow I suspect you've put the usual effort that Americans do into Australia - none whatsoever. Or you wouldn't say anything quite so ill-conceived. May it please the Court to enter Exh...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
where are the developing situations and characters Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Jackie Gleason & Audrey Meadows, Lucille Ball & Dezi Arnez, to name some hubby/wife TV sitcoms. There really doesn't have to be a one-liner every 45 seconds One liners? Were not both Harold Ll...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:32 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
Stewart is just another activist hack who thinks ridicule is funny. Yes, well so is having my ears sawn off. C’mon, admit it, doing THAT bit, you’d knock ‘em dead!!! 😁 We agree about Bob Hope though, that bloke was an immigrant who grew up in my hometown. Hope was really funny and a decent guy, lik...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Another set-back for #Metoo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 286
Re: Another set-back for #Metoo
She wants sex offenders back out on the street after serving shorter sentences. Inevitably then, there is going be a slew of toxic ’s for the ’s to be ’ing out for! 🫤
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: From Japan to Australia, Biden beefs up U.S. and allied forces to counter threat from China
- Replies: 0
- Views: 333
From Japan to Australia, Biden beefs up U.S. and allied forces to counter threat from China
A New Pacific Arsenal to Counter China Interactive Story: Free to read for 30 days from 4/26 to 5/26. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/26/us/politics/us-china-military-bases-weapons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nU0.S-qC.ZjvxtspZtyFs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgr...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:19 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 264
Re: I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
Reminiscent of college campuses in the late sixties early seventies. The more disgraced war-monger old-farts like Greg Abbott and Mike Johnson try to quash student protests, the more there will be for them to deal with, like playing Whack-A-Mole.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 4:32 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Arizona indicts Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and a slew of others for trying to overturn 2020 election
- Replies: 2
- Views: 121
Re: Arizona indicts Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and a slew of others for trying to overturn 2020 election
Good. Obviously it will be too late, too slow, to influence any voters though. And if Trump wins they can all expect pardons. President Trump can’t pardon patriots that commit state offenses—only those convicted of federal felonies. He’d have to get the Arizona governor to do it: as of 2023, madden...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 4:15 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Another set-back for #Metoo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 286
Re: Another set-back for #Metoo
They all did this because they thought they could have "careers". Well, their lives certainly 'careered' out of control. Women have a responsibility to behave with decorum, discretion, personal responsibility and dignity - otherwise certain types of men will pounce. And they don't even have to be w...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Another set-back for #Metoo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 286
Re: Another set-back for #Metoo
Meantime, just maybe, it's time for the girls to demonstrate some discretion and personal responsibility in keeping away from KNOWN sex predators - whether for career reasons or anything else. Right, Weinstein is a KNOWN sex predator who just got off in one state, the unanimous jury guilty verdict ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Marjorie Taylor Greene — so Right she looks Left
- Replies: 4
- Views: 122
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Facing blowback by donor & government bigwigs, universities aim to scuttle spreading protests
- Replies: 0
- Views: 357
Facing blowback by donor & government bigwigs, universities aim to scuttle spreading protests
Campus Protests Over Gaza Intensify Amid Pushback by Universities and Police There were more than 120 new arrests as universities moved to prevent pro-Palestinian encampments from taking hold as they have at Columbia University. The New York Times By J. David Goodman, David Montgomery, Jonathan Wol...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Marjorie Taylor Greene — so Right she looks Left
- Replies: 4
- Views: 122
Marjorie Taylor Greene — so Right she looks Left
The Humbling of Marjorie Taylor Greene https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/24/multimedia/24cottle1-jmbg/24cottle1-jmbg-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=1200 April 24, 2024 The New York Times OPINION By Michelle Cottle Ms. Cottle writes about national politics for ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Covid Response Fallout Continues
- Replies: 3
- Views: 129
Re: The Covid Response Fallout Continues
it goes way beyond Fauci DEPT. OF COCKAMAMIE PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY: [/b]. Looking past the hapless Dr. Fauci, if those 1.2 million Americans had just done what the country-club G.O.P. advised — frequent your local taphouse, order a dirty martini made with two Ivermectin tablets & Clorox instead of o...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:32 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Former Professor Boghossian says college cannot be saved
- Replies: 7
- Views: 235
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:42 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Former Professor Boghossian says college cannot be saved
- Replies: 7
- Views: 235
Re: Former Professor Boghossian says college cannot be saved
they're all hugely intelligent and speaking out. If they were, they wouldn’t. That's a very dichotomous statement. Should they not speak out because they might be pilloried or is there another reason? It’s pretty clear who is being “pilloried” here and it ain’t the Woke-hunting tag team. Three crea...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Arizona indicts Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and a slew of others for trying to overturn 2020 election
- Replies: 2
- Views: 121
Arizona indicts Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and a slew of others for trying to overturn 2020 election
Arizona Charges Giuliani and Other Trump Allies in Election Interference Case Those charged included Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, and the fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf in Arizona after the 2020 election. The New York Times By Danny Hakim Danny Hakim covers st...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Former Professor Boghossian says college cannot be saved
- Replies: 7
- Views: 235
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 264
Re: I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
Bibi blaming American students for protesting against what his own actions have brought about. Netanyahu Calls Student Protests Antisemitic and Says They Must Be Quelled “What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific,” the Israeli prime minister said in a televised statement. “Antisemit...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: India’s PM Narendra Modi: What makes this Islamophobic strongman tick?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 135
Re: India’s PM Narendra Modi: What makes this Islamophobic strongman tick?
Strongmanophilia sits deep in Right-field awaiting the call to the bullpen. Orbán, Duda, Erdoğan, DeSantis, Trump, Netanyahu, and now Modi.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The US still the indispensable power
- Replies: 5
- Views: 202
Re: The US still the indispensable power
Ditto! And the U.S. just did this. U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine Ukrainian forces for the first time used a longer-range version of weapons known as ATACMS, striking an airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine. NYT By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washin...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:35 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
The unrivalled comedian, Jon Stewart weighs in on the media’s overblown coverage of Trump’s criminal trial, from sketch-artist interviews to following his motorcade via helicopter... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zqkf2U5jcE0
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:28 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: PM Albanese calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ after Musk accused Australia of censorship
- Replies: 3
- Views: 129
Re: PM Albanese calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ after Musk accused Australia of censorship
Got it via iPhone, however …. FORTUNE TECH ·AUSTRALIA Australia’s prime minister calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ after the X owner accuses the country’s government of censorship BY NICHOLAS GORDON April 23, 2024 6:44 AM EDT Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X and the world’s third-...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:29 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: PM Albanese calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ after Musk accused Australia of censorship
- Replies: 3
- Views: 129
Re: PM Albanese calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ after Musk accused Australia of censorship
sorry, suddenly now, that's behind a paywall for me too. here's an alt source: Australia’s Prime Minister Berates ‘Arrogant’ Elon Musk—Escalating Feud Over X’s Handling Of Church Stabbing Videos https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/04/23/australian-prime-minister-berates-arrogant-elon-musk...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: New US civil war film
- Replies: 10
- Views: 448
Re: New US civil war film
And then there was the cadaver trade in enslaved people … Beyond the Slave Trade, the Cadaver Trade By Daina Ramey Berry Feb. 3, 2018 NYT OPINION The topic of slavery features prominently in each February’s reflections on African-American history. But when it comes to this darkest time in our countr...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: PM Albanese calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ after Musk accused Australia of censorship
- Replies: 3
- Views: 129
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:36 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Picture Donald in the slammer, or out on probation. How would that work?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 380
Picture Donald in the slammer, or out on probation. How would that work?
COMMENT: On its face, Trump in stir might seem like a delightful prospect, but it would result in a logistical nightmare. Better to slap an ankle-bracelet on the S.O.B., restrict his movements, and prohibit him from making any public statements about the trial while he is on trial. Could Trump Go t...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:06 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Reptiles of a scute — Former President Donald Trump met in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda
- Replies: 0
- Views: 359
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:09 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/trump-golf-2-1554229284.png?resize=1024:* He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie. —Mickey Mantle Donald Trump Never Cheats at Golf. His Caddy Does That for Him. https://www.esquire.com/sports/a26454538/donald-trump-rick-reilly-commander-in-c...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:36 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: India’s PM Narendra Modi: What makes this Islamophobic strongman tick?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 135
India’s PM Narendra Modi: What makes this Islamophobic strongman tick?
Why Did Modi Call India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’? Because He Could. The brazenness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vilification of India’s largest minority group made clear he sees few checks at home or abroad on his power. Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India was criticized by the opposition fo...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Do men belong in the YWCA women's changing rooms?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 237
Re: Do men belong in the YWCA women's changing rooms?
“Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise’?”
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:28 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Andrew Davis RIP
- Replies: 11
- Views: 266
Re: Andrew Davis RIP
Vaughan Williams: 5. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Sir Andrew Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsQGFlcqUmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsQGFlcqUmA
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:44 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
I'm criticising the credulous simplicity of Americans who think it's really clever and funny to find a news clip then introduce it by asserting the opposite. Even I could do that. And a lotta folks have tried ever since Jon Stewart basically invented parodic "fake news" as a comedy form some 28 yea...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
Jon Stewart 10 Years Ago: The Daily Show, 2014
We Need to Talk About Israel https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_contin ... e=emb_logo
We Need to Talk About Israel https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_contin ... e=emb_logo
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 3164
- Views: 2082136
Re: What I listened to today
I am a huge Herrmann fan nonetheless.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: CMG Review of Books
- Topic: Commander in Cheat, by Rick Reilly
- Replies: 2
- Views: 399
Re: Commander in Cheat, by Rick Reilly
Joseph I've seen him commenting on among other TV stations MSNBC-he was on with Lawrence O'Donnell and they spoke about trump cheating at golf! In the Reilly 📕 🤓 … Stephen Colbert asked Tiger Woods which presidents he had played golf with. Bush, Clinton, and Obama, Tiger answered. Whatabout Trump? ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:06 am
- Forum: CMG Review of Books
- Topic: Commander in Cheat, by Rick Reilly
- Replies: 2
- Views: 399
Commander in Cheat, by Rick Reilly
The most revealing book about the Donald, with the possible exception of Mary Trump’s.
Certainly it’s the funniest; and yet after reading it, I loathed Trump no less.
Reilly can really write!
Certainly it’s the funniest; and yet after reading it, I loathed Trump no less.
Reilly can really write!
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Immigrants in the long run are an asset to the U.S. economy with its aging population
- Replies: 2
- Views: 232
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:40 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
I'm criticising the credulous simplicity of Americans who think it's really clever and funny to find a news clip then introduce it by asserting the opposite. Even I could do that. And a lotta folks have tried ever since Jon Stewart basically invented parodic "fake news" as a comedy form some 28 yea...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:37 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 3164
- Views: 2082136
Re: What I listened to today
Bernard Hermann's "The Planets" I do not own. How does his compare with so many others? Ones I have including Karajan [2] (I thought excellent), Bernstein, Stokowski, various ones with Boult, one conducted by Holst, Levine, Mehta, C. Davis, Steinberg, Sargent, Maazel, Ormandy, Barbirolli (live exce...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:48 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Fastest-growing state in U.S. is becoming G.O.P. heaven — unlike Fla. or Tex., redder, not bluer
- Replies: 0
- Views: 427
Fastest-growing state in U.S. is becoming G.O.P. heaven — unlike Fla. or Tex., redder, not bluer
Sick of Your Blue State? These Real Estate Agents Have Just the Place for You. Agents in South Carolina, the fastest growing state in the country last year, say that many newcomers are Republicans eager to leave the Northeast and West Coast. The New York Times By Eduardo Medina Reporting from Green...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:24 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Left wing racism in British public schools
- Replies: 6
- Views: 296
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:33 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
Jon Stewart 15 April — Talking World War III Blues, Trump’s dementia, his drooling at his trial, the “Is he Jesus or Mandela?” debate, etc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeLRtpC2WI I don't really understand why this guy is so popular. His technique seems to be find a bit of news coverage, say the ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:04 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Grocery store closures in California
- Replies: 16
- Views: 651
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Grocery store closures in California
- Replies: 16
- Views: 651
Re: Grocery store closures in California
You think so, Lance? "Tax dodgers", "wealth", "hiding". Hardly the badinage of the Algonquin Round Table and typically laced with bitterness and bile, sans facts. Good on you, dear 🔔 , standing tall for and making common cause with your own cohort!! :D I must say I played very hard ball when it cam...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Toxic jock — Boxing Australia head coach, banned from Olympics for sexual misconduct, is sentenced to retraining
- Replies: 0
- Views: 425
Toxic jock — Boxing Australia head coach, banned from Olympics for sexual misconduct, is sentenced to retraining
From the excellent ABC.net.au SPORT Boxing Australia coach Jamie Pittman withdraws from Olympics after admitting to 'disgusting' sexual misconduct Posted 10 hours ago The National Sports Tribunal found Pittman's misconduct was "part of an overall pattern of behaviour". — In short: Boxing Australia h...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some mirth
- Replies: 243
- Views: 124238
Re: Some mirth
Jon Stewart 15 April — Talking World War III Blues, Trump’s dementia, his drooling at his trial, the “Is he Jesus or Mandela?” debate, etc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeLRtpC2WI
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Lady of the Lake: Arizona Senate hopeful tells Deplorables to don the ‘armor of God’ and ‘strap on a Glock’ pistol
- Replies: 6
- Views: 288
Re: Lady of the Lake: Arizona Senate hopeful tells Deplorables to don the ‘armor of God’ and ‘strap on a Glock’ pistol
She’s a monster without being a myth, which is rather unfair (Oscar Wilde). Shouldn’t we feel shortchanged?