I used to hate Bill Clinton’s State of the Union speeches. He’d usually arrive inexcusably late; proceed to hug everyone within touching distance; then blather on for well over an hour about every policy minutia the DC wonk class obsesses over. One year, he was still talking an hour and a half in. Then he’d stay forever afterwards, incapable of saying goodbye, absorbing every milliliter of love he could drain from the crowd, and generally looking like he was having the time of his life.
Ron DeSantis is not a "mini-Trump" or some other diminutive. He is much more dangerous. Donald Trump has no "ideology" beyond megalomania and a deep desire to be an American god king. By comparison, DeSantis is far more intelligent and devious; he is an ideological fascist and racial authoritarian.
When President Biden gives his State of the Union address on Tuesday, he will have a lot to boast about.
I don’t watch this stuff. Life’s too short. Politicians bloviating and the only people who really care are the press reporting on it.
Welcome to today, where people are in their silos and don’t even realize it!
Beyoncé should boycott the Grammys! That’s what Mikael Wood claimed on the front page of the “Los Angeles Times” Calendar section yesterday. Hate to tell you Mikael, but most people have already boycotted the Grammys. Sure, ratings went up a bit, but that’s like saying a classic rock act got a million streams instead of 700,000. Almost nobody heard it and nobody cares! Come on, has anybody talked to you about the Grammys in the past few days? Certainly not since Monday.
You see the world has changed. It’s all niche, and what happens in your niche is irrelevant to me.
So. The State of the Union. Did you watch it? How do you feel about it? Was
it consequential, meaningless, or just meh? I’m going to try to keep this
short and sweet, and I’m not going to mince words. Americans probably
don’t get it yet — but that was an historic State of the Union https://eand.co/that-was-no-
Rich pickings … John Lithgow and Julianne Moore in SharperMovies about confidence-trickery put a new spin on the old rule about playing poker: look around the table and if you can’t see the chump … then it’s you. Watch a film about swindlers and you may well think you can see the person who’s being conned. But the film’s entire narrative procedure, and its pleasure, relies on you, the audience, repeatedly submitting to being played, while in theory you are the one with the wised-up crook’s-eye-view of what is going on.
A meditative film about an Indian bird sanctuary is full of soul-transforming magic
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In January, while Oscars discourse roils and people are still catching up on last
year’s best movies, a new crop arrives via the Sundance Film Festival. This year,
after two years online, the festival returned to Park City, Utah, where stars,
filmmakers, and packed audiences gathered to revel in the joy of watching movies.
I saw about 30 movies at Sundance, out of 110, so there’s no way to make a
definitive list. But of those films, a number of them — fiction and documentary
alike — were so strong that it feels inevitable that we’ll be talking about them all year. If you like movies, or just want to like movies, you couldn’t do better than keeping tabs on these movies as distributors pick them up
and release them to the public.
Well, A Girl Potato and Boy Potato had eyes for each other,
And finally they got married, and had a little sweet
Potato, which they Called'Yam.'
Of course, they wanted the best for Yam.
When it was time, they told her about the facts Of life.
They warned her about going Out and getting
Half-baked, so she wouldn't get accidentally mashed, and
Get a bad name for herself like 'Hot Potato,' and
End up with a bunch of tater tots
Yam said not to worry, no Spud would get
Her into the sack and make a rotten potato out of her!
But on the other hand she wouldn't stay home and become a Couch Potato either.
She would get plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny like her shoestring cousins.
When she went off to Europe , Mr. And Mrs. Potato told Yam
To watch out For the hard-boiled guys from Ireland and the greasy guys from France called the French fries.And When she went out West, toWatch out for the Indians so she wouldn't get scalloped..Yam said she would stay on the straight and Narrow and wouldn't associate with
Those high class Yukon Golds, or the ones from the other side of the tracks who advertise their trade on all The trucks that say, 'Frito Lay.'
Mr. And Mrs. Potato sent Yam to Idaho P.U. (that's
Potato University ) so that when she graduated she'd really be in the Chips.
But in spite of all they did for Her, one-day Yam came home
And announced she was Going to marry Tom Brokaw.
Tom Brokaw!
Mr. And Mrs. Potato were very upset.
They told Yam she couldn't Possibly marry Tom Brokaw because he's just......A COMMONTATER
What To Do When It Snows In Newfoundland ...One winter morning a husband and wife in Conception Bay South were
listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say,
"We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car
on the even-numbered side of the street, so the snowplows can get through, eh."
So da good wife went out and moved her car.A week later while they are eating breakfast again, the radio announcer said,
"We are expecting 10 to 12 inches of snow today. You must park your car on
the odd-numbered side of the street, so the snowplows can get through, eh."The good wife went out and moved her car again.The next week they are again having breakfast, when the radio announcer
says, "We are expecting 12 to 14 inches of snow today. You must park...."
Then the electric power went out. The good wife was very upset, and with a
worried look on her face she said,"Honey, I don't know what to do. Which side of the street do I need to park on
so the snowplows can get through, eh?"With love and understanding in his voice, that all men who are married to
good Newfoundland women exhibit, the husband replied,
"Why don't you just leave it in the garage this time?"
A woman meets a man in a bar.
They talk; they connect; they end
up leaving together.
They get back to his place,
and as he shows her around his
apartment she notices that one wall
of his bedroom is
completely filled with soft, sweet,
cuddly teddy bears.
There are three shelves in the
bedroom,
with hundreds and hundreds of cute,
cuddly teddy bears carefully placed
in rows, covering the entire wall!
It was obvious that he had taken
quite some time to lovingly arrange them
and she was immediately touched
by the amount of thought he had
put into organizing the display.
There were small bears all along
the bottom shelf,
medium-sized bears covering the
length of the middle shelf,
and huge, enormous bears running
all the way along the top shelf.
She found it strange for an
obviously masculine guy
to have such a large collection of
Teddy Bears,
She is quite impressed by his
sensitive side.
but doesn't mention this to him.
They share a bottle of wine and
continue talking and,
after awhile, she finds herself
thinking,
'Oh my God! Maybe, this guy
could be the one!
Maybe he could be the future
father of my children?'
She turns to him and kisses him
lightly on the lips
He responds warmly.
They continue to kiss, the passion builds,
and he romantically lifts her in
his arms and carries her into his bedroom
where they rip off each other's
clothes and make hot, steamy love.
She is so overwhelmed that she
responds with more passion,
more creativity, more heat than she
has ever known.
After an intense, explosive night
of raw passion with this sensitive guy,
they are lying there together in
the afterglow.
The woman rolls over, gently
strokes his chest and asks coyly,
'Well, how was it?'
The guy gently smiles at her,
strokes her cheek,
looks deeply into her eyes, and says:'Help yourself to any prize
from the middle shelf!'
These are real notes written by parents in the Memphis school district. Spelling has been left intact. 1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him. 2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and I had her shot. 3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan . 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33. 4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating. 5. Please excuse roland from p.e. For a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip. 6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face. 7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part. 8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins. 9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side. 10. Please excuse ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels. 11. Please excuse Lesli from being absent yesterday. She had the shits. 12. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak. 13.. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust. 14. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault. 15. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don't know what size she wear. 16. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday. We thought it was Sunday. 17. Sally won't be in school a week from Friday We have to attend her funeral. 18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the marines. 19. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well. 20. Please excuse Mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps. 21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover... 22. Please excuse Brenda . She has been sick and under the doctor. 23. Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sorethroat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever an sore throat, her brother had a low grade feverand ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night. Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids |
