Fun facts about Filoli. Built by mega-rich William Bowers Bourn II. San Francisco native.
Bourn made most of his money in the Empire (gold) mine in the Sierra foothills, used it to buy a lot of stuff.
Either had a hand in creating or bought the following:
PG&E
the San Francisco water system
Muckross House in Killarney Ireland (bought it for his daughter, then gifted it to the people of Ireland),
the Greystone Mansion in the Napa Valley (later became Christian Brothers Cellars, then an outlet of the Cullinary Institute of America),
and of course Filoli.
Filoli was built on watershed land (atop the San Andreas fault in the fault valley that runs up the Peninsula) belonging to Spring Valley Water Company, which he had invested in; Spring Valley was later sold to the City of San Francisco. Spring Valley would go on to create, much to John Muir's agony, Hetch Hetchy dam, whose waters now pass through reservoirs on the old Spring Valley property North of Filoli on their way to San Francisco. Bay Area natives will tell you this is the best municipal water on the planet. Pure and sweet straight from Sierra snowmelt.
Bourn's hand in creating critical infrastructure in Northern California (power, water, etc) is under-appreciated.
btw: While he was out of the picture by then, he opposed Hetch Hetchy.
It's * not * true that OHJB was overheard saying "Bitch better have my money" as he departed Air Force One earlier. Pool reports to the contrary are inaccurate.
I can't help but think of a scene from the Britcom "Yes, Prime Minister". PM Jim Hacker finally got his summit meeting with the President of the U.S. Back home in his office, he was asked about what when on in their private, closed-door meeting.
I paraphrase from memory: "Well, I started reading from my briefing, and then he started reading from his, so we decided to just swap briefing papers, and we spent the rest of the time ragging on the French."
And this is a senator. I get that people want representation who feel familiar, but I don't think I'd want to discuss penis-biting technique with my representative.
I just think it's funny that he's trying so hard to show what a grr tough manly man he is while bragging that he'd a) fight dirty and b) bite an opponent on the cock.
Hey. I was promised it would be in San Francisco proper, not SF adjacent. For my money, it should be held in Los Angeles, where real shit gets done. Or El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
Filoli is an excellent choice. They are closed for "holiday decorating", they are in the middle of vast and preserved open space, and the few neighbors are rich Republicans with guns and horses and that whole Montana thing where they'd happily shoot any hippy who trespasses
"It means that gay Christians will be able to invite family and friends to a special service, which could be held on Saturdays, to bless and celebrate their weddings. Special music, readings, confetti and other features would mean such services could look very similar to a standard church wedding"
the conflict between how things *are* and how they *ought to* be is their entire business model/concept of everything with a heavy emphasis on the "ought to," and always going as far back as their grievance of the day takes to magically disappear.
GOP Rep. Roy: I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing that I can go campaign on and say we did. One! Come and explain to me one meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done
Filoli (the "estate") is fabulous. It's nestled right in the San Andreas fault in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco and is probably the closest thing we have to a French château in the Bay Area.
They'll have a lovely time, especially without James Comer around.
Is this the place that I could get a glimpse of out of my parents car windows heading down Interstate 280 in the '60's? I've never been but have driven past it probably 1000 times as a kid.
I don't know if one can actually see it from the freeway, but it's likely (if I'm on that freeway I'm ususally the one driving so can't really look), but you can certainly see the signs for it. I also drove past it 1000 times before finally going for a visit.
Angry, screamy music makes me feel better. For some reason if I start angry screaming, the neighbors become "concerned". If I let Disturbed or Slipknot do the screaming, it's socially acceptable.
OHBJ: In talking with President Xi, I discovered that the Chinese and English languages have a surprising commonality. There's a Chinese word that roughly translates to "flaming asshole" that might be familiar to a lot of you. President Xi, would you like to elaborate?
Xi: Thank you President Biden. The word in question is a little different in Cantonese, but in Mandarin it's roughly pronounced "Comer" in English. I also shared with President Biden that the Xiang word for "face like a backed-up sewer system" sounds very much like "Trump," except that the "u" has the slightest vocal inflection.
Friendly reminder that APEC will be nothing less than a shitshow. It's bad enough that San Francisco had to "clean up" (read: harass into leaving) its homeless population ahead of this, but whatever is being talked about behind closed doors is not going to be good for anybody in our tax bracket.
Biden conducts regular diplomacy.
MAGAts everywhere: The collusion is taking place before our eyes!
Not that I personally have a problem with it, but was POTUS Joe praying, there, to open that meeting?
🙏
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Probably? I mean, he's pretty well known to be a devout Catholic.
Fun facts about Filoli. Built by mega-rich William Bowers Bourn II. San Francisco native.
Bourn made most of his money in the Empire (gold) mine in the Sierra foothills, used it to buy a lot of stuff.
Either had a hand in creating or bought the following:
PG&E
the San Francisco water system
Muckross House in Killarney Ireland (bought it for his daughter, then gifted it to the people of Ireland),
the Greystone Mansion in the Napa Valley (later became Christian Brothers Cellars, then an outlet of the Cullinary Institute of America),
and of course Filoli.
Filoli was built on watershed land (atop the San Andreas fault in the fault valley that runs up the Peninsula) belonging to Spring Valley Water Company, which he had invested in; Spring Valley was later sold to the City of San Francisco. Spring Valley would go on to create, much to John Muir's agony, Hetch Hetchy dam, whose waters now pass through reservoirs on the old Spring Valley property North of Filoli on their way to San Francisco. Bay Area natives will tell you this is the best municipal water on the planet. Pure and sweet straight from Sierra snowmelt.
Bourn's hand in creating critical infrastructure in Northern California (power, water, etc) is under-appreciated.
btw: While he was out of the picture by then, he opposed Hetch Hetchy.
It's * not * true that OHJB was overheard saying "Bitch better have my money" as he departed Air Force One earlier. Pool reports to the contrary are inaccurate.
That's just not how OHJB talks.
I can't help but think of a scene from the Britcom "Yes, Prime Minister". PM Jim Hacker finally got his summit meeting with the President of the U.S. Back home in his office, he was asked about what when on in their private, closed-door meeting.
I paraphrase from memory: "Well, I started reading from my briefing, and then he started reading from his, so we decided to just swap briefing papers, and we spent the rest of the time ragging on the French."
I've never been to China, but I welcome our robot overlords and hope someday to dig a feathered dinosaur from the Chinese soil.
OT and hilarious
https://twitter.com/dabbs346/status/1724794310833664372
Markwayne is still going on about it, and wants you to know he will bite your penis.
And this is a senator. I get that people want representation who feel familiar, but I don't think I'd want to discuss penis-biting technique with my representative.
Oof, he has some serious insecurities.
The other white meat.
Who are we to judge another’s kinks?
Using teeth in a blowie is for advanced users only, Markwayne.
Amuse Douche, micro peni fare well in cockbiting.
"just a little mouthful"
"hold my beer, Mike Tyson"
He's just letting it be known he's down for the ground and pound.
I guess we as a society are giving up on the idea that adults are anything other than large children.
That he overcompensates for his persistent impotency so loudly is some paramount arrogance.
I just think it's funny that he's trying so hard to show what a grr tough manly man he is while bragging that he'd a) fight dirty and b) bite an opponent on the cock.
"... it’s in Woodside, California ..."
Hey. I was promised it would be in San Francisco proper, not SF adjacent. For my money, it should be held in Los Angeles, where real shit gets done. Or El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
Filoli is an excellent choice. They are closed for "holiday decorating", they are in the middle of vast and preserved open space, and the few neighbors are rich Republicans with guns and horses and that whole Montana thing where they'd happily shoot any hippy who trespasses
Can't get better security than that!
The christofascists, they are losing.
𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/15/church-of-england-backs-plans-for-blessings-of-same-sex-weddings
separate but equal never gets old
"It means that gay Christians will be able to invite family and friends to a special service, which could be held on Saturdays, to bless and celebrate their weddings. Special music, readings, confetti and other features would mean such services could look very similar to a standard church wedding"
I hate everything about this. every single bit.
Never gets equal, either.
If they look like standard church weddings why not just make them standard church weddings.
don't want to get the gay all over the church on a Sunday. this is the same bullshit as limiting us to civil unions.
It's so dumb. Religious people are masters at finding loopholes instead of admitting they don't want to live by some ancient rule anymore.
the conflict between how things *are* and how they *ought to* be is their entire business model/concept of everything with a heavy emphasis on the "ought to," and always going as far back as their grievance of the day takes to magically disappear.
What I love best about that is that it means some very good and damned deserving people are finally winning.
It is about damned time.
"Jayne Ozanne, a campaigner for equal marriage within the C of E, said the decision offered “tiny scraps of hope to LGBT+ people”."
ah yes! I knew there was a huge "however" in there somewhere.
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He has a point...
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GOP Rep. Roy: I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing that I can go campaign on and say we did. One! Come and explain to me one meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done
https://www.threads.net/@bidenharrishq/post/CzrWFVOrMIX
You guys shivved your own leader for no reason whatsoever
That was a SINGULAR accomplishment.
Rep. Roy should do what the rest of the GQP is; take credit for the bills they voted against.
Okay, how about "they've singlehandedly managed to scare the bejeezus out of most Americans while simultaneously making them laugh their asses off."
bringing porn to a hearing is an achievement
Picking fights in a hearing, too.
or you, Chip Roy, for that matter.
How about plunging a katana into it's belly in an act of political seppuku
that would require some sort of code of ethics and honor.
One can dream.
just give him something pointy when he's butt standing the next time. maybe he'll trip.
Made America Taiwan Again?
I'll give you one, dipshit congresscritter Roy: Y'all are white trash and you demonstrate it everyday. How's that?
Filoli (the "estate") is fabulous. It's nestled right in the San Andreas fault in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco and is probably the closest thing we have to a French château in the Bay Area.
They'll have a lovely time, especially without James Comer around.
Are they keeping the lesser Doocey away also?
Is this the place that I could get a glimpse of out of my parents car windows heading down Interstate 280 in the '60's? I've never been but have driven past it probably 1000 times as a kid.
I don't know if one can actually see it from the freeway, but it's likely (if I'm on that freeway I'm ususally the one driving so can't really look), but you can certainly see the signs for it. I also drove past it 1000 times before finally going for a visit.
Jr. visited there last summer when he was down at Stanford for his med school summer internship. Beautiful gardens.
Xi still at baggage claim.
Angry, screamy music makes me feel better. For some reason if I start angry screaming, the neighbors become "concerned". If I let Disturbed or Slipknot do the screaming, it's socially acceptable.
You're not screaming enough to acclimatize them to it.
Try doing more of it.
::excerpt from meeting::
OHBJ: In talking with President Xi, I discovered that the Chinese and English languages have a surprising commonality. There's a Chinese word that roughly translates to "flaming asshole" that might be familiar to a lot of you. President Xi, would you like to elaborate?
Xi: Thank you President Biden. The word in question is a little different in Cantonese, but in Mandarin it's roughly pronounced "Comer" in English. I also shared with President Biden that the Xiang word for "face like a backed-up sewer system" sounds very much like "Trump," except that the "u" has the slightest vocal inflection.
Niiiiice.
snerk
I hope they go to Chinatown.
Lee Ho Fooks.
Friendly reminder that APEC will be nothing less than a shitshow. It's bad enough that San Francisco had to "clean up" (read: harass into leaving) its homeless population ahead of this, but whatever is being talked about behind closed doors is not going to be good for anybody in our tax bracket.