I was SOOO disappointed...when I found "Superman The Movie" on my Hulu subscription, it demanded I subscribed to HBO to see it. I went to Amazon and that streaming ap is ridiculous...they now charge extra for damn near every movie. I swear, I'm going to just hang on to internet and go antenna only for my big ass TV.
There's a documentary about Ed Sullivan on Netflix. We watched it last night. It was exhilarating and infuriating all at the same time. This country's been coddling those traitorous losers for far too long. There's a direct line from "the South won't stand for it" to today. Fuck 'em. Incidentally, Harry Belafonte was a dish.
And stood up to those shitsuckers. Was one of the first performers to have a "pay or play" contract: he got paid no matter what and the south refused to carry his show b/c of the "intermingling" of whites and Black people, so he walked and got the money anyway.
He said, "See ya later!" and just walked away. (Literally. That's what he said, LMAO!)
And then bankrolled a big portion of the Civil Rights movement, which I did not know until recently.
I had no idea what a beautiful man he was/is until I read Sharlett's Slow Civil War book and watched part of the "Belafonte Tonight" show that was aired in the 60s.
He basically told those white establishment shitsuckers to get fucked b/c he got the $$$$ anyway when whities didn't like the fact that he REFUSED to remove Black and white dancers dancing together and mingling on the show.
I love the moment in the book when Belafonte describes it to the author: "I told him, no. And then I thought, "Swallow that shit, motherfucker.""
XD XD XD XD XD
But, seriously. Watch that episode of Belafonte Tonight. Or Tonight with Belafonte (I can't remember that it was called). He is one of the most beautiful men to have ever trod the earth.
I feel you. I'm bingewatching CSI: Miami because at least in fiction the bad guys get caught once in a while. I know that these "procedurals" are all questionable but that's all the satisfaction I can get anymore.
Today I managed to make my longest streak ever in Wordle - 195 wins in a row!
I got to 194 about 2 years ago, but then my mom was having a really bad day, and I never finished the puzzle. Reset.
Then I got to 167, but the power went out for almost a week, which after three days meant the cell towers went down for a bit (their backup wasn't for long enough time to power through the whole outage), so I lost THAT streak too.
If history is any indication, once I eventually bust my streak, I’ll go through a bunch of streaks of 3, 9, 21, 17, 8, etc etc etc. before I’m able to start building towards eleventy seven somewhere out in the future.
I've come to the conclusion that Trump economics advisor Kevin Hassett is the reason that turd emojis have happy faces. That guy can spew absolute bullshit with a grin better than anybody I've ever seen.
Good news- The highest water temp for the Gulf is just under 90 (30C) now. Bad news- the high pressure dome seems to be breaking up. Southern Wonkers keep any eye out. Bookmark these:
Every day these ugly stories grow and hit closer to home. A normal 20 year old woman detained by ICE at a routine visa hearing, not a threat to anyone, just a victim of MAGA cruelty.
I just read that Gene Hackman was cast as Lex Luthor because he really really wanted to work with Marlon Brando. But Hackman and Brando didn't have any scenes together, did they?
So ... Archive the Ginger Menace™ growls at some things ... Amazon drivers (but not the pizza delivery person), weird cars across the street, etc. But last night he just growled at nothing. At least we humans thought it was nothing. Apparently, the Ginger Menace™ was growling at this: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qxsb/executive
Bloody pilgrims have decided that as well as taking all the seats they will sit on the floors of the metro, meaning nobody can get past them and their backpacks and floor mats, and then they insist on happy-clappy singing too. I cannot wait for them to fuck off.
I was SOOO disappointed...when I found "Superman The Movie" on my Hulu subscription, it demanded I subscribed to HBO to see it. I went to Amazon and that streaming ap is ridiculous...they now charge extra for damn near every movie. I swear, I'm going to just hang on to internet and go antenna only for my big ass TV.
For free on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/Superman1978
Thank you thank you!
Favorite line:
"Now it's not that I don't trust you, Otis, but... I don't trust you."
New word courtesy Fukui-
Ignorigami. My meaning is the reichwing MAGGOTs folding the truth into uninteresting shapes. Current fave Huge Truck Tire.
There's a documentary about Ed Sullivan on Netflix. We watched it last night. It was exhilarating and infuriating all at the same time. This country's been coddling those traitorous losers for far too long. There's a direct line from "the South won't stand for it" to today. Fuck 'em. Incidentally, Harry Belafonte was a dish.
Just re-watched The World, The Flesh, and The Devil with him (post-atomic holocaust thing). He was great; pretty good movie.
And stood up to those shitsuckers. Was one of the first performers to have a "pay or play" contract: he got paid no matter what and the south refused to carry his show b/c of the "intermingling" of whites and Black people, so he walked and got the money anyway.
He said, "See ya later!" and just walked away. (Literally. That's what he said, LMAO!)
And then bankrolled a big portion of the Civil Rights movement, which I did not know until recently.
I have had a crush on Harry Belafonte since I was a school girl.
Mmm-mmmmm....
Oh. My. God.
I had no idea what a beautiful man he was/is until I read Sharlett's Slow Civil War book and watched part of the "Belafonte Tonight" show that was aired in the 60s.
He basically told those white establishment shitsuckers to get fucked b/c he got the $$$$ anyway when whities didn't like the fact that he REFUSED to remove Black and white dancers dancing together and mingling on the show.
I love the moment in the book when Belafonte describes it to the author: "I told him, no. And then I thought, "Swallow that shit, motherfucker.""
XD XD XD XD XD
But, seriously. Watch that episode of Belafonte Tonight. Or Tonight with Belafonte (I can't remember that it was called). He is one of the most beautiful men to have ever trod the earth.
Here it is. Seriously. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6oBqOR8kzo&list=RDL6oBqOR8kzo&start_radio=1&t=3320s
He's one smooth guy.
*melts*
Time to watch a bunch of true crime, because it feels better than current politics...
I play videya games for that reason, too. Escape.
Those worlds are better than this one.
I feel you. I'm bingewatching CSI: Miami because at least in fiction the bad guys get caught once in a while. I know that these "procedurals" are all questionable but that's all the satisfaction I can get anymore.
Today I managed to make my longest streak ever in Wordle - 195 wins in a row!
I got to 194 about 2 years ago, but then my mom was having a really bad day, and I never finished the puzzle. Reset.
Then I got to 167, but the power went out for almost a week, which after three days meant the cell towers went down for a bit (their backup wasn't for long enough time to power through the whole outage), so I lost THAT streak too.
So, small victories for Sister!
Wow! My record is like 4.
If history is any indication, once I eventually bust my streak, I’ll go through a bunch of streaks of 3, 9, 21, 17, 8, etc etc etc. before I’m able to start building towards eleventy seven somewhere out in the future.
Congrats, small victories are awesome.
Irate Trump tells Schumer to "Go to hell" after after Senate stand-off over confirmations.
"He likes us. He likes me anyway" --C. Schumer, hot mic, 2017
He's losing his cool.
he had a cool?
We are all in Hell now because of Trump.
Oglaf knows: https://substack.com/profile/156642523-stanta-knows/note/c-141762605?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2l9e57
It all makes sense now.
I've come to the conclusion that Trump economics advisor Kevin Hassett is the reason that turd emojis have happy faces. That guy can spew absolute bullshit with a grin better than anybody I've ever seen.
💩
WTF don't we have a frowny poo emoji, anyway?
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxXFw_l5c8AW-4YoVF-wWZipE2BW4JoQFRDg&s
Thank you!!
That poo looks guilty after having pooped.
We really need serious people in government. The fucking ridiculous toilet clowns confirmed Judge winebox for DC U.S. Attorney. Good fucking lord.
I need to go to law school.
No! You'd have to tone it down too much.
I would indeed be spending most of my earnings paying off my various contempt of court citations.
But I'd get some shit DONE.
Judge : “Are you trying to show contempt for this court?”
Mae West : “ No, your honor, I'm trying my best to conceal it.”
Judge Boxwine and Judge Bovine.
Ugh.
They will regret it when she overturns an election.
maybe
Time to put on a bra and do some grocery shopping. Which I absolutely shouldn't do on a Sunday, but hopefully the church folk are still occupied.
Let the heathen shopping begin )
Yeah, I gotta quick pick up some pool chlorine and some "fresh" crisco for biscuits.
Wait ... why does a heathen need a bra?
Good news- The highest water temp for the Gulf is just under 90 (30C) now. Bad news- the high pressure dome seems to be breaking up. Southern Wonkers keep any eye out. Bookmark these:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.php
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/90fwbg.gif
It could get spicy in the Gulf of Mexico
A sharp right into the southern parts and a lot of detainees will be goners.
While you still can!
Every day these ugly stories grow and hit closer to home. A normal 20 year old woman detained by ICE at a routine visa hearing, not a threat to anyone, just a victim of MAGA cruelty.
https://abc7ny.com/post/westchester-high-school-grad-detained-ice-routine-visa-hearing/17407805/
"It is also important to make sure you create a family preparedness plan and if possible, work with a lawyer to set up a virtual hearing."
This is insane.
for fucks sake, her visa is still valid until December, it was a hearing to extend it.... they took and jailed a completely legal person.
Its not 'criminals' or people who have overstayed their visas, its fucking anyone so they can make quota and get their fucking bonus.
We and the congresscritters voted away our ability (legally) to do anything about it, also too.
So help me Sagan but I am going to go down to the Court House and the Federal Building and make my presence known.
If I affect an Irish accent how long do you suppose it will take them to cuff me and demand to see my "papers"?
This shit is getting brutally fucking ugly here in Spokane. It is past time to instigate some GOOD gawd damned trouble.
Sometimes it is worth getting arrested.
I just read that Gene Hackman was cast as Lex Luthor because he really really wanted to work with Marlon Brando. But Hackman and Brando didn't have any scenes together, did they?
They did not.
So ... Archive the Ginger Menace™ growls at some things ... Amazon drivers (but not the pizza delivery person), weird cars across the street, etc. But last night he just growled at nothing. At least we humans thought it was nothing. Apparently, the Ginger Menace™ was growling at this: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qxsb/executive
Of course he doesn't growl at the pizza delivery person, it's PIZZA! Silly human.
Gingers factory settings are wildly variable. Space & time? Pfft! They can weird anytime anywhere anyfor 'cuz reasons! D'orangement syndrome. 💕
It's always Jersey's fault.
New Jersey is New York at low tide.
Animals KNOW these things before we do.
Sunday Doonesbury pretty funny, from a "Dirty Birds of a Feather" standpoint.
https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury
so true
I'm sure that's what Li'l Marco was told as well.
Bloody pilgrims have decided that as well as taking all the seats they will sit on the floors of the metro, meaning nobody can get past them and their backpacks and floor mats, and then they insist on happy-clappy singing too. I cannot wait for them to fuck off.