Thanks for the reminder. There are some crows waiting outside, so I need to feed them to stay on their good side. It was a pair last year, but they had children this spring and now it's a family of five.
Ironically, it reduces the number of crows since they aggressively chase away other ones.
The worst moment was Rod Tayler covering Pleshette's pecked out eye holes with his hand.
The shot was just a suggestion, you never saw anything but it was still scary. A book about Hitchcock claims he was obsessed with blondes, especially Tippi, to an uncomfortable degree.
Getting back to the movie, I saw an interview with someone who had been a kid in the film, and she talked about how fascinated she was with the nuts and bolts of filmmaking and how Hitchcock kind of took her under his, er, wing. He told her that he only needed a few of the birds on the playground equipment to be live, the rest were unmoving, and the audience would just believe they were all live.
It works but I always wondered about that... how did he know that would work?
In 2016 Trump has no experience in government. None. Nada. Zip. Zero Zilch.
So how did the press bill him?: He’s a Washington outsider! He’s not like those corrupt bureaucrats that came before him who couldn’t solve anything. He’s anti-establishment! Let’s give him a chance.
Flash forward to today. How are they billing Kamala Harris?: She’s an unknown. She’s inexperienced. She hasn’t been tested. Voters don’t know anything about her so they are less likely to take a chance on her.
The press is "neutral". The meaning of "neutral" to them is to not report in a way that destroys Trump, even if the truth would actually do that. They will legitimize Trump no matter how fucking ridiculous he is because to actually expose him would not be "neutral". This is exactly what happened in Italy and Germany and the press continued to protect fascists even as the fascists were literally putting them in body bags.
Mara Gay, of NYT editorial board, on Thursday's Morning Joe, talked about the ridiculousness of thinking of PAB as a normal candidate and practicing bothsiderism. I wanted to jump through the screen, shake her by the shoulders, and scream, "You could change that on the editorial board!" I'll keep other comments to myself.
Yet we know all about Trump now. There is nothing that suggests he should be anywhere near the White House. Harris was a prosecutor, the San Francisco DA, California attorney general, a senator, and vice president. I think everyone knows her ideology and her capabilities. That's like comparing the captain of the Titanic with Sullenberger, who deftly landed a passenger jet in the Hudson River after birds caused a flame out. Which one would you pick for your next trip?
After 10 years of the dipshit, I think the citizens have caught on. Except for the cultists ... they will follow the dipshit until he's planted next to Ivana.
My Mom watches all the Sunday shows, or at least the ones on the three major networks. Sometimes I catch a bit if I'm passing through, but usually find myself pushing down the urge to yell at the screen after about 5 seconds.
My Mom's a lifelong committed liberal, and I don't know how she stands it.
Two large and healthy-looking coyotes went through our backyard this morning. If they stick around maybe they can put a dent in the rabbit and woodchuck population and we can have a successful garden next summer.
I think (after reading Heather Cox Richardson and others) that the best tactic for Harris during the debates is to take a sec, look at Donald and start to laugh...
And maybe if he just makes such a huge lie too big to ignore, just look at him and say, you know that’s not true, then turn away and answer the real question.
Exactly. Don't even look at him. This debate cannot be about trying to prove what a disinformed liar PAB is. Talk to the voters about your hope and joy, Kamala.
It turns out that Trump might actually think there has been widespread cannibalism as a result of current immigration law, and that's why he keeps referencing Hannibal Lector, and that Elon Musk might also think this is plausible.
I think he just doesn't understand what asylum means. He thinks asylum seekers are coming from "insane asylums". His capacity for ignorance knows no bounds.
Heather Cox Richardson yesterday, documenting the extent to which PAB has completely lost the thread -- where the fuck are the MSM on all this? He's being driven (even more) insane:
At this point, the demented traitor is not earning himself any more voters. Instead he's probably driving away the last few people capable of critical thinking even in its lowest form. Still, I will finally draw a full breath when Kamala Harris is sworn into office.
It is so frustrating that we have a literally insane person running for President and the press is all “oh, I don’t know - Kamala might have filled out a form wrong twenty years ago”
HCR's final paragraph, linked above, suggests that he's getting noticeably worse:
"Whatever has caused it, Trump seems utterly off his pins, embracing wild conspiracy theories and, as his hopes of winning the election appear to be crumbling, threatening vengeance with a dogged fury that he used to be able to hide."
Yes, the objective and those of negative subjectivity will notice that decline, but his followers, those subjectively positive, will excuse and ignore it. “Yeah Sis, Mom is a little forgetful, but I don’t want to believe it’s Alzheimer’s and if we take her car, it’ll kill her.” The next day, Mom drives her Caddy through a bus stop.
All the Starlings at the top of the dead ash at the back of our yard were practicing looking in the same direction this morning - first North, then South. Not all of them have their shit together. I think they migrate somewhere. Then most flew off, leaving a few who missed the boat, looking around in all directions. I'm sure it was the MAGA crowd of Starlings. They like to hang around Blackbirds, who like to hang around Crows, emulating their larger personages...
Kyle Clark, Denver own journalistic version of Mayor Pete lit Bobo the fuck-up on Aurora Colo being taken over by Venezuelan gangs and child prostitution.
Really doubtful. CO-4 is even redder than her old district. They’ve had like one D term in the last fifty years. At least her old district had the ski town vote to make it uncertain.
I tried to find recent polling to no avail. Which wouldn’t seem it would be difficult. But yeah, she’s sweating it and her desperate bullshit with Clark confirms it.
Went out with friends yesterday to watch the Cal game at our local haunt, had a wonderful time. Not because I like college football, but everyone was just so damn happy. My friend CJ played Shake A Tail Feather and the place ERUPTED. A whole mess of middle-aged folks just *getting down* lol. The door opened and a youngin' Amazon delivery driver came in and was like "Whoa." CJ kept trying to get him to dance, but he was like, no thanks. That is, until he was walking out the door and shook his ass, smiling the whole way. It was so cute. Imma miss my SC homies.
Thanks everyone! Next week, in a similar vein as The Secret Of Kells is another beautiful and unusual animated flick 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/wonkette-movie-night-kubo-and-the?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Saw that in the theater twice.
I love that movie. Have I mentioned I own all the Laika movies? (Except maybe Missing Link)
Thanks Ziggy. This is fun.
I'm not saying you shouldn't, but just be careful if you go to a massage parlor in Cleveland and ask for a "Sooty Shearwater."
$20 same as downtown?
It's a tongue twister too. Try saying it fast 3 times.
Thanks for the reminder. There are some crows waiting outside, so I need to feed them to stay on their good side. It was a pair last year, but they had children this spring and now it's a family of five.
Ironically, it reduces the number of crows since they aggressively chase away other ones.
This was a good friend of ours who did this. Hearing him tell the story was always hysterical!! Miss him.
https://bohemian.com/the-birds-1/
The worst moment was Rod Tayler covering Pleshette's pecked out eye holes with his hand.
The shot was just a suggestion, you never saw anything but it was still scary. A book about Hitchcock claims he was obsessed with blondes, especially Tippi, to an uncomfortable degree.
Getting back to the movie, I saw an interview with someone who had been a kid in the film, and she talked about how fascinated she was with the nuts and bolts of filmmaking and how Hitchcock kind of took her under his, er, wing. He told her that he only needed a few of the birds on the playground equipment to be live, the rest were unmoving, and the audience would just believe they were all live.
It works but I always wondered about that... how did he know that would work?
The Press has always been Trump’s publicist.
In 2016 Trump has no experience in government. None. Nada. Zip. Zero Zilch.
So how did the press bill him?: He’s a Washington outsider! He’s not like those corrupt bureaucrats that came before him who couldn’t solve anything. He’s anti-establishment! Let’s give him a chance.
Flash forward to today. How are they billing Kamala Harris?: She’s an unknown. She’s inexperienced. She hasn’t been tested. Voters don’t know anything about her so they are less likely to take a chance on her.
The press is "neutral". The meaning of "neutral" to them is to not report in a way that destroys Trump, even if the truth would actually do that. They will legitimize Trump no matter how fucking ridiculous he is because to actually expose him would not be "neutral". This is exactly what happened in Italy and Germany and the press continued to protect fascists even as the fascists were literally putting them in body bags.
Behind the Bastards did a series on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URABscYOjRE
Mara Gay, of NYT editorial board, on Thursday's Morning Joe, talked about the ridiculousness of thinking of PAB as a normal candidate and practicing bothsiderism. I wanted to jump through the screen, shake her by the shoulders, and scream, "You could change that on the editorial board!" I'll keep other comments to myself.
Yet we know all about Trump now. There is nothing that suggests he should be anywhere near the White House. Harris was a prosecutor, the San Francisco DA, California attorney general, a senator, and vice president. I think everyone knows her ideology and her capabilities. That's like comparing the captain of the Titanic with Sullenberger, who deftly landed a passenger jet in the Hudson River after birds caused a flame out. Which one would you pick for your next trip?
Also too, Kamala would be Joes second term…which kinda contradicts the she’s an unknown narrative.
After 10 years of the dipshit, I think the citizens have caught on. Except for the cultists ... they will follow the dipshit until he's planted next to Ivana.
oh no... he'll be in a massive mausoleum that's designed just for him..
Well, I lasted less than 10 minutes on press the meet.
My Mom watches all the Sunday shows, or at least the ones on the three major networks. Sometimes I catch a bit if I'm passing through, but usually find myself pushing down the urge to yell at the screen after about 5 seconds.
My Mom's a lifelong committed liberal, and I don't know how she stands it.
Thank you for your service.
That's considerably longer than I'm willing to endure it.
Pepto Bismol is good for stupid induced nausea.
Two large and healthy-looking coyotes went through our backyard this morning. If they stick around maybe they can put a dent in the rabbit and woodchuck population and we can have a successful garden next summer.
Hope you don’t have cats
We have two plump & juicy but fully indoor cats.
I think (after reading Heather Cox Richardson and others) that the best tactic for Harris during the debates is to take a sec, look at Donald and start to laugh...
I won't be watching that shit. I've already had my fill of PAB. Enough to last several lifetimes.
Ignore everything coming out of his mouth, all lies and random BS anyway, look into the camera and talk to the people.
And maybe if he just makes such a huge lie too big to ignore, just look at him and say, you know that’s not true, then turn away and answer the real question.
Exactly. Don't even look at him. This debate cannot be about trying to prove what a disinformed liar PAB is. Talk to the voters about your hope and joy, Kamala.
https://bsky.app/profile/numb.comfortab.ly/post/3kzzda4eihc23
It turns out that Trump might actually think there has been widespread cannibalism as a result of current immigration law, and that's why he keeps referencing Hannibal Lector, and that Elon Musk might also think this is plausible.
We would know there is a problem if it becomes difficult to find chianti and fava beans in stores.
Oh, look, he's not just stupid, he's mendacious, too.
Look forward to the day when people don't remember who Trump and Musk were, save with a gibe and a sneer.
...Trump might actually think...stop right there.
I think he just doesn't understand what asylum means. He thinks asylum seekers are coming from "insane asylums". His capacity for ignorance knows no bounds.
To think that people actually believe that Elno is a genius....
Heather Cox Richardson yesterday, documenting the extent to which PAB has completely lost the thread -- where the fuck are the MSM on all this? He's being driven (even more) insane:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-7-2024
At this point, the demented traitor is not earning himself any more voters. Instead he's probably driving away the last few people capable of critical thinking even in its lowest form. Still, I will finally draw a full breath when Kamala Harris is sworn into office.
Ms Richardson *IS* the real media in the US. The others, like CNN, are propaganda.
Wow
The Deposed Despot has gone full-tilt fascist fiend.
He's gone over the rails, around the bend and is now barreling off of the tracks at break-neck speed.
It is so frustrating that we have a literally insane person running for President and the press is all “oh, I don’t know - Kamala might have filled out a form wrong twenty years ago”
It worked against Hunter, whom I will never vote for again.
Again, it's about making money. Where do you think all that campaign money is going?...
They think if they ignore it, it will go away?
What more can they say? It’s the same old story, and if you’ve seen him once, it’s told.
HCR's final paragraph, linked above, suggests that he's getting noticeably worse:
"Whatever has caused it, Trump seems utterly off his pins, embracing wild conspiracy theories and, as his hopes of winning the election appear to be crumbling, threatening vengeance with a dogged fury that he used to be able to hide."
Yes, the objective and those of negative subjectivity will notice that decline, but his followers, those subjectively positive, will excuse and ignore it. “Yeah Sis, Mom is a little forgetful, but I don’t want to believe it’s Alzheimer’s and if we take her car, it’ll kill her.” The next day, Mom drives her Caddy through a bus stop.
All the Starlings at the top of the dead ash at the back of our yard were practicing looking in the same direction this morning - first North, then South. Not all of them have their shit together. I think they migrate somewhere. Then most flew off, leaving a few who missed the boat, looking around in all directions. I'm sure it was the MAGA crowd of Starlings. They like to hang around Blackbirds, who like to hang around Crows, emulating their larger personages...
What about Clarice?
Thank you, you have my sincere vote for today's Evocative Prize! The older I get, the more I love wondering about birds.
Me, too - maybe because I sit in one place more than I used to!...
Hah! It's quite likely that me thinking I'm growing wiser is more me getting more sedentary.
Kyle Clark, Denver own journalistic version of Mayor Pete lit Bobo the fuck-up on Aurora Colo being taken over by Venezuelan gangs and child prostitution.
https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boeberg-gang-fact-check-aurora/
Sigh. Any sign if Boobert going down this November?
Really doubtful. CO-4 is even redder than her old district. They’ve had like one D term in the last fifty years. At least her old district had the ski town vote to make it uncertain.
She's such an embarrassment. Have the old school gop-ers no shame? (No)
I do love a good straight line.
I tried to find recent polling to no avail. Which wouldn’t seem it would be difficult. But yeah, she’s sweating it and her desperate bullshit with Clark confirms it.
Colorado deserves so much better
What a blithering idiot.
Pretty much the best definition of the entire cult.
Went out with friends yesterday to watch the Cal game at our local haunt, had a wonderful time. Not because I like college football, but everyone was just so damn happy. My friend CJ played Shake A Tail Feather and the place ERUPTED. A whole mess of middle-aged folks just *getting down* lol. The door opened and a youngin' Amazon delivery driver came in and was like "Whoa." CJ kept trying to get him to dance, but he was like, no thanks. That is, until he was walking out the door and shook his ass, smiling the whole way. It was so cute. Imma miss my SC homies.
Not to mention Cal SPANKED Auburn. Saban might have been a good coach but he's a rookie analyst.
My beloved internet mom, Lynda Carter, is hosting Nerds & Geeks for Harris. FYI.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/geeks-and-nerds-for-harris-walz-organizing-call-tickets-1007731180087