Something that absolutely drives me nuts and makes me shake my head is the number of “celebrities” at all levels of fame, in various endeavors, who go out of their way to spout off about anything happening in the news.
They range from sounding uninformed to downright delusional. Of course, there are also those who sound completely insincere and one knows they are just doing it to get any publicity they can get to advance a career or make more money. (I can almost, sort of, cynically be OK with that.)
Do you know what I want an actor to do? Act. And a musician? That’s right, play music. I do not want to hear their political opinions. I don’t care what they think about Greta Thunberg. I only care that their acting or musicianship is worth experiencing.
In many cases, I’ve ended up losing respect for the celebrity and even sometimes instituting my own private boycott.
So, how about you? Do you care what your favorite celebrities think about politics, the environment, or any other pet cause? Does it make you like them or dislike them more?
Discuss.
I like it when they agree with me. When they don’t, they are idiots that should stick to entertaining.
That covets it, close the comments .
Thou shalt not covet thy celebrity’s ass.
Pretty much my thoughts ?
Those that agree with me are best.
Those that say nothing are good. I still assume they hold the usual left wings ideas, but at least they have the decency to not reveal their foolishness.
Those I disagree with are the worst
Yep. We’re done here.
I don’t really plug into mainstream culture enough to keep up with celebrities anymore. I watch football and old westerns on TV, and I don’t do social media. I pretty much assume that they’re all idiots.
Do you care what your favorite celebrities think about politics, the environment, or any other pet cause?
Not really.
Does it make you like them or dislike them more?
It usually doesn’t make any difference (see first answer). Sometimes it makes me like them more, if it’s a good take. Only if it’s very excessive or extreme, it makes me like them less (eg. Alyssa Milano).
I’m with SP. I don’t care about their vapid opinions.
I make a general effort not to find out what actors/musicians/authors think about politics or are like in real life. It inevitably turns me off, and that’s not what I’m paying them for anyway. As long as that crap doesn’t seep into what I’m actually buying, I try to ignore it. Every once in a while, though, I’ll end up hearing about some terrible thing that someone whose work I respected said, and… I’ll find myself less likely to look for their work in the future.
I don’t mind actors and musicians telling me what they think, it’s the web designers and lawyers and carpenters that should keep their traps shut.
“Carpenters”
Heh. I think I saw what you did there
Karen should have opened hers and stuffed a little more down it….
If Mama Cass had shared her sandwich with Karen Carpenter, they may both still be alive.
I guess it’s too late to say I thought it was a Jesus joke.
I don’t have any “favourite” celebrities. None. My spousal unit thinks I’m weird. (She is, of course, absolutely correct.)
People with money and fame are just bizarre human beings, by and large. They’re not worth the attention. But we simians just can’t stop worshiping access to resources (money) and power, I guess . . .
Thank you all for your vacation suggestions and please keep them coming.
Banff.
Or Banff.
Both are good, but also take the trip along the Icefields Parkway to Jasper. Jasper’s basically Banff but much less commercialized.
Lol. Just getting a couple miles off the main drag dramatically decreases the people problem.
I promised an article on my trip there. If I ever stop shit-posting, I’ll get it done!
If you’re a couple of miles off the main drag, you’re still in Banff National Park, but you’re no longer in Banff. But I quibble. The entire area’s fun. Just like the entire area around Jasper. ;-)
It’s a nice bike ride from Jasper to Banff, if that’s your thing.
Gesundheidt!
We could be more on point with more information. What do you like to do and looking for in a vacation? Budget? No fly list or no? Think you already typed it would be September.
Time period – summer through October. I like everything, I’ve been looking and just not feeling anything so I’m hoping a suggestion will make me say “Yeah! that’s it!”
Mongolia sounds cool, I’m checking costs.
According to Radley Balko @ https://reason.com/2008/07/09/whats-the-matter-with-chicago/, the Miami statistical metropolitan area (SMA) would be the most libertarian SMA in the United States if it were not for “drugs—and that’s less a matter of the city’s own approach to the drug war than of draconian state laws and a heavy federal presence.” Florida has medpot but not funpot. If that is a problem, Reason’s top choice is Las Vegas.
*Radley Balko exclaims, “Vegas, baby!”, slips on sunglasses from CSI: Miami instead of from original CSI, slo-mo walks*
Florida actually still arrests people for pot. They were all sneaky about smoking it when I was there. I don’t mess around, but they seemed really stressed out about it.
North Dakota.
This is cool and you’ll have seen everything NoDak has to offer. Well, exceept for MikeS.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pyramid-north-dakota
It is pretty cool. And not too far from me.
This is also cool if you want to do a Cold War themed trip.
Alaska in shoulder season, after the major cruises stop. Fly from Anchorage to Fairbanks and take the train back (or vice versa). Do the glacier by boat tour from forget the name of it, but not far from Anchorage.
Can get burned by the weather. But if you luck out, it’s heaven and no that many people around.
Dunno. I’m going to Bonneville in Sept. For the bike races. I like Route 66, but I ride my bike on it, in a car, maybe still cool but less so? Plus it gets you to the Grand Canyon, the Hoover dam, the Colorado river and then Vegas. Drive right past Yusef, too.
I drove one of these down about 5 miles of old Route 66 in Oklahoma. That was kinda cool.
That thing is cool. What is it, a harvester?
Yeah. AKA a combine. The header was off for transport. Most of the time I operated it, it looked like this.
I’ve heard some people enjoy Topaz Mountain, Utah.
I appreciate all these suggestions. Thank you.
Even mine?
*has his doubts*
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Since the vast majority of my musical interests are commies, I try to ignore it.
Most of my musical listening these days is classical, so most of the composers are long dead. Don’t have to worry about their political views.
If they died before Marx, you are all set.
Wagner?
“Wagner?”
You know who else liked Wagner?
Onto a note related to some of the above commentary that “answered” SP’s post’survey, Stephen Fry regarding Wagner on the Craig Ferguson show from years ago.
What I heard: “Wagner had mommy issues.”
Actually, so I listened to that whole segment.
That was powerful, thanks!
“Actually, so I listened to that whole segment.
That was powerful, thanks!”
Thank you. I thought that the conversation to which I provided a link was relevant to the SP’s topic.
I loved that he said he had a hard time listening–until the music started and then it just overcame him.
I got chills just listening to how he described it. It was a wonderful interview.
Scritti Politti?
Hard to top Billy Bragg.
https://66.media.tumblr.com/43f622419d8922c482e15a7d4b87d718/tumblr_mvkfggsffH1ra4z6jo1_400.png
Adam Baldwin ftw.
Fuck most sjw celebrities.
Fuck yeah Jayne you despicable mercenary sunuvabitch
Animal Mother is downsizing his firepower. Disappoint.
Leave me out of this.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he’s not afraid of anything.
Don’t care. Their opinions only move the needle a tiny bit in one direction or the other. I would even continue to watch Alyssa Milano do Project Runway if she hadn’t seemingly moved into full-time “activism”. The only exception is when they occasionally mix politics with their job, and then I tune out.
^this. I don’t want to be told how deplorable I am when I go watch a movie, but other than that people in their private capacity have a right to express their opinions. After all we do, we are doing it right now.
Agreed. Although sometimes the hypocrisy can be off putting. For example taking the private airplane to the climate summit.
To cut through to the heart of it, much of the resentment comes from the outsized microphone and deference given to a group of people who couldn’t tell the difference between George Washington and George Costanza.
Ya know, when Janeane Garofalo did her stand-up bit only, I thought she was entertaining. Then she opened her mouth about politics, had a show on Air America, and I can only watch her now when shes in a situation where she’s being challenged.
When Rosie O’Donnell did stand up in the 80’s on HBO “Standup Spotlight” she was funny. Then she got all….Rosie.
Patton Oswalt was (and still kinda is) funny as F. Until he gets on Twitter and bashes everyone.
Lewis Black is tedious, and even with his left-leaning slant, can be funny.
My point? You’re way funnier when you’re comedians and do the job you know how to do, and not use your fame as a platform.
Im an environmental science guy that, while I feel Im good at what I do, Id never lecture OMWC on why the STK4026 MOSFET is the better platform to drive an amp instead of tubes.
This right here.
And I’d say properly designed you shouldn’t hear a difference. OTH, if you want an effects box you can do some fun things with tubes, but I wouldn’t want that as my everyday amp.
Depends on age and breast size, young and voluptuous tend to garner my attention more. Other than that, opinions and assholes, everyone has one.
People are idiots. Not gonna lose sleep over it.
Celebrities, i.e. people who go out of their way to demand attention, (as distinct from people who happen to be famous as a result of their immense talent, gallantry, bravery, achievement, etc) are fair game for rotten fruit, figuratively, because they have voluntarily placed themselves in the stocks. That sounds quite callous, but personally I don’t go out of my way to be negative and mean, I just mean that if they crave attention, they have to accept that they cannot control whether or not it’s good or bad. My sister used to put pictures of herself on large, public reddi forums, knowing full well the inevitability of some comments or memes resulting that she would find offensive. She did this one Christmas dat and then was screaming about it so I asked why the rest of us (family) would give a shit and why she was doing it instead of actually spending time with family. I stupidly said that she knew full well what might result from posting attention-seeking selfies complete with cleavage on a public forum, and she exploded, clawing at my face, and screeching about how I was “victim blaming” and how it was exactly like if I had told a rape victim how getting raped was their fault. On top of all that, my parents, hearing the commotion and not giving a shit about context, then got upset with me for upsetting her. I found out some time later that my sister had then lied to my mother about what had I said and done to make it seem like I had been callous and intimidating. This was some years ago when my sister was in her early twenties and obsessed with that gamergate thing, totally immersed in blogs and the sort of toxic online culture she is still apparently entangled with. I used to think she was s sociopath of some sort, but apparently she has an autistic spectrum diagnosis of some sort and I don’t really understand enough about how that may play a part in how she used to be. She’s mellowed now but still has other difficulties.
Wow. Yikes. That’s one of those family things I just don’t ever really get to talk about and I guess this brought it up and it was somewhat therapeutic to type it out. Welp. That’s about all I have to say about that.
Addendum – I don’t necessarily condone people being jerkwads for the sake of it, but one has to accept that by seeking attention, one can’t demand the kind of attention received.
Yikes, sorry.
I am the complete opposite. I hate attention.
Ditto (irony of just posting some family drama notwithstanding)
*Minds own business and shuffles off discreetly*
I don’t want to know what people think. Just amuse me.
And reposting.
What tv show it movie had a character that was always taking his temperature with an old style thermometer? TIA.
You mean the old style _oral_ thermometer, right?
Aaaaah where is ZARDOZ with the cleansing ‘edit post’ options?
I never watched it but wasn’t Monk some kind of hypochondriac? In the made up TV show in my head he would take his temperature a lot. That’s my best guess.
OCD and germaphobe.
The only celebrities I care about are right here on this site.
OT: Holy shit. That red-diaper baby who somehow got elected to DA in San Francisco just got a handy from the wise Latina.
THAT is how you lose respect from me.
Wow. Those WU guys really know how to land on their feet. Presidential pardons, tenured professorships, powerful political appointments for their offspring. It’s almost as if there’s an established elite in academia and politics who sympathise with far left terrorists and welcome them with open arms.
C’mon San Andreas fault!
Fuck that asshole and fuck that wise Latina bitch. He’s gonna be great for my business, but I would rather not have a commie shitstain as the DA.
I could not care less about what celebrities think about politics*. I actively ignore anything I hear. One of several reasons I haven’t watched any of the award shows in years.
* Except Adam Baldwin, because he’s awesome.
When I assend to god-emperorhood I’ll decree that actors/actresesses will only be allowed to say their lines (as written by the sreenwriter/playwright. Musicians/singers will only be allowed to sing the lyrics as written or say “My next song is by the wonderful [redacted].” Atheletes will only be allowed to chose from a small list of phrases to include: “I take full responsiblity for this loss” “My teamates are responsible for this win” and “we’re taking it one game at a time.’
If another Robin Williams or Jonathan Winters comes along they can say whatever the fuck pops into their minds.
That is impinging on freedom of speech for the sake of it and not something such as incitement to violence or reckless defamation of character. What kind of ‘god-emperor’ can’t speak some ‘gospel’ to counter some speech with which you disagree? Maybe even have someone write down what you say and have a bunch of it printed and distributed in a book.
I think you are missing the entire point of becoming god-emperor.
“Unless this ‘god-emperor’ position is all about soliciting voluntary sources of funding for said god-empire, pass.”
“Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in some sort of sun god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?”
Why am I the only one who has that dream?
THANK YOU!!!
I’d like to say that I care as little about celebrities’ opinions as I do about my plumber’s, but that would be a lie. Probably because they’re such a vicious combination of ignorant and condescending, along with the fact that they have an unnaturally big megaphone, it annoys me, even though I wish it wouldn’t.
Yeah, plumbers can be real dicks.
OT: *insert Ron Paul it’s happening gif*
https://www.axios.com/brexit-bill-uk-parliament-f9b3d906-612e-4f13-9d77-d8766e1fa2ab.html
Hm. I remain unconvinced that the last “deal” I read about offers a true clean break. Needs more details.
the U.K. will remain aligned with EU rules and regulations for an 11-month transition period
And… it’s over.
prompting fears of a “clean break”
Yes, because people wanting Brexit, want to continue slurping the EU forever.
A great thing about Van Morrison – you don’t know shit about him save for his music. Unlike other Irish musicians.
Fuck celebrities. Just because they’re famous doesn’t mean they’re smarter than everybody else. In fact, they consistently prove just the opposite.
They play make-believe for a living and many are high school dropouts. Why anyone gives them any credibility outside of reading lines off a cue card is beyond me.
OT: MUH RUSHUN BOTZ
https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2020/01/bots-are-destroying-political-discourse-we-know-it/162285/
May the best programmer win.
Seriously, who gives a fuck? If you’re trusting anything you read online without some sort of vetting process – you’re an idiot. Also if you believe that TEAM A is innocent and TEAM B is like totally bots.
“Seriously, who gives a fuck? If you’re trusting anything you read online without some sort of vetting process – you’re an idiot.”
Do you have any links to support that?
Trust me beep boop 1001001
*uploads software update to Rhywun bot*
Actually, most of us bots voted for Nixon’s head on my body.
“Where did you read that?”
For years now that’s been the assumption of so many lefties I’ve met, that I must have uncritically swallowed some Russian(!)/evil right wing misinformation. One in particular used to cock his head to the side, smirking and say “uh why is that funny, or clever, hmm?”, but then he considered the Guardian to be “going a bit right wing” because of some sort of conspiracy his circle was convinced of based on who was on the board of the trust who runs it or something. The point came up on here the other day about being able to read something while being cognizant of its inherent biases, and how trust in one’s perceived enemies to do that seems to be at an all time low.
Well that’s enough of my boring posts and shitty anecdotes for today. Tomorrow (today here) is Friday which means BEEEERRRR!!!111111
Warm and brown, I assume.
/euphemism…?
One rule for all beverages here in Tea Mexico. Simpler that way.
I’m preaching to the choir here but it’s not so much about who is a bot and who is a human, as much as it is about who is saying rightthink and who is saying wrongthink, and of course BOTS! is a convenient way to rationalize that to a certain degree.
Let me guess, we need to restrict discourse to save it?
I have had many celebrity encounters. I have zero tolerance for celeb privilege. I often mess with the one’s I have met. It’s a side effect of not having any capacity for starstruckedness. I am free to mess with them and it’s funny because they are used to being fawned over.
Oh, and I wish they’d keep their politics to themselves. It reduces my enjoyment of their art, despite trying hard to ignore it.
Some inspiration for a new Subaru Horror Theater. Or maybe just my new favorite Chingrish.
https://jalopnik.com/the-subaru-fucks-is-a-sweet-little-sport-wagon-1840906483
I can beat that Subaru Horror.
https://jalopnik.com/yes-there-really-is-an-official-subaru-anime-and-this-1753324672
Really depends. I like Moby’s music, not all of his politics. But I don’t follow him, just listen to his music.
It helps that I don’t think he’s too hypocritical unlike most actors
I don’t even have any favorite celebrities.
Paul Harrell is pretty cool.
Harrell’s Coat vs The Jacket.
Harrell’s Coat uses The Jacket on it’s meat targets.
Your mileage may vary
The coat of many pockets
Better pick a career you enjoy.
https://phys.org/news/2020-01-biological-scientists-pathways-lifespan.html
Eventually your body becomes one giant, cancerous tumor.
That’s not necessarily a dealbreaker, as long as the pieces still work.
Speaking of cancerous lumps.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-security-guard-charged-threatening-trump-retaliation-soleimani
“Lump had white cream on his face, a towel wrapped like a turban on his head, an apparent shower curtain over his body and Middle Eastern music playing in the background, White wrote of the video that Facebook reported to the authorities on Friday.”
I’m surprised he wasn’t charged with a hate crime for that costume
Here’s the video if anyone’s interest.
Jenna Jameson has a superior body of work and amusing politics.
Jenna Jameson has a superior body
Too bad her face melted though.
I am a celebrity.
Do you poll yourself?
Yeah. Every day.
Oh you said Poll
Who doesn’t?
Yes you are. I’m in awe of you.
I’m not big into celebrities but I did meet Dom Delouise once at the airport. He was a hell of a nice guy. I wonder how he’s doing.
He has his own cajen cooking show.
I hear he hangs with Lou Reed.
Not a jot.
If they’re assholes about it, I dislike them more. The ugliness inside is hard to unsee.
Don’t really care for celebrity opinions. Even though the majority of them are lefties, I hate it even more when a celebrity throws out a conservative leaning opinion and the right holds it up like the word of God. Kanye is a prime example.
Relating to celebrities. My Dad’s cousin(my 2nd cousin?) is a Michael Douglas doppelganger. In the 90s the family went on a trip to Vegas. Everywhere they went the service was spectacular. They skipped lines and got amazing seats. It didn’t occur to them what was going on until someone asked my cousin for his autograph.
I certainly hope he ramped it way up after finding that out.
First cousin, once removed.
I didn’t go anywhere like Vegas or Disneyland, but when I shaved my head and wore a head scarf because I was fugly, people were extraordinarily nice, outgoing, friendly, and helpful. It took me a while to figure out why.
I would probably be disappointed to learn what Simon Pegg really thinks about Corbyn or Brexit, but it doesn’t unmake Spaced or the Cornetto films. I like Pink Floyd despite Waters. Alec Baldwin is a literally-wears-his-ass-as-a-hat asshat, but he’s likeable. I like him.
I don’t know why I italicized Floyd. I blame Roger Pinko “Fuck You Got Mine” Waters.
Isn’t Floyd an Italian name?
If they agree with me, awesome. If they don’t, boohiss.
I have my celebrity crushes, but I DO NOT follow them on social media. I go out of my way to keep from hearing what they have to say.
However, I did once make the mistake of following Nikki Sixx on Twitter and he filled up my feed with new-agey affirmations. Dude, I know you died. Twice. And you’re clean. You do you, man, but I do not need to get life-affirming bullshit from a Drug Scout of America. That’s what Pinterest is for. I put up with that for two days. I thought it would get better. It did not.
I would, at one time, probably liked Roman Polanski’s films. I could not now, in good conscience, watch them.
The rest– I really really really try not to listen to them or seek out their opinions or anything so I don’t have a little smear on my lens that annoys me.
Hip hop and rap is different. Politics built hip hop, so I’m okay with that.
Gangsta Rap
I don’t know which version I enjoy more.
Yes, I care. Almost never from a promotional perspective, but I do opt to shun those with odious opinions.
Interesting that no other Glibs care – seems incongruous given the number of celebrity tweets posted.
I care, but I wish I didn’t. It makes me feel shallow.
I think we care in the way that one cares when they are walking through a freak show and see the freaks on display. We point, mock, view the next freak, point, mock, and point and mock our way all the way through the attraction, and then we see there is an egress up ahead and we’re excited to see it!
What’s the difference between an oral and rectal thermometer?
The taste.
Ok, who’s more vapid: Patricia Arquette or Justin Trudeau? Discuss.
Mu.
Loosely related…
Wtf?
Hitler?
Vox-style progressives are tiresome with their never-ending petulance.
THEY’RE EXPLAINING THINGS THAT SMERT PEOPLE ARE TOO BUSY TO READ ABOUT.
Make obvious observation get demonized, although I think Murray loves it so…
I don’t mind when I don’t share the political views of actors and singers and athletes
UNLESS
They are super in-your-face about it like Chrissy Hine, George Clooney, etc. Then I’m less likely to watch their performances and add to their coffers.
On the other hand, I do like certain celebrities more if I know their views and their good works, like Gary Sinese, Denzel Washington, and Benjamin Watson (NFL player who has written several thoughtful essays about race relations in the US).
The only celeb I share an opinion with is MCAffee.
In a similar vein, how do you feel about separating a person from their work?
O. J. Simpson: great running back; murderer
Michael Jackson : extremely talented musician ; possible kiddy diddler
Bill Cisby: America’s Dad; possibly the worst serial rapist ever
Is it possible to appreciate their achievements of they’re horrible people?
Well I should have proofread that first.
Yeah. You got the OJ one backwards.
Yeah, great pitchman.
The colonization of North America by the English wasn’t pretty, nor was the subsequent spread of The US across the continent, but I’m sure glad they happened.
I’m not going to throw the baby out with the bath water
Not cleanly.
I struggle with this mightily and I have to work quite hard to forget so that I can enjoy the work. I don’t have any cultural connection to O.J. Simpson. Michael Jackson was all over my adolescence (although that interview with Terence Trent D’Arby that slumbrew linked last night took him down another notch) and I enjoy the music. I also think his father fucked his mind so hard he didn’t know he was an adult most days. Bill Cosby, well. Gosh. I mean, that was heartbreaking and even now I WANT to tell myself he didn’t do it.
So…not cleanly. It’s tainted. There’s always a smear on the lens.
I harbor doubts about the second two. Jacko was acquitted, and Cosby’s case was very weak. If those charges were true, they’d likely be as obvious as OJ’s, at least.
Michael is definitely an iffy one.
I’ve watched and enjoyed (some) Polanski movies. He’s still a piece of shit. Same with many of Weinstein’s productions.
I’d replace “musician” with “entertainer.”
Paul Simon is a musician. Jackson was an entertainer. I think there’s a difference.
How can we truly appreciate Demi Rose without knowing her opinion on anything?
Naked?
I will never be able to forget her opinions on peanuts
Pro-Lucy?
Don’t talk about Lucy.
What’s wrong with discussing Lucy?
Celebrity means little to me one way or the other. I said hi to a singer I like a lot in passing once. It happened to be in the line for the Toilet at a concert.
I saw a few in airports, the men were always much shorter And the women much less attractive in real life.
Elle McPherson was the only exception.
I saw an MTV VJ I like at the train station once. We nodded hi at each other and that was it. For NYC I’ve encountered surprisingly few celebs.
Rising Wasabi is having a field day
https://www.therisingwasabi.com/japan-says-ghosn-escaped-because-people-always-avoid-foreigners-on-trains/
https://www.therisingwasabi.com/ghosn-avoided-detection-by-wrapping-himself-in-several-layers-of-plastic/
https://www.therisingwasabi.com/prosecutors-raid-kitchen-of-ghosns-wife/
https://www.therisingwasabi.com/japan-says-forced-confessions-in-solitary-confinement-part-of-our-culture/
https://www.therisingwasabi.com/japan-to-recommend-guilty-until-proven-innocen-for-unesco-world-cultural-heritage-list/
That first one isn’t parody at all. The plastic wrap on gave me a lol.
Nah, they want to stand rather than sit next to you. Or sit wedged together than next to you. No way is it because you’re a gaijin.
My bad. I meant the forced confessions one. People always sit next to me on the train nowadays. Either they’ve changed or I have.
It’s because you’re..
https://youtu.be/C0X3CLJVMJU
Generally speaking, I care about the work, not the artist. I don’t pay that much attention to what artists do outside their works.
I decide case by case on whether to pay attention when celebrities talk about their works. I appreciate when a celebrity seems to actually enjoy their work and its fans. Examples that have stood out to me are Brandon Sanderson, who spends his free time in airports signing all of his books in the airport bookstore, and Eddie McClintock, who comes to Dragon Con every year and geeks out as much as the regular attendees.
On the other hand, there seem to be lots of artists who don’t understand what it is people liked about their works. I try not to pay attention to them because it undermines the work I enjoyed (for example, J. K. Rowling).
As far as whether you can separate the work and the artist when the artist is a genuinely horrible human being, I don’t know the answer, I just know that there are some Bill Cosby jokes I can’t stop referencing.
I think that’s where I tend to be. One of my favorite songs was written by Pete Seeger (though my preferred performance is someone else’s cover of it,) and on at least one occasion when mentioning this, I’ve felt compelled to add “but I try not to hold it against the song.”
Report: John Huber Completes Review of Clinton Foundation and Uranium One, Finds Nothing…
I bet he found a postcard with Epstein’s face on it.
For someone who so foolishly handled the whole closet server scandal, yet somehow got away with it, Clinton handled the uranium one deal well. They seemed to push everything to the limit without breaking the law. It’s all still very shady whether legal or not.
Nothing illegal or nothing unethical?
Grab your nuts protectors
https://www.registerguard.com/news/20200109/university-of-oregon-police-k-9-handler-fired-after-misconduct-investigation
Completely glossed over is that several other officers were at the scene of this illegal arrest and unlawful use of force, and the fired officer was not arrested either at the scene or later after the investigation. Nor was he arrested for falsifying records.
Ready for the actual nut punch? The victim has no recourse because… he was shot and killed by a neighboring police department a month later.
https://www.kezi.com/content/news/DA-to-brief-media-on-North-Eugene-shooting—566170601.html
Again, doing nothing illegal, police stopped him and when he refused to cooperate with the officer, was illegally arrested again, and resisting that illegal arrest, was murdered. Gee, getting illegally arrested a month prior would have nothing to do with his frame of mind.
Howdy!
How are you, sweetie?
I’m burnt out, but the Wendy is getting better, that enough for me,
Sup chicky Mama?
Startin’ to get the sleepies crawlin’ all over me – it’s almost tomorrow here, so I’ll be off to bed shortly.
Love to you & Wendy – getting better is great! – and scritches for critters!
Peace, and God bless you,
Someone pulling Kia’s string?
I’m able to separate Hitler’s work and his character.
False premise.
Celebrities do not have opinions. They say whatever is calculated to increase their notoriety. The whole point is to draw attention to themselves. They do not believe anything they say and dont care either. That is all there is to it.
Many of them are very talented but broken people. Empty shells desperately trying to fill the void in themselves with accolades from others. Often they are fairly awful people as well. In general I don’t like them very much personally.
I recommend paying no attention to what they say outside of their performances.
Yted Neely and Marc Martel are lovely people in person. As is Norm NacDonald.
I met Pierce Brosnan only briefly but he was as Remington Steele as you could imagine.
Jesse Centura was a total paranoid nut by the time I sat by him in First Class once.
Michelle Bachman was what you’d expect.
Jittery and kept offering a swig from her flask of Tab?
“An electronic road sign that was hacked early Thursday morning asked drivers on Highway 92 in Pine Knot to “send nudes,” news outlets reported.”
https://www.wfmz.com/news/send-nudes-drivers-shocked-by-road-sign-s-racy-request/article_cb0d2527-c1ad-55be-9195-233039c66c0b.html
High school kid or Glib prank?
::checks map:: Be careful what you ask for.
I did Craft Services (on-set feeding of those who make movies and TV) for many years, working with/for many, many Hollywood folk. In my experience, the talent (for the most part) was nice but tend to vapidity; there were only three for whom I would never work again, no matter the rate offered and perhaps thrice that number of folk for whom I would drop everything and rush to the job (Edie Falco, Terrance Howard, and Cameron Diaz top that list). I would posit that their leftist leanings are more a product of an easy lifestyle and constant bombardment by the media than any actual ideological conviction or even considered principles. Interestingly, the majority of the working crew (grips, electricians, props dept., art dept., wardrobe, Teamsters) trend centrist and even radically right-wing.
That’s to be expected when you are required to carry the Queen’s trail. Us working schlubs know when we are appreciated and otherwise.
If it’s worth anything, I appreciate the work you guys do.
It matters. A lot. Not just for us but for you, as well.
Today in “I hate political pundits”, something small and inane.
This one only comes to you because the wife turned on CNN late last night as we helped one of the spuds finish their school project. Chris Cuomo was on. Good lord, that guy is annoying. I’m not speaking of the content…. just his voice, his face, his manner of speech….. he’s like that belligerent asshole at the bar that you just know is going to end up starting a fight before last call. Why anyone watches that is beyond me.
Anyway, he had a whole 5 minute segment on how terrible and dishonest Trump is because when he had his press conference announcing the missile attacks he was all somber and not animated. He didn’t offer up any detailed intelligence reports about Soleimani. And then when he went to a rally that night he was all energetic and full of enthusiasm. And he said Soleimani was a bad dude who was looking to bomb our embassies… and he was not just looking at the embassy in Iraq, but other embassies too. This was a bad dude!
“You don’t think he might be lying to his supporters, do you?” Cuomo asked with a smirk. You see, he was all upbeat and enthusiastic at the rally and he offered up a tidbit that he didn’t offer up at the press conference 10 hours earlier. So he totally must be lying about the whole thing!!! See! I told you that Soleimani was totally on a diplomatic mission and there is no proof at all that he was ever involved in terrorism or that there was ever any threat! (smirk)
What a goob. He’s like the dumbest version of the HnR trolls. He doesn’t even seem to understand the talking points he spouts. I really don’t know how people watch that stuff. He’s like a much less talented Bill O’Reilly.
He’s an idiot who makes his living telling other idiots what they want to hear which is par for the course nowadays.
He really is Fredo. Who the fuck uploads video of themselves working out? “I’m smaaaahrt, Dad! Just like Andy! But I’m strooong too!” The guy is a lack-wit.
Brooksed it. Fuck a duck.
If you do… don’t post the video.
Don’t ask how I know.
Ok, I did it. The duck isnt doing so well. I think I may have broken it.
Some of those European ducks have a cross-thread problem. Don’t get me started on the Asian versions.
And with a serious turn…. this is the sort of sophomoric humor that the proggies will extract and hold up in an out of context isolation with feigned horror.
Which, to steal an idea from Ricky Gerveais, is even more funny.