LOS ANGELES – “Now that much of their already small habitat has been destroyed by wildfires, we are stepping in to protect this unique, majestic American species”, said EPA spokeswoman Joanna Gambolputty. “For far too long, we neglected the conservation of this keystone species, who number less than 4,000 in the wild according to the Hollywood Walk of Fame”, she added. Experts have warned that the West Coast Celebrity is in danger of extinction unless they can make the arduous migration to a handful of sanctuaries such as Aspen and Manhattan. This is unlikely as the West Coast Celebrity is notoriously vulnerable to deadly parasites known as “paparazzi”.
To make matters worse, a vast and hostile wasteland known informally as “Flyover Country” straddles the main migration routes of the West Coast Celebrity. Celebrity conservation experts have suggested luring the celebrities to a central location where they may then be corralled onto private jets and transported to sanctuaries where they may be safely released. However, this raises ethical concerns as almost nothing can attract a West Coast Celebrity except the prospect of cocaine and sex with underage teenagers. Even if the celebrities were successfully relocated, there is no guarantee they would successfully breed, as their young require prestigious private schools in which to mingle with politicians.
Others have proposed importing celebrities from overseas to boost native stocks. This approach has been successful many times in the past with celebrities from Canada, though their ecosystem has suffered as creatures like Brian Adams and Justin Trudeau have gone out of control with the lack of natural predators. According to celebrity expert Hugh Jass of Miskatonic University, “these majestic yet fragile creatures live in a delicate balance with their environment. Without sufficient camera time and public adulation, they tragically wither and die, thus forcing other species such as professional athletes, politicians, and rich people to shoulder the ecological burden of entertaining Americans.”
Jass noted that it may be possible to condition scientists such as Anthony Fauci to be nearly identical to a celebrity and suggested that mass media seems to play a pivotal role in celebrity reproduction. “It’s well known that the children of celebrities are usually celebrities, but the truly intriguing aspect of their life cycle is that nearly anyone can become a celebrity given the right circumstances, as seen for example in the case of the Hawk Tuah girl”, Jass added. Jass remains optimistic about the future of American celebrities. “If Al Gore can become a minor celebrity, I can say with confidence we will never reach the much feared ‘Peak Celebrity’ crisis that was predicted in the 70s.”
How does one differentiate between “celebrities” and “personalities?” There seems to be considerable overlap.
Why be a person when you can be a personality?
She’s got personality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPU-cvaKCM
I’m both.
A personal celebrity is called a “whore,” crafting the experience for each patron.
They come first, and you, not at all. That’s a shame for his firstiness, but your ejaculate is mere salty tears compared to the geyseric eruption content-producers burst forth.
Almost sexual. (I’d let you talk to Winston’s Mom, but I don’t got $20 to float your sloppy seconds.)
But at least I don’t have fecal covered fingers incapable of producing even a second.
That’s because they don’t find you worthy of extra fun-time. Sloppy seconder gets sloppy scraps. You’re unworthitude gets you Lena Dunham. Consider yourself blessed as she spews her movement upon you.
They don’t waste their good shit on you. They use that shit on me! Caviar shit. The best. (Corn Diet Gal Gadot. Beseated above me, I snatch every bit of hers, with easy clean-up after!)
A personality is famous, like Trump. A celebrity is celebrated like AOC- it’s right there in the name
The word celebrity comes from a Latin word meaning rite.
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The word “celebrity” comes from the Latin word “celebritas” meaning “multitude, fame”. The Latin word is derived from “celeber” meaning “much used, frequented, widely known, famed”. The word “celebrity” originally referred to a solemn rite or ceremony. The meaning of the word has evolved over time to refer to a famous person or a person who is well-known in the media.
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The word “celebrity” might be a garbling of “ceremony”.
The Romans garbled various Etruscan words they absorbed into Latin.
Personality, celebrity, and the execrable influencer.
A distinction without much of a difference.
Brezhnev wanted a cult of personality like Stalin. The only problem was that Brezhnev didn’t have a personality.
I blame climate change.
Climate change is SO LAST YEAR!
I blame Donald Trump and unelected Elon Musk.
/hands off
Accurate description of the current celebrity class. Back in the Old Days celebrities had class, such as people like Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Interbreeding and short duration polygamous relationships have taken a toll on quality.
Thanks, Derp
Fairbanks did his own stunts and incredible stunts they were:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQet9nw7WiE
Seems like just as pro athlete salaries exploded, so it has been with actors.
There are a lot of good-looking people who can act, and average looking people who can really act. Yet the same actors appear over and over in movies for decades. Stick with the devil you know, I guess.
Think how celebrities dressed in their time off in public. Cary Grant was always impeccably dressed as was Grace Kelly. Even Katherine Hepburn who often dressed out of mainstream fashion was well turned out.
Normal people going to work or school used to dress better. Now the suit only comes out for weddings, funerals, and court dates.
I hope the fashion pendulum swings back towards formality soon.
Like morality and politics, fashion swings between the extremes of formality/informality, and modesty/immodesty.
They’re bringing back the dire wolves so….
I was in meetings most of the day. So, I don’t know if this was covered earlier.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/politics/supreme-court-deportation-flights-trump/index.html
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for now, handing the White House a significant victory that will let immigration officials rely on a sweeping wartime authority to rapidly deport alleged gang members.
The unsigned decision in the case, one of the most closely watched emergency appeals pending at the Supreme Court, lets Trump invoke the 1798 law to speed removals while litigation over the act’s use plays out in lower courts. The court stressed that going forward, people who are deported should receive notice they are subject to the act and an opportunity to have their removal reviewed by the federal court where they are being detained.
Definite win for Trump.
I have no problem deporting every illegal in the country; I have serious concerns about sending them to a prison in a completely different country. It’s exactly a repeat of Guantanamo Bay during W’s administration.
Yes.
Here’s what they said.
They still can have a judicial review for process, but in the originating district. Eliminating the activist judge strategy.
The lawyer deliberately avoided habeas to get a DC judge.
Trump will be winning almost all of these.
Captured illegal immigrants should be given a choice between prison in El Salvador, deportation (to whatever country will take them), or a kit of survival gear and a one-way ticket to Alaska.
I’ve been following the court proceedings fairly closely, having read various opinions and briefs, albeit via a couple of biased sources on YouTube. I’m not sure how he doesn’t win most of the cases percolating through Democrat-friendly court districts. Some of the decisions are plainly unconstitutional to anyone with anything above a room temperature IQ. They’re mind-bogglingly bad.
I don’t see how it’s legal for a country to refuse to take its own citizens. Not sure what body of law other than the weirdly-cited “international law” would preside over that.
I don’t see how it’s legal for a country to refuse to take its own citizens.
“No.”
There’s no international mechanism to force them to accept returnees. Also, lack of documentation can prevent conclusive proof of a specific citizenship.
I always seem to be the youngest patient at the local VA hospital. Probably because the guys my age who are really messed up are in Walter Reed or some other fancy place.
Still, seems like young vets avoid the VA.
Didn’t think I’d feel young at 40, but there it is.
40 is still a whippersnapper.
Middle East – Rival Christian monks in fight at sacred site
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yznFT4-2dKI
Practice what you preach, guys.
This is well-crafted, with several legit chuckles, a couple per graf, at least.
My entertainment is, indeed, an ecological burden. Right now, my Cubs are out-throwing and hitting a ball against those Texas Rangers. (Men throw ball. Men (attempt to) hit ball. It’s tremendously complicated, keeping me appeased. (It’s *bad* when *they* hit the ball. The more ya know.)
Entertainment, specifically for men, is pure, distilled Distraction Dust. Meaningless, yet captivating. (“No lessons. No learning.”) Give me your stash and I’ll line it out for us to sniff away. (I promise?)
I watched Trump and Netanyahu talk to the press live from the Oval Office. Trump’s fucking good. Like his ability to sign EOs while chit-chatting and throwing in germane banter with the press, people aren’t used to a Prez who isn’t playing a political character. Trump’s playing the same him he’s been playing for over 40 years. If not real? Damn commitment to the craft. See also: Home Alone 2.
*’good’ in that he isn’t scripted and speaks off the cuff. it resonates with non Team folk. It’s kinda astonishing. Truly, something, someone, deeply anti-DC. Obviously, that’s where the Washington rile largely comes from. (‘HOW DARE he take away our bit?! He’s being ‘Him?!’ None of us are ‘us!’ What gives?!?!’)
Sincerely impressed was I, and not so much about the actual *content.* (Talks coming up with Iran, saying they cannot ‘become’ nuclear, and discussion about Israeli /US plans for Gaza.) His consistently true-to-character nature and speech, coupled with *NOT* being a (modern) Democrat, is near-impossible to fake as an actor. It’s IMO easier to teach drama to an actor than comedy. The latter has to be natural, especially considering timing and tone. It’s easy to convey anger or sadness, but you can’t force a chuckle.
–> In the same vein, Ya can’t ‘teach’ politicians to be ‘open’ or ‘blunt.’ Simply seeing a non-walking corpse in the White House has to have even the truest of truest dyed-in-Blue making contrasts with the not-there-ness of Biden. Must be rattling, but that’s why they’ve invested in their faith, to stave off shock.
It also contrasts with what anti-Trump people claim about Trump.
RJ, if you see this, I humbly submit This Girl Is Badass on Tubi for your enjoyment and as a possible GlibFlick. Thai (I think?) chop-socky with some slapstick humor. The opening sequence makes it look like the action sequences will suck, but it gets better.
You have summoned me!
I shall add it to the list. I have a strong set of movies to May now, and shall get that fit in somehow.
I just went deep down a hole of Blacksploitation kung fu, great minds must think alike. Or maybe you are doomed to share my alien brainwaves. One of the two.
Florida Man saves puppy from gator without taking cigar out of his mouth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDm8xmmLxiw
How I love this state.
I missed the Florida Man Games again. Shucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlA4N4Op6U
leopard kills crocodile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLZYKoEcAfo
Sorry to be such a pedant, but it’s a jaguar killing a caiman.
Good eyes, my friend.
I feel bad for not noticing that. I was just going off the Swahili title.
Good for her….
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/watch-women-disc-golfer-refuses-100820238.html
Hopefully she hasn’t tanked her career.
I throw for her! Go women in disc, very cool, very sexy.
We have the Birdie babes at our course, close to 100 ladies, all female.
“We have the Birdie babes at our course, close to 100 ladies, all female.”
^^ Uh. Yes, please. I’m an excellent driver.
Some Florida teachers describe student behavior as “out of control”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg0gE_Y-OKk
I applied to a Catholic school today. They prefer Catholic teachers, but it isn’t a requirement.
Good luck
If the Pope doesn’t have to be a Catholic, then having a non-Catholic school teacher should be okay.
Good morning!
🫡☕️🎩
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3g6tTYoxM
🎶🎶
Good morning!
😑
Hannaford didn’t have what you wanted for breakfast?
I haven’t checked yet.
I was reacting to your choice of link.
Good morning, Sean, Ted’S., U, and Stinky!
Morning. How goes?
Other than it being freakin’ cold here, okay. Time to start prep for next week’s Board meeting, but I get to leave work a little early so we can be shivering at the gates of the ball park when they blow the horn to open it for the season.
How are you?
Last workday before I go to the CIA for a few days. It’s a remote day, so I don’t have to listen to coworkers blathering.
👨🍳🔪🐟🥘😋
French Ninja Scuba Dish?
Jacques Cousteau is going to try to kill me?
Apparently emoji is not a universal language. 😕
I was trying to be funny.
😔
Awww! Don’t worry! You’re funny even when you’re not trying to be! 😄😉
Celebrities killed themselves with social media. When people realized they’re just as stupid and vapid as the pontificating asshole who lived two doors down in their college dorm the spell was broken: “That DeNiro’s a hell of an actor but, holy shit, what a prick.” We’ll all get our own personalized AI celebrities before too long anyway and the atomization will be complete.
I shudder to think what extra and/or misplaced features my personal AI-generated celebrity would have. 😳
A superfluous third nipple?
It doesn’t have to be superfluous.
Breasts are like martinis: one is not enough and three are too many.
That scene from Total Recall wasn’t meant to be wank fuel Tres but who am I to judge?
Mine will have a mixed accent like an actor who meshed together stereotypes.
Rule 34 suggests it’s a turn-on for *somebody*.
Apparently Tres is that somebody.
suh’ fam
whats goody
/stuck in NW ohio again
Good morning, homey. It’s a balmy 27 degrees down here in SW OH. 🥶 I foresee leaving the Dragons’ home opener early tonight (possibly shortly after a personal Donato’s pizza, the anthem, and a trip to the gift shop.)
24 here in mid-Michigan.
Mornin’ all!
Good morning, Beau! How are you today?
I’m hanging in there. My favorite pizza place just closed their store closest to me, which is very annoying ;-\
It’s a whopping 22 degrees here.
Getting all that wind from Indiana doesn’t help.
Stuck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIfQNB5WXmY&pp=ygUhbG9kaSBjcmVlZGVuY2UgY2xlYXJ3YXRlciByZXZpdmFs0gcJCX4JAYcqIYzv