Comments on: Open thread 6/28/23

By: Molly Brown

Molly Brown — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:14:07 +0000

Thanks, Neo!
What a beautiful thing to see a ‘fully grown’ woman instead of stick thin girls.
Power, Passion, Curves!
What’s not to like?

By: neo

neo — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:44:35 +0000

Molly Brown:

I believe it’s from a film called “Plisetskaya Dances,” made in 1964, and the footage is probably from some time between 1960 and then. I saw the film in a movie theater; don’t remember where. In 1960 Plisetskaya was 35.

By: cb

cb — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:39:38 +0000

China’s Saboteurs Are Coming to America

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19757/china-saboteurs-us

By: cb

cb — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:34:54 +0000

I’m sure U.S. citizens can buy any land they like in China.

Justice Department says new Florida law restricting Chinese land ownership is unconstitutional.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/28/justice-department-florida-law-unconstitutional-00104091

By: cb

cb — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:30:56 +0000

Did he sell them Gitmo? Arrival of GRU specialists in Cuba points to Russia reviving its base for spying on the US https://theins.ru/en/politics/262971

By: cb

cb — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:21:30 +0000

USA bought and paid for:

James O’Keefe just released a bombshell claiming that 60% of the ActBlue donations they investigated are coming from China

https://twitter.com/BehizyTweets/status/1674107647111610368

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:12:35 +0000

Sigh…
In spite of everything (even the benighted DH rule)…there’s still nothing quite like baseball….
“Yankees’ Domingo Germán throws 24th perfect game in MLB history”—
https://sports.yahoo.com/yankees-domingo-german-throws-24th-perfect-game-in-mlb-history-041129762.html

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:17:19 +0000

You say Vagner, I say Wagner, let’s call the whole thing off….(?)
Come on, guys, what ever happened to diwersity??
In any event (back to that Wagner opera), Failure? Fiasco? Theater? Ploy?
This article seems to imply: WHAT BETTER WAY to get the Wagner Group into Belarus, whence it can threaten Lithuania, Latvia and Poland (and NW Ukraine)….???
“Wagner Troops In Belarus Threaten Eastern Europe, NATO Says”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/nato-vows-defense-threat-wagner-forces-belarus
(Unless it’s just another one of those “conspiracy theory”…in which case, it might well mean serious trouble…)

File under: Mourning becomes Elektra…

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:04:04 +0000

An eye-opening account of a contemporary dancer (since retired) and the total relationship with (and absorption in—I guess there’s no other way) his life in dance…
https://www.jns.org/jewish-and-israeli-culture/arts/23/6/28/298778/

By: Molly Brown

Molly Brown — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:15:52 +0000

Neo, looking forward to your post on those leaps. Incredible. When I think of the deep knee bend a skater uses in a jump takeoff in addition to the increased propulsion from speed, I’m amazed at the height and ‘hang time’ Plisetskaya gets with what seems to be minimal knee bend and much less speed.
And an approximate date of the film as well, if you can!