Comments on: Open thread 5/16/24

By: Richard F Cook

Richard F Cook — Fri, 17 May 2024 10:00:55 +0000

Kate:

In the context of an ongoing culture war why was it outrageous concerning the KC kicker? The enemy must be destroyed. This seems to be a constant. The Left/Progs do what it takes to win and conservatives are outraged.

By: Xylourgos

Xylourgos — Fri, 17 May 2024 08:31:05 +0000

ObloodyHell – All the more reason to be vigilant. Get organized now to confront the fraud that is certain to occur. The outcome of the election could very well be determined on the results of the Wayne County vote.

By: DisGuested

DisGuested — Fri, 17 May 2024 02:06:05 +0000

T J: Thanks for the heads up. I’m glad my peacock subscription is ending at the beginning of pride goes before the fall month. I got it for $20 almost a year ago. Good riddance. Gives me enough time to cancel in protest of such horse shite programming.

By: T J

T J — Fri, 17 May 2024 00:25:41 +0000

The dogma is deep in Transland.

NBC Universal Peacock has a new promo video on “Queer Planet” explaining to the young and gullibly stupid that animals and fish are trans, gayz, and WONDERFULZ!

Just in time for the now ancient relic Pride Month of June? One wonders.

“NBCUniversal’s Peacock is launching a new series about gay and transgender animals” — 45 seconds of SPIN SPIN SPIN!
https://rumble.com/v4vmsux-nbcuniversals-peacock-is-launching-a-new-series-about-gay-and-transgender-a.html

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Thu, 16 May 2024 23:26:46 +0000

https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2024/05/16/new-medical-examiner-in-paul-kessler-murder-testifies-that-bullhorn-blow-to-the-head-caused-death-n2174258

By: Philip Sells

Philip Sells — Thu, 16 May 2024 22:21:26 +0000

Now granted, I haven’t watched the video, but as to the cover screenshot, 2 x 4 = 11 is a true statement when working in base-7….

By: Someone+Else

Someone+Else — Thu, 16 May 2024 21:58:37 +0000

“Cousins” was too depressing for me to read. I’ve envied people from large families since for ever. I have one sibling. My father was an only child. My mother had one sister who had no children herself.

“Bernie” is slightly older than my mother would be. And has a lot of the same memories my mother would have. Same area and era of Brooklyn. Which adds to the depression. Not because it reminds me of my mom. But…

Her sister is still alive and an awful piece of work. I used to drop everything and help her out whenever she called. She’s always been a malignant narcissist, but she was my mom’s sister and what little family I have. A year ago, she started losing it, however: showing signs of mild dementia. She decided I was an ungrateful wretch and stealing from her. And where she lives, unless you’re totally comatose incapacitated, you’re considered sufficiently compos mentis to name a total stranger to take up your durable POA, health care POA, and be your sole beneficiary. And even though this totally stranger picks a new lawyer for your elderly relative — from among her family friends — it’s not considered “undue influence.” She had her new lawyer to send my a nasty-gram. I can’t believe all the time I wasted helping her out over the last thirty years. Unfortunately, she also has all the stuff of memories from my grandparents. She gave my mother none of it when they died: photos, chachkies, etc. not valuable except for the sentimental value. Her new BFF will send it all to the landfill.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 16 May 2024 21:45:34 +0000

The author grew up, it turns out, in the same neighborhood as my father…went to the same synagogue—the vast and impressive Brooklyn Jewish Center—and also to the affiliated Hebrew school, it seems.
My father’s mother lived a long life in the same brownstone on President St. where my father (and his older brother) were born and grew up, so we spent quite a lot of time there over the years with my cousins (though not AS many), aunt and uncle…and other older cousins and extended family, which actually was plentiful, since they helped my grandmother raise her two sons, her husband having died several months before my father was born.

Lots of stories—Cantor Richard Tucker’s being vetted by scouts from the Metropolitan Opera, who according to my father, were recognizable by coming in late in the service and standing (or was it sitting?) in their dark suits in the back of the sanctuary. An impoverished Mark Rothkowitz (name later shortened) teaching art classes to the youngsters at the Center-run Hebrew academy.
Dodger fans, of course…where the “joke” was that in the late 50s and following, in Brooklyn, the three most-hated people on the planet were Hitler, Stalin and Walter O’Malley…not necessarily in that order…

The author’s writing is astonishing…though I’m ashamed to say that until now I’ve never heard of him… Oh well, new discoveries are always nice…etc.

By: om

om — Thu, 16 May 2024 21:33:26 +0000

“Cousins” – excellent. Thanks for linking it!

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 16 May 2024 21:26:44 +0000

I believe that MMT is one of AOC’s adopted pet projects.
QED.
(AKA “‘Nuff said”…).