Comments on: Open thread 7/6/24

By: Zara A

Zara A — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:51:00 +0000

Brilliant ! Thanks for posting, dear Neo <3

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 19:47:13 +0000

Guess I’m not really that conversant with tennessee williams, I used the sternwoods because certainly the younger daughter, was more like at least one of the bidens, same with the crosses, which the late Robert Towne somewhat spliced the Doheny’s with the Mulhollands
https://la.curbed.com/maps/raymond-chandler-quotes-square-books-los-angeles
https://medium.com/@syfaern/raymond-chandlers-the-big-sleep-and-its-los-angeles-80-years-later-3211066e6ef

the Sternwood residents was formerly that of Doheny is memory served don’t quote me,

By: om

om — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 19:36:03 +0000

Open Thread – Sunday: Russian War on Ukraine

Russian Escalation Strategy in Ukraine – The North Korean Deal, Kharkiv & Putin’s “Ceasefire” demand – Perun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTXwmcIfY0Y

Timestamps:

00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:19 — What Am I Talking About?
00:01:43 — The Russian Effort
00:04:38 — Battlefield Dynamics
00:11:32 — Losses & Costs
00:20:10 — Kharkiv And Escalation
00:26:28 — The Korean Connection
00:39:26 — The Long Range Campaign
00:47:59 — Putin’s “Peace”
01:00:58 — What Next?
01:02:56 — Channel Update

By: Abraxas

Abraxas — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:00:08 +0000

Yes, the Bidens have a lot in common with the family in “The Manchurian Candidate.” Look at all the people repeating that “Joe Biden is the Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Most Wonderful Human Being I’ve Ever Known in My Life.”

I also think of the Bidens as “Big Daddy” and “Big Momma” in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Families that lived together and were dominated by an overbearing patriarch (or matriarch) were a staple of 19th century life and literature, so there are probably other examples.

I still prefer Gilbert O’Sullivan to Englebert Humperdinck.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 04:30:56 +0000

Apparently later on Wallace had second thoughts and even supported Eisenhower over Stevenson in 1956. Trust me miguel that will never happen to Obama.

By: huxley

huxley — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 02:51:39 +0000

Rick Beato has followed up his “The Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse” video which neo linked a week ago. He says a big reason is that passive social media has sucked up the young’s attention from music, art and even videogames.

Furthermore, he says, the kids who take music lessons don’t even practice between lessons anymore.
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Instead of practicing music, listening to music, looking up things about art, or playing video games, they’re doing [social media].

I called one of my friends who’s a music teacher to ask him, “How many of your students only play during their lessons?” Meaning, they never practice during the week, they just play in their lesson.

He said, “Oh, that’s easy. 100%.”

This pretty much goes for any of my kids’ friends’ parents. When I ask them that question, they tell me their kids don’t practice. They go to their lessons every week without ever having touched their instrument.

I know right now there are thousands of music teachers out there watching this who are going, “Yeah, that’s pretty much all my students too.”

Why are they not learning instruments and why is video game playing going down? Because it takes work, and they don’t want to put in the work.

It’s way easier just to open up their phone and put TikTok on, or YouTube Shorts, or Instagram and swipe up.

–Rick Beato, “I Know You’re Angry, So Am I…”
https://youtu.be/TU96wCDHGKM?t=259
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This is tragic at so many levels. One of the most rewarding things in life, and such an important lesson to learn, is that hard work and practice pay off, even if one doesn’t become the best, rich, or a rock star.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 02:05:11 +0000

Two lovely women with lovely voices, dressed beautifully, creating wonderful music. Thank you Neo, for posting this uplifting video.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

J.J., my father’s Parkinson’s, in addition to the gait problems, freezing, and mild memory problems, was primarily a progressive failure of automatic and semi-automatic internal functions, and that’s what killed him. So far as we can tell, Biden doesn’t have those internal problems, and despite childish comments I’ve seen online, really, he couldn’t continue to travel and go to events if he did. I’m guessing he has one of the other dementias associated with what Neo and I have seen. He sees people who aren’t there. He can’t hold a train of thought or coherently express ideas.

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 23:00:55 +0000

they are unnaturally orange man obsessed,

https://www.floridabulldog.org/2024/06/saudi-princes-cell-phone-linked-to-9-11-hijackers/

see the top link, of course this was covered up by mueller and W, and one would imagine his opposite number and blair,

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 22:58:04 +0000

yes the fellow from the kansas machine, the pendergrast was pretty good all told,

I think Obama was the closest to what Wallace might have been as President, with some unique elements to him