There’s another, more basic question to be asked of those who believe the media reports WRT DJT.
That more basic question is:
WHY do you believe the Media?????
(Ditto the politicians they represent and cover up for? IOW, the pigs they perpetually perfume?)
YES, yes, I understand.
I’d also prefer to believe what I read, see what I’m SHOWN (remember the BBC’s Jan. 6 “artistry”?) and hear what is REPORTED(!); and THIS (as has been mentioned on this blog, and others, over and over again) is precisely why the Media—and the Left will—in spite of increased skepticism (but on the part of whom?)—most likely sustain its narrative power.
Alas, one MUST RESIST that—automatic?— impulse. At least try to the best of one’s ability…
Water dissolving, and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean
Water dissolving, and water removing
Ray Bolger. Vaudevillian.
Hope people are warm and safe. It is around 9 degrees in my part of CO. Light snow last night, they keep moving when we might get snow. Now, maybe Sun. Below zero next two nights. My Minisplits stop working at 5, so have to use my electric baseboard heaters. Actually, I just turned them on to maintain heat in the house. I am waring a very nice, heavy knit sweater. It took my Wife several yrs to finish it. Started before we were married. Haven’t worn it in yrs. but got it out this Winter. You know why
That stunt from split to up is astounding. The sheer muscle control and flexibility for that amazes me. And then to take those abused muscles and tap dance at a level that would have Fred Astaire working hard to keep up. Almost makes you want to have a time machine to go back and see some of the vaudeville acts that were never recorded as I suspect they were jaw dropping.
Did anyone read this in the WSJ this morning? Just going to post the whole thing. You can’t make this up.
Last year, 76 Americans claimed asylum in the Netherlands. . . . The Netherlands does not rent out hotels or houses for asylum seekers, instead housing them in fenced-off camps. . . . Many of the American refugees, like Jane-Michelle Arc, a 47-year-old software engineer from San Francisco, are transgender. In April last year she flew into Schiphol airport in Amsterdam and, sobbing, asked a customs officer how to claim asylum. “And they laughed because: what’s this big dumb American doing here asking about asylum? And then they realised I was serious.” . . .
Arc knows how that might sound. “I hear a lot of people saying: ‘You are an idiot. You came here from America.’ People will tell me: ‘Did you think about moving to California?’ And then I say: ‘Well, I lived in San Francisco’ and then they go: ‘Oh, that’s a heaven for gay people.’ But it’s different for trans people, particularly for trans women, to the extent that my experience in San Francisco, robot taxis aside, was indistinguishable from [that of] the people that I knew from Libya and Iran and Morocco and Algeria.”
The WSJ dude better be very careful where he goes in Amsterdam; the Muslims there are a reality that don’t allow his world.
Tregonsee314, I was thinking the same thing. I assume you’ve seen the Nicholas brothers? Talk about abused muscles!
The real abuse starts around the 4 minute mark, but the whole clip is incredible, even the first 90 seconds before they come on and it’s only Cab Calloway and his band*: https://youtu.be/IoMbeDhG9fU?si=17C2vsBTIoh8RC-p
*Great song. Covered by Joe Jackson on his album of the same name, way back in 1981. Fun album!
Re; Cab Calloway plus tap dancing
Rufus T. Firefly:
Yes, Cab Calloway is no warmup for the tap dancing! I was so glad that he got a big screen farewell in “The Blues Brothers.”
One may prefer not to see old BW film classics colorized, but it is becoming high-resolution and routine.
Just bought tickets for the wife and me to see “Melania” next Friday.
huxley,
I debated using a clip in the original black and white, instead, but I felt the color added to this clip. My guess is Mr. Calloway and the Nicholas brothers would have preferred color had it been an option for the film.
Agree on the “Blues Brothers” giving him respect. I appreciated that.
I remember reading something one of his children (a daughter?) wrote about him, a few years back. Sounded like a very intelligent man who appreciated classical music and the pursuit of knowledge. It’s a shame that so much of that black-American heritage has been pushed aside. Opera, classical, jazz musicianship, poetry, prose, classical oration, painting, sculpture, dance (ballet), photography… A key component of black, American culture was aspiring to the classical virtues. Why isn’t that taught in schools?
Cab was 73 when he was in the Blues Brothers. He still had the Moves.
Jesse Jackson: “Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Western Civ has got to go!”
I’m pretty sure he is on wires at a few points, but I can’t find confirmation online. Some of the falls and recoveries seem impossible, even for Burt the Chimney Sweep.
We are as prepared as we can be for what looks like a major ice storm over the weekend.
I’m usually a bit skeptical of wind chill factors, but I totally believe the -22 number my app says I just walked home in.
Hi neo,
That’s very cool!
😀
I’m glad to meet another fan of, “Ballet Shoes”. 😀
Have a good day,
TR
I’ve come across an extremely interesting point missed in the Propaganda Media, underpinning our stake in the Greenland fracas.
In 2022, some North Atlantic and Arctic power like Russia, began cutting the undersea cables going out of Svalbard Island — cables among the world’s fastest — linking our space satellites to Svalbard Island and our ground stations on land far away.
SvalSat (or Svalbard Satellite Station) is operated by a Norwegian contractor. But who cares?
Together with one station in the Antarctic, this is “the only ground station that can see a low altitude polar orbiting satellite on every revolution as the Earth rotates.” These orbits are short, roughly 90 minutes. And in any missile conflict, that’s an eternity. And these satellites are our most valuable eyes in the sky for defense.
SvalSat “provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.” The station operates over 100 multi-channel antennas on this remote Arctic Island. (Wiki)
Its customers are a who’s who of international space satellite using organizations.
“Customers with their own installations include the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the European Space Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,” among others.
Now, given that a foreign power wants to cut the US and Europe off from this satellite window on the world, what is the backup plan?
Enter, Greenland. That’s the backup plan. And President Trump is on it.
(HT to Dr. Pippa Malmgren, economist and author of “Geopolitics For Investors,” and White House Advisor. Via Konstantin Kisen interview on YT.)
The Nicholas Brothers were superhuman good. Videos of them are always a delight.
TJ, Thanks for those remarks about SvalSat.
On land presumably the internet has multiple alternative routings to get around a disruption among nodes and links. But I sure hope someone has a means to continually monitor the availability of the undersea cables vs. near by naval/maritime activity [submarines probably excepted].
Very few of us are probably aware of those one or two dozen (??) critical infrastructure nodes of various kinds, as described for those satellite services. Selected grid power substations, limited large scale transformer replacements if a natural or enemy EMP event happens, etc.
There are probably an even greater number of regulations and rules that create such high risk nodes, vs. the existing limits of physical or environmental conditions.
R2L-
Thank you for expanding on the implications of our tech dependent defense system. Please allow me to shift to the more general view of what the Arctic Circle really is.
Do people know anything about the geography of the top of the world?
The Arctic Ocean is the most enclosed ocean on the world. Only 7 or 8 nations border it, Russia and Canada constituting say 80% of that territory.
The Arctic Ocean is a U-shaped area that opens up to the North Atlantic Ocean. And therefore a collection of Northern European nations (and Austria as the Hapsburg Empire of old), such as Denmark, like we see in her claim to Greenland.
Another nation that’s a Danish off-shoot is Iceland, which we ignore pretty much but for her frequent eruptions because is sits on a geologically active plate boundary.
Wikipedia defines Arctic Circle astronomically: “The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude [66 degrees North] for which at the December solstice (winter) the Sun does not rise and at the June solstice (summer) the Sun does not set. These phenomena are referred to as polar night and midnight sun, respectively….” SEE MAP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle
The great mass of Greenland makes it into the Arctic Circle. But Iceland is merely quite close to it. Only the island to the North, Svalbard, is entirely in the Arctic Circle. And has long been a part of Norway.
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There’s another, more basic question to be asked of those who believe the media reports WRT DJT.
That more basic question is:
WHY do you believe the Media?????
(Ditto the politicians they represent and cover up for? IOW, the pigs they perpetually perfume?)
YES, yes, I understand.
I’d also prefer to believe what I read, see what I’m SHOWN (remember the BBC’s Jan. 6 “artistry”?) and hear what is REPORTED(!); and THIS (as has been mentioned on this blog, and others, over and over again) is precisely why the Media—and the Left will—in spite of increased skepticism (but on the part of whom?)—most likely sustain its narrative power.
Alas, one MUST RESIST that—automatic?— impulse. At least try to the best of one’s ability…
A more recent case in point:
“FACT-CHECKING THE TIMES FACT-CHECKER”—
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/fact-checking-the-times-fact-checker.php
Once again: WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE??
About yesterday’s last article:
Talking Heads figured it out years ago.
Water dissolving, and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean
Water dissolving, and water removing
Ray Bolger. Vaudevillian.
Hope people are warm and safe. It is around 9 degrees in my part of CO. Light snow last night, they keep moving when we might get snow. Now, maybe Sun. Below zero next two nights. My Minisplits stop working at 5, so have to use my electric baseboard heaters. Actually, I just turned them on to maintain heat in the house. I am waring a very nice, heavy knit sweater. It took my Wife several yrs to finish it. Started before we were married. Haven’t worn it in yrs. but got it out this Winter. You know why
That stunt from split to up is astounding. The sheer muscle control and flexibility for that amazes me. And then to take those abused muscles and tap dance at a level that would have Fred Astaire working hard to keep up. Almost makes you want to have a time machine to go back and see some of the vaudeville acts that were never recorded as I suspect they were jaw dropping.
Did anyone read this in the WSJ this morning? Just going to post the whole thing. You can’t make this up.
The WSJ dude better be very careful where he goes in Amsterdam; the Muslims there are a reality that don’t allow his world.
Tregonsee314, I was thinking the same thing. I assume you’ve seen the Nicholas brothers? Talk about abused muscles!
The real abuse starts around the 4 minute mark, but the whole clip is incredible, even the first 90 seconds before they come on and it’s only Cab Calloway and his band*: https://youtu.be/IoMbeDhG9fU?si=17C2vsBTIoh8RC-p
*Great song. Covered by Joe Jackson on his album of the same name, way back in 1981. Fun album!
Re; Cab Calloway plus tap dancing
Rufus T. Firefly:
Yes, Cab Calloway is no warmup for the tap dancing! I was so glad that he got a big screen farewell in “The Blues Brothers.”
–“Cab Calloway – Minnie The Moocher (feat. The Blues Brothers)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=250MMq0fTrU
When it comes to art or entertainment, I want to be blown away. I don’t get that much these days.
BTW, the colorization for RTF’s video is done by a package called DeOldify, which you can download free from GitHub.
https://github.com/jantic/DeOldify
https://deoldify.ai/
One may prefer not to see old BW film classics colorized, but it is becoming high-resolution and routine.
Just bought tickets for the wife and me to see “Melania” next Friday.
huxley,
I debated using a clip in the original black and white, instead, but I felt the color added to this clip. My guess is Mr. Calloway and the Nicholas brothers would have preferred color had it been an option for the film.
Agree on the “Blues Brothers” giving him respect. I appreciated that.
I remember reading something one of his children (a daughter?) wrote about him, a few years back. Sounded like a very intelligent man who appreciated classical music and the pursuit of knowledge. It’s a shame that so much of that black-American heritage has been pushed aside. Opera, classical, jazz musicianship, poetry, prose, classical oration, painting, sculpture, dance (ballet), photography… A key component of black, American culture was aspiring to the classical virtues. Why isn’t that taught in schools?
Cab was 73 when he was in the Blues Brothers. He still had the Moves.
Jesse Jackson: “Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Western Civ has got to go!”
https://exhibits.stanford.edu/black-at-stanford/browse/group/people/jesse-jackson-at-stanford-1987
“Tregonsee314 on January 23, 2026 at 11:42 am said:
That stunt from split to up is astounding”
Magic shoes.
“That stunt from split to up is astounding”
I hurt just watching it.
Is that Ray Bolger?
I always thought he was a fantastic entertainer.
I really like him in the 1940s/WW2 era film, titled- The Stagedoor Cafe.
I think he was in that film.
Hi neo,
Have you read the children’s novel, “Ballet Shoes” by Noel Streatfeild?
It was written in the 1930s, + it is a favorite of my family.
It’s about three sisters who: have adventures, and some of them want to dance ballet, and
to become professional performers.
I just think it is a novel that you might enjoy. 😀
Cheers,
TR
TR:
I loved the “Shoes” books as a child. Theater Shoes was another. Read them many times way back when.
Dick van Dyke does an amazing, floppy dance in the Music Box scene in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” https://youtu.be/L_l2ii_25tc?si=REid6tRkaxznqj6E
I’m pretty sure he is on wires at a few points, but I can’t find confirmation online. Some of the falls and recoveries seem impossible, even for Burt the Chimney Sweep.
We are as prepared as we can be for what looks like a major ice storm over the weekend.
I’m usually a bit skeptical of wind chill factors, but I totally believe the -22 number my app says I just walked home in.
Hi neo,
That’s very cool!
😀
I’m glad to meet another fan of, “Ballet Shoes”. 😀
Have a good day,
TR
I’ve come across an extremely interesting point missed in the Propaganda Media, underpinning our stake in the Greenland fracas.
In 2022, some North Atlantic and Arctic power like Russia, began cutting the undersea cables going out of Svalbard Island — cables among the world’s fastest — linking our space satellites to Svalbard Island and our ground stations on land far away.
SvalSat (or Svalbard Satellite Station) is operated by a Norwegian contractor. But who cares?
Together with one station in the Antarctic, this is “the only ground station that can see a low altitude polar orbiting satellite on every revolution as the Earth rotates.” These orbits are short, roughly 90 minutes. And in any missile conflict, that’s an eternity. And these satellites are our most valuable eyes in the sky for defense.
SvalSat “provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.” The station operates over 100 multi-channel antennas on this remote Arctic Island. (Wiki)
Its customers are a who’s who of international space satellite using organizations.
“Customers with their own installations include the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the European Space Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,” among others.
Now, given that a foreign power wants to cut the US and Europe off from this satellite window on the world, what is the backup plan?
Enter, Greenland. That’s the backup plan. And President Trump is on it.
(HT to Dr. Pippa Malmgren, economist and author of “Geopolitics For Investors,” and White House Advisor. Via Konstantin Kisen interview on YT.)
The Nicholas Brothers were superhuman good. Videos of them are always a delight.
TJ, Thanks for those remarks about SvalSat.
On land presumably the internet has multiple alternative routings to get around a disruption among nodes and links. But I sure hope someone has a means to continually monitor the availability of the undersea cables vs. near by naval/maritime activity [submarines probably excepted].
Very few of us are probably aware of those one or two dozen (??) critical infrastructure nodes of various kinds, as described for those satellite services. Selected grid power substations, limited large scale transformer replacements if a natural or enemy EMP event happens, etc.
There are probably an even greater number of regulations and rules that create such high risk nodes, vs. the existing limits of physical or environmental conditions.
R2L-
Thank you for expanding on the implications of our tech dependent defense system. Please allow me to shift to the more general view of what the Arctic Circle really is.
Do people know anything about the geography of the top of the world?
The Arctic Ocean is the most enclosed ocean on the world. Only 7 or 8 nations border it, Russia and Canada constituting say 80% of that territory.
The Arctic Ocean is a U-shaped area that opens up to the North Atlantic Ocean. And therefore a collection of Northern European nations (and Austria as the Hapsburg Empire of old), such as Denmark, like we see in her claim to Greenland.
Another nation that’s a Danish off-shoot is Iceland, which we ignore pretty much but for her frequent eruptions because is sits on a geologically active plate boundary.
Wikipedia defines Arctic Circle astronomically: “The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude [66 degrees North] for which at the December solstice (winter) the Sun does not rise and at the June solstice (summer) the Sun does not set. These phenomena are referred to as polar night and midnight sun, respectively….” SEE MAP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle
The great mass of Greenland makes it into the Arctic Circle. But Iceland is merely quite close to it. Only the island to the North, Svalbard, is entirely in the Arctic Circle. And has long been a part of Norway.