Good thing the midterms aren’t now, the House and the Senate would be lost and Trump impeached in a matter of a few weeks. Who knows what the US will be like by November.
On the video: My roommate junior year in college was killed while on a climb on Longs Peak. Descending down the north side with lots of snow and for some reason not roped up. Slipped and then starting sliding to the east face and did not self arrest with his ice axe. Fell the 1700ft to his death. The video reminded me that there’s such a similar small ledge halfway down the face of Longs with the cynical name of “Broadway”. He apparently hit it on his fall down according to Rocky Mtn Rescue after they recovered his body a few days later.
Don’t go wobbly.
If it was easy Thune could do it. I guess this is how you learn who has leadership qualities.
What is the reason certain Republicans give for opposing the Save Act? Someone please educate me.
Something to do with not having a backbone?
@physicsguy:The Iranian government still in full control, apparently.
We’re not even two weeks in, I think it’s far too early to expect that they wouldn’t be.
@IrishOtter49:What is the reason certain Republicans give for opposing the Save Act? Someone please educate me.
It’s all FUD. They can’t give you the real reason, which is that they are counting on Dem cooperation for appropriations, which is the fundamental thing they care about, spending our money with their friends.
Everyone in the Senate got there with the system we have now, they have no reason of their own to change it. The only thing that could move them is if their constituents might not reelect them for opposing it, but given our very short attention spans this possibility is remote. It may have been activated for John Cornyn.
They could pass it with 51 votes–they set aside the filibuster several times last year on things much less important–but they don’t really have 51 votes. They have more than 51 who pretend to support it and fewer than 51 who actually do. The Senate Majority Leader’s role is to see that it fails to pass but those who need to appease their constituents get to vote ‘yes’.
The ones in solid red states do not have to fear any change in voting that the Dems might later make and they know this. They all need to keep bringing home bacon, though, and they can’t do it without the Dems, and they don’t need to be in the majority to do that.
I knew I should have just stayed in bed today.
IrishOtter49: whatever they say publicly, it doesn’t matter. In reality:
If you are a D, especially in a city, esp. in a purple state–you need the vote fraud machine to keep your party in power. If you, like Schumer, are going to be primaried, you will cause your base you need to run your campaigns and turn out in primaries to go into hysterics. (There’s a reason why 20% of D’s are adamantly against it – they are the party workers, and cross them at your peril). Not sure enough D senators are retiring (eg to pull a Durbin).
If you are an R:
-Afraid of being called racist or whatever narrative the media cooks up.
-Idiot/naive (come from an honest state, muh principles, home state already has voter ID)
-Believe voter fraud is overblown (it isn’t)
-Benefit from fraud, eg vote by mail or getting across the finish line by party insiders who do the dirty work for you, giving you plausible deniability. (Looking at you, Lisa Murkowski).
-You are not yet sure where the wind blows. (Related-you will do what your leadership tells you to do, because this is the best job you have ever had in your life; related – Thune understands that WITH the filibuster, he has great power even when the D’s take the chamber).
-You don’t want to be lumped in with the “MAGA crazies” class at your next fundraiser with the corporate lobbyists/business interests. (Screw you Turtle).
-Not a clean bill (seriously, Trump should agree to take all the sports issues out of it-it hurts in purple states with big blue suburbs).
-Fear of surrendering filibuster on this issue, because you will want to make the same argument the next time dems come to power.
The last is, in theory, the best argument; but it utterly ignores the reality that the minute the Dems come back into power, they are going to knife you in the back anyway, and the media won’t help you because they are communist party apparatchiks with bylines.
If you are into conspiracy theories: the deep state has enough blackmail material on them that to undermine deep state election control, is an electoral suicide mission. 😉
My 2c.
For context, in 2003, WITH a ground invasion, and after years of enforcing no-fly zones and occasional bombing, the start of the invasion of Iraq was March 20 and the fall of Baghdad April 9, about 21 days.
I have no idea why we’d expect Iran’s government to collapse any faster than that; in fact we should expect it to take considerably more time since there are not any significant ground forces and we haven’t been bombing two-thirds of the country at will over the preceding ten years.
The case against the SAVE Act is pretty darn clear, and neo posted the video a few weeks ago. Trust me, it’s the real reason:
Basically, because of the inevitable court challenges, there is no scenario where the GOP gets to have the SAVE Act and keep it. It is a dead lock certainty that a lefty district court judge will enjoin it before the 2026 election, so no SAVE Act in 2026. The plaintiffs (and lefty judges) will have an incentive to keep the cases against it pending as long as possible, so it is likely that the SAVE Act would still be tied up in litigation for the 2028 election. Then in 2029, Democrats would “repeal and replace” with their HR 1.
The case for the SAVE Act is basically an argument that the GOP should abolish the filibuster and clear the runway for Democrats to go MN or VA on the federal government in 2029 and to all of this in return for what? For nothing.
The real question is whether the GOP should act out this scene from Animal House:
“Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!” (to vote)
So because lefty judges will do what they do the GOP checked pants senators won’t do anything.
Filibuster?
That’s a Norwegian Blue, if the Dems get 51 in 2026 it is gone. Krysten and Joe stopped the Dems last time, she isn’t there now.
But thanks for sharing Bauxite. Were Queen Linda M. and Susan C. part of the food fight? They are noted for their conservative bona fides after all, as is that dude from NC. (sarc x 10)
I’m assuming the rock climber got over his “yips” & made it home safely at the end of the day…?
Almost as bad as speaking in public?
Some exposure ….. not for me.
@Kate:Isn’t that judge-training caper somehow illegal for the judges’ participation?
If we’re talking about Snow On Pine’s link from the other day, it had nothing to do with judges. Starting to wonder if anyone read the actual link. And you really have to read the Free Beacon link that it links to because of the usual Salem Media game of telephone.
The activist group is educating people, not judges, on jury nullification and how to game the process of being selected for a jury. Lying to get on a jury is already illegal and punishable, and people do go to jail for it. Jury nullification, on the other hand, is centuries old, up there with the First and Second Amendments in protecting our other civil rights, and Glenn Reynolds wrote about it favorably and regularly until some time after 2016.
Like any other freedom, people can abuse it. The media’s biased, maybe we should abolish news media. People commit crimes with guns, maybe we should take all guns away. Or we could accept that “free” means “free”.
Teaching people about jury nullification has never successfully been made illegal to my knowledge, and actually making jury nullification illegal would be tantamount to giving up trial by jury, because some panel of Top Men would get to decide which juries had decided “wrongly” and punish them and/or set aside their decision.
From the Free Beacon link:
Freedom Trainers, whose fiscal sponsor is the George Soros-funded group Community Change, is working to make “jury nullification”—the practice of voting against a conviction even if the defendant broke the law—a go-to legal weapon for the Left. Its sessions and training materials, reviewed by the Free Beacon, show how the group teaches “committed people” to gum up federal prosecutions.
The group tells attendees to keep their addresses current to ensure they receive summons. Then, during the jury selection process, it advises them to “Never mention jury nullification,” “Don’t signal an agenda,” and “say you’ll listen to the evidence before forming conclusions.” Once selected, the group tells its trainees to vote “not guilty” for any reason.
No, I’m talking about Barry Meislin’s link to a Free Beacon article today, at 1:13 p.m. Read it; it’s most definitely about training judges.
I watched that video a few weeks ago. Yes, he finished the climb. Honnold is one of the top free solo climbers in the world.
However, such people are not like you and me:
_______________________________
In 2016, [Honnold] was subjected to functional magnetic resonance imaging scans that revealed that, like other high sensation seekers, his amygdala barely activates when watching disturbing images. He however confesses feeling fear occasionally. Through imagination and practice, he has desensitized himself to most fearful situations.
@Kate:Read it; it’s most definitely about training judges.
Got it. That one is much more concerning, and an excellent example of why we’d be foolish to give up juries or jury nullification, when the judges all get together with activist groups to decide how to get the result they want.
One thing that was clear to me from following the Mark Steyn case is that Steyn seemed to think that he could argue the science before the court and win by showing that the science was wrong. And that’s simply not how the courts work. They’re looking for boxes to check: who has the right kind of paperwork to be considered a scientist, and what are the views of the people who check that “scientist” box.
Even when they are activist and come down hard on one side of a scientific question that even scientists disagree about, they follow that process of checking boxes, which is why it’s so important what statements go out from the American Academy of Pediatrics about transgenderism and kids, for example, and why it made such a difference that the Cass Review was done, even though the Cass Review is not itself new science.
@Huxley — I could never be a free climber. I am afraid of heights. But, I used to work as an IATSE stage electrician, which frequently involved working up in the air. Just thinking about some jobs, gets my palms sweating. I was once in a lift over 50 feet in the air. Another time, I was up about 90 feet. And to be able to work, I had to turn off the ‘fear’ feeling. And it was like flipping a switch: “I just can’t think about that now. Focus on the task at hand.” However, I don’t think I could do that to free climb — at work, there were SOME safety features. (Though back then, we didn’t wear safety harnesses. It’s a LOT more safety conscious industry now.)
Lee Also on March 12, 2026 at 1:11 pm said:
I wouldn’t trust US intelligence — the CIA is full of people with TDS. At least the Mossad doesn’t seem to be full of Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome.
Israel has their own deep state leftists who hate Netanyahu.
I think that, given Oct 7 and the current chance to destroy the Iranian Republic, they are likely willing to put their hate for him aside to finish the job.
American deep state and never trumpers are still focused on the biggest threat, i.e., whatever separates Democrats from power.
Lee Also on March 12, 2026 at 5:11 pm
“Though back then, we didn’t wear safety harnesses. It’s a LOT more safety conscious industry now.”
Your remark reminded me of a comment my father made some time ago, that during the Great Depression men were so anxious to have work that when building Hoover Dam guys would be driving the trucks (used for dumping concrete) with their toes so they could lean out and see what they were doing. Shudder!!
@ physicsguy > “My roommate junior year in college was killed while on a climb on Longs Peak. ”
I know that’s been a long time ago, but condolences none the less.
AesopSpouse has done some minor rock climbing with the Scouts and other youth groups, but never had a desire to do anything really serious.
My amygdala does exactly the opposite.
I can’t even ride enclosed cable cars suspended over canyons, and forget about ski lifts (even if I wanted to ski, which I never have).
Airplanes, however, have never been a problem.
Re: Otters and an optical illusion
Here’s a Japanese guy with a pair of pet otters who has an engaging channel chronicling otter reactions to various scenarios. In this case he puts down a mat with the image of an op-art sinkhole at the bottom of the stairs.
The otters come down the stairs, stare at the mat and are careful at first not to fall into the hole. Eventually they realize there is no danger and set to work chewing up the edges of the mat.
Rest assured, the camera crew is not free climbing backwards and in heels. They are thoroughly roped in with protective gear. If they slip and fall, it’s not certain death.
AesopFan on March 13, 2026 at 12:22 am said:
“Airplanes, however, have never been a problem.”
Well,, then, based on my one ride in a Huey while in the Army, if you ever have get a ride in a helicopter, make sure it is a big one! 🙂
huxley on March 13, 2026 at 9:49 am said:
“Rest assured, the camera crew is not free climbing backwards and in heels.”
Yes. It can be disappointing to realize that a dramatic filmed event, such as cresting a high mountain, exploring a previously “unknown” cave, etc., are often preceded by a camera man or team positioned to show the “first time” event!
In a similar vein, sometimes there are PBS shows about searching for some biological or archeological discovery, and an artificial tension is created by presenting the effort as limited by some time based situation or a limit on budget, etc. But if the discovery is truly of value and interest, you feel those limitations could be easily overcome, even it if does take a return trip.
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I get vertigo just looking at the pic, not going to open the video.
It seems that the US military is adapting to Drone Warfare. As is always the case, should have done more sooner. But at least progress.
My morning routine: get coffee,peruse news sites…what a depressing morning!
1) Who to dislike more? The spineless GOP, or the traitorous Ds? The SAVE act going down in flames:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-gop-eyes-blame-game-trump-backed-save-act-heads-defeat
2) Iran now using suicide boats in the Strait. There should be a Navy escort for every tanker. I know…resources….sigh..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15639215/Biggest-oil-crisis-history-Iran-launches-suicide-boat-strikes-sending-prices-soaring-Trumps-won-claim.html
3) The Iranian government still in full control, apparently. Like those damn weeds in the lawn…keep hitting them and they just keep coming back.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/iran-government-war/2026/03/11/id/1249203/
Good thing the midterms aren’t now, the House and the Senate would be lost and Trump impeached in a matter of a few weeks. Who knows what the US will be like by November.
On the video: My roommate junior year in college was killed while on a climb on Longs Peak. Descending down the north side with lots of snow and for some reason not roped up. Slipped and then starting sliding to the east face and did not self arrest with his ice axe. Fell the 1700ft to his death. The video reminded me that there’s such a similar small ledge halfway down the face of Longs with the cynical name of “Broadway”. He apparently hit it on his fall down according to Rocky Mtn Rescue after they recovered his body a few days later.
Don’t go wobbly.
If it was easy Thune could do it. I guess this is how you learn who has leadership qualities.
What is the reason certain Republicans give for opposing the Save Act? Someone please educate me.
Something to do with not having a backbone?
@physicsguy:The Iranian government still in full control, apparently.
We’re not even two weeks in, I think it’s far too early to expect that they wouldn’t be.
@IrishOtter49:What is the reason certain Republicans give for opposing the Save Act? Someone please educate me.
It’s all FUD. They can’t give you the real reason, which is that they are counting on Dem cooperation for appropriations, which is the fundamental thing they care about, spending our money with their friends.
Everyone in the Senate got there with the system we have now, they have no reason of their own to change it. The only thing that could move them is if their constituents might not reelect them for opposing it, but given our very short attention spans this possibility is remote. It may have been activated for John Cornyn.
They could pass it with 51 votes–they set aside the filibuster several times last year on things much less important–but they don’t really have 51 votes. They have more than 51 who pretend to support it and fewer than 51 who actually do. The Senate Majority Leader’s role is to see that it fails to pass but those who need to appease their constituents get to vote ‘yes’.
The ones in solid red states do not have to fear any change in voting that the Dems might later make and they know this. They all need to keep bringing home bacon, though, and they can’t do it without the Dems, and they don’t need to be in the majority to do that.
I knew I should have just stayed in bed today.
IrishOtter49: whatever they say publicly, it doesn’t matter. In reality:
If you are a D, especially in a city, esp. in a purple state–you need the vote fraud machine to keep your party in power. If you, like Schumer, are going to be primaried, you will cause your base you need to run your campaigns and turn out in primaries to go into hysterics. (There’s a reason why 20% of D’s are adamantly against it – they are the party workers, and cross them at your peril). Not sure enough D senators are retiring (eg to pull a Durbin).
If you are an R:
-Afraid of being called racist or whatever narrative the media cooks up.
-Idiot/naive (come from an honest state, muh principles, home state already has voter ID)
-Believe voter fraud is overblown (it isn’t)
-Benefit from fraud, eg vote by mail or getting across the finish line by party insiders who do the dirty work for you, giving you plausible deniability. (Looking at you, Lisa Murkowski).
-You are not yet sure where the wind blows. (Related-you will do what your leadership tells you to do, because this is the best job you have ever had in your life; related – Thune understands that WITH the filibuster, he has great power even when the D’s take the chamber).
-You don’t want to be lumped in with the “MAGA crazies” class at your next fundraiser with the corporate lobbyists/business interests. (Screw you Turtle).
-Not a clean bill (seriously, Trump should agree to take all the sports issues out of it-it hurts in purple states with big blue suburbs).
-Fear of surrendering filibuster on this issue, because you will want to make the same argument the next time dems come to power.
The last is, in theory, the best argument; but it utterly ignores the reality that the minute the Dems come back into power, they are going to knife you in the back anyway, and the media won’t help you because they are communist party apparatchiks with bylines.
If you are into conspiracy theories: the deep state has enough blackmail material on them that to undermine deep state election control, is an electoral suicide mission. 😉
My 2c.
For context, in 2003, WITH a ground invasion, and after years of enforcing no-fly zones and occasional bombing, the start of the invasion of Iraq was March 20 and the fall of Baghdad April 9, about 21 days.
I have no idea why we’d expect Iran’s government to collapse any faster than that; in fact we should expect it to take considerably more time since there are not any significant ground forces and we haven’t been bombing two-thirds of the country at will over the preceding ten years.
The case against the SAVE Act is pretty darn clear, and neo posted the video a few weeks ago. Trust me, it’s the real reason:
Basically, because of the inevitable court challenges, there is no scenario where the GOP gets to have the SAVE Act and keep it. It is a dead lock certainty that a lefty district court judge will enjoin it before the 2026 election, so no SAVE Act in 2026. The plaintiffs (and lefty judges) will have an incentive to keep the cases against it pending as long as possible, so it is likely that the SAVE Act would still be tied up in litigation for the 2028 election. Then in 2029, Democrats would “repeal and replace” with their HR 1.
The case for the SAVE Act is basically an argument that the GOP should abolish the filibuster and clear the runway for Democrats to go MN or VA on the federal government in 2029 and to all of this in return for what? For nothing.
The real question is whether the GOP should act out this scene from Animal House:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h4DZeBleLs
I wouldn’t trust US intelligence — the CIA is full of people with TDS. At least the Mossad doesn’t seem to be full of Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome.
Not for the faint of heart…
“Inside the Left-Wing Operation to ‘Train’ Judges About Climate Change: Free Trips to Napa Valley, Palm Beach, and Hawaii Fuel a Secret Judge Recruitment Operation;
“Newly uncovered documents lay out a highly organized influence scheme that targets judges who are overseeing major environmental cases”—
https://freebeacon.com/courts/inside-the-left-wing-operation-to-train-judges-about-climate-change-free-trips-to-napa-valley-palm-beach-and-hawaii-fuel-a-secret-judge-recruitment-operation/
H/T Powerline blog.
“Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!” (to vote)
So because lefty judges will do what they do the GOP checked pants senators won’t do anything.
Filibuster?
That’s a Norwegian Blue, if the Dems get 51 in 2026 it is gone. Krysten and Joe stopped the Dems last time, she isn’t there now.
But thanks for sharing Bauxite. Were Queen Linda M. and Susan C. part of the food fight? They are noted for their conservative bona fides after all, as is that dude from NC. (sarc x 10)
The future…if the Democrats win…
“Charges Are Being Dropped Against Canadian Anti-Israel Thuggery At An Astonishing Rate”—
https://blazingcatfur.ca/2026/03/12/charges-are-being-dropped-against-canadian-anti-israel-thuggery-at-an-astonishing-rate/
Barry Meislin:
So the left is training judges how to abandon the concept of judicial impartiality. Sort of like they are doing with jurors.
It would be concerning if I hadn’t been told that enhanced jury nullification is a core principle of just and fair law. (sarc)
Thank you Former legislator and Bauxite
That was very useful. Alas.
Isn’t that judge-training caper somehow illegal for the judges’ participation? It certainly looks like a violation of ethics rules.
And I’m not even going to look at the still shot, much less the video.
And just like that
https://redstate.com/videos/2026/03/12/thune-advances-the-save-america-act-after-trump-demands-results-n2200152
Any comment CC™? The Great Orange Whale may have upset some plans.
Acrophobia week at this site?
https://thenewneo.com/2026/03/10/open-thread-3-10-2026/
I’m with Shirehome and Kate.
I’m assuming the rock climber got over his “yips” & made it home safely at the end of the day…?
Almost as bad as speaking in public?
Some exposure ….. not for me.
@Kate:Isn’t that judge-training caper somehow illegal for the judges’ participation?
If we’re talking about Snow On Pine’s link from the other day, it had nothing to do with judges. Starting to wonder if anyone read the actual link. And you really have to read the Free Beacon link that it links to because of the usual Salem Media game of telephone.
The activist group is educating people, not judges, on jury nullification and how to game the process of being selected for a jury. Lying to get on a jury is already illegal and punishable, and people do go to jail for it. Jury nullification, on the other hand, is centuries old, up there with the First and Second Amendments in protecting our other civil rights, and Glenn Reynolds wrote about it favorably and regularly until some time after 2016.
Like any other freedom, people can abuse it. The media’s biased, maybe we should abolish news media. People commit crimes with guns, maybe we should take all guns away. Or we could accept that “free” means “free”.
Teaching people about jury nullification has never successfully been made illegal to my knowledge, and actually making jury nullification illegal would be tantamount to giving up trial by jury, because some panel of Top Men would get to decide which juries had decided “wrongly” and punish them and/or set aside their decision.
From the Free Beacon link:
No, I’m talking about Barry Meislin’s link to a Free Beacon article today, at 1:13 p.m. Read it; it’s most definitely about training judges.
I watched that video a few weeks ago. Yes, he finished the climb. Honnold is one of the top free solo climbers in the world.
However, such people are not like you and me:
_______________________________
In 2016, [Honnold] was subjected to functional magnetic resonance imaging scans that revealed that, like other high sensation seekers, his amygdala barely activates when watching disturbing images. He however confesses feeling fear occasionally. Through imagination and practice, he has desensitized himself to most fearful situations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Honnold
@Kate:Read it; it’s most definitely about training judges.
Got it. That one is much more concerning, and an excellent example of why we’d be foolish to give up juries or jury nullification, when the judges all get together with activist groups to decide how to get the result they want.
One thing that was clear to me from following the Mark Steyn case is that Steyn seemed to think that he could argue the science before the court and win by showing that the science was wrong. And that’s simply not how the courts work. They’re looking for boxes to check: who has the right kind of paperwork to be considered a scientist, and what are the views of the people who check that “scientist” box.
Even when they are activist and come down hard on one side of a scientific question that even scientists disagree about, they follow that process of checking boxes, which is why it’s so important what statements go out from the American Academy of Pediatrics about transgenderism and kids, for example, and why it made such a difference that the Cass Review was done, even though the Cass Review is not itself new science.
@Huxley — I could never be a free climber. I am afraid of heights. But, I used to work as an IATSE stage electrician, which frequently involved working up in the air. Just thinking about some jobs, gets my palms sweating. I was once in a lift over 50 feet in the air. Another time, I was up about 90 feet. And to be able to work, I had to turn off the ‘fear’ feeling. And it was like flipping a switch: “I just can’t think about that now. Focus on the task at hand.” However, I don’t think I could do that to free climb — at work, there were SOME safety features. (Though back then, we didn’t wear safety harnesses. It’s a LOT more safety conscious industry now.)
Lee Also on March 12, 2026 at 1:11 pm said:
I wouldn’t trust US intelligence — the CIA is full of people with TDS. At least the Mossad doesn’t seem to be full of Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome.
Israel has their own deep state leftists who hate Netanyahu.
I think that, given Oct 7 and the current chance to destroy the Iranian Republic, they are likely willing to put their hate for him aside to finish the job.
American deep state and never trumpers are still focused on the biggest threat, i.e., whatever separates Democrats from power.
Lee Also on March 12, 2026 at 5:11 pm
“Though back then, we didn’t wear safety harnesses. It’s a LOT more safety conscious industry now.”
Your remark reminded me of a comment my father made some time ago, that during the Great Depression men were so anxious to have work that when building Hoover Dam guys would be driving the trucks (used for dumping concrete) with their toes so they could lean out and see what they were doing. Shudder!!
@ physicsguy > “My roommate junior year in college was killed while on a climb on Longs Peak. ”
I know that’s been a long time ago, but condolences none the less.
AesopSpouse has done some minor rock climbing with the Scouts and other youth groups, but never had a desire to do anything really serious.
@ huxley > “his amygdala barely activates when watching disturbing images.”
My amygdala does exactly the opposite.
I can’t even ride enclosed cable cars suspended over canyons, and forget about ski lifts (even if I wanted to ski, which I never have).
Airplanes, however, have never been a problem.
Re: Otters and an optical illusion
Here’s a Japanese guy with a pair of pet otters who has an engaging channel chronicling otter reactions to various scenarios. In this case he puts down a mat with the image of an op-art sinkhole at the bottom of the stairs.
The otters come down the stairs, stare at the mat and are careful at first not to fall into the hole. Eventually they realize there is no danger and set to work chewing up the edges of the mat.
–“Can Otters See Optical Illusions? | Indoor Sinkhole”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAK117AmzSE
Now I want a pet otter!
So who was videoing him?
It’s like the old joke about Ginger doing everything Fred did – but backwards and in heels…
PARTY!! Dancing, Celebrating, Even Finding Love – Israel shows how it’s done by Embracing live in Bomb Shelters – Videos
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2026/03/party-dancing-celebrating-even-finding.html
Ben David:
The clip is from the film, “Alone on the Wall” (2010):
https://letterboxd.com/film/alone-on-the-wall/
Rest assured, the camera crew is not free climbing backwards and in heels. They are thoroughly roped in with protective gear. If they slip and fall, it’s not certain death.
AesopFan on March 13, 2026 at 12:22 am said:
“Airplanes, however, have never been a problem.”
Well,, then, based on my one ride in a Huey while in the Army, if you ever have get a ride in a helicopter, make sure it is a big one! 🙂
huxley on March 13, 2026 at 9:49 am said:
“Rest assured, the camera crew is not free climbing backwards and in heels.”
Yes. It can be disappointing to realize that a dramatic filmed event, such as cresting a high mountain, exploring a previously “unknown” cave, etc., are often preceded by a camera man or team positioned to show the “first time” event!
In a similar vein, sometimes there are PBS shows about searching for some biological or archeological discovery, and an artificial tension is created by presenting the effort as limited by some time based situation or a limit on budget, etc. But if the discovery is truly of value and interest, you feel those limitations could be easily overcome, even it if does take a return trip.