Since late last night and into this morning, literally all of the “normal” democrat friends I follow have posted this picture; often as their new profile picture. This is to give you a sense of what those people are doing. From the pic, too bad Zelensky isn’t dead, as they’ve already made him into a “martyr”. Note the Soviet-esque style of the picture:
I was sad to learn this morning that the Wanamaker/Macy’s in center city Philly is closing its doors this month, and with that comes the potential silence of the great pipe organ and an end to “let’s meet up at the eagle!”.
I remember all of those clothes, and that NONE of them were suitable for short, chubby girls.
And the shoes hurt my feet.
Other than that, they looked great, and we haven’t had nearly as much fun with fashion since then.
I did benefit from the gaucho pants, as I didn’t have to cut and hem the bottom.
For context, capri pants hit me right above the ankle.
Nice trip down memory lane!
I wore those shoes–they were very comfortable for me. I could not stand polyester then and I do not wear it now–but it did have a big effect on the clothing industry!
Just another open-thread comment about some news from the back pages.
Microsoft has announced that it’s shutting down Skype VOIP (voice over internet protocol). I haven’t used Skype in years, and I never used it after it was taken over by ebay, and then by Microsoft, so I’m not surprised by the news. Even so, it’s like hearing that a favorite childhood candy has disappeared from the shelves.
I used Skype quite a bit during its first five years or so. That was when I was working outside the country. Skype made talking to widely scattered friends, colleagues, and prospective employers a cheap thrill.
Now, more than twenty years later, I look back at those days with nostalgia, and the feelings leak onto Skype. Of course, that can’t be a good business model for software. RIP Skype.
Sorry. There wasn’t one appealing aspect to the 1970s visual aesthetic. Only a clown would try to sell it.
Until a few days ago I had never heard of the hard rock/heavy metal group Disturbed, or David Draiman. Then I came upon this cover of “The Sound of Silence”. Judging by the fact that it has over 1 Billion views, and seemingly a half billion reaction videos to it, many of you may already be familiar with it. If not, give it a listen, very powerful. Not to prejudice you, but Paul Simon loved it.
As powerful as the music, are Draiman’s words in support of Israel. Here is an interview on Israeli television in which he comes across as very sane and intelligent.
The picture physicsguy linked brings home the divide in this country. It’s reminiscent of the Che posters the bright avant-garde kids hung in their college dorms back when. The left sure did a job infecting its poison into generations of highly intelligent and extremely well educated people in the professions. They got you in college when your mind was open and after those adolescent years of rebellion. They presented a vision of an utopian future with universal equality, led by hero’s like Che and Ho.
They’ve now latched onto the freedom fighter from Ukraine – the comedian in a T-shirt – bravely leading his country into oblivion.
I don’t think the analogy of Zelensky to Ché works well. Ché was a sociopathic monster.
@The Other Chuck
Agreed, it is reminiscent of a lot of the Che art, and even as someone who has generally been sympathetic to the Ukrainians and Zelenskyy it comes across as eerily cultish and making the conflict far more about Zelenskyy personally than it was (Turtlerridge farms still remembers how Zelenskyy ran against Poroshenko as a Dove who would make a deal with the Kremlin to obtain peace). I believe Zelenskyy and Ukraine deserve support up to a significant point, but I have never been fond of treating either as cult objects devoid of flaw.
They aren’t and never have been.
They’ve now latched onto the freedom fighter from Ukraine – the comedian in a T-shirt – bravely leading his country into oblivion.
To be fair to him, he is leading his country to oblivion because Ukraine since 2014 has dealt with the issue of how the Kremlin is not willing to cut and abide by deals like Minsk I and II, and how unlike say Georgia (which was sufficiently “alien” enough to be undesirable to annex in its entirety) an independent Ukraine is an affront to pan-Russian, Eurasianist, and Neo-Soviet types. Zelenskyy came to power in an election where he ran as the Dove against Poroshenko claiming he would cut a deal with the Russian government to end the war for good. That was in 2019ish.
He raised a number of policies, such as a mutual pullback from the Donbas and a Silesia style Plebiscite where the locals would vote for which country they wanted to be a part of and the place would be divided along those lines. These cost him a lot of flak from his own countrymen (including a few Soros front pieces) and some backers, but saw the Russian government not even deign to respond. And when the Ukrainian government (buoyed in part by things like Trump’s reopening of lethal aid) began making progress towards reclaiming the Donbas, Putin picked an opportunity and escalated the war.
One of the major follies I’ve seen, particularly by the Left, has been an odd tunnel vision about Great Men syndrome. Making this all about cults of personality or great personalities. Trump, Zelenskyy, Putin, Xi, Macron. Which certainly has its place (Trump in particular was a transformative figure and trendsetter) but is easily overstated. There are times when leaders don’t lead as much as people think, and things they can’t really change effectively.
Trying to make the war about the Great Zelenskyy (by either side, those supporting and those opposed to him) I think misses the forest for the sake of the trees and in particular what alternative Ukrainian leaders or governments would probably be like. Namely: Probably not more dovish.
we once thought Hamid Karzai, was one of these, with the elegant couture, but this populzai pashtun couldn’t live up to the legend of shah massoud, then again Massoud couldn’t like up to the legend that Ken Follett spun among others, and after his assasination by Al Queda operatives from Belgium well he became an oversight, as a Tadjik among the Pashtuns his odds were not good
and his fiefdom rarely extended beyond the Kabul district, the patron of much of the 20 year Afghan expedition, curiously, he hasn’t had the fate of Shaj Shuja, in his sanctuary in Dubai, maybe the Taliban emirate will catch up with him, The Times seems to drag out every nit some corrupt police chief there, some warlord here, rationalizing the for the Haqquani gang, that rules Kabul, and that Sullivan Milley and co capitulated to, with the punctuation at Abbey Gates,
But we do rotate between Devils and Angels, like FDR, said of Somoza, and the Progs would treat Daniel Ortega who we thought we had vanquished in 1990s, but like Jason Voorhes, reemerged in the 00s, and now has been in power for nearly 20 years,
Duvalier who was one of the least likely candidates for ally,
except for his geographic proximity and Aristide, the best can be said was he was a poor administrator, but many of his successors well they did not make themselves proud, and they were cursed by the Clinton Foundation looting crew, which benefited in large part from USAID
I still have one of my old Nehru shirts laying around – or is that 60s? It’s in good shape mostly because I didn’t wear it much. Funny – it doesn’t seem to fit anymore …
Zelensky: Seems he shot himself in the foot after he put it in his own mouth. DJT is not FJB and I think Z didn’t really catch on to that – even after campaigning for FJB last Oct. Sooner that guy goes away, the sooner that mess over there will be over with.
Since late last night and into this morning, literally all of the “normal” democrat friends I follow have posted this picture; often as their new profile picture. This is to give you a sense of what those people are doing. From the pic, too bad Zelensky isn’t dead, as they’ve already made him into a “martyr”. Note the Soviet-esque style of the picture:
https://scontent-atl3-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/480060593_10161217359743020_7125660443914339770_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=e4-TvpOwAKYQ7kNvgGMWl8G&_nc_oc=Adho6UywxWyzJ-cUtC9NBSik5UMAqpzaTV1ciOW77buUuU6kaD9ou94_k_fL1qRnUFs&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-3.xx&_nc_gid=AgnQZlkmfS7rG2OIISjF293&oh=00_AYAeGOO_BEtRuYKZrEPwQhOoNN_mGggzFCOUkDJG0gCWlg&oe=67C8DFFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHthqkXM37I
I was sad to learn this morning that the Wanamaker/Macy’s in center city Philly is closing its doors this month, and with that comes the potential silence of the great pipe organ and an end to “let’s meet up at the eagle!”.
https://youtu.be/tX0Ct0HHSzU
I remember all of those clothes, and that NONE of them were suitable for short, chubby girls.
And the shoes hurt my feet.
Other than that, they looked great, and we haven’t had nearly as much fun with fashion since then.
I did benefit from the gaucho pants, as I didn’t have to cut and hem the bottom.
For context, capri pants hit me right above the ankle.
Nice trip down memory lane!
I wore those shoes–they were very comfortable for me. I could not stand polyester then and I do not wear it now–but it did have a big effect on the clothing industry!
Just another open-thread comment about some news from the back pages.
Microsoft has announced that it’s shutting down Skype VOIP (voice over internet protocol). I haven’t used Skype in years, and I never used it after it was taken over by ebay, and then by Microsoft, so I’m not surprised by the news. Even so, it’s like hearing that a favorite childhood candy has disappeared from the shelves.
I used Skype quite a bit during its first five years or so. That was when I was working outside the country. Skype made talking to widely scattered friends, colleagues, and prospective employers a cheap thrill.
Now, more than twenty years later, I look back at those days with nostalgia, and the feelings leak onto Skype. Of course, that can’t be a good business model for software. RIP Skype.
Sorry. There wasn’t one appealing aspect to the 1970s visual aesthetic. Only a clown would try to sell it.
Until a few days ago I had never heard of the hard rock/heavy metal group Disturbed, or David Draiman. Then I came upon this cover of “The Sound of Silence”. Judging by the fact that it has over 1 Billion views, and seemingly a half billion reaction videos to it, many of you may already be familiar with it. If not, give it a listen, very powerful. Not to prejudice you, but Paul Simon loved it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
As powerful as the music, are Draiman’s words in support of Israel. Here is an interview on Israeli television in which he comes across as very sane and intelligent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3-GmlVmQo
The group’s song “Hold on to Memories” was played at the Bibas funeral.
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/ssagzl
The picture physicsguy linked brings home the divide in this country. It’s reminiscent of the Che posters the bright avant-garde kids hung in their college dorms back when. The left sure did a job infecting its poison into generations of highly intelligent and extremely well educated people in the professions. They got you in college when your mind was open and after those adolescent years of rebellion. They presented a vision of an utopian future with universal equality, led by hero’s like Che and Ho.
They’ve now latched onto the freedom fighter from Ukraine – the comedian in a T-shirt – bravely leading his country into oblivion.
I don’t think the analogy of Zelensky to Ché works well. Ché was a sociopathic monster.
@The Other Chuck
Agreed, it is reminiscent of a lot of the Che art, and even as someone who has generally been sympathetic to the Ukrainians and Zelenskyy it comes across as eerily cultish and making the conflict far more about Zelenskyy personally than it was (Turtlerridge farms still remembers how Zelenskyy ran against Poroshenko as a Dove who would make a deal with the Kremlin to obtain peace). I believe Zelenskyy and Ukraine deserve support up to a significant point, but I have never been fond of treating either as cult objects devoid of flaw.
They aren’t and never have been.
To be fair to him, he is leading his country to oblivion because Ukraine since 2014 has dealt with the issue of how the Kremlin is not willing to cut and abide by deals like Minsk I and II, and how unlike say Georgia (which was sufficiently “alien” enough to be undesirable to annex in its entirety) an independent Ukraine is an affront to pan-Russian, Eurasianist, and Neo-Soviet types. Zelenskyy came to power in an election where he ran as the Dove against Poroshenko claiming he would cut a deal with the Russian government to end the war for good. That was in 2019ish.
He raised a number of policies, such as a mutual pullback from the Donbas and a Silesia style Plebiscite where the locals would vote for which country they wanted to be a part of and the place would be divided along those lines. These cost him a lot of flak from his own countrymen (including a few Soros front pieces) and some backers, but saw the Russian government not even deign to respond. And when the Ukrainian government (buoyed in part by things like Trump’s reopening of lethal aid) began making progress towards reclaiming the Donbas, Putin picked an opportunity and escalated the war.
One of the major follies I’ve seen, particularly by the Left, has been an odd tunnel vision about Great Men syndrome. Making this all about cults of personality or great personalities. Trump, Zelenskyy, Putin, Xi, Macron. Which certainly has its place (Trump in particular was a transformative figure and trendsetter) but is easily overstated. There are times when leaders don’t lead as much as people think, and things they can’t really change effectively.
Trying to make the war about the Great Zelenskyy (by either side, those supporting and those opposed to him) I think misses the forest for the sake of the trees and in particular what alternative Ukrainian leaders or governments would probably be like. Namely: Probably not more dovish.
we once thought Hamid Karzai, was one of these, with the elegant couture, but this populzai pashtun couldn’t live up to the legend of shah massoud, then again Massoud couldn’t like up to the legend that Ken Follett spun among others, and after his assasination by Al Queda operatives from Belgium well he became an oversight, as a Tadjik among the Pashtuns his odds were not good
and his fiefdom rarely extended beyond the Kabul district, the patron of much of the 20 year Afghan expedition, curiously, he hasn’t had the fate of Shaj Shuja, in his sanctuary in Dubai, maybe the Taliban emirate will catch up with him, The Times seems to drag out every nit some corrupt police chief there, some warlord here, rationalizing the for the Haqquani gang, that rules Kabul, and that Sullivan Milley and co capitulated to, with the punctuation at Abbey Gates,
But we do rotate between Devils and Angels, like FDR, said of Somoza, and the Progs would treat Daniel Ortega who we thought we had vanquished in 1990s, but like Jason Voorhes, reemerged in the 00s, and now has been in power for nearly 20 years,
Duvalier who was one of the least likely candidates for ally,
except for his geographic proximity and Aristide, the best can be said was he was a poor administrator, but many of his successors well they did not make themselves proud, and they were cursed by the Clinton Foundation looting crew, which benefited in large part from USAID
I still have one of my old Nehru shirts laying around – or is that 60s? It’s in good shape mostly because I didn’t wear it much. Funny – it doesn’t seem to fit anymore …
Zelensky: Seems he shot himself in the foot after he put it in his own mouth. DJT is not FJB and I think Z didn’t really catch on to that – even after campaigning for FJB last Oct. Sooner that guy goes away, the sooner that mess over there will be over with.
For the fanboys.
Say it’s not so!
https://ar.inspiredpencil.com/pictures-2023/vladimir-putin-riding-a-horse