The tragedy of the history of CIA-sponsored interventions is our mistake of wanting to maintain the status quo on our spheres of influence, by seeking short-term results/gains from whatever devil will dance to our tune.

Casablanca (1942)
Alien (1979)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

When I lived in NYC, I called it WNEW-NEWNEWNEWNEW

a woman is crying in a black and white photo with the words vive la france written on the bottom . ALT: a woman is crying in a black and white photo with the words vive la france written on the bottom .

And, it can only be called French Vanilla if it comes from the Vanille region of France

I did it, slowly, not all at once, and as I didn’t want to kill the old email address completely, I still receive a few things there that aren’t essential

Watch out for quirky account notification settings that are easy to miss, ie, billing notification settings vs the other stuff

The heads could be other characters she played: Mrs Lovett, Eleanor Shaw Iselin, Nancy Oliver, Mame Dennis…

I think Bits and Bobs were the opening act for that Wallace & Davis Christmas show at the Pine Tree Inn in Vermont in the early 50s; they say the town hasn’t had a white Christmas since.

I remember when Gloria Upson and Bunny Bixler defeated Bits and Bobs in the doubles match of the ping-pong tournament at the club; they were just ghastly

I don’t know. I think I’d like to hear more about his views on the Strait of Vermouth.

In either case, remember to click your heels and see what happens

I like this interpretation because it fits; recall that DT was told to refer to the war that he said was not a war, as a military incursion, but fumbled that and instead said it was an “excursion.”

Elizabeth Taylor
Catherine Deneuve
Bette Midler

Deneuve and Midler are two years apart, and yet I think of Deneuve as classic and Midler as maybe post-classic. Deneuve would be a calming influence and could relax me just by speaking French, and Midler would be a hoot with songs and bawdy jokes.

Josephine and Daphne ask for your prayers to save the Cheboygan Conservatory of Music 🙏

#TCMParty

Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups

A 🎁 article

The stated mission of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was to honor veterans, but its true purpose was to promote white supremacy, Christian nationalism, and the Big Lie of the “Lost Cause” ideology, ie, that the US Civil War was about “states rights”, not slavery

Just a reminder that 161 years ago today, the first President of the United States to be murdered while in office was killed by a white supremacist

It’s fabulous

That’s @aoc.bsky.social riding her e-bike, while answering viewer’s questions on Instagram

Every member of Congress who’s physically able should have to do this

If you haven’t seen it

DT carries in hand what looks like…a fireball he got from the Children of the Forest.

On the far left is a man with white beard/stache, wearing a green baseball cap with something written on it.

And behind him, in the background, is what looks like one of the renderings of DT’s proposed Arch.

About that blasphemous post…

What’s up in the sky?

Looks like four ghostly Star Wars Tusken Raiders, surrounding a Japanese anime Gunbuster mecha robot. Are they ascending or descending?

Plus, there are two American eagles, three jet fighters, and either fireworks or bombs bursting in air.

Teenage Enema Nurse, maybe?

Um, if my doctor approached my bedside wearing a white tunic and red robes, carrying a fireball he got from the Children of the Forest, while accompanied by ghostly Tusken Raiders and a transformer mecha robot, I’d move heaven and earth to get the hell out of there.

Another victory for equality, another loss for the regime

Recall, in February DT had the National Park Service remove the PRIDE flag at the Stonewall National Monument in NYC, as part of his Diversity-Equity-Inclusion purge of the federal government

With Hungary rejecting Orban, and the Tisza party getting a supermajority to undo *all* his mischief, the other beneficiaries are the EU, NATO, and Ukraine

Snap!

In competitive authoritarianism, leaders abuse state power to tilt the electoral playing field in their favor, manipulate the media environment and minimize opposition voices, maybe even steal close elections by lying about fraud. But they usually can't overcome a large majority voting against them.

👏👏👏👏👏 Hungary 👏👏👏👏👏