Month: March 2021

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, R.I.P., Sports

Saturday Odds & Sods: Mean To Me

Peter Adrastos Athas
My Brother Imitating Scherzo by Andre Kertesz

The cold weather is back but it’s not as bad as last month’s hard freeze. As I watch things unfold in Jackson, MS, I realize how lucky New Orleans was. Our water infrastructure is just as ancient and with a more prolonged freeze it could have been us. We dodged a bullet this time. Our luck is bound to run out at some point. Our pipes are old, old, old.

I posted a version of Mean To Me when I wrote about Neera Tanden before her nomination was pulled. I stand by what I wrote then, but I should have added that, in some ways, she was a surrogate for those on the far left and right who hate Hillary Clinton.

As far as Joe Manchin is concerned, I’m beginning to think he likes being the key vote in the Senate and was flexing his muscles on the Tanden nomination. I guess Tanden had a blind date with the Man of La Manchin, not destiny. So it goes.

Neil Finn wrote this week’s theme song in 1986 for Crowded House’s eponymous debut album. It’s the first track on the record and is a frequent set opener when the band plays live.

We have two versions of Mean To Me for your listening pleasure: the original promo video and a 1988 live version.

It’s time for a visit to disambiguation city with a 1929 song of the same title. We have a double dose of Ella Fitzgerald. First with the Nelson Riddle orchestra followed by a more intimate recording with Oscar Peterson:

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Oscar Peterson? That goes for Ella Fitzgerald as well.

On that upbeat note, let’s jump to the break. And I mean it this time.

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Current Affairs, Q, Shapiro3 Comments

FREEDOM MAN!

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Happy Revolution Day! Today’s the day the Qatriots say they will rise up and retake the country, installing the blessed Saint DonnyJohn as Head Chef and Chief Bottle Washer back into the White House cause you know, FREEDOM MAN!* Or maybe not. Now we’re told that oh so special March 4th date is actually a “false flag” sent by the Lame Stream Media to discredit the movement. Like they need anyone else’s help to discredit themselves. They’ve kicked the metaphorical can down to March 20. Or sometime in April. Or next Tu B’shevat. Or maybe they are just gonna wait … Continue reading FREEDOM MAN!

Diary, Shapiro2 Comments

Postcard From Sonoma 2

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It’s been a few weeks since I last sent you a postcard from my hometown. In those few weeks a lot has changed. Saturday morning, I went out for a walk in the bright sunshine and 65 degree weather. The sky was cloudless and clear, the kind of light that glistens off every tree and accents every birds’ tweet. Though still technically weeks away, it truly felt like spring. If spring is rebirth, it almost felt like a rebirth of my little town. Sonoma Valley High School, home of the Dragons and recently converted into a vaccine distribution center, had … Continue reading Postcard From Sonoma 2

Free Republic, The Darnold, Tommy T3 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Me golden idol is tarnished” edition

Tommy T

Oh dear.

Golden statue of Trump at CPAC ridiculed online
The Hill ^ | 2/26/2021 | Celine Castronuovo

Posted on 2/26/2021, 10:57:46 AM by sodpoodle

A golden statue of former President Trump was unveiled late Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., quickly prompting ridicule from social media users, many of whom compared it to the Old Testament account of the Golden Calf. Video showed the statue being rolled out through hallways at the annual right-wing conference. The structure includes a golden figure of Trump wearing a suit jacket and red tie, paired with American-flag shorts and flip flops. Several people stopped to pose with the statue, with one woman saying, “Awesome,” and another person commenting, “That is so cool.” Another person can then be heard in the video starting to chant, “four more years.” Despite the praise from attendees, social media users argued that the statue showed some conservatives’ unhealthy obsession with Trump, with one Twitter user jokingly writing, “I asked CPAC if they were afraid of offending God with a golden Trump statue and they said ‘Trump is God.'”

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Jealousy is a disorder;)
1 posted on 2/26/2021, 10:57:46 AM by sodpoodle
So you’re saying that the people who made the statue are jealous of The Darnold, or the people laughing at it are?
You need to clarify a bit.
Let’s see that statue, shall we?
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Oops – wrong one.  Sorry.
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You know – for a bunch of people who proclaim that they’re christians, you don’t seem to know much about the bible.
To: sodpoodle

Only his hair is golden on the statue. It’s just more fake news.

11 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:08:52 AM by Dr. Franklin (“A republic, if you can keep it.”)

Of course it is.
To: Dr. Franklin

Only his hair is golden on the statue. It’s just more fake news.

Right. We need to get our news from reliable sources like you.

28 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:49:06 AM by semimojo
A few of the Freeperati think it looks bad :
To: sodpoodle

It is a stupid statue though

5 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:02:53 AM by CondoleezzaProtege

To: CondoleezzaProtege

Who is it that had the idea of this very stupid statue?

8 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:05:26 AM by Irish Eyes

To: CondoleezzaProtege

Yeah I agree. It is stupid and way over the top.

19 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:27:09 AM by The MAGA-Deplorian (Sarcasm. It’s my only natural defense against stupidity)

To: sodpoodle

I agree. Its stupid. I bet PDJT doesnt like it.

22 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:31:09 AM by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)

I’ll bet that someone on his staff who has actually READ the bible will have to explain the whole  “Moses coming down from the mountain” thing to him.
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Oh, and that’s “FPDJT”,as in “Former president” to you.
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Kinda looks like IDJIT, doesn’t it?
To: sodpoodle

I wonder whose bright idea it was to make a golden statue of Trump?Kind of creepy-worshippy, IMO.

And I do like Trump.

10 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:08:40 AM by Allegra
To: sodpoodle

WHY????

I find it disrespectful!

24 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:37:19 AM by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)

To who?  The Darnold, or the bible?
To: sodpoodle

It is a bit ridiculous

13 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:13:35 AM by Vendome (I’ve Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)

A bit?
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A BIT????
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This is the apogee of ridiculous. It’s the epitome of ridiculous.  It’s the Grand Poobah of ridiculous.
I looked up “ridiculous” in Websters, and they had a picture of this fucking thing.
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Of course, there are always dissenters :
To: sodpoodle

It is rather goofy but not a big deal.

7 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:04:57 AM by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)

“The Art Of The Big Deal”
To: sodpoodle

Its a bit of humor not intended to be worshipped. The left are humorless robots and a few on the right like to feign outrage to show how ‘moral’ they are.

21 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:31:04 AM by melsec (There’s a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)

To: sodpoodle

The statue is funny.

34 posted on 2/26/2021, 12:07:56 PM by bfkirk

And in “whataboutism today” –
To: sodpoodle

Liberals quoting scripture? Musta reeeely triggered em huh?

20 posted on 2/26/2021, 11:29:51 AM by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)

Well, it kinda triggered Moses, didn’t it?
More after the golden fold.

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