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At the Pictureless Café...

... you can talk all night.

৮৩টি মন্তব্য:

n.n বলেছেন...
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n.n বলেছেন...

Unseen things.

Michael McNeil বলেছেন...

In addition to claiming the Moon (seriously), Trump posted this today.

Leland বলেছেন...

Hopefully many will continue their discussion of pictures last night. Silver Screen Pictures.

Mason G বলেছেন...

BREAKING: After falling -80% from its record high, Nike,
$NKE, will be removed from the S&P 100 at the end of this month, ending a near 18-year run in the index.

The stock has now erased -$230 billion in market cap since its all time high.

A collapse for the history books.

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2096317768408703022

Jim at বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
Jim at বলেছেন...

Nike's stock was $167.31 on November 5, 2021.
It closed Friday at $38.40.

And now they're getting removed from the S&P 100 on September 21.

If we could only figure out what caused its demise ...

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

I first heard about the murder of Dan Markel reading Instapundit. I followed the amazing twists and turns in the story. Now there’s a docuseries: Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel. A four part series on Hulu.

Iman বলেছেন...

The more one considers how the Democrats have been operating and how they’ve performed, it calls into question why the even continue as a political party. Impeaching Trump twice, the avalanche of lawfare continuing even today, they behave as anti-American criminals. Their infiltration of institutions and the bureaucracy gives them more power - even after losing elections - than any criminal enterprise should EVER have.

Humperdink বলেছেন...

Boys in the Boat. Great movie.

Whiskeybum বলেছেন...

In the news: a female Egyptian “glamor” TV star will face execution by hanging for her involvement in a drug ring. In Vietnam, 11 people will face lethal injection for their roles in the drug trade.

Now, segue to Wales in the UK. The BBC reports that a prisoner there was making somewhere around 250,000 British Pounds a month from prison by organizing drug deliveries - from prison. He had been caught on 6 occasions with cell phones. He had tested positive for cocaine usage. In prison. He had his prison issued laptop taken from him… not because he was using it for illicit purposes, but because he had… damaged the screen.

Read the again: HIS PRISON ISSUED LAPTOP.

WHY IS AN INCARCERATED ACTIVE DRUG LORD ISSUED A LAPTOP???

It is further reported that organized crime rings on the outside were concerned about his ability to pay them (and probably the prison guards also), and so as the guards looked away, he was found hanged in his cell (flashbacks of Epstein).

Two completely different worlds.

Iman বলেছেন...

Blame it on the House of Drug Lords.

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

What if ai is a big con? another shell game with taxpayer money?

Video: Ohio data-center boom

ai: "Whether artificial intelligence (AI) is a "big con" depends on how you look at it: AI is a real, highly capable technology, but the marketing hype surrounding it has arguably reached scam-like proportions."

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

Know Your Memes : Blaming Your Hormones for Murder is like Blaming Testosterones for Rape

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

Another YouTube clip with a guy saying ai is a con.

James K বলেছেন...

If AI is all that it's cracked up to be, they shouldn't need tax abatements or any other taxpayer funding. Maybe just some reasonableness on zoning and permits. But they don't need to build data centers anywhere near residential neighborhoods.

hanuman_prodigious_leaper বলেছেন...

Can't AI figure out where it wants its Data Centers

Mason G বলেছেন...

"If we could only figure out what caused its demise ..."

There were clues...

https://x.com/atensnut/status/2096676854979543199

Gospace বলেছেন...

New York was hit by several tornadoes the other night. My daughter and family were out celebrating her birthday as one touched down in her town and paraded right through her yard. A few trees uprooted and a lot of downed branches, but no damage to the house. The subsequent power outage meant they lost all the food in their freezer and fridge. Her 20 minute drive to work the next morning took 45 minutes.

We had them for dinner Friday night and during dinner they got the message from NYSEG that their power was restored. I had bought a 5¼ lb prime rib roast from Walmart for $13.95/lb (Not a typo- $13.95/lb) and it seemed an appropriate occasion to share.

Brings up the question of where Walmart found vacuum packed prime rib roasts it could sell at that price, but I didn't worry about that. I saw the price, I bought one that seemed right sized for us. There were no leftovers and everyone filled up. When I go out tomorrow I'm going to check their meat counter carefully. But we are going to split the cost on half a cow. I bought a whole one last time, and am just reaching the end of the ground beef chubs. I'd have to completely empty my freezer to share a whole cow again.

Political Junkie বলেছেন...

Greatest Epic - Lawrence of Arabia
Greatest Movie Overall - Casablanca
Greatest Western - Shane
Greatest SciFi - Star Wars (1977)
Greatest Comedy - Dr. Strangelove
Greatest Love Story - The Way We Were
Greatest RomCom - When Harry Met Sally
Greatest Animation - Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Political Junkie বলেছেন...

Greatest Documentary - Hoop Dreams

Political Junkie বলেছেন...

Greatest Musical - Sandy and Danny, of course.

Dave Begley বলেছেন...

Badgers in trouble.

hanuman_prodigious_leaper বলেছেন...

https://www.slashfilm.com/2250643/steve-mcqueen-legendary-western-series-wanted-dead-or-alive/

hanuman_prodigious_leaper বলেছেন...

Free stream
https://tubitv.com/series/300008255/wanted-dead-or-alive

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

@Political Junkie
I agree on Lawrence of Arabia
The rest are great choices but not sure they’re my bests

Lem Vibe Bandit বলেছেন...

A good question: “If Lindsay Clancy killed your children instead of hers, Would you be defending her based on her psychosis?
Or would you be fighting for justice?”

Peachy+2 বলেছেন...

not right without the photos.

HistoryDoc বলেছেন...

If Political Junkie thinks Who Framed Roger Rabbit is the best animation movie ever, it calls into question all his other choices.

Only explanation is a Jessica Rabbit fetish.

mccullough বলেছেন...

Wisconsin hasn’t won the Big 10 in 15 seasons.

mccullough বলেছেন...

Nike should move its headquarters to Texas. And fire the AWFL marketing team.

Hoka & On have eaten their lunch in running/walking shoes over the last five years. And no one over the age of 21 wears basketball shoes bless they are getting paid to play hoops.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ বলেছেন...

Some say the greatest cosplayer of all time.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117226930189515809
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117225557481501023

hanuman_prodigious_leaper বলেছেন...

Is Trump Ferengi?
The official rules of Ferengi society are known as the Rules of Acquisition. They are a collection of 285 sacred guidelines that dictate all commerce, behavior, and philosophy within the Ferengi Alliance.Here are some of the most famous and essential rules from the list:
Rule 1: Once you have their money, you never give it back.
Rule 3: Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
Rule 6: Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.
Rule 9: Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.
Rule 10: Greed is eternal.
Rule 18: A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.
Rule 34: War is good for business.
Rule 35: Peace is good for business.
Rule 111: Treat people in debt to you like family: exploit them.
Rule 208: Sometimes, the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer.
Rule 214: Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach.Rule 239: Never be afraid to mislabel a product.
Rule 285: No good deed goes unpunished.

hanuman_prodigious_leaper বলেছেন...

https://www.slashfilm.com/2250011/star-trek-leonard-nimoy-guest-starred-western-series-tombstone-territory/

Big Mike বলেছেন...

@Junkie, the only one you got right is “When Harry Met Sally.” And I’m not so sure “Princess Bride” isn’t a touch better.

gadfly বলেছেন...

President Trump debuts new brown hairdo — and people are shocked,
Paul Rudnick, novelist and playwright, wrote, "Trump told his stylist, 'I want to look like serial killer Rex Heuermann,' referring to the New Yorker who admitted to killing eight women in a case known as the Gilgo Beach murders.

mccullough বলেছেন...

Paul Rudnick. Another silly Boomer.

Howard বলেছেন...

I really liked Begonia, a relatively new flick, a dark comedy. Spoiler Alert: Don't read anything about it. Jesse Plemmons and Emma Stone are brilliant in this indie movie. It's completely apolitical so no ones ox gets gored. Zero boobs, Joe Bob says check it out streaming on Netflix.

Howard বলেছেন...

Rewatched "To Live and Die in LA" last week. William Friedkin's film noir about a ruthless counterfeiter played by Wilem Defoe and William Peterson as a relentless rouge Secret Service agent hunting him down. It is a extremely fine example of what the '80s were actually like, including the cheesy soundtrack. The car chase scene rivals The original French Connection.

Humperdink বলেছেন...

Patton. I could watch it anytime. George C. Scott’s best performance.

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

If Political Junkie thinks Who Framed Roger Rabbit is the best animation movie ever, it calls into question all his other choices.

I am a Roll Your Meatball Over To Her With Your Nose man.

Howard বলেছেন...

Greatest love story: Fight Club
Greatest screw all comedy: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Greatest epic: Dr. Zivago
Greatest no category: The Sixth Sense
Greatest conspiracy film: Eyes Wide Shut
Greatest epic comedy: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
Greatest Dark Comedy: Dr. Strangelove
Greatest Conquistador film: Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Greatest Cult Expose film: The Master
Greatest Sci-fi: 2001, A Space Odyssey
Greatest Epic War film: Apocalypse, Now

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

I am in complete agreement with your picks for Best Overall and Best SciFi. Everybody knows Casablanca is the best. And Star Wars is criminally underrated.

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

My F rating for The Turning Point (1977)

Nominated for 11 Academy Awards in 1977. 11! 1977 would be the year of Star Wars. So now we know what all the grown-ups were watching in 1977. This crap here!

I'll bet you haven’t even heard of this movie. I never heard of this movie. So it's an unknown classic I should see, right? Huh.

The reason you've never heard of this movie, it sucks beans. It's an unwatchable horror. With ballet. It's a Mikhail Baryshnikov love story. That’s another reason you haven’t heard of the movie. He's fresh off the boat from the USSR, he barely speaks English, and he's never acted in his life. Hello. You can't just throw him out there. Herb Ross is the culprit. Herb! Baby! This is a train wreck. And Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft running around screaming at each other about crap that happened in 1959. "You got pregnant because he wasn't queer!" And now Mikhail is going to seduce her underage teen daughter. Oh no!

You want to see awesome dance and cinema? Watch Shall We Dance. Fred Astaire was a filmmaker. This is an embarrassment.

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

Senator Bobby sings Wild Thing.

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

The flipside of that classic .45 features Senator Everett Dirksen

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

Senator Bobby and his Republican counterpart attempt a Mellow Yellow duet.

Humperdink বলেছেন...

I don’t want to hear a peep from the Commies on this site about the cost of healthcare. Obamacare was supposed to solve this. Conservatives and the R’s fought this tooth and nail. My personal health insurance went up from $9K to $15K per year within 2 years of its passage. Liars.

Medicare for all? MAID will soon follow.

mccullough বলেছেন...

I enjoyed To Live & Die in LA. The smog was like a character in the film.

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

The Singing Nun

vs.

Suki Waterhouse

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

I'm a strong no on the brown hair. Orange forever, baby. Why are you normalizing now? You do you. Make the world normalize.

Not afraid to change his mind, or his hair, in public. Trump is the man. Sorta. The man with hair coloring.

Just imagine if he went purple! The markets would crash. Oh my God.

You can go purple. Your daughter can go purple. Trump can never, ever go purple. At least while he's in office.

Now I'm thinking this is a 3-D chess move. Trump is trying to get the Democrats to make fun of hair coloring. It's 3-D chess or a bad hair day. Or both.

rehajm বলেছেন...

Roger Rabbit is a great film but if I’m picking I’ll take Fantastic Mr. Fox or Ratatouille…

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

I just found out that Jessica Rabbit was singing a Peggy Lee song.

Here she is in the 1960's, much older, singing Fever.

Big Mike বলেছেন...

“Medicare for all? MAID will soon follow.”

Before Canada stopped publishing MAID statistics it was the 4th leading cause of death up there.

rehajm বলেছেন...

best documentary I’ll go Fast, Cheap and Out of Control or Free Solo

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

And she did the voices in Lady and the Tramp!

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

Peggy Lee, He's a Tramp

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

Dave Surprises Fan Colleen At Work

You think you're an anonymous troll and then bam.

Caroline বলেছেন...

Lauren bezos is a dead ringer for Jessica Rabbit.

Temujin বলেছেন...

Just remember, Big Mike, whatever government subsidizes, it gets more of.

Saint Croix বলেছেন...

I have yet to see Stormy Weather

but Fred Astaire calls this scene the greatest dance sequence in cinema.

That's the Nicholas brothers (and Cab Calloway)

James K বলেছেন...

I don't think anyone has mentioned three of my favorites. I'll give them categories:
Film noir: Chinatown (Yeah, I know it's Polanski, but I won't count that against the film.)
Thriller: Day of the Jackal (the original 1972 film, not the remake).
Suspense: Rear Window. A bunch of Hitchcock films could go here, but it's hard to beat Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly.

Jersey Fled বলেছেন...

“ Greatest Western - Shane”

That kid was so annoying

Jersey Fled বলেছেন...

“ A good question: “If Lindsay Clancy killed your children instead of hers,”

Lefties only support the killing of their own children.

Except for Scandinavian women on subways in NYC. Then it’s OK if you’re a Black male with a rap sheet as long as your arm. White privilege and all.

Mike (MJB Wolf) বলেছেন...

Well this fakenews “armed man lunges at Democrat candidate” story provides us another litmus test. Do people believe the widely reported quote above (presented with *no evidence* the exact appendix Big Media attaches to Trump statements reflexively) or the facts as determined by police on the scene?

This will be interesting. As soon as Fox reported it this morning, which is the first we heard, I told her it was presented as if it was Right Wing violence against a lefty. This will NOT be that when the facts come out.” The media universe is highly vigilant for and eager to report on RoL violence because they are very invested in the Myth of RW Violence and would very much like to counter the record of nearly all political violence being LW in origin and RW or centrist in victims.

Please take the time to find reporting that provides evidence.

Mike (MJB Wolf) বলেছেন...

“Her” above refers to the lovely Mrs. MJB. She has tired of the Fox News habit except she really likes the weekend hosts who are there today because it’s a holiday. I don’t mind seeing the beautiful Mrs. Dufffy now and then either.

Achilles বলেছেন...

Howard said...

Greatest love story: Fight Club
Greatest screw all comedy: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Greatest epic: Dr. Zivago
Greatest no category: The Sixth Sense
Greatest conspiracy film: Eyes Wide Shut
Greatest epic comedy: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
Greatest Dark Comedy: Dr. Strangelove
Greatest Conquistador film: Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Greatest Cult Expose film: The Master
Greatest Sci-fi: 2001, A Space Odyssey
Greatest Epic War film: Apocalypse, Now


Where is WALL-E?

Jamie বলেছেন...

Best Animated is obviously The Incredibles, although my husband thinks it's Meet the Robinsons.

Achilles বলেছেন...

Listing movies not already listed no particular order

Serenity
Fight Club
The Empire Strikes Back
Arcane
No Country for Old Men
Seven
The Dark Knight
The Professional
Rambo

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

Not my suggestion but a good one: In the Clancy case are the cops reviewing her 7 to 9 year history as a nurse. Missing medications specifically but deaths as well while they’re at it.

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

In a more cynical light one could see her constant visits to medical providers without giving them her medical history as medicine shopping.

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

On the other hand, the pill counts show she didn’t take a lot of the medications she was prescribed. So it’s tough to figure out exactly what was going on.

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

There’s a lot of commentary that her husband wasn’t attentive enough to her emotional struggles. It seems he was either working from home (so interacting with her during each day he was home) or travelling.
1. Hindsight is always 20/20
2. Maybe there wasn’t that much to see.

Achilles বলেছেন...

Eva Marie said...

On the other hand, the pill counts show she didn’t take a lot of the medications she was prescribed. So it’s tough to figure out exactly what was going on.

How many of those drugs was she selling?

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

All of this is muddied by the fact that both husband and wife have lawsuits filed against her medical provider.

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

The pills were there, so not missing.

Kai Akker বলেছেন...

---- Not my suggestion but a good one: In the Clancy case are the cops reviewing her 7 to 9 year history as a nurse. Missing medications specifically but deaths as well while they’re at it. [Eva Maximilien]

Show me the man and I'll show you.......

If they find something of criminal relevance in her background, I will change my mind.

But when they don't find anything of note in her background, will you change yours?

A rhetorical question; pretty sure I already know that answer.

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

“But when they don't find anything of note in her background, will you change yours?”
I don’t have a mind to change - wait that didn’t come out right.
I really don’t have a strong position either way. For me, it’s the outcome that determines what course of action as a society we should take. Motivations are just unknowable. You may very well be right that the medications were partially or mostly to blame. It doesn’t change what happened. Either way she needs to be separated from society.

Achilles বলেছেন...

Eva Marie said...

The pills were there, so not missing.

Then most likely is she was setting up an alibi.

Achilles বলেছেন...

None of this is important.

She strangled her children. She looked into their eyes while they were struggling against her after sending her husband on an errand.

She should be executed publicly to dissuade other women from thinking this is OK.

If she is not executed or permanently incarcerated then this will lead to a general undermining of faith in the justice system.

Eva Marie বলেছেন...

@Kai Akker: You’re suggesting (I think) that these powerful, mind altering drugs are given out without doctors, nurses really knowing what the outcomes will be. I think that’s a good point.

Narr বলেছেন...

Begley says "Badgers jn trouble." I say "Penguins in bondage"

Reading all the best movie lists, I realize that I've missed an awful lot of great movies, even if I saw them.

Leland বলেছেন...

"I really don’t have a strong position either way. "

I seriously doubt they understand that concept at all. I think they exist to take an extreme position and insist others must take an alternate extreme position and defend it.

Also, the results of the markets have never seemed to change their mind.

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