Both Jared and Ivanka Had "JOBS" in the Trump White House... What was That all about? I DO NOT Believe that I Got a Good Value for my Taxpayer Dollars... I remember that Jared was Assigned to be the Head of Everything Trump wanted to Ignore...
Headline: Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts... Before committing $2 billion to Mr. Kushner’s fledgling firm, officials at a fund led by the Saudi crown prince questioned taking such a big risk. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/jared-kushner-saudi-investment-fund.html
A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyses, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, dumbfounded, nonplussed, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed, confounded, astonished, overwhelmed, horrified, numbed, speechless, and perplexed. Meanwhile, those waiting for the shipment were at a loss for words.
POP QUIZ! What Do These People Have in Common??? Stewie Rhodes=Guilty, Allen Weisselberg=Guilty, Jesse Benton=Guilty, Lev Parnas=Guilty, Igor Fruman=Guilty, Steve Bannon=Guilty, Nikolas Cruz=Guilty, John Lambert=Guilty, Roger Stone=Guilty, Paul Manafort=Guilty, Mike Flynn=Guilty, Michael Cohen=Guilty, Rick Gates=Guilty, George Papadopoulos=Guilty, Alexander Vanderzwaan=Guilty, Duncan Hunter=Guilty, Chris Collins=Guilty and Over 1,000 QAnon Freaks that Have Been Arrested for Storming the US Capitol on January 6th and FAILING to Overthrow The US Government and Crown Trump King... ANSWER: They are All TrumpNik® Swamp Creatures... Trumpanzees!
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Remember those Words? They Make A Lot of Sense! and Now, Affirmative Action Has Ended.
Would Anyone Propose that We Need Affirmative Action in the National Basketball Association to Counter Historic Discrimination Against Whites, Hispanics, Orientals and Native Americans. Of Course Not! That seems Absurd... But In Reality, Affirmative Action ALWAYS Seems Absurd.
HEADLINE: Supreme Court rejects affirmative action, ending use of race as factor in college admissions...
Supposedly... In Hiring... The National Security Agency Ignores Affirmative Action Entirely Because "What We Do Here is Too Important to Not Hire The Best." But Everything they do is SECRET so No One Outside of the Inner Circle Knows This... Especially No Reporters From Newspapers...
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Why NOT The BEST?
I remember a Scholarship Offered by Microsoft that had the words "Women and Minorities Encouraged to Apply." and I assumed that White Men Had No Chance... So I didn't apply... Self Discriminating Myself...
Don't Do That! Learn from my Mistake and Go Ahead and Apply... It's Entirely Possible that they are Including those words to Comply with a Government Regulation!
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At My Job with the county of Humboldt, EVERYONE Could Apply... What the County Did was Everyone took a TEST... To See if You Could Read and Write and Spell ENGLISH, To See If You Could Do Arithmetic Using Only a Pencil, and If You Could Read a Chart...
That Test Eliminated the Really Stupid People...
Of Course there are Many Other Employment Opportunities... BOTH The Crips and The Bloods are Hiring Crack Cocaine Salesmen... and M13 is Recruiting in Los Angeles...
They offer excellent Retirement Packages with Free Room and Board in America's Prison System!
This time around, I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics,” she told Fox News Digital.
Remember: Hillary Got More Votes... Joe Got More Votes... and in 2024... Not Only Will Trump Be the Loser but Democrats Will Win the House and Senate and Republicans Will Blame Trump for Failing! SO MANY FAILURES!
Trump’s Maga army fails to materialise outside of Miami federal court for ex-president’s arraignment...
A film from Daniels and starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., with James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – In Theaters March 25, 2022! #EverythingEverywhere
For the First time in a Decade I've Actually seen a Movie that was Nominated for an Oscar... The Last time I went to a Movie Theater was for Lord of the Rings... This Movie is on my TV... I guess we pay for a Service... I Just Spoke the words "Everything Everywhere" and It Played for Free... EXCELLENT!
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads Oscar nominations with 11.
The strange and sentimental film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led among the films nominated for the 95th Academy Awards on Tuesday, scoring 11 nominations. “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “The Banshees of Inisherin” followed with nine nominations each. Blockbusters “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” each landed nominations for best film, and there is plenty of star power among the nominees. Both Rihanna and Lady Gaga were nominated in the original song category (for tunes from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” respectively), as veterans in the industry were recognized as well.
An ‘Everything Everywhere’ Visual Effects Artist Has Delivered One of Sundance’s Most Gorgeous — and Stomach-Churning — Love Stories
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Deck us all with Boston Charlie
Walla walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley'garoo!
Don't we know archaic barrel
Lullaby lilla boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don't love Harold
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!
You know how I told all of you about the annual Christmas tradition at my house. The one where Gini asks me what I want for Christmas and I always answer "World Peace" and every year she gets me lots of nice presents, but as of yet no "World Peace"
Well I was thinking today and I figured something out.
My very sneaky wife has, with a group of very dedicated people been investing in a project to promote "World Peace". Everytime she and this dedicated group walk into their classrooms they invest their time and their knowledge to train the next generation to think,to care and to love. Love knowledge,love learning and especially to love one another. So I may not live to see world peace, but I can rest easier knowing that she has invested so wisely in my sincere Christmas wish.
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Remembering my childhood Christmas | The Merry Mantonian
Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Jumada Al-Akhirah, and Festivus — for the rest of us. Since we have been airing grievances all year, we can move right on to the feats of strength.
What – you’re not familiar with Festivus? It falls on Dec. 23 every year to “get a leg up on Christmas” according to its creator, Frank Costanza, played to perfection by Jerry Stiller on Seinfeld. Frank got fed up with the commercial and religious aspects of Christmas, so he made up an alternative.
There are many rituals to observe when celebrating Festivus. Instead of a glittering Christmas tree, a plain aluminum pole is erected. There are no presents. A clock is put in a bag and nailed to the wall. The traditional feast is meatloaf on a bed of lettuce. The airing of grievances involves telling everyone else at the table how they have disappointed you over the past year. The feats of strength occur during dinner, and Festivus is over when the head of the household is pinned.
Your family probably has its own holiday traditions, lovingly carried on and shared with the younger generations, who will in turn teach your descendants even though they gave you some serious eye rolls during the teen years.
Our family was no different. My dad’s side of the family was run by my grandmother and her three sisters, all of whom lived within a couple of miles of us in the Bronx. Two of the sisters had remained single and lived together, while Grandma and the other sister had husbands and adult-ish children, of whom my dad was the oldest.
The single gals, Great Aunts Willie and Corrie, were the best babysitters. Being childfree, they loved to spoil the kids and grandkids of their sisters. They owned a two-story duplex with an actual backyard – rare for the Bronx. There was an apartment-sized stand-alone freezer in the kitchen which was full of every frozen confection one could imagine and was always the first stop when we got to Willie and Corrie’s. There were also beautiful glass bowls of M&Ms and other candies adorning every surface in the house. It was awesome.
All four sisters were dancers and showgirls back in the roaring 20s, as were their mother and her sisters before them, but by the time I was born, they had settled into more grownup careers.
Aunt Corrie was the wardrobe mistress for George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet and my big sister and I got to play in all the beaded and sequined tulle and velvet costumes backstage. Attending The Nutcracker every year at City Center and later at brand spanking new Lincoln Center is one of my best childhood Christmas memories.
On Christmas Day, we usually headed to Great Aunt Tina’s house. She and her husband Ray had a huge three-story house – also with a backyard – a few blocks from Willie and Corrie’s. The adults drank whiskey sours, and there was the most serious ping pong I have ever seen outside the Olympics in the basement. No kids were allowed during these games – too dangerous. Just sweaty men smoking cigars and whacking that little white ball so hard it’s amazing it remained spherical.
All ambulatory family members were encouraged to play a game called Fruit Basket, which I highly recommend you try this Christmas. Each player chooses a fruit name and an equal number of chairs – minus one – are arranged in a circle. The seatless person stands in the center and yells out two or more fruits. Those players have to scamper to another seat. The new seatless player goes to the center. Repeat. If the center person yells “fruit basket” everyone switches seats. The game is over when at least one child is crying and furniture is destroyed.
That whole side of the family were and are hilarious, smart-alecky jokers. Quick, funny, and cutting, while simultaneously loving, fiercely loyal and supportive of each other.
Mom’s side of the family was more cerebral and we usually drove out to Brooklyn and Queens the day after Christmas to see them. I remember driving through freezing temperatures with the car windows closed, but that wouldn’t stop Dad from smoking his cigar with us kids lying on the floor of the back seat trying to breathe. I think you can be arrested for that now.
Mom’s side of the family had a unique way of decorating the Christmas tree. While we were strictly limited to two or three strands of tinsel at a time, they would grab a wad and hurl it at the tree. Ultimately, the effect was not all that different from the painstaking approach in the Merry apartment.
3320 Reservoir Oval – Apt. 4E. Two bedrooms, one bath with three kids – how did they do it?
Mr. Standish and I need 2 bathrooms for just the two of us because we start drinking coffee every morning at the same time. Somehow my parents made it work.
Dad loved a ginormous Christmas tree, but we had eight-foot ceilings. He would usually bring the tree home after a martini or three and he’d have to take a couple of feet off the bottom. It would still hit the ceiling.
On Christmas morning, he would make pancakes and bacon. The Jewish kids in 5E would come down and sneak a little bacon into their kosher diet and help us try out our new toys. We would go upstairs and help light their menorah and play dreidel. That’s the best thing about growing up in a diverse city. Learning about cultures and traditions that others hold dear and how they bond families and people. One doesn’t have to share others’ beliefs to respect and admire them.
Whatever your traditions are, my wish is for you and your family to enjoy the peace and joy this season brings. I’m off to enjoy some leftover meatloaf with lettuce and bask in the glory of the Festivus pole.
Do you believe in Christmas Miracles? Some nice folks in Manton just experienced one, thanks to the Tehama County Planning Commission. Fred and Donna Boots, owners of Indian Peak Vineyards, have been living in an RV next to their winery for 17 years. There is no residence on the property, but it works for them. Unfortunately, Tehama County has an ordinance on the books that forbids living in a travel trailer on your own property. It was adopted in 2018 in a futile attempt to thwart illegal commercial cannabis growers from buying land and using it to grow. Back then, the same helicopters that were in low-flying neighborhoods like mine looking for pot plants were also tagging motorhomes. Nowadays, Code Enforcement is only after the big pot grows and small “nuisances” are complaint driven. So, there’s been progress. This past summer, the Boots were visited by Code Enforcement and told they could not live in their trailer. To reside on the property, they would need to have a permitted residence, which is too great a financial burden for the struggling business. The Boots tried hard to work with Code Enforcement, then were awarded one of those nifty $1,000 a day fines like we got for having 11 cannabis plants in our yard. The Boots appealed to the Planning Commission, which voted 4-1 in their favor. This sets a precedent that should thrill anyone who has been kicked off their property in the past for living in their RV. Does it mean churches and other organizations can let otherwise homeless people live in their motorhomes in the parking lot? Maybe. And feel free to put an RV in your yard to rent out as an Airbnb. Just keep it nice and clean and you should be golden. I am very happy for the Boots family – they are wonderful people – but this confirms the double standard that continues in Tehama County. Comparing the treatment, the Byrons are getting from the county and the wink and nod the Boots received shows how prevalent Reefer Madness still is here. Don’t get me wrong – I love wine. (Hang on a sec while I climb up on my soapbox.) Alcohol use kills 140,000 people a year in the US alone, while cannabis use has never killed a single person in the history of mankind. The rest of the state is embracing this new revenue stream – which goddess knows we need here desperately – while Tehama County is still spending tens of thousands to extort money from “dopers”, as Code Enforcement Officer Keith Curl called the Byrons. Such professional behavior. So Merry Christmas, Fred, and Donna. Your present came early and I know how grateful you are. And speaking of early Christmas presents, Tehama County is getting one on Dec. 20. Yes, this Tuesday will be the final meeting at which Bob “See You Next Tuesday” Williams and Dennis “I’m Tired of Listening to You People” Garton will serve as supervisors. They both lost their reelection bids back in the June primary but remain in office until the end of the year. Their leadership has proven to be disastrous for our county. It would take several columns to rehash everything they have done to us, so let’s just be grateful their reign of ignorance and cronyism is almost at an end. Incidentally, I am under no delusion that the new board will be able to wave a magic wand and fix everything. The doo doo we’re in is so deep it will take years to right the ship. Mistakes will be made. But the fact that the board will consist of 5 people willing to abandon the status quo and stride boldly forward is encouraging. Tuesday’s meeting will also be the final one over which District 2 Supervisor Candy Carlson will preside as Chair. Probably. The board voted this past Tuesday to make District 1’s Bill Moule the 2023 Chair. D5’s John Leach had inexplicably asked for an agenda item to choose the chair before the end of the year, apparently not realizing he was robbing the two new board members of their opportunity to choose who would lead them in their first year on the board. A number of citizens spoke against the current board voting, and Leach wisely withdrew. Carlson moved to table the vote until the first meeting of 2023 and Leach seconded that. Garton, Williams, and Moule voted no, so that motion failed. Williams then moved to make Moule the Chair for 2023. Seconded by Garton. Moule was elected 3 -0 -2. Carlson and Leach abstained, rightly believing the people who will actually serve on the board next year should be the ones voting. Moule will be fine as Chair – there are plenty of people to help him if he’s unclear on a procedure. He is intelligent and articulate and seemed a little hurt that his ability was questioned. Awww. He also defended the early vote, saying it had been done before and that he had been attending supes meetings for 35 years. Well, I’ve only been attending for 5 years and the first time I saw him in the room was when he was appointed to his seat in a smooth finesse by Carlson late last year. Must have been when T. Rex and V. Lociraptor were supes. There is no written policy for when the vote happens, so I assume if the new board isn’t happy with the old board’s choice, they can hold another vote. And should they choose Moule, terrific. But make no mistake – they should be the ones to decide. Not a couple of grouchy lame ducks on their way out to pasture. It was a slap in the face to Matt Hansen and Pati Nolen, who will be replacing Williams and Garton on the board. And a parting shot at Carlson just for kicks. It’s all good. To paraphrase Bob Dylan, “We didn’t know it, didn’t think it could be done. In the final end we won the war. After losing every battle.”
"Donald Trump has Not Gotten out of Bed in a Week. He keeps the Room Dark and has Stopped Eating, Refuses Visitors." Says a Member of the Staff that will remain Anonymous due to fear of revenge... if Trump Recovers...
With Trump “leaking oil,” in the words of one GOP senator, McConnell isn’t wasting any time in striking back against someone who has repeatedly called for his ouster as Senate Republican leader.
Did You Know? The Main Way AIDS Was Spread was Gay Men Sex. Women Having Sex With Other Women Was NOT a Major Vector.Later, some Men who Got AIDS From Other Men Spread Their Disease To Women because They Had Sex With Both Men and Women... That's History. Learn... OR DON'T!
Everyone Has The Option of Pretending Reality Does Not Exist but... That FAILS! and Sometimes Beliefs Are Fatal...
The Quilt was conceived in November of 1985 by long-time San Francisco gay rights activist Cleve Jones. Since the 1978 assassinations of gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone, Jones had helped organize the annual candlelight march honoring these men. While planning the 1985 march, he learned that over 1,000 San Franciscans had been lost to AIDS. He asked each of his fellow marchers to write on placards the names of friends and loved ones who had died of AIDS. At the end of the march, Jones and others stood on ladders taping these placards to the walls of the San Francisco Federal Building. The wall of names looked like a patchwork quilt.
Headline: San Francisco Banning Public Sex:(4/10/1984)
After more than a year of controversy over homosexual public meeting places that critics say contribute to the spread of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), city public health director Mervyn F. Silverman today announced steps to ban sexual activity in homosexual bathhouses, sex clubs and the back rooms of bookstores...
"If they're going to send some 1984 Orwellian 'Big Brother' goons in there to see what people are doing, that's fine with me, but it's closing me down," said Bill Jones, owner of Sutro Baths, where heterosexuals and homosexuals often gather for anonymous sexual activity...
Guns Do Not Save Lives. Suicides and Accidents Outnumber Lives Saved Shooting "Bad Guys"
I saw a post on GAB by a Soldier In Iraq at 18 Years Old... They Were Opposing the Age Limit Change from 18 to 21 Years Old for Assault Weapons...
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right. Sending an 18 Year Old to Fight in Iraq was Insane... Selling an AR-15 to an 18 Year Old is ALSO Insane... Remember: Iraq had No WMD, No Ties to Al-Qaeda and Nothing at All to do with 9/11... That Entire War was an IDIOT MISTAKE! As Green Day Said: George Bush the Son was The American Idiot. and Here's a Photo of the entire EVIL CREW...
On FaceBORG:
SE Eaid:Some people are saying that if 18-year-olds can be in the military, they should be allowed to purchase an assault rifle. I think these people must not understand that 18-year-olds in the military have strict training and supervision. An 18-year-old soldier using an assault rifle in the line of duty is not at all the same thing as some random 18-year-old civilian walking into a gun store and purchasing an assault rifle with zero knowledge or training. It blows my mind that anyone would think they are the same.
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and then I Read on FaceBORG:
I think it's important to understand something concerning the nature of giving in the Christian faith. You see when Jesus saw someone who was in need of anything, whether it was something as small as bread or fish to eat or perhaps even something more like an act of healing that would set the sufferer free, he didn't ask that person if they were ready to "get right with God" or even condemn them for the life they led before. No, Jesus acted with one intention, and that, was love. He always gave to the needy 1st and then offered them a new life, but did not force it, he simply offered. And this simple process of loving 1st is something that has been lost in the evangelical world today, and even with those who profess the faith in leadership roles, especially in public office. It's not our jobs as Christians to withhold the good in order to coerce the people into believing what we believe. No, and it's not our job to shame people who live different lives than we do either. No, the only command we as believers are supposed to adhere to is, love thy neighbor. Not shame thy neighbor, not hate thy neighbor or badger or ridicule thy neighbor. Love thy neighbor. Anything less is simply, un-Christian.
and Yet, Guns Serve no Useful Purpose... Many People BELIEVE That Owning a Gun Will Protect Their Family BUT That Belief is FALSE. More People Die from Suicide, Accidents and One Family Member Killing Another Than There are Lives Saved Protecting Your Family From Bad Guys...
Instead of Hannity, Try Sanity! Why Watch Talking Heads on TV Screaming DANGER DANGER About Problems You Can't Do Anything About? Is That Entertainment? Don't Be a Sucker, Unplug Tucker!
I Refuse to Watch FOX News. In General, What They Talk About Makes No Difference In My Life At All. And If There WAS Something Important, It's On NBC, CBS or ABC.
The FOX NEWS Marketing Plan is Hate Speech for High Viewer Ratings. CNN & MSNBC Target Different Demographics BUT... I'm Tired of Being a Target! I Read Google News Instead.
Actually, I Prefer to Take a Walk in the Garden and Photograph Roses... Like This Pink and Coral Blend... AHH
Perfect Pink Rose at Home I Intentionally Search for Beauty
I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.
I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.
During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...
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