If anything, the unwashed masses are finally learning how objectively worthless most of these people are. They are also learning that LeBron doesn't care about you. Hopefully. a mass rejection of celebrity worship culture will be included in the aftermath of this experience.
Not New, Vida. I've been part of that counter-culture for decades.
Just remember their purpose in the world: to entertain us. They're not, as a general rule, rich and famous because of superior intellect or superior moral foundation. They have a talent. Be it a talent to run fast, be big, look good, memorize a script, play a musical instrument loudly, whatever - these things make them very good at these things, and not beacons of leadership in any other area.
And for the rich and famous who've forgotten: it's those "little people", sometimes called "fans", who have made your fame and fortune. Your job is to entertain, not judge, lead, dictate to or condemn. It is the people you entertain that provide for your position and who, faster than you think, return you to obscurity. Just sayin'
You make my point better than I could. Not wishing for it at all. Just point out, poorly, how the left has sold out. The old left would have been creating alternative media. Now, they are the media, pimping for “the man!”
That's probably why Abbie Hoffman committed suicide in 1989 after coming out of exile. Jerry Rubin and the rest of Hoffman's counter-culture radical comrades of the 60s had become entrenched members of the establishment. He saw then that looking to youth as a change agent was futile. It was a lost cause.
Not so much. Trudeau, Jardis, Kamalla Harris, (and the list goes on and on) are not from that counter culture. Of course the real monsters at the top like Schwab, Gates and others are from that era, but the ones who are out in front pushing the agenda are not. I think too many of us get our generations mixed up. As I mentioned recently... there are some "Boomers" who are only 58 years old. I'm sorry, but that may seem old to someone in their 20's and 30's, but it is definitely not "old" per se. I don't care if someone is 20 or 80... if they have wisdom, are pro liberty and have common sense, I'm on their side. And there are a *lot* of us "old counter culture people" who have been railing against the madness for our entire lives. Especially the last couple of years.
Great comment. I single out my generation, I’m 74, because they’re the ones that were the vocal free speech, anti-war, crowd, on who’s watch a lot of this shift took place as they aged, started making money, moving into more powerful positions.
Seems their “spawn,” the X-ers, etc. sought to carry the torch in the form of anti-GMO, anti-big pharma, and, anti-war, (unless it’s a war started by “their side”), but now many align with a vaccine that may be altering their DNA, an ultimate GMO?
I can’t help but think back to those warnings that our generation of the left was said to have been infiltrated by communist and other “enemies” because of what the new left stands for today; anti-free speech, forced vaccinations, compliance with illegal mandates, supported by old institutions like the ACLU, SPLC, media, PBS, now corrupted.
Seems this rot went hyper with the election of the man and his political wife, in that above picture, The Clinton’s.
Now, for example, we have the likes of that DA in San Francisco, son of radicals , that pushes social justice as crime soars!
Just my opinion and I truly appreciate your take on the subject.
Except the Beatles, Polanski & all of those movie stars & celebrities sure love(d) capitalism for themselves. Just not for we masses of the great unwashed. That’s as true today for all of those hypocrites, including asshats like LeBron James
Yeah, his Rolls Royce, all of them w/ mansions, ad nauseum. They (& lots of other celebs) may be fine humanitarians (I suspect some or many are not) but they certainly maintain(Ed) very opulent live styles.
And now we have SOOO evolved that the coming plans from our “betters” is that the little people “will own nothing & be happy”. That certainly won’t apply to THEM
Great musician. And questioned the establishment most of his life. We're all capable of hypocrisy.
All of the 60s musicians knew how to write a song. That was find a song from the past that nobody had heard of and then change it a little and claim it as your own.
I think that's what Gil Scott-Heron meant by 'The Revolution Will Not be Televised." The music industry figured out with young Elvis that youth rebellion sells.
In the 60s, it was "revolutions" and counter-culture. It makes me laugh when I think that the ultimate cynical rock capitalists Mick Jagger and Keith Richards probably arrived at "Street Fighting Man" and "Sympathy for the Devil" because they, along with their promoters, knew that songs like this would sell in the anti-war and Prague Spring climate.
In the late-70s in was punk. In the 90s, it was grunge. All of it "counter-cultural" on the surface but in the end preaching conformity through non-conformity. At least Midnight Oil were imploring listeners to "Read About It." As a kid, I arrived at Victor Jara through the Clash song, Washington Bullets. No longer.
I look at how hip-hop devolved in the last thirty years. In the 80s, it was Public Enemy preaching "Fight the Power." Even in the early 90s, Chuck D wrote in Can't Truss it, "Beware of the hand, When it's comin' from the left, I ain't trippin', just watch ya step. Can't truss it." Hop Hop like every other genre has since been co-opted to preach materialism and conformity.
Today's youth conform and accept because they have been conditioned by popular culture and mass media to do that. They are consumers and servants. Like good little Hitler Jugend, kids are being taught to out kids who won't wear masks and/or are unvaccinated. If the Sex Pistols came out today Johnny Rotten would be singing, "Assimilation in the U.K. .... " because Malcolm McClaren and his Clash counterpart Bernie Rhodes would know it will sell.
I pretty much stopped. My TV now is for anything I create, or for watching old movies that at least were works of art, not the garbage they pump out now.
YES. we have watched some excellent Danish spy series. okay, Dutch and German I can sort of handle, the Danish takes reading. Also, Seaside Hotel. Have you seen it? I tried binding quilts, but my cutting table and iron face the tv through a large opening in the family room. So I usually cut sew press. It is a much slower process but so very entertaining
Have not seen that. Do watch plenty of Scandinavian, Dutch and German and Belgian stuff, and it's fun, helped along by subtitles, to catch all the cognates to English words and the subtle changes in meaning. Just finished watching an extraordinary Romanian series called Umbre (Shadows), and it was just really remarkable. The same sort of universe as Sopranos but infinite levels of nuance and emotional depth higher. It sure surprised me on that because I was a fan of Sopranos. But wow. Luncheon meat vs. a great slow roast.
And--don't laugh--A Korean Odyssey is one the greatest fantasy series I've ever watched. May require a specialized palate to go for but once you get into it you ain't gonna let go. The hunger for the human connection rendered in a unique way...
I love Seaside Hotel. I’ve been waiting to watch the entire series as I think they stopped at 4 or 5. The last I saw was when they came to the hotel for the wedding.
You have no idea how wonderful a life without tv is until you toss it. 15 years and have not missed it. I choose my own news feed on the computer and then think for myself
Totally. I stopped watching any 'programming' in 2012. And wow yeah, my life changed for the better. I couldn't believe it, yesterday on the radio of all places, some DJ was saying that his friend dumped his phone a year ago and has never been happier. How'd the PTB allow THAT on the air?
I’ve done the same. My ongoing project is a home media center full of movies and shows that were actually worthwhile. None of it full of propaganda and pharma commercials.
I am hoping to make documentaries. I love editing, but scripting and coming up with stories is harder. So it might take awhile. In the meantime, just hoping to put together all my wildlife footage and do something with that.
I'm reminded of a Babylon 5 episode called "Deconstruction of falling stars".
It had a bunch of talking heads and academics tearing down heroes of a past time and war, and miraculously, one of them shows up and just shames them all on live TV.
Here, they appear to be doing it to themselves.
BTW, there seems to be a lot of parallels between Babylon 5 and the current battle of politicians /media /military and the people. It's a good series from the 90's.
It has become part of our escape, the hour a day we turn our brains off.
With streaming I have to say the last time I watched a current network show was beyond my memory horizon. Right now we're going through the original "Perry Mason" (from the late 1950s). That's entertainment! I don't pretend entertainment is here to shape my life, provide information, moral guidance or insights into the real world. It's the exact opposite - I don't want any of those things from my TV :-)
Bob Newart! a favorite! Another comedian called him the funniest guy ever who'd never told a joke. Only guy I know that can put me on the floor laughing with "un-hu"
Bob Newhart is absolutely my favorite comedian of all times. Totally agree with you. My other favorite... Gene Wilder. Gene was also a genuinely decent person. Saw some great interviews he gave where he mentioned turning down deals and stopped making movies because of the "agenda". He didn't want to be part of it.
The problem, I think, is that entertainment has become everything instead of the accompaniment to useful occupations. In the olden olden olden days, someone would be singing or playing a simple instrument while the rest of the household was making things--spinning, weaving, cooking, building/repairing, etc. etc. etc. Radio was the same, just technified. People listened WHILE they worked--fiber crafts, woodworking, etc. etc. etc.
Now it's all entertainment and no useful work. People are desperately bored but they can't identify the feeling.
Worst thing the moron educational experts did to society was close all the trade schools. That was the road to doom.
Yup. And as entertaining as this thread is, I'm going "off-line" now - gonna get on my tractor and move some dirt, then maybe weld some metal together, while my dog watches (dogs need entertainment too and people are their TV :-). Until it gets dark anyway.
There's a lot of good stuff you can watch, but you need Roku. Lots of good stuff on Rumble and Odysee. And you can get into developer mode and install the Infowars channel.
I was going to ask "who are these people?" but I figured no one would really believe I don't know. But I seriously don't (and don't care about the answer, either!)
That’s so funny. I didn’t want to appear ignorant by saying same. I know I recognize one but two of the others I was only guessing and the other three are ??
I'm not sweeping with too broad a brush. It's the inherent narcissism that is synonymous with "Hollywood" that deserves final and total rejection. It's the hypocrisy of millionaire athletes, actors, and musicians who are simply agents of the elite who preach to the masses.
I understand why people who can barely make ends meet worship and seek to identify with billionaires. It's the need for escapism that the media cultivates. It's just like taking drugs and consuming large quantities of alcohol. In the end, someone benefits by humanity's collective misery and nihilism.
That said, there are artists out there who continue to do excellent work and who deserve recognition. Check out the late-Rick Mayall's performance in the 2014 movie "One by One." Rick tried to warn us then.
Easy: don't look to celebrities for moral, political or ethical guidance. It's entertainment. Just like sports: why should we look to a 20 something millionaire with 30 days of experience in the real world for guidance on how to correct the worlds problems or deal with real life in general? Enjoy the show!
When questioned about some of his on-the-court behavior, Charles Barkley said something to the effect that if you looked up to any sports players (including himself) as role models or exemplars, you were nuts.
Somewhere in there is a lesson for LeBron James...if he has the minimal intelligence needed to fish it out.
Great name you have there. Said as a north central WA homegirl myself.
BTW have been trying to verify whether or not it’s safe for me to visit the state. Had been seeing rumors from unvetted web sources. Guess now it’s verified. Crap. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JWQmkptSxcc
These labs are co-run by Fauci's EcoHealth Alliance and rumor is Russia's entire military operation right now is unofficially to either secure and/or destroy these labs and gather evidence.
It is interesting that in the last 13 months gigabytes of information once available on US government websites has gone away or become harder to locate. I was vectoring someone to a particular EO from last February and the link was broken. Just "streamlining" I'm sure...couldn't be an effort to obscure the facts.
Al... I don't see them mentioned on any of the documents either. It appears as if the donor, in each case, is listed as DoD. Everything in that text was forwarded as is though, and I want to make it clear these are not my words, and I merely shared it for discussion purposes. I couldn't think of a better audience, than our pal gatito bueno's, for decorticating all this and/or offering insights :)
I'm also not sure how fair it is to presume or assume that simply because of the nature of these labs and their location, and then combined to EcoHealth's now-established reputation, we should make the link with the latter.
I also shared it reluctantly, because I recognize how far too easy it has become, given the context of the last 2 years, to see everything through "covid lenses" : /
I am not astonished that some celebs think they have such influence. I'm surprised at how many people pay any attention to their delusions! Let them sing. Do your own thinking.
The guy in the ugly glasses is that Ruffalo dude who was (is?) a big Bernie Bro. I think one woman is Natalie portman and one is Amy Adams? I am not sure.
Oh c’mon, be nice, after all, she’s an actress, she knows EVERYTHING………her greatest talents are Looks (not so ‘greatest’) and the ability to pretend and repeat the script she is told to say.
Real Brain Surgeon territory, or is that Brain Salad Surgery? I’m so confused…….
I’m very sorry, only the spike protein in an LNP can help you do that. I’m sorry ma’am, yes, it does have some other nasty side effects, but the brain scrubbing problem will go away.
Remember when Obama sent James Taylor to France with John Kerry to sing You’ve Got A Friend? It made Billboard’s Top 10 Most Embarrassing Moments for the US
I see your "remember" and raise you: Remember when Carter sent Muhammad Ali to several African countries to persuade them to join the 1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympics? Heads of State there were furious! felt it extremely condescending to be addressed on the matter by a (sports) celebrity rather than an appropriate level government official.
I wake up some days thinking I have awakened in a different world…the good news is the stars at night that remind me of where I am in the universe, and that the noise generated by these people is just that, noise.
I haven't the faintest clue who those people are, and something tells me, one can continue to live with that "missing piece of information", without really missing anything at all.
One of them is Will Ferrell whose career has been on life support for twenty years. I don't recognize any of the other ass clowns in the photo but then I'm not trying too hard.
But on a related note: I honestly can't enjoy any movie anymore... I used to love movies. But now I just can't stand looking at these people. And I don't think I will ever like movies again, actually. Which is a pity.
Oh my word! At first, I thought this was a Babylon Bee article you had found (probably the best real news source in the world). Then, you totally redeem yourself. It IS a BB article, and it is on the internet, which makes it real.
Coincidentally, I read just a few days ago that Lennon became more conservative after Jimmy Carter and backed away from the (communist) “ideals” in this song. In his 1992 book, The New World Order, Pat Robertson talks about Lennon’s song and how the US was heading towards exactly what we are seeing today. The Bible teaches more about this time in history than any other.
KatLee, I love that story. I first read something several years ago about it. I have no doubt it is true. Not that Lennon would have been a hard R, but he was done with Carter and the libs. No doubt today he would be on Clapton and Van's side.
The problem with following rabbit trails is you forget where you’ve followed one 😆. I don’t know why I even saw the story recently but it’s definitely one I hadn’t heard before.
Until we the people vote them out, they will cling to that shred of power.
They will also claim victory over SarsCoV2 when they did nothing other than mandate a death shot and muzzle us with pieces of Chinese plastic cancer causing masks and shoved sticks filled with carcinogens up our noses.
Listen, they are actors. And while of course, we appreciate the idea of acting (putting oneself into the shoes of a character, understanding someone else from the inside out) and we appreciate actors in this light....they are actors...and the traditional wariness of actors might be good to keep in mind. In days of yore, they were classed with prostitutes. Please understand, I in no way affirm this type of disrespect and lack of understanding for either whores or actors! This type of thing only shows how we are far worse than either whores or actors and how we have yet to even begin to understand the things of the Lord Jesus. In the Bible, those who served in the temples of idols were called "holy boys" and "holy girls," to this day in regions of Pakistan and India prostitutes are still considered holy. This may be why, humanly speaking, God calls himself holy. You see, a temple whore provided a time of rest and relaxation, the pleasures of life and love for the working man. It's just that the Bible corrects all this and says to us that God himself will be our rest and relaxation, our pleasure, our ease of heart and mind. He leads the men to find with their own wives this same pleasure, to see their wives as what the wives really are to their husbands, life. Actors too need to be appreciated, but they are not helped but harmed by us making them idols. The fault is ours.
On the bright side, if they keep singing, it makes the thought of nuclear submarines off the U.S. coast a hell of a lot less scary. Imagine there's a tsunami-- crashing toward you-- imagine no more cities-- it isn't hard to do. Imagine all the people, washing out to sea... (Too dark?)
I seem to have forgotten all the Celebs choral efforts to stop Iraq. Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen & lately Somalia - perhaps fame & fortune is a degenerative brain disorder.
Seriously? These people can’t be serious. Can we please cancel all of the Hollywood idiots? Reminds me of John Kerry sending James Taylor to France to sign You’ve got a Friend. 🤮
No, I am truly very sorry to inform you, Bandit, they really are celebrities to some people. Not sarc, unfortunately. Mass formation started a long long time ago.
(But I only sort of recognized three and thought I knew one other. Even Ferrell I couldn’t remember his name but knew what movies he’s been in, sad to say for myself).
Maybe they could serenade those Ukrainian citizens who are having Molotov cocktail parties as a greeting to their Russian friends arriving. The Russians are discovering that a bunch of 12 year old boys can really handle an AK-47. Somehow their training came from the 15 year olds. I think the Russians are having a rethink - this does not look good for them.
These are celebrities??!!?? Pretty sure the only one I recognized is the dude on the left, who might have been in Elf. The rest of them are famous somehow??
More and more aren't hearing the legitimate reasons for this and succumbing to the years of shrill, unending anti-Russia propaganda the west has programmed everyone with. Even those I know that seem to understand most of the shit that is going on now seem to have a disconnect when it comes to Russia. If Russia doesn't get this over with soon there will be no stopping the NWO/Reset, although Russia may just be controlled opposition.
Russia doesn't need to be stopped, they need to squash this as quickly as possible by whatever they need to do it. The longer they wait the more the west will become provocative, create chaos and make WWIII more likely. Russia should remember the tactics the US unapologetically used in Iraq, Libya, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., countries we had much, much less reason to invade than Russia does now.
OMG death from above. Yep you nailed it. This will bring Putin to his knees. Or it will solidify how asinine our govt is. LOL like WE needed the added push by these dupes to keep solidifying the answer to the worlds question regarding the fortitude of the US. Your fearless leader has retreated to Delaware for a weekend respite away from the crushing demands of the Presidency. Perhaps he and hunter are rethinking the ten% due to the big guy.
Disgusting. I despise Hollywood. It's so hard to enjoy watching TV and movies any more.
If anything, the unwashed masses are finally learning how objectively worthless most of these people are. They are also learning that LeBron doesn't care about you. Hopefully. a mass rejection of celebrity worship culture will be included in the aftermath of this experience.
It would be wonderful to see a new counter-culture which repudiates the rich and famous, yes.
Not New, Vida. I've been part of that counter-culture for decades.
Just remember their purpose in the world: to entertain us. They're not, as a general rule, rich and famous because of superior intellect or superior moral foundation. They have a talent. Be it a talent to run fast, be big, look good, memorize a script, play a musical instrument loudly, whatever - these things make them very good at these things, and not beacons of leadership in any other area.
And for the rich and famous who've forgotten: it's those "little people", sometimes called "fans", who have made your fame and fortune. Your job is to entertain, not judge, lead, dictate to or condemn. It is the people you entertain that provide for your position and who, faster than you think, return you to obscurity. Just sayin'
so well said!1 only scum lower are the idiots who slobber over them.
Well said
Or, a resurgence of the old counter culture from way, way, back in 1969 and most of the ‘70s.
If you haven’t seen it, I suggest; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Christian_(film)
The people from the old 1969-1970 counter culture are the people who are now in power. Careful what you wish for.
You make my point better than I could. Not wishing for it at all. Just point out, poorly, how the left has sold out. The old left would have been creating alternative media. Now, they are the media, pimping for “the man!”
So disappointing
That's probably why Abbie Hoffman committed suicide in 1989 after coming out of exile. Jerry Rubin and the rest of Hoffman's counter-culture radical comrades of the 60s had become entrenched members of the establishment. He saw then that looking to youth as a change agent was futile. It was a lost cause.
Wasn't there something odd about his 'suicide'?
Not so much. Trudeau, Jardis, Kamalla Harris, (and the list goes on and on) are not from that counter culture. Of course the real monsters at the top like Schwab, Gates and others are from that era, but the ones who are out in front pushing the agenda are not. I think too many of us get our generations mixed up. As I mentioned recently... there are some "Boomers" who are only 58 years old. I'm sorry, but that may seem old to someone in their 20's and 30's, but it is definitely not "old" per se. I don't care if someone is 20 or 80... if they have wisdom, are pro liberty and have common sense, I'm on their side. And there are a *lot* of us "old counter culture people" who have been railing against the madness for our entire lives. Especially the last couple of years.
Great comment. I single out my generation, I’m 74, because they’re the ones that were the vocal free speech, anti-war, crowd, on who’s watch a lot of this shift took place as they aged, started making money, moving into more powerful positions.
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Seems their “spawn,” the X-ers, etc. sought to carry the torch in the form of anti-GMO, anti-big pharma, and, anti-war, (unless it’s a war started by “their side”), but now many align with a vaccine that may be altering their DNA, an ultimate GMO?
I can’t help but think back to those warnings that our generation of the left was said to have been infiltrated by communist and other “enemies” because of what the new left stands for today; anti-free speech, forced vaccinations, compliance with illegal mandates, supported by old institutions like the ACLU, SPLC, media, PBS, now corrupted.
Seems this rot went hyper with the election of the man and his political wife, in that above picture, The Clinton’s.
Now, for example, we have the likes of that DA in San Francisco, son of radicals , that pushes social justice as crime soars!
Just my opinion and I truly appreciate your take on the subject.
Not all of them!
Nope. Roger Waters, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton still have spines!
Funny that.
Except the Beatles, Polanski & all of those movie stars & celebrities sure love(d) capitalism for themselves. Just not for we masses of the great unwashed. That’s as true today for all of those hypocrites, including asshats like LeBron James
Fair Point: John Lennon was a hypocrite when he wrote "imagine". Didn't matter much, still doesn't. Great song writer. Not Mosses.
Yeah, his Rolls Royce, all of them w/ mansions, ad nauseum. They (& lots of other celebs) may be fine humanitarians (I suspect some or many are not) but they certainly maintain(Ed) very opulent live styles.
And now we have SOOO evolved that the coming plans from our “betters” is that the little people “will own nothing & be happy”. That certainly won’t apply to THEM
Great musician. And questioned the establishment most of his life. We're all capable of hypocrisy.
All of the 60s musicians knew how to write a song. That was find a song from the past that nobody had heard of and then change it a little and claim it as your own.
No, he wasn't. "You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy (without religion or countries, natch)".
Google Beatles and Tavistock. We were had.
A lot of the worst Are the old counter culture. Rockin in the free world much?
No kidding 😂
Sadly, I doubt that.
So do I. The youth have been assimilated. They like their hero-worship and their crap culture.
I think that's what Gil Scott-Heron meant by 'The Revolution Will Not be Televised." The music industry figured out with young Elvis that youth rebellion sells.
In the 60s, it was "revolutions" and counter-culture. It makes me laugh when I think that the ultimate cynical rock capitalists Mick Jagger and Keith Richards probably arrived at "Street Fighting Man" and "Sympathy for the Devil" because they, along with their promoters, knew that songs like this would sell in the anti-war and Prague Spring climate.
In the late-70s in was punk. In the 90s, it was grunge. All of it "counter-cultural" on the surface but in the end preaching conformity through non-conformity. At least Midnight Oil were imploring listeners to "Read About It." As a kid, I arrived at Victor Jara through the Clash song, Washington Bullets. No longer.
I look at how hip-hop devolved in the last thirty years. In the 80s, it was Public Enemy preaching "Fight the Power." Even in the early 90s, Chuck D wrote in Can't Truss it, "Beware of the hand, When it's comin' from the left, I ain't trippin', just watch ya step. Can't truss it." Hop Hop like every other genre has since been co-opted to preach materialism and conformity.
Today's youth conform and accept because they have been conditioned by popular culture and mass media to do that. They are consumers and servants. Like good little Hitler Jugend, kids are being taught to out kids who won't wear masks and/or are unvaccinated. If the Sex Pistols came out today Johnny Rotten would be singing, "Assimilation in the U.K. .... " because Malcolm McClaren and his Clash counterpart Bernie Rhodes would know it will sell.
I pretty much stopped. My TV now is for anything I create, or for watching old movies that at least were works of art, not the garbage they pump out now.
All I watch is foreign stuff now. But it's challenging to sit on my sofa and crochet while trying to read subtitles.
I pretty much only watch documentaries, or old sitcoms that had at least a little bit of merit to them.
Numerous beautiful nature films on YouTube. Exploring and tourism and I am a fervent watcher of foreign cultures I will never be able to visit
Like Avatar?
jk.
Knitting is easier lol
Heck no!
YES. we have watched some excellent Danish spy series. okay, Dutch and German I can sort of handle, the Danish takes reading. Also, Seaside Hotel. Have you seen it? I tried binding quilts, but my cutting table and iron face the tv through a large opening in the family room. So I usually cut sew press. It is a much slower process but so very entertaining
Have not seen that. Do watch plenty of Scandinavian, Dutch and German and Belgian stuff, and it's fun, helped along by subtitles, to catch all the cognates to English words and the subtle changes in meaning. Just finished watching an extraordinary Romanian series called Umbre (Shadows), and it was just really remarkable. The same sort of universe as Sopranos but infinite levels of nuance and emotional depth higher. It sure surprised me on that because I was a fan of Sopranos. But wow. Luncheon meat vs. a great slow roast.
And--don't laugh--A Korean Odyssey is one the greatest fantasy series I've ever watched. May require a specialized palate to go for but once you get into it you ain't gonna let go. The hunger for the human connection rendered in a unique way...
I love Seaside Hotel. I’ve been waiting to watch the entire series as I think they stopped at 4 or 5. The last I saw was when they came to the hotel for the wedding.
Don’t stab yourself!
We “had it” the other night. Nothing but filth and PC crap. Went to the basement and got out some old DVD’s. Mel Brooks is jamming at my house….
I love how UN-PC Brooks is. My go-to funny movie person as well. "Well, shit, someone needs to go back and get a shitload of dimes!"
Don't get me started... seen all his movies so many times.
I’ve watched all the old stuff so much I wore it out, it’s not enjoyable anymore.
LOL
I worship at his feet.
You have no idea how wonderful a life without tv is until you toss it. 15 years and have not missed it. I choose my own news feed on the computer and then think for myself
Totally. I stopped watching any 'programming' in 2012. And wow yeah, my life changed for the better. I couldn't believe it, yesterday on the radio of all places, some DJ was saying that his friend dumped his phone a year ago and has never been happier. How'd the PTB allow THAT on the air?
I’ve done the same. My ongoing project is a home media center full of movies and shows that were actually worthwhile. None of it full of propaganda and pharma commercials.
I am hoping to make documentaries. I love editing, but scripting and coming up with stories is harder. So it might take awhile. In the meantime, just hoping to put together all my wildlife footage and do something with that.
I'm reminded of a Babylon 5 episode called "Deconstruction of falling stars".
It had a bunch of talking heads and academics tearing down heroes of a past time and war, and miraculously, one of them shows up and just shames them all on live TV.
Here, they appear to be doing it to themselves.
BTW, there seems to be a lot of parallels between Babylon 5 and the current battle of politicians /media /military and the people. It's a good series from the 90's.
Thank you for the B5 reference...that show still is a cornerstone.
It has SOOO many lessons about the fight for/cost of freedom, and the many ways that it can be taken from us.
It has become part of our escape, the hour a day we turn our brains off.
With streaming I have to say the last time I watched a current network show was beyond my memory horizon. Right now we're going through the original "Perry Mason" (from the late 1950s). That's entertainment! I don't pretend entertainment is here to shape my life, provide information, moral guidance or insights into the real world. It's the exact opposite - I don't want any of those things from my TV :-)
I'm into Mary Tyler Moore and Bob Newhart
Bob Newart! a favorite! Another comedian called him the funniest guy ever who'd never told a joke. Only guy I know that can put me on the floor laughing with "un-hu"
Bob Newhart is absolutely my favorite comedian of all times. Totally agree with you. My other favorite... Gene Wilder. Gene was also a genuinely decent person. Saw some great interviews he gave where he mentioned turning down deals and stopped making movies because of the "agenda". He didn't want to be part of it.
Same! Just watched both of them this year. Also love the Dick VanDyke show.
The problem, I think, is that entertainment has become everything instead of the accompaniment to useful occupations. In the olden olden olden days, someone would be singing or playing a simple instrument while the rest of the household was making things--spinning, weaving, cooking, building/repairing, etc. etc. etc. Radio was the same, just technified. People listened WHILE they worked--fiber crafts, woodworking, etc. etc. etc.
Now it's all entertainment and no useful work. People are desperately bored but they can't identify the feeling.
Worst thing the moron educational experts did to society was close all the trade schools. That was the road to doom.
Yup. And as entertaining as this thread is, I'm going "off-line" now - gonna get on my tractor and move some dirt, then maybe weld some metal together, while my dog watches (dogs need entertainment too and people are their TV :-). Until it gets dark anyway.
There's a lot of good stuff you can watch, but you need Roku. Lots of good stuff on Rumble and Odysee. And you can get into developer mode and install the Infowars channel.
https://citizenmedia.news/2019/06/10/how-to-install-the-banned-infowars-roku-app/
I focus on British movies. Don’t even know most of the H’wood people anymore. Don’t care either.
I was going to ask "who are these people?" but I figured no one would really believe I don't know. But I seriously don't (and don't care about the answer, either!)
I am with you, G. Who are these people? I guess I have been (happily) living under a rock.
That’s so funny. I didn’t want to appear ignorant by saying same. I know I recognize one but two of the others I was only guessing and the other three are ??
I think one might be Natalie Portman but I don't know either. I definitely believe you when you say you don't know!
same here. I resist Hollywood like teflon.
I'm not sweeping with too broad a brush. It's the inherent narcissism that is synonymous with "Hollywood" that deserves final and total rejection. It's the hypocrisy of millionaire athletes, actors, and musicians who are simply agents of the elite who preach to the masses.
I understand why people who can barely make ends meet worship and seek to identify with billionaires. It's the need for escapism that the media cultivates. It's just like taking drugs and consuming large quantities of alcohol. In the end, someone benefits by humanity's collective misery and nihilism.
That said, there are artists out there who continue to do excellent work and who deserve recognition. Check out the late-Rick Mayall's performance in the 2014 movie "One by One." Rick tried to warn us then.
They are all the same... Hwood is global.
Easy: don't look to celebrities for moral, political or ethical guidance. It's entertainment. Just like sports: why should we look to a 20 something millionaire with 30 days of experience in the real world for guidance on how to correct the worlds problems or deal with real life in general? Enjoy the show!
When questioned about some of his on-the-court behavior, Charles Barkley said something to the effect that if you looked up to any sports players (including himself) as role models or exemplars, you were nuts.
Somewhere in there is a lesson for LeBron James...if he has the minimal intelligence needed to fish it out.
I think you're preaching to the choir, here.
I refuse to support people who demean and revile me. No pleasure in that show.
Great name you have there. Said as a north central WA homegirl myself.
BTW have been trying to verify whether or not it’s safe for me to visit the state. Had been seeing rumors from unvetted web sources. Guess now it’s verified. Crap. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JWQmkptSxcc
Don't do it. Cut off their oxygen
Nah, let 'em sing. It's harmless. There's still enough trees to replenish the oxygen supply.
And this is why I love modern technology: MUTE button.
This was forwarded to me by a friend...
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US Embassy just removed all their Ukraine Bioweapon lab documents from the website
https://ua.usembassy.gov/embassy/kyiv/sections-offices/defense-threat-reduction-office/biological-threat-reduction-program/
just in the last day they removed all the PDF files from the embassy website here
https://ua.usembassy.gov/embassy/kyiv/sections-offices/defense-threat-reduction-office/biological-threat-reduction-program/
The good news is they are still archived https://web.archive.org/web/20170130193016/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-kharkiv-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210511164310/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-luhansk-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170221125752/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-dnipropetrovsk-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210506053014/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-vinnitsa-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170221125752/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-dnipropetrovsk-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170207122550/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-kherson-fact-sheet-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223011502/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-ternopil-fact-sheet-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170208032526/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-zakarpatska-fact-sheet-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170208032526/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-zakarpatska-fact-sheet-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170202040923/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-lviv-dl-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170201004446/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-lviv-rdvl-eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20161230143004/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-eidss.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210506212717/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-pathogen-asset-control.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170207153023/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-dnipropetrovsk-rdvl_eng.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170211022339/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/kiev-ivm-fact-sheet-eng.pdf
These labs are co-run by Fauci's EcoHealth Alliance and rumor is Russia's entire military operation right now is unofficially to either secure and/or destroy these labs and gather evidence.
https://ua.usembassy.gov/embassy/kyiv/sections-offices/defense-threat-reduction-office/biological-threat-reduction-program/
It is interesting that in the last 13 months gigabytes of information once available on US government websites has gone away or become harder to locate. I was vectoring someone to a particular EO from last February and the link was broken. Just "streamlining" I'm sure...couldn't be an effort to obscure the facts.
Wow! thank you. you can save them intact on your computer too in your files
Yes. Don't expect archive.org to keep hot stuff forever. Keep your own copies, put them somewhere safe online. Spread it far and wide!
that's why I started saving them that way, since wayback said something some time ago about censoring. they didn't call it censoring though.
archive.li and its siblings are also back up options
thanks
They need to take their example from the US and carpet bomb and napalm everything outside of Donbass. (sorry, sort of hyperbole)
https://twitter.com/WarClandestine
https://twitter.com/dtlawanderer/status/1497287776156323840
Very interesting. And terrifying.
I read somewhere else that the operation was related to these labs.
I don’t see EcoHealth Alliance’s name on these documents…where is their name shown?
Al... I don't see them mentioned on any of the documents either. It appears as if the donor, in each case, is listed as DoD. Everything in that text was forwarded as is though, and I want to make it clear these are not my words, and I merely shared it for discussion purposes. I couldn't think of a better audience, than our pal gatito bueno's, for decorticating all this and/or offering insights :)
I'm also not sure how fair it is to presume or assume that simply because of the nature of these labs and their location, and then combined to EcoHealth's now-established reputation, we should make the link with the latter.
I also shared it reluctantly, because I recognize how far too easy it has become, given the context of the last 2 years, to see everything through "covid lenses" : /
The most important lesson they should have learned from COVID is their irrelevance.
I am stunned at the amount of influence these folks have had over the general population. Maybe they have been living in their movie scripts.
I am not astonished that some celebs think they have such influence. I'm surprised at how many people pay any attention to their delusions! Let them sing. Do your own thinking.
We all are.
I don't recognize anyone...maybe that's a good thing!
VERY good thing. Sadly, I do. The usual suspects in Wokie-dom. Bernie bros, pussy-hat paraders, blue tick Twatters...
I only recognize the quickly aging elf. The females all have that cookie cutter Karen look.
The guy in the ugly glasses is that Ruffalo dude who was (is?) a big Bernie Bro. I think one woman is Natalie portman and one is Amy Adams? I am not sure.
Wonder woman?
Yeah I thought that was Ferrell...
I got Will Ferrell and Amy Adams. The glasses are more interesting than the last guy, whomever he is.
I don't either!
Me neither!
ha you should see this monstrosity https://youtu.be/o6xTHBqunbg
Does LA/Hollywood still use lead pipes for drinking water?!?
They've got it all, lead pipes, fluoride galore, hormones...
Mystery solved...
Yes, and for their meth.
Maybe those older homes have lead paint in them still...stop eating it people!
It’s one of the marvels of nature that people that stupid can actually still function.
Oh c’mon, be nice, after all, she’s an actress, she knows EVERYTHING………her greatest talents are Looks (not so ‘greatest’) and the ability to pretend and repeat the script she is told to say.
Real Brain Surgeon territory, or is that Brain Salad Surgery? I’m so confused…….
She's purty, that gets you far in LA (sometimes).
The bar is very low amongst their peers.
I think my brain just fell out....
Mind-blowing. BTW, this woman has claimed she has multiple personalities. I suppose one of them is Putin's Mother. "Mrs. Putin"? LOL.
Scary person..
NO-OOOO! Why did I go there? How can I scrub my brain?
I’m very sorry, only the spike protein in an LNP can help you do that. I’m sorry ma’am, yes, it does have some other nasty side effects, but the brain scrubbing problem will go away.
When meaning well falls VERY short…my oh my!
oh god- why did you make stupid people???
police staff numbers were low
Beat me to it 😆
Putin's mother likely experienced near starvation with no hair care. Those with plenty hardly understand those with nothing.
That is crazy bad. The worst little performance ever filmed. She needs to take it down.
Why not Hitler, Stalin or Mao?
If they played that on loop in Guantanamo, the terrorists would crack in a few days.
Repetitious Chris Berman Car-Shield and Joe Namath/Jimmy Walker Medicare commercials are for the tougher nuts to crack.
Or kids pushing vaccines and Ice T laundry detergent commercial
Like the Ice T version of the Car Shield commercial where he brings out his totally inarticulate fat thug friend to help sell policies. 😂😂😂
They deployed it. They employed the Lennon option. https://babylonbee.com/news/putin-withdraws-from-ukraine-after-celebrities-threaten-to-sing-imagine
Remember when Obama sent James Taylor to France with John Kerry to sing You’ve Got A Friend? It made Billboard’s Top 10 Most Embarrassing Moments for the US
I see your "remember" and raise you: Remember when Carter sent Muhammad Ali to several African countries to persuade them to join the 1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympics? Heads of State there were furious! felt it extremely condescending to be addressed on the matter by a (sports) celebrity rather than an appropriate level government official.
We aren't serious. Still aren't.
“Ukrainian Soldier Blows Himself Up To Stop Russian Military From Advancing Across Bridge”
While these these libs sang Imagine..what douche bags
I wake up some days thinking I have awakened in a different world…the good news is the stars at night that remind me of where I am in the universe, and that the noise generated by these people is just that, noise.
I haven't the faintest clue who those people are, and something tells me, one can continue to live with that "missing piece of information", without really missing anything at all.
One of them is Will Ferrell whose career has been on life support for twenty years. I don't recognize any of the other ass clowns in the photo but then I'm not trying too hard.
LMAO
But on a related note: I honestly can't enjoy any movie anymore... I used to love movies. But now I just can't stand looking at these people. And I don't think I will ever like movies again, actually. Which is a pity.
I wonder how many of these apparently peace-loving celebrities have also wished death upon those who haven't taken the corona vaccine.
Most of them……. As they demand toddlers be muzzled and injected so they feel better about themselves
no hashtag campaign?
Oh my word! At first, I thought this was a Babylon Bee article you had found (probably the best real news source in the world). Then, you totally redeem yourself. It IS a BB article, and it is on the internet, which makes it real.
P.S. The Gatito has good taste...even if he isn't a dog!
These SJW’s are what’s commonly referred to as useful idiots 😉
If they can pull a source of cheap energy out of their asses, I’ll listen.
Thank you Hollywood, for giving me a list of people to ignore
Coincidentally, I read just a few days ago that Lennon became more conservative after Jimmy Carter and backed away from the (communist) “ideals” in this song. In his 1992 book, The New World Order, Pat Robertson talks about Lennon’s song and how the US was heading towards exactly what we are seeing today. The Bible teaches more about this time in history than any other.
KatLee, I love that story. I first read something several years ago about it. I have no doubt it is true. Not that Lennon would have been a hard R, but he was done with Carter and the libs. No doubt today he would be on Clapton and Van's side.
Here's a circa 2011 version of the story.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-lennon-was-a-secret-republican-former-assistant-says/#app
The problem with following rabbit trails is you forget where you’ve followed one 😆. I don’t know why I even saw the story recently but it’s definitely one I hadn’t heard before.
Worry not. Sean Penn is in country.
https://clarion.causeaction.com/2022/02/24/ukraine-leader-zelensky-finds-time-to-chat-with-sean-penn-for-documentary-amid-russian-siege/
So hilarious and cringeworthy, all at once.
Morons who have done pro war movies.
Done, I’m done and doner with these narcissistic assholes.
bwahahaha. You know who really needs stopping? the US.
I had to click on See Discussion to see if this was actually for real 🤦♀️
Totally off topic: can you do a post on how lifting the mandates does little while emergency powers still in place?
Until we the people vote them out, they will cling to that shred of power.
They will also claim victory over SarsCoV2 when they did nothing other than mandate a death shot and muzzle us with pieces of Chinese plastic cancer causing masks and shoved sticks filled with carcinogens up our noses.
Listen, they are actors. And while of course, we appreciate the idea of acting (putting oneself into the shoes of a character, understanding someone else from the inside out) and we appreciate actors in this light....they are actors...and the traditional wariness of actors might be good to keep in mind. In days of yore, they were classed with prostitutes. Please understand, I in no way affirm this type of disrespect and lack of understanding for either whores or actors! This type of thing only shows how we are far worse than either whores or actors and how we have yet to even begin to understand the things of the Lord Jesus. In the Bible, those who served in the temples of idols were called "holy boys" and "holy girls," to this day in regions of Pakistan and India prostitutes are still considered holy. This may be why, humanly speaking, God calls himself holy. You see, a temple whore provided a time of rest and relaxation, the pleasures of life and love for the working man. It's just that the Bible corrects all this and says to us that God himself will be our rest and relaxation, our pleasure, our ease of heart and mind. He leads the men to find with their own wives this same pleasure, to see their wives as what the wives really are to their husbands, life. Actors too need to be appreciated, but they are not helped but harmed by us making them idols. The fault is ours.
On the bright side, if they keep singing, it makes the thought of nuclear submarines off the U.S. coast a hell of a lot less scary. Imagine there's a tsunami-- crashing toward you-- imagine no more cities-- it isn't hard to do. Imagine all the people, washing out to sea... (Too dark?)
That song is Kumbaya for communists
I seem to have forgotten all the Celebs choral efforts to stop Iraq. Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen & lately Somalia - perhaps fame & fortune is a degenerative brain disorder.
Seriously? These people can’t be serious. Can we please cancel all of the Hollywood idiots? Reminds me of John Kerry sending James Taylor to France to sign You’ve got a Friend. 🤮
So, in the "Imagine" pic of 6 "celebrities," I recognized 3 people. "Celebrities," huh? 3 of 6.
No, I am truly very sorry to inform you, Bandit, they really are celebrities to some people. Not sarc, unfortunately. Mass formation started a long long time ago.
(But I only sort of recognized three and thought I knew one other. Even Ferrell I couldn’t remember his name but knew what movies he’s been in, sad to say for myself).
Who are those people?
I love you!
People who should find something better to do than sing to the public.
Sadly, this is a bridge too far for the masses who still believe that their own government would never lie, steal or murder.
I don’t know who these people are nor do I care. Go to www.Antiwar.com for regular updates and real news.
I think Putin would rather we drop a bomb on his house. I know I would.
I only recognize ONE of those so-called "celebrities." And he's a washed up comedy actor who hasn't made a movie that I've seen in at least a decade.
Who are the other clowns pictured there?
I only listen to retired pro wrestlers as I find them far less disingenuous
I think it’s both funny and telling that more than half of us on this post say exact same thing!
Maybe show them the neo-Nazi brigade that Ukraine has. Then we can watch them all cry.
Good GOD, those are ugly b@st*rds and b!tches! Listening would be altogether too much.
I still think that Gal Gadot is a genuinely nice person. The rest can go fcuk themselves though.
Celebrities? Don't know any of these. Are we supposed to care? *Flush*
Best way to fight back - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEPfM3jSoBw
The only thing that was missing was their "virtue signaling devices" (masks). I loathe "celebrities" and I've really had enough of all of them.
Maybe they could serenade those Ukrainian citizens who are having Molotov cocktail parties as a greeting to their Russian friends arriving. The Russians are discovering that a bunch of 12 year old boys can really handle an AK-47. Somehow their training came from the 15 year olds. I think the Russians are having a rethink - this does not look good for them.
These are celebrities??!!?? Pretty sure the only one I recognized is the dude on the left, who might have been in Elf. The rest of them are famous somehow??
https://twitter.com/rbostongj/status/1497594073661779968?s=21
More and more aren't hearing the legitimate reasons for this and succumbing to the years of shrill, unending anti-Russia propaganda the west has programmed everyone with. Even those I know that seem to understand most of the shit that is going on now seem to have a disconnect when it comes to Russia. If Russia doesn't get this over with soon there will be no stopping the NWO/Reset, although Russia may just be controlled opposition.
Russia doesn't need to be stopped, they need to squash this as quickly as possible by whatever they need to do it. The longer they wait the more the west will become provocative, create chaos and make WWIII more likely. Russia should remember the tactics the US unapologetically used in Iraq, Libya, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., countries we had much, much less reason to invade than Russia does now.
The original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgsurPg9Ckw
Life is difficult, tragic and always ends in death. Imagine we all acted as though others realize this.
I miss the Hollywood stars of the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
OMG death from above. Yep you nailed it. This will bring Putin to his knees. Or it will solidify how asinine our govt is. LOL like WE needed the added push by these dupes to keep solidifying the answer to the worlds question regarding the fortitude of the US. Your fearless leader has retreated to Delaware for a weekend respite away from the crushing demands of the Presidency. Perhaps he and hunter are rethinking the ten% due to the big guy.