2023-03-30

Cary Grant at his best

I can't resist this one.
Who could?

https://youtu.be/o8ZL_BQUi8o

in "Indiscrete" (1958), with Ingrid Bergman.

2023-03-28

How queer is the New York Times?

That seems to me like a valid question.

As to what promotes it, consider this statement:

 "Such a drastic measure, should it occur, 
could result in a “queer brain drain” at the paper, 
one staffer told Confider."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ny-times-fires-off-warning-to-staffers-after-trans-coverage-brouhaha

What led Audrey Hale astray?

At this time, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, that is an open question.
As facts become known, I will post here some answers to that question.

Some news reports and commentary:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nashville-covenant-school-shooting-suspect-identified-as-audrey-hale

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nashville-school-shooting-audrey-hale-messaged-friend-minutes-before-massacre

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/28/nashville-transgender-killer-was-likely-motivated-by-resentment-against-christians/

"Stoke the fires of rage and resentment long enough, 
while justifying violence as an excusable outcome caused by wounded sensibilities and uncomfortable words, 
and the Nashville result is what happens."

https://nypost.com/2023/03/28/audrey-hales-mom-i-think-i-lost-my-daughter-today/

" “What she did was unforgivable, but when I knew her, she was a sweet and funny girl,” 
one friend told DailyMail.com, saying they 
“thought for sure it was a mistake at first” 
when Hale was identified as the child-killer. "

Metro Nashville Police Department video showing their response 
https://youtu.be/Ue2tZa4hT0c


https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-trans-movement-targeting-christians

Nashville Covenant School head of school hailed as hero in wake of shooting: 'She protected her children'

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nashville-covenant-school-headmaster-hailed-hero-wake-shooting-she-protected-children

Blue lives matter

The amount of anti-police rhetoric is shocking and shameful.

Example:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/lapd-detective-sounds-alarm-killer-cop-website-uncharted-territory

Negative views of the police are the direct consequence of the medias hyper biased, one-sided portrayals, 
where the media clearly insists on portraying blacks as victims and police as villains, 
utterly disregarding the legitimate concerns and goals of the police being so maliciously portrayed.

2023-03-27

Antifa

Some references:

https://nypost.com/2023/03/26/who-funds-antifa-protests-we-all-do/

https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/antifa-activist-shoots-critically-wounds-seattle-police-detective/

Nord Stream

Here are several references:

2023-03-23
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/the-cover-up
by Seymour Hersh 

2023-03-22
https://www.commondreams.org/news/hersh-nord-stream-cover-up
by Jake Johnson 
<B>Seymour Hersh Accuses US of 'Cover Up' Over Nord Stream Sabotage</b>
The veteran investigative journalist alleged that 
Biden administration officials have been "feeding" the press false stories 
to "protect a president who made an unwise decision 
and is now lying about it."


2023-03-25
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/25/nord-stream-russia-investigation-seymour-hersh/
<B>RUSSIA CALLS FOR U.N. INVESTIGATION OF NORD STREAM ATTACK, 
AS HERSH ACCUSES WHITE HOUSE OF FALSE FLAG</b>
Moscow claims Germany, Denmark, and Sweden are engaged in a U.S.-backed cover-up, 
as the war to control the narrative — and the evidence — intensifies.
By Jeremy Scahill

Russian officials complained that they have been barred from examining evidence gathered from the sites where the blasts occurred. 
Despite Russia’s majority ownership of the pipelines, Russian officials said, 
Germany, Denmark, and Sweden have rejected Russia’s repeated requests for a joint investigation — 
confirming their “suspicions that these countries are trying to conceal evidence, 
or to cover up the sponsors and perpetrators of these acts of sabotages.”

2023-03-09

"We will bring an end to it."

Who said
"We will bring an end to it,"
referring to the Nord Stream pipelines?
Was it Vladimir Putin?
No, it was Joe Biden:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/biden-meet-german-chancellor-russia-ukraine-tesnions-rcna15190

https://youtu.be/KoomA4wSeUE

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-germanys-scholz-stress-unified-front-against-any-russian-aggression-toward-2022-02-07/

"If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the ... border of Ukraine again, 
then there will be ... no longer a Nord Stream 2. 
We, we will bring an end to it," Biden said. 
Asked how, given the project is in German control, Biden said: 
"I promise you, we'll be able to do it."

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/07/remarks-by-president-biden-and-chancellor-scholz-of-the-federal-republic-of-germany-at-press-conference/

PRESIDENT BIDEN: The first question first. If Germany — if Russia invades — that means tanks or troops crossing the — the border of Ukraine again — then there will be — we — 
<B>there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. 
 We will bring an end to it.</b>

Q But how will you — how will you do that exactly, since the project and control of the project is within Germany’s control?

PRESIDENT BIDEN: We will — 
<B>I promise you, we’ll be able to do it.</b>

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Question:

Why is what Joe Biden said here so little mentioned in the media?

2023-03-06

For the glory of God

Compare the ancient Egyptians to the medieval Europeans.

The Egyptians built great pyramids, to glorify their Pharaohs.
The Europeans built great cathedrals, for the glory of God.

What more needs to be said?
This is a comparison of the values of their respective societies.

A musical example:

Monteverdi: Confitebor Terzo Alla Francese
https://youtu.be/tFbF5WULrVM