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Belle wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:47 pm
I would expect the question which heads this discussion to be asked by any 10 year old. And I'd answer it as being asked by a child and not worthy of anything, apart from "when you grow up...."

Have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

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Vaughan Williams: 5. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Sir Andrew Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsQGFlcqUmA

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I'm criticising the credulous simplicity of Americans who think it's really clever and funny to find a news clip then introduce it by asserting the opposite. Even I could do that. And a lotta folks have tried ever since Jon Stewart basically invented parodic "fake news" as a comedy form some 28 yea...

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Jon Stewart 10 Years Ago: The Daily Show, 2014
We Need to Talk About Israel https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_contin ... e=emb_logo

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I am a huge Herrmann fan nonetheless.

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Joseph I've seen him commenting on among other TV stations MSNBC-he was on with Lawrence O'Donnell and they spoke about trump cheating at golf! In the Reilly 📕 🤓 … Stephen Colbert asked Tiger Woods which presidents he had played golf with. Bush, Clinton, and Obama, Tiger answered. Whatabout Trump? ...

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The most revealing book about the Donald, with the possible exception of Mary Trump’s.

Certainly it’s the funniest; and yet after reading it, I loathed Trump no less.

Reilly can really write!

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Belle wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:32 pm
Cultural enrichment. What's not to love?

Well, yeah. who d’ya think Trump brings in to scrub piss ‘n’ poo off his gold-plated loo and keep his golf-course greens from matching the hue his tanning bed induces?

Scots-Irish they ain’t!!

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I'm criticising the credulous simplicity of Americans who think it's really clever and funny to find a news clip then introduce it by asserting the opposite. Even I could do that. And a lotta folks have tried ever since Jon Stewart basically invented parodic "fake news" as a comedy form some 28 yea...

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Bernard Hermann's "The Planets" I do not own. How does his compare with so many others? Ones I have including Karajan [2] (I thought excellent), Bernstein, Stokowski, various ones with Boult, one conducted by Holst, Levine, Mehta, C. Davis, Steinberg, Sargent, Maazel, Ormandy, Barbirolli (live exce...

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Sick of Your Blue State? These Real Estate Agents Have Just the Place for You. Agents in South Carolina, the fastest growing state in the country last year, say that many newcomers are Republicans eager to leave the Northeast and West Coast. The New York Times By Eduardo Medina Reporting from Green...

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The Gravity of Groups https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/05 ... ina-cikara

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Jon Stewart 15 April — Talking World War III Blues, Trump’s dementia, his drooling at his trial, the “Is he Jesus or Mandela?” debate, etc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeLRtpC2WI I don't really understand why this guy is so popular. His technique seems to be find a bit of news coverage, say the ...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:32 pm
As I've said before, I'm not going into a battle of wits with the totally un-armed. It wouldn't be fair.

A wise strategy for the witless. 🥹

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You think so, Lance? "Tax dodgers", "wealth", "hiding". Hardly the badinage of the Algonquin Round Table and typically laced with bitterness and bile, sans facts. Good on you, dear 🔔 , standing tall for and making common cause with your own cohort!! :D I must say I played very hard ball when it cam...

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From the excellent ABC.net.au SPORT Boxing Australia coach Jamie Pittman withdraws from Olympics after admitting to 'disgusting' sexual misconduct Posted 10 hours ago The National Sports Tribunal found Pittman's misconduct was "part of an overall pattern of behaviour". — In short: Boxing Australia h...

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Jon Stewart 15 April — Talking World War III Blues, Trump’s dementia, his drooling at his trial, the “Is he Jesus or Mandela?” debate, etc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeLRtpC2WI

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Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:58 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:01 am

By contrast, Kari is a Lake, but in no way a Lady.
Joseph thanks-you sure have that right! Regards, Len

She’s a monster without being a myth, which is rather unfair (Oscar Wilde). Shouldn’t we feel shortchanged?

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Kari Lake Urges Supporters to Arm Themselves Ahead of Election Joseph did she steal the idea from Rossini's great opera! Regards, Len [fleeing] Thanks I was actually thinking of the Lady in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King that gives the sword Excalibur to Arthur. By contrast, Kari is a Lake, but in n...

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this explains A LOT. ALL CAPS TODAY, PARODIC of the sounding brass of a tediously tinkling 🛎️. Again, no argument, no facts Yes, but composing a ma’amsplaining missive, more elongated and discombobulated than an ayatollah’s fatwa or a Pettersson symphony — That's clearly Your Highness’s forte, not ...

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Dr. Boghossian describes American schooling as rubbish and it's not 6 degrees of separation distant from Australia either. Whatever America lacks in formal education — her universities being the envy of the world and attracting thousands of students and faculty from abroad — she more than compensat...

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Thanks.

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More asinine commentary from the giant chip on the shoulder. Infantile, narcissistic comments. As I said, bitterness has a long tail and is very very resilient - especially when there are zero friendships in the real world to temper extremist views. In my experience on music boards all the trolls -...

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Kari Lake Urges Supporters to Arm Themselves Ahead of Election https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/16/multimedia/16pol-swiper-kari-lake-glock-mvbh/16pol-swiper-kari-lake-glock-mvbh-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=1200 “We are going to put on the armor of God,” th...

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Cotton Urges Citizens to Forcibly Confront Pro-Palestinian Protesters https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/UK25kMR5qkdtSRMhdwjvcQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNw--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2024-04/21d4a4f0-fc19-11ee-bbff-2879fccf47fd On Monday on social media, Mr. Cotton, ...

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https://independentaustralia.net/_lib/slir/w750/https://independentaustralia.net/sc/tours_800px.jpg The only thing that never changes is change itself. :lol: Oh, what a tragic!! A biased left wing organization like the ABC prints something to cover its own backside when they were up to their eyebal...

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Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty …

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Thanks. These critters are one of the unfortunate byproducts of British colonialism, causing the extinction of many native species.

If they can’t be culled, they should all be caged.

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Immigrants in Maine Are Filling a Labor Gap. It May Be a Prelude for the U.S. A wave of rapid immigration is taxing local resources around the country and drawing political ire. But it might leave America’s economy better off. The New York Times By Jeanna Smialek April 12, 2024 Maine has a lot of l...

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What these tax dodgers were doing was to exploit a loophole that allowed them to effectively shelter their wealth by moving it out of state after having employed their home state as a stepping stone for accumulating that wealth. It is a ploy similar to moving one's money to an offshore tax haven. Ca...

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Just like you, we're all celebrating cultural enrichment and diversity!! And, god, it feels so good!! Exactly! Just like the U.S., you’ve clearly hit the skids, rioting in the streets of Sidney, but unlike us, you don’t even know it yet. :shock: Doah!! Hundreds of people gathered outside the Assyri...

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I would not, Lance. The modest exit tax allows Cal (1) to recoup some of its investment in businesses and individuals who have enjoyed the unique dynamic economic environment offered by the state & used it to accumulate wealth; and (2) to close a loophole that allows wealthy people to avoid paying t...

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The economy of the State of California is the largest in the United States, with a $3.89 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2023. It is the largest sub-national economy in the world. If California were a sovereign nation (2024), it would rank in terms of nominal GDP as the world's fifth larges...

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The non - profit hospital tax scam: https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/14/nonprofit-hospitals-turn-profit-charity-care-tax-exempt-status/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jDHbC2-cNZ-Ij4JVAlNMVbLzHHCpQhRfGbN5ltGdgBze3oRYlpihmgXXJQEGPb4QzBXwc_vSsgsl_AE_FlKmx9FVyvg&_hsmi=3027569...

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What’s going on Down Under? Australia; beautiful one day, horrendous the next.

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The non - profit hospital tax scam: https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/14/nonprofit-hospitals-turn-profit-charity-care-tax-exempt-status/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jDHbC2-cNZ-Ij4JVAlNMVbLzHHCpQhRfGbN5ltGdgBze3oRYlpihmgXXJQEGPb4QzBXwc_vSsgsl_AE_FlKmx9FVyvg&_hsmi=3027569...

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Newsweek Former President Donald Trump appeared to be "sleeping" during the first day of his criminal trial for charges of falsifying business documents, according to a report from The New York Times. Jury selection in the trial trial surrounding whether Trump falsified business documents by allege...

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The non - profit hospital tax scam: https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/14/nonprofit-hospitals-turn-profit-charity-care-tax-exempt-status/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jDHbC2-cNZ-Ij4JVAlNMVbLzHHCpQhRfGbN5ltGdgBze3oRYlpihmgXXJQEGPb4QzBXwc_vSsgsl_AE_FlKmx9FVyvg&_hsmi=3027569...

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Mikko Franck & the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Sibelius Symphony Cycle, plus the Violin Concerto with Hilary Hahn, live in Paris during the week beginning April 8, 2024. https://www.radiofrance.fr/s3/cruiser-production-eu3/2024/04/53117ef0-cee5-477c-a357-af3be3fa81fa/560x315_sc_abramo...

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In a word: Delightful.

Ekaterina Derzhavina plays Haydn Variations, Pieces for Piano 2019 Profil

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ADUhG6vIDQg

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Noam Chomsky, one of the towering minds of the past century, is just as impressive in politics as he was in linguistics. His critical view of Israel, for instance, was prescient, given recent events. The hard Right doesn’t cotton to him because he has cleaned their clock so many times that they’ve l...

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Lubov Timofeyeva plays Haydn Complete Piano Sonatas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3yCFP79P7Gg

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Health costs and the extent and amount of coverage by a social safety net will vary depending on who you are, where you live, and what choices you make. Assuming you are not on Medicare (elderly) or Medicaid (indigent), the answer to your first question is “yes”, it will cost you. If you choose to r...

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I wasn’t commenting on the cartoon per se, I was taking issue with the xenohysteric hobbyhorse Belle rides about immigration, which is that immigrants are to a large extent freeloaders that don’t pay taxes, live on the dole and are a net drain on the public purse. Her words to that effect can be fou...

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At Least 6 Dead in Mall Stabbing That Horrifies Australians The attack, Australia’s deadliest in eight years, stunned a nation where mass violence is rare. A police officer shot the attacker, preventing worse carnage. New York Times April 13, 2024, 7:26 a.m. 37 minutes ago Victoria Kim, Yan Zhuang ...

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You have one enormous chip on your shoulder. It comes across in everything you post. Bitterness is a resilient trait. How about presenting some hard evidence that shows immigrants to the USA to be freeloaders? Until you do so, your inability to tolerate contradiction is just supersized self-puffery.

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It is fascinating to hear from the pseudo-libertarian Right on this healthcare issue. They are the offspring of the very gaggle that bitterly opposed Medicare in the twentieth century and then savaged Obama/Pelosicare in the twenty-first. They now presumptively proffer a fix for the real inequities ...

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O.J. Simpson, Athlete Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76 He ran to football fame on the field and made fortunes in movies. But his world was ruined after he was charged with killing his former wife and her friend. By Robert D. McFadden April 11, 2024, 10:53 a.m. ET O.J. Simpson, who ran to ...

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Associated Press Iowa governor signs bill that allows for arrest of some migrants It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. The law, which takes effect July 1...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:05 am
Our idiot … in Australia … NOW she want to do this????

Bigotry richly deserves a home of its own:

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