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by ex-khobar Andy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The Oscars
Replies: 12
Views: 176

Re: The Oscars

The only Oscar pics I saw this year - both on line streaming - were Oppenheimer and The Holdovers. Both were good - a friend recommended The Holdovers to me and Da'Vine Joy Randolph who won 'Best Supporting Actress' did an excellent job. I have long been interested in the Manhattan Project so I watc...
by ex-khobar Andy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Navalny. Just sayin'
Replies: 3
Views: 61

Re: Navalny. Just sayin'

Yes, life is complicated. Navalny years ago was most famous for being part of the anti-immigration movement in Russia - maybe MRGA in a red hat - but he is yet another example of two wrongs not making a right. Just as I am capable at the same time of saying Hamas' action on Oct 7 were reprehensible ...
by ex-khobar Andy
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The Judges Must Have Forgotten to Check Her Nether Regions....
Replies: 65
Views: 946

Re: The Judges Must Have Forgotten to Check Her Nether Regions....

And there is a can of epistemological worms - and on that subject, most worms are hermaphrodites.
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

From the Guardian's reporting: From the other side of the political spectrum, however, the gun control advocate Shannon Watts highlighted a darker side to Britt’s performance, as expressed in a particularly lurid passage. With wavering voice, the senator described meeting a migrant woman who she sai...
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

Katie Britt giving the response from her kitchen - the message was either "I can't be bothered to move my ass somewhere more appropriate" or "this is where I believe a woman's place to be, first, last and always." Or maybe it was a bit of both. I didn't know that she was on the short list to be Tru...
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:18 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

I'm financially better off than I was three years ago. I'm on SS which has gone up more or less with inflation. Gas is a very small part of my budget so it could double and I really would not care. My IRA rises pretty much with the stock market so it's doing well, thanks. I absolutely recognize that...
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:05 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

I'm watching the Republican response. Apparently the Mexican coyotes rape their victims. Yes, and I am not denying that and the horror of it. But exactly how does Biden's border policy (thwarted of course by Trump) affect that. And 'prices are through the roof' - yes there has been inflation but for...
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:35 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

I think he has done himself a world of good by this speech. He has done far, far more than beat low expectations.
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:26 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

Still looking good. I think he has the right balance talking about Gaza. Even Mike Johnson stood up and clapped, instead of just looking as if he wishes he were not there.
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:55 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

He's right about insulin. One of my heroes when I was young and growing up in Canada, was Frederick Banting the Canadian doctor who discovered the link between diabetes and insulin. He sold the patent to the University of Toronto for $1 because he knew how it would be a lifesaver. Those who make it ...
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:43 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

Biden is looking good. 30 minutes in he's had a couple of slight verbal misses but that's the way he has been for the last 40 years. Someone just shouted 'Liar!' or what sounded like it. I expect we will hear about it later.

Edited to correct a typo.
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:30 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

CNN have a slight disconnect of sound and picture. I'm guessing the picture is 0.1 seconds ahead of the sound. I don't know if that is CNN's fault or whether they have some joint feed.
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:24 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Re: Watching SOTU

God the Joint Chiefs look so young.
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:23 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Watching SOTU
Replies: 36
Views: 406

Watching SOTU

I wish they'd get rid of this inane procession up the aisle. Now, of course, with selfies at every juncture.
by ex-khobar Andy
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:25 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The Judges Must Have Forgotten to Check Her Nether Regions....
Replies: 65
Views: 946

Re: The Judges Must Have Forgotten to Check Her Nether Regions....

We evolved from fish. Fish are adept at changing their sex due to conditions, community needs etc. Some fish species change from M to F during their lives, some from F to M, and some go back and forth as the need arises. Most fish farming requires careful management of sex ratios by judicious applic...
by ex-khobar Andy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The Judges Must Have Forgotten to Check Her Nether Regions....
Replies: 65
Views: 946

Re: The Judges Must Have Forgotten to Check Her Nether Regions....

Many moons ago I was an oceanography post graduate student in Southampton, England. We had a research aquarium. The queen came to the university to open some new building or whatever and she was shown our aquarium as part of the visit. (I wasn't there - this was a year or two before my time.). One t...
by ex-khobar Andy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The Cat & The Guitar...
Replies: 2
Views: 94

Re: The Cat & The Guitar...

Not bad - but why does the scansion go to hell in the last line of stanza 2? Iambs all the way until then?
by ex-khobar Andy
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:15 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: salty cracker
Replies: 23
Views: 477

Re: salty cracker

MajGenl.Meade wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:31 pm
That's an odd question, wesw. What prompted it?
You're assuming some sort of rhyme to his reason, Meade. Rhyme left the building long ago and I don't think reason was ever there.
by ex-khobar Andy
Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:16 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Has a Moment of Clarity...
Replies: 9
Views: 293

Re: Trump Has a Moment of Clarity...

I always thought E.D. was his Electoral Disfunction. My mistake.
by ex-khobar Andy
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:08 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Happy Presidents' Day Who is your favorite?
Replies: 49
Views: 959

Re: Happy Presidents' Day Who is your favorite?

The head of State appoints the PM. HoS is currently the King but there are republican moves to get rid of the royals (I don't mean in an 'Up against the wall' sense) and replace the King with some sort of elected HoS like (say) Germany where Frank-Walter Steinmeier is President. Chancellor (Head of ...