hullabalooblog--2020-01-12--They can save the world by @BloggersRUs

They can save the world by @BloggersRUs

They can save the world by @ BloggersRUs They can save the world Climate activist Greta Thunberg , Time magazine @ @ @ @ @ Year has called on German industrial giant Siemens AG to reconsider supplying mining equipment a @ @ @ @ @ development by India 's Adani Power .
Thunberg 's demand is international news .
Thunberg @ @ @ @ @ government approved the coal project last year .
Today Australia is burning .
The fires @ @ @ @ @ insist , are driven by climate change driven , in turn , by burning fossil @ @

They can save the world
by Tom Sullivan
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year has called on German industrial giant Siemens AG to reconsider supplying mining equipment a new Australian coal mine under development by India's Adani Power. Thunberg's demand is international news. Thunberg is 17.
Australia's government approved the coal project last year. Today Australia is burning. The fires and drought, climate scientists insist, are driven by climate change driven, in turn, by burning fossil fuels.
It seems that @SiemensDE have the power to stop, delay or at least interrupt the building of the huge Adani coal mine in Australia. On Monday they will announce their decision. Please help pushing them to make the only right decision. #StopAdani — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 11, 2020
"If [Siemens] is honestly committed to fighting climate change and to Fridays for Future, they will respect my decision," she told the German DPA news agency.
How bad can the climate crisis get if Trump wins again? https://t.co/tMRIdqcakM — Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) January 12, 2020
Trump is still working to further weaken bedrock standards. This week he proposed to allow major projects like pipelines and highways to bypass reviews of how they will contribute to global warming. The draft rule is unlikely to become final before the November election, but it is yet another reason industries weighing climate choices might delay significant action.
“What they have done is created confusion within the business community and the environmental world as to what are going to be the standards,” said Christine Todd Whitman, who led the Environmental Protection Agency under the Republican president George W Bush. “Essentially every regulation the agency promulgates gets a lawsuit that goes with it, almost inevitably … that’s the only good thing you can say about it.”
Then came the decisions to leave the parks open to impacts during the unfortunate government shutdown, illegally misuse entrance fees, open park trails to e-bikes, suppress climate science, kill wolf pups and bear cubs in their dens to enhance “sport hunting”, privatize campgrounds, and issue muzzle memos to park managers. With a waiver of environmental laws, bulldozers are plowing ancient cacti in national parks along the southern border in order to build a wall. Senior career park managers are likely to be replaced with unqualified political hacks.
These are not random actions. This is a systematic dismantling of a beloved institution, like pulling blocks from a Jenga tower, until it collapses. You ask, why on earth would someone want to do that to the popular National Park Service, the subject of one of Ken Burns’ acclaimed documentaries and often called “America’s best idea”?
Because if you want to drill, mine and exploit the public estate for the benefit of the industry, the last thing you want is a popular and respected agency’s voice raising alarms on behalf of conservation and historic preservation.
The great dismantling of America's national parks is under way | Jonathan B Jarvis and Destry Jarvis https://t.co/GNC4AGkIrS — The Guardian (@guardian) January 10, 2020


hullabalooblog--2020-01-11--Just drifting: R.I.P. Buck Henry    By Dennis Hartley

Saturday Night at the Movies Just drifting : R.I.P .
Buck Henry By Dennis Hartley Benjamin : Well , I would say that I ’ m just drifting .
Here in the pool .
Mr. Braddock : Why ?
Benjamin : Well , it ’ s very comfortable just to drift here .
Mr. Braddock : Have you thought about graduate school ?
Benjamin : No .
Mr. Braddock : Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for ?
What was the point of all that hard work ?
Benjamin : You got me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Buck Henry and Caldar Willingham I was saddened to hear about the passing of Buck Henry a few days ago ; screenwriter extraordinaire , droll character actor , occasional director and samurai deli enthusiast .
He co-created the classic “ Get Smart ” TV series with Mel Brooks , and co-directed the well-received 1978 comedy-fantasy Heaven Can Wait ( a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan ) with the film ’ s producer/star/co-writer Warren Beatty ( Henry also had an acting part ) .
Depending on your age , you may be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Oh yeah…the bespectacled guy in all those SNL “ Samurai Deli ” sketches with Belushi back in the day.
” Regardless of your Buck Henry touchstone , know that he brought a lot of laughter to a lot of people…and that ’ s a good thing .
For me , I ’ ll always remember him for his acting work in films like The Man Who Fell to Earth , Gloria , Eating Raoul , Taking Off , Short Cuts , the Real Blonde , Defending Your Life , and The Player…even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parts , he had a knack for understated hilarity .
And of course , I ’ ll remember him for his writing .
Here are the Henry-penned films you need to see ( alphabetical order ) .
By Dennis HartleyBenjamin : Well , I would say that I ’ m just drifting .
Here in the pool.Mr .
Braddock : Why ?
Benjamin : Well , it ’ s very comfortable just to drift here.Mr .
Braddock : Have you thought about graduate school ?
Benjamin : No.Mr .
Braddock : Would you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years of college were for ?
What was the point of all that hard work ?
Benjamin : You got me.– from The Graduate , screenplay by Buck Henry and Caldar WillinghamI was saddened to hear about the passing of Buck Henry a few days ago ; screenwriter extraordinaire , droll character actor , occasional director and samurai deli enthusiast .
He co-created the classic “ Get Smart ” TV series with Mel Brooks , and co-directed the well-received 1978 comedy-fantasy Heaven Can Wait ( a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beatty ( Henry also had an acting part ) .Depending on your age , you may be thinking “ Buck who ?
” or “ Oh yeah…the bespectacled guy in all those SNL “ Samurai Deli ” sketches with Belushi back in the day.
” Regardless of your Buck Henry touchstone , know that he brought a lot of laughter to a lot of people…and that ’ s a good thing .
For me , I ’ ll always remember him for his acting work in films like The Man Who Fell to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taking Off , Short Cuts , the Real Blonde , Defending Your Life , and The Player…even if a lot of them were bit parts , he had a knack for understated hilarity .
And of course , I ’ ll remember him for his writing .
Here are the Henry-penned films you need to see ( alphabetical order ) .
Candy – As far as barely decipherable yet weirdly entertaining films go , you could do worse than Christian Marquand ’ s 1968 curio .
Henry adapted the script from the novel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What I can say with certainty is that there is a protagonist , and her name is Candy Christian .
( Ewa Aulin ) .
However , disseminating what this film is “ about ” remains in the eye of the beholder .
Semi-catatonic Candy whoopsie-daisies her way through vaguely connected vignettes awash in patchouli , bongs , beads and Nehru jackets , as a number of men philosophize , pontificate , and ( mostly ) paw at her .
Oddly compelling , largely thanks to the cast : Marlon Brando , Richard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Walter Matthau , Ringo Starr , John Astin , Anita Pallenberg , Sugar Ray Robinson ( don ’ t ask ) , and a host of others .
Henry has a cameo as a mental patient .
Interesting sidebar : Director Marquand ( also an actor ) appeared in Francis Ford Coppola ’ s Apocalypse Now .
His lengthy monologue in the “ French plantation ” scene originally ended up on the cutting room floor but was resurrected for the “ Redux ” and “ Final Cut ” versions that Coppola has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2000 .
Catch-22 -- – As far as barely decipherable yet weirdly entertaining films go , you could do worse than Christian Marquand ’ s 1968 curio .
Henry adapted the script from the novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg .
What I can say with certainty is that there is a protagonist , and her name is Candy Christian .
( Ewa Aulin ) .
However , disseminating what this film is “ about ” remains in the eye of the beholder .
Semi-catatonic Candy whoopsie-daisies her way through vaguely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , beads and Nehru jackets , as a number of men philosophize , pontificate , and ( mostly ) paw at her.Oddly compelling , largely thanks to the cast : Marlon Brando , Richard Burton , James Coburn , John Huston , Walter Matthau , Ringo Starr , John Astin , Anita Pallenberg , Sugar Ray Robinson ( don ’ t ask ) , and a host of others .
Henry has a cameo as a mental patient.Interesting sidebar : Director Marquand ( also an actor ) appeared in Francis Ford Coppola ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the “ French plantation ” scene originally ended up on the cutting room floor but was resurrected for the “ Redux ” and “ Final Cut ” versions that Coppola has assembled in recent years .
He died in 2000 .
Yossarian : Ok , let me see if I ’ ve got this straight .
In order to be grounded , I ’ ve got to be crazy .
And I must be crazy to keep flying .
But if I ask to be grounded , that means I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep flying .
Dr. ‘ Doc ’ Daneeka : You got it , that ’ s Catch-22 .
Yossarian : Whoo… That ’ s some catch , that Catch-22 .
Dr. ‘ Doc ’ Daneeka : It ’ s the best there is .
Anyone who has read and appreciated the beautifully precise absurdity of Joseph Heller ’ s eponymous 1961 novel about the ugly and imprecise madness of war knows it is virtually “ un-filmable ” .
And yet…Buck Henry did a pretty good job of condensing it into a two-hour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best exchanges in the film are those left virtually unchanged from the book ) .
Of course , it didn ’ t hurt to have a great director ( Mike Nichols ) and such a fabulous cast : Alan Arkin , Martin Balsalm , Richard Benjamin , Art Gafunkel , Jack Gilford , Bob Newhart , Anthony Perkins , Paula Prentiss , Martin Sheen , Jon Voight , Orson Welles , Charles Grodin , Bob Balaban , et .
al.
, with Henry playing the part of “ Colonel Korn ” .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age .
Day of the Dolphin – “ Fa loves Pa !
” This offbeat 1973 sci-fi film marked the third collaboration between Henry and director Mike Nichols .
Henry adapted from Robert Merle ’ s novel .
George C. Scott is excellent in the lead role as a marine biologist who has developed a method for training dolphins to communicate in human language .
Naturally , there is a shadowy cabal of government spooks who take keen interest in this scientific breakthrough .
Unique and involving .
I like to call this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( sorry ) .
– “ Fa loves Pa !
” This offbeat 1973 sci-fi film marked the third collaboration between Henry and director Mike Nichols .
Henry adapted from Robert Merle ’ s novel .
George C. Scott is excellent in the lead role as a marine biologist who has developed a method for training dolphins to communicate in human language .
Naturally , there is a shadowy cabal of government spooks who take keen interest in this scientific breakthrough .
Unique and involving .
I like to call this one a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
The Graduate – “ Aw gee , Mrs. Robinson.
” It could be argued that those were the four words in this 1967 Mike Nichols film that made Dustin Hoffman a star .
With hindsight being 20/20 , it ’ s impossible to imagine any other actor in the role of hapless college grad Benjamin Braddock…even if Hoffman ( 30 at the time ) was a bit long in the tooth to be playing a 21-year-old character .
Poor Benjamin just wants to take a nice summer breather before facing adult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather he focus on career advancement immediately , if not sooner .
Little do his parents realize that in their enthusiasm , they ’ ve inadvertently pushed their son right into the sack with randy Mrs. Robinson ( Anne Bancroft ) , wife of his Dad ’ s business partner ( the original cougar ? )
.
Things get complicated after Benjamin meets his lover ’ s daughter ( Katharine Ross ) .
– “ Aw gee , Mrs. Robinson.
” It could be argued that those were the four words in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hoffman a star .
With hindsight being 20/20 , it ’ s impossible to imagine any other actor in the role of hapless college grad Benjamin Braddock…even if Hoffman ( 30 at the time ) was a bit long in the tooth to be playing a 21-year-old character.Poor Benjamin just wants to take a nice summer breather before facing adult responsibilities , but his pushy parents would rather he focus on career advancement immediately , if not sooner .
Little do his parents realize that in their enthusiasm , they ’ ve inadvertently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with randy Mrs. Robinson ( Anne Bancroft ) , wife of his Dad ’ s business partner ( the original cougar ? )
.
Things get complicated after Benjamin meets his lover ’ s daughter ( Katharine Ross ) .
The Owl and the Pussycat – George Segal plays a reclusive , egghead NYC writer and Barbra Streisand is a perfect foil in one of her best comedic turns as a profane , boisterous hooker in this classic “ oil and water ” farce , directed by Herbert Ross .
Serendipity throws the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the resulting mayhem is crude , lewd , and funny as hell .
Buck Henry adapted his screenplay from Bill Manhoff ’ s original stage version .
Robert Klein is wonderfully droll in a small but memorable role .
My favorite line : “ Doris…you ’ re a sexual Disneyland !
” – George Segal plays a reclusive , egghead NYC writer and Barbra Streisand is a perfect foil in one of her best comedic turns as a profane , boisterous hooker in this classic “ oil and water ” farce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ throws the two odd bedfellows together one fateful evening , and the resulting mayhem is crude , lewd , and funny as hell .
Buck Henry adapted his screenplay from Bill Manhoff ’ s original stage version .
Robert Klein is wonderfully droll in a small but memorable role .
My favorite line : “ Doris…you ’ re a sexual Disneyland !
” What ’ s Up , Doc ?
– Peter Bogdanovich ’ s 1972 film is an entertaining love letter to classic screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s ( the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , with great use of San Francisco locations .
Ryan O ’ Neal and Barbara Streisand have wonderful chemistry as the romantic leads , who meet cute and become involved in a hotel mix-up of four identical suitcases that rapidly snowballs into a series of increasingly preposterous situations for all concerned ( as occurs in your typical screwball comedy ) .
Henry gets top billing on the script , co-written with David Newman and Robert Benton .
The cast includes Madeline Kahn , Kenneth Mars , Austin Pendleton and Michael Murphy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maynard ’ s true crime book about the Pamela Smart case ( the most obvious difference being that Smart was a teacher and not an aspiring media star , although it could be argued that during the course of her highly publicized trial , she did become one ) .
A barbed and darkly funny meditation on the cult of celebrity.– Peter Bogdanovich ’ s 1972 film is an entertaining love letter to classic screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s ( the most obvious influence is Bringing Up Baby ) , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ryan O ’ Neal and Barbara Streisand have wonderful chemistry as the romantic leads , who meet cute and become involved in a hotel mix-up of four identical suitcases that rapidly snowballs into a series of increasingly preposterous situations for all concerned ( as occurs in your typical screwball comedy ) .
Henry gets top billing on the script , co-written with David Newman and Robert Benton .
The cast includes Madeline Kahn , Kenneth Mars , Austin Pendleton and Michael Murphy .

Saturday Night at the Movies
Just drifting: R.I.P. Buck Henry
By Dennis Hartley
Benjamin: Well, I would say that I’m just drifting. Here in the pool.
Mr. Braddock: Why?
Benjamin: Well, it’s very comfortable just to drift here.
Mr. Braddock: Have you thought about graduate school?
Benjamin: No.
Mr. Braddock: Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?
Benjamin: You got me.
– from The Graduate, screenplay by Buck Henry and Caldar Willingham
I was saddened to hear about the passing of Buck Henry a few days ago; screenwriter extraordinaire, droll character actor, occasional director and samurai deli enthusiast. He co-created the classic “Get Smart” TV series with Mel Brooks, and co-directed the well-received 1978 comedy-fantasy Heaven Can Wait (a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan) with the film’s producer/star/co-writer Warren Beatty (Henry also had an acting part).
Depending on your age, you may be thinking “Buck who?” or “Oh yeah…the bespectacled guy in all those SNL “Samurai Deli” sketches with Belushi back in the day.” Regardless of your Buck Henry touchstone, know that he brought a lot of laughter to a lot of people…and that’s a good thing. For me, I’ll always remember him for his acting work in films like The Man Who Fell to Earth, Gloria, Eating Raoul, Taking Off, Short Cuts, the Real Blonde, Defending Your Life, and The Player…even if a lot of them were bit parts, he had a knack for understated hilarity. And of course, I’ll remember him for his writing. Here are the Henry-penned films you need to see (alphabetical order). By Dennis HartleyBenjamin: Well, I would say that I’m just drifting. Here in the pool.Mr. Braddock: Why?Benjamin: Well, it’s very comfortable just to drift here.Mr. Braddock: Have you thought about graduate school?Benjamin: No.Mr. Braddock: Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?Benjamin: You got me.– from The Graduate, screenplay by Buck Henry and Caldar WillinghamI was saddened to hear about the passing of Buck Henry a few days ago; screenwriter extraordinaire, droll character actor, occasional director and samurai deli enthusiast. He co-created the classic “Get Smart” TV series with Mel Brooks, and co-directed the well-received 1978 comedy-fantasy Heaven Can Wait (a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan) with the film’s producer/star/co-writer Warren Beatty (Henry also had an acting part).Depending on your age, you may be thinking “Buck who?” or “Oh yeah…the bespectacled guy in all those SNL “Samurai Deli” sketches with Belushi back in the day.” Regardless of your Buck Henry touchstone, know that he brought a lot of laughter to a lot of people…and that’s a good thing. For me, I’ll always remember him for his acting work in films like The Man Who Fell to Earth, Gloria, Eating Raoul, Taking Off, Short Cuts, the Real Blonde, Defending Your Life, and The Player…even if a lot of them were bit parts, he had a knack for understated hilarity. And of course, I’ll remember him for his writing. Here are the Henry-penned films you need to see (alphabetical order).
Candy – As far as barely decipherable yet weirdly entertaining films go, you could do worse than Christian Marquand’s 1968 curio. Henry adapted the script from the novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg. What I can say with certainty is that there is a protagonist, and her name is Candy Christian. (Ewa Aulin). However, disseminating what this film is “about” remains in the eye of the beholder. Semi-catatonic Candy whoopsie-daisies her way through vaguely connected vignettes awash in patchouli, bongs, beads and Nehru jackets, as a number of men philosophize, pontificate, and (mostly) paw at her.
Oddly compelling, largely thanks to the cast: Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau, Ringo Starr, John Astin, Anita Pallenberg, Sugar Ray Robinson (don’t ask), and a host of others. Henry has a cameo as a mental patient.
Interesting sidebar: Director Marquand (also an actor) appeared in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. His lengthy monologue in the “French plantation” scene originally ended up on the cutting room floor but was resurrected for the “Redux” and “Final Cut” versions that Coppola has assembled in recent years. He died in 2000.
Catch-22 -- – As far as barely decipherable yet weirdly entertaining films go, you could do worse than Christian Marquand’s 1968 curio. Henry adapted the script from the novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg. What I can say with certainty is that there is a protagonist, and her name is Candy Christian. (Ewa Aulin). However, disseminating what this film is “about” remains in the eye of the beholder. Semi-catatonic Candy whoopsie-daisies her way through vaguely connected vignettes awash in patchouli, bongs, beads and Nehru jackets, as a number of men philosophize, pontificate, and (mostly) paw at her.Oddly compelling, largely thanks to the cast: Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau, Ringo Starr, John Astin, Anita Pallenberg, Sugar Ray Robinson (don’t ask), and a host of others. Henry has a cameo as a mental patient.Interesting sidebar: Director Marquand (also an actor) appeared in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. His lengthy monologue in the “French plantation” scene originally ended up on the cutting room floor but was resurrected for the “Redux” and “Final Cut” versions that Coppola has assembled in recent years. He died in 2000.
Yossarian: Ok, let me see if I’ve got this straight. In order to be grounded, I’ve got to be crazy. And I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means I’m not crazy anymore, and I have to keep flying.
Dr. ‘Doc’ Daneeka: You got it, that’s Catch-22.
Yossarian: Whoo… That’s some catch, that Catch-22.
Dr. ‘Doc’ Daneeka: It’s the best there is.
Anyone who has read and appreciated the beautifully precise absurdity of Joseph Heller’s eponymous 1961 novel about the ugly and imprecise madness of war knows it is virtually “un-filmable”. And yet…Buck Henry did a pretty good job of condensing it into a two-hour screenplay (although arguably some of the best exchanges in the film are those left virtually unchanged from the book). Of course, it didn’t hurt to have a great director (Mike Nichols) and such a fabulous cast: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsalm, Richard Benjamin, Art Gafunkel, Jack Gilford, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Charles Grodin, Bob Balaban, et. al., with Henry playing the part of “Colonel Korn”. I think this 50-year-old film has improved with age.
Day of the Dolphin – “Fa loves Pa!” This offbeat 1973 sci-fi film marked the third collaboration between Henry and director Mike Nichols. Henry adapted from Robert Merle’s novel. George C. Scott is excellent in the lead role as a marine biologist who has developed a method for training dolphins to communicate in human language. Naturally, there is a shadowy cabal of government spooks who take keen interest in this scientific breakthrough. Unique and involving. I like to call this one a conspira‘sea’ thriller (sorry).
– “Fa loves Pa!” This offbeat 1973 sci-fi film marked the third collaboration between Henry and director Mike Nichols. Henry adapted from Robert Merle’s novel. George C. Scott is excellent in the lead role as a marine biologist who has developed a method for training dolphins to communicate in human language. Naturally, there is a shadowy cabal of government spooks who take keen interest in this scientific breakthrough. Unique and involving. I like to call this one a conspira‘sea’ thriller (sorry).
The Graduate – “Aw gee, Mrs. Robinson.” It could be argued that those were the four words in this 1967 Mike Nichols film that made Dustin Hoffman a star. With hindsight being 20/20, it’s impossible to imagine any other actor in the role of hapless college grad Benjamin Braddock…even if Hoffman (30 at the time) was a bit long in the tooth to be playing a 21-year-old character.
Poor Benjamin just wants to take a nice summer breather before facing adult responsibilities, but his pushy parents would rather he focus on career advancement immediately, if not sooner. Little do his parents realize that in their enthusiasm, they’ve inadvertently pushed their son right into the sack with randy Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), wife of his Dad’s business partner (the original cougar?). Things get complicated after Benjamin meets his lover’s daughter (Katharine Ross).
– “Aw gee, Mrs. Robinson.” It could be argued that those were the four words in this 1967 Mike Nichols film that made Dustin Hoffman a star. With hindsight being 20/20, it’s impossible to imagine any other actor in the role of hapless college grad Benjamin Braddock…even if Hoffman (30 at the time) was a bit long in the tooth to be playing a 21-year-old character.Poor Benjamin just wants to take a nice summer breather before facing adult responsibilities, but his pushy parents would rather he focus on career advancement immediately, if not sooner. Little do his parents realize that in their enthusiasm, they’ve inadvertently pushed their son right into the sack with randy Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), wife of his Dad’s business partner (the original cougar?). Things get complicated after Benjamin meets his lover’s daughter (Katharine Ross).
The Owl and the Pussycat – George Segal plays a reclusive, egghead NYC writer and Barbra Streisand is a perfect foil in one of her best comedic turns as a profane, boisterous hooker in this classic “oil and water” farce, directed by Herbert Ross. Serendipity throws the two odd bedfellows together one fateful evening, and the resulting mayhem is crude, lewd, and funny as hell. Buck Henry adapted his screenplay from Bill Manhoff’s original stage version. Robert Klein is wonderfully droll in a small but memorable role. My favorite line: “Doris…you’re a sexual Disneyland!”
– George Segal plays a reclusive, egghead NYC writer and Barbra Streisand is a perfect foil in one of her best comedic turns as a profane, boisterous hooker in this classic “oil and water” farce, directed by Herbert Ross. Serendipity throws the two odd bedfellows together one fateful evening, and the resulting mayhem is crude, lewd, and funny as hell. Buck Henry adapted his screenplay from Bill Manhoff’s original stage version. Robert Klein is wonderfully droll in a small but memorable role. My favorite line: “Doris…you’re a sexual Disneyland!”


hullabalooblog--2020-01-11--It looks like he wants to take Iraq's oil money

Here ’ s a preposterously spray-tanned President of the United States bragging about war crimes on TV tonight .
This @ @ @ @ @

Here’s a preposterously spray-tanned President of the United States bragging about war crimes on TV tonight. This is normal now. pic.twitter.com/jDYeNzYLeW


Better be careful Dougie .
You have competition for the seat from the right and from the left .

Uh oh:
Better be careful Dougie. You have competition for the seat from the right and from the left.


hullabalooblog--2020-01-11--Let's not forget who worked with Suleimani's IRGC

The IRGC air force shot down the Ukrainian airliner.The IRGC air force is THE entity that Ivanka and the Trump @ @ @ @ @ laundering and other illicit acts.It 's all fact-checked and acknowledged by the Trump Org .
@ @ @

The IRGC air force shot down the Ukrainian airliner.The IRGC air force is THE entity that Ivanka and the Trump Org knowingly aided in money laundering and other illicit acts.It's all fact-checked and acknowledged by the Trump Org. https://t.co/i5fLaIxhiO


hullabalooblog--2020-01-11--You can't win if you don't show up to play by @BloggersRUs

You ca n't win if you do n't show up to play by @ BloggersRUs You ca n't win if you do n't show up to play Troublesome Gap is not just a place uphill from our farmhouse .
It 's the hole in Democrats ' grassroots training .
Candidates and campaign staff ?
There are multi-day seminars for them .
At the precinct-level ?
State parties each year run new recruits through basic training : precinct organizing , canvassing , pulling lists from the voter file .
Fine .
But now you 've volunteered to run the county committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mi.
, 193,000 registered voters , with 2-1/2 weeks of early voting at 20 sites , 80 precincts on Election Day this fall , and maybe three dozen Democrats on the ballot .
As chair , what is your job ?
Ask precincts to organize harder ?
After For The Win rolled out in 2018 , a woman emailed to say she 'd never gotten off her couch before Donald Trump 's election .
A year later , she was party chair in a red county in a purple state and faced with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The people she replaced left her with nothing .
Her district chair was incommunicado .
The state party would n't return her calls .
I was the first person from the Democratic Party to offer her help to do her job .
That fall , I asked the former mayor of a major American city why so many Democratic committees across his state could not muster so much as a free Facebook page .
Oh , they have them , the mayor said , brushing away the question .
The aide standing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shook his head , no .
There 's that troublesome gap .
Democrats out there have no `` game . ''
Other than learning by the seat of your pants over multiple election cycles , there is no training on how to coordinate GOTV efforts across an entire county .
Well , almost none .
Gov .
Howard Dean hoped to address that gap with his 50-state plan .
“ We ’ re going to be in places where the Democratic Party hasn ’ t been in 25 years .
If you don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the country , you don ’ t win , and that ’ s not going to happen anymore , ” Dean , then DNC chair , told the New York Times .
He meant to grow the party out of the boom-and-bust adolescence of presidential years and maybe build some enduring infrastructure .
His plan did not survive Barack Obama 's election .
Democrats lose in places they have n't been in ( now well over ) 25 years because training county leadership how to elect a full slate of local officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become federal officials ... is in no one 's mission statement and no one 's budget .
National Democrats put money behind federal candidates .
Candidates put theirs behind themselves .
For state parties with limited bandwidth and budget , it 's all they can do to manage precinct training .
County activists outside major cities must fend for themselves with minimal resources .
They do n't know what they do n't know , and it 's not their fault .
`` You ca n't be it if you do n't see it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nation last summer in Philadelphia .
Out where the big campaigns do n't go , locals never see how it 's done .
So , I 'm showing them .
For The Win ( 3rd Ed . )
is now on its way to as many county committees as have any digital footprint .
There are roughly 3,200 counties or county equivalents in the 50 states , the territories , and the District .
It 's not a large market , and an under-resourced one .
That 's why For The Win is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) From planning to poll greeting , sample ballots to rides to the polls , the primer is field-tested to help even the smallest counties assemble a high-energy GOTV program with little money and limited computer skills .
Because that 's where most county committees are .
No strategy , no messaging , no targeting .
This is not a manual .
It 's a cookbook .
After them , I contact district and statewide candidates in key states .
They have a vested interest in getting themselves elected .
They need ground @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with county committees .
This is a census year .
State legislatures are at stake and U.S. Senate seats .
Texas and Wisconsin will get special attention .
Activists in Idaho wrote after 2018 to say they won two state legislative seats Democrats had never held .
`` Your book inspired us to get started in 2018 ... best Dem turnout in a decade , '' said someone on my digital tools webinar on Sunday .
An activist in southeast Alaska wrote to ask about the update .
There are many more users @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep going .
For recipients reluctant to click a download link from someone they do n't know ( I would n't ) , this cycle I 've launched a website where they can request the guide .
You ca n't win if you do n't show up to play .
You ca n't compete if you do n't have game .
* * * * * * * * * For The Win , 3rd Edition is ready for download .
Request a copy of my free countywide election mechanics guide at ForTheWin.us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

You can't win if you don't show up to play
by Tom Sullivan
Troublesome Gap is not just a place uphill from our farmhouse. It's the hole in Democrats' grassroots training. Candidates and campaign staff? There are multi-day seminars for them. At the precinct-level? State parties each year run new recruits through basic training: precinct organizing, canvassing, pulling lists from the voter file.
Fine. But now you've volunteered to run the county committee. My county is 660 sq. mi., 193,000 registered voters, with 2-1/2 weeks of early voting at 20 sites, 80 precincts on Election Day this fall, and maybe three dozen Democrats on the ballot. As chair, what is your job? Ask precincts to organize harder?
After For The Win rolled out in 2018, a woman emailed to say she'd never gotten off her couch before Donald Trump's election. A year later, she was party chair in a red county in a purple state and faced with organizing her first get-out-the-vote effort ... ever. The people she replaced left her with nothing. Her district chair was incommunicado. The state party wouldn't return her calls. I was the first person from the Democratic Party to offer her help to do her job.
That fall, I asked the former mayor of a major American city why so many Democratic committees across his state could not muster so much as a free Facebook page. Oh, they have them, the mayor said, brushing away the question. The aide standing off his shoulder lowered his eyes and shook his head, no.
There's that troublesome gap. Democrats out there have no "game." Other than learning by the seat of your pants over multiple election cycles, there is no training on how to coordinate GOTV efforts across an entire county. Well, almost none.
Gov. Howard Dean hoped to address that gap with his 50-state plan.
“We’re going to be in places where the Democratic Party hasn’t been in 25 years. If you don’t show up in 60 percent of the country, you don’t win, and that’s not going to happen anymore,” Dean, then DNC chair, told the New York Times. He meant to grow the party out of the boom-and-bust adolescence of presidential years and maybe build some enduring infrastructure. His plan did not survive Barack Obama's election.
Democrats lose in places they haven't been in (now well over) 25 years because training county leadership how to elect a full slate of local officials ... who become state officials ... who become federal officials ... is in no one's mission statement and no one's budget. National Democrats put money behind federal candidates. Candidates put theirs behind themselves. For state parties with limited bandwidth and budget, it's all they can do to manage precinct training.
County activists outside major cities must fend for themselves with minimal resources. They don't know what they don't know, and it's not their fault. "You can't be it if you don't see it," a community organizer told Netroots Nation last summer in Philadelphia. Out where the big campaigns don't go, locals never see how it's done. So, I'm showing them.
For The Win (3rd Ed.) is now on its way to as many county committees as have any digital footprint. There are roughly 3,200 counties or county equivalents in the 50 states, the territories, and the District. It's not a large market, and an under-resourced one. That's why For The Win is free. (I accept donations.) From planning to poll greeting, sample ballots to rides to the polls, the primer is field-tested to help even the smallest counties assemble a high-energy GOTV program with little money and limited computer skills. Because that's where most county committees are. No strategy, no messaging, no targeting. This is not a manual. It's a cookbook.
After them, I contact district and statewide candidates in key states. They have a vested interest in getting themselves elected. They need ground support and have leverage I don't with county committees. This is a census year. State legislatures are at stake and U.S. Senate seats. Texas and Wisconsin will get special attention.
Activists in Idaho wrote after 2018 to say they won two state legislative seats Democrats had never held. "Your book inspired us to get started in 2018 ... best Dem turnout in a decade," said someone on my digital tools webinar on Sunday. An activist in southeast Alaska wrote to ask about the update. There are many more users in Florida. It's enough to keep going.
For recipients reluctant to click a download link from someone they don't know (I wouldn't), this cycle I've launched a website where they can request the guide.
You can't win if you don't show up to play. You can't compete if you don't have game.
* * * * * * * * *
For The Win, 3rd Edition is ready for download. Request a copy of my free countywide election mechanics guide at ForTheWin.us. This is what winning looks like.


hullabalooblog--2020-01-10--I'm just going to leave this here.

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I 'm just going to leave this here .
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hullabalooblog--2020-01-10--Fine. We'll do it ourselves. by @BloggersRUs

Fine .
We 'll do it ourselves .
by @ BloggersRUs Fine .
We 'll do it ourselves .
Why @ @ @ @ @ own group health plan ?
my spouse has asked for years .
Party members constitute @ @ @ @ @ voters , after all — close to 50 million people .
California Gov .
Gavin @ @ @ @ @ similar for 12 percent of the nation 's population and the world 's fifth largest @ @

Fine. We'll do it ourselves.
by Tom Sullivan
Why don't Democrats create their own group health plan? my spouse has asked for years. Party members constitute over 30 percent of registered voters, after all — close to 50 million people. California Gov. Gavin Newsome today will propose something similar for 12 percent of the nation's population and the world's fifth largest economy:
SACRAMENTO — California would become the first state to sell its own brand of generic prescription drugs in an effort to drive down rising healthcare costs under a proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to unveil in his new state budget Friday.
A broad overview of the ambitious but still conceptual plan provided by Newsom’s office says the state could contract with one or more generic drugmakers to manufacture certain prescriptions under the state’s own label. Those drugs would be available to all Californians for purchase, presumably at a lower cost. The governor’s office said the proposal would increase competition in the generic drug market, which in turn would lower prices for everyone.
[...]
“A trip to the doctor’s office, pharmacy or hospital shouldn’t cost a month’s pay,” Newsom said in a statement. “The cost of healthcare is just too damn high, and California is fighting back.”
Assemblyman Devon Mathis, R-Visalia, called Newsom’s prescription drug plans “unrealistic,” and criticized the governor for not saying how he would pay for them. Pharmaceutical policy at the scale Newsom is proposing should be tackled by the federal government, not California, Mathis said.
“The governor needs to stay in his lane and focus on the crises at hand,” Mathis said.
Drug costs have become a persistent and increasing worry, both nationally and in California. Six in 10 Americans take a prescription and 79% say the cost is unreasonable, according to a recent survey by Kaiser Family Foundation.
And prices can affect whether people take their pills. The same Kaiser survey found three in 10 Americans reported not taking their medicine as prescribed due to the cost of the prescription.
Governmentally, health care also consumes a sizable portion of the state budget. California’s Medicaid program for the poor, known as Medi-Cal, now tops $100 billion a year in state and federal spending.
[...]
In 2016, drug companies spent more than $100 million to stop a ballot measure that would have barred the state from paying more for prescription drugs than the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which pays the nation’s lowest prices.


hullabalooblog--2020-01-09--One of Trump's war criminals wants the Distinguished Service Cross

Trump pardoned Goldsteyn before he even went to trial and I will be surprised if he stays out of this @ @ @ @ @ stayed out of the Gallagher decision .
He knows him personally :

Trump pardoned Goldsteyn before he even went to trial and I will be surprised if he stays out of this decision any more than he stayed out of the Gallagher decision. He knows him personally:


Dear Leader dispatch

`` The joint is hoppin ' .
There is sunshine on almost every face and our president is at the @ @ @ @ @ '' You simply HAVE TO WATCH this edition of Dear Leader Watch .
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"The joint is hoppin'. There is sunshine on almost every face and our president is at the top of his game." You simply HAVE TO WATCH this edition of Dear Leader Watch. pic.twitter.com/LZm8h1vnA4


hullabalooblog--2020-01-09--Wanting peace is now disgraceful? WWJD?

Wanting peace is now disgraceful? WWJD?

Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she ’ s “ stricken with PTSD ” because of recent events in the Middle East.This @ @ @ @ @ to our nation ’ s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life @ @ @ @ @ America safe .
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Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s “stricken with PTSD” because of recent events in the Middle East.This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe. pic.twitter.com/twhZDuUDu0


hullabalooblog--2020-01-09--Stop me before I vote Libertarian again by @BloggersRUs

Stop me before I vote Libertarian again by @ BloggersRUs Stop me before I vote Libertarian again Image by DonkeyHotey via Flickr ( CC BY 2.0 ) With under a month to go before the Iowa caucuses , polling shows Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Pete Buttigieg tied with former Vice President Joe Biden .
Sanders tops Biden as the first choice among likely Democratic voters in Iowa and New Hampshire .
Polled on voters ' enthusiasm for their favorites , Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren top the list .
Biden comes in fourth behind Buttigieg .
Sheila Bair is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 2006 to 2011 , appointed by George W. Bush .
She sits on the boards of several domestic and international financial firms , says her Washington Post bio .
She was advisor to then-Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole from 1981 to 1988 and a founding board member of the Volcker Alliance .
Please , oh please , Democrats , she writes ( not in those words , exactly ) , wo n't you give people like me a presidential candidate who is less , um , Bernie Sanders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking office , she complains , part of a 40-year `` downward spiral '' in the qualifications of presidential candidates .
His presidency is the result of `` negative voting '' by Americans wanting to punish the professionals and turned off by `` highly pedigreed '' Hillary Clinton 's `` perceived elitism and disinterest in the working class . ''
Bair derates Buttigieg for his youth , inexperience , and support among `` moneyed interests who profit from the current system , '' writing :

Stop me before I vote Libertarian again
by Tom Sullivan
Image by DonkeyHotey via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
With under a month to go before the Iowa caucuses, polling shows Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Pete Buttigieg tied with former Vice President Joe Biden. Sanders tops Biden as the first choice among likely Democratic voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. Polled on voters' enthusiasm for their favorites, Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren top the list. Biden comes in fourth behind Buttigieg.
Sheila Bair is worried.
Bair was chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 2006 to 2011, appointed by George W. Bush. She sits on the boards of several domestic and international financial firms, says her Washington Post bio. She was advisor to then-Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole from 1981 to 1988 and a founding board member of the Volcker Alliance.
Please, oh please, Democrats, she writes (not in those words, exactly), won't you give people like me a presidential candidate who is less, um, Bernie Sanders?
Donald Trump had zero experience before taking office, she complains, part of a 40-year "downward spiral" in the qualifications of presidential candidates. His presidency is the result of "negative voting" by Americans wanting to punish the professionals and turned off by "highly pedigreed" Hillary Clinton's "perceived elitism and disinterest in the working class."
Bair derates Buttigieg for his youth, inexperience, and support among "moneyed interests who profit from the current system," writing:
I am a Republican who has never voted for a Democrat in a presidential election. But I share Democrats’ concern that our system is rigged to favor the wealthy and powerful over working families. I am tired of a loophole-ridden tax code that advantages investors over workers. I am tired of spending trillions in taxpayer money on health care and education only to see private profiteering of those programs as consumer costs continue to escalate. I regret to admit that I also voted negative in 2016, casting a protest vote for the Libertarian Party ticket because I didn’t think Clinton or Trump was really committed to change. I would prefer not to do so again.
I'm a Pat Boone fan, but I really hope Captain Beefheart's next album is something I can play at my church's ice cream social! https://t.co/Wdpla7Gmff — Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) January 9, 2020
“For everybody else in the field, it’s a problem if Sanders wins the first two,” Jeff Link, a longtime Democratic pollster in Iowa, told The Daily Beast. “He’s going to have a head of steam going into Nevada and South Carolina and Super Tuesday.”
[...]
“No one is really showing their volunteer armies yet,” Sean Bagniewski, chairman of the Polk County Democrats in Des Moines, said. “It might shock the hell out of us.”


hullabalooblog--2020-01-08--On people ... and light by Dennis Hartley @denofcinema5

On people ... and light by Dennis Hartley @ denofcinema5 Note : Kermet Apio is a Seattle-based comedian with whom I had the pleasure of working with in my stand-up days .
Not unlike foreign correspondents , road comics get a firsthand take as to what ’ s happening “ on the ground ” anywhere their job takes them .
Kermet shared some thoughts regarding the current situation between the U.S. and Iran in a Facebook post today .
With his permission , I am re-publishing it here .
-Dennis Hartley By Kermet Apio by Dennis HartleyNote : Kermet Apio @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had the pleasure of working with in my stand-up days .
Not unlike foreign correspondents , road comics get a firsthand take as to what ’ s happening “ on the ground ” anywhere their job takes them .
Kermet shared some thoughts regarding the current situation between the U.S. and Iran in a Facebook post today .
With his permission , I am re-publishing it here .
-Dennis HartleyBy Kermet Apio I have been incredibly lucky to have performed in the Middle East twice in the last few years .
Travel cuts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When you spend time with people and learn about their culture , their history , their foods , and their joys , THEY become your definition of that country .
You shake your head at the propaganda because you saw with your own eyes human beings who were kind , funny , welcoming , and love their families and friends .
Bombs don ’ t fall on a map .
They fall on people .
For one brief moment I ask you to look beyond the justifications and the talking points .
Think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and those that will survive with the pain of loss .
I relate more to the everyday people I ’ ve met around the world than the people running my country right now .
The war mongers and profiteers don ’ t want you to see people , they want you to see darkness .
I am hoping we see people and light because that is what ’ s really there .
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On people ... and light: a guest post
Note: Kermet Apio is a Seattle-based comedian with whom I had the pleasure of working with in my stand-up days. Not unlike foreign correspondents, road comics get a firsthand take as to what’s happening “on the ground” anywhere their job takes them. Kermet shared some thoughts regarding the current situation between the U.S. and Iran in a Facebook post today. With his permission, I am re-publishing it here. -Dennis Hartley
By Kermet Apio by Dennis HartleyNote: Kermet Apio is a Seattle-based comedian with whom I had the pleasure of working with in my stand-up days. Not unlike foreign correspondents, road comics get a firsthand take as to what’s happening “on the ground” anywhere their job takes them. Kermet shared some thoughts regarding the current situation between the U.S. and Iran in a Facebook post today. With his permission, I am re-publishing it here. -Dennis HartleyBy Kermet Apio
I have been incredibly lucky to have performed in the Middle East twice in the last few years. Travel cuts through all the media sound bites. When you spend time with people and learn about their culture, their history, their foods, and their joys, THEY become your definition of that country. You shake your head at the propaganda because you saw with your own eyes human beings who were kind, funny, welcoming, and love their families and friends.
Bombs don’t fall on a map. They fall on people. For one brief moment I ask you to look beyond the justifications and the talking points. Think about those that will lose their lives and those that will survive with the pain of loss.
I relate more to the everyday people I’ve met around the world than the people running my country right now. The war mongers and profiteers don’t want you to see people, they want you to see darkness. I am hoping we see people and light because that is what’s really there.
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About that briefing

I just left the administration 's briefing on the strike that killed Qasem Soleimani .
They tried , unsuccessfully , @ @ @ @ @ for the president 's reckless decision .
It was sophomoric and utterly unconvincing .
I @ @ @ @ @ than when I went in .
Just asked Graham about the criticism from Paul and @ @ @ @ @ “ I think they ’ re overreacting .
I ’ m going to let people @ @ @ @ @ with the war powers act , which I think is unconstitutional , is that whether @ @ @ @ @ , you ’ re empowering the enemy ” pic.twitter.com/pnlISwkORb

I just left the administration's briefing on the strike that killed Qasem Soleimani. They tried, unsuccessfully, to conjure up a rationale for the president's reckless decision. It was sophomoric and utterly unconvincing. I left the room more troubled than when I went in.
Just asked Graham about the criticism from Paul and Lee over Iran briefing. “I think they’re overreacting. I’m going to let people know ..to play this game with the war powers act, which I think is unconstitutional, is that whether you mean to or not, you’re empowering the enemy” pic.twitter.com/pnlISwkORb


hullabalooblog--2020-01-07--We're doomed by @BloggersRUs

We're doomed by @BloggersRUs

So what if 2001 arrived 20 years late ?
Take a stress pill .
Techie Re-Animators are reviving dead musical acts via hologram .
`` Part concert , part technology-driven spectacle , '' reports Mark Binelli for New York Times Magazine .
Peter Shapiro , 47 , owns the Capitol Theater in Port Chester , N.Y. , an hour north of Manhattan .
He produced the five concerts of the Grateful Dead ’ s 50th-anniversary “ Fare Thee Well ” tour .
The show grossed over $ 50 million in 2015 .
Last April , the start-up Eyellusion brought a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ venue .
Zappa died in 1993 : “ But here ’ s the headline , ” Shapiro went on .
“ Look at who ’ s gone , just in the last couple of years : Bowie , Prince , Petty .
Now look who ’ s still going but who ’ s not going to be here in 10 years , probably , at least not touring : the Stones , the Who , the Eagles , Aerosmith , Billy Joel , Elton John , McCartney , Springsteen .
That is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the live-music touring business .
Yes , there ’ s Taylor Swift , there ’ s Ariana Grande .
But the base is these guys.
” The Zappa-rition itself had a kind of Weekend at Bernie ’ s aspect , Binelli writes , `` making me hyperaware of the sunglasses covering the lifeless eyes of the corpse propped up between living people ( in this case , a hot backing band composed predominantly of musicians who had toured with Zappa over the years ) . ''
The projection was a shade brighter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , `` like a ghost struggling to fully materialize . ''
Farther west this morning , the FAA still has not answered who or what is in control of swarms of drones spotted flying night formations over Colorado and Nebraska since late December .
The Denver Post reports : A newly formed task force is on the hunt for a “ command vehicle ” that might be controlling the mysterious clusters of drones that witnesses say have been flying grid patterns in northeast Colorado and western Nebraska most nights for several weeks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ closed box trailer with antennas or a large van , ” the Phillips County Sheriff ’ s Office said in a statement Monday , hours after about 75 people from a variety of state , local and federal agencies met in Brush to discuss the ongoing situation .
[ ... ] Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration , the FBI , the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations , the U.S. Army , the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management , and a wide variety of local law enforcement agencies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday ’ s meeting , Yowell said .
Estimated to have 6-foot wingspans , the drones are spooking not just local residents .
Authorities in attendance at the meeting spilled out into the hallway .
An assortment of private and federal agencies denies the drones are theirs .
Then again , governments lie in times of war , except , perhaps , when it comes to assassinating foreigners remotely via computer .
If these stories echo 2001 : A Space Odyssey , it is not as if humans had not already handed control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soulless , homicidal animatronic .
Before that , they 'd handed their personal information to soulless computers in private hands .
They 'd allowed governments to track their movements with cute phone apps and identify them on the streets with ubiquitous cameras and facial recognition software .
Perhaps not even swarms of voters under 45 can save us now and this is just `` A Taste of Armageddon . ''

We're doomed
by Tom Sullivan
So what if 2001 arrived 20 years late? Take a stress pill.
Techie Re-Animators are reviving dead musical acts via hologram. "Part concert, part technology-driven spectacle," reports Mark Binelli for New York Times Magazine.
Peter Shapiro, 47, owns the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y., an hour north of Manhattan. He produced the five concerts of the Grateful Dead’s 50th-anniversary “Fare Thee Well” tour. The show grossed over $50 million in 2015. Last April, the start-up Eyellusion brought a holographic Frank Zappa show to Shapiro's venue. Zappa died in 1993:
“But here’s the headline,” Shapiro went on. “Look at who’s gone, just in the last couple of years: Bowie, Prince, Petty. Now look who’s still going but who’s not going to be here in 10 years, probably, at least not touring: the Stones, the Who, the Eagles, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Elton John, McCartney, Springsteen. That is the base not just of classic rock but of the live-music touring business. Yes, there’s Taylor Swift, there’s Ariana Grande. But the base is these guys.”
A newly formed task force is on the hunt for a “command vehicle” that might be controlling the mysterious clusters of drones that witnesses say have been flying grid patterns in northeast Colorado and western Nebraska most nights for several weeks.
The command vehicle could be a “closed box trailer with antennas or a large van,” the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Monday, hours after about 75 people from a variety of state, local and federal agencies met in Brush to discuss the ongoing situation.
[...]
Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, the FBI, the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the U.S. Army, the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and a wide variety of local law enforcement agencies stretching from Nebraska to Colorado Springs attended Monday’s meeting, Yowell said.


hullabalooblog--2020-01-06--Trump's new sycophant doing his bidding

Trump's new sycophant doing his bidding

Trump 's new sycophant doing his bidding According to Bloomberg news , Trump 's new national security adviser , Rbert C. O'Brien , a man who was corporate lawyer in California before he was called up to the majors a couple of months ago , is a nice yes man who has Trump 's confidence .
Why ?
Well he tells him what he wants to hear , never argues and : Trump also regarded O ’ Brien as a handsome , clean-cut Mormon in nice suits , looking the part of a savvy foreign-policy hand .
Honestly , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he argued with him half as much as he hated the mustache .
He really hates mustaches .
He is Trump 's new companion pony , so important that Trump wanted him by his side every moment during the decision-making process at Mar-a-lago .
He 's not a good influence : Rather than trying to restrain Trump from riskier decisions , O ’ Brien has instead enabled big swings -- like the president ’ s decision in October to abruptly withdraw U.S. troops from Kurdish-held territory in Syria , the military raid that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the Soleimani killing .
In meetings on all three situations , O ’ Brien offered pros and cons , but ultimately agreed with the courses of action and didn ’ t dissent , according to two people familiar with the discussions .
The new national security adviser is close to Pompeo , unlike Bolton .
O ’ Brien is also friends with Bolton , though the two haven ’ t spoken since O ’ Brien assumed his current job , according to people familiar with the matter .
O ’ Brien ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ balm for Trump , who aides say has been cheered by their conversations on some of his gloomiest days .
But some aides are concerned that the president may not be well served by O ’ Brien ’ s accommodating approach .
Those concerns have been amplified as Trump has replaced other top advisers with loyalists seen as unlikely to challenge his thinking .
Yeah : Honestly , I do n't think trump hated Bolton because he argued with him half as much as he hated the mustache .
He really hates mustaches.He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so important that Trump wanted him by his side every moment during the decision-making process at Mar-a-lago .
He 's not a good influence : Yeah : The moment we all feared is likely upon us .
An unstable President in way over his head , panicking , with all his experienced advisers having quit , and only the sycophantic amateurs remaining .
Assassinating foreign leaders , announcing plans to bomb civilians .
A nightmare .
— Chris Murphy ( @ ChrisMurphyCT ) January 5 , 2020 Lindsey Graham told Trump he needs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
O'Brien talk is even more Trumpian terms : Trump ’ s critics say O ’ Brien is helping cement a transactional foreign policy in which quick U.S. “ wins ” are the priority , regardless of long-term strategy and positioning .
O ’ Brien has difficulty keeping to his schedule and at times -- perhaps to keep the president mollified -- has asked seemingly misplaced questions at briefings , according to two people familiar with the matter .
O ’ Brien told aides on Monday that he wants to stack up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his staff should look for ways to achieve decisive action for the U.S. His allies say , `` he ’ s learning on the job , and argue that the president deserves a top foreign policy adviser who shares his worldview and approach . ''
Great .
Apparently he was a hostage negotiator who advised Romney and Ted Cruz on foreign policy so he is n't a total novice .
But this is a very , very big job in a chaotic administration .
And he is a bootlicker which means Trump will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think we 've already seen how that 's going down .
Oh , and O'Brien is also `` working '' on Venezuela .
Maybe we really will end up with WWIII -- or , at least , two hot wars on two different continents .
What could go wrong ?
.
Lindsey Graham told Trump he needs to put `` points on the board . ''
O'Brien talk is even more Trumpian terms : His allies say , `` he ’ s learning on the job , and argue that the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shares his worldview and approach. ''
Great .
Apparently he was a hostage negotiator who advised Romney and Ted Cruz on foreign policy so he is n't a total novice .
But this is a very , very big job in a chaotic administration .
And he is a bootlicker which means Trump will be enabled to do his worst .
I think we 've already seen how that 's going down.Oh , and O'Brien is also `` working '' on Venezuela .
Maybe we really will end up with WWIII -- or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on two different continents .
What could go wrong ?

Honestly, I don't think trump hated Bolton because he argued with him half as much as he hated the mustache. He really hates mustaches.He is Trump's new companion pony, so important that Trump wanted him by his side every moment during the decision-making process at Mar-a-lago. He's not a good influence:Yeah:
The moment we all feared is likely upon us. An unstable President in way over his head, panicking, with all his experienced advisers having quit, and only the sycophantic amateurs remaining. Assassinating foreign leaders, announcing plans to bomb civilians. A nightmare.
Trump’s critics say O’Brien is helping cement a transactional foreign policy in which quick U.S. “wins” are the priority, regardless of long-term strategy and positioning. O’Brien has difficulty keeping to his schedule and at times -- perhaps to keep the president mollified -- has asked seemingly misplaced questions at briefings, according to two people familiar with the matter. O’Brien told aides on Monday that he wants to stack up more “wins,” and that his staff should look for ways to achieve decisive action for the U.S.
Lindsey Graham told Trump he needs to put "points on the board." O'Brien talk is even more Trumpian terms:His allies say, "he’s learning on the job, and argue that the president deserves a top foreign policy adviser who shares his worldview and approach."Great. Apparently he was a hostage negotiator who advised Romney and Ted Cruz on foreign policy so he isn't a total novice. But this is a very, very big job in a chaotic administration. And he is a bootlicker which means Trump will be enabled to do his worst. I think we've already seen how that's going down.Oh, and O'Brien is also "working" on Venezuela. Maybe we really will end up with WWIII -- or, at least, two hot wars on two different continents. What could go wrong?


What she said

What she said A visibly pregnant Michelle Williams put reproductive freedom on the agenda in the best way possible : `` When you put this in someone 's hands you 're acknowledging the choices they make as an actor .
Moment by moment , scene by scene , day by day .
But you 're also acknowledging the choices they make as a person .
The education they pursued , the training they sought , the hours they put in .
I 'm grateful for the acknowledgement of the choices I 've made and I 'm also grateful to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where choice exists , because as women and as girls , things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice . ''
`` I 've tried my very best to live a life of my own making , and not just a series of events that happened to me .
But one that I could stand back and look at and recognize my handwriting all over .
Sometimes messy and scrawling , sometimes careful and precise .
But one that I had carved with my own hand .
And I would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without employing a woman 's right to choose . ''
`` To choose when to have my children and with whom , when I felt supported and able to balance our lives as all mothers know that the scales must and will tip towards our children .
Now I know my choices might look different than yours , but thank God or whoever you pray to that we live in a country founded on the principles that I am free to live by my faith and you are free to live by yours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when it is time to vote please do so in your self-interest .
It 's what men have been doing for years , which is why the world looks so much like them but do n't forget we are the largest voting body in this country .
Let 's make it look more like us . ''
Read Amanda Marcotte 's I cheered at home all by myself .
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Read Amanda Marcotte 's great piece on this today.I cheered at home all by myself .

"When you put this in someone's hands you're acknowledging the choices they make as an actor. Moment by moment, scene by scene, day by day. But you're also acknowledging the choices they make as a person. The education they pursued, the training they sought, the hours they put in. I'm grateful for the acknowledgement of the choices I've made and I'm also grateful to have lived in a moment in our society where choice exists, because as women and as girls, things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice."
"I've tried my very best to live a life of my own making, and not just a series of events that happened to me. But one that I could stand back and look at and recognize my handwriting all over. Sometimes messy and scrawling, sometimes careful and precise. But one that I had carved with my own hand. And I wouldn't have been able to do this without employing a woman's right to choose."
"To choose when to have my children and with whom, when I felt supported and able to balance our lives as all mothers know that the scales must and will tip towards our children. Now I know my choices might look different than yours, but thank God or whoever you pray to that we live in a country founded on the principles that I am free to live by my faith and you are free to live by yours. So, women 18 to 118, when it is time to vote please do so in your self-interest. It's what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them but don't forget we are the largest voting body in this country. Let's make it look more like us."
Read Amanda Marcotte's great piece on this today.I cheered at home all by myself.


hullabalooblog--2020-01-06--Resisting the toxic bait by @BloggersRUs

Sowing chaos is one of the acting president 's go-to moves .
Donald Trump has spent time at his Florida golf resort issuing assassination orders , threatening to commit war crimes , issuing notices to Congress via social media , demanding Iraq pay for the U.S. invasion ( or else U.S. troops will not leave ) , and spilling who-knows-what official secrets to dinner guests/spies .
What his allies describe as the acts of a brilliant tactician are simply an expression of Trump 's feral instinct for getting the best of others by keeping them off balance .
The more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he feels , the more chaos he will sow .
When Trump is not sowing chaos , he is inflaming racial , social and ideological divisions within the country both to keep his base unified and his adversaries unorganized .
Fear of the Other he keeps on his utility belt .
E.J .
Dionne writes that if polarization helps Trump 's base , it hurts progressives .
They need coalitions , not only among African Americans , Latinos and city dwellers , but also `` blue-collar and non-college-educated whites '' from swing states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe that public action is a positive good , that social solidarity is a realistic possibility and that a society thrives when it shares benefits and burdens equitably .
When we live in our bunkers of hatred , none of these dispositions has a chance .
Dionne cites Sen. Sherrod Brown 's ( D-Ohio ) 2018 reelection in Ohio `` by seven points in a state Trump carried by eight . ''
Brown writes in “ Desk 88 ” about where he failed : “ We lost medium-sized industrial city after medium-sized industrial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , rural community after rural community .
Pretty much all of them.
” “ Rural and small town voters don ’ t think either party is going to do anything for them , but they vote Republican because they think Democrats will do something to them : take their guns or raise their taxes , or enact an environmental law that will put them out of work , ” he writes .
[ ... ] “ I will never be one , ” he writes , “ who says that people in rural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest ; who am I to say what is their self-interest ?
But we as progressives have work to do.
” Trump and his allies rely on discouraging everyone from seeing citizenship as a project broader than bunkered self-interest .
Democrats of a different era warned against falling into the kind of trap Trump has set .
Brown quotes Sen. Robert F. Kennedy from the day after the assassination of Rev .
Martin Luther King Jr. : `` When you teach a man to hate and fear his brother , when you teach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his color or his beliefs or the policies he pursues , when you teach that those who differ from you threaten your freedom or your job or your family , then you also learn to confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies - to be met not with cooperation but with conquest , to be subjugated and mastered . ''
Trump and his allies in Congress may view the world that way , but the country can not afford its citizens to view each other that way , as tempting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do .
Dionne 's invocation of public action as a positive good recalls a favorite quote about elections .
Country Living last November posted 25 quotes about voting , most of them anodyne .
My favorite ( not included ) is from former Colorado Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon ( D-Denver ) : “ We think that voting actually is not just a private vote for the person who gets the vote , but a public good , and that the more people who vote , the more legitimate the elected officials are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ values of the electorate.
” Many fellow citizens have bought into the false notion that self-interest and individual achievement is what made America great .
In fact , cooperation did .
Alvin York did not win WWI .
Audie Murphy did not win WWII .
Dwight Eisenhower did not build Liberty ships nor the interstates .
Neil Armstrong did not get to the moon on his own .
What progressives need to rekindle is the spirit that made those achievements possible .
That will require not simply resisting the toxic bait Trump will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in front of our eyes in 2020 .
It will take actively countering it .
And it will take encouraging younger voters to take collective action this year to get the country out of the ditch into which the # okboomer generations see their elders have driven the world .
I keep showing people the 2018 chart at the top ( and did again in a statewide webinar Sunday ) .
It displays North Carolina population by age from 18 to 99 ( in blue ) .
Below that in orange is voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bottom in green is early voting voter turnout by age from 18 to 99 .
( I don ’ t have the final vote numbers .
Do n't ask . )
Assume the green turnout curve would be taller with final totals but the shape wouldn ’ t change .
Trust me , other states look the same .
Notice in the blue on the left side which age cohort has the raw power in population to run this country ( but doesn ’ t ) and to the right the shrinking age @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politics because more of them vote ( the hump at the bottom right ) .
If we hope to get this country out of the ditch , encouraging people under 45 to use the power that ’ s already theirs is how that happens .
This is your challenge in 2020 .
It is something we have to do together .
Update : Fixed a name typo and another .

Resisting the toxic bait
by Tom Sullivan
Sowing chaos is one of the acting president's go-to moves. Donald Trump has spent time at his Florida golf resort issuing assassination orders, threatening to commit war crimes, issuing notices to Congress via social media, demanding Iraq pay for the U.S. invasion (or else U.S. troops will not leave), and spilling who-knows-what official secrets to dinner guests/spies. What his allies describe as the acts of a brilliant tactician are simply an expression of Trump's feral instinct for getting the best of others by keeping them off balance. The more desperate he becomes, the more cornered he feels, the more chaos he will sow.
When Trump is not sowing chaos, he is inflaming racial, social and ideological divisions within the country both to keep his base unified and his adversaries unorganized. Fear of the Other he keeps on his utility belt.
E.J. Dionne writes that if polarization helps Trump's base, it hurts progressives. They need coalitions, not only among African Americans, Latinos and city dwellers, but also "blue-collar and non-college-educated whites" from swing states:
Moreover, the left and center-left believe that public action is a positive good, that social solidarity is a realistic possibility and that a society thrives when it shares benefits and burdens equitably. When we live in our bunkers of hatred, none of these dispositions has a chance.
“We lost medium-sized industrial city after medium-sized industrial city, small town after small town, rural community after rural community. Pretty much all of them.”
“Rural and small town voters don’t think either party is going to do anything for them, but they vote Republican because they think Democrats will do something to them: take their guns or raise their taxes, or enact an environmental law that will put them out of work,” he writes.
[...]
“I will never be one,” he writes, “who says that people in rural and small-town America vote against their own interest; who am I to say what is their self-interest? But we as progressives have work to do.”
"When you teach a man to hate and fear his brother, when you teach that he is a lesser man because of his color or his beliefs or the policies he pursues, when you teach that those who differ from you threaten your freedom or your job or your family, then you also learn to confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies - to be met not with cooperation but with conquest, to be subjugated and mastered."
“We think that voting actually is not just a private vote for the person who gets the vote, but a public good, and that the more people who vote, the more legitimate the elected officials are, and that they represent the actual values of the electorate.”


hullabalooblog--2020-01-05--Photos from the fire down below. Links to how to help. @spockosbrain

Photos from the fire down below .
Links to how to help .
By Spocko `` My last day of the decade felt like the apocalypse . ''
Matt Abbott `` My last day of the decade felt like the apocalypse .
Been covering the Australian bushfires for the last 6 weeks , but haven ’ t seen anything like yesterdays fire that decimated the town of Conjola , NSW .
# bushfirecrisis # AustralianBushfires # NSWisburning @ nytimesInstagram link That 's an amazing photo that instantly puts you in a place .
When I was learning to be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Photography said , `` No guts , no glory .
If your photos are weak , you are probably too far away . ''
For me that meant stepping into the middle of a 4th of July parade to take a photo of Shriners walking toward me .
I wonder how long he had to wait in that fire zone to get that kangaroo in the shot ?
These photographers have some real guts .
Now that you have an idea of where the fire is , here 's a graphic for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this on Reddit where they like to compare the size of things by saying `` Banana for scale . ''
In this case Fighting the fire from the sky Chief Photographer for The Sydney Morning Herald since 1993 Oculi.com.au Fighting the fire on the ground Burnt livestock on the Tumut to Batlow road just outside the Snowy Mountains town of Batlow , after severe fire went through the town on Saturday .
Picture : Rohan Kelly Source : News Corp Australia The red dot is the Gospers Mountain .
Link Millions of embers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fire Photo ( c ) Nick Moir .
`` I did a re-edit and found a slightly better version of the previous published image as millions of embers fill the air as the Green Wattle Fire erupted out of the bush in Orangeville .
Respect to the # nswfb # bushfires '' Bushfire relief : How you can help those in need The Lucknow Memorial hall outside of Bairnsdale is full of donated clothes , food and toys from the community for victims of the Gippsland bushfires .
Picture : David CroslingSource : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis is hard to comprehend .
The wildfires have so far burned more than 12 million acres , they have killed at least 24 people , and nearly 2000 homes have been destroyed .
They have a great list who you can help ranging from firefighters to wildlife .
( In New South Wales alone , the fires have killed nearly 500 million birds , reptiles and mammals.They have a great list who you can help ranging from firefighters to wildlife .
( Links to how to help .

Photo (c) Nick Moir. The Gospers Mountain Monster in full rage. 5pm Bilpin #bushfires
The red dot is the Gospers Mountain. Link
The Gospers Mountain Fire Photography Dean Sewell/Oculi for the Sydney Morning Herald
The Gospers Mountain Fire Photography Dean Sewell/Oculi for the Sydney Morning Herald
Aluminum melts at 1,221 degrees Fahrenheit
Photo by Matt Abbott, a p hotographer based in Sydney. Represented by @panospictures Conjola, New South Wales, Australia
Millions of embers fill the air in the Green Wattle Fire
Photo (c) Nick Moir. "I did a re-edit and found a slightly better version of the previous published image as millions of embers fill the air as the Green Wattle Fire erupted out of the bush in Orangeville. Respect to the #nswfb #bushfires"
How to help Bushfire relief: How you can help those in need
The Lucknow Memorial hall outside of Bairnsdale is full of donated clothes, food and toys from the community for victims of the Gippsland bushfires. Picture: David CroslingSource:News Corp Australia
From News.com.au The scale of the crisis is hard to comprehend. The wildfires have so far burned more than 12 million acres, they have killed at least 24 people, and nearly 2000 homes have been destroyed.
They have a great list who you can help ranging from firefighters to wildlife. (
In New South Wales alone, the fires have killed nearly 500 million birds, reptiles and mammals.They have a great list who you can help ranging from firefighters to wildlife. ( Links to how to help.


hullabalooblog--2020-01-05--They yearn to be subjects

They yearn to be subjects

They yearn to be subjects I know there is a lot to keep us up at night already but I feel I have to share this particular nightmare because misery loves company : In a SurveyMonkey poll for Axios , Republican voters chose children of President Trump — Don Jr. and Ivanka — as two of the top four picks for president in four years .
Don Jr. has emerged as one of the most prominent defenders of his dad , frequently going after the left on Twitter , where he has 4.2 million followers , and serving as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ivanka Trump 's work within the administration would be a selling point if she wanted to carry on the Trump legacy .
Don Jr. was the top choice among young voters , while Pence was the clear preference for older voters .
I love the kicker : For what it 's worth , the survey was conducted right before Trump was impeached .
Lol .
I actually do n't take this too seriously .
If Trump wins this year then all bets are off .
I 'm not even sure we 'll have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not worth thinking about .
But sure , if the right wins again , we could be looking at a Trump monarchy not a dynasty .
And Trump really could make his son Baron a baron .
But if he does n't win I think the Trump brand will fade quickly among the wingnuts .
They hate `` losers . ''
And the political establishment will take itself in hand and carefully explain to everyone that Trump lost because he was n't a true conservative .
They will be able to finesse the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way , cheerfully exploding the deficit so they have a weapon to use against any Democrat who tries to govern in the future .
His voters wo n't care because they enabled him too .
If he loses in 2020 I predict that by 2024 , he will be old news and so will his spawn .
But what do I know ?
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I love the kicker : Lol.I actually do n't take this too seriously .
If Trump wins this year then all bets are off .
I 'm not even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2024 so it 's not worth thinking about .
But sure , if the right wins again , we could be looking at a Trump monarchy not a dynasty .
And Trump really could make his son Baron a baron.But if he does n't win I think the Trump brand will fade quickly among the wingnuts .
They hate `` losers . ''
And the political establishment will take itself in hand and carefully explain to everyone that Trump lost because he was n't a true conservative .
They will be able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the way , cheerfully exploding the deficit so they have a weapon to use against any Democrat who tries to govern in the future .
His voters wo n't care because they enabled him too .
If he loses in 2020 I predict that by 2024 , he will be old news and so will his spawn.But what do I know ?

Don Jr. has emerged as one of the most prominent defenders of his dad, frequently going after the left on Twitter, where he has 4.2 million followers, and serving as a popular warm-up act for presidential rallies.
Ivanka Trump's work within the administration would be a selling point if she wanted to carry on the Trump legacy.
Don Jr. was the top choice among young voters, while Pence was the clear preference for older voters.
For what it's worth, the survey was conducted right before Trump was impeached.
I love the kicker:Lol.I actually don't take this too seriously. If Trump wins this year then all bets are off. I'm not even sure we'll have a country in 2024 so it's not worth thinking about. But sure, if the right wins again, we could be looking at a Trump monarchy not a dynasty. And Trump really could make his son Baron a baron.But if he doesn't win I think the Trump brand will fade quickly among the wingnuts. They hate "losers." And the political establishment will take itself in hand and carefully explain to everyone that Trump lost because he wasn't a true conservative. They will be able to finesse the fact that they enabled him all the way, cheerfully exploding the deficit so they have a weapon to use against any Democrat who tries to govern in the future. His voters won't care because they enabled him too. If he loses in 2020 I predict that by 2024, he will be old news and so will his spawn.But what do I know?


hullabalooblog--2020-01-05--Greta's not the one who is brainwashed

Greta's not the one who is brainwashed

Greta 's not the one who is brainwashed Wildlife experts estimate at least 8,000 koalas have perished , almost a third of the entire population in New South Wales .
Ecologists say the animals may disappear from some regions and have to be reclassified as an endangered species 🐨 pic.twitter.com/vKF7hudtCL — Sofía Villalpando ( @ sofiabiologista ) January 5 , 2020 If you read this blog you know that I am a major animal lover .
The stories coming out of Australia are breaking my heart .
I have to steer clear of the footage and only read about it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ makes me feel crazy ( and frankly homicidal ) when I hear idiots like this : Rock musician Meat Loaf thinks Greta Thunberg has been brainwashed into thinking climate change is real .
The singer , 72 , said he “ feels ” for the 17-year-old , whom he thinks has “ been forced ” into her beliefs .
“ I feel for that Greta , ” he told Mail Online .
“ She has been brainwashed into thinking that there is climate change and there isn ’ t. ” He continued : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong , but she ’ s been forced into thinking that what she is saying is true.
” Meat Loaf ’ s comments come after global leaders and activists warned the bushfires currently ravaging Australia are an environmental emergency that must be tackled urgently .
Somebody 's been brainwashed but it is n't Greta Thunberg .
I guess I can at least understand why politicians beholden to the fossil fuel industry pretend like climate change is a hoax .
Their salaries depend on it .
But why ordinary people are so eager to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not love their children ?
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Wildlife experts estimate at least 8,000 koalas have perished, almost a third of the entire population in New South Wales. Ecologists say the animals may disappear from some regions and have to be reclassified as an endangered species 🐨 pic.twitter.com/vKF7hudtCL


Trump's cult responds

Trump 's cult responds by digby I think Jeanne Pirro says it all : `` Thank you , Mr. President .
The killing of Soleimani needed to happen , she said , and you were the man to do it .
His ruthless reign of terror both celebrated and legendary against Americans , our allies and Muslims would have continued had this monster , not been stopped .
Folks , you know , the president means what he says and says what he means .
He is not interested in war .
He is interested in America and protecting it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will take swift , decisive and strategic action and take no prisoners along the way .
Whether they 'll admit it or not , all Americans should be thankful .
Our allies should be thankful .
Indeed , the world should be thankful for the removal of the world 's most dangerous terrorist . ''
We now have a president who negotiates from strength , not from weakness .
A man who has exhibited tremendous restraint while constantly being provoked by Iran .
His red line was the killing of an American .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was only then that he responded . ''
President Trump reportedly sighed deeply , lit a cigarette and settled back into his pillows , sated and satisfied .
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I think Jeanne Pirro says it all : President Trump reportedly sighed deeply , lit a cigarette and settled back into his pillows , sated and satisfied .

"Thank you, Mr. President. The killing of Soleimani needed to happen, she said, and you were the man to do it.
His ruthless reign of terror both celebrated and legendary against Americans, our allies and Muslims would have continued had this monster, not been stopped.
Folks, you know, the president means what he says and says what he means. He is not interested in war. He is interested in America and protecting it. And in so doing, he will take swift, decisive and strategic action and take no prisoners along the way. Whether they'll admit it or not, all Americans should be thankful. Our allies should be thankful. Indeed, the world should be thankful for the removal of the world's most dangerous terrorist."
We now have a president who negotiates from strength, not from weakness. A man who has exhibited tremendous restraint while constantly being provoked by Iran. His red line was the killing of an American. And true to his word, it was only then that he responded."
I think Jeanne Pirro says it all:President Trump reportedly sighed deeply, lit a cigarette and settled back into his pillows, sated and satisfied.


hullabalooblog--2020-01-05--Not so fast, Stubby by @BloggersRUs

Not so fast, Stubby by @BloggersRUs

Trump has tiny hands hat seen at the DNC .
Photo by Lorie Shaull ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ) .
President Donald Trump issued a string of threatening tweets Saturday evening aimed at any Iranian retaliation for his assassination-by-drone of Iranian military commander Qassim Suleimani .
`` Let this serve as a WARNING , '' the `` short-fingered vulgarian '' tapped out at his Florida golf resort , `` that if Iran strikes any Americans , or American assets , we have targeted 52 Iranian sites ( representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important to Iran & the Iranian culture , and those targets , and Iran itself , WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD .
The USA wants no more threats ! ''
WAR CRIME '' Making the clearly-recognized historic monuments , works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples ... the object of attack '' Geneva Convention Protocol I ( also : U.S. Department of Defense , Law of War Manual , 5.18 ) pic.twitter.com/yqKLA6JHbY — Ryan Goodman ( @ rgoodlaw ) January 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chapter held a small anti-war rally downtown here in the cold and rain Saturday .
It was one of many across the country called to protest Trump 's escalation of tensions with Iran .
No doubt , some of those on the streets attended rallies on Dec. 17 calling for Trump 's impeachment .
Whatever came of impeachment , by the way ?
It 's almost as if by attacking Iran in Iraq and threatening to commit war crimes , Trump diverted people 's attention .
Well , not so fast , Stubby @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House .
Nothing will erase that .
What remains is to see how the Senate handles a trail .
For now , leaders can not agree on how to conduct one .
Taking his cues from Lewis Carroll , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell prefers to start the trial first and consider witnesses and documents later : Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer have made zero headway on designing a bipartisan set of rules for President Donald Trump ’ s impeachment trial more than two weeks after their first face-to-face meeting on the matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speeches on Friday but held no substantive meeting .
In a brief conversation on the floor , Schumer told McConnell to focus on his demands .
The Senate majority and minority leaders will have time to argue while Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds back the two articles of impeachment already passed in the House .
House Democrats may add to them before sending them on to the Senate .
Pelosi is unlikely to transmit anything before Trump 's State of the Union address on Feb. 4 .
Rapid acquittal before then by the Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a perch from which to crow .
McConnell `` would prefer to sweep the entire sordid business under the rug and acquit the president as quickly as possible , '' without hearing from administration witnesses , writes the New York Times Editorial Board .
( Hence , Pelosi 's reluctance to hand him the instruments for doing so even as more evidence against Trump surfaces . )
The Times concludes : If Mr. Trump has nothing to hide , if his own decision to withhold Ukraine aid was based on a similar concern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made for personal gain , then he should be demanding that every administration official involved in the Ukraine machinations testify under oath , in a Senate trial .
And Mitch McConnell should welcome them .
Their silence only strengthens the case that the president is abusing his power .
With abusing power , abusing the law , and abusing women the only tools in his toolbox , the whole world looks to this president like the Trump Organization .
Voters handing Trump the presidency in 2016 was like handing a child a loaded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trigger .
Last night , he threatened to target Iranian cultural sites , a clearly defined war crime .
Perhaps it was just more bullshitting , tweeted former Deputy Assistant to President Obama Colin Kahl .
Surely , Department of Defense planners versed in the laws of war would not `` provide Trump targeting options that include Iranian cultural sites . ''
Right ?
Right ?
Pundits long predicted that at some point Trump 's behavior would rise to meet the responsibilities of his office .
Any who held their breath waiting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failing to vote for his removal from office will pass into history in the same ignominy as the Trump presidency .

Not so fast, Stubby
by Tom Sullivan
Trump has tiny hands hat seen at the DNC. Photo by Lorie Shaull (CC BY-SA 2.0).
President Donald Trump issued a string of threatening tweets Saturday evening aimed at any Iranian retaliation for his assassination-by-drone of Iranian military commander Qassim Suleimani.
"Let this serve as a WARNING," the "short-fingered vulgarian" tapped out at his Florida golf resort, "that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!"
WAR CRIME
"Making the clearly-recognized historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples ... the object of attack"
Geneva Convention Protocol I
(also: U.S. Department of Defense, Law of War Manual, 5.18) pic.twitter.com/yqKLA6JHbY — Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 4, 2020
Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer have made zero headway on designing a bipartisan set of rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial more than two weeks after their first face-to-face meeting on the matter.
The two leaders gave dueling floor speeches on Friday but held no substantive meeting. In a brief conversation on the floor, Schumer told McConnell to focus on his demands.
If Mr. Trump has nothing to hide, if his own decision to withhold Ukraine aid was based on a similar concern for the national interest, and not made for personal gain, then he should be demanding that every administration official involved in the Ukraine machinations testify under oath, in a Senate trial. And Mitch McConnell should welcome them.
Their silence only strengthens the case that the president is abusing his power.