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Good to hear.

Not long ago saw something about how they are dealing with this in Seoul, they had these huge vacuum cleaner trucks sucking up dust on the street. I thought it was silly at first but the before-and-after was impressive. Or maybe they can just get a big big big version of this and put it on a flatbed,

This is what I've been expecting, and here it comes. In US politics it seems the women are the ones with the balls. https://www.businessinsider.com/top-conservative-activist-says-trump-is-disconnected-from-the-base-2022-6

This is beginning to look like another GOP rope-a-dope: lead the Dems by the nose and make them think something is going to get done, and then just let it flop. In this case the Senate is taking the lead, and the House will p_ss on it, it usually works the other way around. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-gop-whip-bipartisan-gun-violence-prevention-bill-rcna34751

"Where's the good guy with the gun?" "Hanging out in the hall."

Waiting to hear about his sudden trip to Russia in the middle of the night, with no return flight plan.

As opposed to being sent back to prison, I'm sure he's quite happy to pay it off. His net worth is estimated to be US$400 million. https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/bill-cosby-net-worth/ Bring on the other 60 women. If he paid off each at this rate, that's $30 million, but he it will not put him into poverty. Waiting to see if any entity is going to pursue what sort of monkey business got him out of the slammer.

I recall mention of a Japanese passport as well. As he is of Chinese descent, and he owns expensive property in HK, I'd suspect he may have some ID from China. Tony Woodsome certainly sounds like a porno actor.

The local Thais have an amulet to protect them from it.

In the movie The Stunt Man, a guy takes a job on a movie set filming on location. He begins an affair with an actress; he asks her if she slept with director. She replies "how do you think little girls get to be in movies?"

There's no vaccine for this sickness. Global pandemic indeed.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0#director IMO Letters from Iwo Jimo was probably his best movie as a director, on top of that dealing with a different culture/language and that the overall milieu involved a country that was at war with his own at the time (quite a surprise to us who remember when Clint had a reputation as a 'war hawk'). He even managed to come up with a Japanese Gregory Peck. And those last few seconds of the film . . . Some directors are notorious for re-takes, e.g. Kubrick supposedly might keep re-doing a scene for days on end: look up what Shelley Duvall has to say about making The Shining. Clint is infamous among actors for being the opposite, often giving them just one take. The only place where this jumped out at me was in Mystic River (hey there xylophone) when Laura Linney, who is supposed to have an Irish accent, sometimes doesn't, made we want to say to the screen "hey lady, you forgot to do the accent." (I'm from NYC, we have a good-natured thing with Boston about accents, dey tawk funny up dere.)

"I forgot where I parked!"

Yes, a great show. A good thing to watch after a rough day when it seems like you are living among an immoral culture.

Thanks for bringing this up. This happened last fall courtesy of that nice Sinema lady, among others. It did not get much mention in the media. Sometimes I wonder if the real anti-democracy force in the US is the pharmaceutical industry.

He is the de facto top dog of the GOP. Republican pols dare not cross him, not even the Senate majority leader. Even if he doesn't run for 2024 he will still be a powerful force. IMO he will run (if he is still breathing) and the other GOP wannabes will have the long knives out. Anticipating red-on-red violence at the 2024 GOP Convention (or maybe red-on-orange? ). The wing-nuts of the right like to speak of the blood of patriots, we just might get to see some.

Have a look at the incident of when McCarthy attempted to put him on the committee. Liz Cheney said he was potentially a material witness. I think Jimmy J immediately cr_pped his pants when he heard those words. There's a vid clip of him being asked about talking to DT on the phone a day or two after that, and he replies with nervous babble, like a shoplifter caught with merchandise under his coat. The guy is a straight-up bully -- he's the tough guy when he has the numbers on his side, but cowers in the corner otherwise. This stuff about the committee being unconstitutional is, if nothing else, a ploy to run out the clock. I believe that, unfortunately, this mess will not be settled in time for the 2024 election. 2028 maybe, but the electoral process may be passe by then. Jordan also is tied to the Penn State sex scandal of a few years back, it's alleged he saw things but didn't report them -- search and ye shall find. Curious he was never taken to task on it.

And then there is the rain. After an hour or two of it coming down in buckets . . .

Looks like a whole lotta leaf.

The shenanigans of 1/6 can be viewed as a test bed for future antics. Look at what they tried in New Mexico in the past week. More fun and games for the November midterms, you can bet on it. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jun/17/screams-threats-as-new-mexico-counties-try-to-cert/ Is 40 feet close enough? https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/jan-6-panel-trump-pressure-pence/507-8b2caeb9-4cbb-426c-ad91-12f8cc850daf The whole thing hinged on him, and he stood up to the insanity. The media is freely speculating on what would have happened if he left the Capital Building. What I'm wondering is what if the lynch mob did catch up to him, and his security detail had to fire their weapons at them? Would the Big Lie Believers be saying "no, they were chanting 'hang out with Mike Pence,' you know, like drink beer and watch football and eat chicken wings etc.? It was the day the yes-man said "no." My hat off to him, I wouldn't have thought he had it in him. Barr is being heralded for saying the coup plans were bs, but only said it after DT was out of office. But in his resignation letter he's still kissing the orange backside and saying it smells like roses. He is no hero. Like all his fellow sycophants he lacked the guts to tell the world just what this megalomaniac was up to. "And the Benedict Arnold award goes to . . ."

Maybe he can incite inspire his followers to invade Mexico themselves, a la 1/6. Drug cartels vs hillbilly uprising. Sounds like a plot for a low-budget movie.

I'm getting the impression the defense for Team Insurrection is going to lean a lot on the "I can't help it" defense. DT can't be held responsible because he believed alternate facts. Giuliani wasn't responsible because he was drunk. Anybody remember the diminished capacity defense? I have met a few people over the years who are arrogant can't-be-wrong bozos, but when they are caught out they retreat into an excuse about a sort circuit in the head of some sort. One insufferable clown I had to work with couldn't handle being wrong, and when necessary would say he is "almost dyslexic." I can't see DT pleading mental incapacity. I also can't see him doing the pathetic old man schtick, going to court in a wheelchair (is Bill Cosby still as crippled and blind as he was at his first sentencing?). Giuliani? All bets are off on that one!

As for the tactic of the Russians handing out Russian passports in occupied Ukraine, can you imagine if he did that in Mexico? Those patriots would be erecting their next gallows for the guy in the corset!

This post reminds me of something from the past few days. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/15/small-county-new-mexico-shows-where-big-lie-delusions-can-lead/ “When I certify stuff that I don’t know is right,” County Commissioner Vickie Marquardt said during the hearing, “I feel like I’m being dishonest because in my heart I don’t know if it is right.” So rather than evidence it goes by 'feelings' now, eh? You are also going off script, Giuliani said the ballots were in shopping carts and wastepaper baskets. Better get together and get your fictions straight.

I agree with the idea that the Mueller Report should be revisited, now that Barr is out of the way. Also it should extend to the former president's proclivity to side with Putin over the reporting from his own gov't's agencies -- what's up with that? (If you don't know what I mean lookup the Helsinki fiasco.) Sounds like colluding with a foreign adversary to me, which translates to treason. The guy with the orange face ain't sitting in the Presidential Seat no more, so no more of this "un-indictable" protection. And there ain't no executive privilege. Why did Mueller let Barr hijack his report? Because he was afraid of the Republicans, he said so in not as many words. Why did Comey throw Hillary under the bus just before the 2016 election? Because he was afraid of the Republicans, he said so in just about as many words. See the pattern? When was the last time you heard anyone say the were afraid of the Dems?