Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 5:38am

I've been sick for about ten days now, and I just had a relapse. Swollen lymph nodes, fever, cough, etc. So this will be a pretty short OT. Sorry guys, I do have some cool things to share but I'd rather not have a pudding-brain while trying to share them.

Something/Someone Old

I found this recently. As some of you who knew me on DKos may remember, I like Count Basie. I had never heard of this child prodigy:

Something New

Wonder Woman used to be my favorite comic book hero, when I was a little girl. Hey, I know she had an invisible plane, which even at 8 years old struck me as lame, and a truth lasso which hovered on the edge of lameness, but it was a time when my cinematic/TV images of cool women were:

1)Princess Leia
2)Rizzo from Grease
3)That third Charlie's Angel with the short hair

I'll admit that Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda, and even Laverne and Shirley and Alice, despite their silliness, had good points:

but Wonder Woman was, embarrassingly enough, really important to my development as a girl.

So there's a new Wonder Woman movie coming out day after tomorrow. I hope it's good:

I had hoped they had placed Wonder Woman in WWI, not WWII, just to mix things up (after all she's near-immortal, right?) but no. Everything's focused on WWII. I get that everything we're going through now is basically either because of WWII or because some assholes out there don't like the way it ended and want a re-do (thanks for the German troops on the Russian border, assholes). But it would be fun to have a little more diversity of stories.

Something Borrowed

Have you noticed that the establishment has been borrowing our rhetoric? First our rhetoric about race, and now our concerns about Saudi Arabia. It's like they have no ideas of their own that can stand the light.

Apparently Samantha Power is now horrified at the idea of selling arms to Saudis.

She wasn't so horrified back when Hillary and Obama were selling arms to Saudis.

Twitter let her know about it:

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/21/samantha-power-gets-brutal-lesso...

It's so weird to link to The Blaze; I never would have done that 3 years ago, or even 2. Weird times.

Something Blue

http://portcityblue.com/

This is a cool place in Portland, Maine, apparently called just "The Blue." Anyplace that has Irish trad music, Charles Simic, and jazz in the same place sounds good to me. On the other hand, the menu looks like very mundane pub fare. Not as cool as Blue Heaven in the Keys. But still cool.

How y'all doing?

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Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 6:34am

buggy viruses

ain't new but do make one feel blue. Hope you get on top of it soonly.

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question everything

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 9:48am

@QMS Hey, QMS! Thanks.

@QMS Hey, QMS! Thanks.

We visited somebody in the hospital. 48 hours later....

I guess there's no way around it, but hospitals are, ironically, a really good place to get sick.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 9:48am

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal Am I the only person

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal Am I the only person here who really doesn't want to die in a hospital if she can avoid it?

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:03am

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal It occurs to me the

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal It occurs to me the comment above could be misinterpreted--I have no reason to think I will die of this illness, or die soon, it's just that visiting the hospital made me think "I would really rather die someplace else if possible."

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by Granma on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:44am

That makes sense to me

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal

Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 6:47am

Take care of yourself, cstm

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Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 9:50am

@on the cusp Thanks, on the cusp. More

@on the cusp Thanks, on the cusp. More sitting around and watching TV--and occasionally looking at the plants in pots and going: "They're rootbound. They need to be transplanted." And then heading back to the couch.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 8:41pm

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal I am been there a few

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal I am been there a few times.
Just rest.
Enjoy some down time.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 6:54am

something old

from the rusty memory vault

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question everything

Submitted by orlbucfan on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 8:08am

Hope you are feeling better, ctsm.

@QMS QMS has the right idea. Good tunes have always been healers. Take care of yourself. Rec'd!!

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Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 9:51am

@QMS @orlbucfan I love the Allman

@QMS @orlbucfan I *love* the Allman Brothers. How did you two know?

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 1:25pm

healing intuition

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal It's in the matrix! Feel better.

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question everything

Submitted by orlbucfan on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 4:18pm

Allman Brothers' tunes.

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal Guess we're psychic. Nothing wrong with it; it's what intuition is. Take care.

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Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.

Submitted by Azazello on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:38am

True coincidence ...

@orlbucfan
I woke up this morning with this tune in my head. Not so surprising really, since I've been binging on the Bros. for the last few days.

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We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.

Submitted by irishking on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 7:40am

word from LXXIX

the focal point we need at this moment is the destruction of the corrupted Democratic Party.

we have been given a second chance in DNC case led by Jared Beck.
Beck appears to be the real thing & has a chance to bring them down.

good feeling about Judge Zloch. John Sirica role, maybe. upright about the law. if so , dnc is in for tough time. they are guilty as hell.

energy , money, our media must be directed now to support dnc case.

DWS is a big prolem for DP. If she has to testify it will be interesting.

seth rich, aswan brothers. relentless from now on.

Jared Beck is no Bernie Sanders & will go for the kill.

Submitted by OzoneTom on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:16am

@irishking

@irishking
Thanks for that blast from the past! I've still got a couple of their albums in storage somewhere.

Submitted by dkmich on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 7:40am

Sorry to hear you are under the weather.

Thanks for showing up to make us coffee. Now go back to bed and feel better soon.

I am sitting here debating if the weather makes a 4 hour drive up north worth the trip. Ten day forecast calls for temps in the 60s, partially sunny days with rain likely to show up frequently. If only there was a real "beam me up Scotty" transporter. It is barrel season here in Michigan, and they are everywhere.

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"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 9:58am

@dkmich Barrel season?

@dkmich Barrel season?

confused Floridian...

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by riverlover on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:30am

At least on Lake Ontario in flood now, barrels are placed on

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal docks that are now underwater to prevent them from, um, floating away. Coasties have asked for a red X on each so they know it's just a barrel, not toxics, when the barrels float away. They should be filled with water. Try to move them then.

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

Submitted by dkmich on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 12:59pm

Everybody in michigan knows what that means

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal

It means road construction season otherwise known as summer.

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"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 9:19am

Hola, CSTMS, get yourself well, pronto, por favor.

That means, to the extent possible, do what it takes, whatver that may be. There is a ray of good hope in the endless war of rights holders to pretend that they still own everything they sell, even after sale, but I'll just link to the EFF and copy their release as a separate post. As a comment, it would be tldr. Essentially we have the right to repair, tinker, enhance and all that. One quickie quote:

The Supreme Court agreed, explaining that when a patent owner "chooses to sell an item, that product is no longer within the limits of the monopoly and instead becomes the private individual property of the purchaser, with the rights and benefits that come along with ownership."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/05/supreme-court-victory-right-tinker...

Now go get well, damnit.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:02am

@enhydra lutris Holy shit, that sounds

@enhydra lutris Holy shit, that sounds like it could have been a really bad decision. The patent owners were essentially saying they still owned something that had been sold?

Wait...did the Roberts court just make a good decision?

I will go back to the couch now. I'm out of decent things to watch. I watch Versailles until I can't stand the arrogant aristocrats anymore and then I re-watch Hercule Poirot videos. Agatha Christie is good for illness.

Also gearing up for another dose of the foul-tasting home remedy one of my partners makes.

Still waiting for the first disc of the old Anne of Green Gables series to show up.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 9:47am

Hey, y'all!

Moving slowly today.

Really hope I'm in the last stage of it now.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by randtntx on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:10am

Had to follow

that blaze link. At this point, I don't care who exposes/comments on the hypocrisy, as long as it gets done. The Dems are a joke, sick, but funny. Thx. for the link. I got a laugh out of it. Hope you feel better soon.

Submitted by riverlover on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 10:37am

I am also still under the weather and can commiserate

I have a houseful of plants to plant outside and feet so swollen I cannot fit them in shoes. So I sleep much. And awake to find the Kindle on the floor near the bed. I read much as well. Retention is not good so I read 4-stars and not romance stuff.

May we both improve. My problem should see a doctor maybe, but shoes. Even to drive.

So happy that we can screw around with patented devices!

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 11:39am

@riverlover I do worry, from time to

@riverlover I do worry, from time to time, about your feet healing correctly (I have also had foot/ankle issues throughout my life, since childhood.)

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by Mark from Queens on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 11:14am

Hey CStS. Rest up...

Draw yourself a nice warm bath, with some essential oils and/or some mineral salts, then tuck yourself in to sleep. You'll be healing in no time.

At some point, when you feel better, we should talk about organizing a C99 gathering. That'll be good for the mental/spiritual health of many of us, I think.

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"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"

- Kurt Vonnegut

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 11:38am

@Mark from Queens That is a great idea.

@Mark from Queens That is a *great* idea. All of it.

Thanks, bro.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

Submitted by Arrow on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 11:43am

I don't usually pile on the 'orange guy'

But this was a good one.

Are you suffering from small, dysfunctional... "hands"? Ask your doctor if #covfefe is right for you! pic.twitter.com/k28gQnnYzt

— Morgan Stuart (@MorganTStuart) May 31, 2017