Wednesday Whirlwind
Given her success, who could argue? Photo from msm.com, ©Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images:
There are assholes and then there are… Headline from nypost.com: “Canadian woman slaps teen over Trump clothing on Jersey Shore boardwalk; now in ICE custody.” This doesn’t justify wailing on someone wearing stuff espousing liberal causes. Be better than them.
From NYP: “Plan B: Middle East allies rushing new pipelines, port to bypass Iran’s grip on Strait of Hormuz.” May be up and running by next year. Yay!
From NYP: “Jihadi Hamas monsters have always blocked aid sent to Gaza — now the useless UN has finally admitted it.” But will those reprobates move to end the theft? Don’t hold your breath.
From NYP: “An 18% City Council pay hike is a middle finger to NYC voters.” They should be getting a 50% cut, and even that may be too little.
From NYP: “Cooling off Inflation slows to 3.5% — biggest drop since 2020 — on falling energy prices.” Good, but still not seeing it at the supermarket, and I believe that’s what pissed off voters will punish.
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Headline from an NYP editorial concerning the twelve-block long fiasco near the Intrepid tourist attraction in Manhattan: “Mayor Mamdani: Tear down this sprawl!” Kudos.
Find a headline more amusing than this one in today’s news cycle. From foxnews.com: “Chuck Schumer appears to let loose huge fart on Senate floor.”
From FN: “Scholars and scribes from the Poetry Society of America have chosen the most beautiful word in the English language: ‘diaphanous.’”
Last night AMGTV ran The Lost Patrol (1934), which used to be shown regularly on Channel 9 back in the day. Directed by John Ford, it stars Victor McGlaglen, Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, Wallace Ford and several other Hollywood stalwarts. As the title implies, it’s the story of a group of WWI soldiers roaming the desert, being picked off one by one. If remade today, the dialogue would have to be amended, as “dirty Arabs” is used more than once. I found it refreshing. Anyway, two aspects caught my attention, one while viewing, the other while researching at IMDb. One of the soldiers, a muscular guy, had a pronounced, startling NYC accent. Sammy Stein amassed 60 screen credits from 1933-’56. Before that he played offensive end/tackle for the NFL’s Staten Island Stapletons (1929–1930), New York Giants (1931) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1932), and also was a pro wrestler. He passed away at 60 in ‘66… Francis Ford, brother of John, had an unbelievable run in front of and behind the camera: 497 credits as an actor, 180 as a director, 31 as a writer. When did he sleep? He died at 72 in ’53. Photos from Google Images, Stein left:
As usual, there was a nice breeze blowing along Avenue Z, allowing the Anti-Inflation Book Shop to operate on this hot day. I set up slowly and when I finished and turned, eager to get to the frozen bottle of water I’d brought, it was MIA. Fie! My thanks to Sam, who went and got me a bottle of Poland Spring, and to local porter Robert, who delivered a large paperback mystery and regaled me with tales of his former sexual prowess; and to the woman who bought three thick cookbooks; and to the one who overcompensated me for Simply Stitched: Beautiful Embroidery Motifs and Projects with Wool and Cotton by Yumiko Higuchi.
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