Michael Stuart Kelly

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Yesterday, MTG presented a motion to vacate the Speakership of the House and her motion was voted down. Even President Trump made a public statement before the vote that this was not the time. For people who think this was a loss for MTG, think again. She exposed Mike Johnson and the entire Republican party as squishes caving to Democrats because of all the moolah, seeing how the Dems voted as a block to save Mike Johnson's ass. Now all these members of Congress are going to have to go home and deal with their hopping mad constituencies. Even the Dems are going to get an earful for voting to save a Republican. I honestly think Trump liked what she did, but cannot say it without alienating many who support him during this time while he is on a roll and mid-campaign. He even started his statement saying how much he loved MTG and how she has a long career with him. If you want to see a good discussion of this, check this video out: MTG Blasts Speaker Johnson and Weak House Republicans RUMBLE.COM Aired On: 5/9/2024 Now here's the deal. The Dems will only vote en masse for a Republican if they can get a pound of flesh in return. Here is part of that pound: Johnson Vows to Protect Jack Smith Hours After Democrats Save Speakership WWW.BREITBART.COM Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) wasted little time after 163 Democrats voted to save his speakership to announce he would not use Congress's constitutional power of the purse to stop special counsel Jack Smith's "lawfare" against Donald Trump. A deeper meaning of all this is that Mike Johnson will have a hard time keeping his Speakership after November. It will now be easier to get a MAGA speaker in as Trump gets sworn in for a second term. What MTG did worked. It weakened Mike Johnson and the RINOs for that upcoming fight. And she knew it going in, even as she swung for the rafters with everything she's got and knew the motion would fail. Some battles are for winning, and other battles are for weakening the opponent, meaning both external and internal opponents. In chess, this is sacrificing a rook to capture a queen. Or better, since MTG is a queen, sacrificing the queen to get checkmate. Michael

I am so glad I was not drinking anything when I read the text to this image. I like funny, but this one almost destroyed me. LOLOLOLOLOLOL... Michael

I wish Robert and Cynthia well. And I hope she gets better. From the heart. Michael

WEF says if you drink coffee, you're the problemView the full article

Biden once said "Milton Friedman isn't running the show anymore"... And it shows!View the full article

Episode 103. Tara Reade, sexual victim of Joe Biden and target of the Deep State, now living in Russia. Michael

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Rohin, Interesting. btw - I removed your duplicate post in The Culture of Reason section since that section is more for selling products and that thread deals with a specific store owned by another member. But activism is good. Michael

The Predator Class bad guys just lost Jack Dorsey for good. Things are moving in the right direction. Now I might even check out what Dorsey is doing with Bitcoin and blockchain... Michael

Sorry, but "revolutions" don't come with room serviceView the full article

Episode 102. Felix Rodriguez (CIA Officer). Michael

B, Man, did you bring back memories. I never met Astrud and I stayed away from her first husband, João Gilberto (called the inventor of bossa nova) because he was the epitome of irrationalism. He often flew into tantrums over nothing. The mythology was his super-sensitive nature regarding sound. He even walked out of concerts because a couple of people in the audience were talking. But, nah... he would fly off the handle about most anything. Friggin' spoiled pop artist. That's what he was. During Astrud's episode with saxophonist, Stan Getz, the going quip was: What Stan wants, Stan Getz. However, I hung around with a guy in their orbit for about a year. Or better, he showed up in my life one day and stuck there for a while. This was around the time I was producing pop artists. His name was Octávio Tercerio. This literally translates as Eighth the Third. Because of your post, I looked him up online and was sad to see he passed away in 2020. Here is an article in Globo (Brazilian newspaper). Unfortunately, it is in Portuguese, but it has a good photo of Octávio as I remember him. Morre Octávio Terceiro, produtor musical que trabalhou com João Gilberto, Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso OGLOBO.GLOBO.COM Ele tinha 84 anos e estava internado há um mês em razão de um AVC I never got into the bossa nova scene, neither as musician nor as a producer. Had I done so, it would have been with Octávio. btw - He was batshit crazy, but in a polite way. But then again, so was I back then, just not so polite. Michael

Peter, I did not embed a replica. I posted a screenshot without embedding a link in it. I was merely giving instructions. If you click on the screenshot, it will not play any video since there is no link to any video in it. Now... If you go to YouTube and copy the URL as given in the screenshot, you will be able to post that URL into an OL post you want to make and it will embed the video in your post. The video I embedded in your post worked because it was supposed to work. I embedded it in your post using the method I just gave in the screenshot. Michael EDIT: btw - I have mixed feelings about Christine and the Queens. I read some about her and listened to several YouTube videos. I like some things and dislike others. It's odd, but I find no middle in her. Just really good or really bad. Often in the same song. Outside of that, I loathe the gender crap. However, I really like that she was inspired by Michael Jackson without turning into an imitator. She took his movements and approach and made them her own. She is her own artist and that is a good thing. Also, I find her approach to portraying emotions with subtlety and ambiguity very similar to a book called "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows." The videos in the playlist below are not music, merely readings from the book. But if you listen to a few, you will see what I mean. Christine--to me--captures that spirit. Michael

Peter, I embedded it for you. If you want to embed a video from YouTube, go to the YouTube video on YouTube and copy the URL at the top. (Select it and hit Ctrl C) Then paste (Ctrl V) that into your post on OL and hit enter. If you are on an Apple computer, use the Apple key instead of Ctrl. It should embed automatically. Michael