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'Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny' Released 42 years after the very first film, 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny sees Harrison Ford return to his famous role for another treasure-hunting, tomb-raiding, wise-cracking adventure . . . . I watched it on Netflix for $5,99. It was money well spent.

From USA TODAY: Who would Trump choose as vice president? Here's a list of potential candidates. . . . Some names being floated are lawmakers who’ve said in interviews they would be interested in the job. Other names are generated when Trump meets with a high-profile supporter, which happened this week when he was spotted at Mar-a-Lago with Rep, Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., according to aides . . . Trump himself said in an interview with NBC in September that he hasn’t thought too much about the role but added he “likes the concept” of a woman as vice president. "We're going to choose the best person," he said. (Also) . . . Tim Scott . . . Nikki Haley . . . Kristi Noem . . . Sarah Huckabee Sanders . . . Ben Carson . . . Marjorie Taylor Greene . . . Kari Lake . . . Vivek Ramaswamy . . .

Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime YouTube 22M views Dec 12, 2019

What should you listen to at least once every Christmas? This is funny and catchy. The version below highlights a younger Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan. A Song from SNL: I Wish It Was Christmas Today II – SNL

This is a possible answer. Marco Rubio.

Under Objectivist morals, does anyone have “the right to betray” someone?

I hear this in commercials all the time, especially the part about a minute into the duet and then near the end. This is the first version that popped up on the net. Just type in the address below or just Flower Duet. Delibes: Lakmé - Duo des fleurs (Flower Duet), Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa

Sounds like something Putin would do. From Business Insider: A 75 million-year-old tyrannosaur's well-preserved stomach shows it feasted on baby dinosaurs for its last meal: . . . The young Gorgosaurus libratus, a type of tyrannosaur, was found with the hind legs of small bird-like dinosaurs in its stomach, according to researchers at the University of Calgary. Tyrannosaurs, which include Gorgosaurus and the more famous Tyrannosaurus, were some of the most formidable predators of their time. Evidence suggests that older tyrannosaurs typically ate large herbivores, researchers said . . . .

From ABC News. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. The bestselling author and environmental lawyer announced on Oct. 9 that he was ending his Democratic presidential bid and instead launching an independent run. A nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, he initially launched a long-shot bid to challenge Biden for the Democratic nomination on April 19 in Boston. He said in announcing his party switch that he intended to be a spoiler candidate for both Biden and Trump. Kennedy has emerged as one of the leading voices of the anti-vaccine movement, with public health experts and even members of his own family describing his work as misleading and dangerous. He has also been linked to far-right figures in recent years. JILL STEIN. The environmental activist, whose 2016 third-party presidential bid was blamed by Democrats for helping Trump win the White House, says she is making another run for the nation's highest office. Stein announced Nov. 9 that she will again run under the Green Party banner. "I'm running for president to offer that choice for the people outside of the failed two-party system,” she said. She ran against Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016 as a Green Party candidate and received about 1% of the vote. Some Democrats said her candidacy siphoned votes away from Clinton, particularly in swing states like Wisconsin.

I remember looking the Kennedy guy up, and he seemed "mostly" OK, but then he got a bit weird. I may look him up again before I even use him as an election asset for Trump. Wowie, what if he got the nomination and then beat President Trump in 2024? Would Biden be a better outcome if things don't go as hoped and planned?

I came across a duet of this song with Dionne and Gloria Estephan? with some salsa but I like the original better. What a wonderful moment in time when these three superb artists came together. “Walk On By” Lyrics by Hal David, music by Burt Bacharach and sung by Dionne Warwick If you see me walking down the street And I start to cry each time we meet Walk on by, walk on by Make believe That you don't see the tears Just let me grieve In private 'cause each time I see you I break down and cry And walk on by (Don't stop) And walk on by (Don't stop) And walk on by . . . .

Wistful and sad in a way. The harmonies are terrific! “Dreamboat Annie” by Heart. Heading out this morning into the sun Riding on the diamond waves, little darling one Warm wind caress her Her lover it seems Oh, Annie Dreamboat Annie, ship of dreams Oh, Annie Dreamboat Annie, little ship of dreams Going down the city sidewalk, alone in the crowd No one knows the lonely one whose head's in the clouds Sad faces painted over with those magazine smiles Heading out to somewhere Won't be back for a while (for a while) Won't be back for a while (for a while) Won't be back (for a while) Won't be back Songwriters: Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson.

Thanks Michael. That is a good, good song.

Every time I click on a link anyone sends, it won't appear. It says it is blocked by Microsoft Edge and it has been doing that for months.

“Retribution” from 2023. We saw it on Prime and it cost a few bucks to see. It was definitely not your usual Liam Neeson film. I highly recommend it but also recommend you do not watch it late at night because it is so “gut wrenching.” “Retribution” starring Liam Neeson. From Wikipedia: Matt Turner works as a financier at Nanite Capital under his friend and CEO Anders Muller and lives with his wife, Heather, and two children, Emily and Zach, in Berlin.

“I’m Not Lisa” by Jessi Colter. Such a simple, but sad song. She reminds me of Dolly Parton. (Edit: Here you go with an embed, Peter. Lovely song... MSK)

“Israel announces strikes on Gaza after truce expires, clear sign that war has resumed in full force . . . . ‘ Hamas is “The Manson Family" in uniform.

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Biden approval ratings are dismal: 45 percent approve and 53 disapprove. And the "direction of the country polls" show: right direction 33 and wrong direction 62 percent of the electorate. Wow. The court room shenanigans have reached their peaks. Yup. Ho hum. How can there even be a primary if one considers using data from Real Clear Politics? Trump is not going to be caught by Haley, DeSantis or anyone else. The two lowest poll numbers for Trump are from YouGov: Trump plus 38 percent over everybody, and Yahoo: Trump plus 39 percent over everybody. He is generally in the forties and fifties percent range over his Republican nomination rivals . . . . and we are only a month away from 2024! So, what do the Republican candidates hope to achieve? Are they seeking the award for most stupid, or the dooms day trophy for terrible things happening to President Donald Trump and the country? Or the VP position?

What’s MSM? Do you mean MSN? Anyway, it’s ALL good. NBC Presidential Poll Makes History Story by Jordan Andrews A recent NBC Poll has indicated that former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in a head-to-head matchup for the first time in the poll’s history. The November poll showed Trump with 46 percent support, two points higher than Biden’s 44 percent. The survey also revealed a decline in Biden’s approval rating to the lowest point in his presidency, with only 40 percent of voters approving of him. Additionally, the poll highlighted that most Biden voters see their vote as “against Donald Trump,” while most Trump supporters view their vote as “for Donald Trump.” These results suggest a challenging scenario for Biden in the upcoming 2024 elections.

A movie about Napoleon is out. I don’t plan on seeing it because he may be one of the most evil people of all time. He constantly “initiated force” in his attempts to subjugate the world. Peter From Wikipedia: Napoleonic Wars casualties. Total dead and missing 2,500,000 military personnel in Europe. 1,000,000 civilians were killed in Europe and in rebellious French overseas colonies. Total: 3,500,000 casualties David Gates estimated that 5,000,000 died in the Napoleonic Wars. He does not specify if this number includes civilians or is just military. Charles Esdaile says 5,000,000–7,000,000 died overall, including civilians. These numbers are subject to considerable variation. Erik Durschmied, in his book The Hinge Factor, gives a figure of 1.4 million French military deaths of all causes. Adam Zamoyski estimates that around 400,000 Russian soldiers died in the 1812 campaign alone. By contrast, Micheal Clodfelter gives the figure of 289,000 in Russian battles between 1805-1814. Civilian casualties in the 1812 campaign were probably comparable. Alan Schom estimates some 3 million military deaths in the Napoleonic wars. Common estimates of more than 500,000 French dead in Russia in 1812 and 250,000–300,000 French dead in Iberia between 1808 and 1814 give a total of at least 750,000, and to this must be added hundreds of thousands of more French dead in other campaigns—probably around 150,000 to 200,000 French dead in the German campaign of 1813, for example. Thus, it is fair to say that the estimates above are highly conservative.

The forthcoming miniseries All the Light We Cannot See — based on Anthony Doerr’s award-winning novel of the same name — is shaping up to be as heartbreaking (and beloved) as its source material. And if you weren’t already planning on tuning in to the four-part adaptation, the all-star, award-winning duo of Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie was just tapped to join the cast. end quote It is on Netflix and it was riveting, though violent at times. I think all four episodes last around three and a half hours and they have a huge production budget and wonderful special effects. It takes place in Nazi occupied France. We watched it all in one night. I highly recommend it. Peter

Ah, the debate. Say what? Whoa, Nikky! From The New York Times: . . . . Mr. Ramaswamy, the Ohio entrepreneur, scolded Ms. Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, for allowing her adult daughter to use the app, which Mr. Ramaswamy defends. “She made fun of me for actually joining TikTok while her own daughter was actually using the app for a long time,” Mr. Ramaswamy said. “So you might want to take care of your family first before preaching to anyone else.” “Leave my daughter out of your voice,” Ms. Haley snapped back. The wording from Ms. Haley evoked, however fleetingly, Will Smith’s outburst at the Academy Awards just after he had slapped Chris Rock, yelling at the comedian to keep Mr. Smith’s wife’s name out of his mouth. . . . Onstage, Ms. Haley listened as a smattering of boos erupted as Mr. Ramaswamy referenced her daughter. “You have her supporters propping her up — that’s fine,” Mr. Ramaswamy said of the boos. Ms. Haley, unlike Mr. Smith, kept her hands to herself. “You’re just scum,” she told Mr. Ramaswamy. end quote

From POLITICO: . . . At least four candidates will take the third debate stage next Wednesday in Miami: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie . . . Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said he has qualified for the third debate, but the RNC has yet to confirm to POLITICO whether he has fully met the polling criteria. But the race’s far-and-away frontrunner, former President Donald Trump, will skip the event — and he will almost certainly not attend the fourth debate as well. Trump’s campaign has repeatedly called for an end to the events given his sustained polling lead. Trump and his campaign have reasoned that the debates are dragging out a primary race that he argues is already over, and the continued intraparty battle is distracting Republicans from training their focus toward defeating President Joe Biden. The former president has led the rest of the field combined by at least 20-30 points for months, and the debates have yet to produce a major shakeup in the race . . . . And on the democratic side we have more news. Fox was also talking tonight about the ‘under the table’ talks about replacing Biden. From Knewz: Kennedy Climbing: Independent Candidate Scores Above 20% Against Biden and Trump in New Poll . . . One year before the next presidential election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is showing strength as an independent candidate in a new poll. Knewz.com has learned Kennedy received 22% support in a nationwide poll conducted in late October.

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