XMAS MOVIE REVIEW SPECTACULAR!! Now that Xmas is upon us let's review some if the seasonal ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 19, 2020:

It's a Wonderful Life is without doubt the most over rated hymn to conformity ever put on celluloid, the story of how treating yourself life shit, and submitting to authority is the only sure way to moderate contentment and how your life's only of importance because of the benefit it brings to others and society as a whole when you submit and comply utterly. You do not even have the right to die because of the damage that might do, so feel guilty until you feel better, because deluding yourself in to feeling "happy" is the best you can hope for and you should be grateful for that. It is disgusting and I hate it with a passion.

It looks like the Trump Department of Defense has lots of documents to shred before they can ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 19, 2020:

Reminds me of this quote from "Yes Minister" ***James Hacker: How am I going to explain the missing documents to "The Mail"?*** ***Sir Humphrey Appleby: Well, this is what we normally do in circumstances like these.*** ***James Hacker: [reads memo] This file contains the complete set of papers, except for a number of secret documents, a few others which are part of still active files, some correspondence lost in the floods of 1967...*** ***James Hacker: Was 1967 a particularly bad winter?*** ***Sir Humphrey Appleby: No, a marvellous winter. We lost no end of embarrassing files.*** Also apparently a similar real-life incident occurred when Hurricane Sandy wiped out a significant portion of an FBI record archive. Perhaps the wild fires of 2020 might just...well you know?

Merry terraseasonal holidays! Happy United Solstices! Happy HumanLight Day.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 19, 2020:

why have you posted this three times?

SHEBANG.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 19, 2020:

Could be related to Charabanc, a large horse drawn (later, steam or petrol driven) bus used for rowdy outings, excursions and joyrides in the original sense of the word

US judge says parents owe son over trashed porn collection [bbc.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

There are still people who actually ***pay*** for porn?

I know this is unoriginal - but please feel free to slide down my chimney, Mrs. Clause.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

I'm sure she won't mind if you call her Mary Christmas

the porn star.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

This photo has been doing the rounds for at least ten years, a reverse look up shows it to have originally been edited from a 2010 Christmas card for some one called the Burchard or Brukhard family.

I never thought of it quite like this, but it makes sense

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

It's the illuminutty I tells ya

That ought to keep things toasty as we sit by the roaring fire, realizing we don't have a fireplace

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

OMFG what a

Biden's Scary Foreign Policy Picks: A Blast From War Crimes Past A breakdown of Biden's new ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Interesting, certainly merits further research.

This seems to be perfect for many occasions.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Its always "Them!" whats to blame!

RUSTICATE.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Or a mechanical feline left out in the rain?

This scene occurred very near my home in Florida.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

"Nothing completely safe can be truly beautiful" Vonda McIntyre

“History is but the polemics of the victor.” - William F. Buckley Jr.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

He was paraphrasing Churchill's "History is written by the victors" Who in turn was quoting George Orwell, mistranslating Hermann Göring.

Just like him

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

According to his arseholiness darth Kurtzman Proud and noble Klingon warriors don't look like that anymore They look like these douches

[blogs.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

"putting its idea of animal welfare above freedom of religion." quite right, no matter what the religion, if it preaches cruelty toward dumb animals it needs to be rethought. Laws on humane animal slaughter exist for good reasons, I'm no vegan, I am a confirmed carnivore, but deliberate and unnecessary torture of animals in order to fulfill religious ritual is an act of barbarism. To fuck with any deity that demands that, and fuck anyone who would do that for a living, they are both monsters.

Still wondering?...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

I find that in very bad taste, both as cruelty to animals and a waste of good lamb chops.

Bayon Temple, ancient city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Big brother is watching you 1984 B.C.

This would be wonderful if we could get people to read them.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Dictionaries and grammar primers too?

A massage that evidently cures everything.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Reminds me of the stories of Dr. Mesmer having women coming to his dressing room at the theater BEGGING to be hypnotized again by his "All over gentle touch" method. It was truly a golden age for the sexual predator.

Dress for the job you want!

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 16, 2020:

How long after leaving the White House do you reckon the divorce will be announced?

One in 10 employees enjoy working from home in the nude

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 16, 2020:

Hrumph Bare faced cheek!

PURLOIN.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 16, 2020:

I love this one

SODALITY soh-DAL-ih-tee Part of speech: noun Origin: French, early 17th century 1: A ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 16, 2020:

New to me thanks

I love Stephen Colbert! His suggestion for the house to require the house to vote on certification ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

He's the man

I am chuffed to be able to share the word chuffed with you.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

It is true that Chuffed means proud, but proud in the same sense as the euphemism for an erection, the word originally meant sexually exited.

Enamul Hasan, a 19-year-old Rohingya refugee who tried to reach Malaysia from Bangladesh, has ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Inhumanity against the less fortunate is universal. In cases like this we call it barbarism, in the west we call it right wing politics.

I think a goal in life should be to feel comfortable in your skin as long as possible and to express...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Beautiful lady

What if money was no object?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

A lot of it yes and I hope not.

[huffpost.com] Attorney General William Barr resigns before Trump fires him.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

BARR: "Ladies and gentlemen I can only say that it is with a heavy heart that today I must announce that I am saddened and shocked to learn that I have been resigned like this."

Presidential Losers Who Conceded/Conceited!!!!!!

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

President Trump a man who when he say "I have half a mind to ... (insert action here)" is exaggerating by at least 75%

Here's one of my all-time favorite movies set at Christmas/New Years, from 1960: The Apartment.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Billy Wilder at his very best.

The previous two or three posts of music from Westerns has popped this song into my head.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

For so many of us Frankie Lane is the voice of the cowboy film, thanks for this.

Please welcome @emizan and @lovelykim1 to the group. Feel free to post your viewpoints.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

Welcome

So my first anime was vampire hunter d and I was pretty hooked after that.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

If you like Vampire Hunter D try Hellsing Ultimate, you'll love it.

What have you found to be the worst English dub for a quality feature length anime?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

I never watch English dubs, I always watch anime (and Asian Cinema) subbed unless there is no other choice.

What are your thoughts on anime being turned into live action franchises that are whitewashed (in ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

It happens the other way around too, the multicultural cast of "Attack on Titan" in the Manga and the Anime were all cast with Japanese actors in the live action movies, it did not suffer for it. I am actually a fan of many live action adaptations, I even have some love for the American remake of Deathnote ( Willem Dafoe as Ryuk is sheer genius and forgives a multitude of sins in my book.)

The Boy and the Beast This is in my top ten as well, right between Summer Wars and Your Name =)...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

This is one I have been meaning to get round to watching for a while now, thanks for the reminder.

Anyone like older anime like fist of the north star and berserk

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

I have loved anime since the 1960's when I first saw *Marine Boy *(Kaitei Shōnen Marin) as a very young boy. It was hard to find until the rise of VHS in the eighties and I have been hooked ever since.

What’s everyone favorite anime?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

Deathnote, without a doubt, not the best anime but my favourite so far, unsurpassed in story telling, characters and design.

Hey guys, I've been watching this anime called Psycho-Pass and I must say it's mind blowing.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

Yes Psycho pass is powerful and disturbing, the idea that sanity can be defined arbitrarily and deviant elements "removed" for the "greater good" is a nightmare concept worthy of Philip K Dicks.

What is your top 5 go.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

5 Serial experiment Lain 4 Tora Dora 3 Inuyashiki 2 Yuukoku no Moriarty (so far) 1 Deathnote

NABALITIC.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

Nabal actually is the Hebrew word for fool. In the story Nabal refuses to due pay taxes to King David, because he considers himself to wealthy and important to be subject to the same laws as everyone else. (Sounds familiar). The wife of the fool is named Abigail (Hebrew for "A father's Joy.") she pays the taxes to David herself and apologizes, so David agrees not to kill her husband for tax evasion and insulting the king. God however is righteously pissed and strikes Nabal down with paralysis and a few days in agony later kills him and orders David to Marry Abigail and so inherit all Nabal's wealth and property, on which he as King no longer need pay any tax. The Story is reminiscent of that of Ananias who lied about his wealth so as to avoid tithing to the early Christian church and was struck down dead by god for tax evasion. Useful little religious parables for priest to extort money from idiots.

Trump's final desperate despotic acts to hold onto power?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Brinkmanship

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Sadly true, the pursuit of the desired but unattainable myth with always overcome the need to deal with reality

Breaking!!! SCOTUS has rejected Texas and 45's bid to overturn the election! Suck it Donny, ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 12, 2020:

You're Outta Here !!!

This was part of the lead to an NPR story this morning, Pilloried.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 11, 2020:

A town pillory as seen in the 1939 version of The Hunchblog of Notre Dame starring Charles Laughton

Is this as funny as I think it is?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 10, 2020:

quite possibly

Fuzzy wuzzy. 😁😁

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 10, 2020:

Reminds me of a nursery rhyme my mother used to tell us Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair So Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't really Fuzzy Wuz-He?

But will this be enough to get the stench of corruption, treason and lunacy from the WH?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 10, 2020:

"...[H]ow can a country be run like this?" POTUS D. Trump Dec 9th 2020 Twatter 😃😃😃😃😃

I’m heading off to bed early tonight so I’m posting this song.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 9, 2020:

My late writing partner and I once spent an entire drunken night trying to de-construct and decode the lyrics of whiter shade of Pale in an effect to understand what this song is actually about. In the end we decided that it means you can sell a lot of records if you sufficiently confuse your audience of stoners.

Christians Plan to Walk in Circles Seven Times to Overturn the Election Results | Hemant Mehta | ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 9, 2020:

This what you get for watching Superman (1978) while pissed on communion wine.

MAGA mentality

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Yup that about sums it up

...Like Ice Cream??? WTF?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 9, 2020:

I freaking hope so

IRASCIBLE.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 9, 2020:

From the Latin verb irasci "To be angry, be in a rage," So *not* as many think the antonym of a lost word rascible. ;)

What Do Atheists Do at Christmas?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 8, 2020:

Get drunk, eat too much and watch tele, just like everyone else.

Sinecure: (from Latin sine 'without' and cura 'care' ) is an officeholder, carrying a salary or ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 8, 2020:

In Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado, the character of Poobar holds multitudinous sinecures allowing him to enjoy a life of idleness and respect without actually doing anything. The title Grand Poobar today means one apt at getting themselves in to cushy jobs at high wages with little or no responsibility being involved, such as a place on a Quango (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation) which one might still consider a sinecure.

Pope installs new cardinals, including first African-American

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 8, 2020:

As in so many cases now, woke box ticking has for appearance sake, become more important to recruitment than actual merit, capability, experience or qualification.

"It's like a third-world country-- these ballots pouring in from everywhere, using machinery that ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 8, 2020:

"He who controls the media controls the minds of the public." Noam Chomsky

Diana Ross in the 80's

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 8, 2020:

Diana Ross in her 80's (almost)

Eating Our Young and Starving for the Future [ghionjournal.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 8, 2020:

And people like to say only whites can be racist. Bigotry is obviously colour blind.

I've often wondered where the name came from.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 7, 2020:

A cell phone carries a single lithium power cell, as opposed to early phones which carried a battery of cells. Battery is actually the plural, though it is commonly used now as the singular as well for a power cell.

Imagine a Muslim terrorist crossing the country purposely exposing people to a chemical weapon which...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 7, 2020:

One could argue "intent" on the part of the terrorist and gross negligence on the part of Trump, but there is a part of me that in Humpty's case cannot help but suspect the balding bastard new exactly what he was doing.

‘Deaths of despair’ are rising. It’s time to define despair | Science News

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 7, 2020:

The worst that can happen is death and once experienced everything else is irrelevant. Everything else is surmountable in one way or another So protect those you love Enjoy what you love Deny your self nothing if it brings you joy Avoid that and those which would ruins your good time

GALEANTHROPY.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 7, 2020:

As lycanthropy is to werewolf, Galeanthropy is to

Calvin's a lot smarter than people sometimes give him credit for.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

I recall being summoned to my son's primary school after he raised just such points at the age of 5 and accused the teacher of lying to the class.

US Observers Endorse Venezuela's Election Legitimacy The elections are being monitored by 1,500 ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

Certain parties in the US administration seem convinced all elections are rigged recently.

How many believe in Santa Claus?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

An interesting point is that most people believe Santa Clause means Saint Nicholas/Nicklaus, but in languages where Santa does mean Saint it is the feminine version of the word, indicating that Santa Clause is in fact a woman or identifies as such. 😈

A new BBC podcast, “Mayday,” uses smears, gaping omissions, leaps of logic, and factual errors ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

Fascinating. However to most people of my generation in the UK "The White Helmets" are The Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team.

I would not be surprised if this was also true of other primates. [vice.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

This suggests that there are a Lot of primatologist with far to much time on their hands, and god knows what else.

FABULIST.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

Subtly different from a fantasist, stemming from the use of Fabula and syuzhet the structuralist theory of literature and narrative as proposed by Vladimir Propp.

Different doesn't mean wrong.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

Different does not necessarily mean wrong, but it can mean unacceptable.

Hi please can I have your comments.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

First run a virus scan on your computer, AND a malware scan. Check who is sending the message to you to ensure it is coming from this site, if it is block them, there is no reason for you to receive a message like this from anyone other than for phishing purposes. Delete all such messages immediately do not even open them. That is my advice

Michael Flynn is a true Trump supporter. He wants Trump to declare martial law. [independent.co.uk]

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 6, 2020:

I have said since the election that some one would suggest this abomination, (Flynn is a surprise I grant you, but a pardon comes with a price in the era of Trump). President p¬ssygr@bber will asses the reaction to the idea and decide if it is tyrant time or not.

Quote from Mark Twain.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Love Mark Twain, a man who once described the Book of Mormon as "Chloroform in Print".

[youtube.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Delores Cahill former vice chair of the Scientific Committee of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) was "requested" to resigned from position after revelations about her association with violent Alt Right groups. Heiko Schöning, M.D arrested numerous times for defying rules related to public gathering and endangering life. Maneka JC Helleberg self professed Freedompreneur and internet "New earth" self help guru Martin Byrne AKA Randy Roxx failed X factor contestant and heavy metal singer Mads Palsvig, former Banker from Morgan Stanley(no longer employed), founder of Danish political party called JFK21 noted self professed "conspiracy theorists". JFK21” ~ “Earth Freedom Knowledge”, and has been revealing conspiracy secrets about hidden agendas orchestrated by elite “banksters” and members of secret societies, who “run the world” behind the scenes and who are responsible for the covid "hoax" to enable vaccination to implant tracking chips in everyone. Fiona Hine, Political Activist and Events Manager, Founder of CoviLeaks (a blog for anonymous bloggers to sahre the "Truth" about the covid "Hoax" unchallenged) a twice arrested lock down breaker, former catering manager now bankrupt **Yup a fine upstanding group of failures, arrestees, firees, new age weirdos and Alt right mouth pieces, I can hardly wait to avoid their next broadcast.**

I want to know what the fuck kind of cocaine was the director snorting when he decided to make A ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 4, 2020:

Which film?

“I can resist anything except temptation.”

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 4, 2020:

― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

Thank Gawd I'mma country boy!!!

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I don't have the words to express how hilarious that is.

I was curious about the.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 4, 2020:

O.F.F.S.

Please say hello to @bubbegrey who has just joined the group.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Hi

Grace Kelly in the 1950's

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

A truly elegant lady.

Do any CT members agree with my sentiment that the long term and most profound effects of this ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

***...the long term and most profound effects of this pandemic will be psychological as well as economical.*** Inevitably yes, it is already causing the uneducated to revert to superstition and hostility in defiance of all evidence. ***Also, will governments make ample provision for a wave of "disturbed" citizens in their mental health care systems as a result of this?*** In a few countries such as Switzerland and New Zealand yes they will, in larger/richer countries like the UK and USA definitely not, they will simply throw people in prison or drug them up to the eye balls and call them antisocial deviants. Rich countries governments don't actually believe in mental illness other than when it can be exploited for entertainment or science. For Christmas sake they did not even acknowledge the existence of PTSD until 1980 when most people suffering from it because of the 2 world wars were dead can could not sue over it.

Felicific calculus: The felicific calculus is an algorithm formulated by utilitarian philosopher ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Intense, long, certain, speedy, fruitful, pure— Such marks in pleasures and in pains endure. Such pleasures seek if private be thy end: If it be public, wide let them extend Such pains avoid, whichever be thy view: If pains must come, let them extend to few. Jeremy Bentham the "mnemonic doggerel" an aid to calculating The felicific calculus

WIDDERSHINS-counterclockwise in Scots-the dog ran widdershins around the yard

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Terry Pratchett made this one popular again in his Discworld novels. the Discworld compass consists of hubwards, rimwards, turnwise and widdershins.

I would like to ask members to read my post of April 27th concerning the mental health impact of the...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

link please?

The 25% Tipping Point - Yes! Magazine

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I feel that this very subjective and very much depends on which conventional beliefs and behaviors are under consideration.

You just know it's there.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Dissolvisti omnes vestimenta

@LenHazel53 I thought of this from your post. Goodman, Krupa and dancing. [youtu.be]

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Damn how did Fred do that, the man actually floats

GotCha, Whoosh.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Robert Alverado is flavour of the month at he moment, but I feel a true pin up needs to be actually painted, rather than be a retouched photo. That said he does have an eye for beauty :)

I DO like heavy balls but...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

I'm tempted to say that is an Alberto Vargas, but it looks a little too modern.

Boooo to you too

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Some one is playing a wish fulfilment there, Caroline Jones was gorgeous, but never quite so blessed in the bust.

Good Puppy.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

could be an Art Frahm work, certainly his style

Do you like red hon?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Gil Evgren's work perhaps the best ever in the pin up field

52 years ago, a young Welsh woman popularised a Russian song, composed by Boris Fomin 95 years ago, ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KEhWTnWvE=AhmadFElyan

John Lettieri plays Medley on Roland V-Accordion FR-7X, March 2011.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

*"Yes. Definitely. On the funny side there are the Marx Brothers, except Zeppo; the Ritz Brothers, no exceptions; both Laurel and Hardy; and Woody Woodpecker. On the unfunny side there's anybody who has ever played the accordion professionally.”* My favourite year 1982

It needs a woman's brain?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

"And don't you ***dare*** go dyin' in there fool!"

A slightly old "Good Morning Britain" pre US election segment with John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten of ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Yeah Johnny Rotten is work class. He's been filthy rich since the 1970s, and only a few years ago copped out and started advertising butter on ITV TV in a hypocritical display of two facedness of the Punk ethic he practically figured headed. What a fucking dildo.

NURDLE nər-dl Part of speech: noun Origin: Unknown, 1990s 1: A very small pellet of plastic ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Nurdle is a VERY old Cornish word, first popularised in the 1950's by "Rambling Sid Rumpole" a character played on radio by Keneth Williams. The word was also made in to part of his catch phrase by Michael Bentine in his TV comedy programme "It's a Square World" in the 1960's and later in "Potty Time" in the 1970s, where when frustrated with some one he would exclaim "You Nikki nine Noddling Nurdle!" It is another word for yokel, or village idiot and can also mean to play cricket over cautiously.

Who here has seen the movie The Crucible? What are your thoughts on it?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Which version, there are at least seven remakes counting TV movies.