tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post4352967218722794143..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Camille Paglia v. The HiveAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-39243300332549278262018-12-05T13:14:40.780-06:002018-12-05T13:14:40.780-06:00Yes, Camille is brilliant. She and Jordan Peterso...Yes, Camille is brilliant. She and Jordan Peterson have many discussions together on YouTube. Re: I see "spreading among professional middle-class women a bitter resentment toward men" - I heard a 25-yr. old describe his respectful approach to such a woman to take her out, an approach that would be very easy to turn down gently if you were not interested. Instead, she shot him a dirty look, turned on her heel and stomped off. That's the modern programming. Women are not even learning the skills to interact that we once had. A step backwards. Baysiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562129788572031587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-51083259008607469992018-12-05T10:00:06.440-06:002018-12-05T10:00:06.440-06:00Ducky done jumped the fiberglass fake shark that n...Ducky done jumped the fiberglass fake shark that never has the same size in Jaws. But but visual genius Spielberg lol(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-45487667848459594722018-12-05T09:44:15.584-06:002018-12-05T09:44:15.584-06:00Thank you, Silver! Please don't EVER be sad ab...Thank you, Silver! Please don't EVER be sad about agreeing with ME. ;-)<br /><br />May the Joy of this blessed Christmas Season take over your life, and lift your spirits heavenward.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-43212650794389803162018-12-05T09:41:19.536-06:002018-12-05T09:41:19.536-06:00Yes, and a great deal more so than YOU could ever ...Yes, and a great deal more so than YOU could ever PRETEND to be, Canardo.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-90649443937327449732018-12-05T09:39:25.846-06:002018-12-05T09:39:25.846-06:00ON THIS the DAY of HER HUBAND'S FUNERAL I OFFE...ON THIS the DAY of HER HUBAND'S FUNERAL I OFFER AGAIN this TRBUTE to FIRST LADY BARBARA BUSH. I HOPE SHE and HER HUSBAND GEORGE are NOW HAPPILY REUNITED and WILL LIVE FOREVER in PARADISE.<br /><br /><br /><b>____ Barbara Bush (1925-2018) ____<br /><br /><i>Beloved source of character and strength.<br />An asset to her family and our nation<br />Refreshing for her lack of agitation.<br />Barbara liived a good life of great length.<br />A life patrician, gracious, down-to-earth<br />Regal, yet a quintessential mother<br />A fount of strong opinion like no other,<br />But muted, disciplined, and tinged with mirth.<br />Unusually poised in public life<br />She had a kind of beauty very rare<br />Happy to have prematurely aged<br />Resplendent in her crown of snow white hair<br />In no way mean, her mind always engaged<br />Proud, yet humble,and always the ideal wife.</i></b><br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br /><br />I WOULD HOPE TOO THAT EVERY MEMBER of this NATION WILL SET ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES and OFFER EMPATHY and CONDOLENCES to the BUSH FAMILY on this DAY of SOLEMN MOURNING.<br />Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37114463912977312352018-12-05T09:28:11.937-06:002018-12-05T09:28:11.937-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-43778657591585775022018-12-05T06:30:35.783-06:002018-12-05T06:30:35.783-06:00Sadly, I must agree with Franco. As always, the M...Sadly, I must agree with Franco. As always, the Marxist Merganser has diverted the topic two miles off track, dragged it into a dead end street and smashed out the headlights.<br /><br />Nothing incenses a lefty like an independent thinker who is supposed to be on their side but keeps committing heresy against the hive.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-2903646599009000102018-12-05T06:25:18.042-06:002018-12-05T06:25:18.042-06:00You should study film, Ducky. You might learn some...You should study film, Ducky. You might learn something.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-61239712309263862122018-12-05T06:23:47.532-06:002018-12-05T06:23:47.532-06:00And Kurosawa? The guy kicked off of the Japanese h...And Kurosawa? The guy kicked off of the Japanese half of Tora Tora Tora! for stalling production for weeks over the color of a bulkhead in the background of a 5 second long scene?(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-443983418731882992018-12-05T06:16:24.032-06:002018-12-05T06:16:24.032-06:00So... you can't name a Spielberg innovation.
...So... you can't name a Spielberg innovation.<br /><br />Okay, Kubrick's 2001 vs. Star Wars? Side by side by the time we're seeing chimpanzees killing each other over the names listed in the opening credits in 2001, in Star Wars we,'re already immersed in a space battle and stormtrooper boarding party and the introduction of Darth Vader before we ever get a "good guy" character. No opening credits whatsoever.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58168495681393118732018-12-04T22:42:04.383-06:002018-12-04T22:42:04.383-06:00Yes, Spielberg. I assume you're familiar with ...Yes, Spielberg. I assume you're familiar with <i> Jaws </i> (even used John Williams for the soundtrack) and the marketing of blockbusters. <br />The box office was what attracted Lucas.<br />If you watch <i>Star Wars</i> and compare it to <i> 2001: A Space Odyssey</i> you soon see who had the talent for visuals. There is nothing in to compare with the docking scene in <2001>. Kubrick was ahead of all of them without CGI. Too bad his script went off the trolley.<br /><br />Again, it's about marketing, merchandising and franchising with Lucas. He didn't even produce or direct Ep. 5 & 6. I don't criticize him, just point out his primary focus and his mentor, Spielberg.<br /><br /> Oh,when it comes to editing compared to his hero, Kurosawa, he ain't much.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-39445685606829656912018-12-04T21:43:59.958-06:002018-12-04T21:43:59.958-06:00Ducky...
Spielberg? Really? How many ways can the...Ducky...<br /><br />Spielberg? Really? How many ways can the guy make a movie about how much he hates his dad? Yeeeawn.<br /><br />Name a Spielberg innovation that rivals Lucas' pioneer work in digital editing, sound and visuals, computer animation, etc.<br /><br />You want to criticize Lucas for being a mass marketer? Well, okay. He took that $4 Billion from selling Lucasfilm and Star Wars to Disney and donated a good $3 Billion of is to charity, which is roughly $2,999,999,999.99 more than you did.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-33965191723172248982018-12-04T20:36:35.829-06:002018-12-04T20:36:35.829-06:00Camille Paglia is humble?Camille Paglia is humble?Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-65557289541704261082018-12-04T20:35:36.106-06:002018-12-04T20:35:36.106-06:00John Lee Hooker, Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters, ...John Lee Hooker, Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Staple Singers electric instruments weren't new to the folk festival.<br /><br />It was radical because Dylan did it and he probably got the idea from Eric Burdon. He was accompanied by members of the Butterfield Blues Band and it was all pretty blues based from Maggie's Farm to his anthem to Edie Sedgwick.<br /><br />It was who did it that was the shock.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-18566735639623038072018-12-04T19:18:46.029-06:002018-12-04T19:18:46.029-06:00It was new to the Newport Folk Festival.
Take you...It was new to the Newport Folk Festival.<br /><br />Take your blinders offSilverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-39161495959053872422018-12-04T18:42:55.383-06:002018-12-04T18:42:55.383-06:00Newport '65, yes I remember it well but the el...Newport '65, yes I remember it well but the electric guitar was hardly new to music.<br /><br />Charlie Christian would be the logical choice.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-26377541604901656362018-12-04T16:42:35.897-06:002018-12-04T16:42:35.897-06:00The Master of Distraction and Digression has struc...The Master of Distraction and Digression has struck again. No one could be more skilled at inveigling interlocutors to get off on a tangent than Entemann.<br /><br />And the powers that be steadfastly refuse to regard him as a troll!Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37781086454097468682018-12-04T15:00:53.818-06:002018-12-04T15:00:53.818-06:00Electric Guitar? Ask those at the '65 Newport...Electric Guitar? Ask those at the '65 Newport Folk Festival.<br /><br />Ducky,<br />I can't tell if your ad-absurdum literalism is sincerely plonkish or a defensive debate tactic...<br /><br />It's obvious you are more suited for the politburo propaganda <br />churned out by the constipated minds at The Nation.<br />Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-72066379172874181102018-12-04T14:23:56.537-06:002018-12-04T14:23:56.537-06:00Stunned at your featuring her as I'd just met ...Stunned at your featuring her as I'd just met with a friend Sunday and was telling how much I admired her. I read that afternoon that "She's never identified with being a woman", which I found fascinating.<br />This woman is HONEST, INFORMED, HUMBLE, amazing...have always loved her work. Thanks for this, SF.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-85180858448615821492018-12-04T12:20:59.534-06:002018-12-04T12:20:59.534-06:00Cogent response as usual.
That's okay. it'...Cogent response as usual.<br />That's okay. it's tough defending the indefensible.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-46577894291846491312018-12-04T09:18:42.674-06:002018-12-04T09:18:42.674-06:00Ganz Scheissvoll wie gewoehnlich! Dein Sinn ist l...<b><i>Ganz Scheissvoll wie gewoehnlich! Dein Sinn ist leer, ganz leer. Eigentlich bist Du ein Scharlatan, Endemann</i></b>. Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-76991598596877103972018-12-04T09:00:59.819-06:002018-12-04T09:00:59.819-06:00The electric guitar was new technology? If you say...The electric guitar was new technology? If you say so.<br /><br />Beamish, you're describing a mass marketer which he was. Even then,Spielberg was the innovator.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-27037668354308306502018-12-04T06:22:26.125-06:002018-12-04T06:22:26.125-06:00Bob Dylan? Electric guitar?
The orange crate you ...Bob Dylan? Electric guitar?<br /><br />The orange crate you deliver your shabby lectures from is cracking.<br />Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-60069825009584167842018-12-04T06:00:12.119-06:002018-12-04T06:00:12.119-06:00Thanks, Franco. You too.
Thanks, Franco. You too.<br />Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58438554412553595882018-12-04T05:57:42.692-06:002018-12-04T05:57:42.692-06:00John 3:1-8...
There was a man of the Pharisees, n...<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3&version=AKJV" rel="nofollow">John 3:1-8</a>...<br /><br /><i>There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 <b>The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.</b> </i>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com