tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post7152615749627211446..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That: Random Weekend ThoughtsDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-76710562474352802122014-02-27T11:30:09.709-05:002014-02-27T11:30:09.709-05:00I've just recently come across your blog and e...I've just recently come across your blog and enjoy it immensely. I do hope that you will be feeling better soon. Love your dog - I also have a Shepherd, Millie. I was raised with one as a girl and truly think there is no better breed to have around children. When my granddaughters come over (they're 2 and 3) Millie whimpers with joy! Anyway, I watched "The Hijacking" last night and it was very well done. I recognized three of the actors (the cook, the CEO, and his second in command) from a series you might enjoy, "Borgen". Danish politics. I don't know if you have heard of it. Unlike "House of Cards" I don't feel like I need to shower after watching it.<br />Thank you for your postings and photos of Hartza will be appreciated, EngelinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-12313974976800209822014-02-19T02:42:31.236-05:002014-02-19T02:42:31.236-05:00Dip...your beast is a glorious creature.a puppy no...Dip...your beast is a glorious creature.a puppy nose kiss to him..Now, regarding your post opt pain..you got some good advice..however, I would like to suggest acupuncture..and no, you will not feel the needles((I am a needle phobe..and I do it all time) and Turmeric for the pain and inflammation ...I will let you find out that it is being seriously looked at for cancer, Altzheimer's ,heart disease, arthritis ,reducing cholesterol, triglycerides,diabetes, minimizes likelihood of blood clots,supports healthy kidneys and liver, healthy pain-free joints..You can't get all you need just by eating a lot of Indian food..you need a supplement.Even my doctor takes it and I have a client who is an oncology doc(who had been at MD Anderson) who is involved in international studies re Turmeric<br />Want to keep you around for a long time...I practically went into mourning the last time you disappeared..To your good health!!!!Xangonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-78429702642055960822014-02-18T23:37:21.227-05:002014-02-18T23:37:21.227-05:00Great article as always - thanks Dip.
Anxiety and...Great article as always - thanks Dip.<br /><br />Anxiety and panic attacks sometimes overwhelm me. I couldn't get through these times without my little dog.<br /><br />Re Lion in Winter: Such excellent acting!<br /><br />Re UAW: Follow the money. It's always about the money.<br /><br />Re Winter Olympics: The Russians don't want their children exposed to the West's gay propaganda. The American press thinks this is bad. To show tolerance for differences in opinion the Americans showcase flamboyant gays in lipstick. How is this message received by the rest of the world?<br /><br />I too look forward to reading what you have to say about Venezuela.<br /><br />Reader #8DrWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-50535899150883535912014-02-18T20:34:23.480-05:002014-02-18T20:34:23.480-05:00There aren't many films about the Revolution. ...There aren't many films about the Revolution. "Devil's Disciple" is one of the few good ones. I guess Hollywood finds the Revolution too full of white males concerned about government intervention and keeping their guns and money.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-50340804255854292902014-02-18T20:25:51.934-05:002014-02-18T20:25:51.934-05:00'It is not a question of being "informed&...'It is not a question of being "informed"' Yep, don't need to know power to weight ratios etc, to enjoy tearing up asphalt with a car.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-65146599165816300962014-02-18T18:38:24.644-05:002014-02-18T18:38:24.644-05:00Movies are like cars. It is a very subjective proc...Movies are like cars. It is a very subjective process undergone in deciding whether a film is good or bad. It is not a question of being "informed" about movies, it is whether the movie appeals to you or not--it is, after all, supposed to be art, entertainment for the senses, etc. I did not review "Ender's Game," I reacted to it. I found "Ender's Game" appalling as it sees a dystopian future where we are all under the control of some international military organization that can come and take our children away in the name of some weird threat. The military, to add insult to injury, is made up of a bunch of PC pajama boys who engage in some of the silliest "training" I have ever put on film. A hopeless mess. DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-79368954893176105012014-02-18T17:22:07.671-05:002014-02-18T17:22:07.671-05:00I enjoy the vast majority of your posts and look f...I enjoy the vast majority of your posts and look forward to them. However, I think you missed the mark regarding your "review" of Ender's Game. With all respect, stick to politics and the larger issues; topics you're much more informed about...!<br />Rich Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-10678115415433024032014-02-18T15:57:37.219-05:002014-02-18T15:57:37.219-05:00Anonymous, Dip may have his favorites, but my imme...Anonymous, Dip may have his favorites, but my immediate reaction would be to recommend the "1776" musical, which is great. Also, there is the movie "The Devil's Disciple", with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Laurence Olivier, taken from a play by George Bernard Shaw. I'll try to think of more, because I know they are out there.<br /><br />Minta Marie MorzeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-73486823760169076882014-02-18T15:50:07.484-05:002014-02-18T15:50:07.484-05:00"gluten-free, no preservative, no dye, no-cho..."gluten-free, no preservative, no dye, no-cholesterol, low-fat, sugar-free vanilla pudding".....<br /><br />Wow, the darkness outside did sneak in a bit there!<br /><br />Sure hope you're feeling much better, and I do agree, that's a beautiful dog. Bet he loves your restless nights!<br /><br />Best to you from SandraCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-42911065807378768902014-02-18T09:32:01.943-05:002014-02-18T09:32:01.943-05:00Dear Dip, Have you come across any good old movies...Dear Dip, Have you come across any good old movies about the Revolutionary War in your nighttime viewings? So far I have found Drums Along the Mohawk, Johnny Tremaine, and Revolution (1985 with Al Pacino), and the John Adams mini series, but I would think there must be more. <br />I've been reading 1775 by Kevin Philips, which makes me want to see a good film representation of all of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-5870268391360491662014-02-18T08:12:03.203-05:002014-02-18T08:12:03.203-05:00In Germany, under the 3d Reich, there was an entir...In Germany, under the 3d Reich, there was an entire euthanasia program, known as "T-4" for the address where the experiments were conducted at Tiergartenstrasse 4 in Berlin. An estimated 200,000 people were killed this way, of all ages, at psychiatric hospitals and in the camps.<br /><br />There was considerable church opposition to this program when news of it leaked out--it was one of the few Nazi programs that provoked a significant, negative public response. There's much more here:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_T4#Opposition<br /><br />It was the first think that came to my mind when I read that BBC link. People really are beyond stupid when it comes to not learning the lessons of history.Merkwürdigliebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633547688991082358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-79627634417634140302014-02-17T21:50:42.652-05:002014-02-17T21:50:42.652-05:00re: "Having read the Nevi'im many times, ...re: "Having read the Nevi'im many times, I sometimes wonder..."<br /><br />Well stated, and yes I agree. Europe has embraced cultural and spiritual death, so a vigorous robust virus of death (aka Islam) is overtaking her in a most obscene manner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-23865964970164105952014-02-17T21:07:32.523-05:002014-02-17T21:07:32.523-05:00Holy Shit Batman!
A few posts back Kepha advocate...<i><strong>Holy Shit Batman!</strong></i><br /><br />A few posts back Kepha advocated (& I'd agreed to) re-instituting a certain law - little did I realize - A.C.A. § 5-14-101 (2014) : <br />5-14-101. Definitions.<br /><br /> As used in this chapter:<br /><br /> (1) "Deviate sexual activity" means any act ... touching, directly or through clothing ... the breast of a female."<br /><br /> ... among other stuff of course - meant anything else than "undesired, unwished, uninvited, "My Dad is gonna cut your balls off" etc ... I figured I'd be the first to agree with.<br /><br />But ooh boy Kepha, Arkansas' "anti-sodomy law" goes a very long bridge - a guy by law can't even examine for say, breast cancer 'cause touching a tit ... excuse me ... a breast - female - violates Arkansas' Sodomy Law. <br /><br />Check it for yourself - A.C.A. § 5-14-101 (2014)<br /><br />http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/arcode/Default.asp<br /><br />Arkansas I'm of the opinion is ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-15175018672661032452014-02-17T20:21:09.614-05:002014-02-17T20:21:09.614-05:00Mr. Wall,
I think you might mean Aubrey Filmore i...Mr. Wall,<br /><br />I think you might mean Aubrey Filmore in "A Southern Yankee" (1948), or possibly Wally "The Fox" Benton in Whistling in Dixie" (1942). It's a natural mistake to make.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59357859672548785782014-02-17T20:09:58.925-05:002014-02-17T20:09:58.925-05:00Mr. Zane,
How about "falsely documented pers...Mr. Zane,<br /><br />How about "falsely documented persons"? Or even--this is so wildly crazy it might just work--"illegal aliens"?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-71454147782539827102014-02-17T18:46:31.892-05:002014-02-17T18:46:31.892-05:00Regarding your four-legged friend, I have to admit...Regarding your four-legged friend, I have to admit that if my wife weren't allergic to them, I'd have a cat. Still, dogs are wonderful, as long as they're somebody else's responsibility.<br /><br />I'm in full sympathy with the Chattanooga auto workers who voted to reject the UAW, even if in principle I'm in favor of independent labor unions (I noticed while in China, that if you really want to sweat labor, you need to go to a country where the workers' party is in control--and when I see China's problems with spontaneous labor unrest, or villages beating up Communist cadre in eastern Guangdong over shady land deals [makes me proud to be part Hakka], I feel that it couldn't happen to a nicer government.<br /><br />As for homosexual celebrities, I am frankly disgusted. When one of the other posters spoke of going to school in Hollywood and virtually all kids of either sex got propositioned, it makes me all the more disgusted with the entertainment industry. When a bunch of my students told me about the inspiring film they saw about Harvey Milk in "health" class, I asked if they were told how Milk used to prey on teenaged runaways in SanFran, and got a few people thinking.<br /><br />My own guess is that in a couple of decades, when I'm dying in prison for "hate speech", a bunch of young men will come out of the woodwork whining about the miseries of growing up sodomized by "two daddies" (the Frank Lombard case multiplied), and the selfsame lawyers pushing the LGBT agenda today will sail off into comfortable retirement representing these aggrieved youngsters in a whopping big class action suit against every organization and institution that made their last clients' misery possible. May it bankrupt half of the MSM and Hollywood.<br /><br />I was Vice Consul in Bangkok for two years. I didn't go looking for the sex industry, but simply couldn't avoid noticing it. Everything about it is sordid and disgusting, but the ponytailed Farang men who know they're HIV-AIDS positive and are going abroad for a last fling with partners as young as they can find them (and telling themselves they're helping the world's poor while doing it) are just about the worst of all. Maybe a future generation, which explores the last taboo, will tweet each other about how queers taste like something between pig and dog (apologies to Hartza and friends) rather than chicken. We today are so determined to go Hell-for-leather to define deviancy downwards, I fear that such a day will come.<br /><br />Having read the Nevi'im many times, I sometimes wonder if the real reason why Europe is being overrun my Muslims (a culture that chiefly produces fratricidial war and slums surrounded by deserts) might not be divine judgment on a culture that once had so much, but then collectively flipped the bird at its maker. I fear the USA isn't that far behind, either.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-18155938064093760312014-02-17T18:02:57.786-05:002014-02-17T18:02:57.786-05:00Regarding gay celebrities coming out and the UAW l...Regarding gay celebrities coming out and the UAW loosing big-time, one of the regular smart-*sses at Ace of Spades (IRRC) remarked that at this rate there would be more gay celebs in Hollywood than private-sector union employees everywhere else.Celia Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16261103494038415027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-37088583192857045042014-02-17T16:21:26.739-05:002014-02-17T16:21:26.739-05:00I appreciate it guys. Didn't stop me from feel...I appreciate it guys. Didn't stop me from feeling some what bad about it though. Next thing you know, somebody will tell me Red Skelton didn't play Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind".whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-35852512866749274972014-02-17T15:55:04.222-05:002014-02-17T15:55:04.222-05:00Appears the fat lady hasn't sung. And it would...Appears the fat lady hasn't sung. And it would appear neither the Prussians nor the UAW has bothered with any History books.<br /><br /><i>The effort would have created the first union at a foreign-owned automaker in the historically anti-union South-and raised the morale of a union that has seen membership plummet from 1.5 million in 1979 to 380,000 last year.</i><br /><br />http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/16/218317/uaw-may-challenge-loss-at-vw-factory.html<br /><br />ArkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-91722627709833373632014-02-17T15:38:36.816-05:002014-02-17T15:38:36.816-05:00"They're all dead. You're safe . . . ..."They're all dead. You're safe . . . " Anthony Hopkins isn't, but this was before he developed a certain taste so to speak.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-12927180550431637702014-02-17T14:59:43.761-05:002014-02-17T14:59:43.761-05:00They're all dead. You're safe . . .They're all dead. You're safe . . . DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-14302600472559007632014-02-17T14:48:27.153-05:002014-02-17T14:48:27.153-05:00Terrific article, thanksTerrific article, thanksDiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-78865354309759187232014-02-17T14:47:53.351-05:002014-02-17T14:47:53.351-05:00Does he have four legs and a tail?Does he have four legs and a tail?DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-44466978999262056162014-02-17T14:25:37.236-05:002014-02-17T14:25:37.236-05:00Thanks. As soon as I walked out of the house I rea...Thanks. As soon as I walked out of the house I realized what I had done. whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70412910285122776092014-02-17T13:46:41.454-05:002014-02-17T13:46:41.454-05:00I am suspicious. Is David Mamet, David Mamet ghost...I am suspicious. Is David Mamet, David Mamet ghost writing for you today?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724327052654657noreply@blogger.com