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[That our news media have no desire to follow-up the Hunter Biden email revelations of Biden family corruption is a bigger untold story than anything else so far connected with this sordid affair. And that includes the (non)response of the FBI and the 50 former intelligence officials' successful attempt to disseminate fake news about the provenance of the emails on Hunter's laptop (here). As far as our lamestream media are concerned, the US is now officially a banana republic in how its citizens are fed 'information' that they are to believe. And no one, not the Republicans nor Fox News, is making much beyond clucking their tongues at what appears to be a super-scandal stillborn. gjr]
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You clowns should listen to Mikey. A Lefty who actually took the blinders off.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/michael-moore-says-dont-believe-the-polls-showing-biden-ahead-the-trump-vote-is-always-being-undercounted
"Michael Moore doesn't believe the polls showing Biden ahead of Trump"
Since Moore has family here, Emery should have him on speed dial.
Posted by: Walt | 29 October 2020 at 05:01 PM
scenes 2:24 - Can you imagine how proud Paul Emery must feel right now? He brags about voting for a guy who covers up his son's sexual activity with a minor. Way to go, Paul.
It doesn't matter who wins the election, Paul - you voted for the perv.
No wonder "how do I change my vote" is the leading search item.
Sorry Paul - you're stuck with the perv.
Posted by: Scott O | 29 October 2020 at 05:26 PM
Mic drop -
Lil Wayne's stuntin' with President Trump, but it's way more than a photo op -- he's also voicing his support for the Prez and his proposed plan for the Black community.
The rapper says he had a great meeting Thursday with POTUS, and shared a photo of them smiling together with thumbs up. He says he's endorsing Trump based on his track record on criminal justice reform, and he's excited about Trump's Platinum Plan.
Wayne believes it will "give the community real ownership." As we've told you ... Ice Cube worked with Trump's team on the plan, which vows to pump $500 billion into Black communities, and provide better access to equitable education and jobs.
https://www.tmz.com/?adid=TMZ_Web_Nav_News
Posted by: Don Bessee | 29 October 2020 at 05:32 PM
The emperor has no clothes or ground game -
During a panel discussion, Todd juxtaposed how both Biden and President Trump have handled the virus and questioned whether Biden's lack of in-person events is crippling his candidacy.
"It's interesting when you look at both candidates -- in some ways, one [is] not taking the virus seriously enough at all and one, if there's a criticism, [it] might be, is he taking it too seriously, at least when it comes to campaigning?" Todd began.
He then asked a liberal guest, "Is there any part of you that's nervous about the light Biden footprint when it comes to campaigning, when it comes to the door-knocking, when it comes to this stuff? It is probably the only hole in the campaign infrastructure, which is obvious why it's there. It's due to the pandemic."
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-chuck-todd-biden-taking-coronavirus-too-seriously
Who would you vote for FLOTUS -
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/10/29/melania-trump-gets-roaring-florida-welcome-in-leopard/
re 5:26
Show me proof Scott
Posted by: Paul Emery | 29 October 2020 at 06:11 PM
Do your own homework EMERY. Just because your Proggy Press has a blackout on all things "dirty Biden", in no way means it didn't happen.
Now how many times has PROOF been spoon fed you, just to have you spit it out because you didn't like the taste?
Besides. Biden is the liar you have no problem voting for.
Now.. Just what was your stated opinion of liars?
Care to remind the good folks? Or do you need a reminder yourself?.... HUmmmmMMM?????
Proof positive Harris id pro terrorist.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2020/10/29/kamala-harris-restore-aid-to-palestinians-reopen-u-s-consulate-in-jerusalem-plo-office-in-d-c/
Her anti Semitism is showing.
Paul Emery 6:11 - "Show me proof Scott"
First, Paul - you show all of us 'proof' of all of the BS you've been spouting for years about Trump being a 'Putin Cuddler' and 'Flipper Flynn'.
Paul Emery has openly stated many, many, times he will vote for the Dem nominee for POTUS.
You're going to have a hard time moving those goal posts now, Paul.
None of the Bidens have denied that any of the emails, photos and texts from Hunter's laptop that are being shown on the internet are false. What other proof do you need? If some one was shopping around phony BS claimed to come from my lap top, I'd be screaming denials and threatening to sue every one of them to ruin. And so would you. Biden is ducking any questions and lying repeatedly about this issue.
Doesn't matter who wins the election - Paul is supporting the pervs.
Bidens anti-american friends hard at work -
https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2020/10/29/14-dc-police-officers-injured-during-wednesday-riots-one-lost-eyesight/
https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2020/10/29/watch-protesters-retaliate-against-seattle-tv-station-for-reporting-riot-arrests/
A leaked confidential document obtained by Breitbart News reveals that a coalition of left-wing groups in Minnesota, fearing a possible Trump win, is preparing for post-election mass unrest while planning to execute wide scale "strategic disruption."
Led by TakeAction Minnesota, described as a "hub for Minnesota's progressive movement," the groups warn of a need for mass mobilization in a recently leaked highly confidential document circulating among the group's leadership and intended as a prep guide for the coming weeks.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/29/exclusive-leaked-document-leftists-fear-trump-may-win-minnesota-plot-post-election-mass-mobilization/
Every town's future in Blue Mob America.
https://twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1321430465501401089
Posted by: scenes | 29 October 2020 at 07:44 PM
Sad to see the RR's flipping out because it's obvious that Biden is holding strong in the polls and will probably win. Probably is probably however. Currently Nate silver gives Biden 98 chances out of a 100 to win with Trump having 11 chances. Hillary ended up with 72 out a 100 as I recall.
Trump is out of bullets with the massive flop strategy of going after Hunter. Didn't move a percent in the polls. the fact that Biden has been over 50% in the consensus RCP Polls since Oct 1 is one of many examples.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html
Even when they do belatedly start to cover the story, they manage to put in so many weasel words it isn't funny.
https://news.yahoo.com/ups-says-found-lost-cache-171022779.html
"UPS has found the set of documents that Tucker Carlson said had 'vanished' in transit,..."
At the time Carlson stated that, they had, in fact 'vanished'.
UPS couldn't find them, even though they admitted they had the torn open envelope. It looks like UPS can't explain exactly what happened.
And isn't going to.
"Carlson, who vocally supports President Donald Trump, has previously hyped poorly-sourced claims about documents relating to Biden's family."
Like - the FBI?
"He amplified the New York Post's article which also claimed to have accessed emails which were damaging to the Democratic candidate's son Hunter Biden. However, as Business Insider's Sonam Sheth has pointed out, the story has many holes and red flags."
The 'story' by Sonam Sheth they linked to is from Oct 14th and has been shown to be wrong.
The most BS part of the statement is that the emails (yes, don't talk about the photos) are damaging to the candidate's son.
Oh, I think they're just a wee bit damaging to the candidate, but Yahoo news loves to lie everywhere it can to protect Biden.
Looks like Paul's big talk about demanding proof went poof!
"Paul Votes Pervs" would make a nice bumper sticker.
They could hand them out at the KVMR studio.
"Currently Nate silver gives Biden 88 chances out of a 100 to win with Trump having 11 chances."
Paul lies again - "Trump is out of bullets with the massive flop strategy of going after Hunter."
You know perfectly well he's going after Biden because of what is on Hunter's laptop.
BTW, Paul - you claimed the lap top was stolen.
Got 'proof' of that or was that another of your lies?
So what happened to the other 1 percent @806?
Downer dems -
"Joe seems to think the country is hopeless and in shambles and, according to Joe, cowering in fear is going to be our new normal," he said. "Coronavirus is spiraling out of control with no end in sight ... That is Joe Biden's final pitch to you, the voters, and, like always, he happens to be dead wrong."
Hannity said the "scary, dark picture" the Democratic nominee paints is discredited by rapid economic growth. The long hoped-for V-shaped recovery has now become a reality, he said, with a 33.1% increase in third-quarter GDP reported Thursday.
"That is the highest quarterly growth ever in American history," he commented. "Nearly double the previous high."
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis report, personal consumption grew by 40.7% and gross private domestic investment surged 83%. Meanwhile, jobless claims dropped to their lowest level since the pandemic's beginning.
Now that the economy seems to be recovering, Hannity reminded viewers that the Democrats and media mob incorrectly predicted and warned of the coming of a major depression back in April and May.
US ECONOMIC GROWTH SHATTERS RECORD AT 33.1%
"The left was wrong," he said. "The president's pro-growth agenda worked for three years, setting record after record. And now the country's economy is surging at historic numbers.
"And keep in mind," he added, "this V-shaped recovery is coinciding with sharply declining COVID death rates."
"This is great news for America and the world," Hannity concluded. "But not according to Mr. 'Dark Winter.'"
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sean-hannity-biden-scary-image-america-economy-surge
Sounds like someone is scared they are losing -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/29/keith-ellison-wields-power-to-restrict-freedom-of-assembly-of-political-opponents-at-minnesota-trump-rally/
How Nate Silver got it wrong in 2016 by...Nate Silver.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-real-story-of-2016/
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 30 October 2020 at 06:58 AM
Pardon me If this has been already posted. Been rather busy lately with honey-dos and haven't kept up with all comments.
'U.S. GDP grew at record 33.1% annualized rate in third quarter, as economy roars back from COVID'
https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/new-q3-economic-numbers-expected-show-record-growth-best-ever-recovery-us-economists
7.4% from July to September are like the numbers Obama and his advisers said down the road would pay for Obamacare and not cost the Treasury or add to the debt one dime. They predicted a 4% growth rate in 2011, 13, 13 and 6-7% and even 9% by the 2030s.....
sometime off in the future. Won't cost a penny, but it has cost a bunch of plug nickels.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 30 October 2020 at 07:27 AM
The Dems sure paint a dark picture. Dark, gloomy. And they (media first, then Punchy six hours later) called Trump's Inaugural Adress as dark and gloomy, with closed factories littering the landscape with shuttered factories. Dark, gloomy speech. Yet, I have yet t heard one positive thing come out of Biden's professional puppet handlers or Sleazy Joey Fingers himself. Everything is dark to the glum lot. Imagine hosting a party for that Debbie Downer bunch. No thanks.
Go ahead President Trump and please continue to knock over their party tables and flush their punch bowls.
Show me proof Scott.
Hilarious indeed......Mr. Go with the Unsubstantiated Rumor and rabid popcorn consumer ....now he wants proof!
Posted by: fish | 30 October 2020 at 08:11 AM
The Blue Mob keeps on rollin' along. The Ministry of Email has declared:
'Mass mailing service Mailchimp, a US based marketing automation service, has updated its Terms of Use regarding types of content that are prohibited for distribution on the platform. In particular, the service now "does not allow the distribution of content that is, in our sole discretion, materially false, inaccurate, or misleading, in a way that could deceive or confuse others about important events, topics, or circumstances."'
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mailchimp-will-now-deactivate-accounts-sending-false-inaccurate-or-misleading-emails
""Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."" G.O.
Posted by: scenes | 30 October 2020 at 08:14 AM
"As I say, leave it to pop culture to get to the heart of things as usual."
THIS WEEK IN IDENTITY POLITICS: "I'LL FIND SOMEONE THE RIGHT SHADE OF BROWN"
It has happened again: a white woman professor claiming to be a "person of color" has been exposed, this time at Furman University. Inside Higher Education has the story:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/10/this-week-in-identity-politics-ill-find-someone-the-right-shade-of-brown.php
I will come out and say it again. Obama chose his black half to identify with because there is no money in being white. Rachel Dozel, the white girlfriend Montana, identified with her make believe Black side to get the money. Shawn King also identifies with his non-Blackside. Today I haven't decided which of the long list of the flavor of the month groups I will identify with. Remember, It's what I identify as, not what I am.
The only thing I know is you have to search high and low to find an average American with less Native American blood in them than one Elizabeth Warren. Gotta look the part, as they say.
Well, well, well, what is this?
"One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden's laptop, a fake "intelligence" document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden's son and business in China.
The document, a 64-page composition that was later disseminated by close associates of President Donald Trump, appears to be the work of a fake "intelligence firm" called Typhoon Investigations, according to researchers and public documents."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1245387
Posted by: D | 30 October 2020 at 08:36 AM
So you have it Douchey,, It ain't called "fake news" for nothing.
"Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna told Hunter Biden's former business associate Tony Bobulinski in a new message that he would defend him against claims that he is a "partisan hack" in the wake of his claims about the Biden family's business ventures, according to an email obtained by Fox News."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-congressman-tells-ex-hunter-biden-associate-bobulinski-in-message-hed-defend-him-over-partisan-hack-cla
Posted by: Walt | 30 October 2020 at 09:10 AM
Duh 8:36 - Duh fell for this one. This newly discovered document has absolutely nothing to do with the current revelations concerning the Biden family. The 'document' NBC is talking about did not 'go viral'.
There was nothing about it on BB or FOX or NRO or any other conservative website that I saw. Why is NBC pushing this just now?
Looks like they sat on it for quite a while.
Posted by: Scott O | 30 October 2020 at 09:10 AM
D @ 8:36 AM...is that a "fake intelligence firm" like the one that prepared the "dossier" on Trump for Hillary Clinton?????
Posted by: Show-Me Kid | 30 October 2020 at 09:10 AM
Not to worry (D)ugsKKKi I'm sure the Trump people got their disinformation from a source every bit as reliable and trustworthy as the people who produced the Steele Dossier.
That Kamala Harris and that nervous laugh. Worth watching a couple of minutes, IMHO. At least she did not give her pat answer to all questions: "We need to have a conversation about that."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjntMTEs050
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYB2GBS5bn0 (8 seconds)
BillT 727pm - According to Nancy, that GDP improvement makes no never mind as long as our GDP is not back up to pre-covid levels. That's the proper narrative, so we'd better stick to it.
Posted by: George Rebane | 30 October 2020 at 09:30 AM
Here is one for Douchey,, if you actually find a news site(say FOX) they might have a split screen of the crowds. Trump is packing them in, Biden, can't draw flies.( with Biden, just a close up of the microphone.) They NEVER show Biden "crowd" attendance.. Why is that Douchey? The little white circles a real joke? (or hula hoops six feet apart)
Yes Trump gets tens of thousands to rallies,,, and your geezer Biden has trouble with tens of dozens.
Better confer with the Buzzard of Broad st. to come up with a good excuse.
Yes,, there were raised to be dumbshits.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/millenials-gen-z-socialism-marxism
The likes of Berkeley U and the other Proggy infested schools should be proud.
D: ""One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden's laptop"
lol. 'Purported'.
Gotta love this sort of thing. The purest damage control.
http://nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/inside-campaign-pizzagate-hunter-biden-n1244331
Just how many pics do you want from Hunter's laptop starring young Hunter and friends? Some of the friends appear somewhat young. I'd be happy to post links but want to avoid any embarrassment for GeorgeR.
The main value of this of course is to prove that the leaks are real. It's probably safe to agree that Joe Biden has an utterly degenerate crackhead son who sells political influence for living. Judging from the email releases, the Bidens have a pretty shitty family life generally.
The more interesting angle is just how the money makes it to old Creepy Joe. From the emails, it's clear as day that he is on the take, but a bonafide legal case would track the financial transfers.
GeorgeR: "According to Nancy, that GDP improvement makes no never mind as long as our GDP is not back up to pre-covid levels."
Pelosi is going to say whatever it takes to achieve and hold power. It's a pretty sweet gig if you can get it. I can't blame her and there's nothing new here.
The amusing thing is how the local elderly hippies switched so quickly from fighting The Man to being a slavish underclass for FacebookNSAAmazonFBICNN.
One potential theory is that the money in society moved from companies that actually produced useful things (General Motors, Standard Oil, Bechtel) to companies that trade in surveillance and the general sewage of the human psyche. Elderly hippies rarely did anything truly useful in their lives and so are natural opponents to those who did.
Here's a funny one I ran into, the election has the oppo running fulltime.
Remember the Obamacages(tm) that there was a tour of some time ago?
https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2014/06/24-guatemala-nogales-full.png
Guess who built them?
"Under the contract, the Berger/Hill joint venture will be assisting and supporting GSA's Special Programs Division in directing and managing the implementation of the facilities and/or infrastructure to support the division's programs, including the Customs and Border Protection Housing Program, ...."
https://web.archive.org/web/20201023181507/http://ir.hillintl.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hill-international-joint-venture-receives-contract-gsas-special">http://ir.hillintl.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hill-international-joint-venture-receives-contract-gsas-special">https://web.archive.org/web/20201023181507/http://ir.hillintl.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hill-international-joint-venture-receives-contract-gsas-special
Guess who worked for them at the time?
"James B. Biden Joins Hill International Subsidiary as Executive Vice President"
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2010/11/23/434923/207583/en/James-B-Biden-Joins-Hill-International-Subsidiary-as-Executive-Vice-President.html
wheels within wheels.
Biden&Son cage building. "We can keep illegals separated from their kids like no other."
Trigger warning for the TDS set -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/30/florida-democrats-panic-election-day-approaches-weve-got-stop-bleeding/
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/30/cnns-camerota-dems-worried-florida-isnt-going-bidens-way/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/30/florida-poll-president-trump-49-6-joe-biden-46-9/
Posted by: Don Bessee | 30 October 2020 at 10:26 AM
There's just so much insanity out there, the Biden voters amp it up every day.
"Beethoven Has a First Name
It's time to "fullname" all composers in classical music."
"The past several decades have seen the world of American classical music reckoning with its racist and sexist history; as it has with many other areas of culture, that process has greatly accelerated over the past year. In my own corner of academia, the previous several months have seen an explosive focus on the inherent white supremacy and male-centrism within academic music research."
https://slate.com/culture/2020/10/fullname-famous-composers-racism-sexism.amp
'cuz, you know, there are just so many 18th and 19th century composers who are women of color.
An article in Politico reminded me of a thing that would be absolutely amazing.
Let's say that.....
. The Presidential election goes to the House of Representatives.
. Trump wins.
. Pandemonium (which, given it's etymology, is the perfect word for anything involving Team Blue).
That's right blame your six year old.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/30/woman-arrested-gun-disney-world-says-6-year-old-child-real-culprit-magic-kingdom/
"A mom from Georgia who was recently arrested for carrying a firearm to Disney World says the incident was actually her son's fault, according to reports.
Marcia Shantel Temple, 27, was arrested for carrying a concealed firearm at the family-friendly theme park on October 8th"
LOL!!
https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/29/andrew-cuomo-state-trooper-dating-daughter-sent-canada/
That's a LIB father for ya'
Now you have a pissed daughter on your hands.
""He was transferred to keep him away from the daughter because the governor didn't like whatever they were doing," a source familiar with the situation told the Post."
Hummmmmmm.... Any guesses what that could be?
"Despite the distance, the couple is reportedly still going strong, with Pfeiffer picking up Kennedy-Cuomo for dates, reportedly upsetting the governor."
Please tell us the trooper votes Repub.
Can you say "voter intimidation"? And by LIBS no less.
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/10/30/pa-democrats-campaign-intern-accused-of-voter-intimidation-im-about-see-how-alllllll-you-fers-vote/
""Emily Resko, an intern for Parnell's opponent Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA), posted pictures of voter rolls on Snapchat with the caption 'im about to see how alllllll you fuckers vote,'"
In reaction to the news, Resko wrote on Snapchat: "[S]o how about because of my internship, me and this other boy were picked tonight to LITERALLY BE ASSISTANTS UNDER THE LAWYER ON THIS POTENTIAL CASE. I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED fuck parnell and his voter supression." That message contained screenshots of tweets from Lamb and Elias. "[I] literally get to gather data for this case this is amazing im excited ok bye sorry."
In one image, Resko appeared to explain she had "full access to the voting history of ALL residents in the 17th congressional district." "
Things must not be going as planned.....commenting on the "Big Guys" more visible presence on the campaign trail.
"Punxsutawney Joe came out of his basement to campaign, and saw his shadow, thus predicting four more years of Trump".
Punch Emery instructed me to say that!
Posted by: fish | 30 October 2020 at 12:02 PM
Walt: "whatever they were doing,"
I have a pretty good guess.
re: Emily Resko @11:20
https://s4.freebeacon.com/up/2020/10/Elias2-557x1024.jpg
You know, there's probably a serious charge possible from all of that. C'est la guerre.
Of course her boss will throw her to the wolves.
Now don't let some of the local criminals see this.
https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/woman-accused-of-impersonating-prosecutor-dropping-criminal-charges-against-herself/article_1fdb1551-147d-53dd-ad45-6680bfc556fa.html
"A Littleton woman allegedly impersonated a Hillsborough County prosecutor when she filed bogus documents with court officials declaring that the drug possession and stalking case against her had been dropped, according to recently released indictments."
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1322202983816454144
https://twitter.com/RealKiraDavis/status/1322204363775864833
Thank God for Andy Ngo.
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1322168418909511681
'Shemansky'
Joe Biden speaks.
https://twitter.com/EddieZipperer/status/1322218253247303681
Just not that excited about creepy grampa joe and whats her name -
Democrats are turning out at lower rates than Republicans in Florida's largest county, Miami-Dade, after Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign pared down field operations because of the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-rates-lower-republicans-miami-2020
🤣👍👌😅 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/30/video-biden-campaign-bus-runs-red-light-to-flee-pro-trump-democrat-cemetery-vote-collector-hearse/
The picture is priceless!!!
"A Trump supporter with an "Official Democrat Cemetery Vote Collector" hearse tailed a Biden campaign bus in Houston on Thursday, leading to the vehicle running at least one red light in an attempt to get away."
Do Repubs have a great sense of humor or what??
Now what makes a Proggy think a bus will outrun that "stiff" mobile?
re Walt 210pm - Yep, follow the Biden bus, pull into the nearby cemetary, get a few fresh names off the tombstones, mark the ample supply of onboard mail-in ballots, and drop 'em in the nearest vote- or mailbox. Joe loves 'em all; whether still here, or in the great beyond.
Posted by: George Rebane | 30 October 2020 at 02:15 PM
The TDS set is getting the vapors -
(Bloomberg) -- Senior officials on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign are increasingly worried about insufficient Black and Latino voter turnout in key states like Florida and Pennsylvania with only four days until the election, according to people familiar with the matter.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-aides-see-warning-signs-in-black-latino-turnout-so-far/ar-BB1ayfa6
Bumblebrainism #8765949 -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/30/disturbing-joe-biden-brain-freeze-caught-at-pa-rally-truaninonashufodopressure/
Being a censorist A-hole really paid off.... Didn't it?
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/30/twitter-stock-crashes-20-as-user-growth-fizzles/
"Social media giant Twitter suffered a stock price crash of more than 21 percent in intraday trading today following the release of the company's Q3 report. The company reported its slowest growth in years as many companies also bought less advertising on the platform at the same time."
Lets see the trend continue.
Come on out "no voter fraud" Emery,, Looks like your friends need to hide their shovel.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/30/investigators-stop-attempt-register-dead-people-democrats/
"Investigators in Florida have stopped an attempt to register dead people as Democratic voters, the Associated Press reported Friday.
51 new voter applications were mailed to the Broward County elections office in July, according to the Associated Press report. The applications were sent by someone in Columbia, South Carolina, and each application had the same handwriting on it.
Broward County elections officials turned over the registrations to the Broward state attorney's office after flagging them as suspicious."
'Tweety' must be scared of getting fed to the FED cat.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-lifts-new-york-posts-suspension-after-lengthy-standoff-over-hunter-biden-report
As the old saying goes. "Don't pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel."
Censoring in America has already come back to bite.(for now)
Losing 20% in value must have been a good attention getter.
It gets worse for Emery's poll dance.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/poll-biden-trump-lead-narrows-slightly
"Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's lead over President Trump has narrowed a touch to 8 points from a 10-point advantage in early October, according to a Fox News national survey of likely voters."
Reality says Biden is 8 points behind Trump.
A good indicator of just who people will vote for.
Biden stumping to an EMPTY PARKING LOT!!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/30/biden-melts-down-as-trump-supporters-in-minnesota-drown-out-rally/
More Trump people that Biden backers,, AGAIN...(kinda like the TROLLS here.... Nowhere to be found)
Or have the LIBS been watching too much CNN and are scared shitless of even coming out of the house?
A problem for the biden whats her name ticket -
"A lot of people voting for President Trump, but they've just got to be on the the down low, and I'm saying pull the cover off of the Democrat Party," Davis said. "Stand up and be a man. I've been threatened with a recall on my council seat, and when [Donald Trump] said what do you have to lose? I can lose a council seat, but we've got everything as a nation to gain, especially this city that's so impoverished."
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/10/30/maurice-davis-trump-gave-poor-folks-a-voice-democrats-never-did-anything-for-us/
Another judge wants to play dictator?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/el-paso-police-enforce-coronavirus-shutdown
The DA and the police say "🖕 YOU!!"
"The El Paso Police Department quoted the attorney general's letter, which stated that the shutdown order "is unlawful and unenforceable because it conflicts with Executive Order GA-32. For these reasons, we have advised El Paso County Judge Samaniego to immediately rescind or revise his order to make it consistent with GA-32 or face likely further legal action.""
So some self righteous judge probably an "O"bummer appointee)
takes it upon himself to try and shut down the town.
Who the hell does he think he is? Joe Biden?
Not even trying to fair --
Sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News that WPVI-ABC in Philadelphia declined to air the ad without providing an explanation for the decision. As a result, Restoration PAC took the ad blitz to other stations.
"This is part of a startling and dangerous effort by the liberal media to interfere in the 2020 election by censoring legitimate information the American people have a right to know before Election Day," Doug Truax, Restoration PAC's founder and president, said in a statement.
The ad in question specifically focuses on the former vice president telling reporters in September 2019, "I have never spoken with my son about his overseas business dealings."
"He lied to America. He said he never talked to his son about his business dealings with Ukraine and China maybe because he doesn't want you to know it looks like he's skimming money from his son's influence peddling," the narrator said as the ad appealed to a collection of evidence indicating otherwise, stemming from what President Trump has dubbed the "laptop from hell."
"All of Washington, Big Tech, and the liberal media is trying to hide this from you. There's one way to stop all this insanity: vote Donald Trump," the ad concludes:
The news follows a wave of criticism against Big Tech, which quickly moved to censor and suppress the New York Post's original bombshell report indicating Biden met with an adviser to Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company that paid Hunter tens of thousands of dollars per month.
"Joe Biden has been blatantly lying about his involvement with his son's corrupt business dealings," Trump reacted at the time. "This is a big smoking gun."
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/30/abc-affiliate-philadelphia-refuses-air-restoration-pac-ad-highlighting-biden-corruption/
Yup only an ill informed LIB would cheer when they hear that their taxes will be raised if they vote for the Harris/Biden ticket.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/30/kamala-harris-joe-biden-and-i-are-about-to-work-to-get-rid-of-that-tax-cut/
"I promise you this — as a first order of business, Joe Biden and I are about to work to get rid of that tax cut," she said to cheers.
"The cuts practically doubled the standard deduction for singles from $6,350 in 2017 to $12,000 in 2018; nearly doubled the standard deduction for married couples from $12,700 to $24,400; and bumped up the child tax credit from $1,000 in 2017 to $2,000 in 2018.
Eliminating the Trump tax cuts would slash those deductions on working people and families almost in half — effectively a huge tax increase, since a married couple will be paying federal taxes on $11,700 in income they weren't paying under the TCJA. For a tax rate of 20 percent, that would be an annual tax increase of around $2300."
Even the TROLLS here can't argue against those facts.
Cheatocrats -
State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell sent a letter to the mayor, that explained the board had received "emailed complaints" about the voting site.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-carolina-town-refuses-to-remove-blm-banners-from-voting-site
Twitter is a tool of the solicits dems -
Acting DHS Sec. Chad Wolf to Twitter's Jack Dorsey: 'Your censorship poses a threat to our security'
Wolf slammed the tech giant for suspending CPD Commissioner Mark Morgan for touting the success of the border wall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chad-wolf-twitter-jack-dorsey-censorship
Twitter is paying for their crap -
▼ 11.07 (21.11%)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/twitter-tumbles-after-paltry-gains-in-new-users-in-third-quarter/ar-BB1awfSx?PC=WSBMSNH
https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/28/dorsey-just-lied-to-congress-and-claimed-twitter-never-censored-president-donald-trump/
WOW Diamond and Silk were on a roll. Some LIB radio guy picked the wrong two Black ladies to take on.
They didn't let him get a word in edgewise.
"Jim Crow Joe".. Now there is a good new one.
Did ya hear that there have been snowball fight in hell as peace breakout in the middle east? You would not if you only pay attention to the lamestream -
Amid all the other headlines, perhaps they could not shoehorn even a mention of this foreign-affairs victory for President Trump.
As the Media Research Center reports, ABC spent 2:10 on Gordon Wayne, a teenager who walked 550 miles from Caroline County, Virginia to Boston College in Newton, Mass., to raise money for the homeless. CBS dedicated 2:25 for Steve Hartman's "On the Road" dispatch about a Georgia woman who sets out mini-meals of human food to nourish local chipmunks. NBC focused for 1:10 on a Texas sheriff's deputy who resuscitated a 20-day-old baby who stopped breathing — all captured on his official body camera.
Meadows on Trump administration brokering peace agreement between Israel and SudanVideo
These are touching, heartwarming tales. Who doesn't love generous adolescents, cheerful chipmunks, and newborns spared from tragedy? But doesn't a major step forward overseas merit at least a passing wave from America's brave news anchors? Why not a few seconds of relevant footage with brief, sonorous voice-overs?
All we are saying is: Give peace deals a chance.
"With such news priorities, the networks continue to demonstrate why they have alienated so many who dismiss them as 'fake news,'" said MRC's Brent Baker. "Refusing to cede even 10 or 15 seconds to a major peace deal in the Middle East? Just because the president involved is named Trump, and they cannot countenance giving him a win days before the election?"
That is the really big news here: The three major networks, like most of the dinosaur media, are so diabolically possessed with hatred for Donald J. Trump that they actively conceal virtually anything that shines a positive light on the president — especially as they labor sedulously for his defeat on November 3.
Such journalistic malpractice helps explains why, on October 23, the day President Trump unveiled the Israel-Sudan agreement, he enjoyed 51 percent job approval among likely voters (compared to 50 percent for Obama on October 23, 2012) according to Rasmussen Reports. Meanwhile, Gallup revealed September 30 that, regarding trust in the mass media, 27 percent of American adults have "not very much" and 33 percent harbor "none at all."
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-mideast-peace-deal-buried-abc-cbs-nbc-deroy-murdock
Well that explains why he thwarted any good peaceful protest crowds for Trump -
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/30/mn-ag-ellison-trump-has-a-real-shot-at-winning-minnesota/
Yup -
The "Hannity" said in his opening monologue that Moore, while the host's ideological opposite, is "not dumb" and can get a good read on what is happening politically without regard for his personal beliefs.
Earlier this week, Moore told The Hill TV "don't believe the polls" that show Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading the incumbent in crucial battleground states.
"The Trump vote is always being undercounted," Moore said. "Pollsters, when they actually call the Trump voter -- the Trump voter is very suspicious of the 'Deep State' calling them and asking them who they're voting for.
MICHAEL MOORE DOESN'T BELIEVE THE POLLS SHOWING BIDEN AHEAD OF TRUMP
"It's all fake news to them, remember," Moore said. "It's not an accurate count."
Hannity remarked that Moore must be feeling "deja vu all over again," a reference to the fact that the "Roger & Me" director was one of the few observers to correctly predict Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
"I have known Michael Moore for years; I don't get along with him, but we've had pleasant debates over the years: He is not stupid and he is on to something," Hannity said.
"Both Joe Biden and President Trump visited Minnesota, of all places. But remember, Democrats, pollsters considered this a solid blue state. No Republican won Minnesota since Richard Nixon," the host explained. "But now the state is clearly in play."
https://www.foxnews.com/media/sean-hannity-michael-moore-2020-election-deja-vu-all-over-again
Somebody is counting their chickens -
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/10/30/before-joe-biden-even-elected-leftist-democrats-already-planning-kamala-harris-to-lead-post-biden-democratic-party/
Who has the big MO? -
Polling averages show Trump gaining on Biden in most swing states. Will it be enough?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/30/polling-average-four-days-before-election/6082915002/
Don @ 8:37 pm
Minnesota in play? That's like the Berlin Wall coming down. Well, you can tell where the race is tightening by where the candidates go in the final hours. Sticky Fingers Joe is even crawling out of the basement and is being carried off to Michigan the same day Trump will be barnstorming The Wolverine State. Michigan is making Biden's team most nervous. Detroit City ain't like it used to be. Got smaller and worse. Need to carry the whole state.
The final hours itinerary....subject to change at the drop of a hat as Trump flies off squeezes in another rally somewhere the internals show need to be.
'Here are the states Trump and Biden will visit in the final days of the election'
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/30/election-2020-trump-and-biden-will-visit-these-states-in-final-days.html
Minnesota in play? Let's ask a MInnesota resident. Oh my, he said Trump said bad things about Minnesota's "terrible governor who does know what he is doing."
TRUMP VS. THE INCOMPETENT BLOWHARD
"If you have been following Scott's Coronavirus In One State series, you know that the Incompetent Blowhard is Minnesota's left-wing Governor, Tim Walz. That characterization is, in my view, generous.
This afternoon, President Trump made a campaign stop in Rochester, Minnesota. He was only able to speak in person to 250 people because of a mandate from our leftist Attorney General, but thousands of Trump fans assembled outside the venue. Before the event began, Trump was interviewed on C-Span. He offered his opinion of Minnesota's Incompetent Blowhard:"
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/10/trump-vs-the-incompetent-blowhard.php
That's our President. Has he no boundaries? I sure hope not.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 30 October 2020 at 09:28 PM
Well the socialist Minnesota AG failed to keep the crowds from the prez -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/30/donald-trump-personally-greets-minnesota-overflow-crowd-after-democrat-limits-rally-to-250/
They will stop at nothing and it smacks of desperation -
According to reports, Spanish-speaking supporters of President Trump have recently been targeted by threats over social media.
Reports on Thursday stated residents in South Florida have started getting messages on 'WhatsApp' chats this week. The messages claimed they'll be targeted if President Trump loses the election and refuses to concede.
This also included threats to burn down their houses, similar to messages seen in other states. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) took to Twitter on Friday to state the 'WhatsApp' messages that threatened Trump supporters in Florida are indeed fake.
https://www.oann.com/report-spanish-speaking-fla-residents-receive-threatening-messages/
About that anti semitic trope from the socialist dems -
A group of 13 prominent Orthodox Jewish leaders released an open letter in support of President Trump over the weekend, praising his administration's unwavering "commitment to the essential importance of religious entities" as the Trump campaign makes a last-ditch effort to galvanize Jewish voters across the country.
The letter, which includes the signatures of some of the world's most senior rabbis spanning several sects of Judaism, lauded the president's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his push to keep open houses of worship.
PROTESTERS ATTACK 'JEWS FOR TRUMP' VEHICLE CONVOY
"We write to express our deepest gratitude to you, Mr. President, especially in light of your recent declaration that houses of worship should be considered 'essential,'" the letter reads.
"You have given a powerful voice to what all good people know beyond any doubt: that now, more than ever, we must turn to Almighty G-d, fortifying our faith and staying true to our values in the face of these current tribulations."
The rabbis go on to detail the "turbulence and uncertainty" that faced those of "all backgrounds, beliefs, and denominations" as a result of the pandemic, crediting the president's "caliber of leadership" for navigating the country through the unprecedented times.
"During any time of crisis people of all backgrounds beliefs and denominations look for leadership, to help them steer a course through the turbulence and uncertainty. Yet, not every era is blessed with the same caliber of leadership, as becomes evident in the extent to which a nation retains its integrity through times of upheaval," they wrote.
"It is precisely with this in mind that we feel so grateful that you, Mr. President, are indeed expressing that leadership we need so urgently, standing up for the first amendment rights which is critical to help us weather to storm of the current pandemic.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jewish-leaders-praise-trump-in-historic-letter-ahead-of-election
Hey its 1234! Had to absolutely tag this bullshit, the baby mama, his wife, the car rental company, his business partners, law enforcement and the Department of Defense and the Navy say otherwise! LOL
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/30/biden-nothing-to-hunter-laptop-story-my-sons-an-honorable-man/
My conservative prediction...
https://www.270towin.com/maps/dPOO8
Morning chuckle.
WE FEW, WE UGLY FEW
It's dangerous to come out in the Twin Cities — to come out as a Trump supporter, that is. I'm deeply impressed by my fellow Minnesotans who showed up at Joe Biden's drive-in rally at the Minnesota State Fair parking lot in St. Paul to express their support for Trump. They mightily annoyed Biden. They got under his skin. Biden called them "ugly folks over there beeping the horns." Not Minnesota nice, but the Biden campaign is driven by hate.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/10/we-few-we-ugly-few.php
Posted by: Bill Tozet | 31 October 2020 at 07:12 AM
My centrist prediction...
Click the map to create your own at 270toWin.com
Posted by: Steven Frisch | 31 October 2020 at 07:44 AM
And the senate....
Barry Pruett@3:06AM (which is hella early, or late, depending on your POV, oddly I woke up exactly at that time and then read about formation models for super-Earths and mini-Neptunes for a bit).
My prediction.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/904/783/0ae.png
Uh,,, NO he don't.
"Ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: Elect Biden president — he has compassion, toughness and energy to unite us"
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joe-biden-president-gabrielle-giffords
Biden don't even know what day it is, or what seat he's running for.
This about getting Harris elected.
The 25TH Amend. will be invoked 20 minutes after he gets sworn in. (on the outside chance he wins)
Communism,, he we come! And Frishiy must be all for it.
Here Steve,, this is what your voting for.
https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2020/10/30/blm-protester-screams-i-am-here-to-ruin-dinners-ruin-happy-hours/
It's already happened here... Foregt? A feral LIBSHIT in an unprovoked attack on our "support the Blue" event.
But you Proggys sure got bent out of shape for a small shoving match in Berkeley North.
re: Walt@8:50AM
No problem, just view them all as 'centrists' and the problem goes away.
"BLM-antifa rioters from Portland chant: "Wake up, mother f—r wake up" outside people's homes in Vancouver, Wash."
"BLM-antifa from Portland attack Vancouver, Wash. residents during their march through the city."
For all it's faults, Twitter is one of the few sources for bonafide news footage at this point. I jut got to watch a montage of MSM talking heads chant about Hunter's laptop being 'Russian disinformation' and was considering how the Big Lie has taken hold.
Probably the worst crime of a Harris/Biden administration would be the memory-hole that AntifaBLM crimes will fall down (expect all the federal charges to be dropped), MSM will pretend they didn't spend 4 year fabricating news, the burnings and the statue felling and general ugliness of the American Left will be covered over. Gaslighting will become the order of the day.
Some side questions. How much is the price of plywood going up because of 'centrists'. How hard will Blue Mob governors and MSM push for a COVID 'spike' purely to prevent walk-in voting?
Nothing surprises me at this point. Even with a Trump victory the Blue Mob has the bit in it's teeth and things will likely get pretty frisky.
oops, missed that pesky Maine Congressional district EV. Oh, well, give it to Trump :)
Scenes. Grandbaby spent the night. Lol. No rest for the wicked.
Steve. Ohio could be categorized as wishful thinking. Kim told my wife yesterday that Republican Congress is expecting to flip the House. That is crazy wishful thinking. 😂
Scenes at 748a. 😂😂😂😂🇺🇸


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What do people really think about my lighting? Relax, we have an app for that
Philips Lighting and SAP launch app that will enable tourist boards and city authorities to measure the social and economic impact of illuminating city landmarks
Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Philips Lighting (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, announced today the launch of its new social impact analytics app. The app is designed to help cities and owners of sites to collect accurate feedback on the social and media impact of public lighting projects. Information from the app will help authorities to facilitate better engagement with citizens, improve strategies to boost tourism and enhance value for the local economy.
The launch of the new app, announced at Smart City Expo in Barcelona, is the result of a collaboration between Philips Lighting and enterprise software specialist SAP SE (NYSE: SAP). The app merges image analytics developed by Philips Lighting, which identifies architectural lighting photos of landmark installations on social platforms such as Instagram, with SAP's Cloud Platform which collates data on what is being posted on social media and news sites, about a given piece of architecture. The result is an invaluable set of metrics formed by public opinion, measuring sentiment about architectural lighting for a specific building or monument.
The app illustrates how technology can help to quantify the return on investment for architectural lighting. For example, data from the app will help city authorities to identify the most popular lighting displays and refine lighting strategies to best meet the needs of their local community. This is becoming increasingly important as individuals interact with their environment in new and innovative ways; for example, the lighting of a bridge might be sponsored by a charity which allows donors to vote for their preferred lighting design. Also, in a world where cities strive to find new and innovative ways to be smarter, the social impact analytics app may be used to create new business opportunities for the local economy.
A study1 conducted by Philips Lighting about the impact of public lighting, revealed that landmarks that have been dynamically lit serve much more than a functional purpose. Cities and public and private organizations are using the installations to beautify or brand cities to boost tourism, promote health and wellbeing, and revitalize areas in decline by turning buildings, bridges and monuments into art.
"When used in a dynamic creative way, light can turn even the plainest structure into a work of art. The new app will contextualize social media posts proving the value of dynamically lit architecture, not just from a social and cultural perspective, but also their potential impact on the local economy. The analysis engine analyses all the data that comes in. It can visualize it, report it and provide alerts to cities. Furthermore, it will identify only the posts that you're interested in, for example: ignoring a traffic jam on a bridge, but capturing sentiment about the lighting," said Jacques Letzelter, Global Business Leader Public Segment at Philips Lighting.
Media and social media especially reflect the impact lighting installations have on civic pride and the local community. One example of this is The Bay Lights, a light sculpture on the San Francisco Bay Bridge, which has shown to have enormous positive impact on the local community.
Figures for The Bay Lights2
• 50 million people saw the original installation
• 100,000+ YouTube views
• 650m+ media and social media mentions
• $18 million boost for the local economy
• Philips Color Kinetics technology lights some of the world's most iconic landmarks including the Empire State Building, Bay Bridge, Edinburgh Castle, London Eye, Kırıkkale Nur Mosque, Allianz Arena, Victoria Falls bridge, Taipei 101 Tower and the Dragon Bridge in Da Nang.
• Philips Lighting will showcase the new app at booth D431 at Smart City Expo in Barcelona on 14-16th November 2017
1,2 Impact study conducted in 2016 by Philips Lighting, 'Light Empowers Places'
Anne-Marie Sleurink
Philips Lighting Global Media Relations
E-mail: anne-marie.sleurink@signify.com
Philips Lighting (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting products, systems and services, delivers innovations that unlock business value, providing rich user experiences that help improve lives. Serving professional and consumer markets, we lead the industry in leveraging the Internet of Things to transform homes, buildings and urban spaces. With 2016 sales of EUR 7.1 billion, we have approximately 34,000 employees in over 70 countries. News from Philips Lighting is located at the Newsroom, Twitter and LinkedIn. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page.

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proves you wrong. Mary nailed it and, dare I say, there might be an Oscar nomination in her future. There is also Rob Morgan as Hap Jackson, who plays Mary's hardworking husband. Rob's acting credits date back to 2006, but this is clearly his breakout role with a performance so real that you feel like you are sitting on a Mississippi farm with him.
The cast is rounded out with Carrie Mulligan as a mother and wife struggling with her own lack of agency. You feel their poverty, internal struggles and failures. Mudbound is a rare film that glows at nearly every angle, layered with memorable acting and striking cinematography. However, the only hiccup was a laborious running time of two hours and 15 minutes. Shaving off 30 minutes would've made the movie absolutely perfect.
Mudbound hits Netflix on November 17.
For more on an another huge movie this year, watch the video above with the cast of Get Out.
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Thanks to Christ's death, we can have a hope-filled relationship with God.
"Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost, and the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom."
It had been hanging there for years. It looked as if it might hang there forever. Gorgeously embroidered in blue and purple and scarlet, the massive curtain was hanging in front of the mercy seat. And for years it had guarded its secret well.
It was there to fulfill a double function. On the one hand, it was there to keep men out—a warning to sinful humanity, that where the last mysteries of religion are concerned, they must keep a respectful distance. On the other hand, it was there to shut God in—for behind that hanging veil there was silence deep as death and darkness black as night, even when the Syrian sunshine was blazing down outside.
It had been hanging there for years. It looked as if it might hang there forever. And then suddenly, say the evangelists, it was cut from top to bottom, as by a pair of unseen, giant hands, and a formidable frustration was finished.
They said in the oral tradition that when men compared notes afterwards, they were startled to discover that the rending of the veil before the inmost shrine had happened in the precise moment when Jesus had breathed his last on the hill of Calvary and gone home to God. Immediately, they connected the two events. They said it was no mere coincidence. The death of Christ outside the city wall and the rending of the veil before the shrine, they said, had somehow been related.


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Exhibitions at Le Forum in 2019
Mari Minato, Utsuwa, 2018 © Baptiste François
Mari Minato, Utsuwa, 2019 © Nacása & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
Mari Minato, Installation view "Hojo, Through the Ages", Le Forum, Tokyo, 2019 © Nacása & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
Tomoko Mukaiyama, Just before, 2019, Installation of 14 pianos, Piano performance © Kiyoaki Sasahara / Courtesy of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
Tumoko Mukaiyama, Just before, 2019, Installation of 14 pianos, Piano performance © Nacása & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
Ismaïl Bahri, exhibition view, 2019 © Nacasa & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation dfentreprise Hermes
Ismaïl Bahri, Artist Portrait, 2019 © Isabelle Arthuis, Courtesy of Fondation Hermès
In 2019, the Forum presents three solo exhibitions that convey powerful artistic gestures. Tomoko Mukaiyama open up a space outside of time through a performance, while Mari Minato embellishes the Forum's Renzo Piano-designed façade with her painted forms. The year concludes with an installation about perception by Ismaïl Barhi presented by guest curator Guillaume Désanges.
From February 5 to 25, 2019, Tomoko Mukaiyama offer a unique experience at the Japanese exhibition space of the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès. Daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., the renowned pianist unveils an original score of her own composition that allows space for improvisation. A visual artist as well as a musician, Mukaiyama blends genres and blurs traditional boundaries in her practice as she oscillates from the codified format of the concert to the more open expression of performance art. Her piece at the Forum coincides with the first three weeks of spring, its first notes welcoming the season's return to Japan. By centring her practice on the intangible links that can be woven between herself and visitors – her listeners – she questions both the space and her own status as an artist. What is a concert or a performance without an audience?
A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where she studied under Jean-Michel Alberola, Mari Minato (b. 1981, Japan) paints with stunningly confident and assured gestures that are powerful enough to bring forth new worlds each time. In an exceptional commission, she creates a monumental work for the glass façade of Renzo Piano's building for the Forum. Playing with the verticality and transparency of the architecture, she imagines a circular form linked to the notion of "receptacle". At once subtle and imposing, enveloping and open, this painted work also evokes the enso of Zen Buddhism. A three months-long study was necessary to develop the techniques for the sublime exterior painting to adorn the façade. Within the exhibition space, Minato also produces mural paintings with vibrant forms that are both ethereal and organic.
Within the exhibition space itself, Mari Minato brings forth different forms through her free application of colour to large strips of paper, creating a light and airy installation whose painted motifs transcend civilisations and invite quiet meditation.
In autumn 2019, the Forum's curator, Reiko Setsuda, offers carte blanche to Guillaume Désanges, her colleague at La Verrière in Brussels, for a carte blanche exhibition. Désanges brings to Tokyo an experimental project on perception, which began in 2018 with Ismaïl Bahri's solo exhibition, "Des gestes à peine déposés dans un paysage agité". The Franco-Tunisian artist's practice is characterized by minimal interventions and restrained gestures that invite viewers to pay close attention to details, incidents and tiny variations that hover at the very limit of perceptibility. In Tokyo, Bahri transforms the glass building of the Hermès Maison Ginza into an optical apparatus that alternately reveals or hides the outside world. Part of an immersive installation entitled "Invisible Concern", encompassing videos, objects, paintings and drawings, Bahri's work foregrounds our perception of light, the back-and-forth between the visible and the invisible, and the ineffable anxiety hidden between the surface of things and all that escapes our gaze.
In February, Tomoko Mukaiyama offers a unique experience at the Foundation's Japanese exhibition space.
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Viewing art "involves very close looking, but also being open to a variety of ideas," author and art critic Jed Perl told students. Mr. Perl was on campus as the Melissa Dilworth Gold visiting artist. He showed students various works by artists such as Picasso, Corot and Mondrian, and he discussed the process of "looking at something with your eyes and then figuring out what you are looking at. There is a back-and-forth between looking at it and making sense of it." Mr. Perl is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. He was the art critic for the New Republic for 20 years and a contributing editor to Vogue for a decade. His books include Magicians and Charlatans, Antoine's Alphabet, and New Art City.


Perhaps, as one Twitter user pondered, those Icelandic gods are very real. Certainly, the Nordic nation will be feeling a sense of karma doing its thing in Paris, after Portugal again toiled to draw a game against Austria they should have won easily – and Cristiano Ronaldo in particular suffering worst.
On his record-breaking 128th cap, the Real Madrid hitman was wretched: for the second Euros games running he attempted 10 shots without fruition and, crucially, missed a late penalty that would have ended the agony for Fernando Santos's side.
Ronaldo angered Europe with his comments about Iceland's "small mentality", so naturally there was much self-wetting on social media throughout this latest hour-and-a-half of torture for the 31-year-old.
He typified his side's struggles in Paris, supplementing his missed spot-kick with a chalked-off goal for offside, a close-range header saved by Robert Almer and another two free-kick attempts which added to an already-awkward statistic: he has now had 36 direct free-kick shots in major tournaments for Portugal (World Cup and European Championships)... and hasn't scored with any of them.
20 – Cristiano Ronaldo (20 shots, 0 goals) has attempted more shots at #Euro2016 than nine other teams. Toil.
Ronaldo is rarely a creator for this Portugal side that revolves around him, and it showed here: check out his passes from the night, and how many went backwards.
As such, he didn't manage to create a single chance for his team-mates in open play, and didn't even try to dribble past an Austrian opponent.
He wasn't the only one, of course. Portugal had 23 shots and only managed six on target; Nani headed against the post after spurning a one-on-one earlier in the game. Ronaldo now, though, has attempted 97 shots at European Championships – 45 more than second-placed Thierry Henry.
1 - Cristiano Ronaldo has missed his first penalty at a major tournament in normal time (scored v Iran in 2006 World Cup). Woe.
But for Portugal, every cloud and that. A peculiar anomaly of their group is that finishing second is likely to give them an easier knockout game than topping it. Winning would hand them the runner-up of Italy's group (likely Belgium), while a second-place finish presents the equivalent from England's (likely Wales or Slovakia).
Should they finally deliver on their promise, though, a convincing win over Hungary in the final game should still see them head the pile.


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1. how do you pick your anime..
wile your walking around the con floor... so i thought id post this little poll..
you know those half off bins? thats where I go. TONS of deals there. LOTS of great anime that aren't bastardized by narutards and summerf4gs. Also grab bags are fun too. Also sunday, the prices are very haggilible with the vendors.
Most of the time I read the manga first, or I borrow series from a friend, or I find a boxset at a cheap price that I've never seen and I buy it and marathon it. XD Bargain Bins rock.
Seen hacked to death version on commercial TV or not too badly hacked up version on Anime Network or the like (which I have to do a friend's houses cuz I ain't got cable).
As for unlicensed stuff... well, it's all purely by recommendation through friends and just by general hear say. And once it's licensed, if I liked it, I will most definitely buy it.
I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure I haven't purchased anime since, uh, 2006 I think.
I might one day buy it though, if ever given a good enough incentive to.
I browse myanimelist.net once in awhile to check if theres anything recent/good that I havent seen before and has gotten good reviews / looks good.
I let my brothers buy it first, then let them watch it first. If there is anything I might like they let me know, and I barrow it from them.
If there's an anime that I HAVE TO HAVE, I usually try and wait until ACen. The exhibitors usually have anime cheaper than I would buy it at my local video store (average price there is about $25-30 for a DVD; I've never paid more than $20 for anime at ACen). The local game shop also carries anime, but the guy there is pretty much an anime noob; he thinks he can sell obscure series, or pieces of obscure series, for $45 a pop.
I generally just borrow it from friends most of the time. Every once in awhile ill find a series and watch it online. I am however EXTREMELY picky about what ill willingly watch on my own, so i tend to not watch alot of anime. A series has to be really really good to catch my attention.
Almost do all of the above options. It gets harder and harder sifting through what I like and don't like, but the effort is worth it.
I guess I don't have a set method for finding new anime. I usually go through phases of watching things, for example I was really into space operas last year (until I came across Heroic Age) sorry I just kept looking for similar series online. I suppose I've also taken many recommendations from my friends. I don't really like to buy things at cons though. I like being able to research and purchase from the comfort of my computer.
I'm very fortunate through work. I get a heads up on new series coming out and get to preview. If its getting licensing, I get it for really cheap. I love my job.
Cover design and translation. I do work for ADV and Funimation. I also help with the video streams for Funi.
Mainly based on character design.
I try to stay away from anime about which there is much hype. Even though I probably miss out on cosplay opps, I am so inundated by the cosplayers themselves that I am tired of seeing the characters before I even see the anime.
Most of the time I choose an anime because of character design, the title, or by reading the synopsis on the back. Second from those, a good recommendation from either a friend or a review I read somewhere.
We can pick more than one option? This question is weird. I stream anime if the series is long. I pick anime when I watch a good trailer that catches my attention or if someone suggests one to me but it's usually the former.
Nope, ADV no longer is active so I followed my accounts when Funi aquired the rights.
Sometimes I'll download stuff, but for the most part I watch legal streams or just buy it if it looks good.
How I rent: At my local video store, and either whatever catches my attention, is liked by friends, or (not so much lately) received good write-ups from the media.
How I buy: Usually Best Buy, and only if it's a series that I know I will like (from having seen it before) or that has received glowing reviews from many people (which worked well when I bought Cowboy Bebop and the 1st season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, but not so well with El Hazard).
Location:At 6:45, I'll be in your neighborhood.
What is this "Buying" that you speak of?
Haha, I don't remember the last time I actually bought an anime because I wanted to see what it was about. That's a little too much of a gamble for me. I usually get interested in a series based largely on character design. I'll sometimes see a picture or cosplay of a character with an awesome look, so I try to dig up what series they came from. Then I'll look up a trailer or synopsis and go from there. Usually I'm really lazy and just keep it in the back of my mind to "watch later", which never really happens.
...I am plagued with verbal diarrhea, all of my posts come out way too long. XD Sorry.


According to Isle of Man records the tailless trait of the Manx (and ultimately the Cymric) began as a mutation among the island's domestic cat population. Given the island's closed environment and small gene pool, the dominant gene that decided the cats' tailless was easily passed from one generation to the next, along with the gene for long hair. Long-haired kittens had been born to Manx cats on the Isle of Man, but had always been discarded by breeders as "mutants". Then, in the 1960s, similar kittens were born in Canada and were intentionally bred. This was the start of the increase of Cymric popularity. It took many years for the Cymric to be recognized as a breed of its own by cat associations. The Manx was recognized in the 1920s, but the Cymric was not shown until the 1960s and did not begin to gain popularity until the mid-1970s.
Cymrics are intelligent, fun-loving cats, and they get along well with other pets, including dogs. Cymrics are very loyal to their humans and enjoy spending quality time with them. As cats go, they can be easily taught tricks. Despite their playful temperament, they are gentle and non-aggressive. However, Cymrics are usually not overly demanding of attention. Cymrics are very playful and are exceptional jumpers. Like Manx, Cymrics are fascinated by water.
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Please Stop "Geeking Out"
Category: The Life of a Programmer Tags: Metaphors for Software
Mostly, I try to stay away from semantic quibbling and I almost always try to stay away from anything sensational, so please forgive me in advance. I'm taking a hard line of sorts with a blog post entitled, "stop geeking out." and I'm somewhat doing so for effect. But this is coming from a place of earnestness.
I don't really care too much about the term "geek" in and of itself; it's the concept of "geeking out" that frustrates me. And it truly is the concept — I'm not interested in term policing. It's not like I'd blow a gasket and be insufferable toward someone saying this in front of me; rather saying it in front of me inspires sort of a vague sadness in me, upon which I wouldn't bother to comment.
But before I get to the reasons for my objection and my sadness, let's take a look at the origins of the term "geek" as we know it today, originating from the idea of a "geek show."
The Online Etymology Dictionary give the following for "geek": "sideshow freak," 1916, U.S. carnival and circus slang, perhaps a variant of geck "a fool, dupe, simpleton" (1510s), apparently from Low Ger. geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat." The modern form and the popular use with reference to circus sideshow "wild men" is from 1946, in William Lindsay Gresham's novel Nightmare Alley (made into a film in 1947 starring Tyrone Power).
The billed performer's act consisted of a single geek, who stood in center ring to chase live chickens. It ended with the performer biting the chickens' heads off and swallowing them.[1] The geek shows were often used as openers for what are commonly known as freak shows. It was a matter of pride among circus and carnival professionals not to have traveled with a troupe that included geeks. Geeks were sometimes alcoholics or drug addicts, and could be paid with liquor – especially during Prohibition – or with narcotics.
Okay, so quick recap. Before the term meant "technology enthusiast" it meant, "idiot substance-abuser that earns a living performing unspeakable acts to amuse mobs." That's quite the transition!
The Historical Connection
Let's examine that transition a bit. When I was a kid in the 1980s, I remember "geek" being an insult, but it was sort of interchangeable among a bevvy of insulting synonyms: dork, dweeb, nerd, etc. You can go looking for meaning in a taxonomy if you're so inclined, but I don't remember much distinction.
But, as I'd learn later, "geek" had a special and unique flavor of implication. It conveyed obsession and interest in technology. Interesting. But how do you get from "slow-witted alcoholic that will eat chicken heads for free booze" to "guy that really, really likes computers?"
The answer, I suspect, lies in the history of "the IT Guy." I'm not talking about people that wrote Fortran and Cobol or people that used punch cards. Think, instead, the people that serviced computers when they first started appearing in 80s and 90s offices, for word processing and spreadsheets.
This would have been the first broad context in which the public interacted with computers, and these were mystical, magical (and, when things went wrong, frustrating) devices. And, of course, those computers wouldn't have trained their own users or fixed themselves, so some person had to show up and do it instead. Enter the IT Guy. He's awkward, he speaks in jargon, he looks at his feet, he does a terrible job of explaining things, and he's an all around weirdo… but he does have a knack for fixing the things. Where do they find this guy, anyway?
To understand what this must have seemed like to business people, imagine if we discovered that, somehow, really large spiders make the office more productive. Next month, your management announces that spiders the size of softballs will be roaming around your cubicles, making life better. But, they're finicky arachnids, so they need a Spider Guy to keep things humming. And so, you're suddenly confronted with this weird dude that talks lovingly about spiders, lets them crawl around inside his shirt, and does an impressive job of wrangling the beasts somehow or another.
He's a nice enough guy, but every time you talk to him, it just kind of feels… off. Dude REALLY likes spiders, and he immediately loses you in spider-babble every time you try to engage him on this front. When you switch to what you know — the business — you realize he doesn't have the faintest clue about business or how spiders help it. He's just in it for the spiders. What a geek.
This, I suspect, is how the term made the jump from P.T. Barnum's world to ours.
Taking Pride in Incompetence
Alright, so if we look back through the lens of history, we can see that things mellowed from "hideous spectacle" to "unrelatable person with a mild fetish." That's something, I suppose. But it's hardly great.
Let's consider the spider guy and what it means for him to "geek out." The result of this action on his part is that you're treated to a discursive, often-disgusting, treatise on mandibles, pedipalps, tubuliforms and egg sacs. Maybe he'll pull a handful of crickets out of his pockets and say, "watch this" in spite of your protestations. Whatever it is, you can be sure that only one of you is enjoying the conversation.
But the trouble here isn't so much the content as it is his ineptitude at conveying any value. You can't understand him, let alone get any sort of impression as to why you should care or what value this might be providing you. He loves spiders for reasons you can't fathom, and your position changes not a whit for all of his talking.
He is in no way advancing his own cause of spider appreciation in spite of his best efforts. Instead, he's engaging in a purely self-indulgent activity, and he's not alone. When people "geek out" about things, this is the core of what they're doing — allowing themselves to be infatuated with their own interest in a subject to the point where demonstration of value or import goes completely out the window.
But, in the modern context of "geek out," I'd argue that we go even a step further. When the original IT guy or our spider guy were "geeking out," they were doing so haplessly. Today, we've taken back the term so strongly, that we tend to value this outreach incompetence.
"I have no idea what you're talking about with all of those acronyms."
"Yeah, I tend to geek out. Sorry, not sorry."
Valuing Arcania and Complexity
It gets even worse, though. Let's say that you're immersed in geek out culture, and you start to embrace it as a badge of honor. If your circle is insular enough, you may get to the point where being understood is a sign of weakness.
Do you snort at anyone that can't rattle off common regex recipes? Do you scoff at people that don't have strings of github command line sequences at their fingertips?
I was listening recently to an episode of the podcast, "Developer on Fire" with Jimmy Bogard. In it, he talked about having the Webforms event cycle memorized at one point in his career, and taking a lot of pride in it. As best I can recall, he then talked about looking on that regretfully, wondering why, instead of taking pride in his ability to get good at something complex, he didn't take the opportunity to help simplify it for others.
In other words, why did he "geek out?" Why didn't he, instead, help others understand and help simplify? Why didn't he ask, "does it have to be this hard?"
If we unwind this a bit, interesting questions emerge. Instead of memorizing all sorts of git command-line-fu, why not ask if these workflows couldn't be simplified? Instead of memorizing all sorts of regex, why not work on a natural language parser that spits the things out so others don't have to suffer through them?
Don't Geek Out; Create Abstractions
You'll notice that I'm lamenting the term "geek out" and the navel gazing that it implies. I'm not, by any stretch, lamenting deep knowledge or study. In order to simplify git workflows, you need to know git well. In order to write a natural language to regex converter, you need to know regex like the back of your hand. If you're going to use tarantulas to help a business, I assume you're going to need to know spiders really well to pull that off somehow.
But also notice that you're applying this deep knowledge so that others don't have to. You're providing an abstraction and allowing people who don't have your knowledge to, nevertheless, extract benefit from the topic that you know. In an important sense you're doing the opposite of geeking out. Instead of a wall, you're offering a bridge.
So, please, let's stop with the idea of "geeking out." It's signing off on self-indulgent blather and elevating it to a virtue. And, frankly, it's part of the reason that our profession has a hard time getting away from being bossed around by outsiders. Think back to the sideshow geek biting the heads off of chickens or bathing in spiders, and understand that the essence of "geeking out" is admitting to having no concept of or care about value.
"Do you even know why anyone pays you for this?"
"Nope, no idea, just like me some chicken heads and spiders."
Please stop doing this.
I understand the term "geek out" colloquially means, "get so excited and passionate about a topic that you can't help but go on slightly awkward tangents." But why do we accept incoherence as a sign of enthusiasm? Why should we be saying, "Dude, I love this so much I'm inarticulate!"
How about "I love this so much I teach it to novices," which will gain you notoriety? Or how about, "I love this so much I simplified it," which is a solid business model? If you settle for, "I love this so much that I make people uncomfortable," you're doing nothing but bragging to your cohorts that you can eat more spiders than they can. You deserve better, and we, as a profession, deserve better.
As I said in the beginning, I'm not going to stamp my foot when people use this term, nor am I asking for a vocabulary change. I'd like to see the term go away because I'd like to see this kind of thinking go away. All I'm really asking for is that next time you announce that you're about to "geek out" about something, stop and ask yourself if what you're about to do is actually useful.
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Thomas Lassanske
I never thought of it this way, but I have always gotten a lot of enjoyment out of understanding a technical subject well enough that I can explain it clearly to others (and perhaps even improve upon it).
Reply to Thomas Lassanske
I think that's a healthy way to tackle a subject you love. Learn it well enough that you can help others and make it more accessible.
Matt Keen
Couldn't agree more. Git command lines especially seem to be one of those irritating things that people see as a rite of passage, and most of the tools reflect that. Took me a while to find a git client that actually abstracted workflow nicely for me so I didn't have to care.
Reply to Matt Keen
Rite of passage is an excellent way to put it. And, when people view it that way, they completely cease to question not only the value of the activity, but whether it could be improved somehow.
Nathan Armstrong
Very much this. It's essential to understand the core of Git's mechanics and abstractions in order to _trust it properly_ (one of the fundamental aspects that makes Git so powerful), but when I see someone rolling their eyes at Git Extensions because 'you're too dumb to use the command line', I can only shake my head and sigh, especially when they spend a fair chunk of their time trying to look up the right command or figure out what the commit graph looks like.
marc Towersap
uh, maybe you better look a little harder at the history of the term 'geek', particularly past the circus-reference. geek != computer-related. you had band geeks, music geeks, science geeks, drama geeks, etc. while I do agree there are some serious regex geeks who can do a lot of things in a single commandline who go a bit too far, regex is a great way to accomplish things, and, like most things, can be taken a bit too far. don't throw away regex just because some go too far with it.


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Consciously attuning to the heart with positive emotions, especially feelings of gratitude, can help shift negative patterns.
Conditions in the heart appear to influence behavior. We are all aware of people who seem to have an angry heart. Proper training in how to produce coherent heart rhythms helps to shift emotions, causing behavior changes.
The pulsations of our hearts are an intelligent language that influences how we perceive and react to the world. When we focus on the heart and produce coherent rhythms, we see more clearly, are less influenced by the primitive brain and are more open to receiving input from our higher centers. This input has wisdom and creativity of which our lower brain centers are not capable.
The electromagnetic power of the heart is five thousand times stronger than that of the brain. This amazing fact points to the centrality of the heart in all areas of our lives.
Information informs, practice perfects. A heart centered practice brings information to life, first within you, then in the world.
This video from HeartMath describes how the energy of the heart operates.
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Publication information: Article title: Testing the Absolute-Tempo Hypothesis: Context Effects for Familiar and Unfamiliar Songs. Contributors: Rashotte, Matthew A. - Author, Wedell, Douglas H. - Author. Journal title: Memory & Cognition. Volume: 42. Issue: 8 Publication date: November 2014. Page number: 1302+. © Springer Science & Business Media. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.