To believe him, you would also have to believe that none of the production crew or stringers know who all those celebs are either and no one prepped the show. This is a reality series after all, and those are normally at least partially scripted to assure something useable is filmed.

Librarians are national treasures.

Yes - our Massachusetts library has a disk cleaner machine for DVDs and BluRays as well.

Here in the greater Boston area in Massachusetts, public libraries are in a network which allows routine book, ebook, audiobook and DVD/BluRay loans from the many libraries in the network. So I was disappointed to learn that though residents of the town where our favorite library branch is do have access to Hoopla,…

It isn’t just the oil, it’s the money to be made protecting and lobbying, especially for the US operations (Citco). The company is very thick with — and has given a lot of money to — a lot of familiar Trumpites, including Trump himself. From the second article I linked to above, which is worth reading in full:

After so many decades of stonewalling over abusive priests, they really have the non-response response down.  Sincerity and a will to change, not so much.

Not really new. I recommend a Politico Magazine article from early this year:

The GOP-controlled Congress is already letting him get away with crazy, destructive fiats on tariffs. Whatever the vote on this blatant dictatorial power grab, they’ve given him the power already by passively standing by while he illegally raises tariffs.

Neat! This also shows how individual spiders and other such “simple” creatures have their own distinct ways to interact with the world. That was already known, but Kim’s willingness to leap as opposed to the other 3 spiders’ refusal, emphasizes how each creature is unique. It’s the raw material of natural selection.…

I have no doubt that one of the reasons why no accessible records or tracking of the stolen children is being done is so that their deaths will go unnoticed. It is well known that babies who are not held and cuddled and in a strong interaction with a caregiver often die. This was discovered in orphanages and also…

UPDATED to add:  Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) pointed out the ethical issue of Sarah Sanders using her official government Press Secretary account to attack a private business in this segment, which also addresses her father’s racist tweet:

Sanders used the official Press Secretary account for her whining tweet about the incident, after which Trumpites attacked the restaurant’s Yelp ratings. That’s bad, but given the kind of armed Trumpite fringe cases who might get stirred up by her statement, there could as easily have been real violence. In fact,…

This stuff is my unicorn too! I wear it constantly, applied right after drying off from a shower. It is odorless and non-greasy. It is also SPF 15, but you’d never guess it from the non-chalky, silky texture. You need very little, a dab the size of my pinky fingernail is plenty to spread on my fingers and wipe all…

This stuff is my unicorn too! I wear it constantly, applied right after drying off from a shower. It is odorless…

The Trump regime’s scheme involves throwing red meat to their base and enriching corporate prisons and contractors while the ”liberals” provide entertaining expressions of powerless outrage. They also believe the immigrant parents are absotutely powerless and silent victims that, as FLOTUS advertised, nobody cares…

That was peak Dr Who. The stories were unforgettable low-budget delights and Tom Baker is the truest — for me the only — incarnation of Dr Who. I could never really get into it with anyone else in the role. Tom’s manic glee powered the enterprise.

Yes. Also, I think Trump wants to have control via blackmail potential. Being what he is, do you think he actually trusts anyone?

The local Indian grocery stores have several brands that will do, but my Indian cooking teacher recommended the Laxmi brand. She is a fabulous cook, and her dishes are vegetarian and packed with savory flavors. She also always emphasized that the spices should be fresh. You don’t want something that may have spent…

And there was Trump’s plan to unleash cheering waves of gratitude and steal some reflection of greatness by “pardoning” Ali. I can’t find the words to express enough disgust.

The Boston Globe has an article and an interview of Brad Bird, the writer and director of this film, and it is worth reading. He has been intensely focused and thoughtful from the start and has always viewed animation as a medium that was for adults and not just children. Check out how he first attracted the…

Sounds about right for a movie intended to entertain an audience without taking itself too seriously or trampling the sensibilities of women or others. A lot of “entertainment” movies — and “serious” ones too — don’t manage that. The audience just wanted a good time, and it sounds like that is what they can expect. …