While I take a short break, here’s an attempt to distract you with some items from the archives:
The Importance Of Plumbing.
A tale of tax, utopia, and human faeces.
Dish magazine hailed the project as “Seasonal, sustainable, organic, artisanal, waste-free, foraged.” While readers of
EasyJet Traveller were told that the resort is “A new way of living that’s as sustainable as it is delicious.” For Ms Helbæk and Mr Hansen, the name of the resort, which is Danish for “sense of place,” reflects “which direction we need to go as a society.”
Readers will doubtless be intrigued by the “foraged” food – i.e., carrots and leaves, served repeatedly – plus the unheated rooms, the lack of running water, and the whole shitting-in-a-barrel thing. For a mere £900 a night, one can’t expect luxuries like plumbing, protein, or the prospect of heat.
And for those inclined to squint, there may be a rustic charm to things being a loose approximation of what is claimed. And so, just as unheated fishing huts with no plumbing or sanitation are framed as “luxury,” seemingly random objects on a plate are hailed as meals, as “artisanal” and “delicious.”
Peer-Reviewed, You Say.
On self-other paradigms and situated bodies.
Such is the radical heft of the Journal of Lesbian Studies. Where other topics of deep pondering include “lesbian-dog relationalities and becomings,” and “lesbian, non-binary, and trans-dog intimacies.” Empowered feminist ladies and their erotic entanglements with pets is, you’ll recall, a subject we’ve touched on before.
Have You Tried Storing Them Upright?
On crime, incarceration and dubious conclusions.
Readers will note the odd implication that the level of serious criminal behaviour at any given time should somehow conform to the amount of prison space you have at that time. As if the moral gravity of a criminal act, and likelihood of recidivism and danger to the public, should be determined by whether or not you can be bothered to build another dungeon.
Footwear Enthusiast.
Cross-dressing bedlamite attacks women, steals their shoes.
After all, what could possibly go wrong when housing with women a mentally ill man who likes to hold knives to women’s throats before stealing their footwear, and hoarding said footwear for sexual purposes? A man who delights in stalking women, assaulting them, and waving his tallywhacker at mothers with their young daughters.
A man who is referred to in the German media, somewhat surreally, as a woman, a she-person, despite being identified via the very male genetic material left at the scenes of his crimes.
For those craving more, this is a pretty good place to start.
Consider this an open thread. Share ye links and bicker.
It would take more energy than it’s worth to work up any sympathy.
…and Rowan Atkinson isn’t at all distracting. Which surprised me.
Indeed, Mr. Bean is the mot convincing of the lot including Gambon.
There is a new version where of the “Faithful Four” Janvier is a stronk black wymxn, one of the others Moroccan, a stronk yte womxn, and a slightly dweebish yte man. The prosecutor is played by a wymon also because of course.
Such diversity! One would almost think it to be a Disney or Netflix production.
A local broadcast channel showed the French version (subtitles) with Bruno Cramer several years back.
Also very slow-moving and meditative, and yet the stories were compelling. Reminds me of Il commissario Montalbano, a very different detective but still with slower-moving stories that ended up staying with you.
Sicily is one of the characters in the stories. All of the extras were locals.
I’ve only seen a couple of episodes, but Mr Atkinson is good in the role. At no point was I reminded of his comedic work, which is no small achievement. And quietly melancholic is something he can definitely do.
I can’t say the new, modernised version, with its obligatory diversity and related tropes, looks remotely enticing, or indeed convincing. The chief appeal of the 2016 series is its evocation of France in the 50s – the fact that it isn’t modern at all. Instead, it offers a respite from such things, both visually and in tone.
At which point, this came to mind.
Specifically,
Yes, I think that’s the issue. The modernity, as imagined above, seems to make the thing smaller and less intriguing, more generic.
Outside very edge cases – someone who can’t type perhaps, although even there any text-to-speech program would work for them – why would anyone create such a monstrosity? Textbook addition to the ‘built because we could without wondering if we should’ list of software atrocities.
A bunch of occupied stakes along the south coast would send quite the message to small boat travellers. Would that it were so.
Are you saying you wouldn’t prefer David Duchovny in the role?
It can work in very specific circumstances with very specific people, and the Amish qualify. It’s in the same vein as John Adams quote that the US Constitution was “made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other” which is playing out rather well in the US at the moment, for the lowest value of ‘well’.
I was shocked when I read Nathaniel Philbrick’s book on the Pilgrims that they were an early commune with a common ground which everyone was required to work to raise edible crops. When almost no one did, and a great many starved, a ‘no work, no food’ rule was introduced and lo and behold, everyone starting tilling.
Given that pretty much all modern browsers can read content aloud for people with vision issues, I’m not sure what the point of the addon is. Beyond comedy potential, perhaps.
I’m not convinced that Mr Duchovny is an actor, let alone any of the characters he attempts to portray.
Her suffering pleases me.
Atkinson is a bit of a Dollar Store Peter Sellers.
I’d have thought he was more of a Fortnum & Mason Peter Sellers, excellent comedian, quite good dramatic actor, not barking mad.
Saw Atkinson on Graham Norton show. Very sensible chap with a droll sense of humor. Told the the story of someone at a store or pub or something who said he looked a lot like Mr. Bean and when he said he was in fact Mr. Bean the bloke got mad. hahahaha Like when Charlie Chaplin did not win a Chaplin look alike contest.
A while back he was being criticized for not being woke enough or something, so that makes him a good guy. Plus he drives/drove a Maclaren F1.
Fair point.
Laughed, not sorry. Also, scroll down.
Fair point.
And as long as there are wealthy white lefties who are willing to grovel, vote, and financially support this madness, arseholes like this Mamdami grifter will have a plentiful supply of other people’s money to line the pockets of their “black and brown solidarity”.
Fair Point 2.
Imagine banging on about race, but more so, and forever.
So we have 10,000 voters in our rural county. Approximately 8,000 of them are republicans. Likely only 1400 or so democrats (based on approximate votes for Harris). Out of 8,000 republicans only 1,000 could get off their sorry lazy asses to vote. They had many chances. Wife and I voted 2-3 weeks ago. Out of the 1400 or so Harris voters, 475 of them voted for the Democrat candidates. Do the math on who shows up. This right here is a big reason why I f**** despise the “conservatives” in this country. At least 75% of them are absolutely f***** worthless. They pay no attention to what is going on around them. If they don’t understand what/where/when elections are occurring, there is no way that they are paying attention to what is happening in their schools, churches, news sources or other important institutions.
You may bicker when ready, Gridley.
Heh. No idea what that is but I have a pretty good idea what you mean. I posted that before seeing David’s comment, to wit:
That was something about Sellers that I really enjoyed. Especially after seeing him as a young teenager as Inspector Cleauseau (wtf spell check…stupid Frenchies) and then seeing him play the more straight roles in Dr. Strangelove. It took me a while to realize that he was all three of those characters.
[ Watches Maigret’s Dead Man. ]
38% of Danish Muslims think the law should be wholly or partly based on the Koran. Why are these people allowed into Denmark?
Again, low-key, a melancholy air, and nicely done in just about every respect.
Check out The Party and Being There. Two of my favourite Peter Sellers movies and two dramatically different roles.
[R]epublican ≠ conservative.
Seems low.
Oops!… I Did It Again
About 10 years ago I saw a report that the great majority of European Muslims want Sharia law.
(via Charles Murray)
Forget multi-culturalism, we’ve moved on to multi-moralism:
via Mick Hartley
Yep. The Party isn’t well respected but I liked it.
Trans, it’s not just about your naughty bits.
Lying has always been an acceptable tactic of the left, although they aren’t always so open about this.
And mandatory DEI statements are mandatory lying.
What’s more, we know that the left traditionally excommunicates “comrades” who fail to lie or fail to lie with sufficient zeal.
That jar wouldn’t last 5 seconds in a “diverse” neighborhood.
Fixed it for you.
Sorry, but they’re two absolutely terrible movies. Sellers’ career more or less jumped the shark when the Dr. Strangelove character appears at the climax of that movie. He also brings The Wrong Box to a screeching halt in the couple of scenes where he shows up.
Neither would the flowers.
Or the table.
Excuse me Siskel, or is it Ebert, but YMMV
The post has been edited to say 11%.
If it’s any consolation, I imagine the feeling is mutual.
Trenchant testimony from a detransitioner, Michigan House of Reps.
Apparently the purple guy can shred, too.
Amazing lineup to begin with.
How the Nazis attempted to co-op Christianity right before they denounced it.
Not edited: that is the figure for “solely based on Koran”, while my figure adds those who favor “partly based@.
Fair. I stand corrected.
11.3% solely + 26.5% in part ≈ 38%.
Nah. You shoehorned the words that hurt you into a Narrative that make you feel better about yourself. FIFY.