Whats going on in the World

the only part of the flick i wasn’t fond of was “ taking the bridge “.. other than that… ???

he looks a bit like david bowie… he is a True American…
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he looks a bit like david bowie… he is a True American…
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actually he proceeded Bowie to this world - so therefore - Bowie looks like him

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he looks a bit like david bowie… he is a True American…
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I saw a great interview with Burt Renolds telling how when him and Clint were younger and fired from their first studio on the same day at the same time and Clint said to Burt,,,,,what are we gunna do now and Burt said, after lunch we will go down the block to the next studio, dont worry, look at us.

BURT, sadly didn’t do as well as Clint…

BURT, sadly didn’t do as well as Clint…

serves him right for killing that good ole boy in the woods who was just funning a bit

serves him right for killing that good ole boy in the woods who was just funning a bit

Democrat havin fun wit a Republican… ???

Gone the way of the Alleva cheeseshop....

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i hope the bakery’s won’t be doing the same… cellfish…

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[HEADING=2]Three Marines jump into action to stop knife attack at Chick-fil-A, Virginia cops say[/HEADING]

Three Marines stopped a knife attack at a Virginia Chick-fil-A, with one going so far as to snap the knife in half, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office.

Identities of the [“three hero Marines”]('https://www.facebook.com/StaffordCountySheriff/posts/pfbid02oX44Z5ZjQms6BheGaCFH38en2VbqRX9DDaP6Lxzrt5XJHguJBPg9Fs291MBYc6jwl') have not been released, but investigators say it’s clear they prevented a stabbing.

It happened about 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, at the Chick-fil-A on Dunn Drive in North Stafford, the sheriff’s office said in an April 3 news release. Stafford is about 65 miles north of Richmond.

“Witnesses advised one male was approached by two others. The three got into a brief argument before a physical altercation ensued. As the two males assaulted the victim, one of the two males pulled out a knife,” the sheriff’s office said.

“Three nearby Marines quickly jumped into action and attempted to separate the parties. One of them broke the knife in half to prevent further harm, and the two suspects quickly fled.”

No one was stabbed, but the suspects got away with the victim’s cell phone, officials said.

Deputies canvassed the area and found two males — one 17 and the other 14 — who fit descriptions of the suspects. One was found with the stolen phone, officials said.

The 17-year-old was arrested and charged with assault and battery, robbery and attempted felony wounding, officials said. The 14-year-old was taken to a juvenile detention center and charged with assault and battery and robbery, officials said.

“Thank you to the hero Marines who stepped up in order to protect the victim. Without you, this altercation could have been a lot worse,” the sheriff’s office wrote.

the marines ought to get free weekly chic filet for life… cellie…

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[HEADING=2]Donald Trump lashes out, resorting to old tactics after arraignment hearing[/HEADING]
April 5, 20235:00 AM ET

Faced with criminal charges for the first time for any former president, Donald Trump ripped from a well-worn page in his playbook Tuesday night — lashing out with a, at times, bigoted speech full of lies and conspiracies.

And that's really no surprise.

Any time Trump has had his back against the wall, he's resorted to a familiar script:

[LIST]
[*]Blast opponents;
[*]Build an air of victimization;
[*]Try to discredit accusers, questioning their motives and drawing tenuous lines of guilt by association to create perceived conflicts of interest;
[*]Be as provocative as possible to deflect and distract even if that means resorting to conspiracies or simply making things up.
[/LIST]

[HEADING=2]McConnell lets an indicted Trump twist in the wind[/HEADING]

Senate Republican Leader [Mitch McConnell ]('https://thehill.com/people/mitch-mcconnell/')(Ky.) and his top deputies stayed silent Tuesday as former President Trump plead not guilty to 34 felony counts, signaling how far they have diverged from their former ally.

Many Republican senators blame Trump for the loss of the Senate majority and the disappointing performance of Senate Republican last year.

There are also big doubts about Trump’s ability to win the general election in 2024, especially as he faces the prospect of additional charges from the Department of Justice and the Fulton County district attorney.

His arraignment Tuesday only adds to the political baggage of the GOP presidential front-runner.

McConnell, who hasn’t spoken to Trump since December of 2020, didn’t make any statement in response to the former president’s arrest Tuesday. He didn’t say anything when news of Trump’s indictment broke Thursday, either.

Instead, he put out a statement welcoming Finland’s accession to NATO, something he has championed since last year.

Al Cross, a professor of journalism at the University of Kentucky and a longtime commentator on McConnell’s career, said McConnell doesn’t feel the same pressure as other Republicans to rally around Trump.

“Mitch McConnell does not feel pressure in the same way that other human beings do. He has steeled himself to resist the typical politician’s urge to talk and it’s paid off for him, you don’t get in trouble for something you didn’t say,” he said. “His strategy with Trump has been to not come close to that kryptonite and let other people do the talking and work behind the scenes.”

Cross speculated that McConnell doesn’t want to put himself out on a limb by defending Trump when the former president is facing additional possible indictments.

“There will be other shoes to drop and I expect Mitch McConnell knows more about Donald Trump’s situation than we do,” he added. “He is one of the most influential and best-informed people in the country and has all kinds of sources of information and he probably sees other things coming.”

Scott Jennings, a Republican strategist who has advised McConnell’s past campaigns, noted the Senate GOP leader is sticking to his strategy of staying clear of Trump, who has attacked him repeatedly over the past two years.

“He’s sort of not mentioned Trump at all since December of 2020. He’s pretty much taken a I’m-going-to-ignore-this-guy approach. So, I think this is just a continuation of that,” he said.

“All of this circus today reinforces a larger dynamic — the American people want anything but a Trump/Biden rematch in ’24,” he added.

McConnell is trying to lessen the former president’s political influence in GOP politics.

He told reporters in February that “we’re focusing now to try to get the very most electable candidate[s] nominated” in West Virginia, Montana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

McConnell’s cautious handling of Trump’s indictment contrasts starkly from Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) reaction.

McCarthy tweeted on Tuesday that “Bragg is attempting to interfere in our democratic process by invoking federal law to bring politicized charges against President Trump, admittedly using federal funds, while at the same time arguing that the peoples’ representatives in Congress lack jurisdiction to investigate this farce. Not so. Bragg’s weaponization of the federal justice process will be held accountable by Congress.”

Even Trump’s biggest critic in the Senate GOP conference, Sen. [Mitt Romney ]('https://thehill.com/people/mitt-romney/')(Utah), called out Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

“No one is above the law, not even former presidents, but everyone is entitled to equal treatment under the law. The prosecutor’s overreach sets a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents and damages the public’s faith in our justice system,” Romney warned.

Senate Republicans are split over whether Congress should step into the legal battle by investigating Bragg and potentially withhold any federal grants that support his office.

Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), an adviser to the Senate Republican leadership team, told reporters last month that he thought House Republicans should stay focused on the agenda that got them elected to the majority last year instead of wading into battle with Bragg.

But Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a newly promoted counselor to the Senate GOP leadership team, said in a statement Tuesday that “politics should never tip the scales of justice, and Congress has every right to demand answers and accountability from the Manhattan D.A.’s office.”

One Republican strategist who requested anonymity because he expects to work for one of Trump’s primary rivals said the indictment might help Trump in the short term by fueling his fundraising and spurring Republicans to rally his defense but predicted it will hurt him politically over the long term.

“Short term, what we’ve seen will continue, they’re going to rally around the president because it feels political,” the strategist said, noting that Bragg was elected in an overwhelmingly Democratic jurisdiction and backed by Color of Change PAC, which accepted funding from billionaire George Soros.

But the strategist thinks the charges will begin to weigh on Trump as the case drags on and people become more familiar with the details.

“As the 34 counts come out and people get more into the details and see what happens in Georgia and what happens on the federal level. There’s a chance to weigh the [former] president down in the muck of legal charges and in the long term becomes very detrimental,” the source added.[/s]

why the line ——— thru bottom half…

[HEADING=2]McConnell lets an indicted Trump twist in the wind[/HEADING]

Senate Republican Leader [Mitch McConnell ]('https://thehill.com/people/mitch-mcconnell/')(Ky.) and his top deputies stayed silent Tuesday as former President Trump plead not guilty to 34 felony counts, signaling how far they have diverged from their former ally.

Many Republican senators blame Trump for the loss of the Senate majority and the disappointing performance of Senate Republican last year.

There are also big doubts about Trump’s ability to win the general election in 2024, especially as he faces the prospect of additional charges from the Department of Justice and the Fulton County district attorney.

His arraignment Tuesday only adds to the political baggage of the GOP presidential front-runner.

McConnell, who hasn’t spoken to Trump since December of 2020, didn’t make any statement in response to the former president’s arrest Tuesday. He didn’t say anything when news of Trump’s indictment broke Thursday, either.

Instead, he put out a statement welcoming Finland’s accession to NATO, something he has championed since last year.

Al Cross, a professor of journalism at the University of Kentucky and a longtime commentator on McConnell’s career, said McConnell doesn’t feel the same pressure as other Republicans to rally around Trump.

“Mitch McConnell does not feel pressure in the same way that other human beings do. He has steeled himself to resist the typical politician’s urge to talk and it’s paid off for him, you don’t get in trouble for something you didn’t say,” he said. “His strategy with Trump has been to not come close to that kryptonite and let other people do the talking and work behind the scenes.”

Cross speculated that McConnell doesn’t want to put himself out on a limb by defending Trump when the former president is facing additional possible indictments.

“There will be other shoes to drop and I expect Mitch McConnell knows more about Donald Trump’s situation than we do,” he added. “He is one of the most influential and best-informed people in the country and has all kinds of sources of information and he probably sees other things coming.”

Scott Jennings, a Republican strategist who has advised McConnell’s past campaigns, noted the Senate GOP leader is sticking to his strategy of staying clear of Trump, who has attacked him repeatedly over the past two years.

“He’s sort of not mentioned Trump at all since December of 2020. He’s pretty much taken a I’m-going-to-ignore-this-guy approach. So, I think this is just a continuation of that,” he said.

“All of this circus today reinforces a larger dynamic — the American people want anything but a Trump/Biden rematch in ’24,” he added.

McConnell is trying to lessen the former president’s political influence in GOP politics.

He told reporters in February that “we’re focusing now to try to get the very most electable candidate[S] nominated” in West Virginia, Montana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

McConnell’s cautious handling of Trump’s indictment contrasts starkly from Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) reaction.

McCarthy tweeted on Tuesday that “Bragg is attempting to interfere in our democratic process by invoking federal law to bring politicized charges against President Trump, admittedly using federal funds, while at the same time arguing that the peoples’ representatives in Congress lack jurisdiction to investigate this farce. Not so. Bragg’s weaponization of the federal justice process will be held accountable by Congress.”

Even Trump’s biggest critic in the Senate GOP conference, Sen. [Mitt Romney ]('https://thehill.com/people/mitt-romney/')(Utah), called out Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

“No one is above the law, not even former presidents, but everyone is entitled to equal treatment under the law. The prosecutor’s overreach sets a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents and damages the public’s faith in our justice system,” Romney warned.

Senate Republicans are split over whether Congress should step into the legal battle by investigating Bragg and potentially withhold any federal grants that support his office.

Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), an adviser to the Senate Republican leadership team, told reporters last month that he thought House Republicans should stay focused on the agenda that got them elected to the majority last year instead of wading into battle with Bragg.

But Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a newly promoted counselor to the Senate GOP leadership team, said in a statement Tuesday that “politics should never tip the scales of justice, and Congress has every right to demand answers and accountability from the Manhattan D.A.’s office.”

One Republican strategist who requested anonymity because he expects to work for one of Trump’s primary rivals said the indictment might help Trump in the short term by fueling his fundraising and spurring Republicans to rally his defense but predicted it will hurt him politically over the long term.

“Short term, what we’ve seen will continue, they’re going to rally around the president because it feels political,” the strategist said, noting that Bragg was elected in an overwhelmingly Democratic jurisdiction and backed by Color of Change PAC, which accepted funding from billionaire George Soros.

But the strategist thinks the charges will begin to weigh on Trump as the case drags on and people become more familiar with the details.

“As the 34 counts come out and people get more into the details and see what happens in Georgia and what happens on the federal level. There’s a chance to weigh the [former] president down in the muck of legal charges and in the long term becomes very detrimental,” the source added.[/S]

A member of the Central Park Five has taken out a full-page ad in The New York Times as an open letter to former President Trump after he was [arraigned on 34 felony counts]('https://thehill.com/homenews/3933818-trump-pleads-not-guilty-on-34-counts/') related to hush money payments made to adult film star [Stormy Daniels ]('https://thehill.com/people/stormy-daniels/')ahead of the 2016 election.

“Over 30 years ago, [Donald Trump ]('https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/')took out full page ads calling for my execution,” Yusef Salaam, a candidate for New York City Council, [tweeted Tuesday]('https://twitter.com/dr_yusefsalaam/status/1643404852410609665?s=20'). “On the day he was arrested and arraigned, here is my ad in response.”

Salaam detailed how his wrongful conviction, his time entangled with the justice system, and Trump’s ads and subsequent news show appearances was an experience that changed his life.

“Now, after several decades and an unfortunate and disastrous presidency, we all know exactly who Donald J. Trump is — a man who seeks to deny justice and fairness for others, while claiming only innocence for himself,” Salaam wrote.

In 1989, Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting a white woman in New York’s Central Park. At the time, Trump bought a full-page ad in The New York Times calling for the state to adopt the death penalty over the case.

“I want to hate these murderers and I always will,” Trump wrote in his ad. “I am not looking to psychoanalyze or understand them, I am looking to punish them.”

Despite Salaam and the four others — Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray — being exonerated in 2002, as well as DNA evidence identifying the actual attacker, Trump never walked back his comments.

“You have people on both sides of that,” Trump said in 2019. “They admitted their guilt.”

Last week, after the news of Trump’s indictment broke, Salaam [called the moment]('https://thehill.com/homenews/3927954-exonerated-central-park-five-defendant-calls-trump-indictment-karma/') “karma.”

But despite his wrongful conviction 30 years ago, Salaam said, the issues plaguing Black and brown communities — including inadequate housing, underfunded schools, public safety and lack of job opportunities — are the same as they were when he was a boy, and they “became worse during Donald Trump’s time in office.”

But Salaam also took time to ridicule Trump’s social media posts since his indictment.

“Here is my message to you, Mr. Trump,” Salaam said. “In response to the multiple federal and state criminal investigations that you are facing, you responded by warning of “potential death and destruction,” and by posting a photograph of yourself with a baseball bat, next to a photo of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. These actions, just like your actions leading up to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, are an attack on our safety.”

Salaam said Americans should fight to uphold the civil liberties grounded in the Constitution every day, even as people like Trump seek to “obliterate” them.

“Now that you have been indicted and are facing criminal charges, I do not resort to hatred, bias or racism — as you once did,” Salaam said. “Even though thirty-four years ago you effectively called for my death and the death of four other innocent children, I wish you no harm.”

Salaam said he is putting his faith in the judicial system to get to the truth of this case and that he hopes Trump gets what the Exonerated Five did not — “the presumption of innocence and a fair trial.”

KARMA!!!

Got this email from AARP today

NYPD just got a contract finally!!! looks good!! and retro pay!!! SCHWING!