Planting The Flag

The new movie celebrating Neil Armstrong as the first man on the moon slides right past the planting of an American flag on the moon. Forget it, Jack, it's Hollywood and waving the flag is for redneck rube Trump voters, amirite? Anyway, the moon landing was a human achievement, not an American one. Set aside that Kennedy had announjced a space race against the Soviets, who had an early lead due to their expertise with heavy rockets. Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin had challenged American know-how and Kennedy responded with a race to the moon. But humanity won!

But forget Kennedy. By the time Nixon was there to congratulate the astronauts we were a different country. Here is E.B. White writing in the New Yorker back in July 1969:

The moon, it turns out, is a great place for men. One-sixth gravity must be a lot of fun, and when Armstrong and Aldrin went into their bouncy little dance, like two happy children, it was a moment not only of triumph but of gaiety. The moon, on the other hand, is a poor place for flags. Ours looked stiff and awkward, trying to float on the breeze that does not blow. (There must be a lesson here somewhere.) It is traditional, of course, for explorers to plant the flag, but it struck us, as we watched with awe and admiration and pride, that our two fellows were universal men, not national men, and should have been equipped accordingly. Like every great river and every great sea, the moon belongs to none and belongs to all. It still holds the key to madness, still controls the tides that lap on shores everywhere, still guards the lovers who kiss in every land under no banner but the sky. What a pity that in our moment of triumph we did not forswear the familiar Iwo Jima scene and plant instead a device acceptable to all: a limp white handkerchief, perhaps, symbol of the common cold, which, like the moon, affects us all, unites us all.

Whatever. This is how you get more Nixon.

 

 

Comments

[GUS]

S AFRICA """"Unexpectedly slides into recession""""

Tim Geithner is the only MAN who can save them!!!!

[Pinandpuller]

I feel like I like China cymbals more than you GUS. But HOW much more?

[GUS]

A whole lot more. I like Turkey cymbols.

[jim nj]

Zildjian cymbals were the go-to guys in the 60's. Made in Turkey since 1623. I presume that they probably make some in China by now.

[Pinandpuller]

Chinese style. Trashy sounding.

[Pinandpuller]

A blonde police officer pulls over a blonde
The police officer asks the blonde, "Can I see you license and registration, please?". The blonde then asked, "What is that?", the police officer says, "That thing with your face on it", the blonde then pulls a mirror out of her purse, and hands it to the police officer. The police officer then says, "Oh, my bad, if I knew you were a police officer I wouldn't have pulled you over."

[Pinandpuller]

A man walks into a bar with a gun and yells "WHO SLEPT WITH MY WIFE! I'M GONNA KILL 'EM!"
A man calmly stands up and says, "You ain't got enough bullets, mate."

[jim nj]

I pulled up he op ten cymbal makers and the only other name i remember was Paiste.

https://www.thetoptens.com/best-cymbal-brands/

[Pinandpuller]

I don't know, you Wisconsin boys look kind of Paiste to me.

[Pinandpuller]

What's the top White Supremacist cymbal?

[Pinandpuller]

I think Jenna Jameson and Megyn Kelly tried out Sabians on Howard Stern.

[jim nj]

Pin,

Sybians

[Pinandpuller]

Now jim...

[jim nj]

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/04/investigation-potentially-39m-cases-of-identity-theft-by-illegal-aliens-in-last-four-years/

I don't know if it's that high, but I'm sure it's a problem. It could lead to all kinds of complications on taxes and pensions.

[jim nj]

PIN? I saw what you did there.

[Ralph L]

Jim nj, I have very high arches, narrow heels and achilles, and protruding ankle joints, so shoes have never fit well, even when I could find men's narrow. I blister easily if the shoe moves, so I've always kept them tight for exercise walking.

The podiatrist made the orthotics 3/4 length so I could easily put them in other shoes, but it lets them move a bit sometimes. One of these days I'll figure out what to wedge in the shoe to keep them perfectly still.

The first week I used them I felt knock-kneed, but now it feels normal and the knee doesn't wobble. The shoe feels like it wants to roll under on a right slope, but it's better than it was without the orthotic.

[jim nj]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta/canada-to-stick-to-guns-at-nafta-talks-despite-trump-pressure-idUSKCN1LL0CM

This is why it's unlikely that we can do a deal with Canada. Trudeau sees union boss Trumka on his side and other Americans whom he assumes will side with him And he is willing to wait for his deal. Idjet.

I's not going to happen that way. 130,000 Canadian Auto Workers are going to be ou of work when Trudeau reconvenes the negotiations tow years from now.

[jim nj]

Ralph,

Understood. Suburban streets are fine with me because they're usually flat. NYC streets drive me batty cause they are pitched to get rid of rainwater.

I can walk down one side of a NYC street and I'm fine. If I walk on the other side it's pitched wrong for me and my left knee suffers.

Even some suburban streets are pitched wrong. Even with orthotics I only get a partial solution. Sounds like what you're getting.

There are companies that have anti-pronation shoes, but they're ugly as sin. I tried one with a nubuck black finish. It's like flat black. Didn't work out. I felt like I was standing in my shadow, if you can understand how disconcerting it is to wear a flat black shoe.

In my New Balance sneakers I take a EEEE, so I can't well relate to narrow feet.

It's a process, or a journey, a learning experience, whatever, keep your eye open for better solutions. Spend time on the net looking for answers. I found a lot here.

Sorry to say but I found a lot of charlatans trying to resolve this.

[Pinandpuller]

10 Animals That Look Like Dogs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6DXJRHoNw

[Ralph L]

I take a EEEE, so I can't well relate to narrow feet.
I guess not, Frankenfooter.

[Ralph L]

EEEE!

[----peter]

For those of you inclined to pray, please pray for the family of a 22 year old man who drowned in a pool in the Hamptons this past weekend. The victim had been on the high school crew team with my older son for several years. The family lives here in Port Washington. The newspaper said the victim was found without any obvious injuries to the head. Was in a house with a lot of people in Springs, NY. Someone noticed he had been missing for about half an hour.

[Pinandpuller]

TOP 10 Guitarists with WEIRD Picking Techniques!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRfFaZWgaFM

[henry]

DiFi set up that Guttenberg creep to harass Kavanaugh at the hearings. It was a planned hit along with all the rest. (If I could find the tweet, I'd link it. DiFi's account w/ blue check inviting the creep).

[Captain Hate]

Here you go, henry:

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/04/sen-dianne-feinstein-fred-guttenberg-there-to-counter-brett-kavanaughs-extreme-views-on-guns/

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

henry,

Yes, it was.

Disgraceful.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Chad Pergram
‏Verified account @ChadPergram
4m4 minutes ago

From colleague Catherine Herridge. Meadows writes to AG Sessions/IG Horowitz. Meadows says in Hse i-view w/Bruce Ohr, Ohr described "multiple" instances where his contact with Christopher Steele, and the FBI, "potentially broke from established protocol” to probe Trump campaign

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/05/kavanaughs-daughters-should-not-have-to-watch-their-dad-being-bullied-when-is-all-this-going-to-stop.html

[Beasts of England]

'I will be at the Kavanaugh hearings and I hope to play a role in ensuring that this man does not become the next Supreme Court Justice.'

Blow it out your ass, Guttenberg.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-to-host-special-session-at-un-general-assembly-this-month

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Tucker Carlson: NBC thinks Weinstein threatened network with ‘damaging’ info on Matt Lauer https://t.co/U39ow2IJqo pic.twitter.com/iAbADpM72M

— TV News HQ (@TVNewsHQ) September 5, 2018

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Now this MIGHT be true:

Zeke Miller
‏Verified account @ZekeJMiller
10h10 hours ago

Woodward pp133: Sean Spicer...tried several times to persuade Mattis to appear
on Sunday talk shows... The answer
was always no.
'Sean," Mattis finally said, "I've killed people for a living. If you
call me again, I'm going to fucking send you to Afghanistan. Are we
clear?"

[Beasts of England]

Of course, if you disagree with my take and think that Fast Freddie Guttenberg has absolute moral authority, you can buy one of the t-shirts he's hawking for a mere twenty bucks. Hats coming soon!!

(I'm not kidding about the merchandise...)

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

https://thelutchmanwire.com/2018/09/04/after-nike-endorses-kaepernick-police-officers-strike-back-with-incredible-response/

This contains the full letter sent to Nike by the National Association of Police Organizations.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Press Release on Nike

"Since 2016, 381 cops have been killed in the line of duty. They believed in something and sacrificed everything as did the families they left behind. All of the men and women in law enforcement believe in something and are prepared to sacrifice everything" pic.twitter.com/PjxCygLNwo

— National FOP (@GLFOP) September 5, 2018

And this contains the letter from the National FOP in the link.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Mark Meadows
‏Verified account @RepMarkMeadows
12h12 hours ago

Twitter rejected an invitation from the Oversight Committee and instead opted to appear before the E&C Committee tomorrow on 'shadow-banning.' Conveniently, none of the 'shadow-banned' members (@Jim_Jordan, @mattgaetz, or myself) sit on E&C... so they avoid our questions.

Weak.

======================================

I doubt these senators (Mark Warner being one on the committee) are able to figure out when they are being lied to and the dems will all focus on Russian bots and such.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Mark Knoller
‏Verified account @markknoller
4m4 minutes ago

Press pool gets a chance to question Pres Trump today at start of his 150pm meeting with the Emir of Kuwait. @POTUS already tweeted his view that the Woodward book is "discredited" and contains "so many lies." He also meets later with GOP Congressional Leaders. But no photo op.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/405032-trump-on-nike-ad-featuring-kaepernick-its-a-terrible-message

Fun fact in this article: Nike is a Trump tenant at the 57th Street building in New York, where they have their 5-story superstore.

I wonder if the SJW group will start agitating for them to leave that location.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

John Fund
‏ @johnfund
26m26 minutes ago

NYT: "Bob Woodward's subjects have always been able to trade access for spotlight and some sympathy in his books. Among the primary sources for this book are clearly ex-COS Reince Priebus; Gary Cohn, Trump's ex chief economic adviser; and Rob Porter, Trump's ex staff secretary."

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/05/democrats-considered-mass-walkout-from-kavanaugh-hearing-but-settled-on-disruption-report.html

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
6m6 minutes ago

Isn’t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?

[jimmyk]

DiFi set up that Guttenberg creep to harass Kavanaugh at the hearings.

I guess she had another cold?

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

FOX Business
‏Verified account @FoxBusiness
2m2 minutes ago

Programming Alert: LIVE coverage of Big Tech executives testifying before Congress today at 9:30a ET on FOX Business.

===============================

I think I am going to try to find this on line. I cannot take another day of the Judiciary Committee.

[Captain Hate]

I wonder if the SJW group will start agitating for them to leave that location.

Bidness schools are getting the mother lode of brain dead marketing decisions to point out to non SJWs who are interested in competing in the real world eventually. Hopefully for them none of the subgeniuses emerged from their diploma mills.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

DRUDGE REPORT
‏ @DRUDGE_REPORT
4m4 minutes ago

Tech Titans Plotting Doomsday Escape to Luxury Bunkers in New Zealand...

====================

I don't know what this is about yet.

[rse]

https://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/kavanaugh-hearings-day-one-documents-protests-and-democracy/ is an interesting take on yesterday from the soros funded group that had joe biden and sally yates as keynoters this summer at their convention.

The phrase about "the importance of the courts in our daily lives" is inadvertantly everything wrong with this Prog vision of the law as a tool for social restructuring.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

A sad day in America when a decent family man and an Honorable Judge was subject to vile attacks by the Dem/left nuts. So disturbing, that it brought his parents to tears and his children were removed from the hearing. pic.twitter.com/7D5Kgz887Y

— Alex Sage (@acs5353) September 5, 2018

Link goes to pictures. Look at his mother and father! How terrible for them, when it should have been their proudest day!

[rse]

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2018/09/04/indianapolis-food-deserts-farm-table-restaurant-trend/1111620002/?from=new-cookie is for mm

[rse]

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/08/sleep-101-aims-to-counter-college-culture-of-sleeplessness/ is an online required course the class of 2022 had to complete before fall term commenced.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

rse,

Thanks! We live in a food desert. I drive over 3 miles to the nearest Kroger. (There is one slightly closer but I don't like it's layout.) The only other places to buy food are a few fast food joints near the college south of me and a couple of drug stores which sell a few snacks and canned goods.

Indianapolis was hit pretty hard by the closing of the local Marsh grocery chain. The small mom and pop stores closed back in the 80's, for the most part. They couldn't compete price-wise with Kroger.

[Beasts of England]

Those photos tell quite a story, Miss Marple. On the bright side, the older daughter looks like she's ready to kick some commie butt!! :)

[Ralph L]

Kav. was ill-advised to bring his children with him. He should have known as a Starr investigator that that might happen (or worse).

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Marco Rubio
‏Verified account @marcorubio
20m20 minutes ago

This morning,after watching circus at #SCOTUS hearing & reading stories about Woodward book,the burning of #Nike gear & debate over whether the “ok” sign is racist, the leaders of #China must be thinking to themselves “overtaking America is going to be easier than we thought!”

[Beasts of England]

Yeah, Ralph - he shouldn't have brought his children to an official government event for fear of leftist scum acting like leftist scum. Did I miss the satire in your comment?

[Another Bob]

“I don't know what this is about yet”

It’s Drudge, so appropriate grains or trucks of salt are required, but I concur with GUS that there’s going to be a war. (Whether it’s a troops and tanks in the streets war is TBD.).

The libs keep ramping it up, look at yesterday’s hearings. They’re not going to stop. The “tech titans” - especially Dorsey - are neck deep in it.

If *they* think there’s going to be war, they’ll be sure to take their wealth and flee.

[Another Bob]

Agree completely Ralph. They should have watched on TV.

And why didn’t Grassley simply say “sergeant at arms, clear the room, remove the cameras”, and continue with the hearing?

[Threadkiller]

“overtaking America is going to be easier than we thought!”

After watching his fellow ineligible candidate usurp the Presidency in 2008, Sippy Ricardo probably thought the same thing.

[Another Bob]

And name and bring censure resolutions against the senators who arranged the tickets for the crisis actors.

[Threadkiller]

I'm with BOE.

Otherwise, maybe we should quit wearing our MAGA hats in public.

[henry]

Chuck Todd's call for attack on FOX News gets results:

https://twitter.com/bnonews/status/1037315028544880640?s=12

[James D.]

I doubt these senators (Mark Warner being one on the committee) are able to figure out when they are being lied to and the dems will all focus on Russian bots and such.

I doubt they care if they're being lied to. It's not like most of them know what the truth is, about any subject, after decades in Washington.

[Captain Hate]

And why didn’t Grassley simply say “sergeant at arms, clear the room, remove the cameras”, and continue with the hearing?

I run hot and cold on Grassley, mostly the latter, but he may have thought that the more he lets those imbeciles disgrace themselves the more difficult it becomes for the likes of Collins, Murkowski and Flake to go Mavericky.

[Another Bob]

Sorry TK, IMO you don’t intentionally put your kids and elderly parents in front of a mob.

[henry]

Harley goes SJW:

MarketWatch @MarketWatch
8m

Harley-Davidson plans to open R&D plant in Silicon Valley to work on electric vehicles

[Tom R]

Ch @ 11:57

If you truly think that anything I have written here is a sign that I support the state over individual freedom then you force me to lower my estimate of your intelligence down to Eye Doctor and our resident troll. That is one of the stupidest things I have ever read on this blog and you are indeed full of shit for posting it. If anything Sessions adherence to blind justice and the Constitutional rule of law is an argument in favor of him advancing the cause of individual freedoms over that of the state.

[henry]

WI now in top 10 for doing business:

https://twitter.com/DaleKooyenga/status/1037065318903017472

Was bottom 10 when Walker was elected.

[Ralph L]

Some people will think he brought them as a shield. Anyway, why would they want to listen to a row of gasbags? They can go to his swearing in and the Sunday service before the first Monday.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

I think it is not acceptable to assume that you cannot have your family on the opening day of your confirmation hearing because the democrats have pre-planned and paid protesters arranged, as well as dem senators making personal attacks.

That is ceding the field to the left.

I favor holding the dem senators responsible, not giving them any more tickets, and restoring order. Personal attacks in questioning should cause someone to be kicked off the committee.

[Another Bob]

Henry, that’s a sure sign that HD is dead.

[Beasts of England]

I'm absolutely shocked that some of y'all are willing to roll over for the unhinged left - at the highest levels of our government, no less - but I'm sure as [redacted] not. And I really can't believe I'm reading such nonsense. Good thing I have a telecon in a few minutes or I'd go off...

[henry]

Photos of paid protest in action (as in photos of payments). I wonder if they reported this to the IRS and DC tax authorities, deducted withholding, workman's comp, unemployment insurance, provided health care (60 got arrested, the cut off for ACA is 50)?

https://twitter.com/taoistguy457/status/1037319019081150464?s=12

[Another Bob]

MM, I would agree generally that “ceding the field” is a bad idea. Had Kavanaugh insisted on no gallery out of fear of the mob, that would have qualified.

Keeping his family away isn’t. You’re turning their safety over to the mob, trusting that they’ll have the discipline to limit their harassment to verbal. If it went beyond and the kids end up injured.

I’m all for action against the senators who participated in this.

[henry]

STEALTH JEFF @drawandstrike
3m

If you are counting, this now makes FIVE people denying the accounts found in Woodward's book that are based on anonymous sources. On the record, public denials.

1) John Dowd
2) Gen. Mattis
3) Gen. Kelly
4) @JaySekulow
5) @RudyGiuliani

[rich]

>>>Kav. was ill-advised to bring his children with him. He should have known as a Starr investigator that that might happen (or worse).

Posted by: Ralph L | September 05, 2018 at 08:07 AM<<<

Disagree with this. Their next step (since they done it before) will be to camp out on his driveway. After our 5 day lecture on political civility we got that ...

[Another Bob]

That Guttenberg ass walked up and made physical contact with Kavanaugh.

In that environment, we’re we guaranteed that he wouldn’t have assaulted Kav?

[rich]

>>>Harley-Davidson plans to open R&D plant in Silicon Valley to work on electric vehicles

Posted by: henry | September 05, 2018 at 08:33 AM<<<

iirc there was a big Department of Energy program that subsidized development of electric vehicles ... multi-billion dollar grant program.

[Another Bob]

Rich, what good comes from injecting the kids into it?

[rich]

Another Bob-

They'll never be Dems? Not sure. I suppose someone getting nominated for the Supreme Court would expect everyone in the chamber to display some civility and decorum ... he underestimated the size of the Dems cheeks as they went and showed their asses.

[Ralph L]

The nuts should be shown in Repub. commercials across the country. Same with the rude Senators. Will they?

[Another Bob]

How’s that “rolling over” Beasts?

You expecting him to put his kids safety at risk to satisfy some notion of “standing up” against it?

[Beasts of England]

I mean, should the Kavanaughs abstain from dining out for fear of putting their children in harm's way? Sarah Sanders had it coming, right? Let's allow Linda Sarsour to control the public square!! What could possibly go wrong? 😐

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Another Bob,

There was no way to know that themob was going to behave like that and no way to predict the personal nature of the questions the dem senators asked. Now today, I wouldn't bring relatives for the reason you suggest.

Grassley needs to shut this type of stuff down. Letting them get away with it is just fuel for more of this behavior.

[Another Bob]

Not the same thing BOE. Everyone knew that hearing room was a riot waiting to happen if a few of the unhinged got, well, unhinged. Red Hen wasn’t.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

Here's what Rudy has to say about the book:

Rudy Giuliani
‏Verified account @RudyGiuliani
27m27 minutes ago

Joining Generals Matthis and Kelly and John Dowd and Jay Sekulow. His incident about me entirely false. 20 to 30 witnesses saw it and can say he or his source are liars. Most important for libel purposes, he never called me. Didn’t want to know truth.

[Marlene]

Good Morning! Dave (in MA) mentioned Pressley winning the primary against Capuano. FYI,be prepared to for her to receive the swooning Ocasio-Cortez treatment from the media. I was in a horrible mood yesterday,just reading about the hearing online for some reason really upset me. I question why the security in the hearing room was so lax. I've been told that seats for hearings are "first come,first served." So I believe that they were paid or invited (Guttenberg) by Senators.

[Another Bob]

MM, I’ll disagree with that first part. Everyone knew that was going to happen. Everyone.

Agree completely that there needs to be consequences.

[Captain Hate]

what good comes from injecting the kids into it?

It's part of the dog and pony show that confirmation hearings have become. Assuming there are any real world people on the fence about Kavanaugh that watched it, they'd think positively on the girls and negatively on the disrupters. Televising the hearings just turns them into a pseudo news spectacle that is as far from their reason for existing as you can get.

[rich]

Posted by: Another Bob | September 05, 2018 at 09:02 AM

not me ... i thought it might have been a few far back in the gallery, quickly escorted out, and then the windy stemwinders before he made his statements.

surprised they went to that extreme-what's next?

[Ralph L]

Have any nominees brought minors before? I haven't watched CSPAN in years, but I suspect it's unusual. One of them looked pre-teen.

[narciso]

Judge Roberts, I can think of right off the back.

[Marlene]

The "handmaidens" in the hall outside of the hearing room was the moonbat icing on the cake. *eyeroll*

[henry]

Fired head of elections agency (follow on to the GAB) won't leave. Must be an election to try to rig coming up.

Several emails released in a lawsuit against the GAB show Haas’ involvement, from the inception of John Doe II, which targeted dozens of right-of-center groups and individuals. Yet, the bureaucrat continued to insist that the GAB, John Doe partner to the highly partisan Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office, did nothing wrong.

http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2018/09/former-elections-chief-hanging-around-six-months-after-stepping-down/

[rich]

Posted by: narciso | September 05, 2018 at 09:10 AM

his kids were so young at the time i don't think they were at his hearing.

can't believe we're even talking about this. A sitting judge and nominee for the Supreme Court can't take his family to the Congress without fear of attack?

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/05/man-intentionally-crashes-truck-into-fox-4-studios-in-dallas-starts-ranting-station-says.html

[Davod]

Ralph L.

I don't see anything wrong with bringing children to see their father's opening statement supporting his nomination for the supreme court.

[boris]

The family were "safer" there than any public location in DC. So the argument on that point is deflection.

Who gets the blame for making his parents cry?

Let's argue about that instead.

[Miss Marple (the real one)]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-investigates-fbi-response-to-gymnasts-sex-abuse-claims-1536103576?redirect=amp

This is, for some reason, not behind the paywall.

Ignoring complaints of child sexual abuse seems to me to be a pretty bad thing. That pedophilia thing keeps resurfacing, doesn't it?

[narciso]

Robin giwhan snarled at them, in her green cloud of gloom.

[henry]

The House and Senate are moving at a brisk pace to pass the appropriations bills, with the Senate leading, approving nine of 12.

Trump gets credit.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-breaks-20-year-fouled-up-budget-gridlock-scores-big-wins

[rich]

Posted by: narciso | September 05, 2018 at 09:22 AM

bunch of grinches ... i don't remember, but do recall his kids at the time were very young.