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Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
winglet
noun
a small wing
Used in a sentence
A winglet is a small wing, often used to augment larger wings on, for example, aircraft.
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Explained in a video
MUSIC!
Wings – winglets – whateverlets!
THE STUFF
This is an EXTREMELY interesting LINGUISTIC analysis of the Biblical account of Eve’s creation from Adam. Not only is the whole “rib” thing now a highly questionable translation – the “maleness” of pre-division Adam is in play.
Bottom line – the translation presented here sounds much smarter than the one that critics of the Bible love to cite. I’m still not a “literalist” on Genesis – but I think the metaphorical nature of the Genesis account just got way smarter by this translation and interpretation.
Anesthesia and surgery. Useful stuff. Even in an analogy.
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(cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements
Used in a sentence or two
Ylem is a term that originates from the ancient Greek word “hulē,” which translates to “matter” or “stuff.” In the context of cosmology, ylem refers to the primordial substance or state of matter that existed before the formation of the atomic elements we recognize today.
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This New Pyramid Theory Explains the Missing Evidence (19 minutes)
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As nasty and disgusting and vomit worthy as Epstein’s sexcapades were, the media’s focus on that hides the real bombshell. As Putin said, The West Is Controlled By Satanic Pedophilesand Epstien was an important node in their network.
Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action points out some of the evidence.
TRANSCRIPT from YouTube
4:20:
Their concern isn’t that regime change will fail. Their concern is that it’s being done without them… Iran’s new leadership is calling Washington because Washington is the only party that actually changed anything. The British have played the great game in the shadows for over a hundred years. Now it’s in the open and it’s being stymied…
let’s talk about what the Iran strike did to the so-called special relationship because this is where over a 100 years of British manipulation of American policy is shattering right out in the open. When the strikes began on Saturday, Britain’s position was extraordinary. The UK was informed Friday afternoon. Not included. Starmer refused to let the US use the British bases in Diego Garcia or in Britain itself. Britain refused not because it developed a conscience about international law. It refused because it’s no longer running the table. And the British press admitted that it is the end of the game for the special relationship with a headline that read, “Stormer faces greater quandry over special relationship after Iran attack.” And that article pointed out that Starmer appears to have had little influence on Trump who went ahead regardless…
But it wasn’t just Britain. France, Germany, and the UK issued a joint statement clarifying first and foremost they did not participate in the strikes. Not a statement of strategy, a statement of absence. And the best the European Union could manage was Ursula von der Leyen sending a message to the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. And here’s what she said. As our strategic partner, we will work closely with you to deescalate and safeguard regional stability. You can count on our full support in these turbulent times. The European Union — Gulf Cooperation Council partnership will only get stronger in the period ahead.
Now, the responses to this on X were brutal. One commentator appropriately rephrased it, quote, “In other words, Trump won’t take my call and we have no clue what’s going on.” That’s exactly right. And the statesman drill down on the same point. The Iran war makes it official. America is breaking with Europe. So, the special relationship is cracking in public. When Tehrān calls, it calls Washington, not London.
And the question worth asking is how did that special relationship actually work? Not the photo ops and the state visits. What was the real mechanism? Part of the answer is former Prince Andrew. Let’s go back to 2008 when the British were still happily directing American foreign policy. Andrew, then Britain’s special representative for international trade, sat down in Kyrgyzstan with a room that included businessmen, government officials, and the American ambassador. The American ambassador wrote it all down in a cable later published by Wikileaks and she told people that what Andrew told the room with astonishing frankness was the following. The United Kingdom, Western Europe, and by extension, you Americans too are now back in the thick of playing the great game and this time we aim to win. He wasn’t being metaphorical. He was describing it to an American diplomat on the record. the actual operating framework of British foreign policy, not the public version dressed up in democracy and human rights, but the real version in his official capacity as Britain’s trade representative.
Now, Andrew’s been arrested, the first royal arrest in centuries, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The Epstein files contain evidence he was passing confidential trade reports into Epstein’s networks. So the man who bragged about winning the great game was runningBritish strategic intelligence through Jeffrey Epstein. That is not a personal scandal. That is the operating method of the imperial apparatus now on public record. And shortly after Andrews arrest came the arrest of Lord Peter Mandelen who had been appointed by Starmer as Britain’s ambassador to Washington. Sent to manage the special relationship at the very moment Trump came in for his second term.
The Epstein files show that Mandlesson was passing advanced knowledge of British financial policy into the same networks. So the geopolitical operative and the financial operative, both out on bail, arrested, both exposed at the same moment. The apparatus itself is being dismantled. The Iran strike ended the special relationship and it’s out in the open. Britain is sidelined. Europe is issuing statements of absence. Tehrān is calling Washington. And simultaneously, the men who ran the real special relationship, Andrew running the geopolitical side, Mandlesson running the financial intelligence are on the chopping block, taken off the board together. This is not a coincidence. This is the end of geopolitics. Now, ending an entrenched system is not easy and it is dangerous. That is why you have to stay focused and on the stage of history.
…The more I see from the Epstein files, the more convinced I am that Epstein was being careful, and wasn’t documenting whatever it was that he was really up to. And it does look like he was involved in things he wasn’t writing down. In an interview with Mario Nawfal on X, Forensic analyst Dr. Jason Garrison, who has extensively reviewed the files, highlighted several instances where Epstein explicitly stated variations like, “I don’t like putting things in writing, call me instead….
The question nobody seems to be asking is: what was discussed at the dinner? There are plenty of hints. Jeffrey was, for example, very interested in genetics, vaccines, and DNA. He does not seem very interested in real philanthropy.
A genuine philanthropist doesn’t need to launder donations through shell entities, doesn’t tell recipients to hide the source, and doesn’t use the giving as a mechanism to get one-on-one meetings with young researchers and grad students…. But as most of the public intuitively understands, this story is far bigger than sex trafficking… We haven’t yet seen a fraction of what was really going on…
Some of the stuff, Epstein could have been into.
ALIENS
I find it interesting that after all this time the subject is re-surfacing and in a meaningful way.
I watched a new Josh Reid & Alpha Warrior video. As I said to Wolf, Josh is a bit of a flake. On the other hand, if you are not willing to even listen to ‘Conspiracy Theories’ how can you judge? Anyway, Josh goes thru the various Alien ‘evidence’ Human contact, grays reptilians … with video clips. Josh mentions he & his family have had contact, that is he & his brother disappeared for several hours while traveling between houses and have zero memory of what happen.
I can not cast stones because a couple caving buddies and I watched Rome Air Force Base scramble three jets to TRY and chase a UFO. [ my old comment]
Picture an elderly lame Basset Hound trying to catch a F1 race car, sudden square corners and then GONE. What is interesting is it was in the same area, upstate NY and I think during the same decade as Josh Reid’s encounters. Even more interesting is Tonawanda ALSO saw a UFO in upstate NY! [Comment]
Well, based on what this guy is saying, he is talking about stuff which would be elegantly explained by the theories I thought were missing. I know exactly what he is talking about, and he would have known exactly what I’m talking about.
Which is another tell. This guy acts just like a lot of scientists I’ve known. Just like normal. Just like he was in the lab next door explaining his stuff.
HOLY SHIT.
But his case also explains why they were interested in using MK on scientists, and presumably experimenting on it at the time. If you can keep their secret stuff compartmentalized, it can be protected. This guy (and maybe others) had gone off the ranch, and the military had a security problem. So they HANDED OFF THE PROBLEM to the CIA to deal with MK experiments. Which (from my point of view) are to some extent successful and to some extent not.
And everybody is still interested in these problems.
But OMG – I am so happy that:
– the class of theories I thought should have existed actually exist – the theories work – they would explain the island of stability – there IS an island of stability – elements in that island of stability create cool tech
HOLY SHIT! This stuff is REAL!
OK. Now I know why Cankles is in trouble!
She gave this shit to China! Without permission!
Josh had a slightly different take. 2:03:00 — 2:06:00 in the next video posted. SAP programs: Special Access Programs (SAPs) are highly restricted, classified programs within the U.S. government that require security measures exceeding standard clearance levels. Trump was recruited by Generals because people were selling off SAP programs. Josh figured out what was in Hilary’s SAPs that she was selling. The US governments most top secret projects ===> University & profs who were receiving grants on SAPs. Hilary gave them the who, what & where & the scientist were recruited by China via funding the universities & profs.
At 2:06:00 Josh gets into Charles Lieber and the covid info funneled to Wuhan. He lists a lot of other scientists.
Do not forget that Cankles & Billy Boy are very well connected to Epstein too.
That covers the first part of the following video (2 1/2 hours) from Wolf’s point of view. Now I am going to concentrate on what Josh said in the second half, after his Aliens history lesson.
Epstein was not just into child sex trafficking. He was into collecting billionaires. ALL billionaires. But the critical point is he was very much into funding genetic experiments… on humans. Now if some of the weirder Conspiracy Theories I have been hearing are even partially true that could explain the obsession not only with genetic engineering but with AI. You would NEED AI to be able to control a ship moving at the speeds I saw that thing moving. A human could not respond fast enough.
At around 1 hr Josh says AI is a must win because of military considerations.
Josh says at 1:42:00 AI learns from what we input. The questions we ask, our interactions with it. So, do we want it to learn from Satanic Pedos or from God fearing Patriots?
And then he gets into some other interesting stuff.
Remember at the World Economic Forum in 2020, Yuval Noah Harari talked about “hackable humans” Yuval Harari promoted the idea that the Earth no longer needs humans Back to the video: At ~ 1 hr 50 min, Josh talks about the ‘singularity’ where AI outstrips human intelligence. So the elite are trying to make a super human. Then there is a short clip of Sophia (AI Robot) who was built in Ethiopia (Think Tedros of the WHO) Ophra’s African Schools, Biometric IDs… AND it was EPSTEIN who funded the whole project.
It gets even more interesting from there with the building of ‘super humans’ and with the ELITE themselves trying to become gods.
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There is a lot more information on the subject out there. 23 &Me was about collecting human DNA. John of God was running a baby farm. John of God and Oprah Winfrey are connected. She had ties to Harvey Weinstein and now Epstein. Heck they are ALL connected.
Registered sex offender hoped to seed human race with his DNA by impregnating 20 women at a time, New York Times reports. Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier accused of sex trafficking, planned to develop an improved super-race of humans using genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, according to the New York Times. In the aftermath of his 2008 sex trafficking conviction, Epstein hoped to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at his ranch in New Mexico, one of his properties where young women, including minors, were allegedly abused, the newspaper reported in a major investigation. Though there is little evidence the scheme ever progressed beyond fantasy,prominent scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, regularly attended dinners, lunches and conferences held by Epstein, the Times said.
Registered sex offender hoped to seed human race with his DNA by impregnating 20 women at a time, New York Times reports
Human trafficking, animal abuse, and scientific experiments that pushed the boundaries of humanity itself: Jeffrey Epstein had grand ambitions, and where better to pursue them than Ukraine? A wild west where everyone has a price, and citizens are little more than lab rats.
Within days of Epstein’s 2019 arrest for sex trafficking, media reports began to shed light on the financier’s bizarre scientific ventures. Epstein, the New York Times reported, would gather the world’s leading scientists at his Manhattan apartment, or fly them to his private island to discuss his visions of “seeding the human race with his DNA,” cryogenically freezing his head and penis for future research, and in one unhinged conversation, “bankrolling efforts to identify a mysterious particle that might trigger the feeling that someone is watching you.”
At the time, these Bond villain schemes were portrayed as just twisted fantasies. However, Epstein was already involved in a human cloning initiative taking shape in Ukraine, far from the prying eyes of US regulators.
Designer babies
In July 2018, self-described “transhumanist” Brian Bishop reached out to Epstein seeking funding for what he called a “designer baby project,” according to emails released by the US Justice Department last week
Inspired by Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s use of CRISPR technology to birth the world’s first genetically edited twins, Bishop, a bitcoin investor and programmer by trade, sent Epstein a pitch deck and a request for funding. Epstein said that he had “no issue with funding” the project, as long as he could do so in secret. “The problem is only if I am seen to lead,” he told Bishop.
Over several follow-up emails in 2018, Bishop explained that he was seeking “$1.7m/year for up to five years + $1m for lab setup,” and that he was “proceeding with more mouse testing at my Ukraine lab,” including surgeries and microinjections. Bishop’s technique involved injecting altered genes into a male parent’s testes, but Epstein favored implanting an embryo into the mother. “I like implant embryo, wait 9 months, great ending,” he replied.
Epstein noted that he “can’t do anything where US rules apply.” Bishop answered that they could avoid scrutiny through “partnerships with overseas clinics.”
The Ukrainian lab
Bishop’s “mouse testing” took place at the Institute of Gerontology at Ukraine’s Academy of Medical Sciences in Kiev. Although the lab was not named in the latest emails, the MIT Technology Review took a virtual tour of the facility in early 2019. The magazine described seeing “a flayed-open mouse lying on the microscope stage, as well as a close-up of trace dyes being injected into its testicles.”
The MIT article did not mention Epstein, but revealed that the pitch deck Bishop had sent envisioned experiments on human “volunteers” once the first transgenic mouse had been created. “Outcome: First human with transgenic sperm, and we begin taking pre-orders,” it reportedly read.
None of the experiments had succeeded in creating “transgenic mouse pups,” but lab worker Dmitry Krasnienkov told MIT that he was willing to keep trying as long as Bishop kept paying him.
A pedophile’s playground
For men like Epstein, Ukraine was a potentially lucrative nexus of poverty, corruption, and amorality. Epstein’s interest in the country developed long before Bishop’s mouse experiments, with passports of several Ukrainian women found on his estate after his death, and multiple emails suggesting he trafficked Ukrainian girls to wealthy clients.
In one 2013 exchange, a man purported to be Emirati tycoon Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem described two girls arriving at his property. “Big disappointment, the Moldavian is not as attractive as the picture while the Ukrainian is very beautiful,” he complained to Epstein. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sulayem was a regular visitor to Epstein’s apartment between 2011 and 2014.
Ukraine was a “a hotbed of child pornography and sexual abuse,” the Kiev Post reported in 2009. “Most reported cases of pedophilia never get investigated, let alone prosecuted,” the paper wrote, describing how “every third Ukrainian prostitute is a girl between 12 and 17,” child pornography is sold at street markets, and sexual services can be bought for “candy or food.”
The full extent of Epstein’s involvement in Ukraine is unclear, but the full range of illicit services available to the rich in Ukraine stretch far beyond child pornography and prostitution.
Organ harvesting and virus factories
Ukraine has been known as a hotbed of organ harvesting since the earliest days of its post-Soviet decline, and featured prominently in a 2008 OSCE report on “Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal.” The trade reportedly exploded after the Maidan coup of 2014, with Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claiming in 2023 that the organs of dead Ukrainian soldiers – such as hearts, kidneys and livers – have been appearing on ‘dark net’ marketplaces, with prices starting at €5,000.
Let me get started by providing some background. As the story goes, back in 1975, two high school buddies, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, wrote the first real software for a microcomputer. They cut a deal with a computer maker, quit Harvard, moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and started Microsoft in 1976….
With the recent release of the Epstein Files, I heard Paul Allen’s name mentioned. From what I understand, there is no damning evidence that connects him to any of the atrocities that have been linked to Epstein. Allen’s name has been mentioned in some of the Epstein emails. In 2012, Epstein emailed that he wanted to sit next to Allen at a Silicon Valley elite bash. Another email mentions Allen casually inviting Epstein to see his “Mouse/brain project” after bumping into him in 2014….
Epstein was originally charged with soliciting prostitution from a minor way back in 2006. It is not a good look for anyone still associating with him in 2014. But that being said, with 3 million files, there doesn’t seem to be anything damning on Allen in them, and a lot of people in Big Tech and the science community continued to interact with Epstein long after his original conviction in 2008….in December of 2017, Trump enacted the Executive Order 13818, which gave the government the power to freeze the assets of anyone involved in crimes against humanity. Later in September of 2018, the EO 13848, opened the door to confiscating the assets of anyone involved in election fraud. Allen died the next month in October of 2018.
Something to consider, and if you didn’t already know this, you probably won’t believe it. Trump enacted the EO that froze assets from anyone involved in crimes against humanity on 12/20/2017. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google announced that he would be stepping down from his role on 12/21/2017. Literally the next day. I think it’s safe to say that in general at least, assets have been confiscated and it probably goes back to at least 2018.
I’m not saying Paul Allen is guilty of crimes against humanity or election fraud, but it is at least plausible that these executive orders opened the door to Trump’s government confiscating assets from people who they believe achieved their wealth at the expense of America.
At 50 minutes: The head of Bear Stearns, the head of JP Morgan took the call from Epstein while he was in prison and accepted the reversed charges. This was during the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis.
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Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
mungo
noun
shoddy cloth made from shredding old or waste woven material
material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woolen rags or the remnants of woolen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woolen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woolen goods or worsted — a distinction often disregarded
low-quality wool
a slang term, sometimes derogatory, for a person who is rough, uncivilized, uneducated, unpleasant, perceived as inferior, etc.
one spelling of a Filipino dish made with mung beans (alternatively munggo)
additional proper names, including parks (2 kinds), people, and places
Used in a sentence
Retrosaria Mungo is a lovely worsted weight yarn made in Portugal. Mungo is made with 50% cotton which making it ideal for warmer weather knits. Mungo is entirely spun from pre-consumer waste generated by Portuguese spinning mills making it an amazing and sustainable yarn!
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MUSIC!
Mungo Jerry!
THE STUFF
This is a gift for Gail. It is about a Scottish explorer of Africa, by the odd name of Dr. Mungo Park. It is a brilliant bit of insight into the early days of the British Empire.
Up to my neck in “AI slop” videos about Dr. Park, I found this human-created GEM by pure accident. But it has a very different take.
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Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
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This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
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Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
xyston
noun
short pike used by Greek heavy cavalry
long thrusting lance, used in ancient Greece
long thrusting spear in ancient Greece, measuring about 3.5 to 4.25 m long, probably held by the cavalryman with both hands, consisting of a wooden shaft and a spear-point at both ends
Used in a sentence
The shaft of the xyston was usually made from sturdy wood, such as cornel or ash, which provided the necessary strength and flexibility.
Cornel, also known as the Cornelian cherry, has a wood that is used for spears. That wood is heavier than water and does not float. The tree is actually a dogwood with an edible faux cherry fruit. This video shows both the tree and preserving the fruit.
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Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
kamagraphy
noun
making copies of original paintings using treated canvas
a specialized method of painting reproduction in which the original is destroyed, but large numbers of reproductions are created
an Indian dance troupe based on the Kama Sutra
Used in a sentence
The practice of kamagraphy is not the same as kamalagraphy, which I refuse to define.
Shown in a picture
Max Ernst (1891-1976)- Le Vaisseau Fantôme / The Ghost Ship, Kamagraph Canvas Plate / camouflage plate, 63 x 48 cm
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MUSIC!
Is Frampton’s-camelography close enough?
THE STUFF
This is a really great chess game, with an excellent explanation of all the blunders by both sides. THE GOAT – Magnus Carlsen – goes down a queen, but fights back to a win.
Sounds like a certain President, if you ask me!
Just sayin’!
And now it’s time for Wolf Moon’s Snow Moon Review of the new film MELANIA.
In order to get this out quickly, but fairly completely, I’m basically doing it as lists of bullet points. Yeah, that’s not very artistic, but I don’t want these points to drown in a bunch of evasive prose. I want people to know what I observed, what I think, and what to watch for.
I will start off with a list of non-spoilers. You can decide after THAT, if you want to read the spoilers. If you don’t want to read them, then you can just skip over the rest. I don’t have a spoiler tool for the text of this article, sadly.
Non-Spoilers
The Performance
At least in our area, the film is doing well.
This is the most packed movie I have been to, in a long time.
We had to settle for front row seats, because pretty much everything else was taken, several hours before the showing. Thankfully, we were not in a front corner. Reclining seats help.
Checking online for tickets may be a good idea.
There were no protests, hecklers, or interruptions.
There were classy laughs in appropriate places.
There were tears in appropriate places. Grab extra napkins if you don’t have tissues.
There were silent claps, raised hands, and thumbs up throughout the film.
There was significant applause which waited respectfully until the end.
My Opinions
I am glad I saw this movie in a theater.
I may get the DVD so that I can freeze-frame it to study details.
I know why Trump already saw it twice, and will likely watch it more times.
I believe this movie is historically important.
The movie will be cited by historians for many reasons, including things that it reveals.
The importance is not solely documentary – it is more than a documentary.
The movie is quite entertaining, but its significance exceeds its entertainment value.
Melania’s historical importance as a FLOTUS is evident and proven by the end of the movie, yet no effort is expended to make that point – it makes itself.
Anybody who is culturally or vocationally interested in fashion, beauty, entertainment, history, government, etc., needs to see this movie, even if they DESPISE Trump.
The movie is a tribute to every person who has ever worked in arts, beauty, entertainment, politics, culture, government service, the military, and many other featured vocations.
Cthulhu’s theory that Melania or Barron might be Q is not, IMO, proven by the film, but OTOH, this film absolutely destroys any assertions that Melania is not profoundly capable, very influential on Trump, and herself a focus of influence.
Trump’s great respect for Melania, and vice versa, is extremely evident.
Trump’s sense of humor, his love of “regular folks”, and his poise and savvy are on display.
Many things that happened during that period of time are explained by this movie.
I will be citing details from this movie, in a month or two, but I’d like to wait for people who want to see it, to have that opportunity first.
I recommend watching Melania – if not now, then once it appears on the small screen.
If you watch it in a theater, you will understand how Melania herself set the tone for the audience response.
OK – if you want to skip the spoilers, then take off now! Head down to the comments! Or watch the trailer, which contains a few of the spoiler items, without full context.
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Spoilers
Yes, Melania not only WEARS “that dress” – it’s the star of the show! I have to admit that I like it, but maybe that’s just me. It really shows off her figure in a flattering way.
The stylized “R” on the front is actually pretty cool, IMO. RRRub it in, why don’t we?
Melania’s designer is a great guy, and it’s a lot of fun to watch her interact with him.
Trump is hilarious and interjects “wisely” but “wise guy” in some serious situations. He knows how to ease the tension, which is interesting.
Trump NEVER steals the show. His respect for his wife is incredible. It’s very clear that he’s proud of her, and of this movie.
IMO Melania was part of the reason they moved the Inauguration indoors. She was very concerned about security during the parade. This woman is extremely smart. Was God listening to her prayers when He sent the Inauguration plans into the deep freeze?
Speaking of prayers, the church scene in NYC is awesome.
Melania has a network of First Ladies around the world who she Face-Times with or meets in person. I want to study that part more closely.
The stats on foster kids going to college are abysmal. Yeah. WOW. She has a point.
Brigitte Macron sure looks like a woman – at least as much as Candace Owens does. Glass houses?
Trump values Melania’s input to the point of making one of the most important changes in his Inauguration speech, because she suggests it right there as he practices.
One of Trump’s executive orders is due to input from Melania. Very impressive, very appropriate. She’s a subject matter expert. Again, it’s tied to her network.
Melania seems unbothered by the fact that Trump doesn’t always listen to her advice.
Melania’s maturity is very evident, and just off the charts.
Melania’s favorite musicians include Michael Jackson – she knows the words to his songs!
The inside of Trump Force One is extremely cool and luxurious.
The sound track of the movie includes some big hits, which are used in a smart and cunning fashion.
Melania’s most admired First Ladies (given near the end) are an interesting selection – especially considering who is NOT there.
Melania’s parents are fascinating – especially her mother who is the “Rebecca” of the movie.
Melania’s mom taught her tailoring, and the tailors love her for her knowledge of their craft, plus for being a professional model.
Melania does some modeling on camera.
Melania’s staffers are scary smart women. She hires two more of them, whose interviews are part of the filming process.
Vivek shows up all over the place, without speaking. It’s clear that Trump, Melania, or both, like him.
Elon, Bezos, Tim Cook, many others. It’s fun.
A lot of interesting people show up at the Inauguration functions.
I had forgotten that Kamala showed up in a designer MAO JACKET. Yeah. Worth seeing again, just to realize who she is.
Melania does a dance or two. Watch for them!
Trump ALWAYS says thanks to people after a photo shoot. What a MENSCH. Talk about good atomic habits!
I’m sure the Secret Service approved every frame. Watch for artistic blurring and motion of the camera at certain points where they wanted things a bit fuzzy.
Melania’s pride in Barron is repeatedly evident.
Limiting the amount of footage from the “indoor parade” (a rally, basically) that my wife and I attended was artistically smart, even though I would have loved to have seen more. I am happy that enough was included to honor all of us who waited in the cold and dark to be there!
Joe Biden looks happy in the footage. He also looks like he should be in a nursing home, but he looks happy. Trump interacts with him quite well. Watch for it.
Final thoughts – the poise, sophistication, and intelligence of a proud immigrant who loves America and her husband – fully on display. Like I said, this is a great and significant film. I’m glad I saw it.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
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Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
quartan
noun
a fever recurring every third day
a fever occurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours
of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively -“a quartan ague, or fever”
recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms
Used in a sentence
A quartan is not to be confused with the French mathematician Élie-Joseph Cartan.
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MUSIC!
Scott reminded me of this song, which I loved back in the day. This video is a great tribute to one of the best “back-up bands” and “warm up acts” of its day, with what was realistically their only true big hit. Nonetheless, I remember when this song caught fire back then – good times! It got played on many a juke box – for years.
Here is the OFFICIAL story on how the band got its name!
And in case you want to hear it again, here is a reaction video by “The Wolf HunterZ”. No connection to yours truly – I swear!
THE STUFF
OK – more of that “hoe_math” dude who scorches feminists with simple pseudo-scientific blatancy about what they blatantly do. Here he is, explaining a “hoe-down” in which a bunch of allegedly “conservative” female influencers attacked each other, some with great truth and precision, showing why so many of them are really (a commenter coined this term) “deservatives”! Or grifters, as Aubergine so sharply spotted.
I was expecting Elon Musk’s latest drama mama, Ashley St. Clair, to be one of them – surprisingly, no.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Our various sister sites, listed in the Blogroll in the sidebar
Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
headsail
noun
sail set forward of the foremast of a ship
Used in a sentence
Learn about the different types of headsails we make, such as jibs, genoas, yankee cut, and staysails.
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Not sure which is more eye-popping – Crosby’s weight or Nash’s mullet! In any case, this song always reminds me of sailing, despite the grim lyrics.
THE STUFF
If you’ve ever wondered why neutrons are themselves unstable, there’s another complication before we get there. We can’t even figure out what’s happening to them, because we measure different answers for how long they last, depending on the experiment, and nobody can figure out why.
So are neutrons “adjacent” to dark matter? Or are they just slipping out to party somewhere else?
