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How do these spas compare to ones in the US, for example in LA?

A buddy of mine is a Wong Kar-Wai fan, and sent me a link to a curated retrospective series, highlighting the career and select works of the Hong Kong filmmaker. Last night I watched Happy Together, one of the series. This film belongs on the 50 greatest gay film list in that other thread. It released around 10 years before and remains just as timeless as Brokeback Mountain . I actually saw this in a theater years ago but wasn't in the mood for the despair of the film and maybe not clever enough that day to realize the beauty of it. I expect the performance of Tony Leung will always stay with me. The direction and cinematography was stunning.

...and followed the above with streaming Chanticleer Christmas. $25 for me is worth the spend They are unmatched. https://www.chanticleer.org/special-events/a-chanticleer-christmas-from-darkness-to-light

Mentioned on the Christmas thread, I can confirm Guthrie Theater A Christmas Carol is quite good. The $10 price is a deal! I'll watch again. https://www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-tickets/2020-2021-season/dickens-holiday-classic/

This sing-a-long from Canada!

Speaking of cats and Christmas, The Nine Lives of Christmas on Hallmark might satisfy the cat mafia up in here. It plays all year around for how popular it is.

On Xmas eve will be joining friends virtually. We will stream The Guthrie Theater's Christmas Carol, https://www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-tickets/2020-2021-season/dickens-holiday-classic/ followed by Chanticleer's Christmas Concert. https://www.chanticleer.org/a-chanticleer-christmas

Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?

Interesting how the top five in the list are 5 of my top gay films today, 12 years later. Here is a recent video about Shelter. Amazing that was 13 years ago. It used to be the #1 gay film for a lot of people. After all these years Shelter hangs in there.

My boy went to the other side of the mountain last year. Miss him. I've thought about getting another dog, especially now, but I've worked pretty much continually through the pandemic, so I don't offer the companionship a lot of other people are experiencing right now. I have a relationship with a neighborhood cat. He has a personality.

What kind of trouble do you fear he'll stumble into? I have not stuck with most of the onlyfans pages I've tried. There are factors that make some onlyfans pages a winner and most of them not. But he'll never know unless he tries. What can it hurt? Why does he think he is a good candidate to break into porn? Did you ask him his opinion of himself, whether he thinks he has a good look or a plan how he'll style himself. I get off on a sexy, scruffy nerd, but not everyone does.

Perhaps walking will make a comeback. I friend from Scandinavia is all about hiking. His diet sucks though.

Since Lindsey Graham is not on the review committee for Transportation he would not take part in questioning Buttigieg. Too bad. Could have been fun. Tammy Baldwin, Tammy Duckworth, Amy Klobuchar and Ted Cruz do serve on that committee so there could be some interesting banter if someone decides to "go there" about sexuality. CBS ran entire stories about Mayor Pete when he ran for President without mentioning he's gay. People can figure it out or not, but most don't care, except for the few that still try to fill their collection plate by preaching fear of the "gay agenda." Looking at the current Sec. of Transportation, one might be encouraged to get someone like Buttigieg to retool that department. But yeah it's too bad he didn't get Ambassador to the UN. He'll get almost no press now in comparison. He could have an impact on the auto industry, discussed in Car and Driver. Their piece on Buttigieg mentions he was an officer in the reserves, and a midwesterner but nothing about being gay. One might expect that some on either side want to highlight it, but one might also wonder if Buttigieg would rather just discuss the work.

I have a reminder set for this one. The acting looks great.

Funny how the biggest Kremlin trolls have dropped off that site now that the voting is finished. That "Buttigieg-in-the-cabinet" thread is so lame it isn't worth the effort. The OP made no point at all, just copying and pasting a news article. Since the Repubs have some big gay wheels in their party not to mention a closet case or two in the Senate, I would expect the Senate to not make a big deal out of Buttigieg's sexuality. That he is the first openly gay cabinet member is somewhat newsworthy, but not too much The less said about it the better, to be fair to him. He'll be approved on his own merits, and nothing else, IMO.

No guarantee that donating $$ would give you a pass. After what went on there this year I am breaking my string of years sending to him.

Without his wild card executive power, will there be a cloud hanging over Trump?

Better than Hillbilly Elegy.

Funny how the Dems and the media aren't willing to call a spade a spade and report how this is one huge grift. The voting fraud initiative is far past $200,000,000 taken in by now. But yeah, these donors in large part are the people that believe there is a Deep State and there is a Q. Let's give a shout out to Republican Adam Kinzinger, though his voting record is pro upper 1% and anti LGBTQ, at least he was out front about recognizing Biden was the winner. GOP Rep. Kinzinger wages a lonely fight against Trump’s falsehoods and right-wing disinformation This one time I'd agree to suck him if he forced my head down on it. <-- That's sarcasm!

Yup, performance counts.

More and more, it seems that "smarts" is not a Republican trait. However, IMO they are clever, evil and greedy enough to get their way.

I didn't care for it, but glad to hear it has an appeal for some of you. I certainly like Glenn Close.

Perhaps I give the Rebubs too much credit, but it seems they've successfully focused on how to gain control during the last 30 years, granted not always using noble means. Democrats ought to focus on whatever worked for the Blue side and do more of that rather than pointing fingers at their perceived fuck ups. This is the approach followed by private sector gurus, that investing more resources in what works versus investing everything in solving the fuck ups will bring the best outcome and help beat the competition. Certainly doesn't hurt to listen to the perfesser, but what about winning more Senate and gubernatorial elections, holding onto the House, and gaining control of the state legislatures? Reading the tea leaves for the next presidential cycle does less to help the Dems with the bigger picture. If the Blue side doesn't wake up and focus on what works for winning elections, then aren't their expectation that the good guys will win a flawed worldview? Remember how the pundits rang the death knell of the Rebubs after Obama was first elected? As Trump likes to remind, WRONG! We ought not be too willing to sit back and cross our fingers that the political stars will align in the way the Lichtman describes, and not focus on the bigger picture. Dems need to get busy, like Stacy Abrams did in Georgia. In the words of Chris Cuomo, let's get after it.

I am somewhat convinced that Trump shows no class because he is psychotic. But also, his latest conspiracy initiative, election fraud, is helping rake in millions of dollars in donations to an initiative that is reported to be a little bit soft on how the money will be spent. One might not be surprised how Trump would lean into one final big grift while in the White House, keeping the money rolling in until inauguration day when he will skip the swearing in and instead officially announce his 2024 campaign. Similarly, Matt Braynard, a former Trump operative, was on Lou Dobbs last night pumping up his Voter Integrity Project, spewing false claims how dead people voted for Biden, while providing no evidence. In the meantime, he has collected big money donations but provided no evidence how he is using the money., reported by Daily Beast. Braynard seems to be a right wing fanatic based on a Mother Jones article. Lou Dobbs is an old time birther who will say anything for ratings, IMO, so putting Braynard on his show last night was no surprise. Big picture is the Trump base continues to be riled up and squeezed for every last drop of money they can send. Over the years, whether it is Trump's private con games, or his presidential rip offs, the media doesn't seem to give this side of the equation much reporting. Perhaps, NY state will help change that next year.

Consider that Trump's brain may already be declining slowly into dementia (as his father did). Imagine how Republicans will handle it, how in 3 years Trump sounds more and more crazy. Can Rebubs speak up if his base is still driven to support by Fox news and OAN fanning the MAGA flames? Or will the Party continue to roll the dice and stick with their status quo? He'd be doing the Rebubs a favor, but I doubt his physical body will cooperate and decline into death at the rate is brain will.