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That he received so many votes is certainly amazing, but is no reason to applaud him. He only knows how to cheat and take, and not how to run anything. No I can't waste any time admiring anything about him but rather grieve how Americans still vote for him, and how the GOP puppets still line up to support him. Anyway, back to the topic. To the original post, the rhetorical question whether blacks deserve to be shot I might add (in the back.). Or I might add why are these cops shooting to kill? Is this what they're taught in police school or does it represent the lack of value for human life?

Yes. So sad. He was a beloved, special talent. After his death a Leslie Cheung film festival was organized in LA, which was my first chance to see Happy Together.

Congressman Kinzinger took another swipe at Trump and his quislings. I'm beginning to see a trend he is being groomed for the GOP future. They'll need some members that smell clean. His young look and new bride won't hurt. She's Latina? https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/27/kinzinger-trump-election-defeat-republicans-450826

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.