Saturday, August 31, 2019

Katya at the piano


Katya at the piano, 1981              Автопортрет. 1974г.

. Кириллова Лариса Николаевна

. Soviet painter Larisa Kirillova

American cheese

American cheese: Does it deserve its bad reputation?

to put this long story short: American cheese is a joke, even though this very long article is trying hard to present it otherwise. for instance:
Aries, third place - this sheep's milk cheese from Shooting Star Creamery, California, was made by 15-year-old Avery Jones with the help of her father Reggie Jones' Central Coast Creamery. It's aged for eight months and is only available at Sigona's Farmers' Market in California
who cares, if is only available at one single farmers' market. here's from Google:



Russian hackers...

Friday, August 30, 2019

blues

. Little Esther - The-Double Crossing Blues
. Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush aka Talking Woman Blues lyrics

I got news for you, baby, you ain't nothin' but an alley cat

smile

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

biker flappers



Biker flappers on the beach, mid-1920s.

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Monday, August 26, 2019

Конец перспективы


хорошее название для сборника эссе или переводов: "Конец перспективы".
tongue in cheek chick

кстати, то, что искал, видишь далеко не всегда, какие уж там дивные дивы...

обложка слева - просто так, без причины и вне связи

white again

And people say revealing things. I have people coming up to me and saying, “Why are academics trying to turn this country into the country we just tried to get away from?” - American Law Professor Wants to Make America White Again

amazing article in New Yorker. Amy Wax doesn't sound too convincing or even consistent, but at least New Yorker lets her say what she wants, which is unbelievable. she even mentions Enoch Powell - approvingly!

local pdf


Sunday, August 25, 2019

taken seriously

As the American scholar David Gitlitz has recently observed, allegations of such behavior appear "with such frequency in the literature, in so many widely-separated locales, and with such varied evidence, much of it eyewitness," that they cannot be dismissed as mere libels. Gitlitz has argued that the reports of cross-desecration by crypto-Jews, need to be taken seriously as expressions of their "negative feelings" toward the religion they pretended to observe, expressions that "ran the gamut from disbelief and scorn to the physical mistreatment of ... images." The crucifix, in particular, he has stressed, was targeted by crypto-Jews with great cynicism and hostility, both as an object of Christian idolatry and as emblem of that aspect of Christianity they found hardest to accept: the divinity of Christ." - Reckless Rites, pg 177-178
same argument as in Blood Passover

Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła


Donald Tusk’s face here is incredible.

He's gone full Boris Karloff.

problem nudes

Cringe. New Yorker’s art critic finds Renoir’s nudes “embarrassing,” with faces that are “dumb,” speculates that the artist was “misogynist,” likens him to an “annoying house guest” - @clairlemon
Renoir’s Problem Nudes / Сомнительные ню Ренуара

жж

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Русская Венера



Илья Машков (1881-1944). "Русская Венера (Россия и Наполеон", около 1914. Холст, масло. Собрание П. Авена, via



трудно поверить, что это не шутка

надо такую картину с танковой дивизией вермахта на заднем плане

The Wolf's Call

The Wolf's Call (2019) - французский фильм, русские запускают ракету из Баренцева моря, она летит на Париж, президент Франции отдает приказ атомной подводной лодке Formidable (sic!) нанести ответный удар. очень неплохие съемки внутри и вокруг лодки, и вообще довольно увлекательно. среди прочего, на борту лодки какой-то прибор не работает, и один офицер спрашивает другого: почему эта хрень не работает? а тот ему отвечает: потому что это - Франция, детка. и еще забавная деталь: по ходу дела выясняется, что причина трудностей с опознаванием вражеской подводной лодки - в том, что американцы забыли (sic!) поделиться с фрнцузами данными разведки.

еще посмотрел корейский Паразиты. сараказм-гротеск-slapstick-макабр, несколько затянуто, но в целом неплохо, и достаточно реалистично показана корейская жизнь, как ни странно.

а между тем по SiriusXM - Francesco Maria Veracini, Sonate Accademiche No. 6 in A. на amazon комплект из трех дисков предлагают за $264.43. что бы это значило...

Friday, August 23, 2019

debunked

everything is debunked nowadays © yhs

и слева, и справа

нет сил

ни с кем не знакомлюсь, потому что у меня уже нет сил каждый раз рассказывать одно и то же - народ

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Победа жжет

Matteo Salvini

During his youth, Salvini became a member of the left-wing autonomous social centre Leoncavallo, ... before he became the main representative of the right-wing faction of the Northern League. Following some criticism directed to Salvini for his change of political orientation, from the left wing to the populist right, Salvini responded: "Ironically, I see more leftist values in the European right than in some left-wing parties; these parties and these movements are those that today defend workers, those who lead right battles. Thus, I do not see anything strange in looking for a dialogue with whoever today embodies the resistance to this wrong Europe." - Wiki

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

being so direct



@realDonaldTrump

....The Prime Minister was able to save a great deal of expense and effort for both the United States and Denmark by being so direct. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!



Если Дания откажется продавать Гренландию, тогда мы купим Данию. - Трамп

Here’s why Trump wants to buy Greenland - balanced coverage from CNBS, strangely enough

and un-balanced from NPR: FACT CHECK: Did Harry Truman Really Try To Buy Greenland Back In The Day?

market economy

In many of the principal streets, the pillaged bodies and separated limbs of the slaughtered still lay putrefying on the ground. These disgusting relics crowded especially the banks of the river, along which a sort of market was established, where the relations of the dead might be seen bargaining for the corpses with those who had dragged them from the river. - The Massacre of Saint Bartholomew by Hugh De Normand

Колыма, тундра





Цвета тундры, горы, отражения, Хмурый вечер (!)

© ameli-sa

marginal gains



wsj / You Got a ‘Free’ Internet Speed Upgrade. Then Your Bill Went Up.

Monday, August 19, 2019

kluge

kluge: /klooj/

      3. n. Something that works for the wrong reason.

The Jargon File

Macron urges Putin



Macron urges Putin to back a Ukraine leaders' summit over coming weeks at French talks

автор этой фотографии должен получить орден подвязки почетного легиона

это france24.com если что

интересно, что ria.ru тоже разместила этот сниок в самом конце материала о визите. диверсанты пробрались. а скорее всего - просто дураки и халтурщики. Hanlon's razor.

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Danielle Outlaw



this is a Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw
According to @PortlandPolice Chief Danielle Outlaw, there was estimated 1,200 protesters in downtown Portland. Officers confiscated bear spray, woolen poles, knives, shields, a stun gun from protestors. - @alex_zee

см. также говорящие фамилии

Friday, August 16, 2019

Weisman out

In a now-deleted tweet from late July, Weisman, deputy Washington bureau editor, received unwanted attention for rejecting the notion that Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., are truly "from the Midwest" in response to comments made by former Sen. Claire McCaskill.

"Saying @RashidaTlaib (D-Detroit) and @IlhanMN (D-Minneapolis) are from the Midwest is like saying Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) is from Texas or @repjohnlewis (D-Atlanta) is from the Deep South. C’mon,” Weisman wrote.

- New York Times demotes high-ranking editor following social media controversies

more details @FAIR: Jonathan Weisman’s Judgment Has Been Lapsing for a Long While Now

see also @juliaioffe on Israel refusing entry to Omar & Tlaib, very funny & lively thread, вот уж точно скандал в благородном семействе

Thursday, August 15, 2019

иди пожалею

Curiosa


очень французская эротическая мелодрама Curiosa. наподобие Emmanuelle, но не так по́шло и значительно более натурально.

посмотрел минут 15 чудовищного The Boys: On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an 82% approval rating based on 76 reviews... еще целиком посмотрел The Big Kill. этот похож на пародию, но явно так не задуман.



82% approval rating... ну что делать с этим населением? не знаю. вернее - знаю, но не скажу.

Sonata in E Major

Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E Major, K. 206 “Les Adieux”

wqxr

idagio

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

computer generated art

I honestly think that within ten years or so, a large percent of the "media" people consume, from TV to porn to news to music to art, will be computer-generated and only vaguely checked/edited by humans for errors. - @EvolutionistXX
thread continues, also comments

they forget to add that most of the reading would also be done by bots, so human generated traffic would represent smaller and smaller portion in both production and consumption. - yhs

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

...лучше не скажешь

Epstein before he died: “Maybe the only thing worse than being called a pedophile is being called a hedge fund manager,” he said with a slight laugh. - Jeffrey Epstein in his own words: FOX Business exclusive



if you’re surprised that jeffrey epstein killed himself last night, imagine how surprised he must have been

pressure group

We will force you, as it is typical of the Jews, to become part of our group. ...big "crowd" of the Jews who "stick together" and who are so influential in "informal assemblies" that "every respectable man" must be careful not to incite them against him."

- Judeophobia by Peter Schäfer
это смутно мне напоминает...

в общем-то он прав, тут речь не о прозелитизме.

Monday, August 12, 2019

Ave Salvini

Italy’s Salvini Tells Richard Gere to Take Stranded Migrants to Hollywood on his Jet
“As the generous millionaire airs his demands about the fate of the Open Arms immigrants, we thank him: he will be able to bring everyone in his private jet to Hollywood and keep them in his villas,” Salvini said in a statement after Gere’s press conference.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

раньше и теперь

Раньше все время чего-то хотелось, теперь все время чего-то не хочется. - Hagnir Adharson

--

Никого из врачей так не беспокоит учащенный пульс пациента как патологоанатома.

люди с хорошими лицами



"Мы пришли с открытыми лицами, а у вас Росгвардия и полиция". Улицкая прочитала стихотворение на митинге в Москве.

via & messala

а я ведь давно говорил: либералы пошловаты

см. также Гозман угрожает Путину "Ипатьевским домом", там еще портреты

Saturday, August 10, 2019

список Эпштейна

когда в тюрьме в Гааге умер Милошевич, я предложил формулировку "любезно скончался"

она бы и тут подошла

ну а путинской пропаганде самое время затеять какой-нибудь "список Магнитского Эпштейна"

via

AG Barr 'appalled', orders probe

Guards in Jeffrey Epstein's jail unit were working substantial overtime shifts before his death, reports say. poor guards...

editorial standards



подробности

editorial standards my ass

see also @ climateskeptics

Friday, August 9, 2019

help from above

Esther must have been a very talented sexual partner in order to pull such a ruse - to pretend to enjoy having sex with the king, and satisfying him like no other woman (2:17), while at the same time passively resisting. Perhaps the Sages considered that in this matter she must have had some help from above.

- Kosher Adultery?
далее по тексту: The more implausible the story, the easier it is to attribute it to divine providence. не слишком почтительное замечание. и далее:
It is clear, however, that he had no trouble accepting this tradition, for he comments on it in his Talmud commentary: "And she immerses herself: `for reasons of cleanliness, so that she would not be repulsive to the righteous [Mordecai] after having slept with Ahasuerus.'"
I, in my poverty, will always hold on to the fringes of the garment of our holy Sages and will not veer from their words to the right or to the left... - вот откуда правый и левый уклон произошли.

короче, As is said in Jewish spiritual circles, “hamaskil yavin”, the enlightened will understand.

Thursday, August 8, 2019

спорить с умом - это у них не в ходу

Стало у многих в ходу обо всем без различия спорить,
    Но чтобы спорить с умом - это у них не в ходу.
Людям таким за глаза довольно мудрости древней:
    "Думай, как думал досель - я остаюсь при своем".
Тех, кто взаправду умен, убедишь во мгновение ока,
    Правильно выстроив речь: в радость учение им.

Евен Паросский

перевод Всеволода Зельченко

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Deathworld

Was Harry Harrison's Deathworld about Israel?

answered by Grace Swaim on Aug 8, 2014:
As with any book, it is about whatever you interpret it to be. The common theme of "violence breeds violence" could apply to many, many books and many, many real world examples.

what is the right word here, for this answer, equivocal?

see also On arriving in Israel, I was reminded very much of Harry Harrison’s sci-fi novel “Deathworld” etc

Sunday, August 4, 2019

русское вмешательство, 1863



это из Punch, Oct 24, 1863
Abe: Imperial son of Nicholas the Great,
We air in the same fix I calculate,
You with your Poles, with Southern rebels I,
Who spurn my rule and my revenge defy.

Alex: Vengeance is mine, old man; see where it falls,
Behold your hearths laid waste, and ruined walls,
Your gibbets, where the struggling patriot hangs,
Whilst my brave myrmidons enjoy his pangs.
see also Tsar Alexander II of Russia pledges support for the Union

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Эпштейн и Ко

Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA - статья в nyt, в основном интересная списком действующих лиц. и как они там от него все открещиваются.
И он опять отказался с клятвою: не знаю я Этого Человека!
стандартные формулировки NYT: eugenics, the discredited field of improving the human race through controlled breeding

discredited - приговор NYT окончательный, обжалованию не подлежит. найдутся несогласные. но они вряд ли рискнут заявить об этом несогласии вслух.

гр. Эпштейн манией величия не страдал, а наслаждался, таков мой вердикт.

как можно

- А это точно мой ребенок?
- Валера, ты что, мне не веришь???
- Ну что ты, дорогая, как можно. Я, кстати, Олег.

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- Вопрос не в тему... ты услугами гадалки когда-либо пользовался?
- Смотря какими услугами. Может эти женщины и гадали, не знаю.

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Только что видел как мужик в подземном переходе посылал наверх своего ребёнка посмотреть на ту ли сторону они вышли, чтобы в случае чего не ходить туда-сюда. Впервые всерьёз задумался о детях.

Friday, August 2, 2019

аэропорт Борисполь



в январе 1976-го там было -18 °C и жуткий ледяной ветер
летел я из Питера, считал, что лечу на юг, оделся легко
это было ошибкой

да, я знаю, столько не живут

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Off White Lies



еще один израильский фильм Off White Lies, все персонажи узнаваемые, и в вообще убедительно.

режиссер Maya Kenig, больше художественных фильмов у нее нет, похоже

кадры из фильма

еще The Matchmaker - не слишком убедительно, но живописно

Summer Evening



Summer Evening, 1947 by Edward Hopper

see related artworks @ WikiArt