в мозгу туман

Сейчас, как в вытрезвителе ханыгу,
Разденут — стыд и срам — при всех святых, —
Найдут в мозгу туман, в кармане фигу,
Крест на ноге — и кликнут понятых!

забавно, я уже это тут цитировал почти 10 лет тому назад. под тем же заголовком.

wishful seeing

People tend to believe that their perceptions are truthful representations of the world. A @NatureHumBehav study suggests people not only report observing what they wish was true, but they are also more likely to see what they wish was true.

- Neurocomputational mechanisms underlying motivated seeing

People tend to think of their perception as a veridical representation of the external world, but this view has long been challenged by psychological research. Instead, people often report percepts that they are motivated to perceive, a phenomenon we term motivated perception.

интересно, что на wishful seeing google находит About 8,460 results

Arpeggione Sonata

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata on Sirius XM

sleeping with students

Teacher Brittany Zamora, 28, who had sex with boy, 13, while his pal watched gets 20 years jail

The boy’s parents now have lawsuits against the school seeking $2.5 million, claiming their son ‘will experience severe emotional and psychological symptoms due to the sexual abuse he experienced.’ According to the lawsuit: ‘He is different with (his mother). He no longer looks at any female including his mother the same now that Zamora has worked her black magic.’

via Are there any studies in these weird sex teacher cases?

Леди Гага переехала

говно новость, казалось бы - ну переехала, не ее ведь переехали

но если учесть, что это вывешено на первой полосе lenta.ru, новость приобретает оттенок утонченности и изысканности

Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’

“Is the Epstein case going to cause a problem [for confirmation hearings]?” Acosta had been asked. Acosta had explained, breezily, apparently, that back in the day he’d had just one meeting on the Epstein case. He’d cut the non-prosecution deal with one of Epstein’s attorneys because he had “been told” to back off, that Epstein was above his pay grade. “I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone,” he told his interviewers in the Trump transition, who evidently thought that was a sufficient answer and went ahead and hired Acosta. (The Labor Department had no comment when asked about this.)

- “I Was Told Epstein ‘Belonged to Intelligence’ And to Leave It Alone.”

fucking amazing pardon my French

see also

. Bombshell: Alex Acosta Reportedly Claimed Jeffrey Epstein "Belonged To Intelligence" - Zerohedge
. It Sure Looks Like Jeffrey Epstein Was a Spy—But Whose? - Observer
. Was Jeffrey Epstein a SPY? - Daily Mail
. Google news - About 14,300 results

see this thread on Twitter

Hitler on the roof

Hitler on the roof - This prescient 2011 Danish play finds the Nazi propagandist Dr. Joseph Goebbels (Amy Gorelow) and filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl (Jay Torrence) doomed to a perpetual afterlife in which to confront their pasts. Locked deep down inside the present day Führerbunker, the two engage in cunning feats of denial, manipulation and pure slapstick.

Strawdog Theatre
1802 W. Berenice Chicago

см. также Menopause The Musical

самолюбование юрским

у юрского при чтении чего-либо есть лишь одно постоянное: самолюбование юрским. и манерность - это в комментариях к Переслушиваю "Евгения Онегина" в исполнении Сергея Юрского.

еще из жж, никакой связи с юрским, просто довольно убедительно сказано: В общем-то вся юность была с каким-то патологическим упорством потрачена на выяснение вопроса "Хуже некуда: как это?". - irimiko

social antennae

So what did we make of her? The cultural changes of the past several years may have seemed profound but they had clipped no one’s social antennae. Within a minute, no, less, by the time Shirley had uttered three words, we would have known that she was of humble origins.

...

He gave the impression that if any utterance of his were to be disproved, he would change his view in line with the facts. Behind the owlish near-apologetic manner, I began to realise, was limitless confidence.

- Ian McEwan, Sweet Tooth

- off-white lies
- see in New Year

“I don’t want to see any more newspaper stories. I’m meeting the editor of the Guardian this evening. You can take care of the rest. And I want to see a report on my desk by lunchtime.”

As soon as he was gone, Nutting said, “That means you, Max. Make sure we’re copied in. You’d better get started. Harry, we'll divide the editors in the usual way.”

“D-notice?”

“Too late and we'll look stupid. Now ...”

I could think of nothing to say. Tapp, who had been chain-smoking through the meeting, lit another. He said, “We yielded to a lot of pressure and fashionable arguments to bring women on. The results are more or less as we predicted.”

выводы

Leak of UK ambassador’s Trump views shows honesty has no place in international relations - это RT

какая свежая и оригинальная мысль

very emotional

Night before Trump’s inauguration was ‘very emotional’: Michelle Obama - это Fox развлекается

очень трогательно

matters of opinion

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Mark Twain

а ведь я давно говорил

- о каком уме тут можно говорить, если человек не согласен с твоим мнением.

- человек, который не согласен с моей точкой зрения, либо лжет мне в глаза, либо жалкий безумец.

unequal sex ratios

"Unequal sex ratios are associated with increased competition and risky behaviors amongst individuals of the more prevalent sex, and a general shift towards the relationship preferences of the scarcer sex" - @PsychoSchmitt

кто бы мог подумать

класс

буржуазия, ага

просто осталась краска

"Девушка с веслом и летчик обсуждают проблемы мировой революции", мозаика, 1938 г.
Санаторий ВЦИК "Красная горка", Сочи.

via Juri Martõnenko‎ Группа «Просто Осталась Краска»

снова с веслом, ага

обсуждение там местами забавное

universal suffrage

It has been affirmed that the tribunate of the people preserved Rome from tyranny. Were it true, it would be of little moment: a change in the form of the state is not in itself an evil for a people ; on the contrary, it was a misfortune for the Romans that monarchy was introduced too late, after the physical and mental energies of the nation were exhausted. But the assertion is not even correct; as is shown by the circumstance that the Italian states remained as regularly free from tyrants as the Hellenic states regularly witnessed their rise. The reason lies simply in the fact that tyranny is everywhere the result of universal suffrage, and that the Italians excluded the burgesses who had no land from their public assemblies longer than the Greeks did: when Rome departed from this course, monarchy did not fail to emerge, and was in fact associated with this very tribunician office. - The History Of Rome Vol. 1, Theodor Mommsen

via @TOOEdit

регент его надул

...первым долгом следует кричать: «Караул!» А то он уйдет. А ну, давайте вместе! Разом! – и тут регент разинул пасть.

Растерявшийся Иван послушался шуткаря-регента и крикнул «караул!», а регент его надул, ничего не крикнул.

Одинокий, хриплый крик Ивана хороших результатов не принес. Две каких-то девицы шарахнулись от него в сторону, и он услышал слово "пьяный".

- А, так ты с ним заодно? - впадая в гнев, прокричал Иван, - ты что же это, глумишься надо мной? Пусти!

Иван кинулся вправо, и регент - тоже вправо! Иван - влево, и тот мерзавец туда же.

- Ты нарочно под ногами путаешься? - зверея, закричал Иван, - я тебя самого предам в руки милиции!

Иван сделал попытку ухватить негодяя за рукав, но промахнулся и ровно ничего не поймал. Регент как сквозь землю провалился.

поведение регента и Ивана тут напоминает как в некоторых странах сначала использовали пластик, а потом решили, что не надо. ну и многое другое.

Citizenship Question

@realDonaldTrump

amazing

compare @NYT, July 2

All mouth and trousers

Corbyn told he’s ‘ALL MOUTH & TROUSERS’ by Theresa May in hilarious mishap

see also All mouth and no trousers

Ground Swell

Edward Hopper

Ground Swell, 1939