"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.---------
Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
The nation is paying more attention to the Green Party this
year in large part because of the worry — or hope — that disappointed
Sanders supporters will flock to Stein and sap the Democratic Party of
strength, possibly tipping the election in Trump’s favor. Recent polls
have Stein at 4 or 5 percent nationally in a four-way race, and one poll
had the party capturing some 16 percent of voters under 30.
Stein would be the first to tell you that Greens are taking a huge
chunk of Sanders voters. In her acceptance speech Saturday, she sought
to play up the partnership, telling the crowd that it was an “honor to
be running in alliance with the Bernie Sanders movement that I now hear
as ‘berning green!’”
At the DNC, she said, “The City of Brotherly Love was overrun by love
and revolution, as the Bernie or Bust movement declared independence
from the Democratic Party, and merged with our campaign in rally after
rally, growing stronger by the hour,” though protests had actually
seemed to taper off as the Democratic convention went on. It also seems
strange for Stein to embrace the term “Bernie or Bust.” Is voting for
Stein what it means to “go bust?”
Yesterday I caught a couple of minutes of RED RIVER. One of the cowboys was sitting or squatting with his back to the camera and spoke half a dozen words. What a rush of affection that sound triggered! The best voice of any actor in any Western movie! I just checked. Ben Johnson is not credited in RED RIVER and was hired only as a stunt man.
If you had an Okie uncle you knew well and really loved . . . . .
Abuse of the Okie language is why I stopped watching ELEMENTARY. "My" is out. "For Sylva and I" is in. Otherwise, these guys seem much nicer than me would expect.
They call themselves The Gay Beards, but behind
all that quirkily groomed facial hair is nearly 20 years of friendship
-- and so much more.
Brian Delaurenti and Johnathan Dahl, better
known as The Gay Beards, have been best friends ever since they met at
the age of 8. "Something between us just very much clicked and from that
day forward, we've been practically inseparable," Delaurenti explained.
With more than 250,000 followers on Instagram,
the Portland-based friends rely on their humor, creativity and their
bond to make their content.
"Something we both tend to admire about one
another is our lack of being so serious in a world that can sometimes
focus too much on the negative. That being said, we both have a strong
desire to work towards creating a platform for those individuals who may
feel isolated, unlovable or perhaps scared to live out their own
dreams. These qualities have led us to become the goofy bearded men we
are today," Delaurenti said.
The openly gay duo certainly don't take their
friendship for granted and recognize each other's support was crucial in
their self-realizations. "I think with regards to friendship in the
LGBTQ community, this speaks volumes because of the shared experiences
and struggles that can come from growing up outside what many consider
the 'normal perspective," Delaurenti said.
"One of the biggest issues plaguing youth in the
LGBTQ community is the idea of feeling alone and misunderstood. The
fear of rejection is so high, that having a friend who's been there
themselves can make a world of a difference. I know it certainly did for
Johnathan and I."
The two reflected on their younger years and the
importance of recognizing common insecurities that lead to letting
their guards down with each other.
"Once you grow up, you tend to realize that this
whole concern really does span more widely than not, and because of
this, allowing yourself to see others with these same fears and
vulnerabilities would have made it a lot easier to create bonds earlier
on in life," Delaurenti said.
Delaurenti feels "completely at peace" when he
is with his friends. "As far as we know, each person only has so many
trips around the sun in this lifetime," he told NBC OUT.
Dahl chimed in: "They are the people who
ultimately we will grow with and mold us into our future selves. The
peace that you can find in a friend is absolutely amazing. Someone who
doesn't necessarily have any moral or legal obligations to call you
family, yet is very much indeed, your family."
Delaurenti and Dahl consider themselves brothers, a closeness that shines through The Gay Beards account.
"The best thing about Johnathan and I's friendship has to be our ability to understand each other," Delaurenti added. "
Rachel is usually sensitive to language, but she blithely said that Trump has said that he had always wanted to earn a Purple Heart.
No, Rachel. He said he had always wanted to HAVE a Purple Heart.
There is all the world of difference.
Newly
published nude photographs of Melania Trump, the wife of Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump, have raised questions about the
story of her immigration to the United States and how the Slovenian-born
former model gained her legal ...
