Fantasia is the best American singer of modern times, imho. Yes, the one who won American Idol. She went on to be mentored by Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle no less. I don't think her studio albums or videos are the best but in a live performance, commanding the band, improvising, and interacting with the audience, I think she's one of the GOAT.
This is only a mild version of her virtuosity. I love this performance.
Link to videoMake sure Putin's not hiding under your bed before you go to sleep.
I haven't seen any lately but intend to go on a Bette Davis binge when time and concentration allow me.
The movies in the '90's were great!
@bernard I do a routine of things that are thebself care you're saying. And yes I avoid toxic people. I didn't used to have toxic people in my life. It took a lot of inner conflict and struggle and frankly financial resource but I achieved it.
In his April 1, 2026 briefing, Economist Jeffrey Sachs questions why eight countries — Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, Bahrain, Panama, Colombia and the United Kingdom — allegedly failed to acknowledge the initial strikes while describing Iran's response as unprovoked.
Sachs also raises questions about the influence of US military bases on allied countries' foreign policies and recounts his conversations with former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenber.
Watch the full briefing as Jeffrey Sachs discusses the Iran conflict, the UN Security Council, Washington's influence over its allies and the future of independent diplomacy.
Right again.
I'm sensing a pattern.
I think of it as a frivolous idea, even though AI says there are "5 Pillars'' involved so clearly there are people who take it seriously (I stopped reading after "5 pillars").
How do we feel about "self-care"?
I think it should be (and will be) expunged from English.
A thought experiment- why isn't there the term "other-care"?
No. There's direct care. Direct care is difficult, logistically complicated, often laborious work.
I know. It was my mother's NYS job for 20 years to take care of full grown, actually old, TBH, adults, with the minds of developmentally disabled children.
Self-care. I think it should (and will).go back to taking care of oneself.
I have a hatchback. I use the back for hauling. I leave the rear seats down and have stored the removable 'boot cover" (?) behind a piece of furniture in my dining room.
The large SUV's,.e.g. Hyundai Santa Fe are actually nice but $$$$.
Whether? smacks head.
Btw, I have a headache. This is what it must feel like to be boxed by nuns.
Anyway, low from as low as 61 recently back up to 68 tonight.
It's great the rainy season is over.
Very pleasant days and nights.
But I'll be glad when I can switch on the heat.
Using air, off, and heat.
I plan to buy three different space heater for different parts of the house.
Then if the AC unit fails so what.
I'm not going to spend a single day without heat this winter after having none at all for 2 consecutive winters.
People think the winter in FL is a joke. It's not.
I know from experience it can go below freezing as far south as Sarasota.
So this sad crowd that turned up to H and M's cosplay royal appearance?
Aerial footage has surfaced showing their PR team leading this little group into the venue.
The footage shows handlers bring in adults and literally groups of children.
So this event was what kids today might call- "performative".
Why am I surprised?
@mik, nice find. I Google AI- ed brass and bronze. I didn't know they are both mainly copper. I didn't know bronze turns green with a "protective patina". I'd rather have brass. It doesn't have the reputation of bronze but so what.
It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind? Let's replace that with- It's a person's prerogative to change a person's mind. It's a person's prerogative to change a person's mind once, twice, or three times a day. There hardly seems to be enough hours in a day for a person to change a person's mind four times in a day, but it's entirely possible.
You, and others here, plain will not listen to the words that are being said. What reply can a person have to something they haven't heard?
It's the same phenomenon across a range of "controversial" topics here.
Ad nauseam.
What did Richard Wolff do wrong? How is he lacking in relevant expertise? What experiences in his personal life invalidate his words?
These people and many others like them are (emphasis added) the experts.
Not Bari Weiss. Not any corporate rag outlet "fact checker".
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
There was a time in the US when people decided they needed a truck in suburbia.
They still buy them in droves and stilll think nothing of the cost of fuel during both an energy crisis and an inflation crisis.
Stupid.
Maybe I should run this by CBS News for a "fact check"?
I think not.
Daniel said:
Let me double-check.
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I'm still right.
Vive la France! 
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Let me double-check.
Link to videobut I told you so.
Link to videoTo all and sundry, please feel free to share whatever it is you want to share.
And it you have nothing you want to share, this would be fine with me.
