@taiwan_girl said in Down the Nessun Dorma Rathole: @George-K ??? Leonard Bernstein became one of the 20th century's most acclaimed conductors through timing and luck. On November 14, 1943, having recently been appointed assistant conductor to Artur Rodziński of the New York Philharmonic, Bernstein made his major conducting debut at short notice—and without any rehearsal—after guest conductor Bruno Walter came down with the flu. The challenging program included works by Robert Schumann, Miklós Rózsa, Richard Wagner, and Richard Strauss. The next day, The New York Times carried the story on its front page and remarked in an editorial, "It's a good American success story. The warm, friendly triumph of it filled Carnegie Hall and spread far over the air waves." Timing, I'm not sure, had much to do with it, but luck certainly did.

@89th @George-K Wow! That was quite detailed and interesting. I did not realize how the spectator was shot and killed.

@taiwan_girl said in Three For Four: Ive had it twice after being vaccinated. Both times, I just felt really tired for about two days and had slight fever (maybe 1 degree high) and then back to normal. No cough, no loss of taste/smell, etc. Impossible to prove, but I would like to think that the vaccine minimized the symptoms. I’ve had it once, tested negative but I know that Lucas was positive, so pretty sure that I had it. I am/was half vaxed. 1 dose of a 2 dose vax. Slept for 18 hours straight and was fine. Lucas was fully vaxed., though 1 set. Had it 3 times. Moderate symptoms. Karla is unvaxxed. She’s not had it at all, and took care of Lucas and I. I was scared as shit of COVID, initially. But the people I know that have had it the most and the worst? Vaxxed X 2 at least.

@89th 555

Don't forget, early voting starts when...late September? With the media blitz, some people won't wake up to what they've done until too late...

@jon-nyc said in Summering in the French Riviera: Well there goes his reputation. LOL. DIdn't VW have an ad during the Super Bowl talking about all their innovations in the last 60 years? Conveniently, those innovations were only after 1950 or so.

They just don’t see the absolute illegality of the programs they are trying to implement, or even grasp how immoral they are and why they are immoral and illegal. This has absolutely nothing to do with the laughable Project 2025 routine they are going through… Trump’s platform is on the web, people, and it is not Project 2025…

I think Jolly wins that one.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Alternative history: @89th said in Alternative history: Probably? Whatever happened to the suck-up Vivek? Grima Wormtongue? I'm sure he'll be back for the end of the story, one way or another. Cabinet post. Some, I think he'd be pretty good at....

On a related note, I learned you can't have a VP from the same state as the President. For example, had Trump (Florida) picked Rubio.... Rubio would've had to (in addition to resigning from the Senate) change his primary residence to another state like Virginia or Nevada.

This sucker did his residency in New Orleans (Oschners)... [image: OIP.KMBlUIuT2UJWOxX42hIL_wHaGU?dpr=1.5&pid=ImgDetMain]

@Jolly

DemWorld.

@jon-nyc said in You have the right to flip off a cop: You have the obligation to flip off a cop. And then the copy is obliged to investigate anyone dumb enough.

@jon-nyc said in Biden tests positive for COVID.: Kluurs- have you resumed jogging? Nope. I've done weights for the past week - but no running. I'm feeling like I may be into the final stretch at the moment. Yeah, I wish I'd done a bit more research on Paxlovid - though I probably would still have taken it. It did seem to have a pretty positive impact. From friends who've done Paxlovid, most said they'd skip it the second time - unless they saw the angel of death outside the window.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290

Meh, you can’t blame Trump’s many flaws on age. They are entirely a part of the unique Trump experience since he was young.

She makes a lot of sense, but smartphones are "integrated" into our lifes that it would be hard to delete the apps, and end up with something that just makes phone calls.

Yup, @Jolly makes perfect sense.