If you are following Twitter and other social media, you probably have the impression that Friday January 20th, is doomsday. And for some who banked on a continuance of the liberal agenda in Washington DC, it is. And it is not just in the USA, the UK is seeing it too. By email, Josh writes:
There is clearly a lot of alarmism hitting Twitter at the moment in the run up to Trump’s inauguration.
Indeed. And he’s put that angst into a cartoon.
And, as for 2016 being the “hottest year ever”, that claim is in the noise band of the data and statistically insignificant: (h/t to Shub)
The reasons why we are, in less than 24 hours, about to say the words “President Trump” have very little to do with climate change or the science associated with it.
Laurence Olivier, nothing quite like him!
Well, Nigel, Sir Laurence Olivier is excellent indeed, but, Michael Machiavelli the Twisted Prince of Data and all his lot will, before “York’s” bright sun sets, be shrieking tutti,
“A {job}! A {job}! My {organization} for a job!”
Bad reading. Should be
NOW/
is the winter of our discontent MADE/
GLORIOUS SUMMER/
by this sun of YORK.
(Never did think much of Larry. Always the same, playing the part of Lawrence Olivier, Great Actor. Give me Guinness or Burton any day.)
In modern English, the opening lines are
“Our discontent was like winter, but now it has become Global Warming thanks to the CO2 produced by the new King.”
Ha! Here’s YOU, (I think?) RoHa!, as Richard III, doing it YOUR WAY.
(Remember, everyone, THIS IS A COMEDY thread)
“The Goodbye Girl” (not the wonderful movie with Richard Dreyfuss — not sure who did this version) Richard III scene
(youtube)
#(:))
Well, ‘nothing quite like him!’ was intended as a double edged sword.
Gielgud for me I think, I saw him and Richardson on stage in ‘No Man’s Land’ an unforgettable evening.
I think Burton was often a terrible ham but quite effective in that potboiler (Dylan Thomas’s description) ‘Under Milk Wood’.
Guinness I agree of course, from Herbert Pocket to Mr Todd and all the Ealing comedies in-between.
You meant ‘son of York’ of course …
Richard:
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York;
And all the clouds that low’r’d upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
That explains what happened to the missing heat, all buried with the lowering clouds.
The pun on “son” and “sun” lead to that slip. And now I come to think of it , the line is better read
by this SON/
of York.
Yes, Gielgud and Richardson were both fine. Still a whiff of “Great Actor” about them, but not as bad as Larry. Burton could be hammy, but I still like him. He did 1984 without The Voice.
Guinness as fussy bank clerk, bigamist ferry captain, channeling Alistair Sim in “The Ladykillers”, the dragged-up-from-the-Gorbals officer in “Tunes of Glory” – a different person each time. I saw him live once. He was a totally nondescript little man.
But second to him, Alan Rickman.
I don’t care if you are left or right, centrist, anything, Trump is all over the place on issues, what he will do in power is anybody’s guess.
That you hear the theme Trump has been playing for months as scattered notes, “all over the place,” seems to say that your reception has been cutting in and out.
Or, perhaps, you mistake melody-supporting harmony for cacophony?
Here. Listen to this. Even with great variety in the notes, the melody is still clear, no? 🙂
And it is beautiful. So beautiful…
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43, Sergei Rachmaninoff
(youtube)
… the lovely melody of LOVE.
Yes, love. Liberty is, at bottom, about love.
Donald Trump loves America.
That tells you all you need to know about what he will do.
(in case anyone listening to the above music wonders what movie used that for its theme… it was “Somewhere in Time”… about a love that waited for a very long time… and, in the end, was rewarded with love in return).
We hung in there, true America — and, thanks to “God’s amazing grace,” after years and years of heavy hearts and furrowed brows, WE won!!!
#(:))
“Somewhere in Time”: one of my favourite (favorite) films (movies), Janice 🙂
They’ll tell you that cacophony is an acquired taste for truly sophisticated, and lovely melody in C major is a fascist platitude for deplorables.
There’s some pleasant schadefreude in Trump’s win, of course, but… there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. We’ll see what happens, don’t launch the fireworks yet.
This story is not yet written to its finish. The fat lady is no where near ready to sing. We must remain vigilent. Many who oppose the inauguration of Mr. Trump are currently a wee bit deranged and in their irrationality capable of many bad things both short and long term.
So glad you enjoyed that, Luc. I love that movie, too.
Mr. Feht! Good to see you again. Yes, indeed, like modern “art,” only those “in the know” can truly appreciate it (cough). I hope that YOUR musical endeavors are bringing you much joy these days in your snowy part of the United States.
Trump is pretty clear and direct. Perhaps your confusion is in your perception.
Love the cartoon montage!
“But…but…we know so much better how to run your lives than you do! Didn’t (plug in hysterical celebrity name) tell you that!! Fools!! WHY DIDN’T YOU LISTEN TO US GROWNUPS!!! (Where’s my blankie?)”
The idea they know the global average temperature to even a range of .18 degrees with 95% probability is ridiculous. I give 10:1 odds that by 2026 the 2016 temperature has been changed more than that.
And for some who banked on a continuance of the corrupt, warmongering, neo-con, agenda in Washington DC, it is.
When Obama was elected didn’t he make some sort of remark about this being the time when the temperature would stop rising?
It just occurred to me that if the people who predicted that the world would be cooling in the next ten years and we might be entering another mini ice age are right then Trump will be able to say that during his presidency, the world really did stop warming.
Josh is a talent that never fails to deliver a pointy well deserved barb. Thanks for publishing a great example of Josh’s work.
Nothing like double precision arithmetic operations against estimated data
to improve accuracy. Sue, I buy that.
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