Andrew, we hardly knew you

7 yr Old Violin Anthem

Rowan Atkinson Tour de Force

FWIW, here's the video Rowan alluded to .... Constable Savage: Racist Police (Not The Nine O'Clock News)

Why We Win

P-51 MUSTANG My pick for the best fighter aircraft in WW2.  And, stuff I did not know.  Like, after the war you could buy a surplus Mustang for $1.  Yes.  One dollar.  Today a working P51 will cost you $2,000,000. Did you know that it still holds the world record for (as is)  altitude?  Or that I flew one in the Korean War? What was the fatal flaw that came to light during the Korean war?

BEST EVER of EVERYTHING

Holland Daze

art is everywhere

Lord, please let Dr. Rigsby be a Democrat. So I know there's at least one who's grounded.

Has there ever need a better graduation speech? Tom Smith

BEST EVER POL HUMOR

sample This Patriot Humor Dump Establishes Them as THE BEST EVER

Saint Ralph

Catharsis

Saint Ralph is the unlikely story of Ralph Walker, a ninth grader who outran everyone's expectations except his own in his bold quest of trying to win the 1954 Boston Marathon. Note that I've posted this under "catharsis," instead of Cinema ala Carte.  Because it is cathartic.  If you liked Christmas Story ("You'll shoot your eye out"), you will love this too.  It is well worth  paying Amazon the $2.99 (or whatever) if you don't have Prime.

Trust Me ...

RAM TRUCKS Super Bowl

Best Super Bowl Ad Ever I miss Paul Harvey.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

cinema à la carte

A Series of Unfortunate Events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtUbYentSQ This is the all around best theater in all of history. I'm not making that up. Delightful word play and great performances; at least through the first two episodes we've watched. Bonus: How Netflix made A Series of Unfortunate Events, its first great TV for families  20 Ways Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events Is Different From the Books

Legal Insurrection op 10

a major award

A few years ago I said that Red State's Erick Erickson was my go-to guy.  And then he wasn't.  Today I'm saying that William A. Jacobson's Legal Insurrection is the best, most diverse (ah, diversity) blog extant. Here are his 10 most viewed posts of 2016.

Hillary Clinton's Life So Far

Hillary Clinton's Life So Far This is without doubt the finest, most complete, and historically accurate capsule of Hillary Clinton's public life I've yet seen.  I have several times wanted to do a similar compilation, but it was just too much work.  I know, in this age of ala-carte truth, it will be almost impossible to get her supporters to watch, but it's least out there.

Trumanesque ...

11 yr old Millie ....

She's 11 years old ....

Connie and Kim duToit

##### Okay, I'm an atheist. I'm just not a "rabid" one. In fact, I envy theists the comfort of their religion, and quite frankly, I'm not going to speak ill of how people manage to find spiritual comfort in this shitty world. WHat people miss is the loneliness of atheism -- the fact that when you die, there's simple oblivion. There's no comforting thought of "being with your loved ones in heaven" or whatever -- in fact, there's no comfort whatsoever.  Believe me: with Connie battling the last stages of terminal cancer, I WISH there was an afterlife so we could one day be together. But my (and her) intellect just can't accept religious belief, and many's the time we've cried together knowing that our time will end in... nothingness. Allow me, then, to quote the thoughts of Arthur Balfour (a Christian): "Imperishable monuments and immortal deeds, death itself and love stronger than death, will be as though they had never been. The energies of our system will decay, the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no longer tolerate the race which has disturbed its solitude. Man will go down into the pit and all his thoughts will perish. The uneasy consciousness, which in this obscure corner has for a brief space broken the contented silence of the universe, will be at rest." THAT thought is what atheists deal with, every single day. # posted by  Kim du Toit : 10/29/16, 12:46 PM Last week  I posted "The Atheist Delusion."  A few days ago I scrolled down to look at late comments, and found this measured response from Kim. Jolted me to the core. I lost Kim's email addy in my last crash, or I'd be doing this in person. "Connie battling the last stages of terminal cancer."  I wish there was something I could do. Connie's blog was every bit as compelling as Kim's, and together they were a treasure. Srsly.   I will pray for her, as I hope you'll also do in your own way. This fight ain't over yet.

Moving to Canada?

Best Realtor Ad Ever MoSup

Louisville - Horry Clap!

So far, Louisville is the best FB team I've ever seen.

Quotations From Rush Limbaugh

20 of the top 62,791 I just tripped over John "the Hawk" Hawkin's "20 Greatest Quotations From Rush Limbaugh." Here's ten of them. Yes, the list is three years old, but some things never get old. 10) “The way to improve our schools is not more money, but the reintroduction of moral and spiritual values, as well as the four ‘R’s: reading, ‘riting, ‘rithmatic, and Rush.” 9) “The world’s biggest problem is the unequal distribution of capitalism. If there were capitalism everywhere, you wouldn’t have food shortages.” 8) “Compassion is defined not by how many people are on the government dole but by how many people no longer need government assistance.” 7) “I’m not opposed to the protection of animals. But the best way to do that is to make sure some human being owns them.” 6) “Morality is not defined and cannot be defined by individual choice.” 5) “Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth.” 4) “You know why there’s a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.” 3) “If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.” 2) “Bigot: A person who wins an argument with a liberal.” 1) “What about feeling sorry for those…who pay the taxes? Those are the people NO ONE ever feels sorry for. They are asked to give and give until they have no more to give. And when they say ‘Enough!’ they are called selfish.” [FULL]