Mrs. deWinter

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The recruiters — Dan Moraff, Leanne Fan and Morris Katz — told Mr. Platner he was “the one,” a “hero of the movement,” “a historical figure” who could be “leading a revolution,” according to half a dozen people with knowledge of their conversations.
Monica Vitti as Modesty Blaise (1966). This movie is modness in its platonic ideal. Anyway, this still has our girl in a fabulous gold lamé ensemble that includes this magnificent cowl/hood thing that looks like a flattened cone of shame, but very chic.
Cover of SPY magazine from 1990 with a photo illustration of Donald Trump's head superimposed on a tantruming toddler in a poncy little shorts suit.
In a still from The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Doris Day camps it up in a dream sequence as Mata Hari, wearing an elaborate, iridescent blue costume with head piece, bikini top, and slave bracelets on her upper arms.
Bronze statue of legendary guitar player Chet Atkins sitting on a stool playing his guitar. He has one foot resting on a rung on the stool. An empty stool sits beside him so you can have a guitar pull with the great man.
Photo of the Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, with the Washington Monument in the distance. It's a perfect spring day, with big, fluffy clouds lazily hanging in the sky. But some freaks, deployed by our demented POTUS, have painted the Pool some hideous color. Also, closer to the viewer, there's a fence keeping people away from one of their country's most precious monuments. It has a dark colored fabric attached like a curtain. Some kind soul has spray-painted, in small, white, precisely spaced letters, "FUCK." I stopped to describe it in some detail because it kinda hit me emotionally, and I felt obligated to explain its impact to people who couldn't experience it visually like I can. In the distance, there's our country's ideals (however lackadaisically observed) in the form of the Washington Monument pointing toward heaven with a perfectly gorgeous sky above. Closer to us, there's the tacky, slapdash painting up of a monument like a country club swimming pool, and an ugly fence with an uglier word added on, like a citizen comment.
Still from the credits of SMILE (1975). A pretty blonde girl smiles at the camera. There is an airplane behind her, out of focus. The title of the film, "Smile" is superimposed on the screen in pink ’70s font. The "I" is dotted with a happy face. You have got to see this movie.
Credits page for Peter Pan, music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein.
Movie poster for All Night Long, with a woman dancing with hands playing percussion mallets in a rainbow of colors.
Screenshot showing an account with no followers.
“He’s an impressive person, kind of a [former Sen. Joe] Manchin, [Sen. John] Fetterman type, in that kind of category,” Monahan said, referring to Democrats from West Virginia and Pennsylvania who tacked to the center and frequently butted heads with the party’s base. “The numbers I keep seeing out of it, I mean, this isn’t just his polls. The guy’s kicking ass.”
Post from Dec. 2024 pushing the "Biden can cancel student debt with a stroke of the pen!" myth.
Newsworry (@newsworry.bsky.social): FFS, who wasn't raped in the 1960s. You didn't live in that era. They were young strong egos working closely together, they had a relationship that continued until Cesar's death. He was no more a rapist than any other guy in the 60s. And that isn't what he became either. Cesar was extraordinary. worker bee (@bjmarquez.bsky.social): “Who wasn’t raped?” “He was no more a rapist than any other guy” Fascinating! No 1960s man raped but all 1960s women were raped. It wasn’t really rape but it happened to every woman and they should have expected it because every man did it, which evens out to “no man really did anything”. Newsworry (@newsworry.bsky.social): Bingo. That's exactly what it was like across the board. So this categorization of Chavez is out of context and gives an impression that just wasn't true.
Still from the ’90s sitcom Cybill. Christine Baranski and Cybill Shepherd look at a laptop screen in disbelief.
Skeet from bastillesam.bsky.social: Mass idiocy and closed feedback loop of those idiots are what plaguing the media ecosystems. From the day he descended on that infamous escalator, I knew he is the endgame of RW politics. If the left thought he was one of them, then maybe the horseshoe theory of politics is correct.
Movie poster of "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), with head shot illustrations of stars Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Virginia Mayo.
Baked cookies on a sheet of parchment paper.
People standing on the sidewalk next to a busy road. Two of them have snow shovels painted with "Shovel ICE out."
Screenshot of a Bluesky post from the official Democratic Party account congratulating Mayor Mamdani on his swearing in.
My puny little Advent wreath next to the window, with three candles lit.
Stack of dark chocolate sandwich cookies with pink raspberry filling.
Promotional shot of classic Hollywood actress Gail Patrick, who studied law at the University of Alabama. She's leaning her chin on her hands and looking directly at the camera. Her legal education came in handy later in her career when she became a producer and developed the TV show Perry Mason.
A delicious slab of apple pie, dark with spices.
Promo image from the movie DICK, starring Michelle Williams and Kirsten Dunst. They are adorable ini patriotic-themed halter tops. Theyi are surrounded by Mod daisies.
In special recognition of Maltinsky’s efforts to improve the FBI, in June 2021, LAFO leadership entrusted to Maltinsky two Pride flags that had flown from the flagpole located in front of the LAFO. Maltinsky displayed one of those flags at his workstation.
Lemonade Sheet Cake with Lime buttercream icing.