I had no idea Sean Connery used to be a milkman...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/25/sean-connery-at-90-appreciation-peter-bradshaw-james-bond

Well, we all knew the man admired a good dairy…



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What would be the most ironic way for Trump to lose this thing?

That's right!

President Trump's dimming reelection prospects were visible before the 2018 midterm elections, according to an internal Republican National Committee report seen by the Washington Examiner.

Using data from internal voter rolls, a small cadre of RNC employees concluded that Trump and the party faced two immediate, pressing concerns: Elderly Republicans were dying, and support from Obama-to-Trump voters was far from locked in.

What would be the most ironic way for Trump to lose this thing? ~ Crid at August 26, 2020 5:51 AM

Unfortunately, America voters are being asked again to choose the lesser of two weevils. And yes, the reference to voracious and destructive insects was intentional.

In this corner, we have a blow-hard egomaniac with the attention span of a gnat.

In the other corner, we have a doddering, senile old man being used as a stalking horse for the radical left wing of his party.

Both candidates' appeals boil down to "I'm not the other guy."

The egomaniac has had stint in the office with mixed results. His tax and regulatory policy gave us a strong economy, but his international trade policy has been mixed. His foreign relations are currently frosty, mostly due to allies resenting his impolitically-delivered demands that those allies finally pony up for their own defense rather than leaving the burden to be born almost solely by the US.

The doddering old man has been in the US Senate for 33 years and has no significant legislation or legislative achievement to his name. He has been vice president for 8 years and was notable in that job more for his corruption, lack of substance, and his "Joe bombs" than for any specific achievement.

The deficit will balloon under either man, as neither is known for fiscal restraint with the public purse.

The Libertarian Party has nominated for president an academic with almost zero national name recognition and, for vice president, a podcaster named, "Spike," who was originally put forth as the proposed running mate for a candidate named, "Vermin Supreme."

So, the choice is again down to the two major parties.

Until the Libertarian Party is interested in putting in the work needed to be a national party, they will at best be *checks notes* a laughing stock. Well, as long as they let delegates run around nekkid as a jay bird at the convention*.

Which means building up your bench, running for local races, state races, and then national races. Something that looks an awful lot like work.

* Zoom conventions probably help with not showing those naughty bits

If it wasn't for double standards they wouldn't have any at all:

https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1298683419791106048

Ty has a point:

https://twitter.com/magneticTy/status/1298627062404612096

Wut Eli sed izz tru— This could be over for price of one RT 1st Class airline ticket.

> the choice is again down
> to the two major parties.

Alliances have been shattered for both parties. Geriatric thuggery on one side, unprincipled game show hosts on the other. Each voter seems to want a chief executive customized to their personal obsessions, and won't muster any enthusiasm without hearing the promise of one.

I don't think this is a party thing anymore.

Each voter seems to want a chief executive customized to their personal obsessions, and won't muster any enthusiasm without hearing the promise of one. ~ Crid at August 27, 2020 4:11 AM

Plus ça change.

Over the years, we've invested far too much hero worship into the office of president. We want Superman as president - or our president to be Superman. You don't want to invest that much power in one person.

Amazon has a show, The Boys, which shows the consequences of having superheroes, people invested with unrestrained power. The superheroes are vain, power-mad, arrogant, amoral, and corrupt - kinda like politicians once they get a taste of power.

I don't think this is a party thing anymore. ~ Crid at August 27, 2020 4:11 AM

I'd agree. The radical left is hostile or indifferent to Joe Biden as a replacement for Trump. MY feeling it that this bloc does not regard voting as the way in which they'll effect a change in government.

However, for those of us who still rely on democracy and voting to effect a change in government, it's what we have. Meanwhile, stock up on ammo, food, and supplies. It's gonna be a bumpy night.

I had no idea Sean Connery used to be a milkman... ~ Lenona at August 25, 2020 9:02 PM

Elvis used to drive a truck. Ricky Nelson references that, albeit obliquely, in the song, "Garden Party."

Harrison Ford used to be a carpenter. In fact, he got the Star Wars job while doing a cabinet for George Lucas.

I’m hoping the libertarian party only went far left this election as a way of splitting the left vote. Not that they will hav much effect.

I’m hoping the libertarian party only went far left this election as a way of splitting the left vote. Not that they will hav much effect. ~ Joe j at August 27, 2020 6:20 AM

I have a feeling it's an anti-Trump sentiment driving that leftward drift.

People who fancy themselves intellectuals generally disdain working class folks - even ones with millions of dollars. Paul Fussell, in his book on American social class, ripped Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower as lower-class. Truman entertained White House guests with his daughter's awful piano playing and Eisenhower ate TV dinners in front of the television. Fussell also ripped into Ronald Reagan for his squared off pocket squares and his brown suits. He'd have had a field day with Trump.

Yes, and Danny Kaye was an insurance salesman, a waiter and a soda jerk and Cary Grant was a stilt walker. I knew about the others too - just not Connery. I thought that particular job was funny.

Btw, Kaye got fired from most of those jobs - and others. Even though, as The Illustrated Who's Who of the Cinema says, he did manage to keep the tricks of each trade in his repertoire. Namely, "guileless cheek," "pushy charm (and gobbledegook)," and "balance and dexterity."

That book is very much worth adding (if you can find it) to your collection of film books, despite the fact that the last printing was at least 20 years ago and it sometimes doesn't include people you'd think would be shoo-ins, like the Nicholas Brothers, Jim Henson, or even Margaret Hamilton. So why bother? Because, in 480 pages, it DOES include at least some relatively obscure film people, like the great Czech animator Jiri Trnka (1912-1969) and the 19th-century Sarah ("La Divine") Bernhardt. Plus, the three writers - Lloyd, Fuller and Desser - write very good short bios. Best of all, maybe, are all the photos and stills that you'll likely never find anywhere else, both in color and B&W, that are often chosen in unpredictable ways. Example: Jimmy Stewart's still was taken from the 1967 Western movie "Firecreek."