Star Wars’ Mark Hamill hails ‘Joe-B-Wan Kenobi’ after White House meeting | Mark Hamill | The Guardian […] “How many of you had ‘Mark Hamill will lead the press briefing’ on your bingo card – hands?” the actor, wearing dark suit, blue tie and sunglasses, asked reporters at the start of a media briefing. “Yeah, me neither. I just got to meet the president and he gave me these aviator glasses.” Hamill, 72, then put the glasses in his pocket, quipping: “I love the merch.” Hamill, who has more than 5 million followers on X, where he is a trenchant critic of Biden’s election rival Donald Trump, said he was “honoured” to be invited to meet “the most legislatively successful president in my lifetime”, and reeled off a list of Biden’s accomplishments. The actor told reporters that “it just shows you that just one person can be so influential and so positive in… Read more »
Thanks for the play-by-play commentary, Craig. I followed all day on MSNBC, and last night Lawrence O’Donnell just trashed Hicks for lying about Trump’s actions a couple times. Her crying jags are a mystery, too…phony or just real from nervousness and maybe shame. O’Donnell ripped her for just being a person born to wealth who declined to join forces to do good in the world and instead, standing with Trump in cases like separating kids and parents at the border. L.O.D. has a harsh opinion of her. The Night Watchman hasn’t gone away. All’s well. 0322 AM, Derby Day. Jamie: Dornoch for me, Jason Werth, ownership conglomerate.
if it’s Saturday morning it must be the Trail’s least fav late night guy hangover
Bill reacts to the top stories of the week, including nationwide college protests and Governor Kristi Noem’s dog-shooting scandal.
interesting observation from one of the commentators about above monologue: “The fact that he’s a vocal liberal but gets treated like conservative for telling the truth lets you know everything about how polarized our country is”
IN THE NEWS: President Joe Biden faces a knotty task in trying to reach a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel – two antagonists who each would like to obliterate the other.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/europe/georgia-russia-foreign-agent-europe-intl/index.html “Jafaridze is among thousands of Georgians who have for the past month gathered each night outside the country’s parliament, facing down tear gas and water cannons fired by increasingly brutal police, to protest a bill they fear will torpedo its bid to join the European Union and push it further into the Kremlin’s orbit.” “This has become my routine,” he told CNN. “If we don’t protect our freedom right now – our European and Western future – tomorrow we’re going to wake up in Russia. And that will be it.” ”The ruling Georgian Dream party is trying to force through a “foreign agent” law, likened by critics to a measure introduced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to quash dissent. The draft law, which has passed the second of three votes, would require organizations in the former Soviet country that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as… Read more »
But that’s his old job. At 44, he is fully immersed in his new one: owning racehorses. The competitive juices he funneled into baseball for the entirety of his life are now directed toward his horses, including Dornoch, the 3-year-old colt who will start from the first gate in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
The Land That Time Forgot is a 1974 adventure fantasy film directed by Kevin Connor and written by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn, based upon the 1918 novel The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film, which is a British-American co-production, stars Doug McClure, John McEnery, Keith Barron, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Ainley and Declan Mulholland.
The far right county commissioners here have decided to give themselves a 60% pay raise. Of the 4 person committee who will be voting on this, 3 of them have close ties to the far right county commissioners. The job of county commissioners is NOT considered to be a full-time job, but one of the commissioners (who insists that she didn’t take the job for the money) compared their jobs to that of a 31-year veteran nurse. They provide a service to the county. The lead county commissioner will see his yearly salary increase from over $27,000 to over $44,000 a year. The others will have their pay raised to $33,000 and $34,000 a year.
I thought about going with Forever Young, but when I got up this morning I don’t think I had a joint that wasn’t complaining. I think I’m way past the forever young stage of life. Now if they had a horse named Survive, I might go with that one.
I picked Mystik Dan because I had that name on a crew I worked with for many years. The boss couldn’t remember my real name and always called me Dan. I corrected him a few times the said “what the hell’ and let it go. So the whole crew called me Dan. The only exception was an older Mexican who always called me by what he thought was my proper name. For him I was Daniels. It was a bit of respect that was touching.
Jack
It looks like abortion rights will be on the Missouri ballot. The group collecting names turned in twice the number they needed to get on the ballot.
Jack
Whoo, Hoo
That is one tough horse, pushed his way through the inside.
When I saw him against the rail behind other horses, I didn’t think there was a chance, then he popped through and was in the lead. Smart jocky, tough horse.
In ‘88 I got a job in a cabinet shop in panhandle Florida and so then someone was taking me around and introducing me to all the other employees. There was only one black guy and he was introduced to me as Bro. So later I asked him his real name which was Warren, and I called him Warren. Later I got a look at his time card and noticed that his name was Warren Breaux. From Louisiana.
Star Wars’ Mark Hamill hails ‘Joe-B-Wan Kenobi’ after White House meeting | Mark Hamill | The Guardian […] “How many of you had ‘Mark Hamill will lead the press briefing’ on your bingo card – hands?” the actor, wearing dark suit, blue tie and sunglasses, asked reporters at the start of a media briefing. “Yeah, me neither. I just got to meet the president and he gave me these aviator glasses.” Hamill, 72, then put the glasses in his pocket, quipping: “I love the merch.” Hamill, who has more than 5 million followers on X, where he is a trenchant critic of Biden’s election rival Donald Trump, said he was “honoured” to be invited to meet “the most legislatively successful president in my lifetime”, and reeled off a list of Biden’s accomplishments. The actor told reporters that “it just shows you that just one person can be so influential and so positive in… Read more »
the watchman cometh
Dexter at 3:24 this morning
if it’s Saturday morning it must be the Trail’s least fav late night guy hangover
Bill reacts to the top stories of the week, including nationwide college protests and Governor Kristi Noem’s dog-shooting scandal.
interesting observation from one of the commentators about above monologue: “The fact that he’s a vocal liberal but gets treated like conservative for telling the truth lets you know everything about how polarized our country is”
david horsey’s latest: The cease-fire Gordian Knot | The Seattle Times
Thanks Pat for moving Dexter to this thread. Always great to see you Dex.
Trump’s NY pizza scam exposed in under a minute..
https://youtube.com/shorts/msemVY4q6uI?si=thc6H3mVf4uuzLTS
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/europe/georgia-russia-foreign-agent-europe-intl/index.html “Jafaridze is among thousands of Georgians who have for the past month gathered each night outside the country’s parliament, facing down tear gas and water cannons fired by increasingly brutal police, to protest a bill they fear will torpedo its bid to join the European Union and push it further into the Kremlin’s orbit.” “This has become my routine,” he told CNN. “If we don’t protect our freedom right now – our European and Western future – tomorrow we’re going to wake up in Russia. And that will be it.” ”The ruling Georgian Dream party is trying to force through a “foreign agent” law, likened by critics to a measure introduced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to quash dissent. The draft law, which has passed the second of three votes, would require organizations in the former Soviet country that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as… Read more »
Horsey knows horse shit when he sees it.
Trompe-l’œil
New SNL tonight: Host/music is Dua Lipa
I always check the overnights. Good to see our nightwatchman making his rounds. Happy to share the saddle with you, Sir.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/01/jayson-werth-dornoch-kentucky-derby/
https://sports.yahoo.com/dornoch-trainer-jockey-owner-record-184437214.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dornoch_Golf_Club
New Svengoolie, also.
“The Land That Time Gorgot”
The Land That Time Forgot is a 1974 adventure fantasy film directed by Kevin Connor and written by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn, based upon the 1918 novel The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film, which is a British-American co-production, stars Doug McClure, John McEnery, Keith Barron, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Ainley and Declan Mulholland.
Thanks, Craig. Everything about him is all for the show, nothing but the show. None of it is for real.
Pat d – Fiercenesss, Just a Touch, Stronghold (Oaks, Tarifa & Leslie’s Rose)
IvyGreen – Dornoch
Jamie – Fierceness, Forever Young, Just a Touch
Renee – Fierceness
Pogo – Sierra Leone, Fierceness, Catching Freedom
Craig – Catching Freedom
Blue Bronc – Forever Young
Sturgeone – Forever Young
Dave B – Just A Touch
Dexter – Dornoch
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/kristi-noem-colorado-gop-event-canceled/73-8b7b16f9-ddac-4dbc-8195-f81ec4bb2eab?
(On talk radio, Pallozzi bemoaned that her GOP group was now stuck with 300 copies of Noem’s book.)
From Dark Brandon on X:
“Folks — May the 4th be with you”
Post time for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is 6:57 p.m. ET on NBC
Jamie
Here I am, late as always, If the betting window is still open put me down for Mystik Dan.
Jack
May the 4th be with you all!
I’ve backed off my news consumption, doing more gardening, my world is much calmer. I may make this a habit.
Jack
just don’t forget to vote blue 🥦🌽🇺🇸
The far right county commissioners here have decided to give themselves a 60% pay raise. Of the 4 person committee who will be voting on this, 3 of them have close ties to the far right county commissioners. The job of county commissioners is NOT considered to be a full-time job, but one of the commissioners (who insists that she didn’t take the job for the money) compared their jobs to that of a 31-year veteran nurse. They provide a service to the county. The lead county commissioner will see his yearly salary increase from over $27,000 to over $44,000 a year. The others will have their pay raised to $33,000 and $34,000 a year.
Jack
You will have to tell my son to move over since he’s perched on Mystic Dan as well
Pat d – Fiercenesss, Just a Touch, Stronghold (Oaks, Tarifa & Leslie’s Rose)
IvyGreen – Dornoch
Jamie – Fierceness, Forever Young, Just a Touch
Renee – Fierceness
Pogo – Sierra Leone, Fierceness, Catching Freedom
Craig – Catching Freedom
Blue Bronc – Forever Young
Sturgeone – Forever Young
Dave B – Just A Touch
Whiskey Jack – Mystic Dan
I thought about going with Forever Young, but when I got up this morning I don’t think I had a joint that wasn’t complaining. I think I’m way past the forever young stage of life. Now if they had a horse named Survive, I might go with that one.
I picked Mystik Dan because I had that name on a crew I worked with for many years. The boss couldn’t remember my real name and always called me Dan. I corrected him a few times the said “what the hell’ and let it go. So the whole crew called me Dan. The only exception was an older Mexican who always called me by what he thought was my proper name. For him I was Daniels. It was a bit of respect that was touching.
Jack
Dexter’s on Dornoch.
(unless he’s dropped out and I missed it.):
It looks like abortion rights will be on the Missouri ballot. The group collecting names turned in twice the number they needed to get on the ballot.
Jack
Just Steel
Pat d – Fiercenesss, Just a Touch, Stronghold (Oaks, Tarifa & Leslie’s Rose)
IvyGreen – Dornoch
Jamie – Fierceness, Forever Young, Just a Touch
Renee – Fierceness
Pogo – Sierra Leone, Fierceness, Catching Freedom
Craig – Catching Freedom
Blue Bronc – Forever Young
Sturgeone – Forever Young
Dave B – Just A Touch
Whiskey Jack – Mystic Dan
Dexter – Dornoch
Bink – Just Steel
Looked like my Catching Freedom is limping a bit
Craig
If he really is, it would be a late scratch because the track vet wouldn’t let him run.
Yeah, maybe just a bit skittish.
My horse has a French jockey. Fancy!
Stand up and sing!
My Old Kentucky Home
Mr. Ivy just went with West Saratoga.
Well, let’s see how this goes.
Jack, you might be our winner!
Mystic Dan
Congrats Jack!
Congrats Jack! 18-1 odds.
Congratulations to Jack!
Prices
Congrats to Jack. 😎
Whoo, Hoo
That is one tough horse, pushed his way through the inside.
When I saw him against the rail behind other horses, I didn’t think there was a chance, then he popped through and was in the lead. Smart jocky, tough horse.
Jack
In ‘88 I got a job in a cabinet shop in panhandle Florida and so then someone was taking me around and introducing me to all the other employees. There was only one black guy and he was introduced to me as Bro. So later I asked him his real name which was Warren, and I called him Warren. Later I got a look at his time card and noticed that his name was Warren Breaux. From Louisiana.
…thought i had a winner there, and then they had the 2nd half of the race 😒