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FlyingVProd

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Re: News in General
« Reply #2895 on: February 27, 2023, 02:47:25 PM »

When Uta Hagen was black listed, she was not allowed to work as an actress, so instead she worked as an acting teacher, and she wrote books. "Respect For Acting" by Uta Hagen is one of the premier acting books for young acting students to study. She was black listed and she was not allowed to work at her chosen profession, so instead she became a writer and a teacher, and she turned out to be one of the best acting teachers of all time.

My favorite acting teacher, whom I am still friends with, studied with Uta Hagen in New York, along with studying with Sanford Meisner, etc.

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« Reply #2896 on: February 27, 2023, 03:01:54 PM »

You lead an interesting life, Tony.

The Infrastructure Act is what can happen in this country when we do not allow republicans enough of a role in our government that they are able to fuck things up with all their grifting, sadism, and other mental illness.
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« Reply #2897 on: February 27, 2023, 03:17:37 PM »



A huge portion is going towards roads and bridges, and I think that we need to get away from cars and we need to move towards public transportation, and walking, and bicycles, etc, like the Europeans.


EVs need roads and bridges especially in rural areas.
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« Reply #2898 on: February 27, 2023, 04:30:45 PM »

We sure needed this rain and snow, it will help to keep the peace over the issue of water, and the 3 trillion dollars that the Infrastructure Act is pumping into our economy will help, along with helping to improve our Infrastructure which we need to do.

And yes, each area has specific needs. We need to make sure that each area gets what they need for their area.

We are getting what we need to keep the peace, and to help our economy, plus help to build our Infrastructure, so some good things are happening.

Of note too, the Unions can help to tell people where the jobs are, people can join the Unions and then get hired through the Unions, and they will be guaranteed fair pay and good treatment.

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« Reply #2899 on: February 27, 2023, 04:40:32 PM »

We sure needed this rain and snow,     

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Yeah, keep your greedy hands off our damn water. We got golf courses in Scottsdale to irrigate!
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« Reply #2900 on: February 27, 2023, 05:43:53 PM »

We sure needed this rain and snow,     

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Tony V.
Yeah, keep your greedy hands off our damn water. We got golf courses in Scottsdale to irrigate!

Arizona has a 25 billion dollar per year Agriculture Industry, Arizona can grow food if the water is provided.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Arizona

And yes, you need to have water for the golf courses. And for swimming pools, and lawns, etc.

I hope some money from the Infrastructure Act is going to build dams, and lakes, and acquaducts, etc, to help to make sure that Arizona has a plentiful water supply well into the future as the farmers grow more food, and as more people move to the desert climate.

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« Reply #2901 on: February 27, 2023, 07:08:17 PM »

At the local Von's market it costs one dollar for one onion, the farmers are making good money.

In my hometown the farmers grow onions, and they grow watermelons, and they grow alfalfa for the dairies where the cheese is made, etc. And there is a winery in my hometown where they grow grapes and make wine, the Antelope Valley Winery.

The desert will grow food, all that you need is water, the soil is good, rich soil.

And I want to see the money from the groceries go to support local farmers. Plus, the freshness is there if the food is locally produced.

So, we need to build the dams, and make the lakes, and build the acquaducts, etc, to make sure that our farmers have plenty of water to grow food.

Of note, in Italy they used to just eat Spaghetti, without Meatballs, but then when the Italians came to America there was such a huge supply of beef that everyone in New York was having Meatballs with their Spaghetti. The Meatballs with your Spaghetti are a result of the abundance of America and the Cowboys in the West were all selling Beef to the people in New York.

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« Reply #2902 on: February 27, 2023, 07:26:09 PM »

My hometown used to be the Almond Capital of the World, but the Almond Industry is gone now.

There is still Rancho Raviri which grows and makes and sells Almond Candy, but they are the last of the companies to sell local almonds.

https://www.ranchoraviri.com/

I have known a lot of people over the years who have worked at Rancho Raviri.

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« Reply #2903 on: February 27, 2023, 09:03:55 PM »

I like reading the things Tony posts here in this "News In General" thread...about CA, America, and his personal life.

It's not like the forum resembles New York City at rush hour.
I can't see how a forum member's posting what they're eating to keep warm in the freezing cold in America today hurts anything...'caring and sharing'.

I'd be interested to know how all forum members are keeping warm...how they're heating their homes....how they're moving around/commuting on the icy/snow laden roads.

When someone posts 10-20 times a day in one forum, on off topic material, most websites define this as "using the forum for your own personal blog," and invite you to go start a blog somewhere.  It's not that blogs can't be interesting, it's that this forum is a DISCUSSION FORUM, rather than Tony's Lifestyle and Hot Takes Magazine.  I know at least three former members who participated in this politics thread who left (and who contributed to a real discourse on issues of the day) due to this personal blog problem.  They had no interest in a thread dominated by stoner postings that endlessly repeat the same half dozen fact-impaired rants and vineyard pipe dreams and drown out a real conversation.  How long do you think political chat would last if everyone here started matching Tony's verbal output with which models they find hot, their favorite canned food, their favorite ethnic stereotype,  how their religious beliefs will save the world, five hundred word essays on every celebrity actor who farted within their earshot, and inane Chauncey Gardner truisms on how you need water to grow crops and good soil.  FUCKING REALLY??  Water, good soil?  Who knew?  Fucking genius!!  Catch rain IN RESERVOIRS?? Holy fucking shit, call the Nobel committee in Stockholm!!

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Re: News in General
« Reply #2904 on: February 27, 2023, 09:45:40 PM »

No one is stopping forum members from posting about politics, the very latest political news, here.
This thread is "News In General"...there is also a Biden Administration thread for serious political fights and discussions.

Don't like Tony's posts?
Solution...just scroll past them.

Maybe Tony believes this forum gives him a political voice...a voice for change.
CA could certainly do with more water storage...drought, fires etc.

Homelessness in CA etc is out of control.
Politicians and officials and not solving the problem.
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Re: News in General
« Reply #2905 on: February 27, 2023, 10:17:15 PM »

Don Lemon, black man...giving advice to black people:

"Black people, if you really want to fix the problem...
Here are just 5 things you should think about doing:

No 5: Pull up your pants.
No 4: Stop using the N word.
No 3: Respect where you live. Start small by not dropping trash/littering in your own community.
No 2: Finish school. Stop telling kids they're 'acting white' because they go to school or speak proper english.
No 1: Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should.
« Last Edit: February 28, 2023, 01:07:38 AM by bambu. »
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Re: News in General
« Reply #2906 on: February 27, 2023, 10:57:33 PM »

I like reading the things Tony posts here in this "News In General" thread...about CA, America, and his personal life.

It's not like the forum resembles New York City at rush hour.
I can't see how a forum member's posting what they're eating to keep warm in the freezing cold in America today hurts anything...'caring and sharing'.

I'd be interested to know how all forum members are keeping warm...how they're heating their homes....how they're moving around/commuting on the icy/snow laden roads.

When someone posts 10-20 times a day in one forum, on off topic material, most websites define this as "using the forum for your own personal blog," and invite you to go start a blog somewhere.  It's not that blogs can't be interesting, it's that this forum is a DISCUSSION FORUM, rather than Tony's Lifestyle and Hot Takes Magazine.  I know at least three former members who participated in this politics thread who left (and who contributed to a real discourse on issues of the day) due to this personal blog problem.  They had no interest in a thread dominated by stoner postings that endlessly repeat the same half dozen fact-impaired rants and vineyard pipe dreams and drown out a real conversation.  How long do you think political chat would last if everyone here started matching Tony's verbal output with which models they find hot, their favorite canned food, their favorite ethnic stereotype,  how their religious beliefs will save the world, five hundred word essays on every celebrity actor who farted within their earshot, and inane Chauncey Gardner truisms on how you need water to grow crops and good soil.  FUCKING REALLY??  Water, good soil?  Who knew?  Fucking genius!!  Catch rain IN RESERVOIRS?? Holy fucking shit, call the Nobel committee in Stockholm!!
I think Oilcan has hit the wall of Biden fatigue.
There is no one left in here to defend his  incompetence.
Worse, the left cannot find anyone to replace him.
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« Reply #2907 on: February 27, 2023, 11:01:23 PM »

Don Lemon, black man...giving advice to black people:

"Black people, if you really want to fix the problem...
Here are just 5 things you should think about doing:

No 5: Pull up your pants.
No 4: Stop using the N word.
No 3: Respect where you live. Start small by not dropping trash/littering in your own community.
No 2: Finish school. Stop telling kids they're 'acting white' because they go to school or speak proper english.
No 1: Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should.
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Don Lemon, black man...giving advice to black people:

"Black people, if you really want to fix the problem...
Here are just 5 things you should think about doing:

No 5: Pull up your pants.
No 4: Stop using the N word.
No 3: Respect where you live. Start small by not dropping trash/littering in your own community.
No 2: Finish school. Stop telling kids they're 'acting white' because they go to school or speak proper english.
No 1: Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should.
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Wow! That is a sentiment NO ONE HAS EVER THOUGHT BEFORE!

Groundbreaking.
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LarryB!

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« Reply #2908 on: February 27, 2023, 11:02:51 PM »

I like reading the things Tony posts here in this "News In General" thread...about CA, America, and his personal life.

It's not like the forum resembles New York City at rush hour.
I can't see how a forum member's posting what they're eating to keep warm in the freezing cold in America today hurts anything...'caring and sharing'.

I'd be interested to know how all forum members are keeping warm...how they're heating their homes....how they're moving around/commuting on the icy/snow laden roads.

When someone posts 10-20 times a day in one forum, on off topic material, most websites define this as "using the forum for your own personal blog," and invite you to go start a blog somewhere.  It's not that blogs can't be interesting, it's that this forum is a DISCUSSION FORUM, rather than Tony's Lifestyle and Hot Takes Magazine.  I know at least three former members who participated in this politics thread who left (and who contributed to a real discourse on issues of the day) due to this personal blog problem.  They had no interest in a thread dominated by stoner postings that endlessly repeat the same half dozen fact-impaired rants and vineyard pipe dreams and drown out a real conversation.  How long do you think political chat would last if everyone here started matching Tony's verbal output with which models they find hot, their favorite canned food, their favorite ethnic stereotype,  how their religious beliefs will save the world, five hundred word essays on every celebrity actor who farted within their earshot, and inane Chauncey Gardner truisms on how you need water to grow crops and good soil.  FUCKING REALLY??  Water, good soil?  Who knew?  Fucking genius!!  Catch rain IN RESERVOIRS?? Holy fucking shit, call the Nobel committee in Stockholm!!
I think Oilcan has hit the wall of Biden fatigue.
There is no one left in here to defend his  incompetence.
Worse, the left cannot find anyone to replace him.

Replace Biden?
Why?

He is crushing it!
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« Reply #2909 on: February 28, 2023, 01:17:21 AM »

Don Lemon, black man...giving advice to black people:

"Black people, if you really want to fix the problem...
Here are just 5 things you should think about doing:

No 5: Pull up your pants.
No 4: Stop using the N word.
No 3: Respect where you live. Start small by not dropping trash/littering in your own community.
No 2: Finish school. Stop telling kids they're 'acting white' because they go to school or speak proper english.
No 1: Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should.



Don Lemon, black man...giving advice to black people:

"Black people, if you really want to fix the problem...
Here are just 5 things you should think about doing:

No 5: Pull up your pants.
No 4: Stop using the N word.
No 3: Respect where you live. Start small by not dropping trash/littering in your own community.
No 2: Finish school. Stop telling kids they're 'acting white' because they go to school or speak proper english.
No 1: Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should.
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Wow! That is a sentiment NO ONE HAS EVER THOUGHT BEFORE!

Groundbreaking.

Black comedians are still using the N word, and according to Don Lemon are doing so because they're saying they're reclaiming it.
No one much is doing the 5 things...so nothing much is changing?
« Last Edit: February 28, 2023, 10:12:19 AM by bambu. »
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