Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Playboy is bringing back the Bunny. Again. https://t.co/YsaG749OsD
— NYT Styles (@NYTStyles) September 10, 2018
The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024
Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019
Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force https://t.co/pCoDg05irX
— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023
Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds
Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.
Actions to take:
- Avoid the area;
- Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;
- Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and
- If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.
By The Editorial Board @ Bloomberg.com, December 8, 2023
A mass expulsion of Afghan migrants could destabilize the region and fuel radicalization. The West should pressure Islamabad to change course.
All eyes on #Chad right now
Chad has two internet trunks coming into the country: One from the Red Sea via Sudan; the other from Cameroon. Not possible for the totality of the country's internet network to be shut unless done centrally. A lot of rumors swirling; few facts. https://t.co/N6bDJZ2ixO
BREAKING: Three loss prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed, one of them has died from stab wounds, @PhillyPolice sources tell me. Police converged on the store as the three workers were rushed to Jefferson Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4U1eKycL4W
Former US Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba https://t.co/LDwo4ZJI1K
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 4, 2023
[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]
You don’t get it.
— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) December 2, 2023
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.
Imperialism for me but not for thee?
It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.
Could we have a war in South America?!?
"The people who live in Essequibo are largely… pic.twitter.com/QvMEjkkgwy
The lack of a cohesive delegation has allowed attention-seeking lawmakers to act on their own.
McCarthy: “You have [Rep. Matt] Gaetz, who belongs in jail…”
Gaetz: “Tough words from a guy who sucker punches people in the back. The only assault I committed was against Kevin’s fragile ego.”https://t.co/LctPuz6Pcf
By Martinn Pengelly in Washington DC for TheGuardian.com, Nov. 30
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Ryan Grim life in Congress ‘completely transformed’ after Democratic leader stepped down
"Both the AU and the intl community place more weight on whether elections are held than whether they are free and fair. Sanctions/expulsions occur when there is a coup but not necessarily when elections are rigged or if an “institutional coup” occurs." https://t.co/m9dNimJP0D
— Cameron Hudson (@_hudsonc) November 28, 2023
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Cooper, Hef's son, is reinventing his Dad's empire.
by barefooted on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 12:01am
The article doesnt seem to probe much, but from the comments, myself 1) at one point the magazine strove for "goddesses" (Marilyn Moneroe) even if "the girl next door" (Barbie Benton?), 2) it's not ok to be a player anymore, especially a white guy - how does that fit the premise of "the gaze"? 3) is the Playboy "intellectualism" still a thing? 4) it seems Playboy once cut across tastes, generations- now it's a question if those tastes even exist 5) did American Psycho kill Playboy's brand? did Sex and the City emasculate it? 6) fashion walks have taken one side of the Playboy market, internet porn another, the Kardashians another - I'd guess the latter being the true heir to Playboyism. What else to offer? 7) lad mags came and went - and those were just breasts as light erotica - what will turn Gen-Z and Gen-ZZ on? (the new gen now at 6 years old, so 5-6 years to puberty, 11 to early manhood) 8) will it continue to be a man's thing, and if not, how?
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 12:55am
More appropriation - they got it from the old country - ask Drumpf.
Dirndls just wanna have funh-unh, oh oh oh, they wanna have fun.
(do rabbit ears go with bierfrau outfits? & why again is Oktoberfest held in September?)
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 8:07am
Joesph Campbell could do a number on this one, Bacchanalia et. al.:
The alcohol & sex at the harvest, it's a uniter, not a divider. Be fruitful and multiply.
by artappraiser on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 3:42pm
It's Holden Caulfield lecturing everyone on cultural sensitivities while everyone else is getting laid in the rye. I once had a funny incident in Turkey, with this American simpleton explaining how we had to respect the simpler mor prudish nature of the people, while the "prudish" girl of his lecture's intent clandestinely had her feet embedded strategically in 2 crotches under the table. Or as an American put it, "what the men don't know, the little girls understand".
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 4:43pm
The WaPo article is far better than the NYT. Especially as it gets into what Hefner kid is trying to do. NYT takes it as a chance to get into a history lesson about Gloria Steinem, for what reason, I dunno. I take the "Styles" section of a news media to be talking about, ya know, current styles, trying to figure out what's happening, not what happened back in the day.
I have this intuition that it's going to be a big fail. The whole Playboy ethos he still seems to be selling is "classy" as Donald Trump defines "classy". Even Trump fans don't like that side of him! Where's the market for that these days? Any demographic wanting to rebel against the #Metoo ethos with any possible profitability in it, that would seem to be something more raunchy, no? Not the playboy (small p) thing, for sure. Who the heck would be into small-p playboy brand these days?
Edit to add: besides a few aging rappers that younger folks no longer like?
by artappraiser on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 6:47pm
oh, no, wait, I know the demographic he's going after: Russian oligarchs! But only the lower level ones who don't have a lot of experience navigating international culture, not the big guys. And a few Republican GOP. And maybe Tucker Carlson.
by artappraiser on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 7:25pm
Ah, that's why we dont see this coming - Emin from Azerbaijan, these cowboy types from Branson, MO - everything but us coastal/European types.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 12:25am
Oh, I dunno. I'm not exactly the demographic they're trying to reach, so what I think likely matters not in their marketing determinations.
That said, though ... I do kinda see a comeback for the kind of stylized Burt Reynolds/Robert Redford sort of male persona that not only appeals to women but to men, as well. The 50's version of men being men and women being women hasn't gone away. But it's evolved. The only way they'll make it sell - in print or in the club - is to make it feel like women are choosing their path and men are only admiring from afar while enjoying the company of other men. It should be mentioned that the club is also welcoming women, and might very well draw some who see potential for themselves through networking, etc.
I agree that the WaPo article was better, but this from the Times piece struck me:
by barefooted on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 7:28pm
I liked the Times better, maybe hearing from Hutton. I always wonder how Playboy clubs are much different from convention babes or cocktail waitresses in general. I hate Hooters of course. I was amazed when they tried to launch a Playboy Club here, after a triendier Top Gear et al - died quick, but only a streetside club, a tamer version of a Thai girlie bar.
But somehow I think there's something more to this young hostess or chorus line thing, to some degree engaging to men *and* women - part of it is youth, rites of spring, and the lads don't express that as well, these Easter coteries... it's a sterotype and an archetype. Also as Hutton notes, the bunny outfits are a lot tamer than what you get at the pool these days, or the Beyonce outfits. But it's not just what's revealed - what attracts, puts in a good mood (vs just makes horny)
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 12:51am
Many (most?) of us have been to a casino, where the women are dressed largely the same and watered down drinks are free to gambling customers. What's the difference? I'd even posit that what Hutton said rings true in comparison - how carefully does a very large casino watch what happens to their waitresses compared to a far more intimate club? Intimacy ... there's the thing. Not a sexual thing, but a sort of sensuality that is best suited when touching isn't allowed or particularly desired. Fantasy found behind the tufted door, reality left behind it.
Hooters. Well there's a hoot. And an excellent example of the difference between overtly using young, buxom women to draw men into an establishment and (yes, still) using women as part of the ambiance. It might be a subtle difference, as with casinos, but it's a real one. Ask the women involved. The Times did, and I appreciate the take.
by barefooted on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 6:37pm
Surprise - Kanye's working Hef's porn side of the street as well...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kanye-wests-porn-moment-what-the-rap-icons...
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 09/17/2018 - 7:21am