Dec 10, 2013

Cute Crystal Christmas Earrings from Chloetoo

tax and shipping are included on these really cute crystal cube earrings from chloetoo





SWAROVSKI CUBES   8mm siam cubes and accent, clear           
rondelles, sterling findings---these  red crystals have the AB   
finish...in certain lighting there is a rainbow                                    

effect...sometimes they look almost black...see picture                
below, that is the same color...............20.00






               













Geraldo Radio--Letting New Yorkers Talk

Geraldo Radio--Letting New Yorkers Talk

To put it plain and simple--everyone calls in and says "Hey, Geraldo, I like your show because you let everyone say both sides of the issue."

Then they proceed to tell their side of the issue

One guy even said--More shows should be like yours.

In short--Geraldo lets people talk and everyone wants to call in and say what's on their mind--right, many people congratulated him on this issue today.

Can you imagine a radio show where people get to talk--usually it's the other way around.  The host says he is anxious to hear what the listeners think but in reality only the host says his or her views and then hangs-up when a caller disagrees.

Talking about minimum wage today--here in San Diego--school nurse time in Bario Logan.  Many of the parents worked at two taco shops in order to support their family.  They were afraid to call in sick as the benefits were at a minimum and often sent their kids to school sick.  They could not take off work to take care of the kids.

Making the point--parents are supporting their families with these fast food jobs today.

Thanks Geraldo, for taking time to listen.




tax and shipping are included on these really cute crystal cube earrings from chloetoo




SWAROVSKI CUBES   8mm siam cubes and accent, clear           
rondelles, sterling findings---these  red crystals have the AB   
finish...in certain lighting there is a rainbow                                    

effect...sometimes they look almost black...see picture                
below, that is the same color...............20.00


                                                          Merry Christmas from chloetoo and the ronnie republic

Dec 9, 2013

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Call me John Edwards, but I Think There Might Be Two Americas: David Simon Talks about the Divide Between Rich and Poor

copied from the guardian:


David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show'

The creator of The Wire, David Simon, delivered an impromptu speech about the divide between rich and poor in America at theFestival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney, and how capitalism has lost sight of its social compact. This is an edited extract
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/08/david-simon-capitalism-marx-two-americas-wire

From The Guardian: Kermode Talks Saving Mr. Banks and my girl, Emma Thompson

Saving Mr Banks – review

Emma Thompson is superb as Mary Poppins author PL Travers as she tries to resist Walt Disney's transformation of her famous creation
4 out of 5
Link to video: Saving Mr Banks - watch Tom Hanks in the trailer for a film about the making of Mary Poppins
Anyone who has seen and loved Mary Poppins as much as I have knows one thing for certain: it's not about the kids. For all its riotous scenes of young Jane and Michael having tea parties on the ceiling and jumping through chalk pavement pictures, it's the uptight Mr Banks who is the real target of Poppins's attentions, as she seeks to break him out of his "bank-shaped cage" and reconnect him with what really matters – his family. No wonder the enduring Disney classic ends with Mr Banks himself leading everyone in a tear-jerking chorus of Let's Go Fly a Kite; after all, it was his story all along.
  1. Saving Mr Banks
  2. Production year: 2013
  3. Countries: Rest of the world, USA
  4. Cert (UK): PG
  5. Runtime: 126 mins
  6. Directors: John Lee Hancock
  7. Cast: Bradley Whitford, Colin Farrell, Emma Thompson, Jason Schwartzman, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks
  8. More on this film
This is the central thrust of Saving Mr Banks, a lovely, sentimental and quietly insightful account of the making of Mary Poppins that traces the roots of PL Travers's most famous creation to the author's personal paternal past. Flitting between her childhood in Australia and her later life in London, we see the young Helen Lyndon Goff being both enchanted and traumatised by her banker father Travers (Colin Farrell), an alcoholic dreamer with an ebulliently infantile streak whose first name she significantly adopts as a nom de plume. Positing Rachel Griffiths's sternly haired, pointy-toed Aunt Ellie as a potential role model for Poppins herself, the film paints its inspirational back story with broad pop-psychology strokes, drifting between credible biography (Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith's screenplay clearly draws upon Valerie Lawson's book Mary Poppins, She Wrote) and fanciful invention with the dexterity of revellers on a Jolly 'Oliday cheerfully dancing with animated penguins.
The meat of this tale takes place in California, where Tom Hanks's tough but avuncular Walt Disney is attempting to convince Emma Thompson's brilliantly snippy "Mrs Travers" ("It is so discomforting to hear a perfect stranger use my first name") to sign over the rights to her most treasured creation. Having promised his children that he would bring "our beloved Mary" to the screen, Walt finds himself being snubbed, scolded and generally sniped at by the author who repeatedly says that "Mary Poppins – never just 'Mary' – is not for sale!".
Yet for all her objections to his "silly cartoons", Travers needs Walt's "cold heartless money" (as Bert would say), and thus the two are locked together amid the fairy castles of Disneyland to resolve their differences, with the help of the Sherman brothers, whose gorgeous songs get an equally tough time from the tight-lipped tyrant.
Cue a succession of hilariously exasperating "creative" meetings in which Travers airily dismisses some of the most sublimely inspired sequences of musical-fantasy cinema with the air of a stern school ma'am striking a red pen through the homework of an irksome pupil. (A real-life audio recording of one of those meetings played during the end credits reveals that Thompson isn't over-egging the snippiness in the slightest.)
saving mbWalt Disney (Tom Hanks) and PL Travers (Emma Thompson) in Saving Mr Banks. Photograph: Fran Ois Duhamel
That Travers never actually reconciled herself with the Disneyfication of Poppins (she vetoed any further films) doesn't matter; Saving Mr Bankswants us to take the truth with a spoonful of sugar, and The Blind Sidedirector John Lee Hancock juggles the affectionate and the abrasive with ease, creating a scrumptious confection with a soft heart, a tart edge and just the right amount of reality. This being a Disney production, one might assume that history had been duly whitewashed, but the original screenplay (which was on the 2011 "black list" of hottest scripts) was written without House of Mouse involvement, and once on board their only major stipulation was to insist that Walt did not smoke on screen. He does however drink and drive a hard bargain, with Hanks confidently portraying the steely resolve behind the twinkling smile and welcoming arms, reminding us that Disney's passion for a Poppins movie was underwritten by the power to make it happen, to get his own way in the end, whether Travers liked it or not.
As for Thompson, who did such a great Scary Mary turn in the Nanny McPhee films, she is sheer perfection in the complex role of "Mrs PL", never allowing the author to descend into crotchety caricature, constantly suggesting a strain of melancholia behind the biting, control-freaky hautiness. As always, her comic timing is impeccable (she plays the script like Paganini played the violin), but what makes her performance soar is the precisely choreographed physicality; the tiniest stretch of the lip, an arch angling of the head, the folding of her arms – somewhere between aggressive and defensive. For all the terse quips and personal reserve, Thompson dances her way through Travers's conflicting emotions, giving us a fully rounded portrait of a person who is hard to like but impossible not to love (although the Shermans may have begged to differ).
Travers actively disliked Disney's movie, but no matter; ultimately, they didn't make it for her. On the other hand, as a diehard Thompsonite who considers Mary Poppins one of the 10 best movies ever made, they appear to have made Saving Mr Banks for me. And I loved it.

copied from the Guardian
here is a link to the page to see the video and very interesting comments

Dec 8, 2013

Sundays in South Park San Diego: The Big Kitchen's Judy the Beauty and Santa

Sunday in the Park

That would be South Park San Diego

Judy the Beauty--loves being Jewish and love latkas--now we are talking about the best latkas in San Diego and that is The Big Kitchen, yes, she is the very famous owner of this well known and delicious San Diego eatery


Judy the Beauty from The Big Kitchen in South Park San Diego



and while we are eating under the trees served by none other than Judy herself



we can turn our list into Santa



South Park San Diego--it's a preety good place to be.

Moose Lodge, South Park San Diego: Rummage Sale Today

Moose Lodge, South Park San Diego:  Rummage Sale Today--Dec 8, 2013

Walking the doggie boy through South Park San Diego--following the aroma of the barbecue--discovering a rummage sale at the Moose Lodge.

"We are trying to repair the lodge after the fire and get it back up and running again," Tom said, as he and his fellow Moose friend roasted hot dogs and accepted donations for the Moose Lodge located at 30th and Date Street in the South Park area of San Diego.

They were very friendly and anxious for everyone to know about the rummage sale and know about the good work of the Moose Lodge.

They were sad about the fire that took place 3 and one half years ago--I really did not notice any damage but they were still trying to recover as they did not have fire insurance at the time and the repairs turned out to be quite expensive.  The Moose Lodge has been in existence in South Park for very many years and they are proud of their tradition of good work in the community.

There were plenty of tables of cute items including Christmas decorations at an inexpensive price for the visitors to rummage through and enjoy hot dogs for the donation price of 1 dollar.

SAN DIEGO MOOSE LODGE 508

at the corner of Date and 30th in San Diego