Today would have been Hitchcock’s birthday. He was born August 13, 1899 and died peacefully April 29, 1980. This article from Mental Floss highlights fifteen interesting things about the Master of Suspense.
From Mental Floss:
The shower scene in Psycho. The biplane chase in North by Northwest. The gas station attack in The Birds. They’re some of the most memorable and terrifying scenes in cinema history—and they came from the mind of one man: Alfred Hitchcock. The Master of Suspense, who went by the nickname “Hitch,” is also one of the most recognizable Hollywood icons, and his life was as fascinating as his films. Here are 15 things you might not have known about the legendary filmmaker, who was born in London on August 13, 1899.
1 Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of law enforcement … and breakfast.
Hitchcock’s mastery of thrillers may have earned him the nickname the “Master of Suspense,” but the plucky filmmaker had phobias of his own.
His lifelong fear of police stemmed from an incident in his childhood when his strict father, William, punished him by sending him to the local Leytonstone police station on the outskirts of his family’s home in east London. “I was just sent along with a note, I must have been four or five years of age, and the head of the police read it and then put me into the cell and said, ‘That’s what we do to naughty boys,’” Hitchcock later recalled of the experience.
Also, omelettes were decidedly not his favorite breakfast food. “I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me,” he once said in an interview. “That white round thing without any holes … Have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it.”
2 Alfred Hitchcock began his work in silent films.
Known for the complex title sequences in his own films, Hitchcock began his career in cinema in the early 1920s, designing the art title cards featured in silent films. The gig was at an American company based in London called the Famous Players-Lasky Company (it would later become Paramount Pictures, which produced five Hitchcock-directed films). As Hitchcock later told French filmmaker François Truffaut in their infamous Hitchcock/Truffaut conversations, “It was while I was in this department, you see, that I got acquainted with the writers and was able to study the scripts. And, out of that, I learned the writing of scripts.” The experience also led Hitch to try his hand at actual filmmaking. “If an extra scene was wanted, I used to be sent out to shoot it,” he told Truffaut.
3 Alfred Hitchcock learned from another cinema master.
In 1924, Hitchcock and his wife Alma were sent to Germany by Gainsborough Pictures—the British production company where he was under contract—to work on two Anglo-German films called The Prude’s Fall and The Blackguard. While working in Neubabelsberg, Hitchcock was taken under the wing of expressionist filmmaker F.W. Murnau, who created the chilling Dracula adaptation Nosferatu, and was shooting a silent film called The Last Laugh. “From Murnau,” Hitchcock later said, “I learned how to tell a story without words.”
4 Most of Alfred Hitchcock’s early films are lost, but a 1923 silent melodrama was discovered in New Zealand.
Only nine of Hitchcock’s earliest silent films still exist. The earliest surviving film he worked on, a 1923 melodrama titled The White Shadow—about twin sisters, one good, one evil—was thought lost until three of the film’s six reels were found sitting unmarked in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2011. The film reels were originally donated to the Archive in 1989 by the grandson of a Kiwi projectionist and collector. While the film was technically directed by leading 1920s filmmaker Graham Cutts, the 24-year-old Hitchcock served as the film’s screenwriter, assistant director, and art director.
5 Alfred Hitchcock brought sound to British movies.
The 1929 movie Blackmail, about a murder investigation headed up by the murderer’s fiance, was Hitchcock’s first hit film, and also the first “talkie” film released in Britain. (The first full-length talkie, The Jazz Singer, was released in the U.S. in 1927.) While Blackmail was originally conceived and created as a silent film, the final cut was dubbed with synchronized sound added in post-production using then-state of the art audio equipment imported from the U.S.
6 Alfred Hitchcock popped up on screen all the time.
The most constant image in Hitchcock’s films seem to be Hitchcock himself. The filmmaker perfected the art of the cameo, making blink-and-you’ll-miss-them appearances in 39 of his own films. His trickier appearances include the single-location film Lifeboat, where he appears in a weight-loss advertisement in a newspaper read by one of the film’s characters. The only film he actually speaks in is 1956’s The Wrong Man; his traditional cameo is replaced by a silhouetted narration in the introduction. That replaced a scrapped cameo of the director exiting a cab in the opening of the film.
7 Alfred Hitchcock was as successful in front of the camera on the small screen as he was behind the camera on the big screen.
By 1965, Hitchcock was a household name. That was the same year his long-running anthology TV series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents—which began in 1955 and was later renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour after episode lengths were stretched from 25- to 50-minute runtimes—came to an end. The series was known for its title sequence featuring a caricature of Hitchcock’s distinctive profile, which was replaced by Hitchcock himself in silhouette. But Hitchcock also appeared after the title sequence to introduce each new story. At least two versions of the opening were shot for every episode: An American opening specifically poked fun at the show’s network advertisers, while Hitchcock usually used the European opening to poke fun at American audiences in general.
7 Alfred Hitchcock literally wrote the encyclopedia entry on how to make movies.
The filmmaker would write (at least part of) the book on the medium that made him famous. Hitchcock personally contributed to writing a portion of the “Motion Pictures, Film Production” entry in the 14th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, giving typically cheeky first-hand insight into the fundamentals and technical aspects of filmmaking.
On the practice of moving the camera during a shot, Hitchcock wrote, “it is wrong to suppose, as is all too commonly the case, that the screen of the motion picture lies in the fact that the camera can roam abroad, can go out of the room, for example, to show a taxi arriving. This is not necessarily an advantage and it can so easily be merely dull.”
8. Alfred Hitchcock popularized the MacGuffin.
Even if you don’t know it by name, you know what it is. The MacGuffin is the so-called motivating element that drives a movie’s plot forward. Think: the eponymous statue in The Maltese Falcon, or the briefcase in Pulp Fiction, or the airplane engine plans in Hitch’s own The 39 Steps.
The term was coined by Angus MacPhail (note the prefix in his surname), Hitchcock’s screenwriting collaborator on films like Spellbound and The Man Who Knew Too Much. Even though such plot details were supposed to be important, Hitchcock didn’t seem to think they truly mattered. “The main thing I’ve learned over the years is that the MacGuffin is nothing. I’m convinced of this, but I find it very difficult to prove it to others,” Hitchcock told Truffaut in 1962, highlighting how the audience never finds out why the government secrets (a.k.a. the MacGuffin) in North by Northwest truly matter. “Here, you see,” Hitchcock said, “the MacGuffin has been boiled down to its purest expression: nothing at all!”
9 Alfred Hitchcock scrapped his own documentary about the Holocaust.
Hitch’s films flirted with mentioning the escalating tensions in Europe that would spark World War II, like in the shocking plane crash climax of 1940’s Foreign Correspondent. But the film Hitchcock collaborated on about the explicit horrors of the war would go unseen for decades.
Memory of the Camps, a 1945 documentary filmed by crews who accompanied the Allied armies that liberated those in the Nazi death camps at the end of the war, was stored in a vault in the Imperial War Museum in London until 1985. Originally commissioned by the British Ministry of Information and the American Office of War Information, Hitchcock served as a “treatment advisor” at the behest of his friend Sidney Bernstein, who is the credited director of the film. But the final film was scrapped because it was deemed counterproductive to German postwar reconstruction. The film was put eventually together as an episode of PBS’s FRONTLINE, and aired on May 7, 1985 to mark the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the camps.
10 Alfred Hitchcock didn’t want you to see five of his famous films for decades.
Vertigo may have topped many best-of movie polls, but for over 20 years, between 1961 and 1983, it and four other Hitchcock classics were almost virtually impossible to see. It turns out it was Hitchcock’s fault that Vertigo, Rear Window, Rope, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew Too Much were purposefully unavailable to the general public.
The filmmaker personally secured full ownership to the rights of the five films per a contingency clause in the multi-film deal he made with Paramount Pictures in 1953. Eight years after the release of each film, the rights reverted back to Hitchcock, which, in the years before Blu-ray and DVD, seemed like a financially savvy move on Paramount’s part. Three years after Hitch’s death in 1980, Universal Pictures acquired the film rights to all five classics, making them available once again.
11 Alfred Hitchcock didn’t want to work with Jimmy Stewart after Vertigo.
Everyman actor Jimmy Stewart worked with Hitchcock a number of times, including as the nosy, wheelchair-bound photographer in Rear Window, and as the dastardly murderer in the “one-take” film Rope. After Stewart appeared in Vertigo in 1958, the actor prepared to appear in Hitchcock’s follow-up a year later, North by Northwest. But Hitch had other plans.
The director felt that one of the main reasons Vertigo wasn’t more of a smash hit was because of its aging star, and vowed to never use Stewart in any film ever again. Hitch wanted actor Cary Grant instead, and, according to author Marc Eliot’s book, Jimmy Stewart: A Biography, “Hitchcock, as was his nature, did not tell Jimmy there was no way he was going to get North by Northwest.” But when Stewart grew tired of waiting, and took a part in the movie Bell Book and Candle instead, “Hitchcock used that as his excuse, allowing him to diplomatically avoid confronting Jimmy and maintaining their personal friendship, which both valued.”
12 Alfred Hitchcock personally funded Pyscho.
When Hitchcock approached Paramount Pictures—where he was under contract—to put up the money to make Psycho, the studio balked at the salacious story. So Hitchcock financed the movie himself, foregoing his normal salary in exchange for 60 percent ownership of the rights to the film; Paramount agreed to distribute the film. To cut costs even more, the filmmaker enlisted his relatively cheaper Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV crew and shot the film on less pricey black and white film. Hitch’s gamble worked: He reportedly personally earned $6 million from Psycho—about $50 million in today’s dollars.
13 Alfred Hitchcock wouldn’t allow theaters to let anyone—not even the Queen of England—in to see Psycho once it had started.
Psycho (1960) has one of the best twists in movie history—and Hitchcock went to great lengths to not only make sure audiences didn’t spoil that twist, but to make sure they enjoyed the entire movie before the twist. Hitchcock attempted to buy all copies of author Robert Bloch’s source novel to keep the twist under wraps in cities where the movie opened. The promotional rollout of the film was controlled by Hitchcock himself, and he barred stars Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins from doing interviews about the movie. He also demanded that theaters in New York, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia adhere to strict theatrical showtimes and not allow admittance after the movie had started.
Marketing materials for Psycho included lobby cards meant to be prominently displayed with the message, “We won’t allow you to cheat yourself. You must see PSYCHO from the very beginning. Therefore, do not expect to be admitted into the theatre after the start of each performance of the picture. We say no one—and we mean no one—not even the manager’s brother, the President of the United States, or the Queen of England (God bless her)!”
14 Alfred Hitchcock loved movies that were not “Hitchcockian.”
The filmmaker had a habit of screening films in his studio lot office every Wednesday, and his daughter Patricia revealed that one of his favorite films—and, in fact, the last movie he personally screened before his death—was the 1977 Burt Reynolds movie Smokey and the Bandit.
15 Alfred Hitchcock never won a competitive Oscar.
Hitchcock is in the bittersweet class of venerable filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, Ingmar Bergman, and more who never received their industry’s highest honor as Best Director. Hitchcock did get Oscar nominations for directing Rebecca (which took home Best Picture), Lifeboat, Spellbound, Rear Window, and Psycho. But he personally went home empty-handed every time.
When the Academy finally honored him with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1967, his long-time-coming speech was only five words long: “Thank you, very much indeed.”
SOURCE: MENTAL FLOSS
Sew Colorful 
My twin, birthday-wise! I haven’t read this blog, yet, but wanted to comment here to say laporta.com (I think) has an announcement for a revue scheduled for Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday Septemberc17 for his birthday on October 1. The Fox channel/theatre is involved, and the celebration has invited several musicians who knew and supported Carter. Thought you would be interested. I didn’t know Jimmy was so interested in music.
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Happy Birthday katharine!!
I hope it’s a good one!
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Good morning, Miss Pat. It has been good, so far. Yesterday everything went smoothly, but for a few naggng details. Speckles and I are doing well and survived the hot, humid night. My sister and her husband helped photograph a 1956 cover of Progressive Farmer magazine that pictured our cousins’ family on its Christmas cover and inside, and Carol invited me to dinner tonight. I have promised to send this magazine and other mementoes my mother saved of his family to Pete. Now I have to figure how to email or message the photos to him. Carol says he may not want the actual magazine, because people our age are busy getting rid of old papers and clutter.
Last night I found traces of you and Filly on the Google post about Mount Rushmore. I felt I had met up with old friends. I just started reading a book written by a friend in Colorado, published in 1999, entitled “Cut and Run” about the timber industry in the West’s national forests. The book begins with Case Number 1, the first logging contract sold by the federal government in the Black Hills of South Dakota, in 1899 or so.
I just followed your link to the birthday cake. It is beautiful and looks delicious. Carol knows I love birthday cake and ice cream and says she will pick up a cake for me at Sams today. Carol and Mr. TechnoWiz always have ice cream.
So,the day is starting well. It’s cloudy and more rain is predicted, but Speckles is crowing. How are you doing?
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Morning katharine…the sun is up and the sky looks clear, so we’re good–thanks for asking!
we are a little curious why our small pond has not cleared yet after the torrential rains. it’s been oh about a week now and it still looks quite muddy. it’s unusual and we’re going out later (lunchtime) to see if the fish are still alive or not.
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thanks for the heads up! I am not a Jimmy Carter fan myself.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :8-)
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Happy Birthday, Katharine!
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Morning All!
cool this morning, but the skies look clear!
anxious to read about the interview last evening!
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Morning, Pat! Chilly here again at 63, still cloudy but no rain so far. Wheezer was on my chair and immediately chowed down on her tuna for the day, before departing.
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Morning Filly!
it was 56* here this morning–pretty cool for August.
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Peachy Keenan
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I am greatly enjoying the Tim Walz stolen valor scandal. But when can we start talking about the fact that he is very likely a Communist Chinese sleeper agent, sent to hollow out the country from the inside? Isn’t anyone interested in why a nobody social studies teacher takes THIRTY trips to China? Enjoys an all-expense paid honeymoon in…China? Do public school teachers in Minnesota typically choose to honeymoon in China? I would think most would opt for the Great Lakes, maybe Mexico, the Caribbean. China? Really? On that salary? Very odd!
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Shadow of Ezra
@ShadowofEzra
Among the 62 passengers and crew who died in the tragic Brazil flight that plummeted from the sky and exploded in a fireball were eight cancer doctors who had dedicated their lives to saving others. They were en route to a cancer conference called SBTMO. They determine what is deemed real or fake in that field of cancer research. If a treatment or cure is proposed, they decide if it is accredited, which ultimately determines whether it can be used. 15 doctors had been scheduled to take the two-hour doomed flight but seven had taken an earlier plane. Eyewitnesses who videoed the crash said it appeared to stall before circling to the ground and bursting into flames. Pfizer is betting big on cancer drugs.
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DePat memes
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I can definitely attest to that first one – do NOT speak to me before coffee!!!
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i thought you’d like that one!
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Govt Lies
August 13, 2024 1:39 am
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QUOTE:
“The FBI raided my home at 6 a.m. this morning, accusing me of committing a crime. And they raided the homes of my friends, mostly older women. I was terrified,” ” Peters said on the Lindell channel.
“The judge refused nearly all of her witnesses and excluded virtually all of her defenses.”
– Law Professor David Clements
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Charlotte99
August 13, 2024 1:22 am
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BREAKING: Trump campaign office in Ashburn, Virginia was broken into. Police are searching for this man who burglarized the campaign office. Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities at 571-918-1869
https://nitter.poast.org/libsoftiktok/status/1823130086888903026#m
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Charlotte99
August 13, 2024 1:23 am
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FULL STATEMENT FROM SHERIFF’S OFFICE ON TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICE BREAK-IN: “It is rare to have the office of any political campaign or party broken into. We are determined to identify the suspect, investigate why it happened, and determine what may have been taken as well as what may have been left behind.”
https://nitter.poast.org/libsoftiktok/status/1823133390771802493#m
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Feisty Hayseed
August 13, 2024 1:24 am
Kamala is All Smoke & Mirrors – taking credit for something that she never did
California sheriff featured in Kamala Harris campaign ad decries use of image: ‘I do not support her’
Boudreaux’s political action committee, Golden State Justice, also issued a statement about the new campaign ad.
“As Attorney General, Kamala Harris undercut efforts by California law enforcement officials to stop criminals from flooding our state with guns and drugs across the border,” the statement read.
“She repeatedly defunded and shuttered task forces designed to protect our residents, leaving the Valley and our state vulnerable,” the statement continued. “Kamala’s sad attempt to paint herself as tough on the border by implying my support – and the support of neighboring law enforcement leaders – is pathetic.”
The statement finishes by stating that “a politician crowding the podium at a press conference clearly hasn’t solved our border crisis. Neither has Kamala Harris.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-sheriff-featured-in-kamala-harris-campaign-ad-decries-use-of-image-i-do-not-support-her/ar-AA1oG0u8
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Feisty Hayseed
August 13, 2024 1:39 am
Abandon the Police Precinct to the George Floyd Rioters – Governor Walz
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Troublemaker10
August 13, 2024 3:42 am
Hunter Biden…
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CBS – political propaganda operatives – scum.
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agreed.
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The Elon/Trump Interview: Must-See Moments
All the key takeaways in under 5 minutes.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1823215473468522661.html
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thanks GA!
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Nice tribute to my birthday-mate. Of course, I am much younger, but I do remember his TV show and his mysterious style of walking into his profile, then becoming flesh. His show and The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling’s masterpiece of suspense, were two of my 1960s favorites.
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National Pulse:
BREAKING: 72-Yr-Old ‘Jan 6 Praying Grandma’ Gets LARGEST EVER Fine, Biden-Harris Govt Claims ‘She Continues to Pose Political Violence Threat.’
Rebecca Lavrenz, known as the “J6 Praying Grandma,” has been sentenced to 12 months of probation, including six months of house arrest, and ordered to pay the largest misdemeanor fine in U.S. history for her involvement in the January 6th Capitol protests, The National Pulse can report.
Lavrenz, 72, was found guilty of four federal misdemeanor charges related to her participation in the protest against the certification of the 2020 presidential election results, which amounted to walking into an open door at the U.S. Capitol and praying in the tourist areas.
In his sentencing memo, Biden-Harris U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves opined that because Lavrenz had pointed out the political persecution of J6ers, she should be considered “unrepentant” in her “promotion of the riot.” That, Graves laughably claims, “is powerful evidence that she continues to pose a threat to future acts of political violence.”
A Muslim U.S. District Court Judge overseeing the case, Zia Faruqui, handed down a $103,000 fine, believed to be one of, if not the largest ever imposed for a misdemeanor charge in U.S. history. In addition to the fine, Lavrenz was ordered to pay $500 in restitution and banned from using the internet for six months. This restriction, typically reserved for cases involving child pornography, has raised concerns about its appropriateness, especially given the proximity to the upcoming presidential election.
At her sentencing, Lavrenz told the judge, “While I respect you, I answer to a higher judge.” Her defense team argued that the internet ban, which prevents her from managing her Bed & Breakfast business, checking her email, or accessing online banking, would severely impact her livelihood. Despite these concerns, the judge justified the restriction necessary to prevent the spread of “inflammatory material” online, particularly in the lead-up to the election – effectively an admission of election interference by a U.S. judge.
Faruqui also ordered Lavrenz to submit to government monitoring software on her computer and mobile phone, further limiting her digital freedom. Additionally, she will not be allowed to meet with her Congressman or Senator at the Capitol without the permission of her Probation Officer, adding another layer of restriction to her sentence.
During the hearing, the judge made several pointed remarks, questioning Lavrenz’s priorities and expressing skepticism about her faith.
“I don’t know why being the J6 Praying Grandmother is more important than being an actual grandmother,” Faruqui said. He also criticized her involvement in what he described as a misguided ministry, stating, “Your faith is being misplaced right now” and suggesting that her ministry to strangers was less important than her obligations to her family.
The judge’s comments also extended to the financial support Lavrenz received for her legal defense, which he ordered to be confiscated. He claimed the funds were inappropriately raised, stating, “There is a wellspring of money that you have that I don’t believe is appropriate for you to have.”
Bizarrely, Judge Faruqui is also believed to have remarked, “You went in to try to find Congresspeople to find them and confront them. That’s unacceptable. You can’t do that. Nobody can do that. The way to do that is through our legal system. To go to court.”
Speaking exclusively to The National Pulse, Lavrenz’s lawyer John M. Pierce of the National Constitutional Law Union (NCLU) said: “We are pleased that Rebecca Lavrenz got no jail time. However, we believe the fine was one of the largest in American history for a misdemeanor case. This will make it very difficult for her to be able to vigorously pursue her appeal without a tremendous amount of help from donors.
“In addition, the 6-month internet restriction is unprecedented. We feel this is an unconstitutional restriction on her ability to speak about the 2024 election. It also severely limits her ability to fundraise to help pay for her appeal. This is yet another dark reminder of the two-tier system of justice that is eroding the very foundations of our Constitutional republic. The ‘Praying Grandma’ Rebecca Lavrenz is the finest our nation has to offer. We will fight for her and her beliefs to the very end.”
People can still donate to Lavrenz for her appeal at this link.“
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this is like applying a tourniquet to the neck to quell a skinned knee!!
whatever happened to the 8th Amendment?????
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the United States Bill of Rights. The amendment serves as a limitation upon the state or federal government to impose unduly harsh penalties on criminal defendants before and after a conviction.
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Good for you, Miss Pat! I have been searching for my copy of the original constitution and Bill of Rights, but the wording of those documents has been obscured by manipulations on-line. I could probably find them, but it would take some time and effort. Maybe I could pray about it . . .
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and we ABSOLUTELY have the right to confront congresspeople–they are not kings or lords or whatever–they are our representatives–OUR EMPLOYEES!
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Exactly! WE are their bosses!!!
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damn straight!
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“The Trump/Elon Conversation”
Clandestine, Aug 13, 2024
“Main takeaways from the Trump/Elon conversation:
-Trump can talk off-script about policy for hours, while Kamala can’t talk without a teleprompter.
-Trump and Elon seem to have a great relationship and mutual respect for one another.
-Trump was authentic and transparent, compared to Kamala and the Dems who are fake and deceitful.
-The reach of this conversation will dip into new demographics Trump is not normally accustomed to reaching, and hopefully will increase his support. He certainly did not lose any support, so we can only view it as a net positive.
-Most of what was discussed was nothing new, but this conversation was targeted at a broader audience that is not already engaged heavily in politics.
-Trump’s promise to delete the Department of Education is a winning policy that is supported by MAGA, Libertarians, RFK Jr. supporters, some Leftists, etc., and should be talked about more.
-Trump has plans to utilize Elon in the upcoming administration, and Elon is willing to contribute, particularly in shrinking Government spending, which is also a winning policy supported by most.
-Trump did interject Elon a bit too often for my liking, but luckily Elon did a great job navigating that, and was able to maintain the flow, which improved as the conversation went on.
Overall, a huge win for Trump, for Elon, for X, and most importantly for The People. It’s not often we get that kind of transparency and access to our leaders. The more of this, the better!”
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The US needs more truth-tellers and straight-talkers. I’m glad Elon is encouraging that. I hope we all benefit from the relationship.
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me too.
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A lot of states do this, including NE and other states around the interstates as well.
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great story! thanks for bringing it!
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https://modernity.news/2024/08/12/dr-fauci-reveals-hes-infected-with-covid-for-third-time-after-being-vaccinated-and-boosted-six-times/
Our Take: The narrative is falling apart across the board. Donald Trump is back on Twitter, to the shock and horror of blueanon crybabies. Kamala rallies are reportedly invitation only, which may be my favorite example of modern democracy to date. Nothing says a campaign for the people like, “Sorry, you’re not on the invite list.”
And, now, Dr. Fauci has COVID. Again. “I got infected about two weeks ago. It was my third Covid-19 infection, and I had been vaccinated and boosted a total of six times.”
There are two appropriate responses to this news. First, mockery, and it’s first for a reason. Public shaming is the appropriate tactic for lack of virtue—a rule established by the Free Palestine movement—and there is nothing less virtuous that Anthony Fauci’s lies.
The second response is accountability. The COVID-19 response, as imagined and implemented by Anthony Fauci, is now proven to be a lie. Unequivocally and indefensibly, Fauci coerced millions of Americans—with carrots and sticks and without informed consent—into a mass medical experiment. There must be accountability.
I know there will be mockery. There already is, and everyone should do their part to keep it going on every level. Never let them gaslight society with pandemic fear porn again. This is your American duty.
I’m bullish on accountability as well. After Trump wins in November, of course. — Ashe in America
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i suggest he has a frickin COLD–its always been a COLD. some colds are worse than others–but they’re still just colds and do not require vaxxes for them–as they mutate quickly. it’s impossible to determine what the next what will look like UNLESS YOU’RE THE ONE MAKING THEM!
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T. Turtle
August 13, 2024 10:16 am
Now they have been taking the DNA of only 30% of the illegal invaders. These whistleblowers are extremely courageous.
“Catherine Herridge Report: Whistleblowers Reveal Homeland Security’s Sinister Plot to Drive Them to Suicide for Exposing Border Agency’s Federal DNA Collection Failures”
Excerpts:
The whistleblowers have risked their careers to reveal that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a division of DHS, has systematically failed to collect the DNA of illegal immigrants as mandated by the DNA Fingerprint Act. This law, passed in 2005 with bipartisan support, mandates the collection of DNA samples from non-U.S. persons detained for immigration violations.
This failure has allowed violent criminals to evade detection and commit further crimes on American soil.
In an exclusive interview with Catherine Herridge, the whistleblowers detailed a chilling campaign of retaliation, including demotions, the stripping of law enforcement credentials, and the creation of a hostile work environment. According to the whistleblowers, the agency’s intent was clear: to silence them at any cost.
The whistleblowers, who collectively have over seven decades of law enforcement experience and held TOP SECRET clearances—Mark Jones (20 years), Fred Wynn (18 years), and Michael Taylor (31 years)—assert that the agency’s non-compliance has directly endangered American lives.
The whistleblowers argue that if CBP had adhered to the law, potential suspects could have been identified much sooner. They specifically point to Rachel Morin’s murder as a case where compliance might have saved lives.
Michael Taylor: One of the supervisors said, as a matter of fact, the agency’s goal is to bankrupt you, make you quit, die, kill yourselves, or preferably all of the above.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/catherine-herridge-report-whistleblowers-reveal-homeland-securitys-sinister/
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Yeah! Jason and Christina showed up to install my patio door! Whoopee! He’s off to the hardware store to buy hinges and a spring to hold the door closed – I’ve already got the hook-and-eye set to latch it. It will be soooo nice not to have to worry about it anymore!!!
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YAY
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“Took a nap, did ya?”
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wtf^^^^^^
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Nice! No more bungee and a nice, pretty white screen door!!! Yeah! And next week, he’ll get over here to haul all the stuff to the dump.
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wow that’s GREAT Filly!!!
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Message In A Bottle Discovered On A New Jersey Beach Could Be The Oldest Ever Found…
Amy Smyth Murphy, 49, was walking along the beaches of Corson’s Inlet State Park in New Jersey one morning in early July when she found the green-colored bottle and noticed several papers inside. Once she opened it up, her excitement grew.
Back in 2018, an Australian couple, Tonya and Kym Illman, had found a message in a bottle that dated back to 1886. The gin bottle, which was thrown overboard by the captain of the German ship Paula, currently holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest message in a bottle ever found.
It’s a pretty cool story. Read the rest of it here.
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Rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
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i have an open scheduled later this month about getting rid of the hiccups! lol
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Small world!
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LOL
sideways telepathy
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Jake is VERY happy with the new door – it’s all screen whereas the other one was a storm door, with a solid bottom. Now he can see much more!
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you’ve opened up his world! we he be able to see wheezer better???
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She hasn’t been around yet since early this morning.
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But he can see almost the entire backyard now so he’s spending his time hunkered down in front of the door.
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oh boy…it will be interesting
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H/T M
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Just The News: “The Republican Party of Arizona has secured an agreement with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to test ballot tabulators used in elections, rather than only testing backup equipment.
The agreement states that the board “will inform the Secretary of State that it wants the test to be of at least six of the tabulators and twelve of the accessible voting devices scheduled to be deployed to early voting locations and vote centers.”
On Tuesday, the Arizona GOP announced the agreement, reached with Maricopa County on Monday, to perform logic and accuracy testing on accessible voting machines and ballot tabulators that are used for Election Day and early voting.
“Previously, under former SoS Katie Hobbs and now Adrian Fontes, only backup tabulators were tested — leaving our elections vulnerable and raising serious transparency concerns. This wasn’t enough to ensure the integrity of our votes,” the Arizona GOP posted on X.
“Through determined efforts, we’ve secured a major victory. From now on, the same equipment used at vote centers will undergo rigorous testing. This change is a critical step towards restoring voter confidence and trust in our election process,” the post continued. “This agreement shows what happens when Republicans stand united to protect our electoral process. It’s a win for transparency, accountability, and every Arizona voter. We’re proud to lead the charge for fair and secure elections!”
AZGOP Agreement 20240812.pdf
The agreement was reached as part of the Arizona Republican Committee v. Sellers lawsuit. The Arizona GOP and Maricopa County Republican Party had alleged that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors “do not conduct the statutorily-required logic and accuracy testing of Maricopa County’s tabulators and accessible voting devices in the manner and at the time that is required by law.”
However, the board “denies those allegations and affirmatively asserts that its various logic and accuracy tests that it conducts and have conducted in all elections in the past fully comply with all legal requirements.”
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Jeep’s premium electric SUV features over 300 miles range. Available in the US and Canada this fall. Starting price is $71,995.
Custom built for the June 23 Pike’s Peak Race, the truck generates
6,000 pounds of downforce at 150 miles per hour.
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i like Jeeps that look like Jeeps. their suvs (?) don’t thrill me…they look like all the others out there
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UDX Airwolf Electric Flying Motorcycle — This 639 pound prototype can carry 2 people with a top speed of 142 Mph.(2 min video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OqO35pPlNo&t=2s
The Owl SP600, Aspark’s Hypercar, has a top speed of 272 mph.(438 KPH)3 min. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy4gkEGFH7c
Redneck engineering, smoker/fryer and sauna.
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awesome OWL–looks like one!
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WeThePeople2016
August 13, 2024 2:10 pm
🚨SUING NEW YORK DA🚨
We just SUED NY District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office to obtain:
📑Communications with the Biden-Harris admin, the NY Times, the Free and Fair Litigation Group, or Lanny Davis’ law firm
📑Communications discussing Judge Merchan or @realDonaldTrump
https://aflegal.org/america-first-legal-sues-the-new-york-district-attorneys-office-for-illegally-concealing-records-on-alvin-braggs-partisan-persecution-of-president-trump/
https://truthsocial.com/@AmericaFirstLegal/112956033818471937
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this has got to stop.
St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Buffalo will be converted into mosque.
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shared some at wolf’s!
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“The severe geomagnetic storm of Aug. 12th sparked widespread auroras in both hemispheres… Upon closer inspection, not all the lights were auroras. Many observers saw STEVE:
Taken by Ian Griffin on August 12, 2024 @ Papanui Inlet on the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand
STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) is the pink ribbon of light in Griffin’s photo. It looks like an aurora, but it is not. The pink glow is caused by hot (3000°C) ribbons of gas flowing through Earth’s magnetosphere faster than 13,000 mph. Strong geomagnetic storms do a good job of setting these ribbons in motion…”
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shared at wolf’s too
that’s so cool!
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Whoa! Nice!!!
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love the hawks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and that workbench is fantastic–but it looks like he never does anything…LOL
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The original GoPro:
SpaceX Ties Another World Record Set by… Yeah, SpaceX
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js
August 13, 2024 5:16 pm
Term Limits!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13740437/top-democrat-steny-hoyer-suffers-stroke.html
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