LeftInTX
LeftInTX's JournalTaken Hostage - PBS - American Experience - Excellent 3.5 hour doc about Iran
This is excellent. It is not what I thought it would be.
https://www.pbs.org/video/part-1-taken-hostage-american-experience-a56dcc/
https://www.pbs.org/video/part-2-taken-hostage-american-experience-b0xbv2/
It's the most indepth I have seen about US and Iran. Lots of back details. 3 hours long.
I'm at the part in the 1st episode when the Shah is visiting the US in 1977. There were protests by Iranian students, then the Shah's loyalists brought in thugs and mayhem broke out out. Tear gas was then fired, the Shah and Roslynn Carter had tear gas exposure, then President Carter had visible effects from it.
This is so involved. Barry Rosen is the focus of part 1. I'm enthralled with this.
I thought it was gonna be about the hostage crisis, but over an hour in, they haven't gotten there yet.
The Shah was very arrogant...ugh...(I have experience with ME men and he's cut from the same cloth, if you know what I mean)
Pyaar Pyaar Karte Karte - Las Vegas, LA and airplane graveyard.
&ab_channel=IshtarMusicTexas lawmakers target property taxes, election fraud and transgender people in new legislation
By 1 p.m., Texas legislators filed more than 800 bills pertaining to an array of matters. Thousands of pieces of legislation are filed each session, but most never make it into law. The first day of bill filing, though, can shed light on legislators’ priorities and what battles could be shaping up in Austin next year. Republicans continue to hold both chambers — and narrowly expanded their control of the Legislature.
When the 88th legislative session convenes, the state is expected to have an unprecedented amount of funds at its disposal. The state comptroller forecast that there will be at least an extra $27 billion in the two-year budget compared with the last regular legislative session. Lawmakers will also see an increase in their savings account, also known as the rainy day fund.
Filing early means bills will typically get a low number. But the lowest numbers are reserved for the highest-priority bills set by the House speaker and lieutenant governor. House Speaker Dade Phelan and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have yet to announce what their priorities are.https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/14/texas-bill-filing-legislation-session-2023/
Yes, this is the first day bills can be filed.
However, last session, the worst bills that passed, were filed later......
Republicans poised to narrowly increase majorities in Texas Legislature
Republican incumbents are successfully defending their seats while the party appears to be making inroads in South Texas.
I hate them and their gerrymandering.......
Fortunately, Morgan LaMantia (D) won Eddie Lucio Jr's (SD 27) former seat. So that seat stays blue.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - Roku channel - Free - IMBD Rating 7.3
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17076046/reviews?ref_=tt_urvWatch online or on Roku device: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/564ba03e20599251219e4440bb3ce4f4
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It's Time!!!
https://twitter.com/mariahcarey/status/1587293603629617153?s=46&t=0w_1r6zhK4_KUgxmLw299A&fbclid=IwAR0f_uma-fjx4Qrg72nwZg3PalcEduI_5bUG8tce4YzPKBiEHZpK_dBzEroOffice Depot jacked up their print price on me
Office Depot advertised 40% off printing on orders of $150 or more. The online price is 55 cents per copy. When I completed my order they jacked up the price to 74 cents per copy. I was so mad. I complained to the store manager who said, "The prices are higher here because it's a certain class of clientele". I was so mad. I was livid. I showed them the online price. The store has never charged more than the online price before. But now that they have 40% off, guess what??? He just said, "Well we have a different class of people in the store"....
I got him to bring the price down, but I felt violated...
Not Gilligan's Island: Texas man killed by quicksand on the San Antonio River
Records obtained by mySA.com reveal a man died last summer after getting stuck in quicksand on the San Antonio River and drowning in South Texas.
The extremely rare quicksand case, which previously went unreported by news outlets, is the only one of its kind in at least five years in Texas, according to records detailing the 580 deaths that occurred on rivers and lakes in that time period, obtained from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Quicksand-Texas-river-dead-rare-9227418.php
This happened in 2015, but I never heard of it. I never hear of anyone dying from quicksand, (except in the movies) but it happened in South Texas of all places!
Syndicate of Sound - Little Girl....(Great song, but love the comments)
I just love this YouTube thread. I see this more and more with some of these groups, but this was really cool!
The Upstairs Inferno - Tearjerker - LGBT Documentary- Watch for Free
The Upstairs was a gay bar in New Orleans. It caught fire in 1973. (Arson, but I don't want to give too much away) 32 people died.
This documentary is just so heart breaking.
The way everyone (those who survived and those who died) was treated because they were gay just breaks my heart.
https://tubitv.com/movies/561897/upstairs-inferno?start=true&utm_source=google-feed&tracking=google-feed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UpStairs_Lounge_arson_attack
Rated 8.0 on IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3088882/
This was soooo sad......
What a tear jerker.....
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