What we learn from watching the Little Rascals movie series(1930) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Bw86VybqI
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. With the poverty of the Great Dustbowl, the Great Depression, and widespread suffering who’d think we’d ever refer to the 1930s as anything good?! But in someways the decade and the country was good then and this is captured in the short films of “Our Gang: Little Rascals.”
This adorable rag tag group of children seeks adventure, fun, food, mischief, and each others’ friendship in these movies. But surely this is just some made up comedy series that shouldn’t be taken seriously? Perhaps but like all TV and movies of their time they did CAPTURE societal values, ways of thinking back then and reflect them accurately.
Creator Hal Roach made sure that, unlike the Hollywood movies of his day, that Our Gang child actors were shown honestly in their natural environment and that by itself would endear the films to audiences. He was right. Running from 1922 to 1944 “Our Gang” enjoyed wild popularity at the movie houses.
Again disregarding convention of the day, Roach also chose to show black children with white children, just as they played together naturally in the streets and countryside of the day. In these movies you don’t see any prejudice or favoritism based on race, body type, or gender. The Little Rascals were usually too busy with the task at hand to sub-divide and fight among themselves.
Instead you see them dealing with life’s unfairness, bullies, stern adults, taking care their animals, making fun out of nothing, and just enjoying freedom to learn and experience life as children. These are just a few of themes pulled out of Little Rascals discussed in this surprising on-point Nutnfancy Philosophy video. We can learn a lot from the 1930s.
We can learn a lot from the 1930s.
Most definitely!! I was raised by parents and grandparents who did OK for poor folks during the Depression. People grew gardens, made most of the stuff they needed, traded skills, and bartered. One could get by just fine without much money. They didn’t have much ‘store bought’ stuff, and we made most of the toys we played with out of what was available. Life was full and rewarding in a world without ‘smart phones’, TV or the internet. Those basic skills and simple pleasures are what make my life rewarding today, not a bunch of cheap Chinese crap from MallWart.
AGW RIP.
Shale Wins.
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“Trump Kills Obama’s Climate Change Rules in Favor of Fossil Fuel Industry” (dailybeast)
“Trump to End Obama Policies for Paris Climate Accord” (blooomberg)
…-
“Dakota Access Oil Line Outlasts Protests, Readies for Service”
“In the end, the pipeline won.”
“Dakota Access, which became a rallying point for tens of thousands of anti-fossil fuel and Native American-rights protesters, is preparing for service, a court filing on Monday showed. Now that the last segment built underneath Lake Oahe has been filled with oil, it’s only a matter of time before the line delivers crude from North Dakota’s once-booming Bakken shale region. That’ll be a boon to drillers there who’ve lost market share amid low oil prices to rivals in Texas and elsewhere with better access to Gulf Coast refineries and terminals.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-27/energy-transfer-preparing-to-place-dakota-access-line-in-service
Liberal Wynnetario.
Bolshevik Wynne’s cadres win-war-against-welfare.
…-
“Garbage worker heading to jail — to retire
A retired Ontario garbage worker has decided to spend his retirement in jail.” (r&t)
…-
“Brockville’s 100k earners hit 48 in 2016”
“Forty-eight Brockville city employees cracked Ontario’s not-so-exclusive “sunshine list” in 2016 by earning more than $100,000 from the municipal coffers.
Police and fire departments again led the list with almost 80 per cent of the city’s six-figure salary earners, according to the annual figures complied by the provincial government. Nine city managers were members of the $100,000-plus club, with the other 39 coming from the two emergency services departments.
Police Chief Scott Fraser’s officers represented more than half of the high earners, with 27 members making $101,400 to $161,400 last year.
And 12 firefighters earned more than $100,000, with Fire Chief Ghislain Pigeon topping the list with his $136,182 salary.” http://www.recorder.ca/2017/03/27/brockvilles-100k-earners-hit-48-in-2016
AGW RIP.
AGW is Over: Red-green’s Parrot is Dead.
“Trump’s climate blitzkrieg”.
Ich Bin Eine Donald Drumpf.
…-
“Only Sweden, Germany and France are pursuing Paris climate goals, says study” (grauniad)
“Trump begins tearing up Obama’s years of progress on tackling climate change” (grauniad)
…-
“Trump’s order signals end of US dominance in climate change battle
Trump’s climate blitzkrieg is unlikely to herald the end of civilization, but it risks US geopolitical dominance and could help ‘make China great again’” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/trump-climate-change-executive-order-us-dominance-china
If You Want Bigger Government, Vote Republican
One of the nice things about Bernie Sanders is that he seems to be honestly saying flat-out that he plans to massively increase the size of government.
The other candidates are probably lying either to themselves or to us — or to both — about what they likely will do in office.
Of course, it’s been so long since any president oversaw a federal government that actually cut spending, we’d have to go back to the immediate post-war years to remember any of that.
But, for decades, we’ve been told that a vote for the GOP is a vote for “smaller government.” This is repeated both by Republicans, who say it like it’s a good thing, and by Democrats who still seem to think that the GOP is committed to cutting grandma’s safety net.
If we look at federal spending, though, it’s easy to see that the myth of the budget-cutting Republican president is just that: a myth. https://mises.org/blog/if-you-want-bigger-government-vote-republican
Maybe the economy booms while Republicans are in office so spending might as a percentage of GDP might not be going up.
“The EU is on the verge of the abyss. Here’s why Theresa May has a winning hand and must go all in”
“In a new video ‘Article 50: Theresa May’s Winning Hand’, Heath shows just how powerful her negotiating position could actually be.
He contends that the rise of populism on the continent, the strength of Britain’s economy and Europe’s fear of terrorism all make a good deal for the UK more likely.
And he urges Mrs May as she triggers Article 50 to recognise that she could have the upper hand and go ‘all in’ when the chance to strike arises.
“The EU is on the verge of the abyss,” he says. “We need to leave quickly. But it is clear that Theresa May has a winning hand.”” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/0/eu-verge-abyss-theresa-may-has-winning-hand-must-go/
The graph starts in 1991. As I recall, that was around the time of the CBC’s idiotic attempt to shake up its evening and late-night TV schedule by moving The National to 10 PM. Some audience research genius probably figured it would increase ratings or some such thing.
That move didn’t go over well and, like the “new” Coke, was slowly and quietly abandoned. I think, by then, viewers had changed channels.
Totally predictable — if the media were not so obtuse. Coyne’s total lack of judgment during the last election was part of the problem. I do not read him anymore as I consider him to be a complete hypocrite.
Yes, I’ve also noticed that Coyne seems to have gotten over his infatuation with Lieberals and is speaking much more rationally and un-biased politically these days.
Yeah, but is anybody going to be around to read them?
Listening to the song Baby Blue by Badfinger had me recalling another hit written by Badfinger’s Peter Ham.
Harry Nilsson’s version of Without You was a huge hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bQGRRolrg0
AGW RIP.
“”We have evidence from Massachusetts that it affects math scores significantly,”…”
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“Number of snow days in Nova Scotia schools amounts to a crisis: expert”
“HALIFAX — It is “bizarre” how often Nova Scotia schools are closed because of weather, and the number of days lost this year amounts to a crisis, an education expert said Tuesday.” http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7213712-number-of-snow-days-in-nova-scotia-schools-amounts-to-a-crisis-expert/
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“Longest winter on record in Caribou, Maine”
“Most days on record with 12-inch + (30 cm +) snow depth:…” https://www.iceagenow.info/
Coyne is suffering from the liberal-lite version of buyers remorse. They so wanted to see their side win they ignored any misgivings they may have had about a candidate whose only qualification was a last name.
Now they pretend they have been duped when the truth is they knew damn well they aided and abetted getting the cardboard cutout elected under the presumption it would only hurt the “other’s”.
is ‘honest cop’ an oxymoron in 2017? 100 friggin GRAND ??? absolute thievery. what, armed forces personnel don’t face an immensely more dangerous workplace?
see the link for details.
the article is spot on, the various arbitrations are playing ‘leapfrog’ with each other, kinda like ye olde arms race, so-and-so gots more dan us’n, so wese needs to ‘match’ their gain.
2nd round: oh look, sumbuddy out dere got an increase so that justifies us’n getting equal earnings.
repeat for 15 years then repeat until sumbuddy in da gubbamint clues in….. (not gonna happen).
p.s., remember, it is politishuns all ALL ideology in Canuckistan that crap all over our armed services,
lieberals worst,
new democraps 2nd only because they havent had the chance they want,
then conservatists joining in the huge legal battle to fight the veteran’s lawsuit. google it.
Wow.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/27/university-of-regina-brings-masculinity-confession/
Captcha is MAGNUM CLOSE i love it.
Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/23/wolf-or-dog-dna-means-difference-between-life-and-death-for-beloved-colo-pet/?utm_term=.1bf9791daf98&wpisrc=nl_mix&wpmm=1
What we learn from watching the Little Rascals movie series(1930)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Bw86VybqI
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. With the poverty of the Great Dustbowl, the Great Depression, and widespread suffering who’d think we’d ever refer to the 1930s as anything good?! But in someways the decade and the country was good then and this is captured in the short films of “Our Gang: Little Rascals.”
This adorable rag tag group of children seeks adventure, fun, food, mischief, and each others’ friendship in these movies. But surely this is just some made up comedy series that shouldn’t be taken seriously? Perhaps but like all TV and movies of their time they did CAPTURE societal values, ways of thinking back then and reflect them accurately.
Creator Hal Roach made sure that, unlike the Hollywood movies of his day, that Our Gang child actors were shown honestly in their natural environment and that by itself would endear the films to audiences. He was right. Running from 1922 to 1944 “Our Gang” enjoyed wild popularity at the movie houses.
Again disregarding convention of the day, Roach also chose to show black children with white children, just as they played together naturally in the streets and countryside of the day. In these movies you don’t see any prejudice or favoritism based on race, body type, or gender. The Little Rascals were usually too busy with the task at hand to sub-divide and fight among themselves.
Instead you see them dealing with life’s unfairness, bullies, stern adults, taking care their animals, making fun out of nothing, and just enjoying freedom to learn and experience life as children. These are just a few of themes pulled out of Little Rascals discussed in this surprising on-point Nutnfancy Philosophy video. We can learn a lot from the 1930s.
We can learn a lot from the 1930s.
Most definitely!! I was raised by parents and grandparents who did OK for poor folks during the Depression. People grew gardens, made most of the stuff they needed, traded skills, and bartered. One could get by just fine without much money. They didn’t have much ‘store bought’ stuff, and we made most of the toys we played with out of what was available. Life was full and rewarding in a world without ‘smart phones’, TV or the internet. Those basic skills and simple pleasures are what make my life rewarding today, not a bunch of cheap Chinese crap from MallWart.
Hey, let’s expand gov’t…
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/27/president-donald-j-trump-announces-white-house-office-american
President Donald J. Trump Announces the White House Office of American Innovation (OAI)
AGW RIP.
Shale Wins.
…-
“Trump Kills Obama’s Climate Change Rules in Favor of Fossil Fuel Industry” (dailybeast)
“Trump to End Obama Policies for Paris Climate Accord” (blooomberg)
…-
“Dakota Access Oil Line Outlasts Protests, Readies for Service”
“In the end, the pipeline won.”
“Dakota Access, which became a rallying point for tens of thousands of anti-fossil fuel and Native American-rights protesters, is preparing for service, a court filing on Monday showed. Now that the last segment built underneath Lake Oahe has been filled with oil, it’s only a matter of time before the line delivers crude from North Dakota’s once-booming Bakken shale region. That’ll be a boon to drillers there who’ve lost market share amid low oil prices to rivals in Texas and elsewhere with better access to Gulf Coast refineries and terminals.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-27/energy-transfer-preparing-to-place-dakota-access-line-in-service
Liberal Wynnetario.
Bolshevik Wynne’s cadres win-war-against-welfare.
…-
“Garbage worker heading to jail — to retire
A retired Ontario garbage worker has decided to spend his retirement in jail.” (r&t)
…-
“Brockville’s 100k earners hit 48 in 2016”
“Forty-eight Brockville city employees cracked Ontario’s not-so-exclusive “sunshine list” in 2016 by earning more than $100,000 from the municipal coffers.
Police and fire departments again led the list with almost 80 per cent of the city’s six-figure salary earners, according to the annual figures complied by the provincial government. Nine city managers were members of the $100,000-plus club, with the other 39 coming from the two emergency services departments.
Police Chief Scott Fraser’s officers represented more than half of the high earners, with 27 members making $101,400 to $161,400 last year.
And 12 firefighters earned more than $100,000, with Fire Chief Ghislain Pigeon topping the list with his $136,182 salary.”
http://www.recorder.ca/2017/03/27/brockvilles-100k-earners-hit-48-in-2016
AGW RIP.
AGW is Over: Red-green’s Parrot is Dead.
“Trump’s climate blitzkrieg”.
Ich Bin Eine Donald Drumpf.
…-
“Only Sweden, Germany and France are pursuing Paris climate goals, says study” (grauniad)
“Trump begins tearing up Obama’s years of progress on tackling climate change” (grauniad)
…-
“Trump’s order signals end of US dominance in climate change battle
Trump’s climate blitzkrieg is unlikely to herald the end of civilization, but it risks US geopolitical dominance and could help ‘make China great again’”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/trump-climate-change-executive-order-us-dominance-china
If You Want Bigger Government, Vote Republican
One of the nice things about Bernie Sanders is that he seems to be honestly saying flat-out that he plans to massively increase the size of government.
The other candidates are probably lying either to themselves or to us — or to both — about what they likely will do in office.
Of course, it’s been so long since any president oversaw a federal government that actually cut spending, we’d have to go back to the immediate post-war years to remember any of that.
But, for decades, we’ve been told that a vote for the GOP is a vote for “smaller government.” This is repeated both by Republicans, who say it like it’s a good thing, and by Democrats who still seem to think that the GOP is committed to cutting grandma’s safety net.
If we look at federal spending, though, it’s easy to see that the myth of the budget-cutting Republican president is just that: a myth.
https://mises.org/blog/if-you-want-bigger-government-vote-republican
Maybe the economy booms while Republicans are in office so spending might as a percentage of GDP might not be going up.
From the University Of Regina:
http://manupagainstviolence.ca/new/
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/27/students-share-their-sins-at-masculinity-confession-booth/
“A university will be hosting a “Masculinity Confession Booth” along with a number of other workshops and screenings to combat “hypermasculinity.”
“We have all reinforced hypermasculinity one way or another regardless of our gender!!” explains the University of Regina event description. “Come and share your sins so we can begin to discuss how to identify and change our ways !!!”
The “Man Up Against Violence” initiative will be hosting these events at the University of Regina in Canada during the present week.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/27/students-share-their-sins-at-masculinity-confession-booth/#ixzz4cdBhj9Ud
I hope the Masculinity Confession Booth has a comfortable chair, I could be in there for a while.
Here! This should stir up the pot
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/03/23/muslim-prayers-in-schools-get-provincial-endorsement-following-intense-meeting.html
Donald Kills AGW.
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“You can watch this historic event live at 2PM EDT/11AM PDT here”
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“Trump to sign “energy independence” executive order today, killing Obama climate regs”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/03/28/trump-to-sign-energy-independence-executive-order-today-killing-obama-climate-regs/
In the US it took the election of Trump to wake them from an 8 year coma.
Apparently it only took Andrew Coyne a year and a half to realize the blindingly obvious.
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/full-comment/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/andrew-coyne-renewed-attempt-to-rewrite-house-rules-shows-liberals-are-not-to-be-trusted
PMSH proven right again.
Hockey Stick!
The National’s viewership over 25 years.
“The EU is on the verge of the abyss. Here’s why Theresa May has a winning hand and must go all in”
“In a new video ‘Article 50: Theresa May’s Winning Hand’, Heath shows just how powerful her negotiating position could actually be.
He contends that the rise of populism on the continent, the strength of Britain’s economy and Europe’s fear of terrorism all make a good deal for the UK more likely.
And he urges Mrs May as she triggers Article 50 to recognise that she could have the upper hand and go ‘all in’ when the chance to strike arises.
“The EU is on the verge of the abyss,” he says. “We need to leave quickly. But it is clear that Theresa May has a winning hand.””
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/0/eu-verge-abyss-theresa-may-has-winning-hand-must-go/
The graph starts in 1991. As I recall, that was around the time of the CBC’s idiotic attempt to shake up its evening and late-night TV schedule by moving The National to 10 PM. Some audience research genius probably figured it would increase ratings or some such thing.
That move didn’t go over well and, like the “new” Coke, was slowly and quietly abandoned. I think, by then, viewers had changed channels.
Precious books are to be stored in an underground vault in the Arctic:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3197874/second-arctic-doomsday-vault-will-allow-the-worlds-precious-books-to-survive-armageddon/
Totally predictable — if the media were not so obtuse. Coyne’s total lack of judgment during the last election was part of the problem. I do not read him anymore as I consider him to be a complete hypocrite.
Yes, I’ve also noticed that Coyne seems to have gotten over his infatuation with Lieberals and is speaking much more rationally and un-biased politically these days.
Yeah, but is anybody going to be around to read them?
Listening to the song Baby Blue by Badfinger had me recalling another hit written by Badfinger’s Peter Ham.
Harry Nilsson’s version of Without You was a huge hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bQGRRolrg0
AGW RIP.
“”We have evidence from Massachusetts that it affects math scores significantly,”…”
…-
“Number of snow days in Nova Scotia schools amounts to a crisis: expert”
“HALIFAX — It is “bizarre” how often Nova Scotia schools are closed because of weather, and the number of days lost this year amounts to a crisis, an education expert said Tuesday.”
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7213712-number-of-snow-days-in-nova-scotia-schools-amounts-to-a-crisis-expert/
…-
“Longest winter on record in Caribou, Maine”
“Most days on record with 12-inch + (30 cm +) snow depth:…”
https://www.iceagenow.info/
Coyne is suffering from the liberal-lite version of buyers remorse. They so wanted to see their side win they ignored any misgivings they may have had about a candidate whose only qualification was a last name.
Now they pretend they have been duped when the truth is they knew damn well they aided and abetted getting the cardboard cutout elected under the presumption it would only hurt the “other’s”.
the only offensive thing I ever encountered about the Little Rascals was eddy murphy’s mocking of the Buckwheat character on SNL.
which I haven’t watched since around that time. only blacks can use the nword etc.
anyway, in other news, apparently ‘things’ are changing @ youtube. I cant see any comments now:
https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/03/20/youtubes-restricted-mode-has-been-filtering-safe-lgbtq-content/#.tnw_E0MXnkPm
is ‘honest cop’ an oxymoron in 2017? 100 friggin GRAND ??? absolute thievery. what, armed forces personnel don’t face an immensely more dangerous workplace?
see the link for details.
the article is spot on, the various arbitrations are playing ‘leapfrog’ with each other, kinda like ye olde arms race, so-and-so gots more dan us’n, so wese needs to ‘match’ their gain.
2nd round: oh look, sumbuddy out dere got an increase so that justifies us’n getting equal earnings.
repeat for 15 years then repeat until sumbuddy in da gubbamint clues in….. (not gonna happen).
p.s., remember, it is politishuns all ALL ideology in Canuckistan that crap all over our armed services,
lieberals worst,
new democraps 2nd only because they havent had the chance they want,
then conservatists joining in the huge legal battle to fight the veteran’s lawsuit. google it.