Silas Stingy

NYC, Byrds and the Caps

[Remember All The Fallen @KoreyG80]

California Exemplary Army Warrant
Officer William Jonathan Bradford
Gave All August 1, 1971 at 21 yrs old
Remember William today.
Chopper Pilot #American Hero🎖️🇺🇸

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

2 August 1928 | French Jewish girl, Marcelle Borruel, was born in Bordeaux.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 20 January 1944. She did not survive.

[Hollywood Golden Age of Cinema @HGACinema]

“Hollywood Daffy” is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, starring Daffy Duck. The cartoon was written by Michael Maltese, directed by Hawley Pratt (uncredited) and was released on June 22, 1946.

PLOT

The film begins with a pack of wolves howling in the centre of Hollywood (a reference to Hollywood and Vine) as a spot for men looking to pick up women (“wolves” in the slang of the day). Daffy, having travelled to Hollywood, attempts to get into the “Warmer Bros.” studio to see movie stars. However, the abrasive Keystone Cops-like security guard with a Joe Besser-like voice will not let him pass through the gate. After unsuccessfully endeavoring to enter the studio by way of various disguises and being thrown out each time, culminating with Daffy posing as a film director, but ultimately this disguise is exposed as well. Daffy finally declares that he won't leave until he literally “sees (movie) stars”. The guard agrees to figuratively show him the stars, then bashes Daffy over the head and throws him out of the studio, where the dazed Daffy can see all the stars he wants...circling his head.

HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES FEATURED IN THE CARTOON

• Daffy says he would love to meet Lauren Bacall.

• The cop allows Bette Davis (voiced by Sara Berner) and Johnny Weissmuller (swinging from a vine dressed as Tarzan) to enter the studio, because they're employees of the studio.

• When trying to enter the studio, Daffy disguises himself as Charlie Chaplin (in his signature outfit), Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby (voiced by Gil Turner, whose imitation of Crosby is often used in numerous Looney Tunes cartoons) and an Academy Award statue. When the cop questions whether Daffy is really an Oscar, Daffy indicates that “J. L.” is waiting for him, a reference to Jack L. Warner, head of production at Warner Brothers.

• When Daffy drives the cop through the studio, he passes the dressing rooms of Abbott and Costello (with the same shape as their bodies), Ann Sheridan (also as shapely as the actress, and surrounded by several bear traps) and Jimmy Durante (whose house has the same shape as his profile, including his famous, large nose), who has a bear trap on his leg.

• Jack Benny is seen trying to get an Oscar statue by playing a claw machine.

• Daffy compares the cop with Errol Flynn.

• When Daffy literally sees stars after being hit on the head, he claims that he recognises Hedy Lamarr, Alexis Smith, Dorothy Lamour, Baby Snooks and Ann Sheridan.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Bill Murray plays Rodney Dangerfield’s psychiatrist in a sketch from the 1982 TV special, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Me”

[SurfSkateThrash @SurfThrash]

Echo & The Bunnymen
Killing Moon
Old Grey Whistle Test 1985

[BiffBifford™ 🇺🇸 @TBifford]

📺Richard Nixon talks about his relationship with John F. Kennedy. 🔥🔥🔥

In this interview, Nixon describes a relationship that was cordial and respectful rather than close. He recalls social interactions, shared anti-communist views, a campaign contribution from the Kennedy family in 1950, and the absence of personal animosity despite their political rivalry. It’s a more nuanced picture than the usual “bitter enemies” narrative that often gets repeated.

An interesting firsthand perspective on two major figures of the era.

❓Does this change how you see the Nixon–JFK relationship at all? 👇

#RichardNixon #JFK #JohnFKennedy #Politics #History #Interview

[Remember All The Fallen @KoreyG80]

Illinois Exceptional Army Ranger
Corporal Frank Daniel Walthers
Gave All August 1, 1969 forever20
Remember Frank today. Silver Star,
2 BSM #American Hero 🎖️ 🇺🇸

[Remember The Fallen @44MagnumBlue1]

United States Army Specialist Four Larry Joe Malatesta passed away August 1, 1970 from wounds sustained 7 days before in South Vietnam. Larry was 21 years old and from Enumclaw, Washington. 198th Light Infantry Brigade, 17th Cavalry, H Troop. Remember Larry today. American Hero🇺🇸

[Old Time Football 🏈 @Ol_TimeFootball]

Happy Birthday Gaston Green
#UCLA

[Remember The Fallen @44MagnumBlue1]

U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Gerald Leland Poppa was killed in action on August 1, 1968 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Gerald was 23 years old and from Salinas, California. H&S Company, 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Remember Gerald today. He is an American Hero🇺🇸

[Lost In Left Field @LILFBaseball]

Mel Ott of the New York #Giants hit his 500th career home run of his career #OTD in 1945. In his final season as a regular player, Ott batted .308 with 21 homers and 79 RBI while also serving as manager of the Giants.

[Barbarian Herodotus @BBHerodotus]

It was quite telling that he was interrupted, just before he was to reveal the image in the envelope. The Muslim president of the society who invited him to debate, claiming she supported free speech while actively trying to censor him proved his point.

Theocracies are fine, if they are of a religion indigenous to a society.

These limits on the depiction of the prophet Mohammad are fine and fitting in say, Saudi Arabia. It’s another thing entirely to try to impose them onto a society in which your religious beliefs are as culturally foreign as they could possibly be, and are largely held by migrants.

It’s odd that many, in the same sentence, would happily denounce the conquistador, while lauding the kowtowing to Islamic religious taboos. Social, cultural, and political conquest through mass immigration has the same long term effect as conquest by the sword.

Respect the dignity of your fellow man, but do not sacrifice your long held cultural values for them.

[Laurence Fox @LozzaFox]

My full speech at the @OxfordUnion debating whether the west is right to be suspicious of Islam.

I needed a security team to attend and we were spat at, bullied and heckled by a baying mob.

But I will not give up on free speech.

I will not submit.

[Remember All The Fallen @KoreyG80]

Hawaii Exceptional Army
Staff Sergeant David Kila DeFries
Gave All August 1, 1969 at 24
Remember David today. Silver Star, Bronze Star #American Hero.🇺🇸🎖

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

2 August 1895 | Austrian Jew, Alexandre Flack, was born in Vienna. He emigrated to France.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 16 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

[WasAcop @WasAcop]

🚨You can feel the entire room tense the second Laurence Fox says he’s about to show a drawing of Mohammed.

The Oxford Union goes dead quiet.

People start interrupting. Someone’s already reaching for the rules.

You can hear the intake of breath. They’re not just uncomfortable… they’re scared.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

1 August 1894 | A Czech, August Lukes, was born in Příbram. A teacher.

In #Auschwitz from 15 January 1942.
No. 25602
He perished in the camp on 25 April 1942.

[Remember All The Fallen @KoreyG80]

Maryland Marine #American Hero 🇺🇸

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

1 August 1927 | A Czech Jewish woman, Magda Rosenberg, was born.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

[Old Time Football 🏈 @Ol_TimeFootball]

BOTD Cliff Branch
Cliff scores a 99 yard TD, with a pulled hamstring
#Raiders
#RaiderNation