February 9, 2019

Lawmakers heading to funding deal with far less border money than Trump wants

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/politics/donald-trump-border-funding-lawmakers/index.html]



The latest proposals peg the topline funding number for border barriers around $2 billion, according to two people familiar with the talks. That number is far below the $5.7 billion that Trump has requested and repeatedly described as the number he wants met.



SORRY THAT'S STILL TOO MUCH!

February 6, 2019

Ash is the Purest White

Ash Is Purest White (Chinese: 江湖儿女; Pinyin: jiānghú érnǚ is a 2018 Chinese drama film directed by Jia Zhangke. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 42 reviews, and an average rating of 8/10, the website's critical consensus reads "Ash Is Purest White finds writer-director Zhangke Jia revisiting familiar themes while continuing to observe modern Chinese society with an urgent, empathetic eye."

February 2, 2019

Craziness at it's Peak

Asian prank time
Some of these had me DYING!

February 1, 2019

Nyango Star: The Heavy Metal Cat Mascot Saving a Japanese Farm

Last night this showed up in my YouTube feed... not sure what that says about my viewing habits or if YouTube was really trying to impress me with their AI (it did impress me):

and there's a story behind it.....

January 31, 2019

How to properly dance to "Get Lucky"

it fits so well with Soul Train! times looked pretty funky back then!

January 14, 2019

Send some love to YuiYoshida please

She is currently in the hospital, I won't disclose why because that's personal. She doing well but being in a hospital no matter what just sucks in general. I hope you all can send her a little get well love because she is such a loyal member to DU and my best friend.

hugs all.

January 5, 2019

Americans and Koreans trade snacks!