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Shoot him to space. 😅

(King of the Rocket Men, 1953 ;-)

People are saying so much winning, the likes of which no one has seen before, believe me... 🎃

2/2 But to make the confusion complete, AI tells me this gesture is a regular ritual among the Italian team members to celebrate home runs – and they often smile when using it.

Perhaps other Italophiles want to join in to our discussion and thank you for your attention to this matter. 😆 👍

1/2 Ha, battle of the wives. 😅 My wife, who told me about the "cosa vuoi" is from Florence, Italy. However, as I have also experienced, in that context the hand is held in front of the chest and not with outstretched arm.
At any rate, it's not polite and I wouldn't try doing it to the carabinieri. 😉

I've been here too...

'Under the Rialto Bridge' (1909)
by John Singer Sargent
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Nothing wrong with that, wine can get to be too warm in summer months. The rule of drinking red wine at room temperature originated from a time when a bottle was brought from the cool cellar.

It's rude, like most gestures. But there are worse.
This one simply means "cosa vuoi" as in "eh, what do want?"

More often than not, encountered in traffic disputes. 😅

But maybe just as ugly...? 🤔

It's the oil, stupid.

The stable genius's warlord, Pete Hegseth, delivered a prayer by quoting the scripture to U.S. troops, which suggests that the Iran War is a Holy War. Where have we heard this before? 🤔

It was quickly translated in Arabic and spread like wildfire in the Middle East.
newrepublic.com/post/207564/...

But he's right, there always needs to be an independent investigation.

Donald Trump lied.

No other leader in the Administration—not even Pete Hegseth—is claiming Iranian tomahawk missiles were responsible for the bombing that killed 170 people at an Iranian all-girls’ school.

There needs to be a full, INDEPENDENT, and transparent investigation.

And the Israeli way...

Amazing. So much hot air in so little time...

It speaks volumes.

Stable genius. 😆 😉

Das kann dauern... ich hatte mal ein Teil, das war fast so groß wie der Grill. 😄

More Venice by the master watercolourist.

'Palazzo Labia' (1913)

I'm told they make the best cocktails.

Ich sage auch immer, Geld ist zum ausgeben da,
auf dem Konto nutzt es nur der Bank.

Und herzliche Grüße an den edlen Spender! 🍻

Nie verkehrt, die Ausnahme bestätigt die Regel. 😇
Buon appetito an der versammelten Mannschaft. 😉

Bei Rich gibt es heute orecchiette alla barese
nochmal von gestern im Ofen überbacken. 😋 🥂

😊 I loved that book in my elementary school days. It was published in 1959 and the illustrations looked very futuristic.
Perhaps Stanley Kubrik was inspired by them in his 1968 Space Odyssey film (second pic, space capsule).

The other half of the book is about the planets in our solar system.

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence The president and his advisers are in the grip of “victory disease.”

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence

The president and his advisers are in the grip of “victory disease.”

Well-written analysis. "Highly effective military operations are taking place in a strategic vacuum."

The vaccum is Donald Trump. The lights are on but nobody is home.

@tveskov.com Did you design this one?

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And going back even further...

That's looking good and is definitely worth the effort. 😋

I've had some success myself...

'Scuola Grande de San Rocco' (1902–1904)

Nobody did watercolours
like John Singer Sargent.

I've been here before.