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Ich habe dieses Buch gekauft, weil Krimi-Königin Ingrid Noll Wolfgang ... sehr, daß wir die monatliche literarische Veranstaltung Vita Magica von Wolfgang Hampel bald einmal besuchen können.
we are working on Betty MacDonald fan club newsletter December.
We are going to introduce literary persons from Betty MacDonald's books and you can read their real life stories.
I guess my favourite book by Betty MacDonald is ' Onions in the Stew '.
You'll
be able to read all the background info about some of these very
colourful persons from ' Onions in the Stew ' and Betty MacDonald's
other books because of the outstanding research of Betty MacDonald fan
club research team and Anita and Eartha Kitt II.
Not only Dorita Hess or the Kettles!
There are many more treasure stories to tell.
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our information on our updated Betty MacDonald biography and new audio
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These new Betty MacDonald fan club items will be available in 2017.
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Thank you so much for sharing this witty memories with us.
Wolfgang Hampel's literary event Vita Magica
is very fascinating because he is going to include Betty MacDonald,
other members of the Bard family and Betty MacDonald fan club honor
members.
I agree with Betty in this very witty Betty MacDonald story Betty MacDonald: Nothing more to say by Wolfgang Hampel.
I
can't imagine to live in a country with him as so-called elected
President although there are very good reasons to remain there to fight
against these brainless politics.
Lately,
it appears Trump has gone back into the field to drag in a whole new
bunch of State contenders.
My favorite is Representative Dana
Rohrabacher of California, a person you have probably never heard of
even though he’s been in Congress since the 1980s and is currently head
of the prestigious Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats.
Don't miss the very interesting articles below, please.
The most difficult case in Mrs.Piggle-Wiggle's career
Hello 'Pussy', this is Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.
You
took calls from foreign leaders on unsecured phone lines, without
consultung the State Department. We have to change your silly behaviour
with a new Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle cure. I know you are the most difficult
case in my career - but we have to try everything.......................
Betty MacDonald was sitting on her egg-shaped cloud and listened to a rather strange guy.
He said to his friends: So sorry to keep you waiting. Very complicated business! Very complicated!
Betty said: Obviously much too complicated for you old toupee!
Besides him ( by the way the First Lady's place ) his 10 year old son was bored to death and listened to this 'exciting' victory speech.
The old man could be his great-grandfather.
The
boy was very tired and thought: I don't know what this old guy is
talking about. Come on and finish it, please. I'd like to go to bed. Dear 'great-grandfather' continued and praised the Democratic candidate.
He always called her the most corrupt person ever and repeated it over and over again in the fashion of a Tibetan prayer wheel.
She is so corrupt. She is so corrupt. Do you know how corrupt she is?
Betty MacDonald couldn't believe it when he said: She
has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time, and we
owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.
Afterwards old toupee praised his parents, wife, children, siblings and friends.
He asked the same question like a parrot all the time: Where are you? Where are you? Where are you? I know you are here!
Betty MacDonald answered: No Pussy they are not! They left the country.
They immigrated to Canada
because they are very much afraid of the future in the U.S.A. with you
as their leader like the majority of all so-called more or less normal
citizens.
This
is incredible! I'll You get what you pay/vote for and Trump is the
epitome of this ideology. America I won't feel bad for you because you
don't need my sympathy for what's coming but I am genuinely scared for
you. 'Forgive them lord for they know not who they do' or maybe they do
but just don't care about their future generations who will suffer for
this long after the culprits have passed away.
Wise guy, North Pole, Svalbard And Jan Mayen, 9 minutes ago
Is the USA like North Korea where you can't trust other politicians?
That's it.
Put Ivanka in! Put Ivanka in! Put my whole family and friends in! ' What about Putin?
Or the leaders from China and North Korea?
Wouldn't it be a great idea to put them in too?
What about very intelligent and qualified Sarah Palin?
In 2006, Palin obtained a passport[88] and in 2007 traveled for the first time outside of North America on a trip to Kuwait. There she visited the Khabari Alawazem Crossing at the Kuwait–Iraq border and met with members of the Alaska National Guard at several bases.[89] On her return journey she visited injured soldiers in Germany.[90] That's the reason why very intelligent and brilliant Sarah Palin knows the World very well. Sarah and ' Pussygate ' will rule America and the World - what a couple.
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The series premiered on September 3,
1951, the same day as "Search for Tomorrow," and ended on August 1,
1952.
Although it did well in the ratings, it had difficulty
attracting a steady sponsor. This episode features Betty Lynn (later
known for her work on "The Andy Griffith Show") as Betty MacDonald, John
Craven as Bob MacDonald, Doris Rich as Ma Kettle, and Frank Twedell as
Pa Kettle.
Betty MacDonald fan club exhibition will be fascinating with the international book editions and letters by Betty MacDonald. I can't wait to see the new Betty MacDonald documentary.
James “Mad Dog” Mattis at a rally for Donald Trump in North Carolina on Tuesday.Credit
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
What
do you think the theme for Donald Trump’s appointments has been so far?
Generals, generals, generals? Climate change deniers, climate change
deniers?
Those seem to be the leading contenders, although there’s always the ever-popular Give Chris Christie a job. While
still cooling his heels as governor of New Jersey, Christie made
history when a recent Quinnipiac poll showed him with a 77 percent job
disapproval rating. None of his predecessors had managed such a feat. We
knew he had it in him.
When
I want to be cheered up, I always think about Christie, who’s currently
lobbying for head of the Republican National Committee. (Next week, the
Surface Transportation Board.)
On
the downside, we had the heartbreaking saga of Al Gore, who happily
emerged from a meeting with Trump this week, telling reporters about the
“lengthy and very productive session” he’d had with the president-elect
on climate change. It was, Gore added hopefully, a conversation that
was likely “to be continued.”
Then
Trump turned around and named Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of
Oklahoma, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. From Gore’s
perspective, this would be like the judge in a divorce case naming the
aggrieved husband as marriage counselor.
Pruitt
is best pals with the oil and gas industry, and he knows the E.P.A.
mainly as an entity to be sued. Under his watchful eye, his state has
allowed so much natural gas fracking that Oklahoma now has way more
earthquakes than sunrises.
Why
do you think Trump went to so much trouble to set Gore up for
heartbreak? The most likely answer is that he was only pretending to
listen to what Gore was saying about climate change, while he waited for
the chance to break in and talk about how tremendous, enormous,
historic and stupendous his election victory was. This seems to happen a
lot.
Also,
it’s perfectly possible that by the time Trump sat down with Gore, he
no longer remembered who he was appointing to the E.P.A. Perhaps he
didn’t remember that Gore cared about the environment. The key to this
man’s success, you understand, is failure to recall anything that happened before his most recent meal.
The
selection of a Trump administration has been sort of mesmerizing in its
own awful way. Ben Carson will be running Housing and Urban Development
— Ben Carson, whose associate recently said
he wouldn’t be taking any cabinet job because “he’s never run a federal
agency. The last thing he would want to do was take a position that
could cripple the presidency.”
And
our new national security adviser is going to be Michael Flynn, a very
creepy retired general whose son/former chief of staff has been
promoting stupendously false stories about Hillary Clinton’s involvement
in a child sex ring at a pizza restaurant.
Trump
says he’s discussed his talent hunt with President Obama, who thinks
“very highly” of some of the people on his list. Who do you think they
are? Probably not the general with the son who tweets about Democratic
child abuse. Maybe retired Gen. James Mattis, who Trump wants to make
secretary of defense? Mattis is a pretty popular choice, possibly
because his nickname is “Mad Dog.”
Do you think if Governor Christie had a nickname, it would help his chances? What about “Growling Gerbil”?
And
then there’s secretary of state. Trump seems to be looking at nine
million possibilities. By next week you may be in the mix. Think about
it. You’re far better qualified than Rudy “Rabid Rabbit” Giuliani. And
unlike David Petraeus, I’ll bet you are not currently serving out
probation after pleading guilty to sharing highly classified government
information with a lover.
Lately,
it appears Trump has gone back into the field to drag in a whole new
bunch of State contenders. My favorite is Representative Dana
Rohrabacher of California, a person you have probably never heard of
even though he’s been in Congress since the 1980s and is currently head
of the prestigious Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats.
Rohrabacher
is also a surfer and former folk singer who once claimed global warming
might be connected to “dinosaur flatulence.” He’s told transition
officials that if he gets the nod, he’ll make the terrifying John Bolton
his deputy, so the nation can get a crazy warmonger plus a guy who
knows how to play old Kingston Trio music.
Also
in the running: Rex Tillerson, the C.E.O. of ExxonMobil. Unlike
Representative Rohrabacher, Tillerson seems to believe that human beings
have had an impact on the climate; he just doesn’t care. (“What good is
it to save the planet if humanity suffers?”)
Another
name being bandied around is Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West
Virginia, who first ran for the Senate with a famous ad in which he shot
a hole in federal environmental legislation.
Do
you see a pattern here? Apparently the next secretary of state will be
somebody who likes smog. Perhaps this is an opening for Chris Christie.
New Jersey has had a lot of environmental problems. Maybe he could
invite Trump to a football game for some bonding. They could talk
foreign affairs, and then pollute something on the way home.
Morning Wonkers! Here’s some of the things we might be talking about and ‘splainering today!
Donald Trump got into a predictable Twitter war last night
with the president of the union local at Carrier’s Indianapolis plant,
after Local 1999 president Chuck Jones called Trump a liar on several
different teevee shows. And really, it’s not like Trump has anything
more important to do after he skips intel briefings while Pence picks
his cabinet.
So,
Time magazine, ever in search of buzz, this week named Donald Trump
Person of the Year. But they did so with a headline that read,
“President of the Divided States of America.”
The demi-fascist of Fifth Avenue wasn’t flattered by that wording.
In an interview with the “Today” show,
Trump huffed, “When you say divided states of America, I didn’t divide
them. They’re divided now.” He added later, “I think putting divided is
snarky, but again, it’s divided. I’m not president yet. So I didn’t do
anything to divide.”
Donald,
thy name is division. You and your campaign of toxicity and intolerance
have not only divided this country but also ripped it to tatters.
This
comports with an extremely disturbing tendency of Trump’s: Denying
responsibility for things of which he is fully culpable, while claiming
full praise for things in which he was only partly involved.
As my mother used to say: Don’t try to throw a rock and hide your hand. Own your odiousness.
But
Trump delivered the lie with an ease and innocuousness that bespoke a
childish innocence and naïveté. In fact, his words disguised cold
calculation.
That is the thing about demagogy: It can be charming, even dazzling, and that is what makes it all the more dangerous.
Demagogues
can flatter and whisper and chuckle. They can remind us of the good in
the world because they have an acute awareness of the ways of the world.
They can also love and be loved. They can reflect our own humanity
because they are human, but their ambitions do not bend toward the good.
Their ultimate end is distraction, which allows domination, which leads to destruction.
Trump is running two post-campaign campaigns: one high and one low, one of frivolity and one of enormous consequence.
One
is a campaign of bread and circuses — tweets, rallies, bombast about
random issues of the moment, all meant to distract and excite — and the
other is the constant assemblage of a cabinet full of fat cats and “mad
dog” generals, a virtual aviary of vultures and hawks.
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On Wednesday, The New York Times
reported that Trump had “settled on Gen. John F. Kelly, a retired
four-star Marine general whose son was killed in combat in Afghanistan,
as his choice for secretary of Homeland Security.”
They
also pointed out that Kelly had “dismissed one argument cited by those
who advocate closing the military prison at Guantánamo, saying it had
not proved to be an inspiration for militants.” The prison fell under
his command.
Make
no mistake: the prison at Guantánamo is one of the most glaring and
enduring moral blights remaining from our humanitarianism-be-damned
reaction to the attacks of 9/11.
“This
morning, I watched President Obama talking about Gitmo, right,
Guantánamo Bay, which by the way, which by the way, we are keeping open.
Which we are keeping open ... and we’re gonna load it up with some bad
dudes, believe me, we’re gonna load it up.”
The Times also said that Kelly “questioned the Obama administration’s plans to open all combat jobs to women, saying the military would have to lower its physical standards to bring women into some roles.”
This is disturbing, but Kelly isn’t the only one of Trump’s military picks who has a disturbing attitude toward women.
Last month, The Daily Beast
reported that the office of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump’s pick for
national security adviser, “told women to wear makeup, heels, and
skirts.” These directives to women were presented in a “January 2013
presentation, entitled ‘Dress for Success,’” which was obtained by a
Freedom of Information request by MuckRock.
The presentation reportedly made sweeping patriarchal declarations —
“makeup helps women look more attractive” — and gave granular detail —
“Wear just enough to accentuate your features.” According to the
presentation, “Do not advocate the ‘Plain Jane’ look.”
So,
in other words, while G.I. Joe is in camouflage, G.I. Jane should be in
concealer. Got it. Indeed, on Wednesday, my colleague Susan Chira pondered in these pages:
“Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Anti-Woman?” She went through a litany of
anti-woman positions taken and policies advanced by Trump appointees,
leaving this reader with the clear conclusion that yes, it is. She
closed with this: “One of the few bright spots that women’s advocates
see in a Trump administration are proposals championed by Ivanka Trump
to require paid maternity leave and offer expanded tax credits for child
care.” But, as she notes, there is legitimate criticism that even that
is patriarchal because it doesn’t cover paternal leave.
The
question hanging in the air, the issue that we must vigilantly monitor,
is whether the emerging shoots of egalitarianism in this country will
be stomped out by the jackboot of revitalized authoritarianism.
I
feel like America is being flashed by a giant neuralyzer, à la “Men In
Black.” We are in danger of forgetting what has happened and losing
sight, in the fog of confusion and concealment, of the profundity of the
menace taking shape right before us.
That
is our challenge: To see clearly what this deceiver wants to obscure;
to be resolute about that to which he wants us to be resigned; to
understand that Time’s man of the year is, by words and deeds, more of a
madman of the year.
Russians flock to U.S. real estate after Trump victory
by Ivana Kottasova @ivanakottasova December 8, 2016: 6:40 AM ET
What's next for US and Russia?
Wealthy Russians are looking to spend big on U.S. real estate in the wake of Donald Trump's election victory.
The number of Russians who have expressed interest in buying luxury
properties in the U.S. has spiked by 35% over the previous year
following the billionaire's win, according to global real estate
consultancy Knight Frank. Knight Frank said Russians are interested in
vacation homes as well as investment properties. Nearly all are looking
to spend between $500,000 and $5 million on a residential property,
while 10% are hoping to buy commercial real estate.
The two most popular destinations are New York City and Miami.
"Many of our customers are going go to the Art Basel Miami Beach
exhibition and will see real estate there," said Marina Kuzmina, head of
international sales at Knight Frank Russia. "A few customers are
interested in the opportunity to buy property in development projects of
Donald Trump, and we have received requests from U.S. developers
wishing to cooperate with Russia." Some investors see
Trump's election as a sign that relations between Russia and the West
may soon improve. Trump has praised Vladimir Putin as a strong leader,
and the Russian president has made clear that he preferred Trump over
his rival Hillary Clinton. Related: Russian investors cheer Donald Trump's election Russian purchases of U.S. property accounted for roughly 15% of Knight Frank's international sales as recently as 2014.
Some of the Russian purchases were extraordinary. Ekaterina
Rybolovleva, the daughter of billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, made
headlines in 2011 when she purchased the then most expensive apartment
in Manhattan. The Central Park West condo was bought by a trust under
the name of the then 22-year old for $88 million. Rybolovlev himself bought a $95 million beachfront estate in Palm Beach, Florida in 2008. The seller? Donald Trump. But demand fell of the cliff after
western countries imposed sanctions on Russia over its involvement in
the crisis in Ukraine. The sanctions, coupled with falling oil prices, put a huge strain on Russia's economy and sent the ruble plummeting. Now, Russian buyers appear to have returned with force.
CNNMoney (London) First published December 8, 2016: 6:40 AM ET
Mr.
Tigerli in China Copyright 2016 by Letizia Mancino translation by Mary Holmes All rights reserved
Yes Betty, either or it seems he wanted to fly only with
Singapore Airways.
Boeing or Airbus, it’s just the same
isn’t it? Aren’t they both just fat birds with 500 passengers?
Yes, but Singapore Airlines has the
most beautiful airhostesses: delicate, fine, graceful…Mr. Tigerli had looked forward to the flight
so much!
So the little man was disappointed?
You just can’t imagine how disappointed
he was.
But thank God one of the hostesses was a
pretty Chinese girl. Mr. Tigerli purred loudly but she didn’t hear him because
the purring of the Airbus 380 was even louder.
The poor cat!
You’ve said it Betty. Mr. Tigerli was
in a very bad mood and asked me for a loud speaker.
I’m sure you can get one in 1st
Class.
“”Russian Girl” had even heard you over
the roar of the Niagara Falls” I said to Mr. Tigerli. “You are a very
unfaithful cat. You wanted to get to know Asiatic girls. That’s how it is when
one leaves one’s first love”.
And what did he say to that?
“Men are hunters” was his answer.
Yes, my dear cat, a mouse hunter. And
what else did he say?
Not another word. He behaved as if he
hadn’t heard me.
The Airbus is very loud.
I told him shortly “Don’t trouble
yourself about “Chinese Girl”. There will be enough even prettier girls in
China. Wait till we land in Guilin”.
Did he understand you?
Naturally Mr. Tigerli understood me
immediately. Yes, sweetheart, don’t worry. They will find you something sweet
to eat.
And he?
He was so happy.
No problem going through the immigration
control?
Naturally!Lots of problems. How could I explain to
customs that the cat had come as a tourist to China to buy shoes?
Fur in exchange for shoes…
Don’t be so cynical Betty!
Cat meat in exchange for shoes?
I said to the officials. He isn’t a cat, he is Casanova.
Betty MacDonald Fan Club, founded by Wolfgang Hampel, has members in 40 countries.
Wolfgang Hampel, author of Betty MacDonald biography interviewed Betty MacDonald's family and friends. His Interviews have been published on CD and DVD by Betty MacDonald Fan Club. If you are interested in the Betty MacDonald Biography or the Betty MacDonald Interviews send us a mail, please.
Several original Interviews with Betty MacDonald are available.
We are also organizing international Betty MacDonald Fan Club Events for example, Betty MacDonald Fan Club Eurovision Song Contest Meetings in Oslo and Düsseldorf, Royal Wedding Betty MacDonald Fan Club Event in Stockholm and Betty MacDonald Fan Club Fifa Worldcup Conferences in South Africa and Germany.
Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honour Members are Monica Sone, author of Nisei Daughter and described as Kimi in Betty MacDonald's The Plague and I, Betty MacDonald's nephew, artist and writer Darsie Beck, Betty MacDonald fans and beloved authors and artists Gwen Grant, Letizia Mancino, Perry Woodfin, Traci Tyne Hilton, Tatjana Geßler, music producer Bernd Kunze, musician Thomas Bödigheimer, translater Mary Holmes and Mr. Tigerli.
