{"id":6739,"date":"2025-03-13T01:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6739"},"modified":"2025-04-10T01:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:16:14","slug":"unpacking-the-2025-false-ducks-new-years-day-video-ramble-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6739","title":{"rendered":"UNPACKING THE 2025 FALSE DUCKS NEW YEAR&#8217;S DAY VIDEO RAMBLE&#8230;FINALLY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have you finished fainting yet?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/scott031225.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6740 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/scott031225.jpg\" alt=\"Scott March 12, 2025\" width=\"181\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/scott031225.jpg 480w, http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/scott031225-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a>Yes, this is the day I finally begin to unpack the 2025 False Ducks New Year&#8217;s Day Video Ramble.\u00a0 I posted the video on January 1st of this year but was sidetracked a few times and didn&#8217;t get around to the unpacking.\u00a0 The unpacking is basically me explaining or detailing some of the things I mentioned in the video ramble.\u00a0 Normally I address the topics in the ramble in the following blahg but, as I said, I got distracted.\u00a0 First there was the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DARKWING DUCK AND THE NFT CASH GRAB&#8230;UNBOXING!<\/a>, and then there was the two part blahg series of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THIS IS 150ISH, PART ONE<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THIS IS 150ISH, PART TWO<\/a>.\u00a0 Those were written after I discovered that the &#8220;Darkwing Duck And The NFT Cash Grab&#8230;Unboxing!&#8221; was blahg number 150 and I always review the previous 50 blahgs in some sort of summary form.\u00a0 The &#8220;ish&#8221; is because &#8220;This Is 150ish, Part One&#8221; was actually number 151.\u00a0 Then there was the posting of a new short story in the blahg, <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE KEYS OF HIRAM CRENSHAW<\/a>.\u00a0 But, today&#8217;s the day, with no further excuses.\u00a0 Let the unpacking begin!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 First I should post the 2025 False Ducks New Year&#8217;s Day Video Ramble so you will know what I&#8217;m talking about.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s that video:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gLB-uOW_IM8?si=cA4ELHFtm3w-H4Lk\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">The first thing I&#8217;ll address is the reference to launching our Christmas Tree into the creek.\u00a0 This has become a tradition every year of me launching the tree and watching it float away or possibly me failing to get the tree to float away.\u00a0 In previous blahgs like <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=5384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOW WAS YOUR CHRISTMAS?<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAUNCHING AND RELAUNCHING<\/a>, I posted videos of me launching the tree.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s this year&#8217;s video.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t be confused because it says &#8220;2025 Christmas Tree Launch&#8221; but I&#8217;m actually launching our Christmas 2024 tree.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mUMgdaJjIS4?si=NWyqfBE7xPSB9nQ8\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Yes, it was an epic fail.\u00a0 I went back two weeks later and the tree was still there.\u00a0 I went down to the creek again this past weekend, the second weekend in March and the tree was still there.\u00a0 It was partially submerged and probably waterlogged.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if it will ever find its way downstream. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Update, April 9, 2025:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I went back down to the creek on March 17th and filmed the following video of the creek:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cD_vNZn3jYo?si=73rKMx8ecwUwKePY\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 I mentioned Jeanette&#8217;s health scare in this video.\u00a0 There are no pictures.\u00a0 Luckily, all was good.\u00a0 During a routine mammogram in November, they noted that one of Jeanette&#8217;s breasts was not the same size since the previous mammogram.\u00a0 This might have been the result of a mass or anything disastrous really.\u00a0 She didn&#8217;t have a follow-up appointment until January and the results were that there was nothing abnormal.\u00a0 We had to keep it from our kids over the holidays and stress and worry about it until the subsequent results gave us better news.\u00a0 Enough on that.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 Part of the ramble highlighted my accomplishment in reading all 30 of the Cool and Lam detective agency books by Erle Stanley Gardner.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what I said in my blahg last year after I had accomplished the task: <em>I finally finished all 30 Cool and Lam books. <a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71ADecT5OvL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71ADecT5OvL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a> In my previous blahg,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNPACKING THE 2024 FALSE DUCKS NEW YEAR&#8217;S DAY VIDEO RAMBLE.<\/a>, I detailed how I had about four to read.\u00a0 This is a detective series by Erle Stanley Gardner (creator of &#8220;Perry Mason&#8221;) using the pen name of A. A. Fair.\u00a0 There were 30 books and I finally finished &#8220;All Grass Isn&#8217;t Green&#8221; this past weekend.\u00a0 So that&#8217;s something off my to do list for 2024.&#8221;<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I haven&#8217;t set a goal of reading any more books in a series but I did decide to try and do something else monumental.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve read for years that 1939 was one of the greatest years for films.\u00a0 Just look at the list below of strong classic films from 1939:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gone with the Wind<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stagecoach<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Wizard of Oz<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wuthering Heights<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Goodbye, Mr. Chips<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ninotchka<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Destry Rides Again<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dark Victory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Young Mr. Lincoln<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Of Mice and Men<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Babes in Arms<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Beau Geste<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">That is just a sampling of 1939 films.\u00a0 I set a goal of watching as many films from 1939 that I possibly can.\u00a0 Some have had DVD releases and are already in my collection.\u00a0 Others can be viewed online but sometimes the prints are not great.\u00a0 I have a list of just over 400 films from 1939 and I&#8217;ve watched almost 50 films from that year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll update my progress and thoughts in a later blahg.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 Some of my ramble was dedicated to my writings.\u00a0 I published my book &#8220;Pippa&#8217;s Passing&#8221; last year and it can be purchased in paperback and kindle versions from Amazon:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Pippas-Passing-Scott-Henderson\/dp\/1738299120\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=U0H43M9PQB3&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tZB__wB1CglXGVRj0WczhXkKeBXVXCHKTAWgkJXR50ZwZk3lK82YLeGm-7ee9xQd97pxJaD4WBhUB92aoptxVbDllZrcrRUeg8KSgpi9RD6qPY0NqaFijKeb8KumYT_Lx_WX2xsbw1L5AbAhgHThgQpRGE5kZ78iFdgYRtBd8qwJep2U7Z3xMUrcodprgw6P.nmkJUbcZzavDFklC4MIUEO5lG0DNaQamgDkd76XPF4w&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=pippa%27s+passing&amp;qid=1741803229&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=pippa%27s+passing%2Cstripbooks%2C196&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Pippas-Passing-Scott-Henderson\/dp\/1738299120\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=U0H43M9PQB3&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tZB__wB1CglXGVRj0WczhXkKeBXVXCHKTAWgkJXR50ZwZk3lK82YLeGm-7ee9xQd97pxJaD4WBhUB92aoptxVbDllZrcrRUeg8KSgpi9RD6qPY0NqaFijKeb8KumYT_Lx_WX2xsbw1L5AbAhgHThgQpRGE5kZ78iFdgYRtBd8qwJep2U7Z3xMUrcodprgw6P.nmkJUbcZzavDFklC4MIUEO5lG0DNaQamgDkd76XPF4w&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=pippa%27s+passing&amp;qid=1741803229&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=pippa%27s+passing%2Cstripbooks%2C196&amp;sr=1-1<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I also mentioned the short stories I wrote last year.\u00a0 You can read them in the following blahgs:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE HOHNER COMET<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOW GRANDPA PUT DOWN THE ROBOT UPRISING.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEVEN FEET OF SNOW IN BUFFALO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE XMAS DIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I also said I wanted to do more writing this year.\u00a0 I started off this year with another short story that I published last month, <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE KEYS OF HIRAM CRENSHAW<\/a>.\u00a0 I hope to do even more writing.\u00a0 I have an idea for a story that I&#8217;m tentatively calling &#8220;Pocket Pal.&#8221;\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see if I get it written.\u00a0 I still have to complete &#8220;The Soda Machine&#8221; which I started writing about two years ago.\u00a0 It took me long enough to write this unpacking blahg as it is!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 Politics came up in my ramble.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know what to say.\u00a0 I&#8217;m completely disgusted with this topic.\u00a0 Our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau is stepping down in a few days and Mark Carney will be the new Prime Minister.\u00a0 That will follow with a Federal Election in about six weeks.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a wait and see what will happen.\u00a0 We had a Provincial election and nothing changed.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what I posted on my Facebook (which I don&#8217;t usually do so you know I was upset):\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd\" data-ad-rendering-role=\"story_message\">\n<div id=\"\u00abr91\u00bb\" class=\"x1iorvi4 xjkvuk6 x1ye3gou xn6708d\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>So the Ontario Progressive Conservatives won last week&#8217;s totally unnecessary election. Now, Doug Ford is going around saying he has the mandate from the Ontario voters to build a super tunnel under the 401 and an unnecessary bypass near Bradford Ontario. He&#8217;s saying he has a mandate to do all of the things he&#8217;s been talking about.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>Really? Let&#8217;s examine his so-called mandate. 42.97% of voters who turned out voted PC. That means 57.03% voted for anyone but the PC Party. Elections Ontario reports the unofficial provincial total is a 45.4% voter turnout rate, or about 5 million of the almost 11.1 million people eligible to vote in Ontario weighed in for the 2025 provincial general election. That means that less than half of eligible voters turned out and less than half of those voted for Doug Ford and the PC party.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>So Doug Ford thinks this gives him a mandate from the people. He wants to build a multi-billion dollar tunnel under the 401 and he thinks that we&#8217;ve given him a mandate. The numbers don&#8217;t add up Doug. And this guy wants us to trust he can handle the budget on a multi-billion dollar hole in the ground. If you can&#8217;t do basic math Doug then you shouldn&#8217;t be Premier.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/notmypremier?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZWY_hLFpiJxqrZtGDgvoLTg71voFWo4ZZ_9PGh3sBWI1XLLRQ-bdX33qGZDUF7z-eOt-zQ9l5t9I7-9bqTegOtTLbfnxWouw-A0DZ-ydZy3RUEcLPXdQxpp-kUoT-4XNbphaRZV_m5Zw0kMlKNB8hsW&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#notmypremier<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/whatanidiot?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZWY_hLFpiJxqrZtGDgvoLTg71voFWo4ZZ_9PGh3sBWI1XLLRQ-bdX33qGZDUF7z-eOt-zQ9l5t9I7-9bqTegOtTLbfnxWouw-A0DZ-ydZy3RUEcLPXdQxpp-kUoT-4XNbphaRZV_m5Zw0kMlKNB8hsW&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#whatanidiot<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/ihatehashtags?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZWY_hLFpiJxqrZtGDgvoLTg71voFWo4ZZ_9PGh3sBWI1XLLRQ-bdX33qGZDUF7z-eOt-zQ9l5t9I7-9bqTegOtTLbfnxWouw-A0DZ-ydZy3RUEcLPXdQxpp-kUoT-4XNbphaRZV_m5Zw0kMlKNB8hsW&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#ihatehashtags<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">Now, we have a tariff trade war going on with Donald Trump and <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/lowres.cartoonstock.com\/politics-cooler_head-prevailed-debate-debating-politicians-rken54_low.jpg\" width=\"263\" height=\"274\" \/>Doug Ford is trying to antagonize Trump with reciprocal tariffs and then backing off and saying &#8220;let cooler heads prevail.&#8221;\u00a0 The problem is that there are no cooler heads&#8230;just hot heads full of hot air.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 I won&#8217;t talk further about Charlie&#8217;s lost Christmas gift and how it was found by our cat Rogue.\u00a0 You can read about that in the <a href=\"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 FALSE DUCKS NEW YEAR&#8217;S DAY VIDEO RAMBLE<\/a> blahg.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve since mailed the missing gift back to Charlie.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft \" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81ohhROByXL._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"297\" \/>Speaking of Charlies, or in this case, Charley, I discovered the other day that a new Charley Chase DVD set was released last November called &#8220;Charley Chase At Hal Roach: The Late Silents (1927).&#8221;\u00a0 I&#8217;ve collected all of the other Charley Chase at Hal Roach studios DVDs and I had not known about this release.\u00a0 Check out the description:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Both Charley Chase and the Hal Roach Studios Golden Era was in the late 1920&#8217;s, and 1927 was the year Charley Chase was the Lot of Fun&#8217;s Number One star. His films from that period, directed by his Brother James Parrott and supervised by Leo McCarey, were not only some of his best but were some of the best silent comedies from the silent era. Most of these classic shorts have never been seen since their original release, and this set combines materials from film archives and private collections from around the world to bring these shorts together for the first time, all with wonderful accompaniment from Dr. Andrew Simpson, commentary tracks by noted Hal Roach Historian Richard M Roberts, and restoration by the experts at CineMuseum. Fifteen great comedy shorts like MANY SCRAPPY RETURNS, WHAT WOMEN DID FOR ME, THE WAY OF ALL PANTS, and US show Charley Chase as a comedy talent at the top of his game, with interesting co-stars like Lupe Velez, Jean Arthur and Eugene Pallette, as well as Hal Roach regulars like Anita Garvin, Charley Hall, Noah Young and even Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';\">I&#8217;ve only watched a handful but these are very funny shorts that I have never seen before.\u00a0 I wanted to add that information into this blahg because that mention of world politics is no laughing matter&#8230;at least this new Charley Chase set is.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s one of the videos on the set, &#8220;There Ain&#8217;t No Santa Claus.&#8221;\u00a0 Of course it&#8217;s not as good as the print on the DVD and the music is not as good as that scored to the films on the set.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcpofu_kMCo?si=6UUkQsCtAI_iT84K\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; 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