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Hey Vince, how are you?

HAD AN APPEARANCE LAST NIGHT.

Yes? What you saw?

In American English an "appearance" can be an apparition. However, the term is also used to mean the paid or unpaid request for a knowledgeable or talented person to show up or appear for commercial or media production... i.e. like making a "guest appearance," "court appearance," or putting in a "brief appearance," which is the act of being present. (Nell'inglese americano, "appearance" può significare "apparizione". Tuttavia, il termine viene anche usato per indicare la richiesta, retribuita o non retribuita, a una persona competente o di talento di presentarsi o apparire per una produzione commerciale o mediatica... ad esempio, fare un'apparizione come ospite, un'apparizione in tribunale o una breve apparizione, che è l'atto di essere presente.)

Tell me more about this appearance of yours
If you want

This is an incredibly special program, our 161 st Politics with a Punch Show since our
inception in 2002. As usual, we will have many important, interesting, and crazy topics to
discuss. Since we live in Louisiana, we should expect no less.
Tonight, the doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and the event begins at 7:30 p.m. The
restaurant offers dinner and drinks, so please come early, and socialize. We expect the
show to last approximately 90 minutes. I will serve as the emcee and the panelists are:

 Kim Chatelain, Jefferson Parish Inspector General
 Alden Hagardorn, Actor, Entertainer, Tour de Force of Revelry
 Norman Robinson, Broadcast Veteran; Local TV Reporter & Anchor
 Hon. Tim Temple, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance
 Vince Vance, NOLA Music Icon; LA Music Hall of Fame; Bandleader
 Mike Weinberger, Founder, Home Defense Foundation
 John Young, Candidate, Public Service Commission; Former JP President

You're charismatic Vince ❤️

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you—Nobody—too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! they'd advertise—you know!
How dreary—to be—Somebody!
How public—like a Frog—
To tell one's name—the livelong June—
To an admiring Bog!" -Emily Dickinson (my favorite American poet.)
[Emily didn't write the "Divino Comedia" like Dante, but I like her] writings]

("Io non sono nessuno! Tu chi sei?
Anche tu sei nessuno?
Allora siamo in due!
Non dirlo a nessuno! Lo pubblicizzerebbero, lo sai!
Che tristezza essere qualcuno!
Come pubblicare, come una rana,
Raccontare il proprio nome, per tutta la lunga giugno,
A una palude ammirata!" - Emily Dickinson (la mia poetessa americana preferita).
[Emily non ha scritto la "Divino Commedia" come Dante, ma mi piacciono i suoi scritti])

My Dante Alighieri was Florentine. I always admire him, I used to study his works with a lot of passion. My English teacher Jonathan Frank let us study English literature too tho, I loved your Emily Dickinson too!

My favorite Emily Dickinson poem is:

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

Explanation: "Hope is the thing with feathers" is a famous poem by Emily Dickinson that uses the metaphor of a bird to describe hope as a resilient, internal force that sings without words, perches in the soul, and offers comfort in the worst storms without ever asking for anything in return. The poem emphasizes hope's persistence, noting it's heard in the "chillest land" and "strangest sea," and that it never asks for a "crumb" from the speaker.

La speranza è quella cosa con le piume" è una celebre poesia di Emily Dickinson che usa la metafora di un uccello per descrivere la speranza come una forza interiore e resiliente che canta senza parole, si posa nell'anima e offre conforto nelle tempeste più violente senza mai chiedere nulla in cambio. La poesia sottolinea la persistenza della speranza, notando che si può udire nella "terra più gelida" e nel "mare più strano", e che non chiede mai una "briciola" a chi la pronuncia.

Politics with a Punch is a "LIVE" discussion panel of political people. Though I am not a politician, I was added to this panel of dignitaries because I am New Orleans icon, a funny comedian (to add humor) and, more importantly, my song from 1980, "Bomb Iran" is trending at number one again again. (Politics with a Punch è un dibattito "DAL VIVO" tra personalità politiche. Pur non essendo un politico, sono stato inserito in questo gruppo di illustri ospiti perché sono un'icona di New Orleans, un comico divertente (per aggiungere un tocco di umorismo) e, soprattutto, perché la mia canzone del 1980, "Bomb Iran", è di nuovo al primo posto in classifica.)

Number 1? Again?

Try number 101. In 1980.

Il numero 1? Di nuovo?

Prova il numero 101. Nel 1980.

He's him?

Yeah, that's him trying imitate Little Richard who was trying to imitate Esquerita

But.. but you just told me i wasn't able to understand english...

That's your comment to me, not mine to you.
I'm not talking about what I told you, I'm talking about what you told me right there.

I'm graduated since 2021. I'm pretty good at English. But if someone like Vince uses the translate, Even much better for me... Cause i'm always Italian after all...

Interesting. Btw I love when he writes in Italian, I mean I studied English and I can speak it, but sometimes i still have some difficulties with it

He's not writing in Italian.

He takes his comment and put it puts it through Google Translate, from English to Italian, just like I did. Then he copypastes it here..

Non sta scrivendo in italiano.

Prende il suo commento e lo passa su Google Translate, dall'inglese all'italiano, proprio come ho fatto io. Poi lo copia e incolla qui.

Wait, wasn't there a comment you made earlier today about how superb your English was, which makes you what and me what again?

3 days ago you said you studied Spanish, and you hated your Spanish teacher and your Spanish still isn't good. Which is odd because basically Spanish and Italian are just dialects of each other. Mucho becomes mutto, soy becomes sono, montaña becomes montagna... and you're set to go.

This morning you were an expert in English, but now because somebody is using Google Translate, you're not such an expert anymore.

Then, of course, later you'll be trying to message me that yeah, you know he's faking it, but you were just playing along for fun.

Honestly i think Cody agreed with you cause maybe he hope to obtain your forgiveness. I'm not really sure what game he's playing...

Cody is like you, he goes with the wind. One comment he's trying to butter me up, next comment, he's on a meme with you both trying to say negative things about me, also after you said something nice to me.

Told you, I don't like the guy. That's why. He's not himself, all he does is shadow other people.

Two-faced people show different sides to different people to gain their acceptance. When I look at them I see no side that I like. I just see a phony, a faker, a hypocrite. Just like the American Rock star here traveling the world with his number one hit, none of which you or anybody else on the planet has ever heard of.

His username will do. You complain about me saying talking about what you told me while you go around the whole site telling everybody about what you've have imagined I said, and here you are using a name that's not for you to use here.

No, Cody and him are two different people. Cody likes talking to them because he thinks on their level. That's who he relates to. That's why he lashes out at them, because he sees them doing it to each other and he thinks that's appropriate.

Since what you said about Hannibal echoes what you said about other people, it makes it suspect what youve say about him, how accurate it is, or how much is just simply your fantasy.

I understand that. I told you that it is unnecessary to give out his name, there is no call for it. He has a username, like everyone else on this site. That username will suffice. You need to understand that people have a right to privacy. Or did you forget your last conversation with him here, bringing up personal aspects of his life that was nobody else's business?

And then you wonder why he disappeared without saying anything to you.

Cody's username was Cody, with his last name added as well. That's the name he went by for years. Not only that, he used his real pictures as templates. His real pictures. If you ever saw him, you would understand what I said about kids and his mental level in case you haven't noticed from what he says.

Cody did not act like Hannibal. I may not like the guy, heck, I don't like either one of them. But the advice he gave out was different from Hannibal's. In fact it is the one thing that Cody wasn't so bad at, he actually seemed more mature when advising people. Usually.

You have a bad habit of mischaracterizing people and lumping them with others that you have issues with. This after first being friendly with them and praising them for an extended period. For crying out loud, you have your pal Eros lumped with Epstein and thus Jeffrey Dahmer and from that to Freddy Krueger or something. It makes no sense.

I'm sorry to saying this, cause I used to support him, but you're totally right. He acted the same during Hannibal times, one time he agreed with me, other time he agreed with him

No one is obligated to agree with you 100% of the time just because they agree with you some of the times.

I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about trying to buddy up with me and then a minute later chatting with you about what a horrible individual I am and how he's going to get me for you.

He's been going to come get me since 2019. He literally said he was going to come out here and shoot me then, multiple times.

I'm still waiting for him to arrive.

You asked me about him getting IP banned last year. Did you check into it?

Have you ever bothered looking at his memes? You went 7 years deep into my memes, 7 years just to find one. All you have to do is just go 7 pages of his to see him bullying children, threatening to get them banned from here. Children.

And as you can see on the comments, they don't like him. That's why he stopped doing it, and doesn't post that anymore. He said a few weeks ago he turned 48, and he's picking on children on a middle school stream. A middle-aged man, bothering children. On a kiddie stream. And he calls himself a flame war vet because that's what he does. Attacks children. He's a flame war vet because he thinks he's having flame wars with children that are one quarter his age. One quarter. Big man attacking children that are too young to be his own children.

Let that sink in.

He doesn't want my forgiveness, he wants me to like what he did so that I could team up with him and fight his 'flame wars' for him the way I used to smash folks in those years.

I don't know if you had watched The Walking Dead, the episode where Negan got out from his jail cell, and some younger guy was following him in the distance. And then Negan befriended a mother and her son, only for the younger guy to kill them both because he was trying to impress Negan because he thought Negan was testing him after Negan told him to get the hell away from him. Negan then smashed him upside his head with a rock.

That's Cody, he's that younger guy. He thinks I'm Negan, and he thinks by doing bad things to other people, I'm going to like him. I am not Negan, and obviously not even Negan would like him for doing that to other people.

I defended innocent members against others who tried to pester them. That was the purpose of that account that I was using then, the reason why I created it. Cody somehow thought it was the reverse, that the purpose of that account was to abuse others for no reason. That's why he wants to be friends with me

I hated Spanish cause my teacher didn't focused on the grammar, but on the literature, that's useless if you want to travel...

I know we never met, I know we are just two strangers who talk on the internet, but why i feel this pain when we argue..? What it could be for you..?

Because you like it and want it.

It has occurred to me that all the fellas you keep getting hyper-fixated on happen to be fellas who tell you to step off when you start getting too attached. It's like what you said about Cody in the beginning of the week. Same with Diogenisiswhatever, Vince... You got them. No challenge. You want a friend, they'll be your friend. That's it.

The ones that start getting uncomfortable and say, "Sorry, not interested, I only like women" are the ones you get hung up on. Then you try to get your hooks in, and progress from there. And the more they try to push you away, the more it makes you even try harder to get your hooks in them.

Hannibal didn't pull a game on you and then tell you he was married, he told her he was married to give you the hint that he wasn't available. And before you start saying, well I haven't seen your conversations, I did. When you start using the same lines on me that you accused him of. That's when I also told you to shove off because I was not interested. That's when you became fixated on me just like with these other guys. You also pulled the same thing on Eros Luxor. And when he also told you to step off, you stepped on.

Meanwhile, the OP, as you pointed out, is accommodating. He's very accommodating. That leaves no challenge for you. That leaves no antagonism for you to feed off of.

You like the pain. An extreme emotion, even a negative one, feels better than a minimal one to some folks. Just being kind and respectful to you is boring. You crave the drama. You crave the antagonism. You crave the pain.

My parents told me a lot of times the same things you're telling me now, that i seek trouble

Gee, I wonder why.

I have a saying, "The best way to avoid trouble, is to avoid trouble"

If i only could travel back in time and avoid these things... 💔

No, you don't, you seek them out. You like the drama.

Can't believe I met a popular bodybuilder called Eros, took a photo with my italian entrepreneur Fabrizio Corona and now talking with a popular American singer now.

It seems these years are my luckiest ones! I'm glad to have you as a friend Vince! ❤️

He's not a popular American singer.

His claim to fame is suing Mariah Carey for having a big hit Christmas song with the same title as a song he had. You should look up his version on YouTube, the comments are hilarious. See, he made a video for it, but he didn't find the singer for his own song pretty enough, so he got some low budget model to do it. So there are comments poking at that and whom he should have replaced rather than her, they are a doozy.

Also his version (there are others) of "Bomb Iran", never even cracked the top 100, let alone made it remotely near number one. Not in 1980, not now.

But is this user actually him?

Yes, he's him, he's just not popular.

His group is a novelty act, a lounge band. They take popular songs and do funny versions of them at bars, hotel restaurants... small places like that. They also play other people's hits. So it's like a karaoke band.

So yeah, if you're in his hometown, you might catch him playing at a Holiday Inn.
But go to another state, nobody's ever heard of him.

Sì, è proprio lui; semplicemente, non è famoso.

Il suo gruppo è una sorta di attrazione curiosa, una *lounge band*. Prendono canzoni popolari e ne propongono versioni divertenti nei bar, nei ristoranti degli hotel... in locali piccoli di quel genere. Suonano anche le hit di altri artisti. Insomma, è un po' come una *karaoke band*.

Quindi sì: se ti trovi nella sua città natale, potresti beccarlo a suonare in un Holiday Inn.
Ma se vai in un altro Stato, nessuno ha mai sentito parlare di lui.

See, I can use Google Translate English to Italian also.

Vedi? Posso usare Google Translate dall'inglese all'italiano anch'io.

I think everytime he tries to help me understanding better what he wants to say. I actually love when he does that so i don't have to rack my brains lol

I really shouldn't even have bothered, because this is how you get hooked on people. You fall for their lines, and then you get upset when it turns out to to not be true.

Quite frankly with the stuff he's laying out here, yes, he very much should get what he's asking for.

I'm literally doing both of yous a favor from saving you from each other. I should just let this go and let you both do your thing. He's asking for it, and so are you, and here I am laying out the truth to you for some unknown reason.

Of course, I never learn you either. Once again I'm setting myself up to get the heat from this one when you come to me saying how you should have listened to me. Yet again.

It's just that I don't like fakers.

Thanks for trying to help me this time. But after all the things that happened, it could be Richard Gere in person. I prefer to not got fond of anyone in general...

Thank you for trying to help me this time Modda.

I am more lucky to have met you, my friend, Luca. Did you say you were from Napoli? (Sono più fortunato ad averti incontrato, amico mio Luca. Hai detto che sei di Napoli?)

I'm from Palermo, do you ever visited Palermo? 😊 ❤️

Duh...! Of course, its been nearly 30 years and when I was a music teacher I had a student named "David Palermo." I performed at a USA Naval base in Sicilia... perhaps it was in Palermo. All I remember is was there really was a Corleone, Sicilia. I remember always eating calamari We were served our salad last. I drank a drink called limoncello. I was a bit distracted. I had a hot blond with me named Janet.

Ovvio...! Certo, sono passati quasi 30 anni e quando insegnavo musica avevo uno studente di nome "David Palermo". Mi sono esibito in una base navale americana in Sicilia... forse era a Palermo. Tutto quello che ricordo è che c'era davvero una Corleone, in Sicilia. Ricordo che mangiavamo sempre calamari. L'insalata ci veniva servita per ultima. Ho bevuto un drink chiamato limoncello. Ero un po' distratto. Avevo con me una bionda sexy di nome Janet.

Wow, Vince, thanks for telling me!! Btw i'm 24, maybe like that your student back then lol! I'm glad you liked Limoncello, is our Italian specialty especially during holidays, on 2024 during Christmas Eve I drank a lot of Limoncello, i absolute lovely it!!

I visited many places on tour with my band, but sadly not Palermo. Napoli, La Maddalena (island), Sicilia, Pompeii... a few more. I hope one day to visit Palermo, but also Florence, Rome and Venice.

Palermo is on Sicilia (Sicily)

What? No!! I'm from Palermo