Meh, Pedro Pascal performing sex acts during live interviews seems par for the course with him. I just don’t care to hear later, when his movies continue to flop and his costars no longer want to be associated with him, “it was an open secret in Hollywood that Pedro Pascal sexually harassed his costars”. Yeah, we see it now and none of them are calling out the behavior, and the consumers that do call it out now are called bigots.
I was reading about the shock in the AP when they discovered anyone can own a flintlock or musket- without a permit or background check. Totally 100% legal. And- they even stated that such weapons can KILL! Duh.
And- anyone can own a cannon. (Even a modern one.) They're not regulated in the least. Getting ammo for a modern cannon would be difficult.
What the articles I was reading didn't mention- it's 100% legal to own a Gatling gun. A gatling gun's rate of fire can eat up ammo faster than most modern fully automatic weapons in full auto mode.
And the ban on machine guns, well, they were absolutely legal one day, and could be ordered and delivered through the mail, and illegal the next. Seems that sudden banning would violate Bruen. A one day turnaround from legal to illegal?
But then, I'm aware that the militia is everyone. All of us. Within a certain age range, and in dire straits, even us old people. Which means, if called out, we should be ready with our own weapons- equivalent to what a properly equipped infantryman would carry. A select fire weapon with a large capacity magazine. Along with any preferred personal arms.
I liked the kiss. It was a silly follow-up on the Fallon/Colbert kiss a few nights before. Latin men kiss each other all the time anyway. I'd rather Colbert spent the whole show swapping tonsils with his guests. That would keep him from using his mouth to spout leftie agitprop. CC, JSM
I saw Clarence Carter live about 25 years ago. I had not known he was blind. As part of his between-song patter, he told a tale of how a fangirl took him home after a show, and in her joyful cries she said "Yes, Ray Charles! Yes!" And of course he went along with it. CC, JSM
Some of my ACWABAWS friends complained about restrictions on their replica pieces, but I think the participants in reenactments are aging out and any issues will be moot soon enough.
Back in the '90s the Missippi National Guard held an open house weekend at Camp McCain. Along with the cool modern weaponry on display, they held a live fire competition for ACWABAWS artillery.
It was awesome--the six- and twelve-pounders and howitzers really put on a show; round shot tearing through the scrubby woodland made a distinctly metallic sound--maybe because the trees were already full of iron?
What is it with straight men kissing? Are we supposed to be impressed by their avant garde boundary-pushing? Oooh! I’m not, in case anyone’s asking. All this talk of being true to yourself should be more than lip service.
The people turning our culture into a cesspit need to be destroyed and humiliated publicly.
I am tired of shitheads ruining movies and francises that I like. Disney bought Star Wars and destroyed it. It was part of the fabric of our culture. They did this cynically and with evil intent.
Igers is an evil person and he is trying to do evil things to our country. He and his muppets need to be put in stocks in the town square and subjected to public humiliation until they agree to move to Europe where they belong.
There's an inherent conflict within Lucas, Spielberg, Coppola, etc. They loved the products of Old Hollywood: serials, teen movies, epics, and the like. But they have the values of the 60s. The two don't really go together. CC, JSM
You can buy a 12 gauge 6" double barrel muzzleloader shotgun/pistol without a background check, and even (I believe) as a felon for under $700 delivered to your door. It is not a firearm, though it is quite a solid defensive weapon. I've considered buying one, but so far as I know, there is no one interested in killing me at the moment, so it seems a bit silly. I spent years as an armed felon, so now that I am a harmless old man, I am far happier to be unarmed and unobtrusive. America is a pretty safe place unless you go looking for trouble.
I'm old enough to remember "I kissed a girl and I liked it", some pop music pap, but I don't recall the singer. This is just a reprise of that I suppose.
"Some places, you can get stabbed to death just taking public transit."
Of course, but in those places you largely cannot carry a gun legally anyway. And in truth, even those places are pretty safe unless you are involved in illegal business. The high visibility cases make it seem like there are threats everywhere. It's similar to the fact that people win the lottery every day, but it is vanishingly unlikely that you will win it.
My favorite Star Wars character is the gonk droid. It looks like Dykstra was running out of money and found an airline cargo container and some dryer hose, then told an extra to put them on. It's CGI now, of course, but I still giggle whenever I see one in the shows. CC, JSM
Some “sources” say that Iran has way more rockets and missiles and rocket launchers left than we have been led to believe.
As I understand it, that is mostly bullshit. The issue is not just the rockets themselves, it requires all components of the systems together, and Iran just can't scale it on any level anymore. It's one thing to launch a rocket, but it’s not just pointing and shooting.
At this point, you have to have radar, you have to have fire direction, and all the different components required are destroyed. In essence, it's like having empty weapons. If they have, let’s say, fifty to one hundred or so missiles maybe if the fact that they started with with a large amount, say ten thousand, they started with a large amount, but at scale they just can't deploy them, that’s really what the situation is.
The president is trying to be as diplomatic as possible, and many in the military are keen to finish this. Nearly every analyst you see on television right now, is saying that. And, for what it’s worth, I think that would be the most viable, speedy way to end this thing. But President Trump wants to stick with diplomacy at the moment.
It was on tcm recently (quite a twist from reeves squeaky clean image i. The supermans film (btw thats anothet frsnchise they ruined) you cant have anything noble or earnest
I am watching The Ipcress File. I think I was in the back seat of the car when my mom took my older brother (a big James Bond fan) to see it. I didn't understand a thing. A lifetime later it's still hard to follow. It does do a good job of showing the grim, colorless Britain that the Bond movies and the Beatles were trying to escape from though. Len Deighton, who wrote the book, apparently owned the territory (the dull scutwork of the espionage world) that John LeCarre also settled in.
Funny, President Xi didn’t mention he was talking about Biden when he spoke of the United States as a declining nation.
"When President Xi very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation, he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, and on that score, he was 100% correct. Our Country suffered immeasurably with open borders, high taxes, transgender for everybody, men in women’s sports, DEI, horrible trade deals, rampant crime, and so much more!
President Xi was not referring to the incredible rise that the United States has displayed to the world during the 16 spectacular months of the Trump Administration, which includes all-time high stock markets and 401K’s, military victory and thriving relationship in Venezuela, the military decimation of Iran (to be continued!) — Strongest military on earth by far, economic powerhouse again, with a record 18 trillion dollars being invested into the United States by others, best U.S. job market in history, with more people working in the United States right now than ever before, ending country destroying DEI, and so many other things that it would be impossible to readily list. In fact, President Xi congratulated me on so many tremendous successes in such a short period of time.
Two years ago, we were, in fact, a Nation in decline. On that, I fully agree with President Xi! But now, the United States is the hottest Nation anywhere in the world, and hopefully our relationship with China will be stronger and better than ever before!" ~ https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump
Homos struggling to socially distance from sims et al in the transgender spectrum. Through political congruence ("="), no less. The Pro-Choice religion is a many selective solution in progressive sects armed with liberal license. People will conflate and that is forward-looking. #NoJudgment #NoLabels #HateLovesAbortion
China's one-whatever policy in politics, economics progresses to bight them in the ass backed by western Asses braying for arbitrage. All's fair in lust and abortion. Maybe, baby, not.
Gospace This may be apocryphal but. The Air force was looking around for something more lethal than a 50 cal they asked some engineers at General Electric to look into it. They got a real gattling gun in 45/70 and attached an electric motor to it. There wasn't enough 45/70 ammunition east of the Misssissippi to run it for more than a few seconds
My buddy and I got final approval today for our new venture. Licenses, insurances, inspections, background checks, reviews, et al.. We open tomorrow. Woot!!
We had to navigate all levels of government: city, county, state, and federal. Federal was online so that wasn’t too bad. The county interactions were slow, but they didn’t mess with us. State was a bitch because they’re removed and unaccountable. They just don’t care.
On the bright side, our city interactions were very cool. We’re a mayor / council setup, but the real power in town is our city clerk, who’s been in that position for decades. I was in her office one afternoon - I guess visibly frustrated - and she smiled and said ‘We don’t care what you do as long as you pay your taxes.’ She gave me a hug on the way out… :)
Anyhoo, world domination and a corporate jet are on the horizon - watch out!! lol
Sleuth = Caine and Olivier, no kissing Deathtrap (variation on a theme) = Caine and Reeves, kissing Mousetrap = longest running play (written by Agatha Christie)
It was a warm day today, but it's kind of cool now, and it reminded me of an incident. It would have been in the 90's; my old friend JD came to town, with his new girlfriend. She was a complete babe, as his new girlfriends always were. We went out for dinner with a bunch of friends at a local bar, and sat in the outdoors area. He'd been gone for quite a while, and we all had a lot to talk about. His girlfriend seemed pleased to meet his friends, and at first she was animated and engaging. But after a while I noticed she wasn't contributing much. Watching her, it occurred to me that she was cold. The Sun had gone down, and a light breeze was blowing. She was a slight creature, and she was shivering, although she was trying not to show her discomfort. I was wearing a windbreaker, and I took it off and offered it to her. She was clearly tempted, but said, "No, no, you'll be cold." I replied, "Look, if I get cold, I'll roll my sleeves down." Which was an excellent argument, because I was a big guy in those days, and buffed, and I had my shirtsleeves rolled up above my elbows. She was convinced, and took the jacket, and she was clearly much more comfortable, and started laughing and taking part in the conversation again.
So, that was good. But it really was getting kind of cool out there on that deck, and after a while, I started to feel it. I was about to roll my sleeves down, but then it occurred to me ...
Ah, well. JD's dead now. For all I know, she's dead now too. It all seemed like a good idea at the time, and perhaps it was.
I've seen the Kurds being blamed for the Iranis (Persians) not rising up. They're hogging all the weapons.
Give it a thought. What would dropping a few thousand now outdated M4s (or AK47 and equivalent since the ammo would be more common there) into Tehran with 3 full magazines and a few hundred extra rounds do? Not targeted to any resistance groups- there doesn't seem to be any, but each one with it's own parachute randomly dropped into different neighborhoods throughout the city.
Would the religious police dare venture out the next day? Or, for that matter, any police? Would the IRGC continue manning checkpoints? Or- would everyone obediently turn their new found weapon into the authorities?
There would be no human cost to US forces. We're not sending in ground forces. And a few hundred of them in teh right hands might be all that's needed for a street uprising that would destabilze teh government completely.
Recall that in the Warsaw ghetto less then a few dozen guns kept the Germans at bay for quite a while before they finally went in to exterminate the population.
I think we should do it. Tomorrow if at all possible.
"Give it a thought. What would dropping a few thousand now outdated M4s (or AK47 and equivalent since the ammo would be more common there) into Tehran with 3 full magazines and a few hundred extra rounds do?" OK, since you've asked, it might get a few extra people killed. Effective insurgencies require a sanctuary where the regime cannot reach them. Either, across a national border, or in an inaccessible internal region. Totalitarian regimes are only overthrown when their supporters begin to withdraw support.
With no Triple Crown in play again this year(3 out of last 5 years) and the only Horse actually liked (SILENT TACTIC) scratched I checked PP'S and thought if I can get 6-1(no less on Riley Mott's runner I will send in $250.00 WIN only(save bulk of horse racing bankroll only ) for Belmont and the August Saratoga meet/ on INCREDIBOLT. The Preakness being shifted to Laurel Race track sets up differently with tighter turns and a long stretch fits Motts horse pretty well but not at short odds for a wager.. Any less then 6-1 and I'll pass till Belmont. INCREDIBOLT leaves from 12 hole but has just enough speed to get over to 4 path and bide his time till top of stretch unhindered. I'll check morning line before I head over to Casino and will know early if horse is taking $$$ or still holding value for a wager.Speaking about wagers,how bout all them MAGAS waiting on their GOLD TRUMP PHONES with the non refundable $100.00( I know the ones up here waiting ,stiffed again.. Should have kept the %100.00 and at least made a honest wager, $59,000,000.00 for that grift ,as trump always said "he loves the uneducated" time to put that with the useless EFT cards,the golden sneakers and the MAGA hats made in China.What was it that David Hannum said about one born every minute (in so many words)Make a real wager do your homework handicap the info instead of getting grifted by a con man who relies on you.. send it in Yup Beaucoup Dinky Day TEH MARKS :(
It is conceivable, that in each and every instant that offered itself, to me and my friends, back in the 90's, we assessed the relevant circumstances, and made the best possible choice. Isn't it? Not likely, but conceivable. In a mathematical sense. But if we made choices that were not optimal, then perhaps we are why the World veered. The World went wrong. Wrong. Because we made bad choices. I wanted to kiss Eve, and I wanted to perform a certain experiment with lasers, and I wanted to write that poem, and I wanted ... oh, the things I wanted. So, if the World is all wrong, because I and others like me made decisions that took the World down the wrong path ... can there be any justification? I seem to be creeping up on Existentialism from behind. Or maybe from above. What matters is not the moment. It is the memory. Live fast, die young, leave a beautiful corpse.
UK gets more and more crazy. Just read a story where two men got into a verbal conflict, one ran away and was then chased and stabbed. Bleeding on the ground, the man was handcuffed by the police, because the Knife Guy said he was called a racial slur.
He died before the ambulance got to him. Knife Guy released. Its good to be a POC in England.
Just saw Brighton Rock (1948) the movie. Good things - acting and seeing 30s/40s England. But its so inferior to the book. You can't take a novel, even a Graham Greene Entertainment of about 300 pages, and make a 90 minute movie without losing a lot. And film is all external. It can't get inside people's thoughts.
Another good movie is Marlowe (1969 for rent on Amazon Prime) based on 1949 Raymond Chandler’s Little Sister. Brought into the 1960s, follows the book quite closely but loses the atmosphere. James Garner as Marlowe with Bruce Lee in a minor role. Enjoyable, relatively non violent. Worth seeing. Prototype for the Rockford Files.
…a comparison of < a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gi-Z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30eb708d-1141-447a-a1c3-274818dd1f98_816x592.png?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">today’s inflation vs 1970s inflation
Justice Department Files Complaint Against D.C. Bar Disciplinary Authorities Over Their Weaponization of the Bar Disciplinary Process Against Federal Government Attorneys
This has to do with the DC Bar taking the card of Former AAG Jeff Clark and threatening to do it to former USA-DDC and current DOJ Pardon Attorney Ed Martin.
Even/especially if you don't like Trump, you can't possibly like the idea that state bars can geld the federal DOJ by just deciding what's unethical. And you must like even less the idea that DC, which is supposed to be fedgov's handmaid, doing the same.
Of course if you don't like Trump, you probably feel safe in your side's Gramscian regulatory capture of the state bars. So my 'imagine Obama' retort will have no effect on you.
Even the Jim Crow states never tried disbarring AUSAs. CC, JSM
…yah it’s time to move from the ‘we just don’t do that’ era of law to one where we dust off all that filler the founders added, the stuff about the process of removing rogue justices and remedies for corrupt elections…
…stuff the team in the slink works came up with: legislate a lower retirement age, force retirement, return the retirement age, appoint ones we like, reinterpret the meaning of election, use the new map…
I've often wondered how the Framers managed to walk such a fine line: they wrote their document under the assumption that men will do dishonorable things unless highly disincentivized. But they lived in an honor culture where you faced big disincentives against accusing someone of dishonorable behavior.
So I am surprised proceedings didn't break down the first time some guy said "We don't need a measure against that! Who in this room do you think is going to do that? Do you think me that dishonorable, sir?" CC, JSM
Analogous to the bar cards: some blue states are trying to refuse drivers licenses to ICE agents and undercover tags to the agency's vehicles (there are USG tags, but they say USG so aren't great for e.g. staking out a violent alien's neighborhood). The 47 Admin is also fighting this.
Really the whole phenomenon is becoming precarious, of fedgov relying on states for licenses and certifications: bar, medical, tradesmen, etc. The Fed workforce is bigger than the populations of a lot of states: if Rhode Island and Wyoming have their own regulatory bodies, so could fedgov. Or fedgov could set the example and deregulate a lot of professions. CC, JSM
Eva Marie said... Ford vs Ferrari - excellent movie. They can still make them.
That movie released in 2019, which means they made it 8 years ago. That you have to go back that far to find a good film does not support the claim “still”.
I just watched the second AI ad produced by the Spencer Pratt campaign. It is very good. OTOH, it’s downright scary for its realism. AI can depict people saying things they never said.
"Humperdink said... I second the movie “Ford versus Ferrari”. As a follow, watch the documentary on Carroll Shelby. It’s hilarious."
FvF was the last movie I saw. Very good. The Shelby doc should be good, and funny. Directed by Adam Corolla who races and is a race team owner, and who is funny. I'll have to watch, thanks.
“That you have to go back that far to find a good film does not support the claim ‘still.’” I’m shocked to find any good movies after 2010. They are extremely rare. But you’re right - every year they get progressively worse. “ Henry Ford II, aka the Duece, was depicted in a very poor light.” I thought the portrayal wasn’t too bad although he never called Ferrari owner “a wop.” That was a stupid and unnecessary change. Leo Beebe - you’re right. Everything still has to fit that narrative - big business bad. Still a great movie. Looking forward to seeing the documentary.
That scene was what I wish the movie was more about. Shelby can’t just be a great car builder, he has to translate what Miles knows in his hands and his gut and put it into language that a man running a huge corporation can sign off on. Ford II is the owner but he’s not a free man. He inherited his grandfather’s company, answering to a board, managing image, egos, dealers, etc at the same time he also has this ambition to win this race with his cars.
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Clarence Carter, of "Strokin" fame, passed. 92! CC, JSM
Pedro Pascal and Steven Colbert kissing on live TV is probably the breaking point.
Gay men need to start calling for the destruction of these people. They can't let these people drag them into the abyss.
They are irrelevant
Meh, Pedro Pascal performing sex acts during live interviews seems par for the course with him. I just don’t care to hear later, when his movies continue to flop and his costars no longer want to be associated with him, “it was an open secret in Hollywood that Pedro Pascal sexually harassed his costars”. Yeah, we see it now and none of them are calling out the behavior, and the consumers that do call it out now are called bigots.
I was reading about the shock in the AP when they discovered anyone can own a flintlock or musket- without a permit or background check. Totally 100% legal. And- they even stated that such weapons can KILL! Duh.
And- anyone can own a cannon. (Even a modern one.) They're not regulated in the least. Getting ammo for a modern cannon would be difficult.
What the articles I was reading didn't mention- it's 100% legal to own a Gatling gun. A gatling gun's rate of fire can eat up ammo faster than most modern fully automatic weapons in full auto mode.
And the ban on machine guns, well, they were absolutely legal one day, and could be ordered and delivered through the mail, and illegal the next. Seems that sudden banning would violate Bruen. A one day turnaround from legal to illegal?
But then, I'm aware that the militia is everyone. All of us. Within a certain age range, and in dire straits, even us old people. Which means, if called out, we should be ready with our own weapons- equivalent to what a properly equipped infantryman would carry. A select fire weapon with a large capacity magazine. Along with any preferred personal arms.
I liked the kiss. It was a silly follow-up on the Fallon/Colbert kiss a few nights before. Latin men kiss each other all the time anyway. I'd rather Colbert spent the whole show swapping tonsils with his guests. That would keep him from using his mouth to spout leftie agitprop. CC, JSM
I first heard “Strokin’” when a friend’s older sister gave me a ride home from school. Thanks for the memories Clarance Carter. RIP.
Gospace, some states and statelike entities (such as DC) have spoiled the fun and passed their own restrictions on muzzleloaders. CC, JSM
I saw Clarence Carter live about 25 years ago. I had not known he was blind. As part of his between-song patter, he told a tale of how a fangirl took him home after a show, and in her joyful cries she said "Yes, Ray Charles! Yes!" And of course he went along with it. CC, JSM
Some of my ACWABAWS friends complained about restrictions on their replica pieces, but I think the participants in reenactments are aging out and any issues will be moot soon enough.
Back in the '90s the Missippi National Guard held an open house weekend at Camp McCain. Along with the cool modern weaponry on display, they held a live fire competition for ACWABAWS artillery.
It was awesome--the six- and twelve-pounders and howitzers really put on a show; round shot tearing through the scrubby woodland made a distinctly metallic sound--maybe because the trees were already full of iron?
The point is youre trying to pitch a movie in a frsnchise that youve burned all the good will out of in a decade
And this is what you think sells that movie?
Of course they drove the most popular star gina carano out of the series (just pour more gasoline on the dumpsterfire)
I wonder if Bridget Phatasy will cover the kiss in her podcast release tonight.
What is it with straight men kissing? Are we supposed to be impressed by their avant garde boundary-pushing? Oooh! I’m not, in case anyone’s asking. All this talk of being true to yourself should be more than lip service.
Everything is downstream of culture.
The people turning our culture into a cesspit need to be destroyed and humiliated publicly.
I am tired of shitheads ruining movies and francises that I like. Disney bought Star Wars and destroyed it. It was part of the fabric of our culture. They did this cynically and with evil intent.
Igers is an evil person and he is trying to do evil things to our country. He and his muppets need to be put in stocks in the town square and subjected to public humiliation until they agree to move to Europe where they belong.
Yeah and the next mook wont fix it
I think George Lucas was doing a good job of destroying Star Wars long before Disney bought it. CC, JSM
Yeah the prequels werent great but they come off like grear drama
There's an inherent conflict within Lucas, Spielberg, Coppola, etc. They loved the products of Old Hollywood: serials, teen movies, epics, and the like. But they have the values of the 60s. The two don't really go together. CC, JSM
Only thing worst was rebel moon (talk about badly plotted drek)
See megalopolis that was another disaster
Now andor should they are was capable of great drama but it took two seasons to get it to the point
You can buy a 12 gauge 6" double barrel muzzleloader shotgun/pistol without a background check, and even (I believe) as a felon for under $700 delivered to your door. It is not a firearm, though it is quite a solid defensive weapon. I've considered buying one, but so far as I know, there is no one interested in killing me at the moment, so it seems a bit silly. I spent years as an armed felon, so now that I am a harmless old man, I am far happier to be unarmed and unobtrusive. America is a pretty safe place unless you go looking for trouble.
Skarsgaards luthen is maybe not a tragic hero but a necessary antihero
The ending in rogue one, makes the betrayal of the sequels dven worse
"America is a pretty safe place unless you go looking for trouble."
Depends where you are in America. Some places, you can get stabbed to death just taking public transit. If you don't get pushed in front of it first.
I'm old enough to remember "I kissed a girl and I liked it", some pop music pap, but I don't recall the singer. This is just a reprise of that I suppose.
The current paramour of black face trudeau
Katie perry
"Some places, you can get stabbed to death just taking public transit."
Of course, but in those places you largely cannot carry a gun legally anyway. And in truth, even those places are pretty safe unless you are involved in illegal business. The high visibility cases make it seem like there are threats everywhere. It's similar to the fact that people win the lottery every day, but it is vanishingly unlikely that you will win it.
My favorite Star Wars character is the gonk droid. It looks like Dykstra was running out of money and found an airline cargo container and some dryer hose, then told an extra to put them on. It's CGI now, of course, but I still giggle whenever I see one in the shows. CC, JSM
Speaking of Star Wars bar denizens: The Eurovision is on this week! I almost missed it. CC, JSM
I got my fill of guy-on-guy kissyface in "The Mousetrap" starring Caine and . . . Reeve? It's been a long time.
Some “sources” say that Iran has way more rockets and missiles and rocket launchers left than we have been led to believe.
As I understand it, that is mostly bullshit.
The issue is not just the rockets themselves, it requires all components of the systems together, and Iran just can't scale it on any level anymore. It's one thing to launch a rocket, but it’s not just pointing and shooting.
At this point, you have to have radar,
you have to have fire direction, and all the different components required are destroyed. In essence, it's like having empty weapons. If they have, let’s say, fifty to one hundred or so missiles maybe if the fact that they started with with a large amount, say ten thousand, they started with a large amount, but at scale they just can't deploy them, that’s really what the situation is.
The president is trying to be as diplomatic as possible, and many in the military are keen to finish this. Nearly every analyst you see on television right now, is saying that. And, for what it’s worth, I think that would be the most viable, speedy way to end this thing. But President Trump wants to stick with diplomacy at the moment.
It was on tcm recently (quite a twist from reeves squeaky clean image i. The supermans film (btw thats anothet frsnchise they ruined) you cant have anything noble or earnest
Every thing has to be emo or twisted
The Frogman gone… NNNOOOOoooooo!!!
A levin script directed by sidney lumet
This is what made marvel star wars dc nobility
Some would say
I am watching The Ipcress File. I think I was in the back seat of the car when my mom took my older brother (a big James Bond fan) to see it. I didn't understand a thing. A lifetime later it's still hard to follow. It does do a good job of showing the grim, colorless Britain that the Bond movies and the Beatles were trying to escape from though. Len Deighton, who wrote the book, apparently owned the territory (the dull scutwork of the espionage world) that John LeCarre also settled in.
Waiting for the next Star Wars series: "BB-8, The Early Years."
Deighton did footnote his early work the harry palmer series with funeral being the most accessible i think no 2
"Every thing has to be emo or twisted"
Because those are the kinds of people leftists relate to.
Austin powers fused blow up and ipcress in a weird way
I only noticed this in retrospect
Funny, President Xi didn’t mention he was talking about Biden when he spoke of the United States as a declining nation.
"When President Xi very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation, he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, and on that score, he was 100% correct. Our Country suffered immeasurably with open borders, high taxes, transgender for everybody, men in women’s sports, DEI, horrible trade deals, rampant crime, and so much more!
President Xi was not referring to the incredible rise that the United States has displayed to the world during the 16 spectacular months of the Trump Administration, which includes all-time high stock markets and 401K’s, military victory and thriving relationship in Venezuela, the military decimation of Iran (to be continued!) — Strongest military on earth by far, economic powerhouse again, with a record 18 trillion dollars being invested into the United States by others, best U.S. job market in history, with more people working in the United States right now than ever before, ending country destroying DEI, and so many other things that it would be impossible to readily list. In fact, President Xi congratulated me on so many tremendous successes in such a short period of time.
Two years ago, we were, in fact, a Nation in decline. On that, I fully agree with President Xi! But now, the United States is the hottest Nation anywhere in the world, and hopefully our relationship with China will be stronger and better than ever before!" ~ https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump
Homos struggling to socially distance from sims et al in the transgender spectrum. Through political congruence ("="), no less. The Pro-Choice religion is a many selective solution in progressive sects armed with liberal license. People will conflate and that is forward-looking. #NoJudgment #NoLabels #HateLovesAbortion
It is entertaining to watch someone as stupid as Chuck go through the throws of cognitive dissonance.
Hope he has a good chiropractor
China's one-whatever policy in politics, economics progresses to bight them in the ass backed by western Asses braying for arbitrage. All's fair in lust and abortion. Maybe, baby, not.
Democrats are just traitors.
Democrat(mail in) voters voted for a man that said he would give beneficial treatment to illegals in his prosecutions.
One of those illegals who he declined to prosecute ~40 times has just raped and killed a woman.
Democrats are evil people.
Gospace
This may be apocryphal but. The Air force was looking around for something more lethal than a 50 cal they asked some engineers at General Electric to look into it. They got a real gattling gun in 45/70 and attached an electric motor to it. There wasn't enough 45/70 ammunition east of the Misssissippi to run it for more than a few seconds
My buddy and I got final approval today for our new venture. Licenses, insurances, inspections, background checks, reviews, et al.. We open tomorrow. Woot!!
We had to navigate all levels of government: city, county, state, and federal. Federal was online so that wasn’t too bad. The county interactions were slow, but they didn’t mess with us. State was a bitch because they’re removed and unaccountable. They just don’t care.
On the bright side, our city interactions were very cool. We’re a mayor / council setup, but the real power in town is our city clerk, who’s been in that position for decades. I was in her office one afternoon - I guess visibly frustrated - and she smiled and said ‘We don’t care what you do as long as you pay your taxes.’ She gave me a hug on the way out… :)
Anyhoo, world domination and a corporate jet are on the horizon - watch out!! lol
Sleuth = Caine and Olivier, no kissing
Deathtrap (variation on a theme) = Caine and Reeves, kissing
Mousetrap = longest running play (written by Agatha Christie)
Sleuth and Mousetrap worth seeing, Deathtrap not so much.
I defer to Eva Marie on the movie titles.
It was a warm day today, but it's kind of cool now, and it reminded me of an incident. It would have been in the 90's; my old friend JD came to town, with his new girlfriend. She was a complete babe, as his new girlfriends always were. We went out for dinner with a bunch of friends at a local bar, and sat in the outdoors area. He'd been gone for quite a while, and we all had a lot to talk about. His girlfriend seemed pleased to meet his friends, and at first she was animated and engaging. But after a while I noticed she wasn't contributing much. Watching her, it occurred to me that she was cold. The Sun had gone down, and a light breeze was blowing. She was a slight creature, and she was shivering, although she was trying not to show her discomfort.
I was wearing a windbreaker, and I took it off and offered it to her. She was clearly tempted, but said, "No, no, you'll be cold."
I replied, "Look, if I get cold, I'll roll my sleeves down." Which was an excellent argument, because I was a big guy in those days, and buffed, and I had my shirtsleeves rolled up above my elbows. She was convinced, and took the jacket, and she was clearly much more comfortable, and started laughing and taking part in the conversation again.
So, that was good. But it really was getting kind of cool out there on that deck, and after a while, I started to feel it. I was about to roll my sleeves down, but then it occurred to me ...
Ah, well. JD's dead now. For all I know, she's dead now too. It all seemed like a good idea at the time, and perhaps it was.
I've seen the Kurds being blamed for the Iranis (Persians) not rising up. They're hogging all the weapons.
Give it a thought. What would dropping a few thousand now outdated M4s (or AK47 and equivalent since the ammo would be more common there) into Tehran with 3 full magazines and a few hundred extra rounds do? Not targeted to any resistance groups- there doesn't seem to be any, but each one with it's own parachute randomly dropped into different neighborhoods throughout the city.
Would the religious police dare venture out the next day? Or, for that matter, any police? Would the IRGC continue manning checkpoints? Or- would everyone obediently turn their new found weapon into the authorities?
There would be no human cost to US forces. We're not sending in ground forces. And a few hundred of them in teh right hands might be all that's needed for a street uprising that would destabilze teh government completely.
Recall that in the Warsaw ghetto less then a few dozen guns kept the Germans at bay for quite a while before they finally went in to exterminate the population.
I think we should do it. Tomorrow if at all possible.
Perhaps the things we did were, in fact, the very best things for us to do.
Remy: It Wasn't Me
"Give it a thought. What would dropping a few thousand now outdated M4s (or AK47 and equivalent since the ammo would be more common there) into Tehran with 3 full magazines and a few hundred extra rounds do?"
OK, since you've asked, it might get a few extra people killed. Effective insurgencies require a sanctuary where the regime cannot reach them. Either, across a national border, or in an inaccessible internal region. Totalitarian regimes are only overthrown when their supporters begin to withdraw support.
Remy: Because it Got High
With no Triple Crown in play again this year(3 out of last 5 years) and the only Horse actually liked (SILENT TACTIC) scratched I checked PP'S and thought if I can get 6-1(no less on Riley Mott's runner I will send in $250.00 WIN only(save bulk of horse racing bankroll only ) for Belmont and the August Saratoga meet/ on INCREDIBOLT. The Preakness being shifted to Laurel Race track sets up differently with tighter turns and a long stretch fits Motts horse pretty well but not at short odds for a wager.. Any less then 6-1 and I'll pass till Belmont. INCREDIBOLT leaves from 12 hole but has just enough speed to get over to 4 path and bide his time till top of stretch unhindered. I'll check morning line before I head over to Casino and will know early if horse is taking $$$ or still holding value for a wager.Speaking about wagers,how bout all them MAGAS waiting on their GOLD TRUMP PHONES with the non refundable $100.00( I know the ones up here waiting ,stiffed again.. Should have kept the %100.00 and at least made a honest wager, $59,000,000.00 for that grift ,as trump always said "he loves the uneducated" time to put that with the useless EFT cards,the golden sneakers and the MAGA hats made in China.What was it that David Hannum said about one born every minute (in so many words)Make a real wager do your homework handicap the info instead of getting grifted by a con man who relies on you.. send it in Yup Beaucoup Dinky Day TEH MARKS :(
Achilles said...It is entertaining to watch someone as stupid as Chuck go through the throws of cognitive dissonance.
Its the Straights of Hormuz all over again. What a stable genius.
"Its the Straights of Hormuz all over again."
Trump now dependent on Xi to save the day. What a strategic mastermind. Trump's humiliation ritual continues...
Achilles— Ellen Page is ruining your brand!
It is conceivable, that in each and every instant that offered itself, to me and my friends, back in the 90's, we assessed the relevant circumstances, and made the best possible choice. Isn't it? Not likely, but conceivable. In a mathematical sense.
But if we made choices that were not optimal, then perhaps we are why the World veered. The World went wrong. Wrong. Because we made bad choices. I wanted to kiss Eve, and I wanted to perform a certain experiment with lasers, and I wanted to write that poem, and I wanted ... oh, the things I wanted.
So, if the World is all wrong, because I and others like me made decisions that took the World down the wrong path ... can there be any justification? I seem to be creeping up on Existentialism from behind. Or maybe from above. What matters is not the moment. It is the memory. Live fast, die young, leave a beautiful corpse.
UK gets more and more crazy. Just read a story where two men got into a verbal conflict, one ran away and was then chased and stabbed. Bleeding on the ground, the man was handcuffed by the police, because the Knife Guy said he was called a racial slur.
He died before the ambulance got to him. Knife Guy released.
Its good to be a POC in England.
Just saw Brighton Rock (1948) the movie. Good things - acting and seeing 30s/40s England. But its so inferior to the book. You can't take a novel, even a Graham Greene Entertainment of about 300 pages, and make a 90 minute movie without losing a lot. And film is all external. It can't get inside people's thoughts.
In a just world, a dog would hump Nicholas Kristof's leg, over and over, and would not let go.
Chihuahua would be funny. Or French bulldog
RCOCEAN II said...
"And film is all external.It can't get inside people's thoughts."
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I don't see why not. ImTay does it here, every day.
Ford vs Ferrari - excellent movie. They can still make them. Highly recommended.
Free with Amazon Prime (non violent)
Another good movie is Marlowe (1969 for rent on Amazon Prime) based on 1949 Raymond Chandler’s Little Sister. Brought into the 1960s, follows the book quite closely but loses the atmosphere. James Garner as Marlowe with Bruce Lee in a minor role. Enjoyable, relatively non violent. Worth seeing. Prototype for the Rockford Files.
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is on a roll! Here’s another campaign banger! Watch and share.
https://x.com/BuzzPatterson/status/2055100980065403108?s=20
…a comparison of < a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gi-Z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30eb708d-1141-447a-a1c3-274818dd1f98_816x592.png?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">today’s inflation vs 1970s inflation
This is beautiful:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-against-dc-bar-disciplinary-authorities-over-their
Justice Department Files Complaint Against D.C. Bar Disciplinary Authorities Over Their Weaponization of the Bar Disciplinary Process Against Federal Government Attorneys
This has to do with the DC Bar taking the card of Former AAG Jeff Clark and threatening to do it to former USA-DDC and current DOJ Pardon Attorney Ed Martin.
Even/especially if you don't like Trump, you can't possibly like the idea that state bars can geld the federal DOJ by just deciding what's unethical. And you must like even less the idea that DC, which is supposed to be fedgov's handmaid, doing the same.
Of course if you don't like Trump, you probably feel safe in your side's Gramscian regulatory capture of the state bars. So my 'imagine Obama' retort will have no effect on you.
Even the Jim Crow states never tried disbarring AUSAs. CC, JSM
…yah it’s time to move from the ‘we just don’t do that’ era of law to one where we dust off all that filler the founders added, the stuff about the process of removing rogue justices and remedies for corrupt elections…
…stuff the team in the slink works came up with: legislate a lower retirement age, force retirement, return the retirement age, appoint ones we like, reinterpret the meaning of election, use the new map…
I've often wondered how the Framers managed to walk such a fine line: they wrote their document under the assumption that men will do dishonorable things unless highly disincentivized. But they lived in an honor culture where you faced big disincentives against accusing someone of dishonorable behavior.
So I am surprised proceedings didn't break down the first time some guy said "We don't need a measure against that! Who in this room do you think is going to do that? Do you think me that dishonorable, sir?" CC, JSM
Analogous to the bar cards: some blue states are trying to refuse drivers licenses to ICE agents and undercover tags to the agency's vehicles (there are USG tags, but they say USG so aren't great for e.g. staking out a violent alien's neighborhood). The 47 Admin is also fighting this.
Really the whole phenomenon is becoming precarious, of fedgov relying on states for licenses and certifications: bar, medical, tradesmen, etc. The Fed workforce is bigger than the populations of a lot of states: if Rhode Island and Wyoming have their own regulatory bodies, so could fedgov. Or fedgov could set the example and deregulate a lot of professions. CC, JSM
I second the movie “Ford versus Ferrari”. As a follow, watch the documentary on Carroll Shelby. It’s hilarious.
There werent progs and jacobins were few
The peanut gallery here is all in favor
Eva Marie said...
Ford vs Ferrari - excellent movie. They can still make them.
That movie released in 2019, which means they made it 8 years ago. That you have to go back that far to find a good film does not support the claim “still”.
F2 was reasonably good in the same genre like top gun maverick
I just watched the second AI ad produced by the Spencer Pratt campaign. It is very good. OTOH, it’s downright scary for its realism. AI can depict people saying things they never said.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/05/pummeling-karen-bass.php
"Humperdink said...
I second the movie “Ford versus Ferrari”. As a follow, watch the documentary on Carroll Shelby. It’s hilarious."
FvF was the last movie I saw. Very good. The Shelby doc should be good, and funny. Directed by Adam Corolla who races and is a race team owner, and who is funny. I'll have to watch, thanks.
Tenet wasnt bad nolans attempt at a bond film
Henry Ford II, aka the Duece, was depicted in a very poor light in FvF, as was Leo Beebe.
“It is entertaining to watch someone as stupid as Chuck go through the throws of cognitive dissonance.”
That is why I watch you Trumpists here everyday.
“That you have to go back that far to find a good film does not support the claim ‘still.’”
I’m shocked to find any good movies after 2010. They are extremely rare. But you’re right - every year they get progressively worse.
“ Henry Ford II, aka the Duece, was depicted in a very poor light.” I thought the portrayal wasn’t too bad although he never called Ferrari owner “a wop.” That was a stupid and unnecessary change. Leo Beebe - you’re right. Everything still has to fit that narrative - big business bad.
Still a great movie.
Looking forward to seeing the documentary.
Good day for Boeing.
Bad day for Airbus.
China wants to source oil from a stable partner too. First day of "negotiations" and here we are.
One wonders when the retards like Inga will start to be upset about being lied to and made to look stupid by the media.
The only holdouts from the new Trump world order right now are Europe and the traitor democrats in the USA.
Fortunately we don't need them and would be better off without them all anyways.
I particularly liked that both ‘the Deuce’ and Miles’s son were in awe of their dads - and rightly so.
That scene where Ford II says he wishes his dad could see his cars now was one of the best scenes in the movie.
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How far the Democrats are willing to go to acquire power and how far the Republicans are willing to go to let them.
It’s a BIG club…
https://x.com/C_3C_3/status/2055265209875313089?s=20
"Eva Marie said...
That scene where Ford II says he wishes his dad could see his cars now was one of the best scenes in the movie."
That was good but my favorite is when Ford asked Shelby to give him one reason not to fire him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss1eQRROw4o
@CG: yes, that’s a great scene.
That scene was what I wish the movie was more about. Shelby can’t just be a great car builder, he has to translate what Miles knows in his hands and his gut and put it into language that a man running a huge corporation can sign off on. Ford II is the owner but he’s not a free man. He inherited his grandfather’s company, answering to a board, managing image, egos, dealers, etc at the same time he also has this ambition to win this race with his cars.
Having said that, the movie goes further in that direction than most movies do.
I think ford had become such a behemoth at that point
That they were overwhelmed by the influx of japanese cars
I’m shocked to find any good movies after 2010. They are extremely rare.
I really enjoyed Marty Supreme and Train Dreams. Outstanding cinema.
Is the NYT anti-Semitic?
Or do they honestly believe that dogs can rape people?
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