I happened to catch Jaws about 2-3 weeks into the pandemic and the similarity of that situation to watching the Lt Gov of Texas basically telling the senior citizens of Texas to “take one for the team” and launch themselves headfirst into the shark’s mouth...well that was one big guffaw I let out when that epiphany…

A f’en men (plus this is one of my all time favorite movies so I’ll fight for it). Here is a meme my cousing shared with me back in April that I think fits in here nicely:

Yeah, that’s the right take.

Against this social backdrop, the absurdity of the 45-year-old mother of all summer blockbusters, Jaws, has never been clearer. It is the story of a cop, with no background in marine biology and, in fact, hatred of water, taking it upon himself to hunt a great white shark, a vulnerable apex predator whose survival is…

I read and loved Gone With the Wind when I was pretty young, and in retrospect would have very much appreciated some context - that book, combined with an 8th grade history teacher that insisted that the Civil War was about money and not slavery, gave me some unfortunate ideas about slavery and the time period that I…

That’s why I love Turner Classic Movies (I got rid of cable and sorely miss it, so watch whenever I’m visiting friends that have it.) The intros are always helpful, and I love series like The Essentials where they really dive into the film and put it into context, etc. Perhaps HBO can do something like that for films…

I am pissed off! There must be something I can do to express my outrage. Anyway...

THIS IS INFURIATING! The FBI, The FBI!!!!!!!!!!! The same fucks that allowed trump to get away with TREASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM BOUT TO BEAT MY PHONE IM TYPING SO HARD AND AN SO PISSED. MAN, THEY PUSHING US TO THE EDGE. Some of us been ready to give them what they want. I'm so fucking tired of this shit. 

Mr. “He’s just trying to make sure they weren’t loose.” can fuck all the way off. He tipped the hand of his complicity by trying to justify the unjustifiable.  

You are giving them a latitude of which I would not be humanly capable. I’m alone in my apartment and merely reflecting on conversations I have had with co-workers over the past week feels like enough to give me a stroke. I appreciate your demonstrating a humanity which I myself feel unable to experience at the…

I’ve spent a few evenings watching a white journalist reporting from Portland, OR, saw him teargassed a few times but it never had me worried for his safety. Last night I saw Michael Harriot’s tweet that he’d been arrested, and I was more worried about a stranger than I’ve ever been. It was a relief to see…

They’re an attempt by a few sympathetic (or strategic) cops to set themselves apart from the overwhelming numbers of cops, sheriffs, Natl guardsmen behaving atrociously. Everyone sees the imagery of the worst police behavior; so some more evolved cops are trying to make a statement in contrast. - or perhaps…

Oh, they thought it through.

“No, it’s just a false flag operation by the Deepstate to distract you from what’s actually going on! Now excuse me while I inject this UV Bleach I got from Alex Jones”

This is a good start. Now we need to start arresting the tens of thousands of white supremacists dressing up in riot gear and hauling around military style weaponry who are terrorizing protesters on a routine basis (while attempting to mask their identity to avoid consequences).

But wait.  I thought it was Antifa infiltrating the protests?  Were Trump and Bill Barr not telling the truth?

He’s already in the private sector: “Meet Steven Maviglio: Political consultant, former Democratic staffer, and founder and president of communications firm Forza Communications.”

Shut up Tomato

Is this Steven Maviglio?

Law & Order spin-off showrunner seen “guarding” LA home with gun, gets fired by creator Dick Wolf.