tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55246928242037624392024-03-04T22:55:04.078-06:00AfterThoughtsNow - ATN"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing." To evil, "I fart in your general direction." Check out our podcast Jav & Charles Talk Comics at JavandCharles.com. Email: contact@AfterThoughtsNow.comJGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comBlogger616125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-44572557667879930252021-11-24T10:40:00.002-06:002021-11-27T21:55:37.507-06:00Jav & Charles Talk Comics - https://www.javandcharles.com/<p>So me and my good friend Charles have a podcast called “<a href="https://www.javandcharles.com/" target="_blank">Jav and Charles Talk Comics</a>” and surprise, surprise we talk about comic books. I suggest something for him to read, he suggests something for me to read and then hijinks ensue during our podcast. Please check it out:</p><p><a href="https://www.javandcharles.com/">https://www.javandcharles.com/</a></p>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-53701027294346703922018-05-04T16:05:00.000-05:002018-05-04T16:24:21.593-05:00A thought about Avengers: Infinity War (***SPOILER ALERT***)<div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "PT Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
First, let me be clear, I loved the movie. A lot. It paid off in the biggest way possible everything that was set up in the 10 years and 18(?) movies that brought us to this point.</div>
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With that said, let me get hyper-critical. One issue I had with the movie was Thanos’ motivation in the movie versus his motivation in the comic books (specifically Infinity Gauntlet, where we first see Thanos collecting the Infinity Stones/Gems). In the comic book, he wanted all the gems/stones to kill half the universe to impress Lady Death. That motivation in the comic book makes sense, Lady Death wants people to die. She's Lady Death, killing lots of people is her thing.<br />
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In the movie, Thanos’ motivation is lack of resources, which leads to suffering and death. BUT, with all the Infinity Stones he’s nearly omnipotent. Meaning instead of killing half the population of the universe he could just as easily (with the snap of his fingers) doubled the universe’s resources. Boom! Problem (lack for resources) solved. It seems like the writers could have had some type of explanation as to why Thanos’ only option was to kill half the universe instead of just creating more resources. Just sayin’. <br />
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Is my criticism valid? I think so. Do you agree? Disagree? Let me know.</div>
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Just curious if anyone ever comes to this site anymore. I'm just posting this here since I thought of it and wanted to jot it down. </div>
JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-26792192352035414592017-07-15T03:36:00.002-05:002017-07-15T10:10:09.835-05:0018 People in Line for the Presidency (Hillary could be #2)<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">A whole lotta hand wringing over these recent lies about meeting with Russians and how it will be the end of the Trump administration.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I don't think Trump will be impeached, especially not with this House and Senate (spare me the illusion that the Republicans will choose country over party). Resignation could be a possibility, but I'm not sure Trump's ego will allow him to do that.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Either way, I don't share in the joy of my fellow liberals in regards to</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> the possibilities of him leaving office mid-term.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Why? Well, the following list of men and women who are in line to succeed the President don't really line up with my progressive beliefs either. You could even argue that some of them would be more dangerous to my progressive desires because some are career politicians and are more adept at passing legislation that they want.</span><br />
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<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Speaker of the House Paul Ryan</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Senate President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of State Rex Tillerson</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Defense James Mattis</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Attorney General Jeff Sessions</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Energy Rick Perry</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly</li>
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<span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">So, now that I've thoroughly depressed you with the fact that the list of people in line for the presidency contains gay conversion therapy proponents, oil barrons, movie producers, perjurors, heads of banks that do shady things with Russian money, Rick Perry and Betsy DeVos, let me talk to you about something fun. Something that is fantasy, but is still fun.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Fun Fact: <b>There is a way for Hillary Clinton to become president in 2018</b>. I don't hold out much hope for this, but it is fun to think about.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">See that #2 spot up there, Speaker of the House?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The Speaker of the House is picked by the House majority. If the Democrats were to retake the house in the 2018 mid terms, they get to pick the Speaker.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Fun Fact: Did you know the Speaker of the House doesn't have to be an elected congressman? Look it up, it has never happened before, but the Constitution allows it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Speaker of the House, Hillary Clinton.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">If Trump and Pence were to vacate office either by impeachment or to avoid the embarrassment of impeachment hearings (think Nixon, think open hearings about pee-pee tapes) then guess who is next in line? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Please welcome the 46th president of these United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Not going to happen, but fun to think about nonetheless.</span>Bing. Bong. Bing.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290387092141764250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-66550523097244845882017-07-15T02:20:00.001-05:002017-07-15T03:53:21.705-05:00Impeachment and/or resignation, check and mate, right??<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/11/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-email-text.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">He f(cking admitted it!!! </span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Intent is key. Junior, as a surrogate of our sitting president, met with Russians (you know there had to have been more than the one person) because he thought it would help his father's candidacy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't care if this Russian attorney had no sway. Junior thought the lawyer did. And Junior was deathly afraid that the video of his dad's really, really, really small hands in a weird video from a Russian hotel room where he was playing patty cakes with an unnamed person with much larger hands would come to light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Impeach you cowardly Republicans, you GOP'ers that claim to be a party of Reagan much less Lincoln. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">BOOM. GAME OVER. Next question, when did Senior, POTUS, know about the meeting?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, all the Republicans in office now, if you don't move to impeach immediately, may history be more kind than the electorate next term. </span></div>
JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-45597392024417113312017-07-12T22:37:00.000-05:002017-07-12T22:37:04.366-05:00Conservative Narratives<span style="font-family: inherit;">I interact with a number of conservative minded people and one of their main complaints is how the <i>liberal media </i>is pushing their <i>agenda</i> with a <i>liberal narrative</i>.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't even try to debate them on this anymore, because I've realized it is mostly futile. While I do believe the media has a <i>liberal bias</i>, in as much as there is more media that appeals to what liberals want because of capitalism, advertising dollars and there are either more people that want this kind of media or liberals simply ingest more media, but I do not think there is some nefarious scheme by nasty Liberal Elites to push their agenda through the media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Stuart Mackenzie</b>: Well, it's a well known fact, Sonny Jim, that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tony Giardino</b>: So who's in this Pentavirate? </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Stuart Mackenzie</b>: The Queen, The Vatican, The Gettys, The Rothschilds, *and* Colonel Sanders before he went tits up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee *beady* eyes, and that smug look on his face. "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!" </span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">- So I Married an Axe Murderer, 1993
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What I do try to do is show them examples of conservative media pushing a conservative narrative, which I believe they think is unfathomable. Here are two recent examples I have tried to share with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This was a headline to an <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/09/ohio-state-swiftly-ends-students-occupation-with-promises-of-arrest-expulsion-video/" target="_blank">article</a> published by The Daily Caller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Close your eyes, or don't, and what picture do you get in your head of what happened when you read this headline? Did you get an image of a violent or at least a rambunctious occupation of students that had to be threatened by police with arrests before they left? I did, but I knew it was bullshit because it is a Daily Caller link. How many people do you think shared this article after only reading the headline? <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/06/16/six-in-10-of-you-will-share-this-link-without-reading-it-according-to-a-new-and-depressing-study/?utm_term=.50c2c2ff3a8c" target="_blank">(It's like 60%)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The story progresses from the violent occupation narrative, winding and weaving its way around the facts without actually telling any lies until it reaches the true narrative of the assorted campus dissidents' protest (yes, they used the word dissident to describe these students) that is buried at the end of the article in a YouTube video of a school official having a polite, respectful and lighthearted conversation with a handful of students who were protesting to the school's lack of inclusion of campus organizations in school decisions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">If you read the <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/07/OSU_protest_at_Bricker_Hall_xNoendsNOW.html" target="_blank">source material</a> for The Daily Caller's article, a short concise telling of basic facts in The Columbus Dispatch, you get the real story.</span></div>
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<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was an 8 hour nonviolent open mic protest that started at 3:30 pm</span></li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The number of protesters ranged from a low of 80 to a high of 150 students</span></li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The students were told they could protest until 5:30 am</span></li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Protestors started trickling out early in the evening</span></li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The last group of 25 left around 12:30 am</span></li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is no mention of police or anyone that could arrest protesters getting involved </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Let me give you that headline again: <span style="background-color: white;">Ohio State Swiftly Ends Students’ ‘Occupation’ With Promises Of Arrest, Expulsion</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can tell you, judging by the reactions of the people I interact with who share and comment on these kinds of conservative narrative red meat articles The Daily Caller achieved their desired effect with this "fake news".</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One last bit of information on this story. The Daily Caller article was published April 9, 2016. This kind of stuff doesn't die. It just gets keeping shared and and reshared and reshared ad infinitum while The Daily Caller cranks out new stories to be shared and reshared and reshared. It's kind of a big deal. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Donald Trump Jr. recently admits to having a meeting with Russians during the campaign</span></b><br />
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I want to share links to four articles. Two from The New York Times and two from a conservative online website called Circa.com.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The New York Times is owned by The New York Times Corporation who's only real endeavor is to publish and distribute The New York Times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Circa.com is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group who owns a whole lot of things. Jon Oliver did a segment on Sinclair on his show This Week Tonight with Jon Oliver describing how Sinclair owns a heck of a lot of local news stations and use those stations to push their <i>conservative narrative </i>by forcing their affiliates to run segments produced at the home offices. Pieces you wouldn't expect to see on local news (like The Annual Main St. Cornhole Festival is this Saturday), but rather scarier "news" that you wouldn't expect to see on a local station (like Is Your Muslim Neighbor a Terrorist and Should You be Afraid of Him?*)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are no doubt familiar with the story that broke by The Times on Saturday July 8, 2017 of Donald Trump Jr. and his meeting with Russians. When The Times broke the story, there were a couple of versions of what the story meant. There was The Times version and the version being told by Circa.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">The New York Times - Saturday</span></a><br />
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">The New York Times - Sunday</span></a><br />
<a href="https://www.circa.com/story/2017/07/08/donald-trump-jr-met-with-russian-lawyer-during-election-but-didnt-follow-up" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Circa.com - Saturday</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.circa.com/story/2017/07/09/politics/russian-lawyer-who-got-inside-donald-trumps-inner-circle-had-been-denied-us-visa" target="_blank">Circa.com - Sunday</a> (published before The Times' Sunday reporting was published)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you can trust me, you don't have to read these stories. I'll tell you what they're about. (Why would you trust me? We just met. Go read the articles.)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the time of the reporting either Trump Jr., Kushner, Manafort nor the White House has disputed the Times' reporting and Trump Jr. had even given a follow up statement to the Times for the Sunday story that confirmed their reporting further. In the days after the initial stories, Trump Jr. further corroborated the Times' story, go so far as to release an email detailing the setup of the meeting. So I kind of believe the Times' reporting over what Circa would like their readers to believe.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you read the two Times articles you would believe:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Trump campaign met with Russians in Trump Tower to get dirt on the Clinton campaign</span></li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Donald Trump Jr. knew the Russians wanted to offer him this dirt before he went to the meeting</span></li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Russians didn't really have any dirt on Clinton and they ended up talking about the US blocking certain Russians accused of human rights violations and Russia's blocking of US adopting their orphans</span></li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Russian in the meeting represents powerful players in Russia and has political and legal operatives in the US</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you read the two Circa articles you would believe:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Trump campaign met with Russians in Trump Tower to talk about Putin's blocking of adoptions in retaliation to the Magnitsky Act</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The entire meeting may have been part of a larger election-year opposition effort by Clinton aimed at creating the appearance of improper connections between the Trump family and Russia that also included a now-discredited intelligence Steele dossier (the pee-pee tape)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Russian they met with is just a prosecutor and private lawyer who helped setup this trap meeting and helped create the Steele dossier and her US Visa is now blocked</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you read all four you might write this blog post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*I made this up. It wasn't a segment they ran, but you get the idea. The Cornhole Festival isn't real either, sorry.</span><br />
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<br />Bing. Bong. Bing.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290387092141764250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-27807014597073673912017-07-08T01:16:00.000-05:002017-07-11T20:16:01.787-05:00Why our POTUS has already committed offenses worthy of impeachment:Let's preface this by stating the facts since he has been in office...
- Attempting to intimidate a former head of the FBI by threatening that there are and/or were tapes of the conversations the POTUS had with said former FBI director Comey.<br />
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And that's enough. The way it shook out, as I see it, Trump said I have tapes - in an attempt to silence Comey. BACKFIRED. Little known fact, Trump once was married to a little person from Russia when he went to a bachelor party in in his 20's. He claims he got divorced but, others say, no!
He didn't have any tapes-or if he did he burned them. But regardless, he tried to intimidate the ex-FBI head. HE DID!!! He attempted to obstruct justice. Period. And he's a known small handed person who likes drinking urine from the mouth of a certain foreign leader.
It sounds like a weird soap opera, right? Good, it should...it's just getting started. He is confused and his wife won't hold his hand.
And I may start posting again more...if if get enough likes or shares...otherwise I don't know if any one is watching or reading. I'd like to think that we, as a society, still read. That said, please like or share or otherwise. I am needy...so very, very, very, needy.
I cannot explain it. It's like a pit in my torso physically and metaphysically in my soul...Whah...just let me know if you want more of my rants...JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-64977887804065865522017-05-23T14:08:00.001-05:002017-05-23T15:39:25.893-05:00Guardians of the Galaxy 2 = Empire Strikes Back. Well not exactly but here are 11 plot points in common...1. The "team" splits up. <br />
Quill, Gamora and Drax go on a trip without Groot and Rocket. Just like Han, Leia. Chewy and C3PO went on their own adventure while Luke and R2D2 went to hangout out with Yoda.<br />
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2. There's a big chase scene through an asteroid field. Pretty simple, but there are asteroid chase scenes in both movies.<br />
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3. One team hangs out in a natural forest after their ship crash lands there.<br />
Rocket, Groot and Nebula are in the forest repairing their damaged ship. Luke and R2D2 are on Degobah where they crash landed.<br />
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4. While the other part of the team goes to a wonderful place and is in the lap of luxury.<br />
Quill, Gamora and Drax go to Ego's planet, which on the surface appears to be paradise. Han, Leia, Chewy and C3PO literally go to a city that floats in the clouds.<br />
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5. The paradise is not what it seems. Ego and his planet try to kill Quill and his team. Darth Vader is waiting for Han and company in the Cloud City. Whoops on both counts.<br />
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6. The forest team tries to rescue the part of the team in paradise. Rocket and co. go to Ego's planet to try and save Quill. Luke goes to the Cloud City because his friends are in trouble.<br />
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7. The main character has daddy issues. Quill's dad Ego wants him to join him and take over the universe. Luke's dad Darth Vader wants him to join him and take over the galaxy.<br />
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8. Both the dads killed the main character's mom. Ego killed Quills mother with cancer. Darth Vader broke Luke's mom's heart when he turned to the Dark Side, which killed her (somehow. Of course, Padme had to have known Anakin had some anger issues, he did kill all the Sand People, even the women and kids).<br />
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9. A bad guy turns out to really be a good guy deep down. Yondu turns out to not be too bad of a guy. Lando turns out to not be too bad of a guy.<br />
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10. There's significant loss for each team. Yondu dies. Han is frozen.<br />
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11. They are both sequels that at least some people think are better than the first movie in their respective franchises.<br />
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I really hope there are teddy bear looking aliens that turn out to be cold blooded killers (Ewoks) in the the 3rd Guardians of the Galaxy movie.JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-23010460691319403612016-07-10T08:04:00.001-05:002016-07-10T14:37:13.621-05:00<div>
It's been a weird few days in Dallas to say the least. So saddened by what happened here and all the events that have proceeded us getting here. I haven't felt like this-numb, in shock, concerned-in a long time. I have also been encouraged the last few days by the voices of reason that have spoken out against all types of violence against anyone anywhere. I know and believe we will not let a few bad people and terrible acts weaken and divide us, whether here in Dallas or across the nation. What happened here, I believe, will make us stronger and united in our resolve to overcome violence and mistrust with communication, understanding and peace.</div>
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And one last thought thought, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick should stop talking. About anything. Forever. In other words, he should be voted out of office and he can suck it. </div>
JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-59193116602752615322016-05-04T21:24:00.001-05:002016-05-04T21:24:25.614-05:00May the 4th Be With You, Always<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5blbv4WFriM" width="420"></iframe>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-26891150979499497412015-12-20T17:10:00.001-06:002015-12-20T17:10:24.928-06:00Star Wars: The Force Awakens - spoilers ahead. <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Force Awakens v A New Hope: <a href="http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/19/star-wars-force-awakens-new-hope-similarities" target="_blank">18 plot points are the same</a>. EIGHTEEN! JJ Abrams pulled a Wrath of Khan with the Star Wars franchise. By that I mean, we shouldn't be surprised that JJ Abrams borrowed heavily from A New Hope and the beginning of Empire Strikes Back. He remade Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (and called it Star Trek: Into Darkness) and no one called him on that so why not recast and tweak A New Hope? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">To be clear, I liked Force Awakens OK. It's just startling how much they based the story on the original movie. </span></div>
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JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-60313125888719903472015-12-19T14:40:00.002-06:002015-12-20T17:11:11.999-06:00How to reboot the #FantasticFour movie the right way:When they again reboot the #FantasticFour movie series (which they will) they should set it in the late 50's to early 60's space race era & stay true to the source material. For better or worse Reed is an egotistical, chauvinistic genius Madmen-type super scientist that steals a rocket ship and gets them all (Sue, Johnny and Ben) to go along with him. And they get irradiated by cosmic rays and get their powers. Then they battle Dr. Doom, Reed's old rival, who is a despot ruler of Latveria. Doom was scarred back in college and injured when an experiment he was conducting goes wrong. He blames his classmate Reed for the experiment's failure. At the end of the movie the FF defeat Doom but only by pushing Doom into the Negative Zone. Problem is they get sucked in with him.<br />
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End of the movie: Reed figures out how to get them back but time is different in the Negative Zone and they come back to our present day. After credits: Doom figures out how to get back too in the present day. Sequel set up.<br />
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What do you think?JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-79352882238214196002015-03-23T21:11:00.000-05:002015-03-23T21:11:59.125-05:00<a href="http://tedcruz.com/">TedCruz.com</a> not run by Ted Cruz. If he can't run his own name's website can he be trusted to run the USA?JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-54242414718372830232015-03-14T17:25:00.001-05:002015-03-14T17:25:11.196-05:00Yup, pretty much the 1st step towards a Star Trek replicator<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6864636</span>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-72991615320971561022015-03-08T21:11:00.001-05:002015-03-08T21:11:07.631-05:00"I don't think Hillary Clinton is going to run for president." Said every other Democrat thinking about running that is in self denial. JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-9300502606291840092015-01-31T11:39:00.002-06:002015-01-31T13:08:37.946-06:00A computer program writing & publishing AP news stories sure sounds a lot like #AI And what happens when <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/ap-robots-business-stories-associated-press_n_5543205.html" target="_blank">the program</a> decides it doesn't like us anymore?<br />
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<a href="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/315931/robot-writing-increased-aps-earnings-stories-by-tenfold/" target="_blank">Bill Gates is worried about AI</a> and he's a smart human, right?JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-62999175248777058882015-01-24T16:54:00.001-06:002015-01-24T16:54:46.384-06:00I think my phone was on acid when I took this photo of Congress Ave. in
Austin<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLl0o_r4UQYb-i36JZDZYYR8pr_mfZmj8ToKDtVnRJXpbqjMOzaQvavPHnVaNYTw5e-wAqQm5YwRjUZXzPZOuXXmFyUSLGIp2wnwEmnZYBUJOTrgIdSXIKqi2-3fjYHT9q3xONDHrSnL2/s640/blogger-image--927420016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLl0o_r4UQYb-i36JZDZYYR8pr_mfZmj8ToKDtVnRJXpbqjMOzaQvavPHnVaNYTw5e-wAqQm5YwRjUZXzPZOuXXmFyUSLGIp2wnwEmnZYBUJOTrgIdSXIKqi2-3fjYHT9q3xONDHrSnL2/s640/blogger-image--927420016.jpg"></a></div>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-80564127739562268652015-01-21T17:24:00.001-06:002015-01-21T17:24:43.052-06:00New comic book idea: "Juke Box Hero"<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the future juke boxes are sentient robots than communicate thru song lyrics. Juke Box Hero (the protagonist) is on a quest to save his fellow juke boxes from the evil human overloads that see juke boxes as obsolete and are attempting to eradicate their kind in favor of digital music that humans control, manipulate and change at their whim. Juke Box Hero "has stars in his eyes" meaning he can shoot laser beams out of his eyes that are as hot as the surface of the sun. </span></div>
JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-50748461575115065032015-01-19T22:13:00.001-06:002015-01-19T22:13:13.019-06:00#HeroesReborn = 2000's show coming back. 90's #X-Files is maybe coming back. How about a dark/creepy reboot of 80's #Alf?JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-58921948617964754812015-01-14T21:48:00.003-06:002015-01-14T21:50:15.759-06:00Nancy Grace v. 2 Chainz re marijuana legalization.Of course <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/nancy-grace-2-chainz-marijuana_n_6469870.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular" target="_blank">Nancy Grace loses</a>, badly.JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-57809562464411051692015-01-14T20:54:00.003-06:002015-01-14T20:54:57.470-06:00Anyone else notice that #Cowboys D Coordinator Rod Marinelli looks like the grandfather from #KingOfTheHill ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-61936104103950354522014-12-22T20:56:00.000-06:002014-12-22T20:56:06.297-06:00Because you know, the Ferguson grand jurors just innately would know that the prosecutor might be presenting false information <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">via witnesses the prosecution knew were likely lying. <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/12/21/3606084/how-a-startling-admission-from-the-ferguson-prosector-could-restart-the-case-against-darren-wilson/" target="_blank">Startling Admission By The Ferguson Prosecutor Could Restart The Case Against Darren Wilson</a></span><br />
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JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-47376109739593941362014-12-22T17:03:00.001-06:002014-12-22T19:31:17.458-06:00N. Korea suffers massive Internet outages,One can only wonder what persons, organizations, multinational corporations and/or nation states might have an axe to grind with North Korea. I mean who would do something like<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/22/us-sony-cybersecurity-northkorea-idUSKBN0K01WA20141222" target="_blank"> disabling a whole country's internet infrastructure?</a>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-33641907817471299252014-12-18T09:24:00.001-06:002014-12-22T19:32:05.854-06:00Texas theater to show Team America in Place of The InterviewJGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-8144187485887168202014-12-13T10:50:00.001-06:002014-12-13T10:50:05.492-06:00I love #GreatBadMoviesFor example, my favorite great bad movie is #BigTroubleInLittleChina (though liked now, it was a box office bomb and panned when it 1st came out) starring the great Kurt Russell. Just realized I have not watched many great bad Xmas/holiday movies. That will be remedied posthaste. First up Christmas with the Kranks, then Surviving Christmas.JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524692824203762439.post-31237386002110472612014-12-06T17:07:00.000-06:002014-12-11T00:59:55.647-06:00Happy holidays! Picard #StarTrek The Next Generation style<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/i-zdMkOZTKs" width="560"></iframe>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484177538269519840noreply@blogger.com