The Month in Theaters: August 2023
Eight movies in theaters, with ten movies otherwise, with one repeat, for a total of seventeen reviews. A decent month, but nowhere near as good as July.
Monthly Archive: September 2023
Weekend Plans Post: Timey Wimey
Man, a long weekend just wrecks all kinds of being able to keep track of stuff.
Mini-Throughput: Masks, Redux
I don’t like masks but the hysteria over them seems fantastically out of proportion. I’m also not sure that we need to bring back mask mandates under the present circumstances.
POETS Day! Revisiting Clampitt with Cummings In Mind
There’s a valid complaint about poetry written beginning somewhere in the middle of the last century that claims modern poetry is written for a smaller and smaller audience of attuned readers
Let Joe Biden Be Joe Biden: Voter Reactions To President Biden’s Events
I showed two videos of Joe Biden to a group of 50 voters who were in their early to mid-20s from different areas of Massachusetts.
Shivanthi Sathanandan posts to Facebook that she has been Carjacked
The 2nd Vice Chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has posted to Facebook that she has been carjacked
Chrome & Punishment
Why are so many cars getting stolen? Police and city officials point to this: Millions of Kias and Hyundais are ridiculously easy to steal.
Don’t Look Now But Ukraine is Winning
One of the major outcomes of the 2024 election will be whether we and the West keep up the logistical support that will allow them to keep winning.
From Politico: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
California would be the first state to explicitly ban the practice, but the process has been divisive.
The Brand is the Point: Voting Against Your Interests to Stay in Your Tribe
Normally I’d sit back, decry the situation in Mississippi, vote, and then go get a good stiff drink. I may have to do so again this year.
Proud Boys Leader Tarrio Gets 22 Years For Jan 6th Offenses
All in all, the trial and sentencing of former Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio feels just about right after getting the longest sentence to date for January 6th.
I’m Worried About the Gadsden Flag Kid
Adult right-wing influencers are parading the Gadsden Flag kid around the internet like an idol, a life no 12-year-old is ready for.
Abortion ‘Trafficking’ and the Constitution (Updated)
You don’t have to be pro-abortion to oppose the restrictive intrusion that anti-”trafficking” laws impose on individuals and their right to travel.
The Spanish-American War and the ‘Empire By Default’
If you like somewhat obscure history, “Empire by Default” is a very readable and comprehensive account of the Spanish-American War.
