Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

“But what about the lurkers?”

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

This fight is for everything.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

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Last night after watching Lincoln I was not ready for bed, so perused the Netflix offerings, and watched what may be the greatest movie ever made. If you have not seen it and have Netflix, drop everything you are doing and watch the film God Bless America. It very seriously is a highlight reel of all my murder fantasies and quite possibly the best social commentary since Bob Roberts.

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  3. 3.

    raven

    Yea, I’ll turn off the sweet sixteen right away. Maybe if West Virginia doesn’t TOTALLY suck next year there will be a renewed interest in the the greatest sporting event on the planet.

  5. 5.

    lamh35

    love this highlighted review

    While it obviously has a liberal political slant its continual message about how just RUDE American society has become really hits home. ”

    So what gives the movie a “liberal political slant”???

  7. 7.

    Heirn

    I kept watching Netflix to see when it would be available. It was worth the wait. I laughed my self silly.

  8. 8.

    quannlace

    Sorry to sound all trollish and humor-less, but Jesus, Cole. Especially after today’s new releases about the details in Sandy Hook, talking about a movie where they go on a killing spree.

  9. 9.

    raven

    And, while I’m at it, here’s Pat Lang’s latest masterpiece”

    This is the second time that rebel mortar fire has struck the center of Damascus. In this case the bombardment killed a number students.

    The MSM in the US is uninterested. Given that it is the policy of the United States to destroy the present Syrian government and replace it with one desired by the islamists in the ME; Turkey, Saudi Arabia, etc., this is not surprising.

    In any event the BHO administration has influenced the media to support its campaign for gun safety, gay parity, etc. These priorities serve to focus attention away from th oming Islamist government in Syria. pl

  14. 14.

    Lowkey

    @quannlace: we can shed tears and laugh. I don’t mean to be disrespectful. Just that, when you’re dealing with something horrible, it’s good to laugh when you can. Gotta heal somehow.

  15. 15.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    I don’t mean to sound trollish and humor-less but with all the violence in the world, yer just gonna watch hockey like it doesn’t matter?

  19. 19.

    Keith G

    @raven: Not having , I am getting ready to walk around the corner to a lil pub and watch the Buckeyes work some magic and hopefully advance over Arizona.

  22. 22.

    Catsy

    It very seriously is a highlight reel of all my murder fantasies

    If you’re still considering that whole foster parent thing, you might want to consider that whoever is screening you might have Internet access and know how to use Google. :>

  23. 23.

    quannlace

    @Lowkey:

    Yes, I know, I know. And I’m criticizing a movie I’ve never seen and know nothing about.
    So fuck me. I just was watching ‘Raising Arizona’ where the funniest part is the part after Hy’s attempt to rob a convenience store and what ensues is an almost ten minute chase segment where everybody’s shooting at everybody else.

  24. 24.

    maya

    @quannlace: Agree. Whenever I see a DVD case that sports someone with a gun – like every fucking Die Hard edition and 44 gazillion other cases – I just pass by. WTF is it with guns on everything? I don’t care if it’s satire or “libril”, if it really was, then they all should be holding kittens.

    Yer all gun nuts.

  25. 25.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    Sorry to sound all trollish and humor-less, but Jesus, your teams all suck and everyone laughs at you behind your backs.

  28. 28.

    quannlace

    Bobcat Goldthwait’s been on the panel of ‘Wait,Wait, Dont’ Tell Me’ the past few weeks. Can’t help but think ‘Wow, he sounds just like a normal person!”

  29. 29.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @MattR: Weirdly, that never came up when I took classes to qualify as a guardian ad litem all those years ago.

  30. 30.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    I would see it but xfinity, is having watch-a-thon and I am trying to finish Homeland and Spartacus, I should have taken a week off, damn how am I going fit in the basketball.

  32. 32.

    quannlace

    I would see it but xfinity, is having watch-a-thon and I am trying to finish Homeland and

    I was catching SHO’s ‘Shameless’. Damn, that show does love it’s oral sex.

  35. 35.

    jebediah

    @raven:
    my phone doesn’t like the link, but enough loaded for me to see its Steve King. Fuck that nasty fucker.

  38. 38.

    PeakVT

    I would have thought that the official movie of BJ would be Blazing Saddles because of its position on, you know, morons.

  42. 42.

    Corner Stone

    @raven: Just wondering why they are 2 of 13 from 3pt line so far.
    Screams no aggression or strength inside.

  46. 46.

    raven

    @Corner Stone: Well, their coach said that he was “speechless” after the Illinois game because the Illini played the best D they had seen all year. I don’t know if the physical nature of the game took a toll or if Marquette is just better than them. Remember this is supposed to be a super team having won both the ACC tourney and regular season. Illinois was a middle of the pack B1G team and gave them everything they could handle. Draw you r own conclusions, maybe they just are not that good. On the other hand we beat Indiana, Ohio State, Gonzaga and Butler.

  48. 48.

    Robert

    God Bless America quickly became one of my favorite indie films of all time last year. It is so smart and so disturbing. You can’t just shake it off and it will make you angry. I’ve written a ton about the film in the past few months. Here’s my full review which really goes into the revenge vs. shock value aspect and why the violence had to go as far as it did to sell the satire.

  51. 51.

    brad

    It’s an amazing polemic of a movie, and I’ve watched it half a dozen times.
    But, much as I genuinely love it, it is a bit derivative of the far, far, far, far superior Super. Super is challenging in its occasional eruptions of stark brutality, but it’s such a rich work.
    And it has Kevin Bacon.

  54. 54.

    Jay in Oregon

    @Redshirt:
    Julius Caesar has joined the cast, as an officer under the new bad guy, Crassus. So if you think Spartacus and his crew are going to roll him over, you might want to think again.

    This is the final season of Spartacus, so I don’t think it’s a matter of “Who is going to die?” but “Will anyone be left alive?”

  55. 55.

    YellowJournalism

    @The Red Pen: “No” is the answer to both of those questions, although it is a funny and disturbing-in-a-good-way movie. And I think the ultimate message is one that condemns the violence but is screaming for people to quit bein assholes to each other.

  56. 56.

    Redshirt

    @Jay in Oregon: It’s funny, since of course I know what happens to Spartacus, so I guess I can’t be spoiled properly.

    I’m more interested if the show is still “balls to the walls” as the previous seasons. Also, and perhaps more importantly, have they kept the sex scenes going?

  57. 57.

    Jay in Oregon

    @Redshirt:
    Yeah, I know what happens too.

    And yes, both straight and gay sex scenes are still present. The violence is really making use of the slow-mo “bullet-time” effects, moreso than I remember from the previous seasons.

    (I still think that Sam Raimi could have blown the minds of Xena fans who were shipping the Xena/Gabrielle thing if they’d gotten Renee O’Connor to play Lucretia’s female companion, Gaia, from season 1 instead of Jaime Murray.)

  58. 58.

    Redshirt

    @Jay in Oregon: Poor Gaia. She was so much fun! What a shock her demise was. This is one of my favorite shows ever, but it’s the character moments that define it, not the broader story. Which we all know about.

    They used the slo-mo violence trick quite a bit last season if I recall. Remember the Spartacus versus Gannicus fight at the temple? Half of it was in slo-mo.

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