Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Infrastructure week. at last.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

You cannot shame the shameless.

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

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

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Let’s finish the job.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

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  1. 1.

    lamh36

    I saw the pic of Malcovich as John Lennon with Yoko Onon. the naked cover pic…it was pretty disturbing..,lol

  2. 2.

    Grumpy Code Monkey

    Malkovich! Malkovich malkovich, malkovich malkovich malkovich. Malkovich malkovich? Malkovich, malkovich malkovich.

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    eemom

    Always found Malkovitch rather sexy in his younger years.

    And that Being movie was awesome.

    Anyone else ancient enough to remember him as Biff in the 1980s teevee version of Death of A Salesman with Dustin Hoffman?

  9. 9.

    Tom Q

    @eemom: Actually saw them do it on stage. This was about a year after Malkovich had burst on the scene, doing True West with Gary Sinise (they did that on stage, too, but I only saw it on PBS).

    Really thought he was going to follow in the line of Hoffman/Nicholson/Pacino/DeNiro — become a major movie star — but he turned out just a bit too weird for that (as did William Hurt). We never really did get another run of actor/stars like that.

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    burnspbesq

    I was about to remark about the fashion ads I’m seeing on the front page, and how great it was that companies are using normal-sized women as models. Then I scrolled down and saw that the ads were for Lane Bryant. So much for that.

    On a much happier note, sometime between now and tomorrow morning a new Eazy Rawlins novel will land in my Kindle app. I do love me some Walter Mosely.

  12. 12.

    Mnemosyne

    If I ever meet John Malkovich, I will probably tell him that I was one of the kids who would mess around with their stage props in Highland Park until they started locking the door, which would probably lead to him chasing me around the room. If it happens, I promise to have G make a video.

  13. 13.

    burnspbesq

    I will always associate Malkovich with “Dangerous Liaisons.” What a sick fuck his character was, and what a great movie that is.

  14. 14.

    JCJ

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):

    Good evening sir!

    I think I remember you stating you had played rugby in your college years. On November 1 the US national rugby team will be playing an exhibition against the All Blacks in Soldier Field. Perhaps you are already planning on FreakFest, though.

  16. 16.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @eemom: Just mentioning – for no reason, really – that an ex-girlfriend said that I speak like Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons. I assume it is the condescension and Mid-West accent.

  17. 17.

    Violet

    Sounds great! Who the fuck is John Malkovich?

    Loved that movie. So weird. In a great way. Also loved him in “Dangerous Liaisons.” Creepy.

  18. 18.

    jibeaux

    Rarely watch TV, but felt lazy and caught some of the new premieres. Gotham was OK, but the dialogue was hacky. Scorpion was dumb. Forever wasn’t bad. This has been Brief and Not Very Informative Reviews.

  21. 21.

    burnspbesq

    @jibeaux:

    Season premiere of my one teevee guilty pleasure, “Nashville,” comes up Wednesday night. I say there is no way Rayna is marrying Deacon. It’s either Luke or neither. And I also say that the creepy label head is the one who knocked up Juliette, but Avery will make an honest woman out of her and agree to raise the kid as though he was the father.

  22. 22.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @Violet: Valmont was creepy? Oh, dear. Merteuil was the horrific one, in my view. She was the only one incapable of love. Valmont could do it; he just realized it too late.

    @Violet: I am not sure it was meant as good thing – she was not happy with me at the time she said it.. But as a description of my voice, I can’t say it is wrong.

  23. 23.

    jibeaux

    @Tom Q: William hurt is also generally rumored to be an ass. And to have an acting range that runs the gamut from A to B, in my opinion.

  25. 25.

    Violet

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): Yes, I think he was creepy for what he did. From a film point of view it was creepy in a good way–he was amazing in the role. But as characters they were both amoral and generally horrible, although Valmont did have that redemption–of a sort–that you mention.

    I love that movie though. The acting was amazing and the story is excellent and they did a wonderful job with the whole production. Glenn Close and John Malkovich were outstanding.

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @Violet: In any case, the comparison was vocal only. Although, given my behavior, the full comparison was not completely off base.

  29. 29.

    eemom

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):

    Agreed; Valmont was actually a very nuanced and human character. I loved that scene at the end when he was dying in the snow and told Keanu Reeves to tell de Tourvel that “her love was the only real happiness I have ever known.” [sniff]

    Another good if obscure Malkovich movie of that era: The Sheltering Sky.

  30. 30.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @Violet: Apparently, I can do. Also it is not a sneer. It is a very patient explanation of things that are quite plain to see. The effort to not sneer is often there.

  33. 33.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @eemom: Eh, she didn’t love him more than she loved the game. She was bound by her rules and they cost her.

    I am a Valmont guy. The Malcovich vocal comparisons aside, he is the character with whom it is easiest to identify.

  35. 35.

    Roonieroo

    “We are here” yelled the Whos of Whoville. Actually we just got back from Oahu for a truly fantastic vacation. Go Hawaii! I guess we’ve both been busy and get to the threads after they have spun themselves out. I’m consumed with agility training with the pup and Grumpy is grumpy from work overload.

    But we are here biting our nails when Steve escapes and then grateful that he’s returned and we can finally relax.

  36. 36.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @eemom: She was horrific, but she loved Valmont. Also a nuanced character.

    Loved him as much as she could love, but couldn’t let him win, much less love a younger woman. Like Eleanor and Henry in the Lion in Winter. The Milos Forman version (Valmont) is interesting too. Annette Benning’s two best roles are IMHO Merteuil and whatsits in “The Grifters” (and we’ve brought it back to John Cusack). Anjelica Huston’s Lily would eat Close’s Merteuil alive

  38. 38.

    Anne Laurie

    @jibeaux:

    Forever wasn’t bad.

    Watched it with the Spousal Unit, who liked it too. Since the two shows we used to watch as-they-aired were Castle and Body of Proof, it’s nice to have the Tuesday slot filled in again.

    (I’m kinda over Castle — last year struck me as far too “fan inspired”, aka pandering to idiots on twitter. But, hey, new season, new hope. )

  47. 47.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    Being John Malkovich was really funny and genuinely strange, but I’m not sure I’ve ever completely recovered from the unexpected and unwelcome sight of Malkovich stark frontal nekkid in Al di là delle nuvole. Yikes. So much better in a dress, disturbing as that is.

  49. 49.

    Amir Khalid

    I’m quite taken by Malkovich’s Marilyn Monroe photo. He looks very fetching.

    He was indeed hilarious in RED. I saw him in the 2000 French miniseries version of Les Misérables (him as Javert, Depardieu as Valjean, Charlotte Gainsbourg as Fantine). Not among the better adaptations, alas, and the Javert was not his best work either.

  51. 51.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    @jibeaux: We decided to stay away from Scorpio, DVR’d Gotham, and watch Forever. Forever is sitting on the fence as to if it gets added to our list — Ioan Gruffudd’s cheekbones and jaw line keeping it in the mix, but it’s like a mashup of Elementary, Castle and Flashforward. Disheartening to hear that it was better than Gotham.

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