Movie summary:
Too long. Too loud. Too dark. Took itself too seriously.
Not fun, endless CG, ludicrous story line, and some odd monster thrown in at the end because the creators clearly ran out of ideas.
Save your money.
BZ
The political wackos are all a-twitter (not a-Twitter) about some Trump guy grabbing the arm of a female who once worked for Breitbart.
He has since turned himself in for booking and processing at some police station in some state. Blah blah blah.
The female had bruises. The guy worked for Trump. The USSS was present when the “heinous event” occurred. Had it been as heinous as alleged, they could have made an intervention. They did not.
In the meantime, this incident is the talk of the internet. The female may have been “manhandled.” Big fat hairy deal. The Trump guy may have “manhandled” her. Big fat hairy deal.
Did the female cry out and fall to the floor because of the pressure the alleged assailant applied? No she did not. Was there video of the event? Yes there was. And none of it is conclusive and determinant.
Did the Trump guy lie about the contact? He may have. I don’t know. But this crap could and should have been handled at the lowest possible level. The Trump guy could have apologized and moved on. The female could have chalked it up to rudeness and moved on. But they are both Exclusive Political Caucasoids who take umbrage to most everything that does not go their way. Therefore the EPC World is aghast — aghast I tell you! — at the event.
Had I been handed this case, as a Detective, and been tasked to offer it to my Intake DA during Presentations, I would have been laughed out of the office. Once the laughter subsided, after having read the report, the Intake DA would have 1) refused to file, and 2) told me to give them an actual case to prosecute.
In the very worst case scenario possible, the Trump guy will be placed on probation in that specific county, criminally. Civilly, yes, he’ll likely be sued.
GOWPs sue each other. It’s what they do.
This is nothing more than a NON-EVENT between two over-massaged, over-coddled people who place their esteem way above their actual worth.
They aren’t even worth writing their names here. I’ve been manhandled by professionals because, as I Caucasoid, I dared to attend dinner and a show in Reno on Thanksgiving, where everyone else was Chinese (and I was a member of the VFW — Very Few Whites) and shoved me out of their way for over an hour. Continuously. The Chinese are some of the rudest motherfuckers on earth. Did I file a report? Did I bleat and whine about it on social media? Did I lie about it?
Ladies and gentlemen, at work I’ve been shot at three times, shot back once, been hit with fists, stabbed, cut, spit on, struck in the head with a bookend, had to wrestle numerous persons, been kicked in the jewels, lost my gun in a fight, lost my baton, been attacked by more than five persons, been ambushed, blah blah blah.
With all those incidents, how many times did any DA file a case against my assailant?
That’s right, never.
It was all considered part of the job.
So two Millennials have a dust-up?
Boo-fucking-hoo.
BZ
I wrote on Friday about Mr Obama’s plan to fight ISIS: words. Sarcasm. “You are not strong. You are weak.” There. Mission accomplished. ISIS fleeing in terror.
But wait, there’s more.
Obama plans to keep America safe by battling ISIS with words, AND he plans on importing more “refugees” into the United States.
That Mr Obama, what a courageous man.
He made the announcement on Easter. Good timing.
From the WashingtonExaminer.com:
Obama reiterates refugee promise
by Nicole Duran
In a brief Easter weekend radio address, President Obama vowed to decimate the self-proclaimed Islamic State, but he said the United States will do so by offering an example of freedom, tolerance and open society.
“Our openness to refugees fleeing ISIL’s violence; our determination to win the battle against ISIL’s hateful and violent propaganda — a distorted view of Islam that aims to radicalize young Muslims to their cause,” are paramount in the fight, Obama told Americans during his weekly radio address.
Admitting entry to Syrian and Iraqi refugees has become a divisive issue in the U.S. as well as Europe, but Obama made clear he has no plan to back off his promise to admit 100,000 to the U.S. this year.
Let me emphasize: Obama said he will “promise to admit 100,000 to the US this year.”
Please see the graphic below which delineates where these refugees will be placed.
My stance is this: no refugees to the US. No children. No women. No men. No families. But particularly no children. The children and all refugees need to stay in their country of origin with family.
Why? This is our country. It belongs to us and no one else. We have sovereignty and we get to keep it. We are the determinants of who will or will not enter our country. We get to ensure the sovereignty and safety of our citizens. It’s a duty. It is the duty of our federal government to keep its citizens safe. That is its highest priority.
The United States cannot be the recipient of the world’s human outcasts and refuse and hope to continue. Germany is already making this discovery and Merkel, by her insane decision to allow “refugees” to storm their border unimpeded, has placed her entire country in jeopardy. In jeopardy of not just never looking or being Germany again, but in jeopardy of placing itself into November of 1923 all over again.
Whatever occurs in Germany from this point on can and is directly attributable to Merkel’s decision to flood the nation with persons who seem to have little if any interest in assimilation.
Assimilation in the culture, immersion in the language, participating in the host country’s customs — those are the least of the things you as an immigrant owe your new nation.
These things are primarily not occurring in Europe, with terrible consequences the result.
Pundits in the US brag that the major difference between Europe and the US is the assimilation that does occur here. I should care to point out, however, that participating in American culture is occurring with greater infrequency if for no other reason that not only don’t we, for example, encourage the learning of English but, many times, we discourage it and enable immigrants to hold to their own. We do this out of GOWP political correctness.
Two massive reasons for what I would argue as a major necessary clamp on immigration — which I wholeheartedly advocate — are the issues of employment and budget.
The bulk of persons immigrating to the US bring no inherent skills with them. Most are unskilled individuals from poor environments and backgrounds where the aptitudes required for our future of our nation are not possessed.
Our nation will have a sufficiently difficult time ensuring our own lawful citizens can transform into the New Work Paradigm — much less having to take in persons whose background and capabilities fall behind those of our own.
The demand for a $15 an hour “living wage” (along with technology itself) is driving the push for jobs requiring menial skills to be automated. Those persons thinking that clicking the CHEESEBURGER icon at McDonald’s will guarantee them anything more than a few extra fries per shift are deluding themselves.
Those jobs that can be automated will. Persons who lack skills or, for any number of varied reasons, are unemployable will find themselves unemployed. And many of today’s Americans are completely unemployable, unable to cope with the most minimal amount of discipline or diligence.
Add to that the vast potential amounts of refugees who bring nothing to the employment or culture table, and you have a recipe for another Europe in the midst of America.
Those persons who lack skills or are unemployable will then, of course, demand and apply for various forms of largesse. The pool of those paying taxes will diminish to the point of a National Crash. We are not far from that point already, with our own coddled bits of human flotsam and jetsam.
We can’t afford the human cost, and we can’t afford the fiscal cost.
Guns are not the greatest danger to America, nor is “global warming” according to the Religious Left.
The greatest danger to America is Barack Hussein Obama.
Or any Demorat successor.
BZ
Fans at ELP concerts, prior to health and safety codes for dangerous decibel levels, would frequently say the stacks of speakers on stage literally blew their hair and clothing. Working in radio entertainment, going to concerts like ELP and being my department’s Rangemaster all contributed to my loss of hearing.
In the 1970s, the three-man progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer (or ELP) were on top of the record charts time and again. I attended three of their concerts and marveled at their musical chops as well as their stage theatrics.
Here is one of their most moving and recognizable songs, Lucky Man.
ELP consisted of Keith Emerson on keyboards, Carl Palmer on percussion and Greg Lake on stringed instruments.
The question I have is this: why wasn’t Keith Emerson’s passing more widely covered not just in the general media, but more broadly in the music industry as well?
Further, I found this somewhat disconsolate article in UK media, from the DailyMail.com:
How the Hendrix of the keyboard was trolled to death by his own fans: Keith Emerson’s widow claims flamboyant showman was a ‘sensitive soul’ killed himself after taking cruel jibes to heart
by Tom Leonard
- Keith Emerson died aged 71 at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
- Police said he died from self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head
- Emerson set up the band in 1970 with guitarist Lake and drummer Palmer
- He had been planning to retire after a string of concerts in Japan
- But was ‘tormented with worry’ that he wouldn’t be good enough
Emerson died aged 71 at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, on Friday morning from what police said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
It appears that for all his rock dinosaur image, he was the victim of a very modern fate — ‘trolled to death’ by heartless fans who had attacked him online over the quality of his recent music, even suggesting he gave up.
In fact, he had been suffering for years from a debilitating muscular condition that affected the fingers in his right hand.
‘He read all the criticism online and was a sensitive soul,’ said his Japanese girlfriend, Mari Kawaguchi, 52.
Although he had been planning to retire after a string of upcoming concerts in Japan, he was ‘tormented with worry’ that he wouldn’t be good enough, she said. ‘He didn’t want to let down his fans. He was a perfectionist and the thought he wouldn’t play perfectly made him depressed, nervous and anxious.’
It’s easy to believe that he could have been deeply troubled by the cruel barbs from fans. Not only did Emerson take his music very seriously — even if many others didn’t — but he was a deeply sensitive man who was far from the wild rock star that he appeared on stage.
‘Keith was a gentle soul whose love for music and passion for his performance as a keyboard player will remain unmatched for many years to come,’ said his former bandmate, Carl Palmer.
These parts I clearly remember, with fondness:
If ELP records were bombastic enough, the band’s live appearances were something else. The group toured with 40 tons of equipment, the vast expense justified only by the fact that no one except The Rolling Stones, The Who and Led Zeppelin drew bigger live crowds. It included 13 keyboards and a £2,000 Persian rug that Greg Lake stood on while he played.
Emerson was always centre stage and would be hoisted on a wire 20ft into the air while strapped to a Steinway grand piano. He would then play the instrument while it spun end over end as smoke billowed around him. Finally, in a huge explosion from fireworks inside the piano, it and Emerson would disappear.
The stunt had eventually to stop because Emerson kept getting hurt: once he broke his nose when the piano suddenly stopped mid-spin; another time, the fireworks went off too soon and he was covered in cuts and bruises. Down on stage, the carnage was intense. At that inaugural Isle of Wight performance, a photographer was hurled off stage into the audience by the force of antique cannons firing at the end of one song.
I had the fortunate occasion to see the spinning piano stunt twice — luckily with no broken bones or lacerations involved.
Yes, ELP was bombastic; yes, ELP was excessive. Yes, some persons made fun of them for their over-the-top theatrics and what the Swedish call självdistans, or lack of distance. Taking oneself a bit too seriously.
There is no denying that Keith Emerson possessed an amazing aptitude and, like many talents in entertainment with a cutting creative side, could be occasionally confused, sensitive, depressed and desperate. We’ve all been there.
Tragically, Keith Emerson succumbed to those voices ended his life.
BZ
It’s good to know that our Mr Barack Hussein Obama has a detailed and concerted plan to defeat ISIS, most recently responsible for killing 31 innocent people in Belgium.
Words. Sarcasm. For certainly you can’t take what Mr Obama says seriously. And I wouldn’t have believed it had I not seen and heard it:
This is how Obama fights ISIS — just like it would appear some of America and much of Europe wishes to fight ISIS. With shawls and candles and posters and hashtags and hand-holding and vigils and singing and kind thoughts from the politically correct imbeciles who attend this puerile pap.
From the WeeklyStandard.com:
Obama: Defeat ISIS ‘By Saying You Are Not Strong, You Are Weak’
by Daniel Halper
President Obama has a new way to defeat the Islamic State: by telling the terror organization they are weak. Obama revealed his strategy at a press conference today in Argentina.
Brilliant!
The insistence that ISIS can be fought by semi-stern language is as ridiculous as thinking that Belgium will get ahead of the terror curve by continuing to limit the service of warrants or raids between the hours of 9 PM and 5 AM. Correct. Sheer insanity. Turkey President Erdogan called Belgium authorities “incompetent” as Turkey warned Belgium earlier.
America, this is the mindset you are fighting. This is a once-European Belgian man who converted to Islam, joined ISIS, endured a trial for terrorism and received — wait for it — three years’ probation for plotting to destroy his country and Europe. Listen to his words very carefully.
Western civilization thinks in terms of minutes, hours, a few days. Islam thinks in terms of years, decades, centuries.
By the way, here are ISIS flags flown in Dearborn, Michigan. You likely could have seen the same thing in Hamtramck.
You’re welcome.
BZ