Monthly Archives: July 2012

Romney in England: Schadenfreude is tasty but the calories are empty.

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Yeah, from the outside, it’s great fun watching. Mitt Romney handed Barack Obama a potential gift for the US presidential election campaign when the presumptive Republican nominee blundered on his first diplomatic outing by questioning whether London was capable of staging … Continue reading →

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An open letter to Charles Hurt of the Washington Times. I.E. Your Open Letter to Nolan, Penn, Etc.

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Dear Mr. Hurt: I have just spent the last several minutes re-reading your open letter to Christopher Nolan, Sean Penn and Warner Brothers that was published Tuesday in the Washington Times. And I have come to the following conclusion. You are … Continue reading →

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PROFILES IN DICKISHNESS: Chick-fil-A Vs. The Muppets.

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

So here’s the dilly-o. As most of you know by now, The President of the restaurant chain Chick-fil-A caused a bit of a dust up a few days back… Company president Dan Cathy told a Baptist website the Atlanta-based restaurant … Continue reading →

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Ronny Cox’s Birthday and a folk song pitch.

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

So I’m on the Twitter tonight and I see Drew McWeeny tweet the following… It’s Ronny Cox’s birthday today. First official celebrity interview I ever did, when I was 17 years old. He’s awesome. And that made me smile.  Because … Continue reading →

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The Aurora Shooting and The Proper Uses of Politicalization.

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

The shooting in Aurora, Colorado this past Thursday has gut punched us all. I can tell you that it’s especially hit the Film Geek community hard.  For us, a movie theater is a holy place and this act of butchery is … Continue reading →

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Short personal note for July 19th.

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

  Went to the Doctor last week as a follow up to my blood tests. As mentioned before, my triglycerides are at 257 but as it turns out, that’s about fifty lower than when I had blood work done in 2008. … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh: And George Soros once bought an airline…like that guy in “Inception”!

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

Sweet Zombie Jesus… Okay, Let’s break this down… The character Bane was created in 1993. The character was used in the 1997 film “Batman and Robin”. The shooting began in December of 2010. A full year before the GOP Primaries even … Continue reading →

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GOP to Romney: You’re our Huckleberry.

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Remember last Post when I suggested that Ron Paul could wind up with the GOP nomination because of buyer’s remorse? Well, kids.  Looks like I was talking out of my ass.  Ron Paul’s bid for the presidency has all but … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney needs a hug.

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

This has not been a good week for Mitt Romney. The Boston Globe reported that according to SEC documents, he was in charge at Bain Capital three years after he said he quit.  Killing his plausible deniability that he had … Continue reading →

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Daniel Tosh and the dangers of Not Punching Up.

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

Via Jezebel: According to a blog post, on Friday, a young woman and her female friend went to the Laugh Factory in Hollywood to watch some comedy. When Tosh took the stage, she wasn’t sure who he was, but remarked that … Continue reading →

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