Things that totally suck
Among the oh-so many idiocies perpetrated by FJB’s executive orders, was this one, which overturned one of Trump’s (45):
Biden Purges Non-Partisan US Commission On Fine Arts In Unprecedented Move Against Popular Classical Architecture
So one would hope that among the blizzard of new Executive Orders from Trump (47), one will be to reinstate the original, which mandated that new Federal buildings look more like this:
…than like this:
And so say all of us.
“You guys all voted for Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles. You all voted for Gavin Newsom, and now you fucking get what you get, now that your house is on fire.
“So here’s what’s going to happen. All these people who are deep blue Democrats are now going to have to pull a permit to rebuild, and they’re going to get the 28 year old bitch from the Coastal Commission telling them to go fuck off and then they’re going to vote for Trump or whoever’s Trumpian next. When they start getting the regulation, they’re going to go nuts. And when they start running into the bureaucracy and the red tape, they’re going to start going nuts and they’re going to vote for Rick Caruso next time. They’re going to find out they’re going to get bit by their own snake. They’re going to convert.
“I am telling you, these are the bluest people on the planet and they’re going to be fucking rip shit pissed when the City and the Coastal Commission tell them to fuck off. We’re going to have to restructure the whole thing because we can’t have nine angry lesbians controlling everything that goes on in Malibu, the Palisades and Santa Monica.” — Adam Corolla
He had me at “nine angry lesbians”.
Look, I’m just an Old Man Of Little Brain, so can somebody ‘splain this difference to me?
I see that REO Speedwagon has finally broken up, after gawd knows how many years together.
And a nation mourns…
Here’s something from Insty:
I haven’t seen any of them, of course, and am unlikely to do so — unless they’re on Netflix already, and even then…
…which brings me to a new movie — okay, series — that I have seen, watched over the past weekend, in fact.
My one-word review: Don’t.
My longer review: total and utter bullshit, with a paper-thin plot, an unbelievable “heroine”, and more holes in the plot (and action sequences) than in the average piece of Swiss cheese — and I apologize in advance for any slight against Swiss cheese.
Suffice it to say that the good guys all shoot like Jerry Miculek, while the bad guys (predictably) all shoot like guys who flunked out of Imperial Stormtrooper Beginners Marksmanship Qualification. And watching the 82-pound Keira Knightley fighting a Special Forces sniper hand-to-hand — and winning — is enough to make you reach for the barf bag.
There’s even a sub-plot where the good-guy assassin is (surprise, surprise) a homo with (of course) a Black lover. That this relationship is actually one of the more interesting and entertaining parts of the show should say it all.
I would go into greater detail, but that would require making an effort which this stupid series really does not deserve.
And to prove how totally crap this show is, Netflix has committed to Season 2 already.
Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
Back when Madonna was still a thing — i.e. in the early 1980s — she was accused of miming her concerts, with one critic memorably entitling his review: “Like A Concert”.
So I saw this listing at one of the execrable ticketing websites:
For a free box of .22 boolets, name the two acts which will almost certainly feature at least one mimed song.