Saturday, August 20, 2016
New Point Break
Well, I knew this redo of a turd of a film wasn't going to be good, but holy fucking shit was this uber turd of a film. Do not waste your time on it in any way shape or form.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
This Politcal Season
OK, it's been a while. Sorry.
So, it's presidential circus time again and i have to say it, I am ready for it end. While most people know that I am very politically minded, my fuse this time around has become very short and I find myself following (not unfriending) almost everyone I know. I have also been very sparse in posting anything political to my own timeline, I do find myself wanting to comment to both my right wing friends and to left of center friends who currently hate Hillery. But when I do, I can only muster sanctimonious blah, I can't find myself raising above it and finding clear and present words for me, or for what friends I have. I think I tend to make things worse. So anyway . . .
Trump - at the start of the primaries, I told a right wing friend of mine that I really didn't know who I would vote for, but I knew categorically that I could never ever support two candidates , these being Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. One, I simply do not like either one of them, and second I do find myself agreeing on anything they are for or support. Both of them seem incapable of telling the truth. They both strike me as sociopaths. Now that Trump has the Republican nomination, I categorically know who I am not voting for. Period.
Hillery - Now, this isn't such a straight arrow thing for me. First, I am not a fan of the Bill years, I don't hate him or even many of policies. I understood when we elected him back in 1992 that he as "center" democrat and never failed me here. Where he did fail me was who and how he handle judicial nominations. Basically speaking he flubbed them and completely caved to the right on the issue. Judicial nominations are super important and pretty much moved the federal court as a whole to the right, when he didn't have too, it was just politically expedient for him. During the 90's I was generally a fan of Hillery, she was obviously to the left of Bill and she hit me as smarter then Bill, not nearly as charismatic, but definitely smarter then Bill. Anyway, move forward 20 years and I still have a very mixed opinion. In many respects I'd like to vote for her, but to be honest she is less than stellar and is her own worst enemy. I can totally understand why many left of center folks are still not backing her. But at the same time, many of them are going on feeling and not fact. Not all of the problems with the current DNC go back go her (primary voting irregularities for instance) . For instance the DNC email/Wikileaks debacle comes to mind. I've read quite a lot on this and varying opinion pieces too, best yet is that you can go and actually search and find the damning emails in question and make up your mind. The thing is, most of leftie-hate-hillery friends have not gone this far. Don't get me wrong, the DNC fucked up and did do a number things during the primary that they shouldn't have, but whole sale fraud that we've been sold on concerning the DNC email debacle isn't quite horror show it's been made out to be. I really really suggest folks read and do their own work here. But I will state, even with the DNC shenanigans, I do not think he would have won the primary. The Voter poll problems (think Arizona, Brooklyn and other state fiasco primaries where folks were kicked of voter roster) for instance were not national DNC's fault, the DNC emails actually show how surprised and pissed off they were to find many of these out (especially the Arizona primary). But at the same time, the DNC really did fuck itself over here and Hillery too. As such I am having a very hard time actually wanting to get myself to vote for her this time around. For such a smart person, she can at times be her worst enemy (to say the least).
Anyway, this is more then I should post these days. Happy August!
Anyway, that has been my soar thumb issue within an issue here
So, it's presidential circus time again and i have to say it, I am ready for it end. While most people know that I am very politically minded, my fuse this time around has become very short and I find myself following (not unfriending) almost everyone I know. I have also been very sparse in posting anything political to my own timeline, I do find myself wanting to comment to both my right wing friends and to left of center friends who currently hate Hillery. But when I do, I can only muster sanctimonious blah, I can't find myself raising above it and finding clear and present words for me, or for what friends I have. I think I tend to make things worse. So anyway . . .
Trump - at the start of the primaries, I told a right wing friend of mine that I really didn't know who I would vote for, but I knew categorically that I could never ever support two candidates , these being Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. One, I simply do not like either one of them, and second I do find myself agreeing on anything they are for or support. Both of them seem incapable of telling the truth. They both strike me as sociopaths. Now that Trump has the Republican nomination, I categorically know who I am not voting for. Period.
Hillery - Now, this isn't such a straight arrow thing for me. First, I am not a fan of the Bill years, I don't hate him or even many of policies. I understood when we elected him back in 1992 that he as "center" democrat and never failed me here. Where he did fail me was who and how he handle judicial nominations. Basically speaking he flubbed them and completely caved to the right on the issue. Judicial nominations are super important and pretty much moved the federal court as a whole to the right, when he didn't have too, it was just politically expedient for him. During the 90's I was generally a fan of Hillery, she was obviously to the left of Bill and she hit me as smarter then Bill, not nearly as charismatic, but definitely smarter then Bill. Anyway, move forward 20 years and I still have a very mixed opinion. In many respects I'd like to vote for her, but to be honest she is less than stellar and is her own worst enemy. I can totally understand why many left of center folks are still not backing her. But at the same time, many of them are going on feeling and not fact. Not all of the problems with the current DNC go back go her (primary voting irregularities for instance) . For instance the DNC email/Wikileaks debacle comes to mind. I've read quite a lot on this and varying opinion pieces too, best yet is that you can go and actually search and find the damning emails in question and make up your mind. The thing is, most of leftie-hate-hillery friends have not gone this far. Don't get me wrong, the DNC fucked up and did do a number things during the primary that they shouldn't have, but whole sale fraud that we've been sold on concerning the DNC email debacle isn't quite horror show it's been made out to be. I really really suggest folks read and do their own work here. But I will state, even with the DNC shenanigans, I do not think he would have won the primary. The Voter poll problems (think Arizona, Brooklyn and other state fiasco primaries where folks were kicked of voter roster) for instance were not national DNC's fault, the DNC emails actually show how surprised and pissed off they were to find many of these out (especially the Arizona primary). But at the same time, the DNC really did fuck itself over here and Hillery too. As such I am having a very hard time actually wanting to get myself to vote for her this time around. For such a smart person, she can at times be her worst enemy (to say the least).
Anyway, this is more then I should post these days. Happy August!
Anyway, that has been my soar thumb issue within an issue here
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