Oscars and other silly things

This Sunday about 30 or so people will be taking home a small statue that signifies the cinematic taste of a limited group of people who generally get to view the product for....free.

 

Make the members pay to see each film and then it might be a real contest.

 

I was actually going to write an entire article about the Oscars but just decided at this very moment to curtail any further energy needed to cover this subject.....but my last comment is

Tina Fey and Amy Poulter should host every awards show...for anything....except the Nobel prizes....even though that would be funny.

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To the ex-gov of Oregon I say......you should have cleaned up the meth problem first and then worked on getting a girl friend.

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As I read about the continuing problems at the Fukushima Nuclear power plant in Japan all I can feel is extreme bullshit coming from everybody involved.  They can't tell us the whole story because it's too depressing.

I've always maintained that the REAL cost of Nuclear power MUST include the cleanup when something goes wrong....and since the cleanup never ends then costs never end, and thus Nuclear energy becomes the most expensive energy ever.  And until we develop microbes that eat Nuclear waste we are stuck with the present problem of where and what to do with BILLIONS of galleons of DEATH.

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IS is NOT OUR PROBLEM.   EGYPT, TURKEY AND SAUDI ARABIA HAVE RECEIVED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF US FOREIGN AID AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE FOR VARIOUS THINGS FROM THOSE THREE COUNTRIES.  WE HAVE ALSO SOLD THEM BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WAR MACHINERY AND IT'S THEIR JOB TO MAKE IS GO TO THE PROMISE LAND....NOT OURS.

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And yesterday WE announced that the United States would enter the wholesale international DRONE business.  I guess that won't cause any future problems for us. And the reason for this is because THEY say China and Russia are doing it so we might as well join the party.

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Watched a short film made in 1942 that explained the amount of US military build up leading to WW11.    In 1940 we went batshit crazy with production of war machinery and obviously it was necessary because of Hitler's European march.  IT CHANGED OUR CULTURE  AND THERE IS NO GOING BACK.  By the time Japan hit Pearl Harbor we were well on our way to becoming  a military state and today we are THE military state. Why someone didn't kill Hitler in the mid or late 30's is because SOME IMPORTANT PEOPLE wanted what we have become....and they not only saw the future, they benefited from it.  Weapons are the ticket and if you can create a better weapon than you have a guaranteed customer in the United States of America,  I sure hope Tesla doesn't start building electric tanks.


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 In the LA TIMES today President Obama got an article published in the OP-ED section.

STOPPING VIOLENT EXTREMISM

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This week in Washington there is a summit of 60 nations meeting to discuss extremism.   I hope Barry doesn't start by mentioning the Crusades again.

Maybe a mini...Council of Faith?


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SPRING TRAINING  is starting and the Dodgers already suffered an injury to an important part of their team......ouch.

Oh well...no TV and back to Vinnie on the radio for 3 innings....radio makes it so much easier to create my artwork.


Peace  (somewhere) please.

Michael Timothy McAlevey