Amy, Justified, and Willy

At The Cinema                              “ By now you will have discovered that I am your best go-to guy for T.V. and movie reviews.  You will know that if I like something — Chances are you will too; or Chances are you will hate it Below you may scroll through three videos of stuff that I have recently fancied quite a bit. 1) A few weeks ago I told you about Key and Peele, a Comedy Central offering that I'd never seen because I don't look at Comedy Central anymore.  Inside Amy Schumer is another jewel, although it was evidently canceled after one season.  I think it's funny as hell, but it's also unbelievably naughty, even for standard cable.  No worse than South Park, but that's no-holds barred too. Some of her sketches are brilliant, brilliant parody. 2.  The second needs no introduction.  Justified is simply the best television series ever made.  Season 4 is now available on Amazon Prime. 3.  Shakespeare Uncovered is a BBC series featuring various stage actors delving into the mechanics of various Shakespearean plays. And let's be honest.  The only time most of us read Shakespeare was in high school, and then people were randomly chosen to play roles which could make it all drearier than it actually was to a 16 year old boy sitting next to that girl with the blond pageboy.  I was lucky.  As one of just two boys in her AP English class, I was always the lead role, and I think quite skilled. Episode (Original Air Date) 1. Macbeth with Ethan Hawke January 25, 2013 2. The Comedies with Joely Richardson January 25, 2013 3. Richard II with Derek Jacobi February 1, 2013 4. Henry IV & Henry V with Jeremy Irons February 1, 2013 5. Hamlet with David Tennant February 8, 2013 6. The Tempest with Trevor Nunn February 8, 2013 I've watched just the first three so far.  Ethan Hawke's Macbeth gets 4 stars; created within me a spark for it all that I never before had. (shown in full below) After 10 minutes or so of The Comedies with Joley Richardson, I stopped.  Joley's mother is Vanessa Redgrave, whom I abhor.  The two comfortably interact here, and I found it all insufferable.  I accidentally (really) Googled up a page of Joley Richardson naked; she does that fairly well. I loved the historical background of presentation of Richard the II.  Derek Jacobs is not someone I should want to take a long trip with, but his presentation is worthwhile, as are  his reasons for not believing Shakespeare is not Shakespeare.  And no, he's not part of the Bacon crowd;  not that I care one way or another.  My high school English teacher Mrs. Meginnis  would be abhorred. You're welcome AMY, JUSTIFIED and SHAKESPEARE 1 2 3 ”

Birthers Rule

Later, in an interview with The Daily Caller, Warren called Corsi an “execrable piece of shit.”

“   They double down, and accuse the President of the United States of perpetrating a fraud on the world by having released a forged birth certificate. Not because this claim is in any way based on reality, but to hold their terribly gullible audience captive to their lies. This is despicable, and deserves only ridicule. That’s why we committed satire in the matter of the Corsi book.” Put up or shut up Read more: ”

Obama gets Trumped

Donald Trump’s birth certificate strategy

“   If you go back to my first grade, my kindergarten, people remember me. Nobody from those early years remembers him. If you're going to be president of the United States, it says very profoundly you have to be born in this country. [Donald Trump on The View] ”

Hell, even Obama warns us about Obama I see but two categories of people who have shown no outward interest in getting to the truth of this' Partisan Democrats, who believe any tactic, including voter fraud,  that bestows upon them the power to save us from ourselves is morally justified. People still living in an age of innocence; unable to accept that public figures of authority would purposely deceive them.  People who have forgotten how to think critically. I believe we, most of us, still live in an age of innocence, and that's ideally a good thing.  It requires an atmosphere of trust, and a feeling that people are mostly good. Damn those who are ending it.  That would be Barry Marshall Obama Soetoro, or whatever the hell his name is, and his bodyguard of lies, the Democrat party. What's being called Donald Trumps birth certificate strategy has him running fifth in the GOP field, just two points behind former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. “   Republican pollster John McLaughlin agrees that Trump’s remarks may be part of a larger, and potentially effective, campaign strategy. “Just like Obama won the nomination as the most anti-Bush candidate, the Republican nomination is going to be won by the most anti-Obama candidate,” McLaughlin said. “He’s positioning himself to be the most aggressive candidate against Obama. If you want to win a primary that’s the way you win a primary.” ” Ain't that something?  A man most people would never have given a serious thought to as  president,  is propelled by an issue so simple as this.  The first man in the crowd to scoff at the "emperor's new clothes." When this is over, we as a people will be as cynical of government as anyone who lived in the USSR. The real end of innocence.

Angry? Make Big Bucks. Inquire Within.

Tonight's Critical Thinking Exercise

“   Allegations are being made, accusing conservative talk radio show hosts, including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck, of using paid actors to portray angry callers into their nationally syndicated programs. ” Because there's just not enough angry people wantin' ta make phone calls and vent.

Detoured off of the road to perdition

How Critical Thinking Saved a Life

“   Rice proudly voted for Democrat Jimmy Carter. Then everything changed. "I loved Carter's story, the first president from Dixie," says Rice. "But (in the late '70s) I was studying and visiting the Soviet Union. And when they invaded Afghanistan, Carter said he suddenly understood what the Soviets were all about. And I thought, 'Who did you think you were dealing with?' I knew what that place was. So I found myself attracted to Ronald Reagan's policies, and that's how it started." Becoming Condoleezza Rice

Natural Curiosity

The Truth Is Out There