By Mark | January 7, 2019
Early this afternoon, Donald Trump tweeted out that he would be addressing the nation at 9:00 on Tuesday evening to discuss the “national security crisis on our southern border.” The three networks, who, back in November of 2014, refused to televise a speech on immigration by President Barack Obama, saying that it was too political, […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged border security, border wall, Brian Stelter, bullying, CBS, Dan Pfeiffer, Donald Trump, fake news, illegal immigration, Judd Legum, Kirstjen Nielsen, national emergency, NBC, racism, stupid ideas, terrorism |
By Mark | October 6, 2014
I know I should be writing about something other than Twin Peaks tonight, as everyone else in the world is posting their thoughts about today’s big announcement right now, but there’s really nothing else I want to write about. I mean, I sat here, trying to write about Naomi Wolf’s descent into madness, but my […]
By Mark | September 20, 2013
I don’t know that it changes anything, but I wonder if the folks behind the statue of Robocop, which will soon be staring-down the citizens of Detroit, know that he wasn’t the first robot to wear a badge… No, a full decade before officer Alex Murphy became Robocop, there was officer Gregory Yoyonivich, breaking down […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Pop Culture | Also tagged 1970s, Alex Murphy, Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit, Cabrini–Green, cop shows, Earnest Borgnine, Esther Rolle, Future Cop, Good Times, Gregory Yoyonivich, Holmes & Yo-Yo, Jimmie Walker, John Amos, Norman Lear, Robocop, robot cops, robot shows, sitcom stars, sitcoms, Soul on Ice, The Autobiography of Malcolm X |
When I heard that ABC was going to begin airing a police drama set in Detroit, I was hoping for the best. I was, perhaps naively, expecting something like The Wire. Judging from this ad, though, which was just sent to me by my friend Mike, that’s not what the producers had in mind. Maybe […]
In an effort to save a few dollars, and the soul of our daughter, we canceled our basic cable subscription a few months ago. I miss Turner Classic Movies, but, other than that, I don’t have any regrets. l catch local news at the gym, and the few network shows I do watch, like Caprica […]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Food, Media | Also tagged agitprop, anti McNugget, celebrity chefs, cooking, dissection, England, fast food, fat, Fifteen Foundation, Food Inc., french fries, fries count as vegetables, Gunther von Hagen, heart like a bowling ball, heart like a cannon ball, Huntington, Jamie's Ministry of Food, kids that can't recognize vegetables, mechanically reclaimed meat, Michael Pollan, Michelle Obama, mockney, Omnivore's Dilemma, organic farming, processed food, propaganda, reality television, West Virginia |
