Top 5 Where Have I Seen You Before?: Y Chromosome Edition

You might be asking yourself — who is this guy? He looks familiar. That’s because he has like a million credit on IMDb.com. I was watching an episode of From the Earth to the Moon on DVD the other day and he had quite a substantial role — and he was great. [...]

Classic Pick O’ the Day: March 1

Possessed (1947)
A married woman’s passion for a former love drives her mad.
Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks Dir: Curtis Bernhardt BW-108 mins, TV-PG. 10:30 AM EST. TCM

This brief description doesn’t do the film justice… Joan Crawford still suffers from the hatchet job that was Mommie Dearest. The woman [...]

The Goreacle Awakes

He’s back!

After the scandal of the CRU e-mail revelations and the IPCC lies  (and vice versa) many wondered if the high priest of the global-warming alarmist movement had permanently retired to his electrified compound to curse, moan, and count his carbon-offset millions.

Alas, we’re not done with Al Gore, yet.  If the former vice-president learned nothing [...]

Sunday Open Thread

Boys in a Pasture by Winslow Homer

Flyover Too Good for Flyover Country

This is not a new story, but it’s new on Snopes, where I saw it.  (It took them over six months to check this out.)

It appears some bitter clingers—you know, typical white people—in Idaho requested a military flyover at their “God & Country” festival, at which “new military recruits [are] inducted and all military [are] [...]

Masterpiece Classic: A WWW*

(* my new 3D series: Wankette’s Worth Watching)

PBS, those marketing geniuses, decided to break up Masterpiece Theatre into three “pieces”: Classic, Contemporary, and (adding the previously separate collection to the mix) Mystery!

Classics continues its season tonight with a remake of  John Buchan’s The 39 Steps (yes, the same one Hitchcock did).  It got mixed reviews in [...]

WTF?!? TMI and a bunch of other letters

It seems the Ghost Whisperer likes to have jewels glued to her special place.

“What’s that?!?” you say.

Sunday Gospel

More People You've Probably Never Heard Of

David Bellavia visits a theme I have discussed here once or twice. The real heroes this nation produces and how we never hear of them or celebrate their stories.

This is the story of Melvin Brown

…PFC Brown was nineteen-years old in 1950. Rosy cheeks and bright eyes. From my assessment of his pictures he barely [...]

Classic Pick O' the Day: February 28

Ben-Hur (1959)
While seeking revenge, a rebellious Israelite prince crosses paths with Jesus Christ.
Cast: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins. Dir: William Wyler. C-222 mins, TV-PG. 8:00 PM EST. TCM

One area where Wanks and I will always disagree is on which Ben Hur is the best. And while I agree the Roman Navarro version [...]

Crikey!

We need some more of this and while I agree that POTUS and the office deserve respect — there’s a way to be direct and confrontational without ad hominem.

h/t Jonah Goldberg

Uncle Cholly

Saturday Open Thread

3D Weekend Five: Best of the Bests

After last weekend’s debacle, Five is at a “Learn to explain it” clinic in Lausanne.

I’m here as Oscar week fill-in.  Choose your favorites from the winners’ lists and make your all-time Academy Awards.

Here are the links: Best Picture winners. Best Actors & Best Supporting Actors. Best Actresses & Best Supporting Actressess.

Fun Fact: My all-time favorites are not [...]

Cheese!

The Last Straw…

If you’re like me, and face it you know you wish you were… you probably wake up and go Dammit! When will they remake Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs? When was the last film with a graphic rape scene perpetrated by ingrown English hicks? I mean — think Deliverance except heterosexual and with [...]

Fifth Column?

From Iowahawk, this is absolutely hill-fing-larious.

That’s right, mister!

The Axis automotive powers have declared war on American motorists and our cherished union-made way of life. They’ve established secret assembly beach heads in so-called “right-to-work” occupied Vichy states like Alabama and Tennessee, manufacturing six sigma deathtrap jalopies with hillbilly slave dupes paid less than prevailing wages!

And now [...]

Delta Thigh

A flight to Atlanta was canceled because two female flight attendants got in a “disagreement”.

Delta Airlines found other travel arrangements for the passengers and the flight attendants were removed from duty pending investigation. Judging from the security video of the altercation below I hope they go easy on them. And the [...]

Friday Night Fight

Don't Let The Door Hit You

…on your Gucci-clad behind.

Social Climber Secretary Desiree Rogers is leaving to pursue other opportunities:

In a statement released Friday…the Obamas said, “We are enormously grateful to Desiree Rogers for the terrific job she’s done as the White House Social Secretary. When she took this position, we asked Desiree to help make sure that the White House truly [...]

Classic Pick O’ the Day: February 27

Tom Jones (1963)
In this adaptation of Henry Fielding’s novel, a country boy in 18th-century England becomes a playboy.
Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans Dir: Tony Richardson C-122 mins, TV-14. 8:00 PM EST. TCM.

Tom Jones is not my favorite tomorrow, but I’ve already picked two of tomorrow’s as faves and I [...]

Is no Crap of Bull

H/T to Daniel Crandall

Friday Open Thread: Happy Birthday Fats!

If I Were a Senator

I don’t want to belong to any Congress that would have me as a member.

As I wrote in an earlier post, I think the Republicans failed to hit a home run today.  They made some good, key points, but I think they failed to communicate what is most essential.  Here is a [...]

Look at Me!

The Emperor Legislator has no clothes.

I heard some of today’s Health Care summit on the radio, but I have not seen any of the footage.  Who won?  From what I’ve heard I think the Republicans did, but it was like a baseball game where both teams allow a few runs to score because [...]

Apparently It's Not A Waste

This will boost our traffic to be sure. A woman was apparently saved from a gunshot to the wound to the chest by her D-Cup silicon breast implants. Well OK, a plastic surgeon is making the claim, but he’s got the evidence — or so he says:

Lydia Carranza was working at the Simi [...]

Tonight we dine in the DFAC!

Thursday Thriller

Classic Pick O' the Day: February 26

Victor/Victoria (1982)
An unemployed female singer poses as a female impersonator and becomes a star.
Cast: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren Dir: Blake Edwards C-134 mins, TV-MA. 5:45 PM EST. TCM

I have to admit I’m not familiar with a lot of the films on tomorrow. It’s not often I enjoy [...]

S The Magazine?

Threedonia friend, sometime Radio Free Threedonia co-host Daniel Crandall has a great post over at his home digs — S.T. Karnick’s The American Culture — highlighting an idea that Sarah Palin would be better served by forgoing a political run for a career as a media player — a la Oprah Winfrey.

Daniel points us to [...]

In the words of the almighty Sen. Blutarsky

Ho-ly shi-tuh!!! Depending on what day it is and my mood – am I blues Eric or eclectic Eric? – my choice of favorite album ever vacillates between Exile on Main Street or London Calling (Fair Warning if I’m in a particularly pissy mood, but due to its miniscule-but-packing-a-powerful-punch length, must hit play again after [...]

The Essentials

Alec Baldwin will resume co-hosting duties alongside Robert Osborne on Turner Classic Movies’ “The Essentials” on March 8. First up will be Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire. I have wanted to hate Baldwin for at least a decade, but dammit between Hunt For Red October, The Cooler, (he was the best thing [...]

A Time To Reflect

It’s been a busy week at the day job herebouts, so I hope y’all have been having fun. A bit of sad news is Trzupr-land yesterday: the family lost another member, my Uncle Wiz who was a World War II vet and all around good guy. For me, Wiz was one of those relatives that [...]

“Paco Bell’s Cannon”

One of my students wrote that that was her favorite piece of music.  She’s a snotty little wench so I know it wasn’t intentional.

Have not. Stopped. Laughing.

Here’s a candid shot of Paco Bell, his unit, and their cannon:

NRO’s The Corner did a running bit recently, with people submitting their Fun w/Spelling Greatest Hits.

Like when I [...]

Son of Hamas

This looks like a good read.

The son of one of the founders of Hamas has written a book detailing his cooperation with Israeli intelligence forces.

From the AP:

Speaking with Haaretz, Yousef said Shin Bet agents first approached him in prison in 1996 and proposed he infiltrate the upper echelons of Hamas. He did so successfully and [...]

Thursday Open Thread

In a Nutshell

Want to know why Ron Paul will NEVER be President? This pretty much sums it up. There are plenty of good reasons to dislike the Federal Reserve… and then there are Paulie’s reasons. Cocoa Puffs anyone?

h/t: Jonah Goldberg at The Corner

Could You Try To Care Less Next Time?

Zombie Hectoring

Today’s movie goers are accustomed to getting lectured at the cinemaplex.

Narrative films (“Lions for Lambs”) and documentaries alike (“Food, Inc.,” “Capitalism: A Love Story”) jam their perspectives down the viewers’ throats.

But horror movies are often far more effective vehicles for sending socially aware messages.And genre fans don’t seem to mind.

Zombie king George A. Romero may [...]

Classic Pick O’ the Day: February 25

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
An experienced gunman and a peace-loving tenderfoot clash with a Western bully.
Cast: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin Dir: John Ford BW-123 mins, TV-14. 10:00 PM EST. TCM.

Another strong lineup on TCM tomorrow. How can I pass up Liberty Valance as my pick? I can’t [...]

Wednesday Open Thread

TRAILER PARK: Lt. Dan Band - For the Common Good

No embedding available just yet, so please go check out the trailer here. Needless to say, looks pretty damn awesome!

Get Lost!

Discuss tonight’s episode “Lighthouse” here. If you have not seen the episode yet beware… spoilers may abound.

From Paris with a severe lack of love

Video shot by my friend (and candidate for Rancho Santa Margarita City Council) Jesse Petrilla, while in Paris last year. I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of watching Jesse mature from a wet-behind-the-ears firebrand while forming the United American Committee about six years ago, into one of the most knowledgeable people on the subject of [...]

You'll Laugh, You'll Cry, You'll Vomit Blood...I give You the New Obama Proposal

I believe Joe Biden actually typed the text in this picture.

After suffering through the dribble that is President Obama’s latest “healthcare proposal” I have come to one very important conclusion.

Here is my revelation. I have played Monopoly with 5 year olds who have a better understanding of economics than our [...]