It is almost a great movie. Interesting situations, interesting actors, and interesting locations. But instead of profound it instead decides to be lurid.
In different hands it could have been a good sequel to In the Heat of the Night.
Still, I recommend seeing it.
I also think this whole story is pretty telling about what’s important to Trump, and what isn’t. And honestly what’s important to the United States. Veterans Day wasn’t originally Veterans Day. It was Armistice Day. And still is in many countries. It didn’t mark victory. It marked peace. Then, after WWII, we decided we’d rather celebrate veterans than celebrate peace, and so we declared that day to be Veterans Day. So we started celebrating soldiers instead of celebrating peace. And now Trump wants to change it to celebrate victory. This makes sense. He has shown disdain for people who serve in the military on many occasions. He has no real respect for them, unless pretending to can gain him their vote. And he’s expressed that he can’t understand why anyone would risk their lives like that. And we also know that Trump views every interaction as a zero-sum transactional game. So of course he’s more focused on celebrating winning something than he is on celebrating the people responsible for that victory, or for the peace that resulted from it. He doesn’t understand why anyone would celebrate anything other than winning.
Historically, closed borders, and the advocates thereof, are much more likely to kill.
Hands too big, stomach too flat, face too youthful.
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Hey don’t forget, Rubio is so talented he’s also National Archivist. Three jobs at the same time!
He’s probably so exhausted that he can’t do a very good job of keeping all those darn records n stuff, though. Gosh!
White and racist. That’s a Trump Twofer.
recommended:
The Simoniac Pope!
“Rapacious ones, who take the things of God,
that ought to be the brides of Righteousness,
and make them fornicate for gold and silver!
The time has come to let the trumpet sound
for you;”
May every constituent of these fine republicans keep well in mind that their representative just voted to permit them and their families to be deported from their own country @#$!
House Republicans Unanimously Vote Against Not Deporting U.S. Citizens
Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 6:04:34a PDT
SOURCE ARTICLE
In a move that has raised constitutional concerns, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee unanimously voted down an amendment Wednesday that would have prohibited U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from detaining or deporting American citizens using federal funds.
The amendment, introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), was part of a broader budget bill passed by the House on April 10. It aimed to codify a clear boundary: that ICE cannot target U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement actions (a protection many might assume already exists).
According to Jayapal, the need for the amendment has grown urgent under President Donald Trump’s second term, during which multiple U.S. citizens have reportedly been detained by ICE, some held for weeks or even deported. Jayapal called the practice “unconstitutional, dangerous, and fundamentally wrong,” citing the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship rights.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) described the vote as one of the most disturbing he has witnessed in committee proceedings, saying he and his Democratic colleagues were left “stunned” by the refusal to affirm such a basic protection. …
