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Seriously, President Biden will be appearing with a convicted felon. Perhaps if some physical barriers were staged, the audience would sense the comparison. No way should Biden shake hands with the orange turd, IMO, Keep them separated.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) is currently streaming on FLIX. There are other free platforms such as Kanopy and Tubi. If you are a huge Al Pacino fan like me, IMO you need to watch this film again. If you have not seen the movie then come back after you've seen it, to avoid the spoilers. ******************************************************************** When I am impressed by a movie I search for Roger Ebert's review to see if he agreed. Ebert gave Dog Day Afternoon 3.5 /4 stars. I figured he would appreciate it (RIP). The world has changed a lot since the 70's. There may be aspects of the film that go over people's heads, such as the Attica prison and the Vietnam references. However, most of the themes of the film have aged well. The story is quirky, yet based on an actual event, a bank robbery in NYC. Today one might frame Sonny as queer. I found a review that said he was bisexual. Ebert referred to Sonny as complex. I love the line in the movie where Sonny explains to Sal not to worry too much about the TV news calling them homosexuals. All of the folks in Sonny's life are impossible. His parents, his wife, his boyfriend. Sal, his bank robbery partner, seemed unstable. Sonny's big flaw is wanting their approval instead of jettisoning all of them. How he suffers for that is played so well by Pacino. Although Sonny looks mostly frazzled throughout the film, Pacino's beauty shines through. Those eyes. He won a BAFTA for lead actor. Maybe it's no surprise the Brits were fine with awarding Pacino for playing a queer role in a film with political undertones. The Oscars rejected the idea of a queer, Vietnam vet, bank robber, anti hero character. I have never run across queer entertainment that lists Dog Day Afternoon as a queer film. Yet, the film is not just another queer story. It's much more than that. Perhaps that is why the vlogs and blogs overlook it. That we are in Pride month, it might be apropos to watch Dog Day Afternoon. I recommend it. Especially if you are a film buff or a Pacino fan.

It's an interesting question. My sense is Zendaya is considered very attractive. The script was pretty clear how both of the guys found her character extremely hot. I had a question about the garbage that was blowing around in some of the Atlanta scenes. That baffled me. I get it, the weather was windy. But so much trash blowing around in multiple scenes did not seem realistic. Not a big deal. Just curious about it. I thought the movie was good but not crazy good like some claim.

Trump never had time for US Security briefings, so napping during a criminal trial seems to fit his MO. Here is an image of Trump napping during a COVID briefing from Pence.

Doesn't take much for the lamestream media to turn misinformation into news

An anal tongue bath would have been too much, so the groveling salute of North Korea worked for President ManBaby

IMO the VP factor isn't much. If Merchan sends Trump to jail, how would that affect Lichtman's keys? The GOP party at the state level has turned into such a shitstorm, that might give the Dems an advantage in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Those 3 are all Biden needs outside of the Blue states. Down ballet candidates and measures could favor Biden. One can be hopeful justice will be done and Trump and the MAGA cult will fail. I dreamt a dream tonight. Mercutio: And so did I. Romeo: Well, what was yours? Mercutio: That dreamers often lie. Romeo: In bed asleep while they do dream things true.

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The MAGA intellectuals envision a Ken Burns documentary that will someday tell the tale of the greatest president the world has ever known. One chapter will review Trump re-discovering and ultimately re-writing the history of Gettysburg. Wow!! Ken Burns will narrate: Not well practiced in reading and remembering a lot of detail, the stable genius reminded all that Robert E. Lee had no cell phones (Trump really said this) to warn his great general. Lee could not text the warning, and so he sent his horses instead. But it was too late. (here we'll see screen captures of soldiers falling in agony, horses whinnying, gunfire, canon fire, and so on, fading to a harmonica) And then Ken Burns continues to narrate: So came the terrible fate of the soldiers , and in an Irish brogue the voice of Trump echoes one last time the warning that failed to arrive to the fray. Never fight uphill me boys, never fight uphill Trump re-writes Battle of Gettysburg: ‘Never fight uphill, me boys!’

The Ukraine vote was delayed long enough for Putin to capture more chunks of territory. That Johnson hears classified discussions in the scif and then heads to Mar A Lago to huddle with Trump is worrisome. How Politico allowed Johnson to trumpet that our borders are wide open is a reflection of our false lamestream media. Republicans scuttled their own border bill. The GOP bring different facts to the mike and the media allows it. You mentioned Wellstone. When he first ran for Congress his campaign set up a booth in Loring Park in MPLS during Pride and staffed it with a hottie. I still remember the attention he got. During a recent John Lovett interview, Al Franken talked about Wellstone. He had been a champion college wrestler. What a tragedy we lost such a bright, honorable politician. Not so honorable, Johnson is clever for sure. That's a good thing for keeping the lights on when his party is willing to shut the government down. We might be thankful for his political smarts. Fingers crossed.

I agree Jonson gives an effective look at how politics can work. These days that has much to do with which Repubs are pro-Putin or not. The GOP has as tough a time working with each other as they do reaching across the aisle. The article seemed unbalanced to me in that it was too anti-Biden/Pro-Trump. One might expect that in a Mike Johnson interview. But the "senior moment" accusation was such a softball moment. Politico made it too easy for Johnson to piss on Biden and even easier to give Trump an anal tongue bath. Perhaps Johnson stipulated that he would not entertain criticism of Trump. But that's not balanced journalism. Some say that O'Neill kissing Reagan in the hospital was a made up story. It does sound almost like a joke, as if O'Neill told it one night, after too many glasses of wine. He hated Reagan. A lot of people did. But in today's light, Reagan does seem quite tolerable. Those were the days.

I recall hearing that Trump = fart in the UK.

What Noem is thinking... "Oof!! He smells like the stalls at the Sioux Falls stockyards."

The lamestream media has been negligent not reporting how many people have been financially harmed doing business with him.

Their ruling may allow immunity in certain cases. Who knows if justice will ever be done? By now we can see after many years that Mueller, Jack Smith, the J6 committee and 2 impeachments have not been able to punish Trump adequately for his allowing the Russians to infiltrate his election and not been able to punish Trump for attempting a coup. No matter what the gavel gang at SCOTUS decides, what appears to be the path forward at this late stage in history is America realizing the the GOP is a dumpster fire and realizing the facts on the ground about Trump which I heard Simon Rosenberg list in an interview on The Bulwark 1 He raped E Jean Carroll 2 His huge financial fraud 3 Lied to the FBI about stealing defense secrets 4 Led an attack on the Capitol to overturn an election 5 He and his family have taken more money from foreign governments than any president in history 6 He is responsible for overturning Roe v Wade America must admit the contrast between Trump and Biden and vote accordingly. If we continue waiting for SCOTUS to steer the country we're fucked. Vote Blue.

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Whether Trump dealt a deuce in court might never be chronicled unless the gavel gang at the Supreme Court allows the judicial process to unfold, and a proper history and reckoning to be applied to 🍊. Otherwise his base may choose to send 🍊 back to the White House. Then, diaper boy will be running the narrative. The lamestream media won't care. The 4th estate ain't what it used to be.

Just because the media claims Drumpf has been farting up a storm in court doesn't mean it's true. If he has in fact been sh!tting his diaper and not merely farting, it would sound and smell exactly as many have described. Yes! That is correct! I suggest Donny has been loading up his diaper in Judge Merchan's court. 💩💩💩💩💩💩

The news media has finally admitted what everyone in DC knew. Can Judge Merchan manage the odor in the court? 💩

Yes I have, especially my favorite Sean Cody and Corbin Fisher performers. Many are pretty much leading straight lives, some married.

Will be interesting to see Judge Merchan enforce protocol in his courtroom. Mr. Trump will need to zip it. I hope New York doesn't allow the courthouse to become a media sideshow.

So popular! When he humps the flag, his ratings pop up a little bit like his toadstool popped up a little bit when he got nay-nay with Stormy D.

...or is it the perfect washing machine?

Trump: The radical Democrats kill the baby at 9 months. They execute the baby at birth. Republican: Oh my!!!! That's horrible!!!! Boo! https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-democrats-execute-babies-abortion-views-biden-2024-4