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STAR TREK: WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE

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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES: THE FOURTH AMENDMENT

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This article is part of a continuing series on the Constitution of the United States and the 27 Amendments, which are part of the Constitution. Each will be addressed in a separate post as time permits, and each reader is urged to read each for themselves, so as to be familiar with the text and the meaning of each Amendment. AMENDMENT IV: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. A note for readers: Most of my Constitution and Amendment posts have been utter duds with little commentary, perhaps that is why I neglected to make another post for over a month. That plainly said, it is my opinion that this current "crisis", i.e., the unprecedented Constitutional rights violations by va...

LANDING SPOT SUNDAY MOVIE - TONIGHT'S FEATURE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (1972)

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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN is a 1972 American western film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman. It was loosely based on the life of Judge Roy Bean. An outlaw, Roy Bean, rides into a West Texas border town called Vinegaroon by himself. The customers in the saloon beat him, rob him, toss a noose around him and let Bean's horse drag him off. A young woman named Maria Elena finds and helps him. Bean promptly returns to town and shoots all those who did him wrong. With no law and order, he appoints himself judge and "the law west of the Pecos" and becomes the townspeople's "patrone." A traveling preacher, LaSalle, buries the dead. Bean renames the saloon The Jersey Lilly and hangs a portrait of a woman he worships but has never met, Lillie Langtry, a noted actress and singer of the 1890s. When a band of thieves comes to town (Big Bart Jackson and gang members Nick the Grub, Fermel Parlee, Tector Crites and Wh...

DARK RESURRECTION, CHAPTER SEVEN: JULIAN OF TIBERNUM

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Chapter Seven: Julian of Tibernum

LANDING SPOT SATURDAY MOVIE - TONIGHT'S FEATURE: THEY LIVE (1988)

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THEY LIVE is a 1988 American science-fiction action thriller film written and directed by John Carpenter, based on the 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson, and starring Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster. It follows an unnamed drifter who discovers through special sunglasses that the ruling class are aliens concealing their appearance and manipulating people to spend money, breed, and accept the status quo with subliminal messages in mass media. The film was a minor success at the time of its release, debuting #1 at the North American box office. It originally received negative reviews criticizing its social commentary, writing and acting. However, like other films of Carpenter, it later enjoyed a cult following and eventually became recognized as a largely underrated work. The film has also entered popular culture, and notably had a lasting impact on street art (particularly that of Shepard Fairey), while its near six-minute alley brawl...

Communism and Fascism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

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I hear a LOT about fascism these days. Regarding fascism, the central message of it, as expressed by Mussolini, is best represented not by the swastika, but by another ancient and authoritarian symbol of considerably less notoriety, the fasces. Basically a bundle of sticks, Mussolini's message was that while a single stick breaks easily, a bundle of them tightly-bound together is strong. Using that definition, you can say that any organization that wants to separate people from something, usually their money, can be "fascist". The fasces, oddly enough, is also found on the U.S. Mercury dime, a ten-cent coin minted from 1916 to 1945. Although communism and fascism are nominally polar opposites, they have much in common. One time while flying from Frankfurt, Germany to LA, CA, USA, I entertained myself by reading a certain notorious underground magazine that had on its back cover a picture of a crucified Hitler being mourned by Stahlhelm -wearing “cherubs”. It d...

LANDING SPOT FRIDAY MOVIE - TONIGHT'S FEATURE: THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (1970)

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THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE is a 1970 American Technicolor Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the Arizona desert during a period when the frontier was closing, the film follows three years in the life of a failed prospector. While unmistakably a Western, the movie is unconventional for the genre and for the director. It contains only a few brief scenes of violence and gunplay, relying more on a subtly crafted story that could better be characterized as comedic in nature. Cable Hogue is isolated in the desert, awaiting his partners, Taggart and Bowen, who are scouting for water. The two plot to seize what little water remains to save themselves. Cable, who hesitates to defend himself, is disarmed and abandoned to almost certain death. Confronted with sandstorms and other desert elements, Cable bargains with God. Four days later, about to perish, he stumbles upon a muddy pit. He digs and discovers an abundant supp...

MYPILLOW SHIFTING 75% OF PRODUCTION TO MAKE FACE MASKS FOR HOSPITALS

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CHASKA, Minn. (FOX 9)  -  Minnesota-based company MyPillow is joining the effort to supply health care workers with the protective gear they need amid the  COVID-19  pandemic. CEO Mike Lindell says about 75% of MyPillow's production will now be making cotton face masks for health care workers. He says about 90% of the company's sewers will be working on the masks. MyPillow CEO discusses shifting production to create face masks for hospitals Minnesota-based company MyPillow is joining the effort to supply health care workers with the protective gear they need amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "We have capacity to make a lot of things at big rates and we’re going to be going hopefully from 10,000 units a day to 50,000 units a day in a very short period of time," said Lindell. Lindell says it took about three weeks to shift production as it was difficult at first to get a supply of elastics needed to create the masks. At this time, he says com...

NEWSFLASH! UGLY KATHY GRIFFIN IN THE NEWS AGAIN, CLAIMING SHE HAS WUHAN VIRUS!

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NEWSFLASH! UGLY KATHY GRIFFIN ALLEGEDLY CONTRACTS WUHAN VIRUS - WILL HER HIDEOUS LOOKING FACE BE ENOUGH TO BATTLE THE AFFLICTION? - By Wolf Jackal, Associated Press 26 March 2020 (AP) Ridiculously unfunny, disgustingly obnoxious and thoroughly unattractive "comedian", 59 year old bag Kathy Griffin, has apparently diagnosed HERSELF with the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus, and is said to have been admitted to a "major hospital" sometime within the past few days. It is also said that she blames Donald Trump for her alleged affliction, and is vowing revenge against the President.  This information comes courtesy of her latest publicist, a male prostitute Griffin has hired from Skid Row, Alex "Buff" Hedstrom. Her last publicist, Nancy Rosen, quit, having endured years of abuse from the "comedian", and called Griffin "a complete and utter asshole that is obsessed with Donald Trump the way that nut John Hinckley was obsessed with goddamn Jodie F...

LANDING SPOT WEDNESDAY MOVIE - TONIGHT'S FEATURE: THE STONE KILLER (1973)

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THE STONE KILLER is a 1973 action neo noir thriller film produced and directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson. It came out in between The Mechanic (1972) and Death Wish (1974), all three of which teamed up actor/director Bronson and Winner. Norman Fell and John Ritter appear as cops in this film, not too long before the TV series Three's Company. Character actor Stuart Margolin plays a significant role; he also appeared in Death Wish. The film involves a plot by a present-day (1973) Mafia don (Martin Balsam) to avenge the killings of a group of Mafia dons back in 1931 ("The Night of Sicilian Vespers") with a bold nationwide counter-strike against most of the current Italian and Jewish syndicate heads using teams of Vietnam vets instead of Mafia hit men. ("Stone killer" means a Mafia hit man who is not himself a member of the Mafia.) Bronson plays a gritty, independent detective who stumbles across the plot when a washed-up former hit man is ...

Coronavirus and Liberal Treachery - by Matthew Dunnyveg

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Coronavirus and Liberal Treachery --By Matthew Dunnyveg For the last three weeks or so, news watchers have been regaled with nonstop coronavirus coverage.  Those who believe these liberals can be forgiven for thinking that life as we know it is coming to an end.  This is one more example of there being the liberal version of events, and then there is the truth.  Here is what the CDC has to say about the normal number of deaths to be expected from flu: While the impact of flu varies, it places a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States each year. CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010. A quick recap of recent flu history is instructive: When George W. Bush was president, the media went also went into hysterics over his allegedly inept handling of SARS: https://www.google.com/search? q=ge...

Racial and Ethnic Slurs From Around the World

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One of the immutable rules of political correctness is that white American people in general, and white American males in particular, are apparently the only people on the planet who practice discrimination and racism. However, white American people in general, and white American males in particular, are under constant attack from people who, if the rules were applied evenly and fairly, would also be seen as vicious and virulent racists. An organization called White Lives Matter would be racist. A movement that called itself The Race would be seen as being white supremacist and separatist. If the "n" word is the most horrible word in the English language, why do so many of them use it so frequently? If someone white uses it, they're automatically considered a racist. To me, barring someone from saying or doing something because of the color of their skin is, by definition, racism, but many people don't want to know that. On and on. Whatever. Let's see how ...