Above, the best meme since “Let’s Go Brandon!”
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As is sometimes the case for me with Trump-related doings, I am of two minds about his clearing-out of the “deep state.”
On the one hand, it seems obvious that entrenched civil servants who are determined to obstruct the president’s agenda — as they were during Trump’s first term — should be uprooted. He is, after all, their elected boss.
On the other hand, haven’t we all been told, for years, that it is extremely difficult for any president to “fire” government employees? How is it that Trump is so effortlessly dispatching them? Is it legal?
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I scrolled through some movie listings and noticed Margin Call. I recall liking the film (I gave it a B+), but don’t remember why. That got me thinking about movie reviews in general, and my reviews in particular.
There are so, so many films that are intelligent and well-made, like Margin Call, but that lack the “rewatchable” factor. I am often pleased that I watched a film and will admire it — but then have no desire to see it a second time.
On the other hand, there are many flicks that can only, objectively, be described as “junk.” But I will rewatch them. Movies like Deep Blue Sea. I guess emotion triumphs over reason.
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Meanwhile, over at Bluesky:
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Not sure which is having the worse week, the airline industry or Selena Gomez.
Gomez, who posted a tearful message (above) about her illegal immigrant “people,” also appears in the, uh, controversial Oscar nominee Emilia Perez. (I already pay for Netflix, which is hosting this film, so should I watch it? I can’t decide.)
But I previously formed an opinion about Gomez’s acting chops from watching her in Only Murders in the Building. To say she struggles to hold her own next to co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short would be an understatement.
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