Brian’s Column: Invasion of the Mind Snatchers

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Brian Wright

Groking Kevin McCarthy in classic sci-fi horror flick
by Brian Wright

Truth is sometimes so like fiction to be equally scary. Watching the recent MOPS[1] mind-control exercises—in which Obamasan foists on the mainstream minions a) an astoundingly sophomoric birth-certificate forgery and b) an incredibly bizarre operation that supposedly kills a known-to-be-long-dead Osama bin Laden—then seeing that an astounding number of my otherwise intelligent, critically thinking friends and acquaintances actually believing the official stories [DESPITE THE PATENTLY OBVIOUS EVIDENCE OF THEIR FALSEHOOD] sets my mind a reelin’. Continue reading →

Movie Review: Weeds (Showtime Series: 2005-2010)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Brian Wright

Showtime series irreverently wastes the WOD __ 9/10
Reviewed by Brian Wright (originally April 2010)

Nancy Botwin: I’m not a dealer, I’m a mother who happens to distribute illegal products through a sham bakery set up by my ethically questionable CPA and his crooked lawyer friend.

One day a few months ago, I happened to be reading Playboy—yes, it’s largely only for the articles, these days, dammit—and the video-of-the-month section featured Weeds: Season 5, showing a very sexy picture of Mary Louise Parker in a “trapped pleasure” pose per a green spider web motif. Now that’s hot. Continue reading →

Guest Column: Reason vs. Faith

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Brian Wright

No compromise
by Ron Burcham

This one came my way via an email exchange Mr. Burcham had been part of. And I thought his concise and absolute statement was one of the more heroic expressions of loyalty to the human world of reason and science I had read. Right arm! How many times are we accosted by the purveyors of supernatural Jesus to buy into their Byzantine fantasies or face dire, eternal consequences? Remember Jesse Ventura’s comment in a 1999 Playboy interview: “Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people…”[1] (That’s a big reason I put Jesse on my short list of national leaders who can unite the country under the Constitution and solve real problems in the real world.) — bw, editor Continue reading →

Brian’s Column: Second Thoughts on Old Glory

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Brian Wright

Time to lay the nation-state to rest
by Brian Wright

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
— John Lennon Continue reading →

Book Review: The Truth about Geronimo (1929)

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brian Wright

Fascinating story from a soldier who lived it
by Britton Davis
Review by Brian Wright

This summer (2010) I was pleasantly amazed by the 1993 movie Geronimo, starring a young Matt Damon (as the author of this book: Britton Davis), Gene Hackman, Jason Patric, Robert Duvall, and Wes Studi. I love that film; my mom said she remembered seeing it closer to when it came out, and that it gave an authentic portrayal of the Indian conflicts. Well if the movie gives a fair idea of the interplay of Indian and White cultures in late 19th century America, the book provides a stunning achievement in that area. Growing up as I did in the decade of the 1950s to John Wayne movies and plenty of Westerns—where an Indian was a Hollywood actor with dark makeup—I fashioned some of my childhood heroes from the (white) actors. Continue reading →

Movie Review: Crazy Heart (2009)

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Brian Wright

Fab musical story, great acting by Bridges __ 9/10
Review by Brian Wright

Bad Blake (to Jane Craddock): I wanna talk about how bad you make this room look. I never knew what a dump it was until you came in here.

When you go by IMDb for your raw material for movie reviews, usually you get the best quotes. Only with Crazy Heart, only being out for a couple of weeks now, whoever actually sits down and transcribes those quotes hasn’t done too many. And the ones he or she has written down are on the lame side. Which is really too bad, because Mr. Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) as he’s called is one walkin’, talkin’ quote machine… and brings out pithy words from most of the regular folks he gets together with, too. Continue reading →

Guest Column: Sue the Banksters

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Brian Wright

Reparations for the Common Man?
Major banks, government officials, and finance capitalists targeted by Spire Law Group, LLP, in unpredented $43 trillion recovery lawsuit
by Spire Law Group

This targeted legal action is close to a concept I’ve had for some time now, but strangely failed to get many enthusiastic backers: reparations from the central banks for devaluation of the currency over the past century… to be calculated by accepted accounting practices and paid to the ‘productive class.’ I want to thank my Ukie Oath Keeper libertarian dude, Ron Burcham, for drawing it to my attention. Apparently, the powers that be (PTB) are taking the Spire lawsuit seriously. [Note: $43 trillion = $43 million million, meaning enough to restore 43 million people with a $million each (or 430 million people with $100,000 each—which is about what I owe on my condo). In other words some serious smack. A $billion here, a $billion there….] — Editor Continue reading →