You Don't Hate the Media/Liberal World Enough 

LA Times reports on this Bay Area story about Chinese in-laws shooting the "husband" of their daughter in a custody battle.

Because the "husband" is trans, the children are only biologically related to one of these parents. Yet, the article makes it seem as though both parents are parents. They aren't. And they don't mention which parent is the biological parent or if the kids are adopted, for example. Totally preposterous.

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Film: 28 Years Later and 28 Years Later Bone Temple

I suppose it's interesting that they're shooting these films on iPhones and treating them like a Marvel Universe, but very little of the character stuff makes any sense to me. In Bone Temple they do this new move I can't stand, the "sympathy for the monster" - as seen in Frankenstein, Predator, King Kong...  The moral imagination of Hollywood today is pretty slim. If someone had the balls, they'd just get it over with and make a sympathetic Nazi movie.

Plane Hijacking

If any country in the world had to deal with what Israel deals with, it would react similarly.

Only country in the world where, for 75+ years, you've had about a billion folks and their governments lining up to voluntarily kill you. 

You'll notice a big "no comment" all day with the folks who only want to talk about Israel, Palestine, genocide, and Netanyahu. Fascinating. 

I Stand By Klobuchar  

I supported Klobuchar in 2016 and stand by my endorsement!

It's very hard for a Democrat to keep their head these days and she seems like she's managed to do so.

"Genocide" 

If Israel were perpetrating a genocide, why would Hamas use civilians as human shields? They wouldn't need to. They use human shields to win a propaganda war against Israel.

Eminem on German TV 2009

Try to beat this AI.

Thing I Learned Today

France went deep in debt for the American War of Independence, which in turn led to the French Revolution because they couldn't feed the people.

Women's Right to Vote

This is so much more fun than reading the same content on Twitter. 

NY Times top 100 TV shows of the 2000s

Here's the list. Not terrible and nobody cares about my take, but I'm gonna give it anyway!

1. Breaking Bad

Fair.

2. The Wire

Fair.

3. Mad Man

Nope. 

4. Succession

A little high.

5. Fleabag

No complaint.

6. Game of Thrones

Fair.

7. Veep

Too high.

8. 30 Rock

Fair, deserves credit for injecting life into a moribund form (sitcom)

9. Curb

Fair, deserves a boost for enduring relevance and singularity of vision and production process.

10. Atlanta

DEI, but I like the show.

11. The Office US

Tough one...I give nod to Office UK for originality but an argument can be made for Office US. Deserves bonus for talent identification -- what others went on to do post-Office.

12. Arrested Development

Fair

13. Girls

DEI

14. Friday Night Lights

Fair.

15. Six Feet Under

No context for having an opinion.

16. The Office UK

See above

17. The Americans

Seems a bit high

18. I May Destroy You

DEI

19. Chernobyl

Nope

20. The Crown

No context for having an opinion.

21. The White Lotus

Fair.

AI Worries

I'm more worried about Russia invading NATO and China building a huge nuclear arsenal than AI. 

US-China Relations

You know, it might be interesting if the MSM actually reported in detail about the Trump-Xi meetings as enthusiastically as they report about Cambridge professors or child murderers -- you know, about the things that impact the entire structure of global governance. 

Interesting Hot Take

About the possible reindustrialization around AI.

Maybe AI will build new iPhones right at the corner store.

I Believe It

US military using Xbox controllers to shoot down Iranian drones. 

McDonalds

Doing poorly. 

I can't remember why, but I recently downloaded the app and it gives me a free medium french fries every week if I purchase something for $1. I traditionally don't go to McDonalds very much, but find myself grabbing this free french fry most weeks since. I don't see how they can do this. 

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TV: The Pitt S1 E1-12

A watchable cliche of every liberal platitude under the sun with inexplicable hospital gore. Is there a raging white racist? Of course there is. But in case it wasn't clear he's a bad guy, he sucker punches an old woman later in the season. Is there a gay couple having a baby with a surrogate? Of course there is. Is there a heroic black man who saved a woman from a subway train? You bet. Are there autistic characters? Many, in fact. Is there a reference to Thanksgiving being really bad for the Native Americans? Uh huh. Is there a female doctor doing IVF? Yeppers. Is there an incel who does a mass shooting? Looks like it. Does Noah Wylie give a speech about how young men are alienated because they're not in touch with their emotions? You betcha.