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“…sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids…” — Jack D. Ribber, Doctor Strangelove Jack D. Ripper was directionally correct, wasn’t he? And if we cross out “flouridation” and write in “PFAS,” and cross out “commies” and write in “industrial capitalists” he was pretty much on the nose, wasn’t he (“certainly without any choice”). PFAS (“Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances”), popularly called a “forever chemical,” may sound like a dry topic, but...

Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket is often remembered as essentially being two movies. Its bravura bootcamp sequence made an unlikely superstar out of the late Lee Ermey and launched Vincent D’Onofrio’s journeyman career. In contrast, most viewers saw the film’s second “half,” (actually the longer of the two parts), as being much more disjointed and difficult to follow. However, I believe Kubrick’s goal in crafting Full Metal Jacket, was to create a “shadow” version of 20...

Inside William Barr’s Breakup With Trump In the final months of the administration, the doggedly loyal attorney general finally had enough. Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him. To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward and declared that there had been no widespread fraud in the 2020 election, just as the president was...

HBO Max's catalog of classic movies includes 'Citizen Kane,' 'Superman,' 'Casablanca,' and many more. Here are the 23 best classic films on HBO Max.

This goes way beyond Michael Flynn and Myanmar-style military coups.

COVID-19 vaccines versus “purity of essence” Antivaxxers frequently make the false claim that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines “permanently alter your DNA”. These claims are really a concern about “impurifying” their “purity of essence”. Shares One of my favorite movies of all time is the Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Stangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb. It is one of the greatest comedies of all time and arguably the greatest black comedy of all time. In b...

Likewise, if they start sending vaccine resisters to concentration camps, and trying to figure out a way to gas millions to death with hydrogen cyanide (good luck with that) it will be extremely anti-Semitic of you to notice a resemblance between such doings and the official story of the Holocaust(TM). Fortunately The New York Times is pretty sure that vaccine cards won’t have swastika stamps. The Times‘ new piece is headlined What You Need to Know About Your Vaccine Card. So here’s the...

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10 Iconic Movie and TV Roles Played by WWII Veterans Actors Cesar Romero ("Batman"), Maurice Evans ("Planet of the Apes") and Sterling Hayden ("Dr. Strangelove") all served in World War II. 8 Mar 2021 It’s not always the movie stars who make us remember a picture. Sometimes it’s an iconic supporting character or a line of dialogue that resonates with audiences through the years. We all know the stars who served in World War II. Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, Clark Gable, Paul Newman, Henry Fo...