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Why “Critics” Love Rian Johnson’s Knives Out

Dec 4, 2019 | Politics

Post-modern movie critics are celebrating Rian Johnson’s movie Knives Out. They applaud it with the same enthusiasm they did for his previous cinematic failure, The Last Jedi, that “subverted,” that is, spat on, the beloved characters in George Lucas’ Star Wars universe.They applaud it for the same reason: Johnson’s in-your-face Left-wing dogma.Writes one adoring reviewer at the Verge [Knives Out review: a great mystery that fumbles its big finish] about the villains in Rian “subvert Star Wars” Johnson’s latest movie:
“The Thrombeys ….believed themselves to be good people because they were nice to her despite all their casual racism and espousement of conservative talking points on immigration ….We want to see [the heroine] prevail over the scheming wealthy white people who callously brush off concerns about the grotesque inhumanity on the US southern border in drawing rooms, who feign principle in opposition to their most egregiously offensive family members but ultimately only maintain their noble beliefs from the comfort of wealth.”
Excuse me, but “conservative talking points on immigration” and  “casual racism”?See Larry Elder’s Democrats Against Illegal Immigration for a taste of reality.Sadly for the reviewer, the movie ultimately fails in its central conflict:
“As Knives Out twists its way toward a conclusion, it doubles down on condescension, elevating Marta over the political landscape that would rather demonize her. Trouble is, people like Marta are already demonized by bigger and crueler buffoons than the Thrombeys — and there’s no fortune waiting to save them.”
For that, I suppose we require the forced wealth distribution of “Democratic Socialism.”
“And so, even though Knives Out ultimately brings its mystery to a satisfying conclusion with a culprit named and cuffed, there’s another one that gets away clean: white guilt.”
For this, we will have to wait for Rian Johnson’s next “subversive” political screed posing as entertainment.Recommended Reading: The Big Lie in Hollywood: The Hollywood Ten Were Not Victims But Villains  

CBS News on YouTube: “Very Little Transparency in Transparency Report”

Dec 3, 2019 | Politics

From CBS News 60 Minutes on 300+ Trump ads taken down by Google, YouTube:

In an interview on 60 Minutes, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said the controversial Trump/Biden ad does not violate their policy. 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl asked Wojcicki, “Have you taken down any of President Trump’s ads at all?” YouTube’s CEO responded, “There are ads of President Trump that were not approved to run on Google or YouTube.” When pressed for an example, Wojcicki added, “Well, they’re available in our transparency report.”
In response to concerns raised after the 2016 election cycle, Google and YouTube, like Facebook, keep a searchable archive of political ads that have run on the site. 60 Minutes reviewed the archive to learn more about President Trump’s problematic political ads. We found that over 300 video ads were taken down by Google and YouTube, mostly over the summer, for violating company policy. But the archive doesn’t detail what policy was violated. Was it copyright violation? A lie or extreme inaccuracy? Faulty grammar? Bad punctuation? It’s unclear. The ads determined to be offending are not available to be screened. We found very little transparency in the transparency report.

 

Why Che Guevara Is Admired on College Campuses

Why Che Guevara Is Admired on College Campuses

Dec 2, 2019 | Politics

Che Guevara on Executions without Trial“We executed many people by firing squad without knowing if they were fully guilty. At times, the Revolution cannot stop to conduct much investigation.” — (1962) Quoted by the editor of the RevolucÍon, Carlos Franqui.Che Guevara Against the Freedom of the Press“We must eliminate all newspapers; we cannot make a revolution with free press.”Che Guevara on the “Progressive” Echo Chamber“My friends are friends only so long as they think as I do politically.”Che Guevara on Cuban Concentration Camps (Guanahacabibes)“We send to Guanahacabibes people who have committed crimes against revolutionary morals [i.e., homosexuality, Christianity]…it is hard labor…the working conditions are harsh…”Che Guevara on Gun Crime“My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood…I’d like to confess, Papa, at that moment I discovered that I really like killing.” — Letter to his father.

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Che clearly would fit right in with any College Leftist.Sources: Victims of Communism 

Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Enlightenment

Nov 29, 2019 | Politics

Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the escape from reigious totalitarianism for Europeans:

Four hundred years ago, the Enlightenment cut European culture from its roots of magic, kingship, social hierarchy, and the domination of priests, and regrafted it onto a great strong trunk that supported the equality of each individual, and his right to free opinions and self-rule.

De Gaulle on France’s National Vice

Nov 22, 2019 | Politics

General Charles de Gaulle on France’s national vice:
Envy is our national vice, it is the worst of the Deadly Sins, it is what projected the angels into Hell because they wanted to be the equal of God. It is worse than pride because pride has a certain nobility, while envy is the feeling of the defeated and rancorous, it is the crime of Cain against Abel, of him who has failed in everything and kills his neighbour because he is successful, it is the anger of losers. If the French did not have this fault, one could forgive them for many things.
In other words, “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” — sans liberty.

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