Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Birds of Prey Stumbles – What May Have Contributed to the Stumble
Posted: February 10, 2020 in Entertainment, Life, Movies, News, Politics
Okay… So, Birds of Prey...
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The film, which should probably at least be jogging out of the starting gate, is stumbling out of the gate on its opening weekend. The originally reported studio projections for the film was an opening weekend of around $55 million. They were expecting it to do at least Shazam numbers id not better. As the release got closer and they started getting a feel for where everything was tracking, they downgraded that to expecting around $45 million. By Saturday morning, the projections for its domestic box office take was being discussed as around $35 million. It’s actually just under that right now, but I suspect it will come out a little above $35 million by the time the Sunday adjusted totals post tomorrow.
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For Those Who Don’t Understand the Need for a Pride Month…
Posted: June 19, 2019 in Life, News, Politics
I wrote this on Facebook about two weeks ago. I’m sharing it here because it’s easier to link to this blog and have things seen than it is to link to Facebook and, frankly, I’ve gotten tired of writing and rewriting even the much shorter explanations.
Yes, there is a valid need right now for a Pride Month and Pride events. No, there is no valid need for Straight Pride events. Here’s why.
Science And Mechanics – What turns you on? (Feb. 1970)
Posted: February 15, 2019 in Life, News, Politics
Science And Mechanics – What turns you on? (Feb. 1970) – LINK
This old article was recently dug up and shared by some friends. I both hate and love these, but not quite for the reasons you might think.
One of the more scam-like things from science (junk science) from the end of the 1960s and the start of the 1970s could be found in things like this. Sadly, it’s a kind of scam that still lives on now. A husband and wife team of psychologists, Jerry and Nancy Wiggins, tested the proposition that the measure of a man can be worked out by looking at his girl friend’s measurements. They even got a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for this mess.
I’ve said for years now that there were some social and political matters that were absolutely not worth cutting people off or out of your life for. Some of the things I said you shouldn’t cut people off or out of your life for might surprise some people.
