1) Hey goddammit I am happy that todays 6-3 SCOTUS decision has put archaic laws like we have here in "Gods country" about firing people for being gay, suspecting of being gay, or really being into wearing a mask in the trash heap of history. I thank the 6 justices who saw fit to put this type of despicable law into a blender and turning it into mush. But being the ray of sunshine that I am, the fact that there are 3 soulless shitheels on the court who say these type of laws are a-ok makes me irate. Justice Alito the professional Catholic, Justice Thomas the professional revenge seeker and Justice Kegger, the professional boozehound bent on owning the libs forever. Stuck with these unprincipled empty moral vacuums for another generation at least and though Neil Gorsuch is still a professional folksy fascist and gets a pass for today, he's still there and there are plenty more groups to fuck over in the years to come. Than goodness that every now and then John Roberts, the professional legacy builder, falls off the stick up the ass bandwagon and does the right thing. I fear for lots of things but NOTHING is more important about this election than the Supreme Court. If we lose and the unsteady Bigfoot in Chief remains in power the road to fascism becomes a parking space. Its over.
2) I watched Spike Lee's new movie on Netflix over the weekend, Da 5 Bloods. Hey its 2 1/2 hours long, its often slow, but its powerful. The reason its so powerful is because not only does it tackle racism, father-son relationships, father-daughter relationships, Vietnam and Trump, but it tackles PTSD in a way I havent seen maybe ever. Delroy Lindo commands the screen in every instance he's on screen. His damaged MAGA guilt ridden Paul demands you watch him. Lindo is really an underrated actor who is larger than life in everything he does but here in Lee's tribute to Apocalypse Now, Treasure of Sierra Madre among others he just blows the script apart. Lindo is a raging, bipolar, maniac who you just know is heading for a reckoning and eventually you know why. His return to Vietnam is not for profit but for redemption. His journey to his inevitable end is worth the 150 minutes. I now its not a high bar at this point in 2020 but seeing Delroy Lindo onstage getting an Oscar would make me happy.
3) Twitter is often a shitshow. Most of it isnt worth paying attention to. But actor Ron Perlman getting into a battle royale with Matt Gaetz (R-DUI), Jim Jordan (Cover up artist-Oh) and Ted Cruz (R-Canada) in one day was a bit of tremendous live sports. Perlman began the fight by taking on Gaetz, tossing him over the top rope, kicking Jordan before he could even get in the ring and then airplane spun the interloper Cruz before tossing him into the front row. The only problem is Gaetz, Jordan and Cruz have no idea of the rules and actually think getting tossed from the playing field like a rag doll is the goal. Yes folks, your Congress in action.
4) Another Saturday another unarmed black man shot by police in Atlanta. As with George Floyd or most every other name we've heard in the last 20 years, this one was absolutely unnecessary . Rayshard Brooks was drunk and sleeping in his car in a Wendys drive thru when the cops were called. In the ensuing what seems like forever tape of two cops exercising their power, Brooks offered to walk home, cooperated, was polite, and was certainly no threat to these two police officers. But as it seems always happens, cops decided to whip out their dicks and start swinging them around instead of being human, decent and practical. Call a fucking Uber, call Brooks' sister, shit give him a ride home but fuck no. Cops gotta cop and being an insecure asshole is what they do. So instead of defusing a situation they escalate and now a man is dead shot in the back for the crime of sleeping in his car. It is unacceptable and the movement to defund or reform or rebuild or whatever you want to call it the police cannot be left to die for one more minute.
Rayshard Brooks' life mattered for fucks sake.
2020 sucks.
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