Answer: yes.
Both men are a bit over 50 in these photos.
One could argue that Rudd looks good for 50. One could probably better argue that Brimley looked substantially older than 50 in “Cocoon.” I sure as frak wouldn’t have guess that Brimley was “only” fifty when he filmed the flick.
Bills that fine people on the other side of the planet? Feh.
As a side note: twice in the last two weeks or so I’ve gotten robocalls that start yapping at me in Chinese or some such. Anyone else?
Lynn Yaeger, Vogue Editor says Melania Trumps wardrobe is tasteless, and out of fashion. Honestly, you couldn't write the script. pic.twitter.com/bnB5x1o9VT
— Dr James Kent (@DrJamesKent3) December 26, 2019
I can’t be the only one to have this particular flashback:
Snerk:
Short form: a shaman rubbed a guinea pig on a large number of people to cure them of their ailments, and likely their overly-fat wallets. No information was given about how the guinea pig felt about it; looked disturbed to me, but maybe it was just happy to be the center of attention. Also no word about whether the critter had been cleaned of plague-fleas prior to this. And the author did not render an opinion on whether it would be good or bad if a bunch of people who buy into rampagingly stupid nonsensical superstitious quackery caught some horrible life-ending, gene pool winnowing disease.
This misleading headline in Global News “Gunman in Texas church shooting owned gun range, gave lessons: state prosecutor” has since been changed to “Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service” and Global has replaced the Reuters story with an Associated Press story.
It’s interesting how many times news stories get the facts wrong in particular directions. This time, the false narrative would have been handy for those opposed to firearms ownership, when the real story was that this guy not only was likely legally barred from owning a firearm, he never should have been out in public anyway. Now, I seriously doubt that this was done with intent… but instead what happened is that the reporter who wrote the false story, the editors who titled it, the publisher who ran it… they got their facts wrong initially and couldn’t be bothered to actually check, no doubt in small part because they *liked* the story.
This is hardly the first time this has happened.
He also designed the Sulaco and the Power Loader in Aliens, V’Ger, the Leonov from 2010, the AT-AT…
Passenger amenities are a bit lacking.
The “Ripsaw” series of vehicles are certainly interesting, having gotten themselves into a number of movies (GI Joe, one of those “Fast & Furious” flicks, probably others). The “M5 Electric Drive Super Tank” appears to be surprisingly quiet, though I’d certainly debate the label “Super Tank.” it is also unmanned, which you can certainly believe once you see it in side view… its hull does not appear to be deep enough for someone to actually sit in. It’s also unclear just how functional the turret and armament are. One scene shows the turret spinning quickly, but the gun barrel seems fixed.
I could see a role for a whole swarm of these things romping up and down the southern border, the sizable cannon replaced with a .50 or two. An actual border wall is not a terribly effective deterrent to the ongoing invasion; walls are readily surmounted, and they are bad for the native wildlife. But a robotank that is relatively quiet? Have them zip along, guided by an armada of long-duration overhead drones, turning coyote trucks into Swiss cheese and running down on-foot bands of invaders.
Hey, if the Governor of Virginia can call out the National Guard onto his own citizens, and if Rep. Swalwell can call for the use of nuclear weapons on US territory to eliminate those who disagree with his policies, then siccing first-generation Terminators onto foreign invaders seems an uncontroversial idea.
Two “house of worship” attempted massacres in as many days. The second time, a schmuck with a shotgun tries to take out a church in Texas. And this time, he got about five seconds into doing his thing when *he* got shot. The video makes for interesting viewing if you’re into that sort of thing… and it makes for an *impressive* bit of marksmanship, as one guy caps the badguy in the noggin with a single shot from across the room after a fast draw. The *first* guy to get shot telegraphed his draw, which is probably why he got shot. If you don’t like seeing random churchgoers getting shot, this is not a video to watch. If you want to see villains getting shot, then this is a video to watch. If you want to learn what to do and not to do, then this should prove helpful. An important lesson here: a slow draw, if someone is pointing a shotgun at you, will get you shot first. Learn to draw fast and shoot accurately… or keep your weapon out of sight. I am all in favor of open carry for those who want to, but this video points out the problem of letting badguys know that you are armed: they’ll shoot you first.
No info as yet about the who/why of the shooter. However, we do know this: Presidential Candidate Gropey Joe Biden would, had he had his way, have had this incident be a lot bloodier:
So a day or two back I visited a Barnes & Noble bookstore. One of the endcaps was covered with an array of woo-peddling nonsense, but one book truly caught my eye:
Next the the numerology handbook, sure to aid the idiots in your life to make their decision making processes that much less sensible, is “Hexing the Patriarchy.” Unsurprisingly, this book is available on Amazon, which provides this description:
Skeptics might think witchcraft is nothing more than a fad, but make no mistake: modern witches aren’t playing around. Today’s wizarding women are raising hell, exorcising haters, and revving up to fight fire with a fierce inferno of magical outrage.
Magic has always been a weapon of the disenfranchised, and in Hexing the Patriarchy, author Ariel Gore offers a playbook for the feminist uprising. Full of incantations, enchantments, rituals, and witchy wisdom designed protect women and bring down The Man, readers will learn how to . . .
This. Is. AWESOME.
If “the patriarchy” was actually a real thing, it could not come up with a better weapon to defend itself from “strong independent women” than to convince the opposition to rely on magical bullcrap. An opponent who relies on nonsensical woo rather than things that actually work is a much less effective opponent.
I recommend giving this book – or any of the wide range of similarly self-defeating titles available (such as “Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism” and “Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels“) to the gullible lefties in your life. Especially those who you think might, absent this “wisdom,” actually have some modest success in the political sphere.
Granted, it would be better if you didn’t actually spend money to procure these books. Perhaps they could be conjured out of thin air. Or… simply pass on the links, and let the opposition spend their own money to make themselves dumber.
The important trick, of course, will come after the immediate battle is over. After the socialists and commies and fascists and all the other far lefties render themselves irrelevant by relying upon magic rather than reason, it will be important for reason to not only emerge victorious, but to wipe the field clean of the stain of this superstitious ᚷᚩᛞᛞᚪᛗᚾᛖᛞ ᚠᚢᚳkᛁᚾᚷ ᛒᚢᛚᛚᛋᚻᛁᛏ. Allowed to gain purchase, this rubbish will lead directly either to a dark age… or to Chinese domination of the entire planet and the closing down of the era of western civilization.
Children are our future. Weep for it.