GobbleDog

Took the day off work and been watching since 12:00 streaming to numerous monitors and a big-screen TV. Can't get enough. Even if I didn't gamble on the games, I'd still love it, and I despise the NBA. Something special about the opening two days of March Madness. Upsets, and buzzer beaters left and right.

Agreed, it's always been the cost of doing business. The penalty should be you're permanently out of business. That'd stop it.

Then you should be most concerned with reducing poverty.

Costs more to execute. Want to limit appeals and make it cheaper, fine wrongful executions increases. How many can you stomach? Family members of the condemned didn't do anything wrong, yet they lose a father/son/brother etc. More innocent families in misery is a good idea? And for what? Capital punishment has no deterrence. Nobody ever thought "I'd kill him, if it were only life in prison, but that death penalty is too much... oh well." Then there's state-sanctioned executions - ya think the US should be on the most state executions list with China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, etc? That's the mentality of those countries. The old "just kill 'em after they're found guilty" acting like a tough guy on crime. Ain't much thought behind it. I do support long prison sentences for violent crime, though the US already has some of the harshest penalties in the world.

I don't get ESPN so haven't noticed, but meh... let the lady's have a little spot-light. It's technically sports so it doesn't bother me when it's mentioned in sports reporting. What I have noticed is all the women sports-casters calling basketball/football games.... ugh. The networks have to know they sound awful, but do it anyway. I guess they're hoping it'll someday sound normal and maybe it will, but for now it sucks.

Apparently, it's 10 years old, but just found this one the other day... good stuff.

Today's headline was rather amusing...

The company that owns those Taco Bell's ... "Diversified Restaurant Group." Ironic. I predict someday the black community will file class action law-suits against fast food corps. Don't know how successful it'll be, but their argument will (correctly) be they're specifically targeted in advertising - particularly the young, most stores are located in low-income areas, and they knowingly serve poison - loaded with sugar to hook customers. 'Have it your way' Burger King ... black man, some rapping, catchy jingle. I picture BK's executives hearing it for the first time and thinking "that's perfect, the target demographic will love it."

While we're on a music discussion, I gotta rant. R & B - "rhythm and blues" .... BB King sang the blues. Zeppelin played rock 'n roll blues. Etc. The modern garbage on the radio which labels itself R&B is as far from blues music as possible.

He was funny in Men In Tights... beyond that... meh. Mildly amusing on Curb, I'll give him that. Overall he seemed like a germaphoic creep who thought he was a bigger star than he really was.

In her defense, her son is definitely a p*ssy.

Darrin II sucked ... Bewitched

A law to appease idiot voters.

I don't agree with removing any monuments... even Lincoln the war criminal. God bless Boothe.

You lived in the ghetto?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/27/us/jackie-robinson-statue-kansas/index.html Ok fess up, which one of you jokers stole Jackie?

Ban commercial firearm sales.

To be fair, she didn't know who Styx was until I played a few songs - which she knew, but still didn't like them. She did say most people at the concert seemed more excited when Styx entered the stage, than REO. Just not her.

Watching a lot of Film Noir lately. Saw Touch of Evil (1958) recently which was a really weird flick, but Orson Welles was absolutely amazing. Made me want to watch another Welles film so of course I watched his most famous - Citizen Kane (1941)... talk about a snooze fest. Welles was good, but the story wasn't too interesting. Don't know why people rave about it. My all time favorit - Key Largo (1948) with Bogart and Edward G. Robinson. Partly because I relate to the old Florida setting and hurricanes, but also because Robinson is the greatest gangsta ever. What ya got?

Gulman was really good years back. Haven't heard his new stuff, but I'm a fan. I used to say Dave Attell was one of the best... then I heard his racist dinosaur special. Ugh... also needs to stop yelling.

He wore on me. Long build-up to a dark punchline. Over and over. Some punchlines were funny, but the style got old.

My wife has Sirius in her car with 8 comedy stations. I flip back and forth... eventually hear a funny joke... then back to flipping. Turns out the vast majority of stand-up comedians are awful. Then again, some people laugh at everything. I'm harder to please.

RUDY, RUDY, RUDY !!! errr.. robbie

Just finished watching and it truly is a "must watch." Spoiler alert (not that any of the bums here will watch it). Thought I knew how the story was gonna go, and it changed, again, and again. Assumed his dead friend was innocent and he'd simply prove it... seemed like the kind of predictable story from that era. But then the cops show evidence that he's guilty. Then the dead friend shows up and ya think - ok he'll insist the cops are mistaken and his friend will help prove he's innocent. But then he admits it. Totally got me. Also half-way in I began to wonder... maybe Welles just does voice work or something since I hadn't seen him. And then there he is smirking out of the shadows - the dead man isn't dead. Loved it. The woman was great. The writing was great - particularly liked the ending where the guy tries to talk to her one last time (and say something corny like most old movies do)... nope, she just ignores him and keeps on walking. It was perfect. Soundtrack was awesome, Venice location was cool, and post-war setting with different countries ruling different parts of the city added to the realism. Well done Buck. Your movie critic credentials remain in tact.