I wrote about the Left’s long-time misogyny over five years ago, but in light of the latest revelations about Hollywood scumbags, it’s just as relevant today.
[Update a few minutes later]
Glenn Reynolds has some related links.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
Still Busy
We have relatives visiting this coming week, and are doing things to clean up and organize the house that we’ve been putting off for months/years. Meanwhile, go see how pathetically Tom Stafford is stuck in the 60s. #Apolloism
Lisa Bloom
Wow. Like her mother, she really is a hypocritical piece of work:
‘You know what is truth, Lisa? I feel like people should know that you’ve been calling my literary agent and saying there’d be money for me if I got on the “Harvey’s Changed” bandwagon?’ the actor wrote.
‘You told her that I should care about HIS reputation. How HE has a family now and how HE has changed. Well, guess what? I’ve always had a family and that didn’t stop him from assaulting me.’
Lord Acton identified problem w/Hollywood (and a lot of other places) a long time ago. And not only does it corrupt, but evil seeks power.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) October 15, 2017
[Update later morning]
Hollywood’s masculinity deficit.
The Twilight Of The Liberal Gods
This is a couple weeks old, but I don’t think I linked it at the time, and it’s well worth a read, from Sarah Hoyt.
Gun Control
No, “feel good” remedies won’t solve the problem. As noted over there, an attempt to confiscate Americans’ guns would be tantamount to the government making war on its own people. It would not end well.
[Update a few minutes later]
No, there were not 273 “mass shootings” by any sane definition. There were nine.
Why We Must Go To The Stars
Thoughts from Sarah Hoyt. Yes, some empires gave colonialism a bad name, but as she says, all life does it.
The Blockchain
What life might be like on it.
Not sure this was the 21st century I was looking forward to.
Harvey Weinstein Destroyed Hollywood
What does this all mean? Hollywood is worse than you thought it was, even than I thought it was. And I worked there for years, observing things close up. These people — led by Weinstein as the local Henry VIII, now decamped for Europe for an Anthony Weiner-style rehab — have solidified themselves as some of the biggest hypocritical fakes in recorded history, deceiving themselves even more, if that’s possible, than they deceive the rest of us.
Can you imagine how it’s going to be watching this year’s Oscars as they coop up awards while making political pronouncements on whatever cause strikes their superficially conventional (but personally sick) fancies, especially if those causes express veiled contempt for the morals of those clods in flyover country who are supposed to be their audience?
Speaking as a member of the Academy since the 1980s, I won’t be watching. It’s over for me, especially since Joan Rivers is no longer with us to lend a certain amused cynicism to the vulgar orgy of self-congratulation. And I suspect I won’t be alone. Hollywood has become the new NFL. People will soon be turning it off.
As he says it’s an opportunity for conservative investors. Which they’ll miss.
[Thursday-morning update]
More thoughts from Allahpundit:
Middle America has always suspected the movie industry of being a den of perverts, cutthroats, and sociopaths. Now here’s Weinstein apparently proving it’s worse than everyone thought. And as more comes out on others, it may get worse still.
Yep.
The Old Space Age Began
Today is the 60th anniversary of Sputnik. I have some thoughts over at The Weekly Standard. I’ll have more later today at PJMedia.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Henry Spencer reminds me that upon the successful launch, Korolev supposedly said “The road to the stars is now open.” A little premature, I think…
[Update a while later]
For a detailed history of the program, go read Asif Siddiqi over at The Space Review (it’s part one, the second part will appear next Monday).
[Update a couple minutes later, after going through the Siddiqi piece]
This is excellent. It is likely now the best available history of its development.
[Update a few minutes later]
Anatoly Zak reminds us that Sputnik wasn’t about the satellite; it was about the rocket.
[Update a while later]
More from Siddiqi on recent translations. Kind of amazing how much we still don’t know about space history six decades later.
[Update a while later]
How dreams of space-faring zombies resulted in Sputnik. Well, sort of.
[Update late morning]
Here‘s Chris Gebhart’s take.
[Afternoon update]
My (other) take is now up over at PJMedia. As usual, most comments are ignorant and/or idiotic.
[Update a week later]
Part 2 of Siddiqi’s new history is up now.
[Bumped]
Hitler And Weinstein
As far as I can tell, Hitler hasn’t found out about Weinstein yet. Let’s try a little crowdsourcing to do the video. I’ll kick it off.
At the beginning, they’re talking about how the war against Trump is going, but they’re having problems raising enough campaign funds. Hitler tells then not to worry, Weinstein will come through after his next blockbuster film. They have to tell him that Weinstein has stepped down after being accused of sexual harassment and assault. So who does he ask to step out of the room for the rant?
In the scene where the one woman is comforting another, she can say something like “Don’t worry, there are still plenty of casting-couch scumbags in Hollywood who will give you a part. You might not even have to watch them shower or take in the @ss.”
[Wednesday-morning update]
OK, this is sort of what I had in mind, but I think there are other possible variants.