Annals of military futility: "Over eight days, Hamas has fired nearly as many rockets — 3,350 so far — as it did over all of the 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in 2014" nytimes.com/2021/05/17/wor…
Hamas has spent 8 years spending money on developing rockets-money that could have been used to help the people of Gaza. And has watched 90% of those rockets knocked out of the air. Meanwhile Israel is destroying their tunnel network and wreaking military havoc on the Gaza Strip
It's hard to think of a more pointless military endeavor and one that has done more damage to the Palestinian people.
It's also hard to comprehend the calls on Israel to declare a cease-fire when Hamas has sent more than 3,000 rocket into Israel over an 8-day period.
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Opening a movie with a clip from Double Indemnity doesn't leave much doubt about the kind of story you're preparing to tell!
Just from watching the opening of this movie and the brilliant opening visual of the camera pulling back from the TV I know this is going to be good. De Palma is a master
I have something I need to get off my chest that might upset a few people on this list ... the other day I rewatched Hoosiers, a movie I loved as a kid.
And it’s a terrible film
Like it’s not just bad. It’s genuinely awful. It’s based on a true story ... and it’s not remotely accurate.
The soundtrack is a crime against nature.
Barbara Hershey’s character is badly written and her performance is dreadful
Gene Hackman’s coach is not a rough around the edges, tough coach with a heart of gold ... he’s a dick. And it’s hard to tell what he actually teaches the players about basketball.
In my latest for Truth and Consequences, I make the case for Democrats waging the fight against the filibuster on gun control truthandcons.substack.com/p/the-time-for…
I wrote a longer piece on this for @USATODAY calling on Americans to demand that Congress finally stop dragging its feet on gun control and do something to staunch America's gun carnage usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
Democrats have the political advantage on guns right now. Background checks are enormously popular; the Democratic caucus is united in supporting gun control, and the NRA has never been weaker. Now is the time to have this fight.
Based on follow-up reporting, we have a much clearer sense of the motive for the spa shootings in Atlanta - and it's not what many initially assumed nytimes.com/2021/03/18/us/…
It's important to correct the record on this because a) facts matter and b) motives generally don't when it comes to mass shootings. What matters is that easy access to guns are what makes these types of shootings possible. That's where the media focus should be.
We in the media are still failing on how we cover mass shootings. We obsess over motive and ignore the elephant in the room - EASY ACCESS TO GUNS. The alleged shooter in Atlanta bought his weapon the DAY OF HIS CRIME
THREAD: So I have a quick story about Cuomo as a boss based on personal experience.
Back in 1999 I was offered a job to be his chief speechwriter at HUD. I was looking to move to New York so I wasn't terribly interested but I was considering taking it.
About a month after the offer I had still not given an answer. Then one day I got a vmail from a press aide. I was worried they we were going to expect an answer from me and I didn't have one.
So I call back and the press aide says to me, "I'm not pushing you to make a decision but I just want to let you know ... that Andrew is a really difficult person to work for."
In other words, she was trying to talk me out of taking the job.