About My Blog

My blog is about history, popular culture, politics and current events from a democratic socialist and Irish republican perspective. The two main topics are Northern Ireland on one hand and fighting anti-Semitism, racism and homophobia on the other. The third topic is supporting the Palestinians, and there are several minor topics. The three main topics overlap quite a bit. I have to admit that it’s not going to help me get a graduate degree, especially because it’s almost always written very casually. But there are some high-quality essays, some posts that come close to being high-quality essays, political reviews of Sci-Fi TV episodes (Star Trek and Babylon 5), and a unique kind of political, progressive poetry you won't find anywhere else. (there are also reviews of episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and reviews of Roseanne)



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YOU NEED TO READ THE POST "Trump, Netanyahu, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus)" here. It is a contrast of the two on COVID-19 and might be helpful in attacking Trump. And see the middle third of this about Trump being a for-real fascist.

Monday, April 26, 2021

Movie Reviews D

13 going on 30 (IMDB Wikipedia)

A non-political comedy but a good one.

I give it 3 stars out of 5.

Bulletproof (IMDB Wikipedia)

Another non-political comedy, but a really good one.

I give it 5 stars out of 5.

The Candidate (IMDB Wikipedia)

This about a fictional candidate for Senate in 1972. He’s inconsistently progressive. He criticizes the Teamsters union for attacking the United Farm Workers. He’s initially in favor of busing for desegregation. I was thinking about it recently and I decided that busing was a good way to desegregate schools.

I give it 2 stars out of five.

Ishtar (IMDB Wikipedia)

It’s more of a comedy than a serious drama or action film but it’s kind of critical of US foreign policy in the Arab world; although it’s about a made-up country.

I give it 3 stars out of 5.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (IMDB Wikipedia)

A non-political movie that’s sort of a cross between a comedy and drama. 

UPDATE 5/5/21 I give it three stars out of five.

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