For those that aren’t familiar with what the title of this article refers to let me recap: Earlier in the week, Minnesota Congresswoman and village idiot Michelle Bachmann said that she had evidence that congress had been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood. [Perhaps she’s seen the Showtime series “Homeland” and thinks it’s real.] Then, fellow…
Author: Alabama Liberal
Petty Issues: The Emmys, Pit Bull, George Zimmerman, Arizona’s Joe Arpaio, and (Sigh) Rush Limbaugh
The Emmys announced their nominations today celebrating the best of Television, and I have to say I have no real complaints about who was chosen…Just kidding, of course I do, there were NO major nominations for Community, and the entire male cast of Parks and Recreation was passed over so Modern Family could hog up…
Working Class Economist: Republicans Keep Saying the Economy is Bad, So It Stays Bad
This will be a pretty straightforward WCE today as I think today’s issue is pretty straightforward. It’s just that so many Republicans, conservatives, and the corporate interests they serve have made it complicated. First, a quick economics refresher. Keynesian Economics: Whatever people think about the economy is how the economy winds up. If they think it’s strong,…
Fast Food Critic: Coney Island’s Fried Oreos, Fried Twinkies, Fried Crab Sandwich, and Steamed Fries…I’m Just Shitting You, Those Are Fried Too
So this weekend I performed a rite of passage for anyone interested in serious junk food (we’ll call them “junk foodies” no, no, no, too gay, how about “fudge packers?”) and went to Coney Island, New York’s version of an extremely dirty Six Flags. I didn’t much go on the rides, since I don’t often…
Movie Review…”Ice Age 4: Keep the Paychecks Coming”
By now, the Ice Age films have lost pretty much all place in the culture at large and are really only about getting a paycheck every three years (like clockwork). Hey, the films still make money, so why not milk this cow ’til the udders bleed? But will you really enjoy yourself at these movies anymore?… What…
Movie Review: Katy Perry, Part of Me
You know how sometimes you know a movie won’t be for you but you go watch it anyway? No…well, uhhh, this is awkward…Well anyway, I was pretty sure I wouldn’t enjoy this movie as I’m almost entirely neutral on the subject of Katy Perry (a lot of her soaring pop anthems might as well be…
Movie Review: Savages
I came to Oliver Stone’s new movie with a different perspective than some of the audience, since I actually read Don Winslow’s book “Savages” on which this is based. The two projects aren’t all that different, but they differ in hundreds of small ways that add up (like the fact that Salma Hayek’s cartel head…
Movie Review: Red Lights
Another independent movie you’ve never heard of to go along with Beasts of the Southern Wild and To Rome with Love lol, and one even less worthy of your dollars. What Works: The movie is about two professors (Cillian Murphy and Sigourney Weaver) who tour the country debunking “supernatural phenomenon” but eventually run foul of…
Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Alright so this movie’s kind-of stupid right? Problem is, it may not be stupid enough. The weirdest thing in this movie is that they play the story entirely straight, and there isn’t a drop of irony in having the 16th president of the United States swing a giant axe on top of a vampire’s skull. It’s…
Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
This is a really, really divisive film and you have to be a very specific kind-of audience to watch it and in a very specific kind-of mood to like it. It doesn’t have a “plot” so much as a loose story and how much you like it will probably depend on what you go to…
Movie Review: To Rome With Love
There are really two schools of critics when it comes to current-day Woody Allen. There are those who are just thankful the legend is still alive and still making roughly a movie a year (not unlike an auteur version of James Patterson). And there are those that think this approach has really, really caused the…
Mom Jokes: Bad Teacher
My son was kicked out of school for letting a girl give him a hand job. I said “Son, that’s three this year. You’d better stop before they don’t let you teach anywhere.” [In honor of Breaking Bad’s return.]
TV Review: Breaking Bad’s Final Season Premiere
The best show on Television (right now) is back and all is right with the world. Some fans (and non-fans) may have seen the season 5 posters of TV’s most complicated lead character ever, Walter White, sitting in a lab with mountains of cash and meth around him, and the tagline “All hail the king.”…