Working class people everywhere might feel like rejoicing since Ted Cruz has withdrawn from the race, but what’s the exact breakdown of each presidential candidate on most working class people’s wallets? John Kasich…The Good: Uhhh, I guess he offers hugs? The Bad: Nothing more expensive than a pregnancy you don’t want, and Kasich’s one-man mission to shut…
Author: Alabama Liberal
The Fast Food Critic’s Love/Hate Relationship with Chick-Fil-A
Chick-Fil-A: come for the chicken, don’t come back for the politics. In these surreally-partisan political times, even food has taken on an unfortunately polarizing nature. Your red states have a litany of fried chicken places and (inexplicably) conservative pizza chains like Papa John’s. Your blue states have Whole Foods and pretending Shake Shack is healthy. No other…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Is the GOP’s #NeverTrump Movement Over?
I know, I know, the last thing in the world I wanted to do was bring back my long-lost debate feature with one where I’m essentially saying the Republican Never Trump movement is over, but I had two equally bad choices: I could either debate a Bernie Sanders fan with why Bernie should drop out of the…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Should Gov. Bentley Be Impeached? (Surprisingly) No
In the last couple of “A Year Long Conversation” podcasts, the themes have revolved around various hypocrisies liberals might be committing. It’s been noted that the politically correct are the new social conservatives and also that Democrats are less forgiving of sex scandals than Republicans. And now those chickens have come home to roost for…
The 10 Most (and Least) Anticipated Movies of the Summer
It’s time for our Summer Movie preview, and as usual there’s at least ten movies I’ll not be looking forward to along with the good ones. The Least Anticipated Movies of the Summer Runner-Up: Captain America: Civil War…I know, I know, it’s gotten “great” reviews so far, but so did Captain America 2 and if anything my interest in…
Movie Review: The Jungle Book
Just as there are some movies I want to like more than I do, there are some I want to resist—pretty much anything Disney—that actually work really well. What Works: “The Jungle Book” is one of the best big-studio movies to come out this year and that is perhaps a back-handed compliment in this year of…
Movie Review: Criminal
A movie I wanted to like more than I did. What Works: You’ve got to admire Kevin Costner. At a time when a lot of 80’s stars have become self-parodies (Ah-nuld) or bizarre, outright disgraces (Mel “Let Me Tell You About Jews–Hey Where You Going?” Gibson), Costner still manages to star in diverse, interesting projects…
TV Review: I’m Glad The Good Wife is Ending…And Wish It Would Have Sooner
The worst thing for a television series is not getting cancelled too son. The worst thing is actually that it will last too long. As much as we like to grumble about the cases of a show getting axed prematurely, it’s now become much, much more common for a series to live long past the…
Mom Jokes: Dear Tech Support
Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0 In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as: Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as: NBA…
Why Can’t We Let Lewinsky Go?
A few days ago, a new podcast episode all about the differences between Republican sex scandals and Democratic sex scandals was posted. The discussion included the curious, paradoxical double-standard that the social conservatives (Republicans) were actually more likely to forgive a sex scandal than the socially liberal, anything-goes Democrats. Listed were examples of powerful Republicans who made…
Movie Review: The Huntsman 2: Winter’s War
A sequel nobody asked for, and a waste of time for a trio of talented actresses. What Works: Jessica Chastain is the best actress alive, and this film is proof-positive of that. Sure, a lot of actresses can be great in well-written roles with top-notch directors. But how many can shine in lifeless genre junk with…
Are Hillary and Trump Fans Having Winner’s Depression?
Hillary has won the Democratic nomination. Trump has won the Republican nomination. They are the winners. Yet it sure doesn’t feel that way. Sure, I could bore you to death going into the specifics of delegate math and how both Trump and Hillary are pretty much in a can’t-lose position. I could do that. But…
Democrats Don’t Need a Revolution, Republicans Do
It’ll be one of the great mysteries of the historically-long, never-ending 2016 primary season: “what went wrong with Bernie’s revolution?” Yes, how did the “shocking” defeat of a candidate who was never leading in a single poll happen? Now I have my own theories about that (which I’ll be happy to get into later this…