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Interview: 2nd Quarter 2023 Wrap Up: News Trends & Stories, Part II with Dr. Joseph P. Farrell

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  1. Movie of the Week: Dead Reckoning Part One … correction … Tom Cruise turned 61 years old on July 3rd and is not 63 years old.

    I was disappointed by the movie. For a three hour movie only the last 30 minutes on the train was sufficiently engaging. The first half of the movie is basically way too much dialog, ” … be afraid of the AI. the entity, everyone else wants to control the AI, only Ethan Hunt (Cruise) wants to kill it.” Too abstract not enough of an emotional connection. The HERO of any movie is only as good as the VILLIAN, and this villain was a big yawn for me.

    I teach computer science, the only reason to be afraid of AI is the PEOPLE who are using AI … not the AI itself. None of the dialog, gave any sense of who was behind the AI.

    The other major errors in the plot were the demise of Ilsa Faust (played by Rebecca Ferguson). The car chase scene through the streets of Rome, was based on two women drivers … this seemed to be a desperate attempt to get women to be interested in car chases … it did not work. Like all car chases, I just wanted it to end, resigned to the idea that this part of the movie mainly appeals to men. Same experience of no emotional engagement, at any level … not even when Ethan Hunt responds to the demise of Faust.

    I became a fan of Tom Cruise (and Chris McQuarrie) for the first time last year, with Top Gun Maverick. I saw the film 25 times … in theatres. I bought a 4K HD screen just to watch the HD DVD even more times. I admit, I was desperate for big screen movies … having been locked out for two years by COVID19 restrictions. I made a point of watching the entire canon of Cruise’s work just to figure out why Top Gun Maverick was such a draw for me. In the end, I decided that it was the dialog of McQuarrie, the directing of Kosinski and the editing of the movie … Cruise simply allowed himself be emotionally engaging, for a change … no doubt because he has been signing the paraphernalia of Top Gun fans for 36 years. Also, the plot line of Maverick is a thinly veiled version of the 1986 movie.

    And so I conclude, emotional engagement with anything Cruise does is going to be a hit or miss affair. If the combined budget is in fact $491 million, i doubt very much that it will make a profit this year. The movie simply does not have the same level of engagement that Top Gun Maverick had. I will not be watching this film a second time, and will probably have to force myself to watch Part Two next year, if only to see how badly Hollywood ef’d up their understanding of AI.

  2. Listening to this again, another thought crossed my mind. The illegals crossing the border are taken to the airport and given a ticket to anywhere in the U.S. Are these on commercial flights? If so, how does Homeland Security allow them to board? It’s been 5 years since I’ve flown anywhere, but at that time I had to show my driver’s license or passport to be able to board the plane. I don’t think that those regulations have changed. I doubt seriously that these illegals have a passport, much less a U.S. driver’s license or state I.D., so that means Homeland Security is complicit with this.

    1. But then, isn’t the Border Patrol now part of Homeland Security? Or are they still part of the Department of Commerce / Customs?

    2. I read elsewhere (wish I kept the link) that they can use the paperwork they’re given by CBP as ID or to get ID.

  3. The clip of the Pence interview with Carlson was interesting. I think Pence’s comment relates to the traditional Republican party line of the Federal level not infiltrating the State level. He, as President, would focus on the international arena and let the State Governor’s focus on their individual cities’ problems. He did a pretty good job in Indiana as Gov and knows what State governance is all about. He could have done a better job of explaining his position for sure but like me he might not be much of a Carlson fan!

  4. John is right about cannabis being part of the planned poisoning. Part of the feminizing/transgenderism of males.

    Antiandrogen
    Antiandrogens, also known as androgen antagonists or testosterone blockers, are a class of drugs that prevent androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone from mediating their biological effects in the body. They act by blocking the androgen receptor and/or inhibiting or suppressing androgen production.Wikipedia

    Marihuana inhibits dihydrotestosterone binding to the androgen receptorV Purohit, B S Ahluwahlia, R A Vigersky

    AbstractMarihuana and its constitutents delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC) and cannabinol (CBN) were tested for their ability to interact with the androgen receptor in rat prostate cytosol. Smoked marihuana condensate, delta 9-THC, and CBN inhibit specific binding of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to the androgen receptor with a dissociatin constant of the inhibitors (Li) of 2.1-5.8 X 10(-7)M. in addition, other metabolites of delta 9-THC were also androgen antagonists. This data suggests that the anti-androgenic effects associated with marihuana use results, at least in part, from inhibition of androgen action at the receptor level.

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6249575/

  6. We Mexicans watch with horror the promotion of 2 -in particular- fringe “singers”. Both appeared on a billboard in Times Square and one was praised on the Jimmy Fallon show. 2 scrawny drug addicts are the pied pipers of our young people.
    Catherine, were it not for you, I would have gone mad trying to make sense of my world. Disgusting to see Jimmy Fallon all smiles on something that has NOTHING to do with the general Mexican culture and, much less, any American culture (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToUZzJBU2cs).

    1. Marketing debasement. You are right, it is pretty dreadful. Turn ’em off is the plan.

        2. Thanks for sharing this Catherine! For the 3.36 min. of this musical piece…all was right with the world!

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