What makes a good movie?
Sunday, 27 October 2024
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Get Me Roger Stone
I was always into US politics much more than the British political scene and when I got a brilliant political mentor he really raised my game such that I would smash US CEOs on post war president discussions in luxury business hotel bars. I don't care about that now, and even the left right dialectic isn't important. Nothing is permanent and so if an allegiance to a political ideology is, one day it's self destructive.
Someone highly recommended this documentary on X and so I checked it out. It's compelling and sent me back in time to my politically attentive days. I've always been positive about Roger Stone for reasons I'll leave to the end. Watching this documentary I was taken aback how dirty the political consultancy and lobbying scene was and is. I can really see how the left or liberals as they say in the US have reason to, on the surface loath political operators like Stone. In fact I have a fair amount of understanding why the left are afraid of what's going on but they are wrong and hating on them doesn't work for me. There's a lot of decent 'liberals' but the stakes are higher than political partisanship this election in the US.
One reward of this documentary was how it refreshed my memory of US political history. I also got to know some of the names I was unsure of before such as Paul Manafort. A greater understanding of Machiavellian characters and business practices emerged, and in some ways it totally revised my overall view of Roger Stone. I like Roger's flamboyance and sartorial image. He's always been a close match to my own views but this documentary appraised me of how dirty his business is and I had to think about it and how it integrates with my any beliefs I had or changes them. It's a real deeper and darker dive than I was expecting.
Disclaimer: Roger Stone Jr followed me on my first Twitter account. I wasn't sure why at the time but I have a better idea now. He's a highly professional character.
Friday, 16 August 2024
Saturday, 29 July 2023
The Best Is Yet to Come
Odd moment: McConnell freezes at start of Senate GOP leadership press conference and is escorted to the side by his colleagues pic.twitter.com/hT5bLnstOS
— Raquel Martin (@RaquelMartinTV) July 26, 2023
When it was suggested that the demise of the old order might be characterised by suicide weekends, panic in Columbia and Phase Three, I wondered what it might smell like, how it would look and what kind of sounds would pervade the air: Riots, Sarin Gas attack or Air raid sirens? Well, now we know**
Just before Mitch McConnell SHUT DOWN, he said,
— Dr. Truth (@Tony11Sim) July 27, 2023
Well, good afternoon, everyone. We're on a path to finishing the NDA. This week, there's been good bipartisan cooperation and a string of--
Watch a woman tap his arm before he stopped talking!
NDA- Nondisclosure Agreement? pic.twitter.com/t9pghKq8o1
Thursday, 19 January 2023
Jacinda Ardern - No Deals With Darkness
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Sir Christopher Robert Chope OBE MP - "Wouldn't Touch A Booster With A Barge Pole"
“Many people now wouldn’t touch a booster with a barge pole and I include myself amongst those
— Janey (@_Janey_J) October 25, 2022
They’re not only counterproductive but also dangerous”
Sir Christopher Chope’s full remarks at Westminster Hall
24.10.22
4 clips ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/dQLOoStS9k
Those are his exact words. The video is embedded below if that helps.