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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Why Moviegoers Naturally Crave Stars . . .
The great movie critic Pauline Kael explained it better than I ever could nearly 60 years ago, in 1968:
There’s hardly a star in American movies today, and if we’ve got so used to the absence of stars that we no longer think about it much, we’ve also lost one of the great pleasures of moviegoing: watching incandescent people up there, more intense and dazzling than people we ordinarily encounter in life, and far more charming than the extraordinary people we encounter, because the ones on the screen are objects of pure contemplation—like athletes all wound up in the stress of competition—and we don’t have to undergo the frenzy or the risks of being involved with them. In life, fantastically gifted people, people who are driven, can be too much to handle; they can be a pain. In plays, in opera, they’re divine, and on the screen, where they can be seen in their perfection, and where we’re even safer from them, they’re more divine.
Monday, July 27, 2026
New Videocast: Any Light At The End Of The Tunnel?
The Future Of The GOP -- AND The Nation!
This man right here is Congressman Brandon Gill.… He is just 32 years old. He is the youngest Republican in Congress. And, already he's making the swamp sweat. He's been raised on a Texas ranch. He doesn’t play the D.C. game. And he doesn’t care about their feelings. He is totally America First, every single day. Could he be a future President? You better believe it!
Not A Poll: This Is The PREDICTION MARKET
CNN: The Odds Republicans Keep The Senate Has Increased
— OSZ (@OpenSourceZone) July 27, 2026
2026 Senate Odds Per @Kalshi
🔴 Republicans: 56% (+6)
🔵 Democrats: 44% (-6)
(+/- vs 3 Months Ago) pic.twitter.com/H6yu4aFDJe
EVERY GOP Senator Should Join This Effort!
THREE MORE US Senators are calling for the Senate to SKIP August Recess until the SAVE America Act is passed.
Here's the updated roster of patriots: -Mike Lee -Rick Scott -Tommy Tuberville -Jim Banks -Ashley Moody -Darline Graham Every single GOP Senator should join them.Oh, MY: Now This Is VERY Interesting . . .
New - Generic Ballot poll
Every Wonder About That I-295/I-76/42 Boondoggle?
Sunday, July 26, 2026
On Nearly Every Front, Joizee Completely Tanks!
With stats like this and a complacent (to put it kindly) electorate that keeps electing scoundrels again and again, you have to wonder if there's any hope for Joizee at all -- especially if you've been here as long as we have and you've witnessed mostly year after year of this.
This much we can promise you -- we will not peddle false hope here. We tell it like it is. And, quite frankly, folks -- we've almost never seen it grimmer. The saddest part? Few seem to genuinely give a damn.