What May Just Be the Most Powerful Word in the English Language

- This film critic says there's a problem with white actors playing giant blue aliens because of racism or something – Holly Ash, Not the Bee o Wanting to avoid being as annoying as the folks who see racism under every rock, or around every corner, we won’t spend too much time on this. o But that is to say that this is just plain silly, and we all need to know that. - James Cameron Already Shot ‘Avatar’ 3 And 4 To Avoid ‘Stranger Things’ Effect, Teens Who ‘Look Like They’re 27’ – Amanda Harding, The Daily Wire o This is a smart move, actually. - Hide the Pain Harold – real name: András Arató; he’s actually a Hungarian electrical engineer. o If you haven’t yet, you should really check out the TED Talk he gave a few years back. o It’s actually rather fascinating to think about, in relation to this question of how the internet changes the way we think about identity, and what it can do to either bolster or destabilize ours, as well as any subsequent relationships we have with one another as a result. - Church Committee – Wikipedia o I should have mentioned in yesterday’s episode that this is one of the things Senator Frank Church is famous for, whose 1975 interview with Meet the Press I played audio from. - CORRECTION: A few episodes back, after discussing spicy ramen and Twilight Imperium, I talked briefly about the yet-again delayed release of the JFK files concerning the assassination of a sitting U.S. president in 1963. o I said he was shot in Houston, Texas; that was not accurate. He was actually shot in Dallas, Texas. o Houston comes more easily to mind for me because I have for over a decade now worked in the Oil & Gas industry, which has a lot of headquarters in Houston. - Season’s Greetings From The Swamp: Support Our $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill, Pay Your Taxes, And Kick Rocks, America – Tim Meads, The Daily Wire o An honest question for those whose eyes glaze over at such things: How much is too much? o If this is not that number, is there any amount of money our government could spend that we would say was too much? § Do we have a limit? Do they? § How do we know where the limit should be? § If only we could look at what happens historically when countries devalue their currency. o Fun fact: nestled amidst the multitudinous things our money is being devalued to support around the world, there is funding for border security for Arab nations in this omnibus bill, according to reporting by Joseph MacKinnon at The Blaze. - Ukraine Will Get What It Needs to ‘Defend Itself and Succeed on the Battlefield,’ Biden Tells Zelenskyy – Jeff Louderback, The Epoch Times - Colorado Nurse Accused Of Drugging, Sexually Assaulting And Recording Lewd Images Of Unconscious Patients For Ten Years – Brandon Drey, The Daily Wire - ‘Looted: Stolen relics, laundered art and a Colorado scholar’s role in the illicit antiquities trade’ – Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post - Chick-Fil-A Owner Fined, Had To Give Back Pay For Giving Workers Food Vouchers Instead Of Pay – Charlotte Pence Bond, The Daily Wire - ‘Once In A Generation Type Event’: ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Targets United States, Canceling Flights – Hank Berrien, The Daily Wire