The (Deplorable) Explainers

 

 Americans Under 30 Don’t Trust Religion — or Anything Else 

   

 The Fighting in Israel Moves to the West Bank 

   

 "American Israelis already left. They leave everyday. Palestinian Americans cannot leave." 

   

 King Charles secretly profits off assets of dead Brits 

   

 ‘Satanic worship tree’ disturbs Christmas festival goers 

   

 Weatherman reveals footage of him performing sex acts was leaked to his MOM, boyfriend and boss 

   

 “I’m grateful to see people defending my mom but can you PLEASE stop using the clip with her honkers out.” 

   

 Tourist blasts San Francisco's Tenderloin as 'most depressing place I've ever seen'

 

Ann Althouse & Meade To TMR: "I Know - It's A Cult. It's Not Scientific. But You Don't Have To Join To Let [It] In."

 So lookee here - this is,...interesting.

The New York Times did a puff piece on David Lynch and his TM cult (what else?) but what's cool is they also included a chart (above) of who's in it, and - whouldn't you know - all the media's major movers and shakers are in there:

The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace may focus on teaching meditation techniques to at-risk children and soldiers suffering from PTSD. But Lynch has had a significant impact in his own industry. Some of the foundation's recent initiates are shown above.

So, as I've always told you, if you're ever trying to discover why Oprah, Ellen, Dr. Oz, Susan Sarandon, George Stephanopoulos, Candy Crowley and all the rest are spoon-feeding us what seems like a mutli-pronged but singular message (feminism, gays, save the planet, soul mates, etc.) and who it's really coming from, we might now know who one of their biggest cult leaders in America is:

Eraserhead. 

Now, let's not forget who David Lynch is. I've done a lot of work on Lynch, and I'm not alone. But first, the blog for people who've escaped the cult, TMFree, led me to the NYT article and they have a few things to say about it:

Longtime TM Initiator-Governor Bobby Roth, currently employed by David Lynch’s foundation, carefully cultivates celebrity TMers. Like high profile celebrities in other cult-like groups, TM celebrities are sheltered from the dysfunctions, demands, psychosis and poverty experienced by many rank and file TM devotees.

This is what I'm now calling "The Instapundit/Ann Althouse (& Meade) Effect". It's when you dispense misinformation without a care for it's effects on others you exploit. ("You've got your good thing, and you've got mine.") Here's some more from TMFree:

On March 4, 2013 John Horgan pubished for his Scientific American “Cross-Check” blog “Do All Cults, Like All Psychotherapies, Exploit the Placebo Effect?” referring to Hoffman’s article, above. 

Horgan offers a short discussion of the placebo effect, followed by an explanation of destructive cults.  He closes his essay “The more you believe in the uniquely transformative power of your cult, the more you get out of it. The only price you have to pay is your rationality.” 

A few days later, on March 8, Horgan offered another essay critiquing TM’s research, in response to the True Believer comments on his first TM expose’ post, “Research on TM and Other Forms of Meditation Stinks”.

Anyway - back to David Lynch. If you truly want to see him in action, you have to check out the film, David Wants To Fly, where Lynch shows the venality in his heart and that of his program. I've told you what it's about - Naziism - and the Germans saw it clearly when Lynch spoke there:

"The flap those words created, with their echoes of the Third Reich, reveals both the deadly seriousness with which Germans view their wartime past and the gulf separating Lynch's new-age agenda from that of some hard-bitten Berliners with a more historical mind-set.”

 Yeah, don't anybody dare remember where the phrase "Mind/Body/Spirit" came from. (Has anybody else noticed that hasn't ever been a news item?) And the fact the Nazis were doing yoga while maintaining concentration camps for undesirables, like me, who didn't want to practice that or homeopathy. 

Well, not me, baby, I know what Nazis are about - killing anyone who has a real culture:

And - just like last time - I'm waiting for 'em to dare and try to get me,...

 

Nepotism Sucks (Because We Have To Look At It)

"For those unfamiliar, two of the primary participants in this video are Eva Amurri and Zach Gilford from television's 'Californication' and 'Friday Night Lights' respectively.

Amurri is Susan Sarandon's daughter that just so happens to play a student who moonlights as a stripper on 'Californication.'

Now THAT's a great role model for young people, isn't it?  

Heaven help us."

-- Noel Sheppard, recognizing a lunatic when he sees one - and, with those familiar googly eyes, who could miss it? - the product of an "open-minded" big mouth (who apparently couldn't keep her own legs closed) on NewsBusters.

Wardrobe's Done: Quick - Start Filming

"Someone asked a great question the other day: Why is leftist Hollywood so enamored with dictators and socialism? You would think they would fear having their artistic expression stifled under a Castro or having all their wealth confiscated under Hugo’s socialist or communist regime. It seems counter-intuitive, no…? That’s a damn good question but erroneously based on the premise that we’re discussing normal people.

When you and I picture life under Obama’s vision for America, we see a dreary existence spent in breadlines, drab apartments and small jail cells with rat cages strapped to our face conditioning us to say 'Herstory' instead of 'History.' These Castro-lovers and Polanski-defenders see something completely different.

Watch 'The Lives of Others.' Not only is it one of the best films of the decade, it also answers the opening question. You’ll see how life under fascism is the complete fulfillment of every narcissistic desire Susan Sarandon, Barbra Streisand, Oliver Stone, Sean Penn and the rest of their sorry lot has ever had."

-- John Nolte, yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre - or, rather, yelling "theatre" in a crowded fire - because (one way or another) you're gonna get burned from Big Hollywood.

Honest Talk - On A(nother) Subject Full Of Lies

Pam Spaulding has written a very-revealing piece on "The cultural third rails of race and sexuality". Revealing because she starts off by saying addressing these topics usually:

"Results in most conversations falling into silence for fear of conflict, offending someone, or having to realize one's own biases in front of others."

Fear. In other words, cowardice. Isn't that what I'm usually accusing you doofuses of after you get all Buddhist on me and start demanding, "What are you afraid of?"? Especially when you could give a shit about me being afraid or offended?

And even worse, not only are you cowards, but you put on a front (see photo above) and won't just admit it straight out; instead I have to wait for some stupid side-ways reference to it in another dumb ass column in Salon.

So what's going on here? How stupid does it get? This article is about a report by The Human Rights Campaign Foundation on the LGBT set (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals) but aren't lesbians, by definition, gays? Why do they get their own letter? What the fuck is up with that?

Those damn feminists just can't leave well-enough alone.

Anyway, The Human Rights Campaign Foundation discovered several amazing (and stupid) things, including that "Religious attitudes are a major source of sexual prejudice. For LGBT people of color, many of whom are regular churchgoers, the conflict is acute. More than half of LGBT people of color interviewed feel treated like sinners by their ethnic and racial communities, and faith communities are among the places LGBT people of color feel least accepted."

Did it ever occur to these people not to go to church? I mean, I've been around my share of gay folks and - let's get serious - these are not exactly a spiritual people.

And, since there is no "God", it seems pretty dumb to go to church - where they know religious folks use doctrine to oppress gays - only to then complain that's what's happening in there. What did they think they would find?

I mean, religion has killed more people than almost anything else - without "God" intervening - so, call me "Captain Obvious", but I don't think you need to be around it.

Next is this wild confession: "LGBT people of color view the world first from the point of view of race and gender. Most feel there is as much racism and sexism among LGBT people as there is among non-LGBT people, and racially motivated violence and discrimination are more prevalent than violence or prejudice based on sexual orientation."

So we're talking about a racist and sexist grouping here. Or maybe I've got that wrong - here, let's read that again:

"LGBT people of color view the world first from the point of view of race and gender."

Nope - sounds like a bunch of racists and sexists to me - nothing about "the content of a man's character" in there. And not only that, but they're beating the shit out of each other over it! What a bunch of losers!

How am I expected to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with these people when, at any given moment, one of them is probably going to be poking me in the chest, screaming "What chu lookin' at, Breeder?" Hell, if they can't even get along with each other, then they're on their own: I'm outta there.

What else have we got from these lunatics? "LGBT people of color are serious media consumers, but they do not find enough information or see accurate media representations of themselves."

Let's see, I'm turning on the T.V. as I write this, and I see,...people. My major requirements for an "accurate" media representation of myself is as follows: Two eyes and ears, a nose and mouth, most other shit optional - including the stuff I mentioned as a requirement.

And if there's "accurate media representations" of gays we don't see very often, it's when they try to sneak into the beds of straight people to have sex with them in their sleep, ala "Dr. Franekfurter" and Susan Sarandon in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. That's the only time I've ever seen that occurrence portrayed - anywhere - and, as often as they tried it when I was a kid in the foster homes, I'd think it should've been included in every Will & Grace episode. Or, at least, as part of any serious discussion of gay behavior. Not that there are any serious discussions of gay behavior. I mean, look at how much I can talk about that nobody else is:

Somehow The Human Rights Campaign Foundation didn't get around to probing these issues.

Look, Folks, this is mind-numbingly stupid. Unlike the rest of you who are "falling into silence for fear of conflict, offending someone, or having to realize one's own biases in front of others", I'm not scared of shit, so I'm just going to spit my thoughts on gays out there, and y'all are gonna have to deal with it:

If gays want to be included with the rest of humanity then quit trying to be so friggin' different. That only separates you from the rest of us.

Stop kissing each other in front of the Mormon church, or demanding you get to dictate what subjects are safe to talk about, or declaring everybody's gay, or straights are "breeders", or any of the other bullshit you parade as part of your fucking "pride".

It's fucking silly.

The Mattachine Society told you, a long time ago, you'd lose your dignity before you gained anything worthwhile - and you'd regret it. And, for the most part, they were right.

You've come a long way but, as a straight male who's able to hear what others say about you behind your backs, it's your dignity - the ability to command the respect of anyone other than "friendly" cowards too afraid (and, thus, dishonest) to offend you - that's never been given it's due, and straights are right for not doing so, because you haven't earned it.

You're trying too hard to get around reality rather than dealing with it. You're stuck in a pattern of being duplicitous, subversive, or confrontational, none of which is gonna win you any converts amongst people like me. And I've said, forever, that gay marriage is going to happen. But not like this.

You've got to stop trying to stress how weird you can be. Believe me: we know how weird you can be. Now, as those two old rap songs by The Pharcyde said, "You can't keep runnin' away" but "Gotta kick something that means something".

Otherwise, Ladies, you ain't got a damn thing coming.

Bailout? How About A Swift Kick To The Groin Instead

Truth is, these are desperate economic times In Hollywood right now, as anyone who saw the Academy Awards Sunday night can tell you. Sure, we put up a good front - the show must go on, after all - but the signs of belt-tightening and corner-cutting in The Industry are everywhere.

One look at the starving, emaciated bodies of the Best Supporting Actress nominees on TV last night told the story. No wonder Penelope Cruz almost fainted on stage during her acceptance speech. Even our Best Picture winners are being outsourced to India now. And you know times are bad when a big star like Mickey Rourke is forced to buy his clothes in thrift shops and second-hand stores…

… Just last week Brad and Angelina had to let two of their kids go…

Even the highest levels of the entertainment industry have been affected by this crisis. Some studio heads are reportedly down to their last mile or so of beachfront property. There are unconfirmed reports that at Barbra Streisand’s last $50,000 a head Democratic fundraiser some guests were offered non-imported vodka. And industry big shots who once dined on steak and lobster have been reduced to eating raw fish wrapped in seaweed. No, you’re not seeing things– I said raw fish and seaweed!

Ned Rice – Big Hollywood

Let’s say Susan Sarandon is making a movie. She’ll show up on the set or location, probably late, and sit on her lard ass while others do her hair, make-up and clothes and she idles away dreaming up new ways to hate her country.

Meanwhile, a stand-in is working with the crew for lighting and sound checks.

When she’s done being reconstructed, she’ll wander over to the catering table while her personal assistant deflects her phone calls.

Then the big moment; the director summons her, she stands where the stand-in used to be, spouts three or four lines written by someone else and wanders back to the catering table, her three brain cells tightly focused on herself.

Repeat this, on and off, for maybe three months, and after the rest of the crew does the real work of putting the movie together (for a fraction of the pay), you people shovel money at her. Now, because of her underdeveloped mind, she feels entitled, and views you and your country with even more contempt.

And there’s a whole list of names you can substitute for Sarandon.

So while you’re mad at your mortgage company for ripping you off, you at least have a house to show for it. Remember that while you’re gleefully raining money down on a dirt bag celebrity who only jacked you off for ninety minutes.

Get a freakin’ clue people.

Hollywood Health Care Costs Cutting Into Debauchery Budget

"The self-aggrandizing denizens of Hollywood constantly scold Americans over a lack of national healthcare. It is the biggest failure of American society ever that there is no cradle to the grave program for free health care, they constantly tell us. And now, in keeping with these nearly universal Hollywood 'principles,' to prove how Hollywood is far more moral than we lowly citizens of flyover country, and to show that they are better than the great unwashed in the backwaters of America... Hollywood is closing its nearly 90-year-old Motion Picture Fund hospital and accompanying long-term living facilities for aging actors.

Yep, dumping it. Walking away from the facilities for free healthcare for actors. Fuggedaboutit.

Sean Penn has advocated for national healthcare in the U.S. basing his interests upon his close personal friendship with the dictatorial, socialist president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. The twin activists of Susan Sarandon and hubby Tim Robbins have claimed that healthcare is one of the most important issues facing the country today. Many of Hollywood's biggest stars have been heard to lament about how healthcare is something that only the caring, you know, care about, and stuff.

And now, after 87 years, Hollywood is shutting down the facilities that have given succor and care to some of the most famous actors in filmdom’s history.

Yes, with the millions upon millions of dollars in which Hollywood is awash, they are dumping their own healthcare facilities. So, with the many millions with which they could easily fund it laying untapped, why exactly should everyone else feel that the idea is as important as these actors so commonly claim it is if they even refuse pay the bills for their own kind?

Is George Clooney so hurting for cash that he can’t pay a little to the healthcare fund? Is Marlo Thomas in the poor house? Is Ed Asner or Mike Farrell standing in a bread line somewhere?"

Warner Todd Huston – Newsbusters

Fun ain’t easy when it ain’t free.

14 Billion Reasons To Ignore Her

Susan Sarandon had this to say about President Obama recently, according to NewsBusters:

“He is a community organizer like Jesus was,” Sarandon said Tuesday night on the bright blue carpet leading into the Creative Coalition’s 2009 Ball at the Harman Center for the Arts in Chinatown. “And now, we’re a community and he can organize us.”

We have to repeat that last line:

“And now, we’re a community and he can organize us.”

So apparently we’ve just been paper clips scattered across a desk, and dim-bulb Sarandon wants Obama to line us up in neat little rows.

To establish her credibility, we’ll remind you of another brilliant quote from a few years ago:

“…I think it's very hard to be in a scene and not be upstaged by your nipples".

As much as we hate to agree with her, she has a point. In fact, when we do the math, we have to enthusiastically agree:

There are about 14 billion nipples on earth (not counting nipple kits) that are in fact more relevant than Susan Sarandon. So remember kids, when you’ve got nothing going for you, show ‘em your tits.

The Only "Miracle" Seen So Far (Is That He Won)

"In the Washington Post, E. J. Dionne tried to break it gently to us: 'No occupant of the White House has ever been able to walk on water.'



Yeah, sure, no previous occupant of the White House has been able to walk on water—your Eisenhowers and Roosevelts, your Chester Arthurs and Grover Clevelands and whatnot. But Barack Obama didn’t run as just another of those squaresville losers. He was gonna heal the planet, and lower the oceans. So, even if he couldn’t walk on water, he should at least be able to paddle in it. 'He is a community organizer like Jesus was,' said Susan Sarandon, 'and now we’re a community and he can organize us.'

So how’s that going? Jesus took a handful of loaves and two fish and fed 5,000 people. Barack wants to take a trillion pieces of pork and feed it to a handful of Democratic-party interest groups."

-- Mark Steyn, noticing the messiah's metaphysical mumbo jumbo just ain't cutting it in the real world, at the National Review Online.

Many "Thanks" to our Uncle Irwin at WFMU!!!

Bullshit Artists

"Hollywood in general is on red anxiety alert for an Obama loss.
Crack teams of chiropractors are at the ready, and Nissen huts full of qualified shrinks and aromatherapists line Rodeo Drive to soothe the tortured brigades of the psychologically wounded should 'The One' be robbed of victory.

Actress Susan Sarandon has already issued a veiled threat to the public.

'It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people,' she told Britain's Telegraph newspaper with a touch of implied menace in June this year. 'If they prove me wrong, I'll be checking out a move to Italy. Maybe Canada, I don't know. We're at an abyss …'

Sarandon's words qualify her for membership of a small but committed group of Potential Canadians (PCs) in American artistic and creative circles.

Barbra Streisand vowed to emigrate to Canada in 2000 if George Bush were ever elected President, an undertaking she refreshed four years later at the prospect of his re-election.

But she was still sufficiently resident in California on September 16 this year to host a $US2500 ($3800) a head fund-raiser for Obama at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

The actor Alec Baldwin and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder made similar threats in 2000, as did Robert Redford in 2004, but none has since enriched the Canadian cultural scene.

In fact, Canadian immigration records show that arrivals from the United States actually slowed in the six months after George Bush's re-election in 2004."

-- Annabel Crabb, on the NewAge "creative types" who have delivered much of our bad political art - but delivered nothing on their promises to leave - in the Sydney Morning Herald.