I have to confess something - I am not a fan of Martin Scorsese’s work. I am not a fan of the underworld and organized crime. Mean Streets was awesome, mainly due to Harvey Keitel, whom I adore. But I am missing something because everybody else thinks he’s a genius and I don’t.
I don’t care to see the Irishman. I do want to see Fosse/Verdon for sure. Williams was nothing short of amazing as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn.
And I’m dying to see to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Will Elizabeth Warren do? If not there’s Google at your disposal.
Observers were quick to say Warren was accusing Trump of “wag the dog” tactics, meaning an attempt to distract public attention by launching a military strike.
I watched The Irishman on streaming, the husband gave it 20 minutes, very wise now that I’ve watched the whole thing, it was awful. We saw Once Upon A Time in a theatre, enjoyed it so much, watched it again the other night on streaming. I can’t get enough of it.
Scorsese should’ve stopped after Goodfellas, BTW, because nothing else came close. But I am grateful for his film of The Age of Innocence.
From article:
“Democrats don’t want to be seen playing domestic politics in the face of an escalating crisis in the Middle East,”
Yes. We. Do.
In fact, there should be additional articles of impeachment.
Anything else is to go down the wag the dog rabbit hole.
Democrats should be relentlessly focused on impeachment & blasting out to the public how much he does not respect our military. He constantly undermines our national security, pardons war criminals (navy seal) ignores the rule of law. Trump is the biggest threat to our national security. He jeopardizes safety of hundreds of millions in the Homeland & hundreds of thousands abroad. We barely have a million troops in MiddleEast & Iran is now a country of 85 million folks UNIFIED against us…
Focus on impeachment every single news cycle!
NYT covered this early on.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/magazine/trump-remaking-courts-judiciary.html
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, as it is officially known, has played a crucial role in putting conservative jurists on the bench. As White House counsel, McGahn is responsible for helping Trump select his judicial nominees. . . The president, McGahn assured his audience, was “very committed to what we are committed to here, which is nominating and appointing judges that are committed originalists and textualists.”
If the speaker’s 3M followers read this and re-tweet it, it should tell you she is “focusing” on impeachment.
As quoted, I was addressing the writer of the article not Pelosi.
The writer seems to think it’s bad form to focus on domestic politics as war in MiddleEast escalates. I disagree.
Hopefully, Democrats keep their foot on the gas for impeachment. Every single sound bite from Dems should be on impeachment.
Pelosi will manage it well.
warren got very close, but didn’t actually go there – although (as the your quote notes) “observers” said she did).
Warren told CNN’s State of the Union it was “reasonable” to ask if the strike was meant to be a distraction, “particularly when the administration, immediately after having taken this decision, offers a bunch of contradictory explanations for what’s going on.
“There was a reason that he chose this moment, not a month ago, not a month from now, not a less aggressive, less dangerous response.”
when Todd asked her “do you think that’s what is happening here” her reply was “I think the question could be reasonably asked…”
I personally don’t think that this was “wag the dog” per se — it wasn’t a considered distraction – it was the act of a crazy person, overturning the dinner table out of frustration. Its not about “reasonable questions” because its not about reasoned actions.
Does the phrase “wag the dog” have to be used in order for people who are watching this president’s actions to be taken seriously? He distracts when he doesn’t like the news about him, he deflects from answering questionings about his policies and administration, accuses reporters, excuse me, the “enemy of the people”, of making up their reporting, etc.
Frankly I don’t care what any pol says and gives it a name because it’s what he’s doing. Hopefully enough people have seen the film to put his actions into its proper context.
Yeah I guess I will give him Age of Innocence but that’s on account of Edith Wharton, not Martin.
hahahahaha
Sometimes it’s helpful to write directly to the person who’s reporting. In this case Kate Riga and let her know her know you disagree with her take on the impeachment versus Middle East reporting and why. She’s on Twitter so easy to reach. Honestly, I don’t think it’s very astute reporting either.
Opulent comes to mind when I think of this film. He stayed very true to the book.
Yeah he did and yes it was very opulent. Visually it is stunning - you’re right.
I would be impressed should even an aide choose to listen. The several years experience I have with her and her staff is…the only way you get her or her staff to listen is wave a fistfull of greenbacks in their face. Otherwise they could give a shit. One time at a town hall years ago I got into a give and take with John McCain. It was civil but lively. And after the meeting he sought me out to further hear me out. I respected that. We agreed to disagree but he listened. Same with Congressman Jim Kolbe when he was my Congress critter. He was a republican but more moderate. My best Congress person was Mo Udall. He actually came to my home to ask for my vote and we spent a spirited hour plumbing politics in DC.
I usually call and speak to a staffer. Because you sometimes get a recording, I prepare bullets so I can leave a concise message. Bullets work with a live person, also.
Unfortunately, it takes a lot of calls to make a difference if at all.