#David McKinley

[politicaldilfs]

David McKinley

[gameofthunder66]

We Own This City (2022) miniseries

-(started) watchin' Season 1- 5/14/2024- on Max

93% Rotten Tomatoes

[moviehealthcommunity]

Coming this July: Two Flashing Lights Warning Tracks! The titles featured will be Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two.

The track for Dune (2021) will be free for anyone to stream or download from Patreon, even without an account.

Release dates for the Flashing Lights Warning Tracks for Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two will be announced later.

[stitchlingbelle]

So I recently saw this post and decided to be completely self-indulgent and write about the two specific characters who turned me into the person I am: Belle and Honor Harrington.

Belle* is a fairly easy one to explain. I'm a brunette who grew up on Disney movies and was just old enough to be hit with a lot of "you can't be the princess, you have brown hair". I'm also a voracious reader. And then, I switched schools and became The Weird New Girl overnight.

So when a brown-haired book-reading princess who everyone thought was weird appeared on the screen, I imprinted on her like a baby duckling. Here was all the validation I craved, that I could look like me and be me and read books and still have a happy ending. I clung to that all the way through middle school, high school and into college before I finally made it out the other side (ie, found my people and some self-esteem of my own.)

Honor Harrington is a bit more complicated. I have a deep and abiding love for that book series, and have for going on fifteen years now, but Honor herself is actually not my favorite character.** I didn't see myself in her, or aspire to be her.

What I eventually realized was that I wanted to live UP to her. Every time there was a passage about Rafe or Scotty or some other junior officer doing their best for her, I wondered if that would be me. If I would be good enough, try hard enough, be clever and brave and compassionate enough, to be one of 'hers'.

There's a scene where she has a bunch of cadets over for dinner and one asks a question that reveals they've had a look at some files that are officially off-limits, but unofficially are juuuust barely accessible if you're very, very dedicated. And it's said that caring enough to find them is a mark of being 'the right stuff' in senior officers' minds. I found myself caught up in wondering, would I have found them?

And that was all fantasy to me for the first bit of the series, which is heavy on the military action, a career I have never been cut out for. In-this-alternate-universe-would-I-be-a-Jedi levels of engagement. But it nagged at me.

And then the rest of the series happens, which is increasingly political and increasingly fraught and increasingly personal, as Honor actually becomes one of the people doing the politics. And while Weber leans a lot more monarchist than democratic in the books, the necessity of participating in your politics-- and thus your government and your society-- is one of Honor's major areas of growth and a key ideal set out by her and the people around her.

And I thought, I can't be a war hero. But I can do that.

I'd always been a voter, but I became a write-to-your-senator person, and then a donate-money person, and then a protest-march person, and then a volunteer-who-specializes-in-legislation person. Slowly I became more and more the sort of person I think Honor would be proud of.

So thank you to both my girls, and the people who made them, for making me.

*The Beast, being a miserable outcast, also spoke to me pretty strongly in middle school, but it took a lot more maturity to see that later on.

**That would be Thomas Theisman. Definitely also a character to live up to, but his impact on his junior officers gets a lot less page-time. And most of his storyline revolves more around direct action than civic engagement. (God, I'd love to see a committed lefty tackle that theme in restored-Republic Haven...)

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

David B. McKinley Born: March 28, 1947, Wheeling, WV Physique: Average Build

David Bennett McKinley is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for West Virginia's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, McKinley was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1980 to 1994, and chaired the West Virginia Republican Party from 1990 to 1994. After West Virginia lost a House seat in the 2020 redistricting cycle, his district was merged with that of Representative Alex Mooney. McKinley lost to Mooney in the 2022 Republican primary.

A seventh-generation resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, McKinley is married with four children and six grandchildren. Recently, I've been so so about guys with moustaches, but McKinley has one that would look best wrapped around a penis. My penis. Apparently, he lost to my new lust object, Alex Mooney in the 2022 Republican primary. Sad as I wouldn't mind seeing more of him.  

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

I saw the 1984 version, but it was confusing to me.

I liked 'Dune' & 'Children of Dune' on SyFy channel in the early 2000s, also confusing, but more epic and colorful scale. But I can never find the DVDs of it, and the ones out there are expensive beyond ridiculous pricing!

And Denis Villeneuve is such a visionary, it's still rather 'alien' to understand. But it's very compelling story.

[camyfilms]

DUNE 2021

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

[mckinleygirl98]

speaking of david herold

I haven't talked about abe lincoln death in so long i need to get back on my crazy shit

[cinemaslife]

#101 Eric (Serie 2024)

En la ciudad de Nueva York en los años 80, Vicent (Benedict Cumberbatch) es un padre con problemas graves de alcoholismo que no hace más que pelear con su mujer Cassie (Gaby Hoffmann), tanto que tiene a su hijo Edgar (Ivan Morris), totalmente apartado de él, donde el niño le llega a temer por su carácter explosivo.

Vicent es el creador y trabaja en el programa de marionetas más famoso de Estados Unidos, Good Day Sunshine, y se muestra contrario a que el programa se vaya ajustando a los nuevos niños para ganar audiencia, ya que considera que el producto funciona por sí solo, pero en su andadura para defender su propuesta, unido a sus problemas con el alcohol hace que sus compañeros lo vean como un enemigo.

El abuelo de Edgar y padre de Vicent, es un tipo poderoso que no es ni nunca fue amable ni cariñoso con su hijo, y por extensión con su nieto. Pero cuando un día, yendo a clase, Edgar desaparece, pone encima de la mesa 25.000 dólares como recompensa para que la gente empiece a hablar y dar información.

Pero lo importante en esta serie no son tanto los personajes como el contexto social que se vive en la ciudad de Nueva York en esa época. Las drogas están en la calle al alcance de todos, y para que la gente sin hogar no moleste se les ha invitado a que vivan en el subsuelo, por donde pasa el metro, ahí hay auténticas comunas. En estas ciudades subterráneas existe gente adicta sin futuro que es capaz de cualquier cosa por subsistir.

Por otro lado, hay una discoteca muy famosa en la ciudad llamada LAX, donde los jóvenes del barrio se prostituyen por los alrededores para llevar dinero a su casa antes de acabar en la ciudad subterránea. Y ellos también son capaces de cualquier cosa para subsistir.

Hay otro chico, Marlon Rochelle, desaparecido desde hace casi un año, al que nadie le dedica atención porque es un chico negro, de 14 años, de un barrio pobre, y cuando salta la noticia de la desaparición de Edgar, eso termina de opacar la desaparición del adolescente. Sin pensar que ambos hechos pueden estar estrechamente ligados. Una ciudad tan grande al final no lo es tanto. Y la atención que recibe el caso de Edgar porque es un niño de apenas 10 años y su familia tiene recursos pone en alerta al detective Ledroit (McKinley Belcher III).

La ciudad está corrupta, pero eso no es culpa solo de la ciudad subterránea y del LAX, hay gente en las cúpulas altas de la ciudad, como el jefe de la comisaria donde trabaja Ledroit así como los políticos de la ciudad, que les interesa que las cosas sean como son, y pretenden controlarlo todo mediante la prostitución, las drogas, el crimen organizado y las amenazas.

La corrupción es tan profunda que hay agentes de antivicio involucrados, que han cruzado la línea trabajando infiltrados en el LAX y que saben mucho más de lo que dicen, pero no toman al detective en serio porque es un hombre homosexual y negro.

Edgar lleva casi una semana desaparecido y Vicent está intentando descubrir una manera para que el niño vuelva a casa, mientras la madre, Cassi, reparte octavillas y se enamora de Sebastián, un estudiante donde da clases, la distancia entre ambos se vuelve infinita. Reaccionan de maneras diferentes a la desaparición y a como afrontarla. Vicent se refugia en el alcohol para poder mantenerse en pie, y piensa que llevar a la realidad la marioneta que Edgar imaginó hará que su hijo vea que le importa y que lo pone en valor y vuelva a casa.

Vincent es consciente de que ha ignorado deliberadamente a su hijo, lo ha menospreciado, abusado y se ha convertido en su propio bullie, metiéndose con él y tratándolo como un desconocido, ahora abrazado al alcohol, perdiendo su trabajo y su matrimonio se ha dado cuenta.

Cuanto más pelea Vincent para que Eric, el personaje creado por su hijo, sea real, y forme parte del show, más se va haciendo real en la mente de Vincent, que ha disociado su situación y trata a Eric como si fuera real lo que pone en alarma a todo el mundo, ya que es evidente que está perdiendo el juicio conforme pasan más días de la desaparición de Edgar.

El padre descubre un mapa de la ciudad que ha trazado su hijo y empieza a entender que es posible que la curiosidad del niño le haya llevado a un lugar del que no puede salir, y no se equivoca del todo.

Es mediante ese mapa y paralelamente al detective Ledroit que descubre que todo su entorno es corrupto, sus compañeros además de odiarle y dejarle tirado en su peor momento, también tiene trapos sucios que ocultar, su padre sigue actuando como si fuera su dueño y una sola palabra de él hace que Vincent se derrumbe como una de las marionetas que ha creado. Mientras sigue su investigación paralela al detective, este último encuentra que le paso Marlon Rochelle gracias a las cámaras de seguridad de la discoteca LAX.

Y es que el alcalde Richard Castello (Jeff Hephner) está recibiendo una felación del joven, que solo busca sacar algunos billetes para subsistir, cuando el equipo del LAX, incluyendo un par de polis infiltrados, lo llevan donde unos contenedores y lo matan a golpes, para después llamar al servicio de basuras y que se lo lleven.

Cuando la madre del joven, que no ha dejado jamás de buscarlo, recibe la noticia y va al vertedero, se da cuenta de que va a ser imposible recuperar el cuerpo de su hijo.

Esto pone de manifiesto que el servicio de basuras de la ciudad también está corrupto, ya que distribuye droga por mandato de los dueños del LAX y con el beneplácito del alcalde y su equipo de gobierno.

La persona que tiene a Edgar retenido es un grafitero yonkie, que busca poder hacerse con la recompensa que dan por el chico, se cree en su derecho, ya que mientras Edgar busca como acceder a la ciudad subterránea lo sigue y este lo encierra para poder beneficiarse de la situación, a la vez tiene que luchar con su compañera, también adicta, pero a sustancias más fuertes, que quiere vender al chico al LAX para que lo prostituyan y así saldar su deuda de drogas, por la que la están persiguiendo y agrediendo.

Mientas Vincent sigue los pasos por el mapa de Edgar, el detective detiene al alcalde, a su jefe de la comisaria, al compañero de antivicio y destapa toda la corrupción de drogas, basura y crímenes que se dan en la ciudad de Nueva York. A la vez Vincent llega hasta donde estaba Edgar, pero el niño ya no está.

Edgar ha escapado de sus captores, pero no vuelve a casa, por ello Vicent aprovecha un evento que se va a retransmitir en la televisión y que es de carácter benéfico para vestirse de Eric y salir en la televisión para pedirle a Edgar que vuelva a casa, en esa actuación admite todos sus errores como padre y pone en valor la relación que tiene con su hijo, admitiendo que abusa psicológicamente de él y de su madre, pero que quiere cambiar para que vuelvan a ser padre e hijo.

Edgar vuelve a casa con sus padres, estos se divorcian, pero intentan mantener buena relación por el bien de su hijo, el chico sigue dibujando animado por sus padres, y tiene esperanzas, cosa que antes no.

Se dice que este caso está inspirado en la desaparición real del niño Etan Patz de 6 años, que desapareció en la ciudad de Nueva York en 1979, cuando iba camino al autobús para ir a clase.

Este crimen encontró al culpable en 2012, después de que el autor confesara haber atraído al niño con un refresco hasta el sótano de la tienda donde trabajaba y ahogarlo con sus manos, para después deshacerse de su cadáver, lanzándolo a la basura del callejón de detrás de la tienda.

El cuerpo del pequeño Etan Patz nunca ha sido encontrado, pero al menos su familia ha podido obtener justicia de alguna manera.

[opelman]

1948 Kurtis Sprint Midget AAA by David G. Schultz Via Flickr: Michael McKinley

[jamesrodayrodriguezpresents]

A theater company born out of the pandemic will soon start rehearsals for its first mainstage production of 2023. On May 25, The Legacy Theatre will debut the world premiere of “Masters of Puppets,” a riveting drama by Laurence Davis that explores the dirty underbelly of professional wrestling.

A brief history

The aptly-named Legacy Theatre was one of the few companies producing shows following the first full year of the COVID-19 lockdown, according to Managing Director Jeff Provost. Before they set up shop in the former Stony Creek Playhouse — a historic haunt of Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre Players — Legacy staged productions at the nearby Stony Creek Museum and outdoors on the Guilford and Branford greens.

Co-Founders Keely Baisden Knudsen and Stephanie Stiefel Williams spearheaded the company’s renovation of the playhouse while preserving its “fabled history,” Provost said. And while audiences were slow to return amid pandemic-era restrictions, the theater’s production mix proved successful.

“Keely has made a commitment since Day One to do at least one new play as part of our mainstage series,” Provost said. “It really tells you how daring and willing we are as a theater company to explore new ideas and works onstage.”

‘Masters of Puppets’

Davis’ work follows a husband and wife (played by Kurt Fuller of CBS’s “Evil” and Amanda Detmer of Fox’s “Empire”) who are “the masters” of a large-scale wrestling organization, Provost said. The couple engage in a power struggle with an executive from the professional sports network (played by Dana Ashbrook of Showtime’s “Twin Peaks”) over who’s pulling the proverbial strings.

“There’s always been questions as to what’s real and what’s fake in the world of wrestling, and those questions continue to this day,” Provost said. “This piece explores the topic in a really thought-provoking way. It’s a gritty, no-holds-barred approach to the subject matter.”

“Masters of Puppets” comes to the Legacy stage via James Roday Rodriguez (of ABC’s “A Million Little Things”), who will assist Legacy behind the scenes as a producer. Rodriguez and Knudsen grew up together; they performed alongside each other in middle school and eventually studied together as undergraduate students at New York University. Director Gabe McKinley was at NYU with them as well.

Provost explained that Rodriguez initially intended to produce the show with a theater company out in Los Angeles, but then COVID hit. Rodriguez connected with Knudsen about debuting “Puppets” at Legacy, and the rest, they say, is history.

“All of these connections and relationships that James has in the industry will play out really beautifully in this production,” Provost added. “The actors know each other very well and already have that base established.”

The world premiere of “Masters of Puppets” debuts at The Legacy Theatre on Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. Performances run through June 11, with shows on Thursdays at 7 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Tickets are on sale now; season subscribers receive a 25 percent discount. For more information, visit www.LegacyTheatreCT.org.

[Anyone who wants to go please heed the content warning on their website: For mature audiences. Contains violence, harsh language, and drug use. There is no puppetry in the production.]

[gameofthunder66]

We Own This City (2022) miniseries

-(finished) watchin' Season 1- 6/21/2024- 4 [1/4] stars- on Max

93% Rotten Tomatoes

[blogthebooklover]

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Anna Karenina, and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

Any Robin McKinley book beside Beauty

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Lord Byron's works

Stephen King’s It (as for the reason, I know about THAT scene)

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Ironically enough, Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Dune by Frank Herbert

Isaac Asimov’s works

ok im really curious do you guys have books you consider your "white whale"? as in books you keep telling yourself oh yeah i really want to read that, but you keep not reading it?

[leavemealoneimcreatingcontent]

Sorry, Mr. Ashwell, the man you are looking for is dead lol

[whovian223]

New to Me - January 2024

New to Me #boardgames - January 2024 @thing12games @white_goblin @_dailymagic_ @BoardAndDice @Quinedgames @FarOffGames @Zmangames_ @Funforge @Helvetiq @pegasusspiele

It’s the first month of the year! And it’s also almost the end of February. Yes, it took so much energy to get my Top 50 games played of all time done, along with getting sick recently, that we’re into the last week of February and I still haven’t talked about the “new to me” games that I played in January! I know, right? With OrcaCon in January, I knew that this would be a long post. I did…

[gameofthunder66]

-watched 7/1/2023- 3 stars- on Max

DUNE (2021) + Back shots Directed by Denis Villeneuve