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265 - Brideshead Revisited

We all know that Oscar fawns over costume dramas of literary adaptations -- or so we tell ourselves when forming predictions and one with a whiff of prestige arrives. In 2008, director Julian Jerrold delivered a new adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited with an up-and-coming young cast paired with Dame Emma Thompson as the devoutly religious Lady Marchmain. With Matthew Goode as the social climber Charles Ryder and Ben Whishaw and Hayley Atwell as the siblings he romances, the queer-inflected drama earned modest reviews and box office, with Thompson an outsider Supporting Actress contender through the season.

This episode, Thompson joins our six timers club and we discuss our love for the then-emerging Whishaw. We also look back at Goode's career including the misbegotten Watchmen film, Atwell's career outside of Marvel, and the surprising amount of time that has passed since Thompson's last nomination.

Topics also include Brideshead riff Saltburn, pneumonia terminology, and 2008 queer cinema.

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Becoming Jane (2007) dir. Julian Jerrold, D.P. Eigil Bryld

Irony is the bringing together of contradictory truths to make out of the contradiction a new truth with a laugh or a smile, and I must confess that a truth must come with one or the other, or I account it as false and a denial of the very nature of humanity itself.

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Our Political Fights Are Bad Because We Don’t Agree on the Rules

Our Political Fights Are Bad Because We Don’t Agree on the Rules

Author: Jim Geraghty / Source: National Review

Anti-Brett Kavanaugh demonstrators chant before being arrested on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 24, 2018.

This is the last Jim-written Morning Jolt for a week. Enjoy the week leading up to Easter Sunday, and if you’re going to be driving on I-95 South in Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina this afternoon, please stay out of…

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Steve Hall, who retired from the CIA in 2015 after 30 years of running and managing Russia operations, said that the substance of the lies and alleged false statements documented by Mueller paint a broad picture with serious implications.

“In my view, those lies — what was lied about and under what condition the lies were told — contribute to a counterintelligence pattern that has begun to emerge pointing to senior members of the Trump team being involved with the Russians,” he said.

They lied to the public for months before Donald Trump was elected — and then repeatedly after he took office.

They lied to Congress as lawmakers sought to investigate Russia’s attack on American democracy in 2016.

And they lied to the FBI, even when they knew lying was a crime.

In indictments and plea agreements unveiled over the last 20 months, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has shown over and over again that some of President Trump’s closest friends and advisers have lied about Russia and related issues.

On Friday, Mueller laid out a new allegation: that longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone lied to Congress and obstructed its probe of Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign.What Roger Stone’s indictment means for the Russia investigation

Trump and his associates have dismissed the serial deception as a sideshow that has little to do with the central question of the Mueller investigation: whether his campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Russia.

Following Stone’s indictment on Friday, Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani scoffed, “Another false-statement case? God almighty.”

But it is unclear if the special counsel shares that view. While Mueller has not accused any American of criminally coordinating with Russia, the lies meticulously unspooled by his prosecutors over 20 months have not been mere quibbles.

They have documented various falsehoods by Trump advisers that masked efforts by people in his orbit to develop inroads with Russia and leverage that country’s hacking of Democratic emails.

The remaining question — for both Mueller’s team, as it works on a final investigative report, and for the American people — is why.

Did the president’s men lie to protect a still-hidden dark secret about the campaign’s interaction with Russia, engaging in a broad effort to obstruct the probe — one that included perhaps even Trump?

Did they lie to avoid diminishing Trump’s victory by acknowledging Russia played a role in his election?

Did they each lie for their own reasons, taking their cue from the president — who has told many whoppers of his own, including about Russia?

Trump’s former campaign chairman, deputy campaign manager, former national security adviser, personal lawyer and a campaign foreign policy adviser have all been accused of lying to investigators exploring Russia activity.

In their new indictment against Stone, prosecutors said he lied to Congress about his efforts to learn about WikiLeaks’s plans in 2016 as the group was publishing Democratic emails allegedly stolen by Russian operatives.

Stone falsely told Congress that he never discussed his efforts with the Trump campaign and never asked intermediaries to communicate with WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange, Mueller’s team alleges.

Stone has denied the charges and promised to fight in court. “Perjury requires both materiality and intent,” he said on CNN Friday night. “There is none.”

“Secondarily, where’s the Russian collusion?” Stone added. “Where is the WikiLeaks collaboration? Where’s the evidence that I received anything from WikiLeaks or Julian Assange, and passed it on to Donald Trump or the Trump campaign?”

Trump echoed that message himself.

“Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! NO COLLUSION!” the president tweeted after Stone’s arrest.

Legal experts noted that the alleged lies are significant in their own right.

“Time and time again, elected officials and government officials have exhibited a belief they simply can say what they want in a high-profile investigation, and do so with impunity,” said Jacob S. Frenkel, a former attorney in the independent counsel’s office now in private practice at Dickinson Wright.

Some Trump friends said they are confounded by Stone’s alleged actions.

“If he had told the truth as alleged, there wouldn’t have been an underlying crime,” said Christopher Ruddy, chief executive of Newsmax. “There would have been no crime. They would have had to try and find other stuff.”

The Stone indictment does provide new details that nod at one of Mueller’s central inquiries: trying to determine whether anyone in Trump’s orbit coordinated with Russia or WikiLeaks.

In Friday’s filing, prosecutors lay out efforts by both Stone and Trump campaign officials to learn more about what WikiLeaks had in its cache in the summer of 2016 — actions that occurred after Russia had been fingered as a likely culprit behind the theft of the Democratic Party emails that June.

Still, the mounting false statements charges collected by Mueller do not speak to the question of criminal coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, some analysts noted.

“I think there is some theory under which you could include them in such a conspiracy, and I wonder why not,” said Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney. “Is it that they don’t think the evidence goes that far? Is it that they think this conduct does not amount to a conspiracy to defraud the United States and it is instead dirty, political tricks?”

Steve Hall, who retired from the CIA in 2015 after 30 years of running and managing Russia operations, said that the substance of the lies and alleged false statements documented by Mueller paint a broad picture with serious implications.

“In my view, those lies — what was lied about and under what condition the lies were told — contribute to a counterintelligence pattern that has begun to emerge pointing to senior members of the Trump team being involved with the Russians,” he said.

Hall said the country needs to take step back from a narrow conversation about the political and even criminal ramifications of each Mueller indictment. “We’ve got to be looking beyond who gets a parking ticket or even a few years in prison,” he said. “What about the bigger picture? This was Russia, attacking the United States.”

The deception by Trump advisers that has led to guilty pleas so far does have a common throughline: Much of it centers on their interactionsabout Russia.

Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen admitted lying to Congress about efforts to build a Trump real estate project in Moscow during the campaign — at a time when then-candidate Trump claimed he had no business ties to Russia.

Cohen also lied about seeking help on the lucrative project from one of Russian President Vladi­mir Putin’s closest advisers. Trump had said no one in his orbit had contact with the Russian government.

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn admitted he lied — first to Vice President Pence, then to the public and finally to the FBI — about whether he had spoken to a Russian envoy in December 2016 about sanctions imposed by President Obama as punishment for Russia’s campaign interference.

That lie came as investigators were working to understand why Russia, whose top foreign policy goals include undoing U.S. sanctions, fought so hard to help elect Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos has admitted lying about his contacts with a professor who gave him early warning in April 2016 that Russia held thousands of Clinton emails.

Prosecutors have said former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has continued to lie even after pleading guilty to two conspiracy charges, which included lying to the Justice Department. His latest lies, they have said, involved details of his campaign interactions with a Russian employee who the FBI has assessed has ties to Russian intelligence.

As they wait for Mueller to finish his investigation, Democrats in Congress are likely to focus on the president himself and what he knew of the lies.

On Friday, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, tweeted: “Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Rick Gates, Michael Flynn . . . What did the President know and when did he know it?

Some legal analysts said the charges do not appear to be building to a criminal case against the president.

The lying “certainly alerts you to the possibility of kind of obstructionist conspiracies,” said James M. Trusty, a former Justice Department organized crime chief now in private practice at Ifrah Law. But, he added, “at the end of the day, it looks like people are making independent, individual choices that are landing them in hot water. I think it’s the kind of thing that the Mueller probe doesn’t want to ignore . . . but the indictments themselves aren’t moving the case forward.”

The number of lies documented by the special counsel could also undercut Mueller’s efforts to make a broader case by hampering the effort to sort truth from fiction, some longtime Trump associates said.

“In Trump world, everybody lies. Everybody doesn’t tell the truth. At the end of the day, they are all lying. I don’t know how Mueller can believe anybody,” said Louise Sunshine, a longtime executive with the Trump Organization.

Trump allies say the president knows that many of the people around him are not trustworthy — and believes he can use that to his advantage if any of his onetime aides attempt to pin their wrongdoing on him.

He has instructed Giuliani and his other lawyers to question the credibility of anyone who attacks him, according to White House aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. After Cohen, Trump’s longtime personal attorney, pleaded guilty, the president on Twitter called him a “rat” who “makes up stories.”

Sam Nunberg, a former Trump aide, said he believed that people around Trump lied to investigators because they were trying to make sure their version of events lined up with lies the president was telling to the American people.

“They all conspired,” he said, “against themselves.”

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"Tandaan mo kung sino ka."

》agila squad; goyo: ang batang heneral (2018), dir. Jerrold Tarog

》characters (left to right): Joven Hernando, Gregorio del Pilar, Vicente Enriquez, Julian del Pilar

》date finished (artwork): 10/19/18 - friday

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Kinky Boots, 2005.

Directed by Julian Jerrold.

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lol i went to the goyo tag and barely anything new is in there hmm sabagay first week pa lang, marami pang manonood sa weekend, may block screening pa sa north (balita ko may dadayo daw haha ingatan nyo mga puso nyo ah) so abangan ko na lang maipon yung content over the next few days

manonood ako ulit soon haha pucha what is budget pero well sabi ni jerrold may gag reel daw OK MAY GAG REEL DAW TOTOHANIN MO WAG KANG DUWAG JE HAHAHAHA PLEASE bibili ako ng sampung dvd kung yun ang kailangan para marelease ang gag reel jusko

i should be getting new rafa screenies soon huhu precious boy i mean jools is a dick but rafa is an angle

nag iisp pa ako ng bagong content haha wala pa akong concrete meta (wow oxymoron) pa kasi sobrang iba yung writing nila for julian sa iniisip ko when we were anticipating the film.... and i do want to expand on how julian and vicente have been greg’s support system as well as joven finally manning up and standing for what he believes in

siguro i’ll post things i screamed about next month na kasi spoiler halos silang lahat HAHAHAHA salamat pala sa mga nakanotice na naging extra kami ni @girl-in-a-well sa film (kahit na di namin inexpect haha pero sayang pinagcostume na kami so why not) nasa mga bintana kami kumakaway sa mga sundalo kung manonood kayo (ulit? hehe) 

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Becoming Jane

[3.5 stars]

As his follow-up to Kinky Boots, Julian Jerrold produced this bit of snarky reflection on Jane Austin’s early days. He was also immensely helped by Kevin Hood and Sarah Williams’s clever adaptation of Austin’s life to show us the budding 16-year-old author and the events that launched her into history. The pair both managed to both mirror her works and riff on the known history.

The…

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“Heneral Luna” and “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral” movie review

Jerrold Tarog, a great director, decided to create a “work of fiction based on facts.” Heneral Luna was released last October 30, 2015, while the film Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral, was last September 5, 2018. His two films made a big impact in Philippine history most especially to the people who know their stories based on history teachers and books that have been read and studied. These two characters were not well known but they both made a big impact in saving the country from the Spaniards and Americans. Heneral Luna, portrayed by John Arcilla gave justice to our very own Gen. Antonio Luna. I felt his anger towards the government and that even though trials came up and people backing down on him, he still fought for the country. He knows what is happening on the government, but freedom and independence were the ones he only thinks of. He even tried to step down as being the General but knowing that the people need him, he just cannot leave his people behind. Arron Villaflor as Joven Hernando also played well. He is a calm loyal servant to Gen. Luna even if he knows that danger will come his way. Emilio Aguinaldo was portrayed by Mon Confiado, for me he was not that a good actor to portray Emilio Aguinaldo. Mylene Dizon as Isabel was also good and she was really in character during their scenes. Nonie Buencamino portrayed Felipe Buencamino as an annoying businessman. Ketchup Eusebio as Capt. Janolino is one of Luna’s faithful servants. Gregorio del Pilar, Paulo Avelino was also seen in the film but did not make a big impact on the story.

The film Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral, was played by Paulo Avelino, and also directed by Jerrold Tarog. This film is a sequel of Heneral Luna. The film Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral was slow-paced, unlike Heneral Luna. Goyo goes with the flow of the story and is a very calm general. Unlike Luna, del Pilar was a very charismatic ladies’ man and everybody’s favorite. Paulo Avelino was suited to be del Pilar because he is a calm and charismatic guy even in real life. Many people idolize and look up to him as well. Carlo Aquino as Vicente Enriquez and Rafael Siguion- Reyna as Julian del Pilar was Goyo’s confidantes. They were with Goyo in everything he does and the two actors were very good at being a sidekick of Goyo. Carlo Aquino showed in the film how he was loyal to his friend and his own general. Even if Goyo was already killed, he did not stop and surrender until his colleagues told him to do so. Gwen Zamora as Remedios Nable Jose was what Filipina woman was expected to be during those years. She was very Maria Clara like what expected. Zamora’s face was also fitted as that kind of character she portrays. Jeffrey Quizon as Apolinario Mabini was very good most especially that he should deliver his actions through his dialogues since he was not able to do a lot of gestures for he cannot walk. His dialogues really struck the attention and it was full of emotions. Mon Confiado was also in this film as Emilio Aguinaldo. He was very evident in this film unlike in Heneral Luna. Empress Schuck as Felicidad Aguinaldo was also in this film. 

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World News Briefs -- September 13, 2019 (Evening Edition) http://bit.ly/2HhGE6w

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping meet business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Reuters: Trump to meet Xi after defiant China slaps U.S. with new tariffs WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month and that he expected their discussions would be “very fruitful,” as the trade war between the world’s two largest economies intensified. Earlier, China announced it would impose higher tariffs on a range of U.S. goods including frozen vegetables and liquefied natural gas, a move that followed Washington’s decision last week to hike its own levies on $200 billion in Chinese imports. Trump had warned Beijing not to retaliate. Read more ....

MIDDLE EAST

Pompeo shares details on 'escalating' Iran threats in Brussels: U.S. State Department. Iran facing 'unprecedented' pressure from international sanctions, Rouhani says. Iran insists on boosting oil sales to stay in nuclear pact. Students clash over hijab at Tehran University. UAE says 4 ships targeted by ‘sabotage’ off its coast. Saudi Arabia: Oil tankers damaged in 'sabotage attack'. UK, France and Germany say gravely concerned at escalation in Syrian fighting. Clashes in northwest Syria kill 35 fighters: monitor. Syrian army 'kills terrorists' in Idlib countryside. Yemen war: Houthi withdrawal from Hudaydah as planned - UN. Deadly cholera outbreak hits African migrants in Yemen. Erdogan tells Putin: Syria targeting Turkish-Russian ties by ceasefire violations in Idlib. U.N. agency: 1 million may starve in Gaza without urgent food money. Turkish election body will not rerun Istanbul district polls. U.S. asks Turkey delay taking delivery of Russian missile; Ankara unlikely to back down.

ASIA

China warns WTO facing 'existential crisis' amid US trade moves. China ‘has no interest’ in joining US-Russia nuclear deal. At least three dead as blasts rock eastern Afghan city. China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi to visit Japan ahead of possible Xi Jinping trip. N. Korean cargo ship seized by US arrives in American Samoa. Polls close in Philippines vote seen as referendum on Duterte. Pakistan to get $6bn IMF lifeline to ease economic crisis. Sri Lanka's anti-Muslim riots claim first death. Sri Lanka bans social media for 3rd time since suicide attacks. Small lead for Australian opposition as election nears: poll.

AFRICA

UN chief worried by arms flows to Libya. French army rescues four hostages in Sahel, two soldiers killed in operation. Nigerian army says 54 people rescued from Boko Haram. Sudan's talks deadlocked as military mulls early elections. Omar al-Bashir charged over dead Sudan protesters. At least 6 killed in church shooting Burkina Faso. Haftar's Libya offensive threatens international peace: EU. South Africa election: Cyril Ramaphosa vows to tackle ANC corruption.

EUROPE

Brexit talks between UK government and Labour to resume on Monday. UK PM May's party slumps to fifth place as pressure mounts for her to go. Albania protesters hurl firebombs after calls for restraint. EU backs Iran nuclear deal as US' Pompeo visits. Russia accuses U.S. military of deploying 'threat to our country' ahead of Pompeo talks. EU elections: Commissioner warns of Russian meddling. Lithuania vote heads to runoff as defeated PM quits. Two years into presidency, Macron refocusing economic reform drive. UN court to deliver verdict in case of imprisoned Ukrainian sailors. Julian Assange: Sweden reopens rape investigation.

AMERICAS

Chances ‘pretty good’ that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet at G20 summit next month in Japan: White House aide. Trump praises Hungary's Orban for keeping country 'safe'. Admission by Jerrold Nadler threatens Democrats' effort to drag William Barr before federal judge. Violence, poverty reign in Honduran city where caravans form. Argentine military scrambles after bomb threat against presidential palace. Maduro’s foes fill embassies in Venezuela as crisis deepens. Venezuelan general tells military to ‘rise up’ against Maduro regime. Venezuela opposition leader Guaido seeks cooperation with U.S. military. Cuba to increase rationing amid shortages. Remains of at least 35 people found in mass graves in Mexico. Argentine lawmaker Héctor Olivares dies after being shot.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Iraq hunts IS remnants spreading fear in former ‘caliphate’. Iraq hunts IS remnants spreading fear in former ‘caliphate’. Five killed in attack on luxury Pakistan hotel, military says. After Caliphate's fall, ISIS insurgents still spread fear. Al Qaeda video emphasizes unity with Taliban’s Islamic emirate.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Escalating US-China trade war sends stocks plunging. US stock markets drop as China announces retaliatory tariffs on 5,000 products following Donald Trump’s trade war escalation. Uber shares drop further as markets slide. Top US court allows consumer lawsuit on Apple app store monopoly. from War News Updates http://bit.ly/2VnHT7Z via IFTTT

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O'Rourke in 2020 Race/The Guild Up in Arms: PCW Newsline

3/14/2019 PCW NEWSLINE -3/10-Extreme Political TV Review -Beto O’Rourke Latest to Jump into 2020 Race -Trump’s Vetoes Security Emergency Declaration Override -Loose Cannons Unleashed Card Taking Shape -Nadler Aide to Return Again This Week -Colleen Crowder and Friends- Not Happy -This Week on Extreme Political TV

CURRENT CHAMPIONS OF THE POLITICAL UNIVERSE: Champion of the Political Universe: ‘Red Solo Cup’ Ray McAvay (Independent/Les Miserables) Tag Team Champions of the Political Universe: Jill Berg Enterprises: P.M.C. Banks and Kirk Walstreit (American Patriots) Women’s Champion of the Political Universe: Christa Carmondy (American Patriots)

PWF Red Brand Champion: Kirk Walstreit- the Wall Street Market Analyst with the Man Crush on ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit PWF Blue Brand Champion: ‘Mr. Hollywood’ Kevin Daniels

PWF Red Brand Tag Team Champions: Jill Berg Enterprises: P.M.C. Banks and Kirk Walstreit PWF Blue Brand Tag Team Champions: Big Labor: Union Jack Taylor and James the Auto Worker

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LAST WEEK ON EXTREME POLITICAL TV: -Nicholas Tarkowski is sent to find dirt on PCW and PCW owner Dawn McGill by Jerrold Nadler (NY-Progressive Alliance). -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-Progressive Alliance) stands outside the arena. She smiles at those who agree with her. Those who don’t agree with her, Ocasio-Cortez puts them on ‘the list.’ -‘‘Low Level Reporter at the New York Times Trying to Make a Name for Herself’ Colleen Crowder is indignant over McGill banning the Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN, and the New York Times from covering PCW shows. -‘Redneck’ Bill Dickinson (SEC) debuts and defeats Millennial Mark. -‘Sports Entertainment Genius’ Mr. McMann discusses the ‘new’ SEC (Dickinson, ‘Dastardly’ Dave Miller, and ‘Dangerous’ Dan Williams). McMann says it’s ‘all about wins and losses.’ -The Bi-Partisan Dream Team (RINO-the Wonk Machine and Blue Dog D) return to PCW. Former ‘Axis of Evil’ wrestler Fernando Venezuela visits and sits in the Les Miserables section. -Crowder thinks she’s caught Dawn McGill in a big lie over ‘comped’ tickets in the Les Miserables’s section. She finds out she’s wrong when McGill shows her that she, McAvay, William Daniels Bryan, and Charlie Blackwell have paid for all the seats. -Jack Fraiser defeats SNAFU to become the PCW Television Title. -Yosemite Samantha defeats ‘Queen of the Trailer Park’ Lani Harlot to win the PCW Women’s title.

PCW RANKINGS

PCW Title Champion: The One Man Anti-Hollywood A-List’ Stone Chism #1 Contender: ‘American Citizen’ Kevin Scott —-Contender: ‘Prairie Populist’ William Daniels Bryan (Les Miserables) —-Contender: ‘Redneck’ Bill Dickinson (SEC) —-Contender: ‘The Prairie Populist’ William Daniels Bryan

PCW Women’s Title Champion: Yosemite Samantha #1 Contender: ‘Queen of the Trailer Park’ Lani Harlot —-Contender: ‘Former Hooter’s Waitress’ C.J. Lewis —-Contender: ‘Queen Cool’ Leah Iris —-Contender: Ninja Kitty

PCW Tag Team Title Champion: Island of Misfit Wrestlers: Rah and Halitosis #1 Contender: The Dork Dynasty: Leonard and Sheldon Robertson —-Contender: The Sports Entertainment Coalition: ‘Dastardly’ Dave Miller and ‘Dangerous’ Dan Williams —-Contender: Truckin’ Average Company: Ken Worth-American Trucker and Brad Company —-Contender: Rough Justice: D.B. Ruff and Connor Justice

PCW Television Title Champion: Jack Fraiser #1 Contender: SNAFU —-Contender: Big Oil (Jill Berg Enterprises) —-Contender: Average Joe (Truckin’ Average Company) —-Contender: Ultratron-Five ‘The New Age Cybertronic Criminally Insane Rogue Sentient Robot Wrestling Machine’

BETO O’ROURKE JOINS PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE CONTEST FOR 2020 Beto O’Rourke (TX-Progressive Alliance) joins a crowded field vying to take on CEO of the Political Universe Donald Trump (NY-American Patriots) at Extreme Election Night 2020.

O’Rourke appeared at Extreme Election Night 2018 where he faced Ted Cruz (TX-American Patriots) in one of the Senate Medallion matches.

REPLAY: Extreme Election Night 2018- O’Rourke vs. Cruz

Cruz back in the ring. The referee starts a 10 count on Beto who’s slow to remove himself off the barricade. Pelosi and Schumer run over and pull him back. Then they escort O’Rourke back to the ring with the referee hitting 7 on the count. Beto back in and runs right into a front kick. Cruz covers…one…two…Beto grabs the rope.

Cruz goes top turnbuckle.

Colleen Crowder: WHAT IS HE DOING?

Johnny Suave: CRUZ UP TOP!

Cruz leaps off and cannonballs down onto Beto.

Johnny Suave: CANNONBALL SPLASH AND THAT COULD DO IT!

Colleen Crowder: NOOOOOOOO!

11th MINUTE Cruz hooks the legs. One…two…THREE! The referee immediately calls for the bell.

Johnny Suave: THAT’S IT!

*DING-DING-DING-DING*

Colleen Crowder: *BLEEP*

Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan climb into the ring to raise Cruz’s arm in victory.

O’Rourke joins fellow Progressive Alliance members Cory Booker (NJ), Pete Buttigeig (IN), Julian Castro (TX), John Delaney (NJ), Tulsi Gabbard (HI), Kirsten Gillebrand (NY), Kamala Harris (CA), John Hickenlooper (CO), Jay Inslee (WA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Wayne Messam (FL), Bernie Sanders (VT), Elizabeth Warren (MA), Marianne Williamson (TX), and Andrew Yang (NY) in the race.

SENATE GROUP ALSO VOTES DOWN TRUMP’S SECURITY EMERGENCY DECLARATION Last week, the Progressive Alliance-led House Group voted down CEO of the Political Universe Donald Trump’s (NY-American Patriots) security emergency declaration.

Earlier today, the American Patriot-led Senate Group did the same thing.

The big question now that everyone is asking is will Trump veto the measure or…oh wait, he already did.

BLUE AND RED BRANDS UPDATE Loose Cannons Unleashed is three weeks away and the card continues to take shape.

Charlie Blackwell (American Patriots) wrestles the Ultimate Social Justice Warrior (Progressive Alliance) for a shot at Champion of the Political Universe ‘Red Solo Cup’ Ray McAvay.

Also this weekend, Big Labor (Union Jack Taylor and James the Auto Worker) will face Weapons of Mass Destruction (A. Tom Bomb and Hy Drogen Bomb) of the American Patriots this weekend with the winner facing Tag Team Champions of the Political Universe Jill Berg Enterprises (P.M.C. Banks and Kirk Walstreit) at Loose Cannons Unleashed.

New PCW Women’s champion Yosemite Samantha meets ‘Canadian Cyborg’ Sheline Carrigan (Progressive Alliance) for a shot at the Women’s Champion of the Political Universe Christa Carmondy.

NICHOLAS TARKOWSKI WILL RETURN After coming to PCW’s Park City, Kansas show to dig up dirt and being put to work by Dawn McGill, it appears Jerrold Nadler (NY-Progressive Alliance) is giving Nicholas Tarkowski a second chance. Tarkowski will be at PCW’s house show in Jamestown, North Dakota to try his luck again. What diabolical plan does McGill have in mind for the Nadler aide.

COLLEEN CROWDER/GUILD OF LOW-LEVEL REPORTERS UPSET WITH McGILL As expected, Crowder, ‘Low Level Reporter at CNN Trying to Make a Name for Herself’ Sharon Johns, and ‘Low Level Reporter at the Washington Post Trying to Make a Name for Himself’ Dan Miller were furious at McGill over the banning of the Post, the Times, MSNBC, and CNN from covering PCW shows.

How furious are they?

The guild are boycotting the next PCW show…

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…even though they are already banned.

CROWDER ALSO UPSET WITH NEW PCW WOMEN’S CHAMPION Crowder also expressed her displeasure over the two women who faced each other for the PCW Women’s title repeatedly last week- ‘Queen of the Trailer Park’ Lani Harlot and Yosemite Samantha.

Yesterday, she reiterated what she’d said on Sunday night: both women did not have the requisite qualities to be called a champion and weren’t the role model that young girls should look up to. Crowder again stated PCW tried to put bright red lipstick on a pig by foisting Harlot and Samantha onto the public as the best candidates to be the Women’s champion.

THIS WEEK ON PCW EXTREME POLITICAL TV -No Colleen Crowder this week. Who steps in to be Suave’s co-host this week? -We find out what kind of trouble Nicholas Tarkowski can get into. -The Bi-Partisan Dream Team (Blue Dog D and RINO-The Wonk Machine) and Weapons of Mass Destruction II (Frank Bomb and Newt Tron Bomb) debut. -‘The One Man Anti-Hollywood A-Lister’ Stone Chism defends the PCW Title against ‘American Citizen’ Kevin Scott in the main event.

PCW ON THE ROAD March 16th – Jamestown Civic Center / Jamestown, SD March 22nd – Silverstein Eye Centers Arena / Independence, MO March 23rd – Qwest Center Omaha / Omaha, NE March 24th – Sanford Pentagon / Sioux Falls, SD March 30th – Taft Coliseum / Columbus, OH March 31st – Mayo Civic Center / Rochester, MN April 6th – Loose Cannons Unleashed PPV @ the D.C. Armory / Washington, D.C. April 12th – Buccaneer Arena / Urbandale, IA April 13th – McLeod Center / Cedar Rapids, IA April 14th – McElroy Auditorium / Waterloo, IA April 19th – Owensboro Sportscenter / Owensburo, KY April 20th – SIU Arena / Carbondale, IL April 21st – Gibson Arena / Rolla, MO

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Movie Review

Disclaimer: The following contains spoilers, subjective compliments, criticisms, and interpretations of the blogger about the message of the film. Any of the photos used in this blog were included for educational purposes only.

GOYO: Ang Batang Heneral

(Goyo: The Boy General)

[SUMMARY]

The movie “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral” follows the life of the young general, Gregorio Del Pilar, during the emerging colonization of Americans in the Philippines during the late 1890s. It introduces Goyo as a famed general who enjoys a false sense of peace following the death of Luna, and then he eventually flees with Aguinaldo and his brigade, as they’re pursued by the Americans. The movie is the second installment of Jerrold Tarog’s war trilogy; the sequel to the movie “Heneral Luna” who also talks about the fate of the strict general of its title.

[OVERVIEW]

CHARACTERS:

There are recurring characters in the movie such as:

Gen. Gregorio del Pilar, the young general

Joven Hernando, the young journalist turned into photographer of del Pilar’s troop.

Lieutenant Garcia, the patriotic sharp-shooter in Heneral Luna.

Maj. Manuel Bernal, the loyal comrade of Luna

President Emilio Aguinaldo, Apolinario Mabini, and Gen. Elwell Otis

There are also new and significant characters to look-out for in the movie. To name a few:

Gen. Alejandrino, Maj. Ortiz, Col. Vicente Enriquez, Col. Julian del Pilar, Remedios Nable Jose, Felicidad Aguinaldo and Lt. Manuel Quezon.

[CONS]

THE TRAGIC FATE OF GOYO

The producers gave justice to Gregorio del Pilar’s reputation as a hero. However, it was not emphasized to the point that I had to watch the film over and over again to notice the subtle heroic attribute of this general. Yanni Roxas’ movie review in Bulatlat.com states that this movie “killed whatever greatness there is in del Pilar by focusing on his foibles and flaws even before it could show him in some heroic exploits”. And at some point, I agree. To me, Goyo’s image became a dog of Emilio Aguinaldo, a leader whose youth seemed to go against him, a conflicted person fighting his inner demons. Good thing, he had his moment of introspection, a change of heart, the night before the devastating battle on Tirad Pass. I just find it sad and sorry for Goyo because he never had a chance to redeem his heroic reputation because he was shot dead right away.

          “I know that the responsibility given to me is tremendous. But I feel that this is the greatest moment of my life. What I’m about to do is for my country whom I love.  There is no greater sacrifice.” – Goyo

PRODUCTION VALUES:

PORTRAYAL: I have no complaints about the acting. However, it would’ve been more accurate if the accents of the characters were emphasized.

CINEMATOGRAPHY: The color-grading in this film is dull compared to Heneral Luna. For me it signifies the frustrating plot of revolution.

Another thing to take note for improvement is the unstable camera work in the scene when General Goyo and Colonel Vicente were going to Don Mariano’s house to congratulate Colonel Julian on his promotion as the military governor of Bulacan.

Even if the upstairs scene was meant to be shot that way for artistic purposes, I think it is not suitable to use for such scene. That scene has a poor camera work that is distractive and unpleasant to look at. From what I usually observe in foreign movies, that “moving and shaking” style of camera work is meant to reveal the point of view or the eyesight of a character involve in the scene. If that’s the case, then the messenger boy should’ve been there walking behind Goyo and Vicente to justify the purpose of moving/shaky camera work. Other than that, the rest of the scenes that involves unstable and shaky camera work are understandable and tolerable.

POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE CONTENT:

Note: This film contains offensive language and violence.

Language. There is frequent cussing in the dialogues, and 1 scene with a Filipino soldier mocking and insulting two indigenous people.

Violence. The movie includes 1 torture scene, series of gun fights, and exposure of blood and fatal injuries.

[PROS]

CLEVER TITLE

The title of the movie literally translates “Goyo: The Boy General”, and for me it is well-thought of to the point that it reveals everything significant in the movie. Cleverly, “goyo” is a Filipino term that means “to be played fool”. And later on, in the movie, we can see how this term doesn’t just applies on the ladies Goyo had duped, but also to the Filipinos whose negligence caused failure to the revolution.

The use of the word “boy” instead of “young” hinted the very essence of this movie. Boy, as opposed to man, is commonly described to be childish, playful, naïve and gullible. Throughout the movie, Apolinario Mabini convinces himself that maybe it is right to call the negligence of Filipinos as childishness.

DRY BUT WITTY HUMOR

There were several scenes in the movie that made me smile, laugh and even face-palmed because of the character’s stupidity, yet I won’t deny that this movie is low-key funny.

CUTE SCENE. Julian and Vicente pushes Joven to mingle with some ladies in Dagupan.

In this scene, Joven proved me that he is an adorable dork. I find it funny how he can’t understand the impertinent replies of the lady (since it was spoken in the dialect on Dagupan) and yet he still politely conversed with them.

WITTY SCENE. General Alejandrino and his comrade attended a dinner with Otis and McArthur.

The part where General Alejandrino fakes his mention of an order stated in the Philippine Constitution. ”Nasa Constitution ba talaga yan?” “Huwag kang magulo. Hindi ko din alam”. This proved me how clever and to what extent the Pilipino would do just to escape the face of problems.

FACE-PALMED. [just see it for yourself] The price of arrogance.

FUNNY. Goyo, Julian, and Vicente went out for midnight swimming. featuring Joven the chaperone/look-out. This scene proves how naughty and reckless they are. Grown-ups acting like little boys.

Goyo:“Last one in has no balls”

Julian (referring to Goyo): “First one in’s an asshole”

ANOTHER FACE-PALMED MOMENT.  “Kam Amerikans welkam!”—Lt. Garcia

It’s fun until karma strikes back. Arrogance won’t do good.

ROMANCE

Unlike the former installment, the movie features the love life of Goyo as a significant part of his story arc. By just watching, we can say that the romantic element in this movie is dull and tragic. Some viewers commented that the romantic scenes were just fillers and weren’t really necessary in the progression of film. But I say, the romantic scenes in this movie weren’t really intended to give off kilig to its viewers— the scenes were intended to symbolize the dilemma of Goyo as a general of high position, and as a young man with any ordinary man’s interest.

In the film, there are two significant women in Goyo’s life: Remedios, his current love-interest, and Felicidad, the sister of President Aguinaldo, his former lover. Felicidad is a personification of Goyo’s past that is fueled by principles. She had seen him in his troubled times. She knew he is vulnerable. Remedios on the other hand, is a personification of Goyo’s future that is filled with ideals. The discourse these women had on the market while buying mangoes speaks of their characters—Felicidad values existence while Remedios likes to choose what’s best.

LINES WITH IMPACT

Dialogues:I kept on replaying the brief conversation between Gen. Alejandrino and Maj. Ortiz during the settlement of troops. Alejandrino said, “This isn’t about victory anymore, Ortiz. This is all about saving what dignity we have left”.  

Also, there are noteworthy lessons in the conversations of Uncle Miguel and Joven like: “Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self-interest” and “Learn from their mistakes”

Voice-Overs: I was captivated by Joven’s messages to his father. It was used as a creative tool to narrate and impart lessons throughout the movie.

The most remarkable part in the movie is when Apolinario Mabini started reading his letter to Marcelo del Pilar, while flashes of significant events are shown. It is like drawing a conclusion to all the morals in the story. I love the part when he said: “But I’m beginning to believe that they are right to call us children.” along with the scene of Lt. Garcia’s young son helplessly running away from the Americans.

PRODUCTION VALUES:

Script: I just love the choice of words. The conversations were not over-the-top. It felt satisfying to hear the character use pure Filipino language. It sounds poetic but at the same time it made me feel a sense of colloquiality because of the way the actors deliver their lines. The delivery of dialects was good. I noticed that from Clara of Dagupan, and the Ilocano dialect of Lt. Garcia.

Casting: For me, the production team did a great casting. Though there are people who detracts Paulo Avelino for the role of Goyo saying “he’s too mestizo, kayumanggi si Goyo” nonverbatim. I think he fits the role well because his charm comes out naturally, and he expresses the internal conflict of Goyo without looking so obvious and exaggerated. Further than that, I commend how they chose actors not by popularity but by the skills. It’s a good thing that the appearance was also considered because it adds up to the impact of the character. Mon Confiado, with his flat top hair, looks really similar to Emilio Aguinaldo.

Acting: The actors did great in portraying their characters. The film showed me no small roles. With their intense acting and on-point facial expressions, the slow-paced plot of the film is brought to life. I would commend Arthur Acuña’s portrayal of Manuel Bernal. Even if his role is not as big as the protagonists, he made it so intense that makes it remarkable. Also, I enjoyed Alvin Anson’s portrayal of Gen. Alejandrino. Quizon’s portrayal of the “brain of the revolution,”—easily one of the best parts of Heneral Luna—continues to be stellar and Mabini in fact delivers some of Goyo’s best lines along with audience surrogate Joven Hernando (Arron Villaflor), the photographer’s assistant from the first film.

Cinematography: Creative. I commend how every frame captures the mood and implies message to its viewers. Also, the drone shots of Mt. Tirad are breathtaking. I don’t mind if some part of the landscape is graphically enhanced, after all it is meticulously and skillfully done. The establishing shot which shows the time and place were on point.

Musical-Score: I love the part when Goyo reads the letter from Remedios below Mt. Tirad— the music (which I think is an instrumental arrangement of Susi) intensifies the mood of the scene. I would also commend the soundtracks they used in the movie. The lyrics of the OST Susi (composed and interpreted by Ben and Ben; with musical arrangements by Miguel Guico and Jerrold Tarog) suits the message of the movie well. It’s like the song is directed to the life of Goyo itself.  

The song interpretation of Bato sa Buhangin by Glaiza De Castro in the ending scene gave me goosebumps! It startled me a bit because I was disappointed and dissatisfied by the ending scene of Remedios, then suddenly Glaiza sang out of nowhere without instrumental intro going on.

GOYO:ANG BATANG HENERAL VS. HENERAL LUNA

If Heneral Luna had the catchphrase: “Mga kapatid, meron tayong mas malaking kaaway kaysa sa mga Amerikano: ang ating sarili.” (Brothers, we have an enemy bigger than the Americans: ourselves.)

Goyo has “Tandaan mo kung sino ka.” (Remember who you are.)

A DIFFERENT FLAVOR:

Since this film is less intense compared to Heneral Luna when it comes to action scenes, it is a challenge for the producers to make this film interesting. One thing they included to add thrill is the series of flashbacks and imagined internal struggles.

THE EDGE:

If Goyo succeeds in anything, it is in humanizing the patronized young general Del Pilar. While stories portray him as larger than life, the film grounds his exploits firmly in reality, even his womanizing nature. It’s wonderfully researched and—despite giving the disclaimer in the beginning that it uses fictional elements to deliver a cohesive narrative—gives audiences a better glimpse into the life of one of the country’s heroes. It gives its own version of events, such as sticking to the contention that it was Remedios and not younger sister Dolores who was Goyo’s true love.

[CONCLUSION]

At first, I was frustrated at the progression of the film—I think it was lousy and it didn’t really meet my expectations. Then I watched it for the second time around hoping to subvert my negatives and find the bright side of the film. I decided to focus more on the lines and the complexity of the characters. As I delve deeper on its plot and dialogues, I realized how significant the point they are trying to imply on its viewers. This film doesn’t just want to please our eyes—the movie encourages us Filipinos to ponder and reflect on our current situation from what

It is not just about the life of the young general Gregorio Del Pilar— the entire film, slow and plodding as it is, is a well-crafted argument against the selfishness of the men who shape this nation. Mabini narrates that it is only in fighting, in dying as a soldier, that Aguinaldo may regain his lost honor and prestige. But as the disgraced first President stares blankly at the sunset over Malacañan, he mutters that he has already given fealty to the United States. It’s a chillingly familiar refrain: A leader who seems to favor another country over his own. Mabini laments that perhaps the Americans were right, after all—that we are but mere children trying to fight a grown man’s war. He says that Filipinos ignite with passion very quickly, but burn out just as fast. It’s a terrifying reminder that the Philippines may be doomed to follow the lead of people who put their own interests above the country’s.

Note:

Though the film is a stand-alone type of movie, I suggest you go and watch Heneral Luna and Angelito first, respectively, before watching Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral in order to clearly understand what’s going on in the movie.

Heneral Luna is the first installment of Jerrold Tarog’s Philippine war trilogy that was launched last September 2015. It lasts for about two and half hours.

Angelito is a short film uploaded in TBA Studios’ and Globe PH’s YouTube channel. The short film, which lasts for only 21 minutes and 12 second, serves as the bridge to the two movie installments.

“Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral” has a screen time of almost 2 hours and 30 minutes including the intro and credits.

It is a must-watch movie for those who loves historical films. I highly recommend it to those who wants to know more about the Philippine history.

To those who haven’t watch any of the two movies yet, it is already available on Netflix.

[duaneodavila]

House Judiciary Requests Documents From 81 People And Entities, ‘Cause There’s No Harm In Asking, I Guess?

Jerry Nadler thinking of 81 people he’d rather be sitting next to, probably. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

There is a world where both Democrats and Republicans work together to conduct a reasonable investigation about a massive international conspiracy to influence an American election. There’s a world in which they work tirelessly to impeach or otherwise hold accountable the government officials who participated in that scheme.

That is not the world we live in.

Instead, we live on this plane of torment that can’t burn to the ground fast enough. Republicans spent two years in power trying to obstruct any serious investigation into Trump’s activities. Now the Democrats are in charge and a real investigation is taking place. But stupidity can still not be avoided.

The House Judiciary Committee released a list of 81 people and entities that it would like to see documents from. The request is overbroad, and I think I’m being a biased hack who is too charitable towards the Democrats by merely calling it “overbroad.”

Here are some of the people House Judiciary would like to just… turn over papers because they were asked:

* Jay Sekulow — Trump’s personal attorney. * Julian Assange — currently living in exile. * Don McGahn — Former White House Counsel * Federal Bureau of Investigation — Sure, why not? * Michael Cohen — I think we’ve covered this? * General Services Administration — GTFO of my face with this

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler suggested that these requests would be backed up by subpoenas if the documents are not voluntarily handed over. I think he means to say: “subpoenas, which will in some cases be fought tooth and nail for years or until the Sun swallows the Earth whole.”

Nadler is entirely too smart to think that this list is actually a thing. Some of the people on the list have entirely reasonable privilege arguments to make. Like, ALL the privileges: attorney-client, executive, work-product, investigative privilege — to the extent that’s a thing. Even people with bad privilege arguments are certainly invited to make them, if they are ever even served with a subpoena.

You can see the full list of requests here. I, too, would like to see documents from all these people. While we’re at it, I’d also like to see what the FBI has on who killed Biggie and Tupac. But the notion that all these people or entities, or even most of them, will just hand over documents willingly is foolish.

Nadler knows all this. The television says that House Judiciary started with a list of 150 people and had to whittle it down, and I have to believe that Nadler was one of the guys in the room trying to explain to his colleagues why putting some of the people on this list is dumb. It’s a flashy list, and it puts Trump on notice, to the extent he wasn’t already, the the House is coming for his entire allegedly criminal enterprise. I’m sure that’s what some Democrats wanted to do.

I’m just not sure the list of 81 people and entities even counts as “news.” It’s more like writing down your list of three wishes just in case a Genie ever pops out of your thermos.

Let’s keep our eyes on the ball. The next shoes to drop need to be Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg and Trump secretary Rhona Graff. They need to establish further basis for investigating the Trump children and Jared Kushner. Those people are on the list (except for Ivanka, weirdly) and we should focus on them. An open-ended document request from “Department of Justice” (I’m not making that up) is just NOT a serious step towards exposing the truth.

House Judiciary Committee launches sweeping Trump probe [Axios]

Elie Mystal is the Executive Editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at elie@abovethelaw.com. He will resist.

House Judiciary Requests Documents From 81 People And Entities, ‘Cause There’s No Harm In Asking, I Guess? republished via Above the Law

[15milestation]

“I really thought it was a bit of a waste of time, driving out to Disney for the audition, as I really couldn’t imagine they’d cast me.” [But director Julian Jerrold was taken by Joel's "everyman quality" and selected him for Charlie.] “I got to the set for the first day of shooting and we were doing the scene in which I give a speech to the factory workers. I was shitting myself. I was really nervous about doing the accent and worried that I was going to get found out and sacked...That was the biggest fright for me."--  Joel Edgerton recalling how his agent sneaked him into an audition for 'Kinky Boots' without revealing that he was Australian, and his terror when he got the part and had to deliver in an authentic Northampton accent   

[haroldgross]

New Post has been published on Harold Gross: The 5a.m. Critic

New Post has been published on http://literaryends.com/hgblog/becoming-jane/

Becoming Jane

[3.5 stars]

As his follow-up to Kinky Boots, Julian Jerrold produced this bit of snarky reflection on Jane Austin’s early days. He was also immensely helped by Kevin Hood and Sarah Williams’s clever adaptation of Austin’s life to show us the budding 16-year-old author and the events that launched her into history. The pair both managed to both mirror her works and riff on the known history.

The flick is led wonderfully by Anne Hathaway (Serenity) and James McAvoy (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) in the Austin and Lefroy roles (actual age of the actors aside). Lefroy truly existed, and there is evidence of their deep affection and end to their story, though the script does take liberties in order to give more power to Austin. The change is forgivable given the purpose and the difficulty in doing a comedy of manners from the late 1700’s in modern times.

The duo are supported by a great cast as well. With Maggie Smith (Sherlock Gnomes), Julie Walters (Wild Rose), James Cromwell (Dante’s Inferno), and, in a small but pivotal role and his final performance, the late, great Ian Richardson pitches in as well.

And then there were other emerging talents such as Anna Maxwell Martin (The Bletchley Circle), Lucy Cohu (Summer of Rockets), and Laurence Fox (Inspector Lewis). Each provided a foil for Hathaway and deepened the tale.

Now, all this effusive outpouring aside, it is still, at its heart Austin. Not my favorite. I loved the verbal banter between Hathaway and McAvoy, which they delivered well. They also made a credible couple. They even managed to agonize in ways that helped make the challenge of the times (romantic attachment vs. duty to family/semi-arranged marriage) at least clearer, if not entirely palpable. But the base issues just never quite grab me as I just find it all so frustrating, even if accurate to the period. This came close to helping me settle into the realities a bit more and feel the story, but there is still a good deal of assumption about what the audience already understood and accepted. But adding to the positives, it is also sumptuously filmed.

If you like Austin, you’ve probably already seen this, so I don’t need to tell you. If you are roped into seeing it, as I was, it honestly isn’t all that bad. It will never make my top 10 movie list, but it might easily make my top 3 Austin/period piece list. So, that’s something.

[fullspectrum-cbd-oil]

Who Might Argue the Case Against Trump in the Senate Impeachment Trial?

When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, a handful of lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president.

Those “managers,” as they are formally known, will likely be appointed on Wednesday when House Democrats transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate.

Here are some of the leading candidates:

JERROLD NADLER

The House Judiciary Committee chairman, 72, has been a Trump antagonist since he opposed a Trump real estate development in Manhattan decades ago as a New York state assemblyman.

Nadler’s committee crafted the two articles of impeachment against Trump, which were approved by the House on Dec. 18.

ADAM SCHIFF

The House Intelligence Committee chairman, 59, has been a leading figure in the impeachment inquiry that preceded the vote.

Schiff spearheaded an investigation that featured testimony from U.S. officials about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, both in private and on national television. He also been a favorite punching bag for House Republicans.

A former federal prosecutor, he represents a district in the Los Angeles area.

HAKEEM JEFFRIES

Jeffries, 49, is considered a rising star in the party and a potential future House Speaker. Representing a district in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, he was the top House Democrat behind a bipartisan criminal-justice reform bill that Trump signed into law in 2018.

VAL DEMINGS

Demings, 62, is the former chief of the Orlando, Florida police department. As a member of both the Judiciary and Intelligence committees, she has been involved in the impeachment investigation for months and knows the case against the president well.

ERIC SWALWELL

Like Demings, the 39-year-old Californian sits on both the Judiciary and Intelligence committees. He briefly ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

A former deputy district attorney, Swalwell is described by aides as being close to Schiff.

JAMIE RASKIN

A former constitutional law professor, the 57-year-old Maryland Democrat has played a prominent role on the House Judiciary Committee. Raskin, whose father was an aide to former President John F. Kennedy, filled in for Nadler to shepherd the articles of impeachment to the House floor.

RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI

Krishnamoorthi, 46, was born in India and came to the United States at the age of 3. He worked as a state prosecutor before he was elected in 2016 to represent a district in a Chicago suburb.

During the impeachment hearings, Krishnamoorthi came to the defense of one of the star witnesses, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who faced insinuations of disloyalty because he was born in Ukraine and emigrated as a child to the United States.

“From one immigrant American to another immigrant American, I want to say that you and your family represent the very best of America,” Krishnamoorthi told Vindman.

ZOE LOFGREN

Lofgren, 72, has deep experience with impeachment.

She began her Washington career as a House Judiciary Committee aide when it held impeachment hearings against Republican President Richard Nixon in 1974. Elected to the House in 1994 to represent a Northern California district, she has served on the Judiciary Committee while it drafted impeachment articles against both Trump and Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1998.

PRAMILA JAYAPAL

An outspoken progressive, Jayapal, 54, became the first Indan-American woman to serve in Congress when she was elected to represent a Seattle-area district in 2014. She was a civil-rights activist before she was elected.

JOAQUIN CASTRO

A member of the Intelligence Committee, Castro, 45, also chaired his identical twin brother Julian Castro’s presidential campaign.

He was first elected to represent his San Antonio district in 2012.

(Reporting by David Morgan, Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan; Editing by Andy Sullivan, Alistair Bell and Jonathan Oatis)

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