Fierce response from top Democrats after US intelligence finding was reportedly briefed to Trump in March, but the White House has yet to act
NOTHING.
FUCKING.
MATTERS.
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Negation Aspiration vol. 227
A US soldier has been accused of plotting an attack on his own unit by sending information to an obscure Nazi Satanist organisation called the Order of Nine Angles (ONA). But who are they?
Order of Nine Angles: What is this obscure Nazi Satanist group?
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Awwwww Yeah vol. 164
When he says 'cult of cornette', it's because he has a history of taking advantage of greenhorns using his power and position as booker for OVW in order to fufill his and his wife's sexual desires. They used their place of power to hurt many, many people. No one wants to speak up because of his position in wrestling, but this is EXTREMELY common knowledge among OVW alumni. This will probably ruin a lot of opportunities in wrestling, and that's fine, but make no mistake: Jim Cornette is trash. He and his wife have made power plays in order to hurt many, many people.
Jim Cornette Responds To Allegations Against He And His Wife
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Negation Aspiration vol. 225
ROME—German police are sifting through more than 8,000 files of grotesque kiddie porn found on old memory sticks in a camper van owned by Christian Brueckner, the 43-year-old under investigation for the disappearance and murder of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann more than 13 years ago.
Brueckner, who is in solitary confinement in a German jail where he is serving time for the rape of a 72-year-old woman and drug offenses, is also under investigation in two other child abduction and murder cases including the brutal strangling death and rape of a 13-year old boy and the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl.
Madeleine McCann Kidnapping Suspect Christian Brueckner Hoarded Little Girl Swimsuits and Kiddie Porn
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
#gorenoise vol. 24
“On November 4th 2018, 40 year old Tamla Horsford attended an adult sleepover with 7 white women who were supposedly her friends. The "all women" sleepover was eventually crashed by 3 white men. At 7:30 am the next morning, Tamla's badly bruised and beaten body was found in the yard by the homeowner's aunt. Police were eventually called at 9:30am. Out of the 10 people who attended the party, no one could offer the police any answers as to how Tamla passed away. A murder investigation was never conducted, the news refused to cover the story AND her family never received Tamla's autopsy report. The families involved have tight political ties and lots of money. Tamla's family believe they are covering up the murder. The case was eventually closed in 2019. SAY HER NAME- Tamla Horsford. May we never forget.
Case of mom found dead in backyard after overnight house party to be re-examined
Monday, June 15, 2020
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Friday, June 12, 2020
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 266
“You are acknowledging that an inherent risk to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By attending the rally, you and any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and agree not to hold Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; BOK Center; ASM Global; or any of their affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, or volunteers liable for any illness or injury,”
Trump Rally Forces People to Sign a Waiver to Not Sue if They Contract Coronavirus
NERRRRRD! vol. 109: RIP Denny O'Neil
Legendary Batman writer, Denny O'Neil dies at age 81
now this one hurts.i remember when i was 6 years old my dad bought a copy of the 50 Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told. this was the summer of 1989, known colloquially as the Summer of Batman. we weren't allowed to see the film, as my mother felt it looked "too scary", so the trade paperback had to satisfy my tingling bat-sense. i spent almost the whole summer with my eyeballs fixated on the pages of that collection, which spanned the book's then 50 year history. i found something to like about all the eras, but when the collection began to cover the 70s - 80s iteration of the character and his world, something shifted. it was darker... more menacing and mysterious... more words on the page that i didn't all together understand, but i read until i did.
these were of course the works of Denny O'Neil (with the art of Neil Adams).
when i finally got to see Tim Burton's film upon its holiday-timed video release, i of course liked it as everyone my age did, but it didn't command my attention the way that the comics had the months prior. it had its moments, but it still felt beholden to the campier aspects of the TV show that never really resonated with me. this pattern of reaction would reprise itself with each subsequent iteration outside of the comic book medium.
the seismic impact of his contributions to Batman are innumerable, but his work on the Question remains my personal favorite, as well as his time the Shadow, which paved the way for enfant terible Howard Chaykin's overlooked deconstruction of the character, which was then followed by Bill Sienkiewicz's reliably warped hypnagogia (early exposure to these iterations made my disappointment with the 1994 Shadow film was infinitely more immense and unbearably more naive than my bugaboos with Batman, but i digress).
O'Neil brought the superhero narrative back to its penny dreadful roots, fusing film noir atmosphere with Jungian pathos indebted to gothic horror and monstrous tragedy, all while indulging in the gonzo terrain of unfettered imagination that can only be actualized within the panels of a comic book, never losing balance.... never slipping into nihilistic cynicism or lapsing into saccharine overkill.... never insulting the the intelligence of the reader or pandering to their near-violent entitlement.
simply put; he made this shit feel cool.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
We Are the Sprocket Holes vol. 387
Cinestate is facing internal backlash after a recent report by The Daily Beast that details the independent Texas movie studio’s alleged complicity in several instances of sexual misconduct. Editors of two publications owned by the company, Birth.Movies.Death. and Fangoria, on Monday publicly shared a letter they have shared with their bosses demanding Cinestate take several measures in the realm of anti-harassment. They’re refusing to work until the company meets the demands. (The full letter is available below.)
Cinestate Faces Internal Revolt Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Friday, June 5, 2020
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 265
He tweets bogus threats that he has no power to carry out – withholding funds from states that expand absentee voting, "overruling" governors who don't allow places of worship to reopen "right away," designating anti-fascism activists as terrorists, and punishing Twitter for fact-checking him.
And he lies incessantly.
In reality, Donald Trump does not run the government of the United States. He doesn't manage anything. He doesn't organize anyone. He doesn't administer or oversee or supervise. He doesn't read memos. He hates meetings. He has no patience for briefings. His White House is in perpetual chaos.
His advisors aren't truth-tellers. They're toadies, lackeys, sycophants and relatives.
Since moving into the Oval Office in January 2017, Trump hasn't shown an ounce of interest in governing. He obsesses only about himself.
But it has taken the present set of crises to reveal the depths of his self-absorbed abdication – his utter contempt for his job, his total repudiation of his office.
Trump's nonfeasance goes far beyond an absence of leadership or inattention to traditional norms and roles. In a time of national trauma, he has relinquished the core duties and responsibilities of the presidency.
He is no longer president. The sooner we stop treating him as if he were, the better.
Robert Reich: Trump’s presidency is over
Trump's response to Floyd's murder has debased the presidency and squandered whatever moral authority remained
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Monday, June 1, 2020
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 262
"Washington was under very good control, but we’re going to have it under much more control. We’re going to pull in thousands of people."
"You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again,"
"We will activate Bill Barr and activate him very strongly,"
"You’re making a mistake because you're making yourselves look like fools. And some have done a great job. But a lot of you, it’s not – it’s not a great day for our country."
"You know when other countries watch this, they’re watching this, the next day wow, they’re really a push over. And we can’t be a push over. And we have all the resources – it’s not like we don’t have the resources. So, I don’t know what you’re doing."
"You have to dominate, if you don’t dominate you’re wasting your time. They’re going to run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks. You have to dominate."
"You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again,"
"We will activate Bill Barr and activate him very strongly,"
"You’re making a mistake because you're making yourselves look like fools. And some have done a great job. But a lot of you, it’s not – it’s not a great day for our country."
"You know when other countries watch this, they’re watching this, the next day wow, they’re really a push over. And we can’t be a push over. And we have all the resources – it’s not like we don’t have the resources. So, I don’t know what you’re doing."
"You have to dominate, if you don’t dominate you’re wasting your time. They’re going to run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks. You have to dominate."
The president spent Sunday out of sight, berating opponents on Twitter, even as some of his campaign advisers were recommending that he deliver a televised address to an anxious nation.
Trump encourages governors to use aggressive tactics on protesters
We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 386
stand-out viewings for the month of May (eh)
(April)
CIRCUS OF BOOKS (2019, dir. Rachel Mason)
charming little Netflix sleeper about an adorable Jewish couple who ran the most prominent gay porn store in California. give the Tiger King and the redundant murder docs a rest and peep this show.
DEVIL'S WEEKEND aka MAKING OFF (2012, dir. Cedric Dupois)
something of a French Extremity take on the mock-snuff genre best exemplified by films like Muzan E and August Underground, with pretty inventive set pieces and performances that transmit genuine panic. this one is literally in the bowels of France.
GET IN (2019, dir. Oliver Abbou)
another brutal attack from France, this time reevaluating the home invasion subgenre in a way that hasn't been done a million times before.
HIDER IN THE HOUSE (1989, dir. Matthew Patrick)
something of a 1980s suburban yuppie take on Watcher in the Attic. made before Gary Busey became the WWE Gimmick version of himself.
LADY TERMINATOR (1989, dir. H. Tjut Djali)
the first of 3 moldy mockbusters i chose to review instead of Uncut Gems or Come to Daddy. this one is clearly the more "inventive" of the batch, fusing James Cameron's heist of Harlan Ellison's ideaspace with Indonesian mythology and an easy-on-the-eyes antagonist.
THE LODGE (2019, dirs. Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz)
another tension-mounting slowburn of bleak silences and sudden micro-seizing violence from the creators of Goodnight, Mommy.
MUTANT SPECIES (1995, dir. Ted Prior)
from the director of innumerable VHS monstroddities like Deadly Prey, Sledgehammer, Killer Workout, Night Wars, and many more comes this jellied-brain entry into the rubbery pantheon of Sub-Predators.
SHOCKING DARK aka TERMINATOR 2 (1989, dir. Bruno Mattei)
completing the Kirkland Signature Aliens vs. Predator vs. Terminator triptych is the Italian Maestro of the Mockbuster Bruno Mattei, mashing up the Alien and Terminator brands the same way he mashed up Robocop and Predator for his Robowar. i chose to highlight this instead of Uncut Gems.
TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (2017, dir. Issa Lopez)
blend between Luis Bunuel's Young and Damned, Jeff Barnaby's Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Amat Escalante's Heli, and Guillermo Del Toro's Devil's Backbone.
WHITE FIRE (1984, dir. Jean Marie Pallardy)
if you're going to watch one movie about over-anxious meatheads going to absurd depths to maintain their grasp on some fucking hunk of cave rock, say no to Uncut Gems and say "slip it in" to White Fire.
(seriously... Uncut Gems wasn't really all that, y'all that. falls into the category that Joker falls into; a "real" movie for people who don't watch "real" movies.)
(April)
charming little Netflix sleeper about an adorable Jewish couple who ran the most prominent gay porn store in California. give the Tiger King and the redundant murder docs a rest and peep this show.
something of a French Extremity take on the mock-snuff genre best exemplified by films like Muzan E and August Underground, with pretty inventive set pieces and performances that transmit genuine panic. this one is literally in the bowels of France.
another brutal attack from France, this time reevaluating the home invasion subgenre in a way that hasn't been done a million times before.
something of a 1980s suburban yuppie take on Watcher in the Attic. made before Gary Busey became the WWE Gimmick version of himself.
the first of 3 moldy mockbusters i chose to review instead of Uncut Gems or Come to Daddy. this one is clearly the more "inventive" of the batch, fusing James Cameron's heist of Harlan Ellison's ideaspace with Indonesian mythology and an easy-on-the-eyes antagonist.
another tension-mounting slowburn of bleak silences and sudden micro-seizing violence from the creators of Goodnight, Mommy.
from the director of innumerable VHS monstroddities like Deadly Prey, Sledgehammer, Killer Workout, Night Wars, and many more comes this jellied-brain entry into the rubbery pantheon of Sub-Predators.
completing the Kirkland Signature Aliens vs. Predator vs. Terminator triptych is the Italian Maestro of the Mockbuster Bruno Mattei, mashing up the Alien and Terminator brands the same way he mashed up Robocop and Predator for his Robowar. i chose to highlight this instead of Uncut Gems.
blend between Luis Bunuel's Young and Damned, Jeff Barnaby's Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Amat Escalante's Heli, and Guillermo Del Toro's Devil's Backbone.
if you're going to watch one movie about over-anxious meatheads going to absurd depths to maintain their grasp on some fucking hunk of cave rock, say no to Uncut Gems and say "slip it in" to White Fire.
(seriously... Uncut Gems wasn't really all that, y'all that. falls into the category that Joker falls into; a "real" movie for people who don't watch "real" movies.)
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