Saturday Matinee continues with Depths of the Earth, Chapter 2, in Columbia Pictures’ 15-part series that introduced Superman, the Man of Steel, to the Silver Screen. Scroll back to 7-14-12 on the Call Me Stormy blog to catch Chapter 1, Superman Comes to Earth. Join us again next Saturday for another episode in this classic, cliff-hanging series.
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The Great Wall of China. The Pyramids at Giza. Mount Rushmore. All stand as evidence of President Obama’s axiom: “You didn’t build that.” H/T Moonbattery
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After Jaws made a huge splash in 1977, Hollywood rushed to release a slew of movies that copied Jaws‘ formula for success — deadly animals running amok and terrorizing entire towns. Today’s Trillion Dollar Movie was one of the first, and best, of these Jaws wannabes. Set in the parched deserts of Arizona, Kingdom of the Spiders stars William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling and Woody Strode, but the real attraction: More than 5,000 live, creepy, crawling tarantulas unleashed to attack cows, dogs and humans by spider wrangler Jim Brockett.
Shatner portrays cowboy veterinarian Rack Hansen, working in concert with entomologist Diane Ashley (Bolling), to exterminate the threat posed by the super-venomous, eco-freak spiders. Shatner fits the role to a tee. He gets to ride a horse, lasso a lady and, in a hair-raising display of bravado, endure an eight-legged arachnid scampering on his cheeks. Bolling, the sexy blonde from the drive-in hit Candy Snatchers, demonstrates even more resolve.
The suspense builds to a fever-pitch as the story progresses, ending on a truly chilling note. This is a B-movie, but a well-made one, directed by John “Bud” Carlos, whose father ran Grauman’s Egyptian and Chinese theaters. Come back next Friday for another Trillion ($) Movie.
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Barack Obama said something stunning. He thinks that government is responsible for private sector success, not individual initiative and hard work. This doesn’t surprise Bill Whittle, who reminds viewers that Obama was surrounded by socialists growing up, and even started his political career in the living room of a radical, violent socialist. See a detailed history of Barack Obama’s left-wing background, on this Afterburner. H/T PJTV
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Under the auspices of the Science Channel, the cast and creators of Firefly reunite for a panel celebrating the show’s 10th anniversary. From all appearances, the event was the highlight of last weekend’s Comic-Con in San Diego.
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Our good friend, blogger Zilla from Zilla of the Resistance, writes today about a vicious campaign that’s been directed against The Lonely Conservative, a mother and conservative blogger from the blue state of New York, ever since she won a Political Moms blogging contest. Because darkness hates the light, we are joining the blogroll calling out this disgraceful campaign, involving acts of identity theft and some truly vile forms of harassment. Read all of the sordid details here: http://marezilla.com/2012/07/because-darkness-hates-the-light-roll-call/
And, to The Lonely Conservative, rest assured, you’ll never walk alone. H/T Gerry & The Pacemakers.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, calls for limits on the First Amendment during a July 16 speech on the Senate floor. The purpose of Schumer’s address: To pimp his DISCLOSE ACT, aimed at restricting corporations from making financial contributions to political PACs, ostensibly in the name of transparency.
What’s wrong with Schumer’s push? He’s a fraud who didn’t raise any stink whatsoever when Obama outspent McCain, $770 million to $322 million, in the 2008 election. Nor has Schumer objected in the slightest to the more than $500 million spent by global tycoon George Soros to construct an echo chamber of non-profit organizations engaged in secretive, Astroturf efforts to influence the outcome of US elections.
Chuck is only squawking now because the GOP PACs are beginning to outpace their Democratic counterparts in attracting corporate funds, and so, feeling the pinch, he wants to chip away at the First Amendment. Sorry, buddy, but if your party is patently anti-capitalist, and you thus see diminishing donations from businesses, that’s just the way the cookie crumbles. Your expedient needs and extremist agenda hardly justify undermining liberties we have enjoyed in America for more than 200 years.
Even the ACLU understands the dangers posed by the DISCLOSE ACT, opposing it on the grounds that it “would inflict unnecessary damage to free speech rights and does not include the proper safeguards to protect Americans’ privacy.” Chuck, get serious, dude. Stop screaming fire.
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George “Storm” DiCostanza and Paul Sabourin, with help from a few friends, implore fantasy author George R.R. Martin to “write like the wind” and finish his Game of Thrones books. Formerly with the a cappella group Da Vinci’s Notebook, DiCostanza and Sabourin hail from Arlington, Virginia. They’ve carved out a niche for themselves in the realm of nerd musical comedy, achieving great success with their WookieeLeaks project, employing Twitter to reveal secrets from Star Wars. H/T IMAO
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Bill Whittle of Firewall is proud to present just a few of the 1001 REASONS TO VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA. At least, he thinks he is. Hang on a sec — there might be a misprint in there somewhere…H/T Instapundit
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What happens to cities when they become overly dependent on one industry to survive, and that industry falls victim to increasing foreign competition and unsustainable union demands? Here are portraits of two Midwest cities — Detroit, Michigan, and Gary, Indiana — that once were teeming metropolises but now are struggling to fend off urban blight and decay. Detroit is seen through the prism of Burn, a new documentary that showcases firefighters dealing with an explosion of arson in the Motor City. The report on Gary is from RT, a Russian TV network with worldwide bureaus, including some here in the United States. H/T Moonbattery and Riehl World View
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