December 12, 2020 | by Eriс
Sliding Into War
It’s an early morning hour, just after midnight. We couldn’t sleep for some reason. Read the news. And they are not that great at the moment. There will be no judicial process resolving fraudulent election results. Every court, including the Supreme Court of the United States had rejected lawsuits related to the important matter at hand. They all rejected it on technicalities, despite overwhelming voluminous indisputable evidence that major cheating took place. Not one of them looked at the evidence. NOT ONE.
How do you get justice here? You go to court. But you cannot get justice when the courthouse doors are locked and no one will accept your complaint. So, you would be standing there – dismayed, confused and angry. Your belief in the system is shaken, because the justice route is not for you. None of courts wanted to be involved in politics. Or they have reasons they wouldn’t explain to the public. This only means that politics will get involved with them.
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December 10, 2020 | by Eriс
American Revolution of the Year 2020 and beyond
Unless you were hiding under a rock someplace or went into winter hibernation, you cannot not notice the events unfolding in front of our own eyes. American Presidential elections of November 3, 2020 have transformed the country. We are largely in the state of hectic agitation now. First it was disbelief, then frustration, followed by rising tempers. As of this writing, lots of people are getting angrier and angrier with existing, and very dysfunctional political and social order. What was as solid as a rock for generations is coming apart at the seams. We are no political scientists, but it becomes very obvious that
December 9, 2020 | by Eriс
Hey, NASDAQ – WTF?
On the second day of December 2020, NASDAQ, that is the American stock exchange, second most powerful after NYSE, made a demand of every company listed there. It wants them to “include on their boards at least one woman and one person from an underrepresented racial minority or someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender-queer, or identifies with the myriad of sexual identities activists include under the rubric of “LGBTQ+.”
This is a great leap forward in how business is conducted. Listed companies must meet this move with standing ovations. They were waiting for this with baited breath. Well, probably NOT!
We openly wonder who got to NASDAQ. What “minority” group came in and made them an offer they couldn’t refuse? Was it the Social Justice Warriors, BLM or some gay/lesbian organization? Or was it some of the largest firms and corporations in America, who preached “Woke”?
(more…)December 8, 2020 | by Eriс
White Actors Need Not Apply. Reverse Racism in Hollywood. Part 3
We took the liberty of randomly selecting some famous people fit to be in movies (and many had already been portrayed in films): Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Elis Presley, Mother Theresa, Mata Hari, Christopher Columbus. Ask yourself: how many could be played by an actor or actress of another race? And the answer is simple – none. The history of the world, until very recently, has been a story of a white man; his failures and victories. In many ways it still is. Nothing to do with prejudice. It’s just the history of the world, folks. Can Hollywood invent an alternate, say, black Christopher Columbus? They could if they want to. Any truth to it? Not one bit.
So where are we going with this? Anyone in this industry can do what they want. Studios can approve of any screenplays and actors can certainly play any parts they choose or are being chosen for. And may their creative talents shine brightly and win them public recognition and, ultimately, the Oscars. The color of their skin matters not.
It becomes an issue when ‘quotation norms’ develop into accepted standards; when good people are being discriminated against in the name of ‘racial diversity’. When the word is out that ‘white men need not apply’. When someone is selected not for talent, but for color of his or her skin. When raising voice in protection of one’s dignity makes one an instant outcast and an unemployable racist of record. That is clear discrimination. We desire to see people practicing this vile ideology fall on their asses and lose everything. These subversive plots should have no place in our society. We must vote with our wallets. That gets the message across.
(more…)December 5, 2020 | by Eriс
White Actors Need Not Apply. Reverse Racism in Hollywood. Part 2
Someone in the industry we spoke to told us the Academy made a smart move by codifying existing status quo and nothing is going to change for the majority of studio operations. That announcement puts them out of critics’ reach. Yet it shows us the trend of where Hollywood is going. The new Oscar rules can be challenged in courts, as laws don’t allow anything resembling percentage quotas in the work environment.
Let us not bore you much more with these industry details. They can sort it all out themselves, maybe. We, the public, know little (and cynically care little, too) of all of these happenings. Let’s leave the Hollywood movie-making lots alone for now. We, the moviegoers, the video watches, actors’ fans and groupies are the people who ultimately determine if a film is a ravishing success or a dismal failure. Our likes and dollars make or break the studio budgets, affect how they award Oscars, propel actors into stardom and sell merchandise.
“If it works, don’t fix it”. That old adage nicely sums up age-old wisdom. When something you got is functional, reliable and makes you money, don’t fiddle with it. The end-result is rarely what you would expect. In our opinion, Hollywood is killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. We are not about to tell anyone how to run their business, but questions remain. They hire less experienced personnel to do movie production only because they are black or members of ‘underrepresented’ minorities; kick out the actors and producers who made them money for many years. Why, but why do they want to screw around with established chains of command, with bankable stars, dedicated personnel that guarantees studio projects would be completed on time and on budget? What drives the big bosses into taking such risky steps? They are cynical, fearless, pragmatic business people; they wouldn’t do it on a whim or bend to anyone’s demands easily. There are very cold calculations behind all of this.
(more…)December 1, 2020 | by Eriс
White Actors Need Not Apply. Reverse Racism in Hollywood. Part 1
We’ve been itching to write about Hollywood. They are the people that create the “movie magic” for the entire world and are synonymous with American culture. The place is a powerful center of soft American influence on the planet and one grand moneymaker. Hollywood is the face of America to the world.
A true New York story: First-time guests from faraway land, staying with us, once looked out the window onto a quiet street and exclaimed: “Where are the screeching police cars, gang shootouts, fires and explosions? The roving helicopters overhead? Is this the real America?” We both had a hearty laugh, but it illustrates one important point – people around the globe subconsciously see us through film, made in Hollywood.
If anyone resembles “royalty and nobility” in the USA (officially we have none), it would be Hollywood’s rich and famous, actors and producers, eagerly followed on social media by millions of people. It is a well oiled, 50 billion dollar a year machine, an industry where production risks pay back handsomely at the box office. Occasionally they make mistakes, lose money on a flop of a movie, but always find a way to recoup their losses. The general public, of which we are a part, have little knowledge of how the deals are made; what hoops actors of all calibers have to jump through to get the picture parts. But we watch the movies and all of it matters little when we walk away shaken and oftentimes a bit wiser, thanks to the magic of moving images.
(more…)November 24, 2020 | by Eriс
U.S. President Donald J. Trump: The Darkest Hour
The Darkest Hour. Remember the movie of the same name? It was about the United Kingdom, waging a lonesome fight against Hitler’s Germany, in the early days of WW II; desperate for anyone’s support.
The parallels are undeniable. The darkest hour of America. This is how we would describe the state of the nation and the U.S. presidency, following the elections. Donald J. Trump is waging a lonesome fight against the party of evil. At this time, a larger part of our country (75% Republicans and 30% Democrats) believes the elections were stolen. That’s a lot of people. There is some serious discontent brewing under the surface. People on both sides of the aisle are anticipating trouble. No matter who’s declared a winner, the other side isn’t going to be happy. In fact, they would be very unhappy. When Biden is declared a winner, we would most likely have an armed revolt against the usurper. If Trump wins, BLM, Antifa, anarchists and some very miserable lefties and liberals would use the occasion to unleash violence on our streets, around the country.
(more…)November 15, 2020 | by Eriс
What the Future Holds. Part II. November 2020 Version
We shall continue with our vision for the future of this country. Political upheaval, brewing for the longest time created conditions transforming America in ways not imagined even few years ago. Put it together and the timeline comes out as: Donald Trump elected as US President; Democrats transformed from a political party into a gang bent on removing him from power; black-on-white racist theories propagated by the liberal press; COVID; Floyd the Thug dies; BLM and Antifa, riots and looting; lies, lies, lies and continued censorship of the conservative voices by the Big Tech and MSM, 2020 Presidential elections, voting fraud and legal challenges that continue today.
A lot is happening now that inevitably stays with us as we move forward. Large sections of American society are being transformed from complacent citizens who cared about politics periodically – at local and presidential elections only – into a large chorus of conservative voices that feel very angry when their rights are being violated and their freedoms are restricted. The entire country is up in arms, literally, yet maintains its cool, awaiting the outcome of the voting fraud court challenges by the Republican Party. What was once within a domain of marginal political theories about government corruption, globalists, ‘deep state’ challenging the Trump presidency is now entirely a mainstream popular agenda, fully embraced. The people know.
(more…)November 14, 2020 | by Eriс
What the Future Holds, Part I. November 2020 Version
We have no crystal ball to be used for a look at the future. Like everyone else, we observe the events around us, read the thoughts people share online; glean over the news articles of interest and try imaging where this country is going with elections, COVID epidemics; general discontent about so many things that engulf our lives.
Very humbly, we want to look into the near future and speak of what we see in store for America. You may agree or disagree with our line of thinking, as the world around us now becomes highly polarized.
Well, here we go. The future begins today.
A COVID epidemic was and is a double-edged sword. It uprooted our lives as few things can. It also accelerated us into new directions. Gone are many familiar businesses, services and conveniences we enjoyed for many years. Gone are the freedoms to travel, to eat out, to shop in person, familiar ways of conducting one’s affairs – in work, study and meeting others; a lot of real life events have moved online and switched to remote access. Plenty of it shall stay in that form, accelerating our transitions from real to virtual; whenever necessary, more convenient and economically feasible. Business centers are standing empty in towns and cities around the country. Many will continue to be vacant for a long time.
(more…)November 12, 2020 | by Eriс
Beyond the Biden Era
While our self-proclaimed President-elect and his supporters continue to celebrate their brief, amazingly honest victory in the Presidential elections of 2020, the rest of the country is a bit less festive. Joe Biden and his cohort Kamala Harris (or is it the other way around?) have big plans for this place. While the description of their aspirations can be found elsewhere on the internet, the significance of their temporary ‘reign’ is not about them, but in who they would attempt to bring into the ‘ruling class’ of the United States, as our future policy makers. As the old saying goes ‘the king is made by his entourage’. Indeed, a man or a woman is judged by the company they keep.
Criminal Democratic Party is bad company.
Characters like avowed socialist Bernie Sanders are clamoring for jobs in the new administration. BLM leaders shamelessly claim it was them who brought Biden votes of the entire black population (~40 million people), which an outright lie. But for their leading role in fires, looting and riots, they want political concessions and influence from our future king-not-to-be.
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