Just landed.
A 9-hour flight from Paris to Miami.
Watched 4 movies.
Review:
1) American Sniper: everything was good about the movie - except the movie.
It was as though it was intended to be the most clichéd movie ever, from dialogue to action sequences.
The only thing that saved the movie was the actual story behind the movie. The sacrifice those who serve make.
The horrors they go through.
The difficulty to reintegrate.
But the movie was just awful. From beginning (with the awful acting and dialogue of the bar scene) to middle (with the fake baby doll and Cooper trying to wiggle the fingers to make the doll look like a baby) to the end - where they skip over the compounded tragedy of not even endeavoring to explore another broken veteran with PTSD / schizophrenia killing the American Sniper.
Just an end-screen caption.
The movie did nothing to serve justice to the true story.
2) The Beekeeper: John Wick meets phone scammers. Just awful. And for some reason, every bad guy in this movie - about phone scammers - is a young white male.
Yeah. 40 minutes in and I’m turning it off.
Jason Statham. An actor with the character depth of a one-key piano.
A movie as unfunny, and unexciting, and unoriginal as a one-key piano,
Ok I gave it 5 more minutes and then realized the old guy was Jeremy Irons.
Ok, I’m out. After a women villain in a link jacket with a Tommy gun get burned to death and Statham cuts her finger off like it was the cake in an episode of “is it cake”?
It’s not just a John Wick remix. They threw in an excessive dose of DEI.
Ok I skipped to the last 5 minutes. Statham escapes in a scuba suit.
Thanks goodness I saved 50 minutes on a 9-hour flight.
3) Le Routard (The Rookie Guide). French movie about a guy who decides to travel the world but realizes he doesn’t know how to travel. He gets a job for a globetrotter magazine and a whacky adventure ensues.
Fun, a little silly on some of the slapstick comedy. But a vicarious trip through Marakesh.
4) Sinners: I liked it better when it was called “From Dusk to Dawn”, Except I didn’t like From Dusk to Dawn either.
This movie that is technically well done, but utterly offensive.
It starts off as a Mississippi time-piece about to brothers coming back from Chicago to start a blues house in the delta.
After overran hour, it suddenly turns into a vampire zombie movie about white vampires killing the black party attendees / turning them into vampires.
They even had a scene where the white guys with blood on their mouthes were dancing an Irish jig
It’s the most offensive piece of racist trash I have ever seen and I want the 2 hours and 17 minutes of my life back.
It’s impossible to describe how bad this movie is.
Everyone involved in making this movie should go to jail.
Race baiting trash is what this movie is,
Unless I misunderstood something.
back.
See you all tomorrow!
The drone show was pretty cool. I think they missed out on some performance elements. Music so we didn't hear the humming, and a grand finale, but it was pretty cool.
I did a quick hit on Richard Syrette yesterday. Gotta keep Canadians apprised of the U.S. madness.
How do you see it from your perspective? Where do you think it is trending over the next year? Give your feedback in the replies below.
There’s not even a baseball game to watch! En route back to Sunny, flat Florida.
I don’t know why, but I’ve been getting literally the last row on every plane I’ve been flying for the last little while. This time I was lucky to find an empty window seat. We flew ove Mont Blanc.
The landscape is simply magnificent. But no more magnificent than America.
Europe simply does not function like America. Both have their pros and cons, but I prefer the American pace and the American attitude.
I am flipping exhausted. The event was amazing. I sincerely think I understand Bitcoin better now. Not to the point of becoming a zealot or a proselytizer. I think I understand the uniqueness of it, it’s potential, and the risks.
It was great hanging with the Rumble team. Rumble is making history. It feels nice to be a small part of that.
See you all tomorrow! Getting ready for a 9+ hour flight. Not really looking forward to it, but at least I can watch some movies.
Godspeed, and enjoy this picture!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Art of the Day: Honore Daumier
B. Wisdom of the Day: Hubris of Empire
C. Cultural Recommendation: The War That Ended Peace
D. Appearances
II. THE EVIDENCE
A. Daily News of Interest
B. Daily Deep Dive: Recession Risk
C. Cases of Consequence
III. THE CLOSING ARGUMENT: Wisdom from the Board on AI
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Art of the Day
B. Wisdom of the Day
C. Cultural Recommendation
D. Appearances
II. THE EVIDENCE
A. Daily News of Interest: Curated from the Barnes Library
B. Daily Deep Dive: Budapest or No?
C. Cases of Consequence
III. THE CLOSING ARGUMENT: The Message of Mamdani
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Art of the Day
The tall French doors, the sunlight slipping in amidst the shadows, the desk with files stacked, the overcoat and old school hat, awaiting thought or observing contemplatively, the true gentleman appears ready to soon take action in a time where men were men.
B. Wisdom of the Day
“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.” Otto von Bismarck.
C. Cultural Recommendation
Surviving Hitler in St. Petersburg, a documentary detailing the shock and horror of the Great War, a generational-defining experience for Putin’s own parents.
D. Appearances
II. THE EVIDENCE
*Note: A reminder — links are NOT endorsements of the ideas contained therein. The Library is big, and it mostly consists of ideas I do not personally share.
A. Daily News of Interest
*Bonus: Trans agenda origins.
B. Daily Deep Dive: China Trade War
*Bonus: China debt bubble.
C. Cases of Consequence
*Bonus: More Ukraine property right violations. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/m.s.l-tov-v-ukraine-echr-jugment.pdf
