GENE WILDER’S BEST JOKE. Just click.

IT’S COME TO THIS: The Transgender Community’s Ridiculous Crusade against Acting — “If every actor had to share his character’s life experience, the film industry would die.”

Haven't seen em all but here's a list: The post 10 Most Emotional Movie Scenes of All Time [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News.

I HAVE seen all of THIS list: The post Top 10 Funniest Movie Moments appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News.

JOURNALISM: NY Times Critic Pans Show After Accidentally Watching First Two Episodes Out of Order.

I'm sure this is only a partiallist:  Celebrities who promised to move to Canada if Trump were elected.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED: WikiLeaks exposes Democratic smear campaign against Jeff Sessions.

JOHN DANIEL DAVIDSON: Why the Mainstream Media Can’t Hold Trump Accountable.

Ultimately it’s really the peoples’ job to hold politicians accountable; all the press needs to do is report fairly. When they won’t or can’t, as Donald Trump pointed out yesterday, the people and politicians will turn to other outlets.

Morning musing.  Have you heard about the UCSF study which the media has announced finds that "manscaping and tending to the lady garden" leads to a higher incidence of STI. 

I recently did a study and discovered that daily prayer actualy leads to a LOWER rate of STI occurance.  My subjects were Catholic nuns .... and pornstars.  And among those who pray daily have a statistically significant reduced rate of contracting STI.

Because ..... SCIENCE!  (insert Thomas Dolby sound clip here.)

Not TOUCHING the latest SJW article claiming the whole thing is gay, although even at SIX I knew Hermie was a little light in the loafers.

Started off the entire Rankin/Bass Christmas show empire.  They also took a stab at Halloween.  Just as bad.  And here's a graph from the inestimable James Lileks on the subject:

You know, when we were kids, we never quite got the “misfit” angle for the little gay dentist in the Rudolph special. He was a non-conformist. This idea started in the 50s, which was never as conformist as people seem to think, and became a high holy idea in the 60s, when non-conformity became its own form of conforming. The ultimate lesson of the Rudolph special was how old institutions could accept non-conformists of all sorts, and prosper.

Because if Hermy hadn’t run away with Rudolph, they would have never tamed the Abominable, who put the star on top of the Christmas tree.

But think about that. Santa’s business is Christmas; he runs a sophisticated industrial operation. He can’t figure out a way to get a star on top of a tree? That never happened before a monster with a bloody empty tooth socket showed up? Everything would have been better if Rudolph hadn’t run away, making everyone sick with worry. But Hermie and Rudolph took everyone’s attention from the job at hand because they decided that they were Misfits and non-conformists, and this made them feel entitled to break the norms.

Ah, you say, if they hadn’t run away, the Bumble would have remained a fearsome monster. Maybe. He had a bum tooth. It’s likely it would have developed an abcess and become infected, and he would have died raving of sepsis.

Ah, you say, but they wouldn’t have found the Island of Misfit Toys, and the Misfit Toys wouldn’t have been delivered for Christmas. Perhaps. But who made those toys? Santa’s workshop. It was obvious there was some deal between him and the Lion guy. Look, these toys didn’t work out, and unlike most of the stuff I make they’re self-aware. I need you to just . . . look after them, okay?

Can I be a king? I want to be the King of this Island!

Uh - sure. You’re the King of the island.

And I want to be known as Moonracer!

Sid, come on.

King Moonracer!

Okay, but that’s not what it’s going to say on your W-2.

How does it happen that the defective toys are suddenly good to be delivered? And doesn’t the horrible snowstorm suggest that maybe the NORTH FARGIN’ POLE wasn’t the smartest place to set up shop?

In previous years I’ve written about the show’s portrayal of Santa; he’s just a jerk. His employees get together to sing their fealty and he can barely keep awake; one of his star employees has a baby and he shows up in their barren home to sing a song about himself. We never saw that when we were kids, because he was Santa, and Santa was Great. But we did understand that there was something special about Yukon Cornelius - something that made you feel amused and secure, because he probably had a gun, and if worse came to worse he could drive that pick into the Bumble’s eyeball. He was the non-conformist, but he hewed to many archaic roles. That cheerful red-haired pick-licker was the only one you could really depend upon.

We'll give it a 3 out of 10 for old-time's sake.

Not TOUCHING the latest SJW article claiming the whole thing is gay, although even at SIX I knew Hermie was a little light in the loafers.

Started off the entire Rankin/Bass Christmas show empire.  They also took a stab at Halloween.  Just as bad.  And here's a graph from the inestimable James Lileks on the subject:

You know, when we were kids, we never quite got the “misfit” angle for the little gay dentist in the Rudolph special. He was a non-conformist. This idea started in the 50s, which was never as conformist as people seem to think, and became a high holy idea in the 60s, when non-conformity became its own form of conforming. The ultimate lesson of the Rudolph special was how old institutions could accept non-conformists of all sorts, and prosper.

Because if Hermy hadn’t run away with Rudolph, they would have never tamed the Abominable, who put the star on top of the Christmas tree.

But think about that. Santa’s business is Christmas; he runs a sophisticated industrial operation. He can’t figure out a way to get a star on top of a tree? That never happened before a monster with a bloody empty tooth socket showed up? Everything would have been better if Rudolph hadn’t run away, making everyone sick with worry. But Hermie and Rudolph took everyone’s attention from the job at hand because they decided that they were Misfits and non-conformists, and this made them feel entitled to break the norms.

Ah, you say, if they hadn’t run away, the Bumble would have remained a fearsome monster. Maybe. He had a bum tooth. It’s likely it would have developed an abcess and become infected, and he would have died raving of sepsis.

Ah, you say, but they wouldn’t have found the Island of Misfit Toys, and the Misfit Toys wouldn’t have been delivered for Christmas. Perhaps. But who made those toys? Santa’s workshop. It was obvious there was some deal between him and the Lion guy. Look, these toys didn’t work out, and unlike most of the stuff I make they’re self-aware. I need you to just . . . look after them, okay?

Can I be a king? I want to be the King of this Island!

Uh - sure. You’re the King of the island.

And I want to be known as Moonracer!

Sid, come on.

King Moonracer!

Okay, but that’s not what it’s going to say on your W-2.

How does it happen that the defective toys are suddenly good to be delivered? And doesn’t the horrible snowstorm suggest that maybe the NORTH FARGIN’ POLE wasn’t the smartest place to set up shop?

In previous years I’ve written about the show’s portrayal of Santa; he’s just a jerk. His employees get together to sing their fealty and he can barely keep awake; one of his star employees has a baby and he shows up in their barren home to sing a song about himself. We never saw that when we were kids, because he was Santa, and Santa was Great. But we did understand that there was something special about Yukon Cornelius - something that made you feel amused and secure, because he probably had a gun, and if worse came to worse he could drive that pick into the Bumble’s eyeball. He was the non-conformist, but he hewed to many archaic roles. That cheerful red-haired pick-licker was the only one you could really depend upon.

We'll give it a 3 out of 10 for old-time's sake.

Question:  If someone makes a legislative proposal to change, alter or amend an existing piece of legislation, does that mean they want to end it?  I realize that the "repeal and replace" movement wants to end Obamacare but I'm thinking a tad smaller.  Some on the right call attempts to restrict gun ownership "doing away with" the 2nd  Amendment.  Too much?  Itend to think so. Now, on to the links.

He was against it before he was for it: Trump to Support Nationwide Concealed Carry.although I'm more in favor of reciprocity at the state level.

ALWAYS BE CARRYING: Good Guy with a Gun Kills Perp Beating a Cop.  Do the colors matter?

ALSO: Pizza shop customer shoots 2 robbers, killing 1.

in case there are any that read me!   IF YOU’RE SO SCARED, STOP SCREAMING AND TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR OWN SAFETY: A Handy Guide For Liberals Who Are Suddenly Interested In Gun Ownership.

 SHOOTING WITH KNIVES IS THE NEW COOL THING: Ohio State Stabbing.  Seriously, people, hoplophobia makes people into idiots.