I have been questioning from the beginning - where is the ACLU? Where are all the lawsuits that should have sprung up immediately when the lockdowns were pushed on us? This explains some of that, thank you. Not encouraging at all but at least this talk explains it a bit.
I appreciate your articles showing all the sudden deaths. Must be emotionally difficult to do those. Sometimes I have to stop reading and return later to finish.
Great podcast with RFK Jr! I can't get over it as well, that the left is hammering the fascist nails into our oligarchic coffin (I would have said Democratic coffin, but I think we lost that a good decade ago).
“The Thing is a thoroughly engaging sci-fi thriller that revolves around an alien entity with the horrifying ability to assimilate living beings. An essential horror experience, The Thing is a fan-favourite of modern audiences as well and many fans revisited it when the pandemic broke out all over the world.
While reflecting on the relevance of the film, Carpenter commented in an interview: “The Thing is a film about an alien—but it can be read as a metaphor for this pandemic, this disease. The appearance of normalcy is all-important for the creature. It wants to imitate perfectly, so no one can tell who’s sick and who’s not.”
Naturally Carpenter will seize on anything that boosts his baby’s status. But he also seems to be doing his bit for directing the public away from “misinfo”:
“The director talked about his own childhood and said that there was an omnipresent climate of scepticism and suspicion now. “In the United States there’s always been a cult of ignorance,” he said. “Always has been, and it’s just the way it is. Somehow it’s in our nature. Some people believe that ignorance is just as good as expertise. And it’s not true, but maybe it seems like freedom,” Carpenter mused.”
So nice to listen to an intelligent, sane conversation for a change. I'm so tired of the fear-mongering on both sides of the issues today.
As ever, great interview.
Great interview, the 30 minutes flew by.
Really enjoyed listening to two of my heroes.....thank you!! :)
Nice interview. I shared with my daughter.
Excellent interview, Mark.
Loved it.
Great stuff! Come on my podcast, Mark: https://mickeyz.substack.com
Thank you for this excellent interview, indeed.
I have been questioning from the beginning - where is the ACLU? Where are all the lawsuits that should have sprung up immediately when the lockdowns were pushed on us? This explains some of that, thank you. Not encouraging at all but at least this talk explains it a bit.
I appreciate your articles showing all the sudden deaths. Must be emotionally difficult to do those. Sometimes I have to stop reading and return later to finish.
Great podcast with RFK Jr! I can't get over it as well, that the left is hammering the fascist nails into our oligarchic coffin (I would have said Democratic coffin, but I think we lost that a good decade ago).
2110. Prostitutes are being maligned over and over. They are not involved in murder and horrific lies.
You are both very decent men. There are so few we get to hear.
I hear all these insults against Robert. I hear nothing but logic and decency. I'm glad I ran across you, Mark.
You guys are the kind of liberals I like. The neo liberal is just a euphemism for fascist.
Another sci-fi horror contagion movie re-appropriated as covid propaganda:
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/john-carpenter-most-hated-film/
“The Thing is a thoroughly engaging sci-fi thriller that revolves around an alien entity with the horrifying ability to assimilate living beings. An essential horror experience, The Thing is a fan-favourite of modern audiences as well and many fans revisited it when the pandemic broke out all over the world.
While reflecting on the relevance of the film, Carpenter commented in an interview: “The Thing is a film about an alien—but it can be read as a metaphor for this pandemic, this disease. The appearance of normalcy is all-important for the creature. It wants to imitate perfectly, so no one can tell who’s sick and who’s not.”
Naturally Carpenter will seize on anything that boosts his baby’s status. But he also seems to be doing his bit for directing the public away from “misinfo”:
“The director talked about his own childhood and said that there was an omnipresent climate of scepticism and suspicion now. “In the United States there’s always been a cult of ignorance,” he said. “Always has been, and it’s just the way it is. Somehow it’s in our nature. Some people believe that ignorance is just as good as expertise. And it’s not true, but maybe it seems like freedom,” Carpenter mused.”