Monday Reads

Queer theory horseshit has come to the U.N.  If anybody can be a woman, then nobody can be a woman.  Note nobody EVER asks about what it means to be a man.  ONLY about women because these screwed-up and perverted dudes hate women.
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Obituary:  Well-known actor Max von Sydow, 90, known for his appearances of films directed by the overrated Ingmar Bergman, has died.

He made his American debut in the role of Jesus Christ in George Stevens’ turgid 1965 epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told” and went on to make strong impressions with audiences in “The Exorcist,” Woody Allen’s “Hannah and Her Sisters,” David Lynch’s “Dune,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Hawaii,” “Conan the Barbarian” and “Awakenings.”

Von Sydow worked for other Scandinavian directors as well, drawing an Oscar nomination for his role in Bille August’s “Pelle the Conqueror” and starring in Jan Troell’s acclaimed two-part epic “The Emigrants” and “The New Land.”

Most recently, the actor starred in “Game of Thrones” as the Three-Eyed Raven. He also appeared in “Kursk: The Last Mission” (2018) and “Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2017). In 2014 he was cast in J.J. Abrams’ continuation of the “Star Wars” saga, “Episode VII — The Force Awakens” as Lor San Tekka.

He made his mark in the Bergman film The Seventh Seal, a movie that was 99.44-percent bullshit.  It didn't kill Max's career, however.
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Perhaps Trump's re-election chances aren't so certain.  Of course, he thinks the tanking of the Dow and the coronavirus are fake news.
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Racehorse Maximum Security's connections are in deep trouble with the feds:

The indictments allege that these individuals sought to improve the performance of their racehorses at home and abroad, in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky and the United Arab Emirates. The indictment explains that by failing to abide by federal statutes and regulations, drugs of an unknown composition were dispensed by non-veterinarians (i.e. racehorse trainers) using methods that could be harmful to the animal and, in extreme cases, cause death; and further endangered the welfare of the animals by masking the ability to feel pain, causing them to over-exert themselves, leading to breakdowns, sometimes catastrophic.

“Today’s unsealing of four indictments for widespread doping of racehorses is the largest ever of its kind from the Department of Justice,” said Geoffrey S. Berman, Manhattan U.S. Attorney. “These defendants engaged in this conduct not for the love of the sport, and certainly not out of concern for the horses, but for money. And it was the racehorses that paid the price for the defendants’ greed. The care and respect due to the animals competing, as well as the integrity of racing, are matters of deep concern to the people of this District and to this Office.”

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Did Robert Durst kill his dogs, all named Igor, as practice before killing his first wife Kathie?
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