tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post718024060731838160..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: A Little Praise for NETFLIX: HighwaymenDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-12571983996309910072019-04-08T22:06:01.189-04:002019-04-08T22:06:01.189-04:00They don't make 'em like that anymore.They don't make 'em like that anymore.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-23258452778065202292019-04-08T19:33:21.377-04:002019-04-08T19:33:21.377-04:00Stephen Hunter, in one of his later books G-Man w...Stephen Hunter, in one of his later books G-Man writes pages about the Colt Monitor. Worth your time to read it (and anything by Stephen Hunter). johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18152665518613925024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-13058621377150393282019-04-08T19:11:17.591-04:002019-04-08T19:11:17.591-04:00It wasn't 3000 rounds per minute, it was 3000 ...It wasn't 3000 rounds per minute, it was 3000 feet per second - near enough (for the movies, at least...) to actual 30-06 velocities.<br />I liked the film - 106 days on the road would have been, in the main, hard, boring, work. That was portrayed without rubbing your face in it, and all made the movie more believable.Rafternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-42548449955322951082019-04-08T14:23:24.863-04:002019-04-08T14:23:24.863-04:00"Ma" Ferguson and her hubby and chief ad..."Ma" Ferguson and her hubby and chief adviser "Pa" were more interesting and a good bit more sophisticated than they are usually given credit for. She was the first elected female governor, although her husband (a former impeached governor) was pretty much the co-governor. (He couldn't hold any public office under his own name after being impeached ... sigh. Texas has always conducted politics with brass knuckles...)<br />But they were anti-Prohibition - and more. I wrote about them here.<br /><br /> "As part of her first campaign, Ma Ferguson promised an anti-mask law, targeting the Klan, making it illegal for any so-called secret society to allow members to appear masked or disguised in public. KKK membership in Texas dropped precipitously and continued to drop; whether Team Ferguson’s activities had anything to do with it, or they were shrewd and farsighted enough to see the trend and get aboard is a matter of contention for specialist historians. Still – for a couple who were and probably are still dismissed as a pair of rubes, they chose to oppose one of the stupidest but most well-meant popular social efforts of the early 20th century, and one of stupidest and most brutal organizations as well."<br /><br />http://www.celiahayes.com/archives/2426<br />Celia Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16261103494038415027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-32054028059045939152019-04-06T22:54:47.121-04:002019-04-06T22:54:47.121-04:00I always wanted one of those Colt Automatic Rifles...I always wanted one of those Colt Automatic Rifles.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-3039932598392213052019-04-06T22:53:14.507-04:002019-04-06T22:53:14.507-04:00When I saw the trailer and what the idiot filmmake...When I saw the trailer and what the idiot filmmakers had done to history, I refused to go see it.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-21889442008981084212019-04-06T22:52:16.681-04:002019-04-06T22:52:16.681-04:00That whole underground/subway scene ruined much of...That whole underground/subway scene ruined much of the film. It was beyond idiotic.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-90223012113565692682019-04-06T22:17:33.678-04:002019-04-06T22:17:33.678-04:00Did you see the subway scene in finest hour? Winst...Did you see the subway scene in finest hour? Winston Churchill was bucked up by a black Londoner. Wrong on so many levels.Sidvicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-35162218229491951982019-04-06T22:00:37.453-04:002019-04-06T22:00:37.453-04:00And Isaac Asimov fanAnd Isaac Asimov fanSidvicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-31215555657053820892019-04-06T21:58:52.991-04:002019-04-06T21:58:52.991-04:00I know I became envious.I know I became envious.Sidvicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-16379203903143593002019-04-06T21:55:59.619-04:002019-04-06T21:55:59.619-04:00I've identified the real gun nut the comment s...I've identified the real gun nut the comment section.Sidvicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-58109655209930845922019-04-06T21:53:16.916-04:002019-04-06T21:53:16.916-04:00It might be a little too racy for a strait-laced o...It might be a little too racy for a strait-laced old Catholic like you but Game of Thrones on HBO is excellent. GwrightSidvicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-58510626944440784162019-04-06T16:49:19.706-04:002019-04-06T16:49:19.706-04:00Worse than the sassy black, lesbian detectives is ...Worse than the sassy black, lesbian detectives is the historical "revisionism". Mary Queen of Scots-- who knew that 16th century Scotlan was full of blacks and homosexuals in the oh, so catholic Mary's intinmate circle? It was so blatant that it was jarring.<br />DelilahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-80968758359165547392019-04-06T12:37:09.538-04:002019-04-06T12:37:09.538-04:00Took your advice. Enjoyed it. Thought both lead ...Took your advice. Enjoyed it. Thought both lead actors were spot on. Agree with the comments re: the PC nature of Netflix offerings. However, not at the point of leaving (even though they just raised their monthly fee) as there are still good choices available and the offerings on cable (I've got all the premium channels - its only money) are no better. Mr D you have a great blog and your insights are invariably the most incisive to be found on the internet. Thanks for taking the time to communicate with us.BlackjohnXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-68650989234990759582019-04-06T12:35:02.626-04:002019-04-06T12:35:02.626-04:00I signed up to watch Doc Martin, the only TV serie...I signed up to watch Doc Martin, the only TV series I have ever watched. I understand that Netflix does not carry it now.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70565683000831811032019-04-06T12:32:55.174-04:002019-04-06T12:32:55.174-04:00Costner's only good movie, thus far, is "...Costner's only good movie, thus far, is "Bull Durham" and that is because he was a college baseball player,. I have Hamer's biography, "My name is Frank Hamer." He was the real deal and had been shot over 20 times. He was the man Coke Stevenson selected to go to San Antonio with him to examine ballots in the 1948 Senate race with LBJ. Abe Fortas got to Harry Blackman first and the effort was wasted.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-91646296435992665742019-04-06T03:44:44.072-04:002019-04-06T03:44:44.072-04:00I will even suggest one. Pulsing purple pumpernick...I will even suggest one. Pulsing purple pumpernickel. Actually working pulsing purple into anyting should work.Sidvicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-28231885902870585132019-04-05T23:24:11.629-04:002019-04-05T23:24:11.629-04:00Thanks for the tip Dip.
Watched Highmen last nigh...Thanks for the tip Dip.<br /><br />Watched Highmen last night and thoroughly enjoyed it.<br /><br />That was one hell of an armoury Costner bought near the start of the show.David from Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-30060033669542960292019-04-05T21:53:10.108-04:002019-04-05T21:53:10.108-04:00Hey consider coming up with a nom de guerre. Comme...Hey consider coming up with a nom de guerre. Comments are good and I want to be able to follow them. Just type it in under reply as name URLSidvicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-24301083191188994572019-04-05T18:24:54.823-04:002019-04-05T18:24:54.823-04:00That was a truly interesting book. Second the reco...That was a truly interesting book. Second the recommendation.ColoCommentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-62923683501673359662019-04-05T15:54:19.728-04:002019-04-05T15:54:19.728-04:00Ah, yes, my wife has the same complaint about me. ...Ah, yes, my wife has the same complaint about me. She can see me fidgeting when the all-woman SWAT unit shows up, or the gravely-voiced lesbian lead detective figures out what the dopey straight white men could not . . .DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-72598941624706136702019-04-05T09:20:14.946-04:002019-04-05T09:20:14.946-04:00I've been looking forward to this movie. I al...I've been looking forward to this movie. I also watch for Bollywood, that's some interesting stuff there.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-34116970672504414852019-04-05T03:40:47.435-04:002019-04-05T03:40:47.435-04:00"much if not most NETFLIX programming, nevert..."much if not most NETFLIX programming, nevertheless, remains very PC/prog oriented. Is nearly every senior British, American, or Swedish police detective a black, lesbian single mom?"<br /><br />For a refreshing point of view, take a look at "Still Game" on Netflix. Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill paint a decidedly un-PC picture of pensioners' life in modern Scotland. Definitely not the sort of thing we get fed on PBS.Mike Andersonhttps://therandomtexan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-74912767896572196042019-04-05T02:08:54.587-04:002019-04-05T02:08:54.587-04:00Well, Dip, I watched Highwaymen tonight, perhaps a...Well, Dip, I watched Highwaymen tonight, perhaps at your rec. I quite enjoyed it, especially the gorgeous photography and the portrayals of life in the 30's.<br />Still not a great Costner fan, though he seemed to move beyond his usual monotone in this one -- good on him.Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325242192349471168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-68700603244614681792019-04-05T02:03:42.234-04:002019-04-05T02:03:42.234-04:00Clyde Barrow, not exactly the best thing to come o...Clyde Barrow, not exactly the best thing to come out of West Allis, WI. SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.com