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Peter Johansson
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Writer, reader, sucker for a dog kiss.
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I am so scared right now. If we had any kind of functioning federal government, ICE would have been shut down pending investigation by now. Congress is just fine with all this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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CARNEY, responding to Trump:

“Canada doesn’t live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian.” 🇨🇦
January 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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"America has adopted Putinism as its modus operandi for foreign affairs. So tell me: Why would America not also adopt Putinism in its domestic affairs?"

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This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.” It sounds fierce. It feels righteous. But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless. The Gestapo was a secret police force. No warrants. No courts. No lawyers. And no appeals. People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything. The knock on the door was the sentence. ICE isn’t that. Not even close. ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials. Its agents file reports. They seek warrants. They lose cases. Judges stop them. Lawyers challenge them. Some detainees go home. That’s not tyranny. That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse. You can hate immigration policy. You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad. You can work to have the law changed if you wish. That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do. But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil. You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor. And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize. In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight. This one hasn't yet. It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses. That difference matters. Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history. We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with. And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Happy Tuesday! Today an over-the-top Japanese action/horror film. Enjoy!

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Battle Royale
Japan, 2000. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. 113 minutes, color. Over the operatic strains of the “Dies irae” from Verdi’s Requiem, a military motorcade is rushed by reporters. In one…
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January 20, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Gonna be in Olympia, WA January 31st? Stop on by and say hi, and we'll talk movies!

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January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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13 seconds into tonight's game the Seahawks had all the points they would need.
January 18, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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"Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is a waltz. We shouldn't be singing at the 7th inning stretch. We should be waltzing.
January 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Happy Tuesday! A pair of superhero movies that - for better or worse - changed the way movies tell stories from comic books.

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Avengers: Infinity War/Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War: US, 2018. 149 minutes, color. Avengers: Endgame: US, 2019. 181 minutes, color. Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. There are movies that are essentially “review-p…
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January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Look what @riotgrlerin.bsky.social did to my sweetie! ❤️
January 12, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Happy Tuesday! A more familiar offering today, one that never fails to frighten! Enjoy!

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Alien
UK/US, 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. 117 minutes, color. I didn’t see Alien in theaters when it was released in 1979, and for an excellent reason. I was too chickenshit. An appreciation for…
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January 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Road" came up on my iPod, and it occurred to me, though regional, it's a much better candidate for our national anthem than our current one. Less militaristic, more love. And definitely will get a crowd singing along.
January 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Just finished my 23rd bike ride of December, even with all the rain we got. Proud of myself. That's 266 days cycling for 2025. Of course, the best rides were to and from the dog park last summer with my best girl!
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Happy Tuesday! My first encounter with a Soviet master, from an unlikely source. Enjoy!

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Alexander Nevsky
USSR, 1938. Directed by Sergei Eisenstein. 112 minutes, black and white. Movie recommendations can come from the most unexpected people and places. In the case of Alexander Nevsky, I read about thi…
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December 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Happy Tue- erm, Thursday! Today a bonus essay - Christmas at the movies! Enjoy!

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King Kong (2005)
New Zealand/US, 2005. Directed by Peter Jackson. 187 minutes, color. The 1933 version of King Kong was Peter Jackson’s favorite movie growing up, and after he’d completed his Lord of th…
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December 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Happy Tuesday! A personal story this week; my mother's favorite movie.

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The African Queen
UK/US, 1951. Directed by John Huston. 105 minutes, color. The African Queen is a classic film, made by one of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors and starring two acting icons in American c…
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December 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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This is the time of year when we atheists can identify with Jews. Christians want to tell me the Winter Solstice is my version of Christmas, just as they assign that role to Hannukah for Jews. Actually, my High Holy Day is Opening Day of baseball. Never really got into Winter Solstice.
December 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Happy Tuesday! My favorite movie version of the Robin Hood story; enjoy!

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The Adventures of Robin Hood
US, 1938. Directed by William Keighley and Michael Curtiz. 102 minutes, color. In the history of cinema, there has been no actor who has buckled swash better than Errol Flynn, and the man is at his…
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December 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Nice afternoon in Olympia!
December 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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So, "states' rights" was a lie? This is my shocked face.

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws
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December 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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"Rental Family" - and Brendan Fraser - were both so, so beautiful. I wanted to love them both. But I just couldn't get past the lifetime of abandonment issues being laid on a little girl. The whole film I thought, "there is no chance of this ending well." So I was supposed to accept the fairy tale?
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Happy Tuesday! Last week I wrote about a serious science fiction film. This week, not so much.

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
US, 1984. Directed by W.D. Richter. 102 minutes, color. You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension; for reasons I’ll get int…
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December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Look what I made! Five-Spiced Candied Cashews! And they made my kitchen smell real purdy!
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM