John Masters, Author at Deep Something

War Dogs – A Movie Review

May 17, 2017May 21, 2017 B. John 416 Views 0 Comments Arms Merchant, Bradley Cooper, Comedy, David Packouz, Drama, Gregg Weiner, Gun Running, Guy Lawson, Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz, Todd Phillips

Two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military – a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events.

Culture Movies

Arrival — A Movie Review

December 7, 2016June 14, 2017 B. John 410 Views 0 Comments Amy Adams, Dennis Villeneuve, Drama, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team – led by expert linguist Louise Banks – is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.

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How Donald Trump Won-“I Don’t Care”

December 6, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 958 Views 12 Comments Bannon, Christians, Election, evangelicals, House Speaker, Paul Ryan, Pence, Trump

Let me be clear, I do care that Trump won, and I care about determining how this awful destructive force has been unleashed on our once great nation. And I think I have cracked the code. It’s because a lot of Trump supporters just said, “I don’t care.” Certainly people were motivated to vote for Trump for many reasons, but I believe it boils down to suspending their empathy to feed their fear.

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The Tuskegee Airmen – A Movie Review

October 18, 2016October 18, 2016 B. John 731 Views 1 Comment Allen Payne, Courtney B. Vance, Drama, History, Laurence Fishburne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Paris Qualles, Robert Markowitz, Robert Williams, Ron Hutchinson, T.S. Cook, Trey Ellis, War

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African-American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the “Tuskegee Airman” for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassment, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.

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N.C. Governor Pat McCrory – Douchebag of the Day

October 17, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 602 Views 1 Comment HB2, Hurricane Matthew, Pat McCrory, republicans

A couple of weeks ago, as Hurricane Matthew was churning it’s way up the east coast of Georgie and South Carolina, bearing down on North Carolina, where it ultimately did the most damage, McSquinty was doing what he does best, and whining at a party of bigots.

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Bridge of Spies – A Movie Review

October 17, 2016October 17, 2016 B. John 404 Views 0 Comments Alan Alda, Domenick Lombardozzi, Drama, Ethan Coen, History, Joel Coen, Mark Fichera, Mark Rylance, Matt Charman, Steven Spielberg, Thriller, Tom Hanks, Victor Verhaeghe

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

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Preparing for Matthew – Round 1

October 6, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 375 Views 1 Comment Charley, Flashlights, hurricane, Matthew, Preparation

So, I’m pretty sure everyone knows Hurricane Matthew is bearing down on Florida, and then on to Georgia and South Carolina. The current forecast track kind of lets North Carolina off the hook. It’s been, and remains, a pretty devastating storm, having already wiped out Haiti, and now battering the Bahama’s.

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Hybrid Standup Desk

September 30, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 884 Views 15 Comments Amazon, DVT, Laptop Desk, Standing Desk, Thrombosis

Some of you may know I had a bit of DVT scare (deep vein thrombosis) over Labor Day weekend, and spent 5 hours that Monday in the ER waiting on an ultra-sound. While there wasn’t a clot, it scared me enough to think about how much I sit at the desk and the problems that causes.

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UPS – Douche Bag of the Day Award Winner

September 15, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 749 Views 4 Comments Amazon, Delivery Services, UPS

I don’t normally have a problem with UPS, but when things go wrong, they really go wrong. The latest is a new desk chair I ordered via Amazon. The chair, due to size and weight I assume, comes only via standard ground, but that was fine. Shipped a day or two sooner than promised, and actually arrived a couple of days sooner.

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Lawrence S. Mayer and Paul R. McHugh – Douchebags of the Day

August 24, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 1752 Views 5 Comments Anti-Equality, Johns Hopkins, Lawrence S. Mayer, Mark Regnerus, Paul R. McHugh, The New Atlantis

It’s not a tie; they worked together to create some bullshit “research” to say that LGBT people aren’t really LGB or T. Ryan Anderson, the principal homocon at the right-wing Heritage Foundation is all atwitter about a study, “Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences,” published in the “New Atlantis Journal.” It is just another of those studies, like the Regnerus study of a few years ago, where anti-equality groups bought and paid for a particular result.

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N.C. Senator Phil Burger – Douche Bag of the Day

August 23, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 1367 Views 3 Comments General Assembly, NCGA, North Carolina, Phil Burger, republicans, UNC

North Carolina Senate Majority Leader Phil Burger has his knickers in a bunch because he claims Democratic faculty members at the University of North Carolina out-number Republicans by 12:1. He claims it is because of discriminatory hiring practices. People in the real world know better, so Burger has earned our Douche Bag of The Day Award.