John Masters, Author at Deep Something

Ready Player One – A Movie Review

April 29, 2018 B. John 763 Views 0 Comments Zak Penn, Action, Ernest Cline, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Steven Spielberg, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe

In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone-the only limits are your own imagination. The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance), who left his immense fortune and total control of the Oasis to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir.

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The Post – A Movie Review

April 21, 2018April 21, 2018 B. John 1458 Views 1 Comment Meryl Streep, Bruce Greenwood, Thriller, Drama, Sarah Paulson, History, Bob Odenkirk, Biography, Tracy Letts, Steven Spielberg, Bradley Whitford, Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys

When American military analyst, Daniel Ellsberg, realizes to his disgust the depths of the US government’s deceptions about the futility of the Vietnam War, he takes action by copying top-secret documents that would become the Pentagon Papers. Kay Graham must decide whether to back down for the safety of her paper or publish and fight for the Freedom of the Press.

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Another Gun Argument – The Jews Argument

April 3, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 2016 Views 1 Comment Wayne LaPierre, liar, Monica Bailey, Jews, Hitler, Gun Control

This entry is in the series Guns

Someone I’m friends with on Facebook shared a post by someone I don’t know named, Monica Bailey. The post is one of those with the photo of all the shoes of Jews from one of the death camps. We saw a display of these at the Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg a couple of years ago, and it is heart-wrenching. But, of course nothing is reaching too low for the gun nuts, so that whole pile of shoes is just the result of the Jews giving up their guns to Hitler.

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Brian Brown – Douche Bag of The Day

April 2, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 1353 Views 0 Comments money, Nom, marriage equality, Grift, LGBT, Brian Brown, SPLC

This entry is part 7 of 54 in the series Daily Douche-Bag

I didn’t go back and look, but it is likely Brian has received our award before. He is, after all, head of the infamous “National Organization for Marriage (NOM) (an SPLC designated hate group). We decided to recognize Brian this time for his heretical efforts to make himself relevant again (and get some money flowing), by using Christ and Easter. Brian claims he’s as persecuted and Jesus was.

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Laura Ingraham – Triple Douche of the Day

April 1, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 1725 Views 0 Comments Douglas High School, Laura Ingraham, Fox News, David Hogg, Parkland

This entry is part 39 of 54 in the series Daily Douche-Bag

So Fox News’ Laura Ingraham did what my grandfather would refer to as, “shit and fell back in it,” the other day when she decided it would be great sport to denigrate David Hogg, one of the more public of the Douglas High School shooting survivors. She thought that he didn’t get into some of the universities he’s applied to, she had a license to go after him.

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The Swiss Gun Control Argument

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 B. John 845 Views 2 Comments Switzerland, Swiss, Guns, Militia, Military Service

This entry is part 11 of 13 in the series Guns

The Swiss argument about gun control gets bandied about with some regularity. There’s this claim that “The Swiss require everyone to have a gun,” or “The Swiss government issues everyone a gun.” Except, no they don’t. And as a matter of fact, when you look into gun violence statistics, Switzerland supports the position: “the more guns, the more gun violence.”

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No Gun Control Unless You Are Anti-Choice

March 22, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 868 Views 1 Comment Gun Control, abortion, Guns, Ammosexuals, Gun Nuts, Pro-Life, Women's Rights

This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series Guns

And here’s one of the latest anti-gun control arguments I was presented with today. Apparently, my opinion on the steps I thought might help reduce the gun carnage in America doesn’t count unless I’m willing to certify that I am against abortion. Are those people fucking serious? I mean did the guy who tried that not have a clue about how easy that would be to stand on its head?

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A Good Guy With a Gun Stopped a Shooting?

March 22, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 638 Views 0 Comments School shooting, Great Mills High School, NRA, Ammosexuals, Guns, Glock, Handgun

This entry is part 9 of 13 in the series Guns

The big news yesterday was yet another possible school shooting. This time a 17-year-old brought a Glock handgun to Great Mills High school in Maryland. Fortunately, he only wounded two people. The ammosexuals have been fetishizing the incident because supposedly a “good guy with a gun” stopped a shooting. Except, that is not what happened.

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That Law Wouldn’t Have Stopped….Another More Guns Argument

March 11, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 500 Views 0 Comments NRA, Mass Shootings, School Shootings, Gun Regulation, Guns, Waiting Periods

The NRA has trained well their minions. One of the most common arguments after every mass shooting is, well a waiting period wouldn’t have stopped; an age restriction wouldn’t have helped in this situation; or a determined person will get a gun. No one regulation will stop all shootings (with the clear inference that means there should be no regulations).

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Cars Kill People Too – Another Gun Argument

March 10, 2018March 10, 2018 B. John 989 Views 1 Comment Gun Nuts, 2nd Amendment, Constitution, AR15, Guns, Second Amendment, Cars, Regulation, Motor Vehicle Regulations, NRA

This entry is part 8 of 13 in the series Guns

One of the most common arguments I have seen thrown around to do nothing about gun violence is “Well cars kill people too, let’s ban cars.” I suppose one can dismiss this argument out-of-hand for its stupidity, but I want to play along with them. I’m not sure they understand what they’re doing when they compare guns with cars. I’d actually very much like to treat guns and gun-safety much as we do with cars.

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LBJ – A Movie Review

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 B. John 868 Views 0 Comments Jennifer Jason Leigh, Drama, Lyndon Johnson, Woody Harrelson, Richard Jenkins, Rob Reiner, LBJ, Michael Stahl-David

LBJ centers on the political upheaval that Vice President Johnson faced when he was thrust into the presidency at the hands of an assassin’s bullet in November 1963. With political battles on both sides of the aisle, Johnson struggles to heal a nation and secure his presidency by passing Kennedy’s historic Civil Rights Act.