John Masters, Author at Deep Something

Anti-Children “Christians”

July 15, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 560 Views 1 Comment Arizona, Children, Christianists, Immigration, Krazy Kristian Kooks, Paul Babeu, Refugees

As we all know, there is a refugee problem on our southern border as nearly 50,000 children (many unaccompanied) are making the dangerous trek to try to escape grinding poverty and violence in their home countries for a better life. But the country which gave our ancestors their chance at a better life for us, who took in the tired and the poor of the world, is no longer open for business. The white “Christians” have theirs now, so the doors are closed, and that’s why the anti-children Christians get today’s Douche Award.

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Robert Jeffress – Foul Pharisee

July 14, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 705 Views 0 Comments bigotry, Children, christian, Douce, Pastor, Refugees, Robert Jeffress

Perhaps nothing is more troubling to me at this time in my life than the insertion of religion into politics. Mega-Church pastors become political pundits, and it never comes to a good end. Thomas Jefferson himself wrote in 1813, “History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.” Robert Jeffres suddenly decides he’s a border security expert, and that whole thing about “suffer the children to come unto me,” well, that’s just for white protestant children. So, meet Robert Jeffress, foul Pharisee and our Douche of the Day.

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Louie Gohmert-History Professor

July 11, 2014July 10, 2014 B. John 507 Views 0 Comments Border Security, Islamic, Louie Gohmert, Pancho Villa, Terrorists

Well, you had to know it wouldn’t take long for Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas, naturally) to earn our Daily Douche award. (I can imagine Louie becoming the reigning champion.) So Louie, ever obsessed with illegal aliens, now has a solution for the child refugees fleeing the drug wars in their Central American home countries. Louie thinks we should invade Mexico just like John Pershing did in pursuing Pancho Villa (so successfully).

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Daily Douche-Sen. Brandon Smith (R-Mars)

July 10, 2014July 11, 2014 B. John 583 Views 0 Comments Brandon Smith, Environment, EPA, Global Warming, Kentucky, mars, senate

For the life of me, I can’t understand this complete aversion to science that is so de rigueur with Republicans, but they sure are riding it for all it’s worth. Most recently we have Kentucky State Senator Brandon Smith denying global warming by claiming that the Earth and Mars have the same temperature. It will come as no surprise when you learn that the good Senator owns a coal company.

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Daily Douche – Mac Butner

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014 B. John 3019 Views 0 Comments Douchebag, Malcom Butner, North Carolina, Rowan County

I was thinking about starting this new series, as yesterday seemed to bubble to the surface a rash of people and organizations deserving of the “douche” designation. So the morning started with me thinking about who to feature first, and then a few items down in my Facebook stream, what do I find but an article about Malcom “Mac” Butner the appointed chairman of the Rowan County Housing Authority, and Republican extraordinaire. It seems Mac has been busy on his Facebook wall lately. I’d say it makes him Republican Presidential material.

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Finding a Right in the Constitution

July 2, 2014July 9, 2014 B. John 624 Views 0 Comments Equality, LGBT, Marriage, supreme court

You’re likely aware that a number of state laws and constitutional amendments limiting the right so LGBT people to marry, have recently been found to be unconstitutional. The anti-equality pundits then issue their (now pretty standard) press releases denouncing the ruling, and explaining how the judge “found” a non-existent “right to gay marriage” in the U.S. Constitution. I’m here to theorize that one does NOT go to the Constitution to find a right.

Culture Movies

Django Unchained-A Movie Review

June 6, 2014June 1, 2014 B. John 210 Views 1 Comment Christoph Waltz, Drama, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, Western

Former dentist, Dr. King Schultz, buys the freedom of a slave, Django, and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of Django’s wife who is under the hands of Calvin Candie, a ruthless plantation owner. This one was OK. We’d both wanted to see it, and it wasn’t a wasted couple of hours, but we’re glad we didn’t pay the full theater price to see it.

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The Bag Man-A Movie Review

June 5, 2014June 1, 2014 B. John 265 Views 0 Comments Crime, David Grovic, Drama, John Cusack, Paul Conway, Rebecca Da Costa, Robert De Niro, Thriller

A criminal bides his time at a seedy motel, waiting for his boss after killing several men and making away with a mystery bag.This has a favorite actor of mine John Cusack, and was interesting. Be prepared for lots of intense violence with some comedic moments. This one won’t be to everyone’s taste, but I thought it was OK.

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The Monuments Men-A Movie Review

June 4, 2014July 9, 2014 B. John 321 Views 0 Comments Bill Murray, Biography, Bob Balaban, Cate Blanchett, Dimitri Leonidas, Drama, George Clooney, Hugh Bonneville, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Justus von Dohnányi, Matt Damon, War

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys possibly hope to succeed? It wasn’t terrible, but it was like an attempt at a noble documentary. I think it would have been better as a documentary.

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Philomena-A Movie Review

June 3, 2014June 1, 2014 B. John 255 Views 0 Comments Biography, Drama, Jeff Pope, Judi Dench, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan

When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin arranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son’s fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. Both me and Lay thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It was certainly very sad, and I must admit, it made me angry, but it was a good story well told. You definitely need to watch this movie.

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Inside Llewyn Davis-A Movie Review

June 2, 2014May 31, 2014 B. John 259 Views 0 Comments 60s, Carey Mulligan, Drama, Ethan Coen, Folk Music, Joel Coen, John Goodman, Music, Oscar Isaac

Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles — some of them of his own making. I really expected I would enjoy this movie, as did Lay. Unfortunately, I didn’t like it at all.