Terry McCarty
@terrymc.bsky.social
Semi-retired poet, sporadic movie/TV podcaster (Reviews And Otherwise) and Southern Californian since 1988.
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One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 AM
One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
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"Less parable, more portrait of an athlete as a young man, Michael Ritchie's DOWNHILL RACER reminds us that our yearning for a moral arc of sport is just that: a yearning."
Downhill Racer (1969): The Fastest Racer Always Wins
Less parable, more portrait of an athlete as a young man, Downhill Racer reminds us that our yearning for a moral arc of sport is just that: a yearning.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM
"Less parable, more portrait of an athlete as a young man, Michael Ritchie's DOWNHILL RACER reminds us that our yearning for a moral arc of sport is just that: a yearning."
Rare self-plug. powells.com/book/hollywo...
Hollywood Poetry 2001-2013 | Powell's Books
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
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February 8, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Rare self-plug. powells.com/book/hollywo...
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"Bolero" was good but Torvill & Dean's original set pattern to the Paso Doble was the best: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbUm...
Torvill & Dean 🇬🇧1️⃣ 1984 Euro original dance | Paso Doble
YouTube video by SydFigSka Figure Skating Archive
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February 8, 2026 at 2:02 AM
"Bolero" was good but Torvill & Dean's original set pattern to the Paso Doble was the best: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbUm...
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Hard to argue with cult delusionals.
Since Trump‘s very racist post about the Obamas, some MAGA are peeling away. However too many others are still hanging on.
February 8, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Hard to argue with cult delusionals.
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Sir, yes sir. Budget-Chicken-2425. He’s the antifa number 2. Real mastermind
February 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Sir, yes sir. Budget-Chicken-2425. He’s the antifa number 2. Real mastermind
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It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
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In a video shared on social media on Saturday, the children of Nancy Guthrie again addressed her purported kidnapper, pleading for the return of their mother and promising to pay for her release.
Savannah Guthrie, in New Video Message, Promises to Pay for Return of Her Mother
The “Today” show anchor, in a message on social media with her siblings, said the return of their mother Nancy “is the only way we will have peace.”
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February 8, 2026 at 2:19 AM
In a video shared on social media on Saturday, the children of Nancy Guthrie again addressed her purported kidnapper, pleading for the return of their mother and promising to pay for her release.
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Shit.
February 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Shit.
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Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of 3 Doors Down, the hard-rock band known for its early 2000s hit songs like “Kryptonite” and “Here Without You,” died on Saturday. He was 47.
Brad Arnold, Rocker Who Fronted 3 Doors Down, Dies at 47
He wrote the band’s breakout hit, “Kryptonite,” in a high school math class, and would go on to be nominated for three Grammy Awards.
nyti.ms
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of 3 Doors Down, the hard-rock band known for its early 2000s hit songs like “Kryptonite” and “Here Without You,” died on Saturday. He was 47.
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#noiralley, hosted by FNF prez @eddiemuller.bsky.social will be on hiatus during TCM’s #31DaysofOscars 2/13 – 3/15. To see all the noirs playing this month on @tcmtv.bsky.social check out our TV listings page: bit.ly/4nFOw2D
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February 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
#noiralley, hosted by FNF prez @eddiemuller.bsky.social will be on hiatus during TCM’s #31DaysofOscars 2/13 – 3/15. To see all the noirs playing this month on @tcmtv.bsky.social check out our TV listings page: bit.ly/4nFOw2D
@tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social @comingupontcm.bsky.social
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NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.
February 7, 2026 at 4:50 AM
NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.
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Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
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“Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue’s customers”
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Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar
Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue’s customers.
lasvegassun.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
“Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue’s customers”
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Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
ABC and Disney don't seem to know what to do with The Muppets. They've often seem unconcerned with the legendary characters they own and unable to build upon the ambition and heart of the late great Jim Henson. Mercifully, the...
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www.pajiba.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
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This is such an important point about the noise that Schumer and Jeffries are making about DHS's masking bit . . . LAPD is refusing to enforce a new California law that requires DHS to be unmasked.
Nice how they suddenly can choose not to criminalize people
Nice how they suddenly can choose not to criminalize people
Especially when that's already happening in Los Angeles...we have immediate precedent for law enforcement disregarding this particular law with impunity.
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
This is such an important point about the noise that Schumer and Jeffries are making about DHS's masking bit . . . LAPD is refusing to enforce a new California law that requires DHS to be unmasked.
Nice how they suddenly can choose not to criminalize people
Nice how they suddenly can choose not to criminalize people
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Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo burn dual flames for Winter Games reut.rs/4kpitE0
Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo burn dual flames for Winter Games
With the lighting of the two cauldrons — one in Milan and one in Cortina d'Ampezzo — the Winter Olympics got under way, marking the first time in history that the Games have begun with dual host-city flames.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo burn dual flames for Winter Games reut.rs/4kpitE0