tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18427145048861982262024-03-13T14:40:15.382-05:00Goat Head GumboA blog about politics, pop culture, and forteana.Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-34007678208193580502019-04-13T12:31:00.001-05:002019-04-13T12:31:07.239-05:00Movie Review: The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteIt's been a while since I posted a review, but I couldn't pass up Terry Gilliam's new film.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-8494971514166946732017-11-23T09:03:00.005-06:002017-11-23T09:05:06.001-06:00Movie Review: Justice League
Here's my review of Justice League!
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-76064123133231751462017-01-29T18:24:00.002-06:002017-01-29T18:24:32.010-06:00Movie Review: Resident Evil: Please Make It Stop Here's my review of the new Resident Evil movie.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-68065853125956025972016-12-25T18:52:00.002-06:002016-12-25T19:05:02.373-06:00Fake News: Grant Kills Bigfoot
There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about fake news lately, with lots of people advocating that social media sites and other information venues do something to protect stupid people from themselves, whether by banning fake news sites outright or instituting some kind of warning system to identify clickbait, satire, and hyper-partisan sources. Nearly all of the suggested solutions focus Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-37887167423818612782016-11-07T20:26:00.001-06:002016-11-07T20:30:45.971-06:00I Can't WaitA few days ago I started a series of posts to Facebook about how excited I was about the upcoming election because it's extremely important (maybe THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION EVER '16) because of the stark policy differences between the two major parties. Somebody suggested I collect them all in one place, so here they are (in reverse order). Since you've probably already got the song "I Can't Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-2307242636671501122016-11-06T15:36:00.001-06:002016-11-06T15:47:49.984-06:00My Vote Counts Part 6: States Where It MightI kind of dropped the ball on this series because life, so since the election is just a couple of days away, I'm going to skip the details on the last 20 or so states. If you want to check the historical trends for your state, 270towin.com provides it in an easy-to-understand format. Fivethirtyeight.com is a god place to go for poll numbers and projections.
Light Red & Light Blue Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-50255358603630311802016-09-26T12:38:00.002-05:002016-09-26T12:38:51.214-05:00Debate Bingo Cheater CardToday Vox posted some Bingo cards to use with tonight's debate, but their cards are reasonably fair, so I modified one of their cards that you can give to your opponent to rig the game in your favor just like the two major parties have done.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-69245147326364319282016-09-01T16:14:00.001-05:002016-09-01T16:22:03.954-05:00My Vote Counts Part 5: Solid StatesThe states from the last two installments are beyond solid. Most of them have historically gone to the same party except in unusual circumstances like the party realignments during the Civil Rights Era, the Reagan Revolution, or the elections where there was a third-party candidate who actually got enough votes to play the spoiler. This time around, we'll look at the states that are solidly but Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-35706870159384769292016-08-30T19:09:00.002-05:002016-08-30T19:09:23.173-05:00Suicide Squad ReviewJust posted my Suicide Squad review on the kingyak site. You should read it and save yourself $8.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-85676170422758657392016-08-25T16:23:00.002-05:002016-08-25T16:23:24.903-05:00My Vote Counts, Part 4: Really Red States
A couple weeks ago, I went through the states that are extremely unlikely to go Red this year without some kind of major Democratic Party defection. I was planning to go through the states that are almost certainly going to the GOP last week, but didn't get around to it because I was working on my new book of movie reviews (which you can buy here!), so I'm doing it now. Below I'll go through Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-11706147658442599232016-08-11T14:48:00.003-05:002016-08-11T15:05:27.473-05:00My Vote Counts, Part 3: True Blue States Third parties probably won't play a big role in the election this year. Gary Johnson only took 1% of the vote in 2012 and is polling at an average of 9%. Jill Stein only took 0.36% of the vote in 2012 and isn't on the ballot in all 50 states and therefore isn't even included in most polls. Even if you give her the same increase from 2012 voting to current polls that Johnson is showing, she's in Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-83957356225989866762016-08-03T19:25:00.005-05:002016-08-03T20:44:07.985-05:00My Vote Counts, Part 2: SpoilersI was going to save discussion of spoilers until later, but I probably need to get into it before we get into state-by-state voting patterns so we can come up with some sample scenarios for gauging how likely it is third party spoiler is going to flip a state and bring about the end of life on this planet that will inevitably result from the election of the Greater Evil (whichever one of them Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-31089040852972716572016-08-01T14:23:00.003-05:002016-08-02T19:39:45.428-05:00My Vote Counts, Part 1: Game ChangersAs I said last time, voting for the lesser evil can actually make sense in an election decided by the popular vote or even the U.S. Presidential election if you live in a state that could go either way. To understand why it's unlikely that solid states are going to suddenly go to the other candidate, imagine you live in a state where 100 people normally vote. We'll call it Centuria. Unless it Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-19706334607741805012016-07-28T15:52:00.001-05:002016-07-28T19:19:28.662-05:00My Vote Counts, Lesser Evils, and Other Magical ThinkingEvery election cycle, a lot of people try to convince me to vote for the lesser of two evils. In most cases, they greatly exaggerate the "lesser" aspect of the candidate they're stumping for and the "evil" aspect of the other side. Even if I completely believed that one of the two neo-liberal warhawks we've been forced to choose between for as long as I've been old enough to vote was truly the Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-91081341993260855292016-07-26T19:27:00.005-05:002016-07-26T19:27:53.157-05:00Review: GhostbustersHere's my review of Ghostbusters.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-91276930590700190762016-07-24T16:12:00.003-05:002016-07-24T16:12:42.825-05:00Review: Stranger ThingsRead it here.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-82225269382083964762016-07-11T21:35:00.001-05:002016-07-11T21:35:17.574-05:00Movie Review: The Legend of TarzanRead my review of The Legend of Tarzan on my site.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-11811443357135668352016-06-30T20:24:00.003-05:002016-06-30T20:24:45.295-05:00Independence Day: Re-SomethingMy review of the new Independence Day movie is on my website. Go read it.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-4690635921960012652016-04-05T19:26:00.000-05:002016-04-05T19:26:01.060-05:00Movie Review: I Saw The LightClick here to read my review of I Saw The Light at kingyak.com.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-14994889922705573862016-03-29T16:43:00.000-05:002016-03-29T16:43:00.659-05:00Batman V Superman Review Click here for my review of Batman V Superman: Curse of the Black Pearl.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-90315750432587733142016-03-13T16:22:00.001-05:002016-03-13T16:22:07.414-05:00America According to South ParkI saw a story in my Facebook sidebar about Ariana Grande saying "shit" on SNL and thought "are we turning into South Park?" That led to this:
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-50390163932725207562016-03-10T22:05:00.001-06:002016-03-10T22:05:13.462-06:00Review: The WitchJust posted a review of The Witch at kingyak.com.
Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-32911775318717889342016-03-04T17:54:00.004-06:002016-03-04T17:54:56.555-06:00Quick Post About IdiocracyI don't have time to write a couple thousand words on this right now, so I'm just going to do 3 bullet points:
In the movie Idiocracy, the "villains" are not people who are stupid because of genetics or class or poverty. They are people who revel in their own ignorance and reject intellectualism. It's unfortunate that Judge chose the rural poor to represent these people, but to be fair, Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-29915886829307056572016-02-10T18:16:00.001-06:002016-02-10T19:46:39.194-06:00Let's Talk About Superdelegates And Stop With The ClickbaitToday my feed is full of stories about the DNC "awarding superdelegates" to Hillary Clinton. All the headlines suggest that something shady's going on, and all the links go to clickbait websites masquerading as lefty news outlets (USUncut, AddictingInfo, and similar sites). I'm the first to admit that by all appearances the DNC is manipulating the primary race in Hillary Clinton's favor. However,Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842714504886198226.post-42373919399370198242016-02-08T18:25:00.000-06:002016-02-08T18:37:27.305-06:00No, It' NotSo apparently this is going on in response to something that happened at a football game:
If Beyonce (or the Black Lives Matter movement) were saying that the problem with the police is that they're incompetent dullards who are so racist that they instantly shoot every minority they encounter, this may be a valid criticism. Of course, Beyonce hasn't said that. She's expressed concern that Steve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434648058383293718noreply@blogger.com0