Tag: weird

WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY scores eight Emmy nominations.

Well-deserved, I thought. WEIRD lives up to its name; it’s a parody of a biopic, co-written by one of the most proficient comedic minds of our generation and starring an actor who has enough f*ck-you money to last him his lifetime and probably all of yours, too. It was a fascinating movie to watch.

The WEIRD Trailer.

If you don’t know who I’m talking about, then… okay, fine, it’s a Weird Al Yankovic biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe, and which looks to be taking numerous but hysterical liberties with the historical record. I mean, seriously. The man is almost embarrassingly clean-cut.

I’m totally going to watch WEIRD, of course. I’m the target demographic! …And some of you folks too, I guess.

OK, what is the *actual* point of this Oregon #Obamacare ad?

I am clearly missing the context.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SLpKDNVU9dA

I take some comfort in the fact that so did Mary Katharine Ham – but this is not the first time that a strange ad that neglects to explain what it’s all about has surfaced in Oregon.  I suspect that there’s a message there somewhere; it’d be spiffy if the people making the ads made that message clearer.  Or even mentioned it in the first place.

Moe Lane

PS: I am perfectly willing to believe that this is actually a brilliant move on the ad company’s part, assuming of course that there’s compelling evidence that supports that theory.  I just don’t see how this convinces a 26 year old to spend $2,000 a year on largely-unnecessary healthcare when the alternative is for him or her to get $200 less in tax refunds.

Democrats reduced to hiding in bushes, posting creepy stalker videos.

I’m not joking about either. Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci (R) told Politico that a neighbor had caught somebody doing precisely that, and I’m pretty sure Politico believes him: they have collected some really, really creepy videos (including one targeting Renacci) of what is apparently an organized effort to sit outside candidate/legislator houses and businesses and… film them.  In many cases, going for a 360 degree shot that shows the entire exterior – and if you haven’t already gotten a certain wariness from this new wrinkle in the political process, then really, that last bit should be setting off alarm bells.  There’s a point where this sort of thing becomes ‘casing’ a place; looking for weak points in building security qualifies.

The truly crazy bit? This is apparently under the aegis of the Democrats themselves: “Democrats, on the other hand, insist the videos are fair game — and are unapologetic about the hardball tactics.”  The videos are apparently being sponsored by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (at least, that’s how I’m interpreting DCCC spokesman Jesse Ferguson’s defiant defense of the practice); certainly there seems to be a common format, and it’s been done in multiple locations at this point.  Which basically means that the DCCC is out and out stalking the Republican party.

Again, I’m not joking.  Lurking in bushes.

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