Ladies and gentlemen and Glibs, we will take a break from our normal schedule to view Born Invincible, a kung fu film about Glibertarians.com. This film opens strong, with a training montage spanning childhood through adulthood. The montage includes spiky bats to the chest, and a lead pipe to the sack. Just like Glibertarians! Then it gets even more action packed in the style of the best overdubbed Kung Fu grindhouse movies. Magnifique!
Born Invincible stars the amazing Carter Wong. Much later in his career he was in Big Trouble in Little China as “Thunder,” one of the three supernatural kung fu experts who pursues Kurt Russell. Born Invincible was filmed before he got so swole, so see if you can pick him out of this large cast.
Now a quote for TPTB:
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
— Some guy named Freddie
And some music!
Unrelated Trivia: I thought I would pass this along. I knew nothing of this short film until recently. One film was made of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books while he was alive. It was animated, and done in 1966. It was so bad it probably contributed to his death. No, it wasn’t the animated Rankin Bass Hobbit. That came out ten years later. It was this. I leave it here, with no comment. You really will not believe it. If you never heard of this either, watch it once just for the knowledge of it. It is less than 12 minutes long.
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! Next week, I will have a new schedule to get us through summer. Please enjoy the continued survival of this site despite all odds.
Let’s hope everything is working tonight. Because America.
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
That seems objectively untrue. Although the whole “God is dead” thing is usually horribly out of context.
“It was so bad it probably contributed to his death.”
I feel the same way about TV commercials for type 2 diabetes medicine. Musicals with fat people who can’t sing. Or dance. What have I done to deserve this? Even Job didn’t have to listen to a bunch of obese retards.
“Miserable comforters are ye.”
YOU SHUT YOUR FILTHY WHORE MOUTH!
Deanna Colon….Ill be in my bunk sobbing.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MSIHEHlwC/
I’ll listen to Aretha Franklin or Barry White.
She’s… fluffy.
Senator Neverheardofhim…the whole thing was obviously scripted from initial incident to the pathetic responses. Jesus the democrats are pathetic. Yeah, it was a kayfabe but then I cant think of anything we see in politics that is not.
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger” is nonsense. No matter the extremes you endure, the crisis’ you weather, in the background the slow, merciless grind goes on without stalling. One day you realize your balls get a bath every time you sit on the toilet and when you try to stand up it is accompanied by lots of moaning, groaning and creaking.
“I remember when I could…”
“Yeah,yeah, here is your pudding.”
Such is life.
I’m not happy you have a camera operating in my bathroom. 🫤
Hey. That Chinese dude kinda looks like Pai Mei.
Once you put 3 yards of white yak hair on somebody they all look like Pai Mei.
Unless you are a Taiwanese “glove puppet”.
https://thunderbolt-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Li%C3%A1n_Q%C3%AD
According to Wiki this particular company put out a show that had 90% viewership.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pili_(TV_series)
I watched two seasons of the international series from the same universe in a Japanese dub, but reached my limit. They had all top name voice talent and they were excellent. The plot couldn’t carry me more than two seasons.
You know who really likes fisting?
Sock puppets.
Bro?
The real question, did Sho’Nuf ever say “Pai Mei, sucka!”
I think I’ll watch the dubbed tubi version. The one from archive org is Cantonese? with hanzi and English subtitles.
It’s goofier. With random comedy sound effects.
So even different foley? That’s unusual.
Tubi looks a bit too tall and skinny.
I wish I did too
Well, you can’t change tall at our age, but you can change skinny.
Hey, I have lost 10lbs since the wife went on a diet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFrMLRQIT_k
You make it sound like one of these genre movies does not.
I would have been disappointed by any other link.
Looks like Israel is hitting Iran’s nukular sites right now
R.J. can do Dr. Strangelove next week if we’re still around. Yay…
Israeli jets have reportedly entered Iraqi airspace
Remake with RFK Jr playing Gen. Ripper?
Israel’s defense minister said the country had carried out a strike against Iran, pushing the region toward a new conflict with broad consequences.
The strike came hours after U.S. and Israeli officials had warned one was imminent and cuts short a U.S.-led effort to resolve the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program diplomatically.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared a state of emergency and warned his population that Iran was expected to retaliate for the attack by firing missiles and drones at Israel.
They also carried out a strike against Trump’s Iran deal he was working on, whether one thinks it was a good idea or not. Doubt the Orange One will be too thrilled about this.
So, is it another instance of “kayfabe”?
Did Trump get distracted by California Screaming?
Will Trump impose 250% tariffs on Israel?
No idea what sort of deal Donald had in mind but Israel must be aware that a future Dem administration will just aid Iran’s ambitions again.
“pushing the region toward a new conflict”
A shame. The Israelis and the mullahs have always gotten along so well.
“No idea what sort of deal Donald had in mind but Israel must be aware that a future Dem administration will just aid Iran’s ambitions again.”
Fair point.
Didn’t Israel strike Iraq over similar nuclear shit in the 90’s?
Speaking of a lead pipe to the sack…
Sorry.
I’m certain your movie is better.
As, in, I’d rather watch the movie you posted than real life; seriously.
No need to apologize. There are no rules on Thursday nights.
I can tell you tonight’s movie is better than the news. Pretty much anything is.
So far tonights movie seems awesome.
People were talking about trouble in the middle east 50 years ago.
Where’s Hans Blix when you need him?
quien?
Gilmored.
Or was it SF’d…..I can never remember.
papaya’d
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. was not involved in Israel’s attack and warned Iran not to target U.S. forces.
“Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” he said in a statement Thursday evening. “Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense. President Trump and the administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear: Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel.”
Let’s see how that works out.
Basically says you two go ahead and hash it out. As good as can be reasonably hoped for I guess.
Looks to me like the Israelis have decided pinprick strikes ain’t gonna get it done, and they might as well get their money’s worth for the bad news cycles it will cost them. Given that two or three nukes that could be put on container ships or otherwise smuggled into Israel would basically end it, I can see their point.
If Iran targets U.S. interests or personnel, then light up the sand niggers.
Make hot Persian chicks in mini-dresses great again!
/high af asshole, not to be construed with sober foreign policy
I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
It better be full color glossy stock!
Maybe Greta can sail in with a boat full of humanitarian uranium.
LOL
🎶 That’s what friends are for 🎶
Ooo! Carter Wong.
There were a couple of Wongs in BTinLC, if I remember correctly.
Two Wongs don’t make a white.
But two Wrights make an airplane.
@Tres Cool:
I always got a laugh out of every place in Ohio even remotely related to the Wright Brothers putting a plaque or a statue there or something.
Then I was visiting a relative in North Carolina and saw that they have all the “first in flight” stuff everywhere too. It’s just comical to imagine two states having an infantile slap-fight about who has more credit for the first human flight.
I guess NC won that war because I had no idea there was an OH connection at all.
Yes. Carter Wong was Thunder, and Victor Wong was Egg Shen, but they’re not related.
Getting a late start on it, but the choreography on that first fight is unironically stellar.
Have we screened The VelociPastor here? If not, it’s worth a watch.
Is the search in the top right corner not working? :-p
To be fair it *was* borked the last time I used it, which was admittedly several years ago.
You can go get the master list on the Forum too, it is updated quarterly and has the list back to the beginning of this series. It’s pretty amazing how many films have been posted. The only repeats were during Christmas.
Yes, these mf can actually go kung fu.
Yes, we did VelociPastor here. Slow night. Same with Big Tits Zombie. No one likes my picks I guess?
To be fair, you really need alcohol to fully appreciate it, and not everyone has the luxury of drinking on a week night.
I think I was sober when I first watched it.
Then I guess, I’m very luxurious. So what are you wearing?
Nothing at all.
Nothing at all.
Stupid sexy Flanders!
We watched it on 08/22/2024.
That which doesn’t kill us makes us stranger
– said some other guy.
Jim Morrison?
Guy LeDouche?
Jacque LeCoq?
Weird Al Yankovich?
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-857575
US President Donald Trump reportedly called a cabinet meeting following the strike.
JFC if true.
It’s as true as Iran being three months away from getting nukes twenty years ago.
Don’t forget the flying cars!
Fusion powered flying cars!
Hoverboards!
No heads up to Americans in the region. Thanks a lot.
We’re saying we didn’t get a heads up but you know we got a heads up, hence the evacs of military family members and civilians. Plausible deniability and whatnot. Now, will Iran (pretend to) buy it?
They said GTFO 2 days ago
Hobbit 1966…holy shit, that was trippy. 😳🫣🤪
Calling the dragon “Slag” immediately turned me off.
Tolkien had some uncomplimentary things to say about that short film. There’s video on the yootoobs somewhere. You’ll have to enact my labor, I have to be responsible and go back to work.
Where there’s a whip, there’s a way
Slaves get shit done.
Next weeks movie?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/06/12/jacinda-ardern-prime-minister-documentary/
Eh…..
Ah….
Look! A squirrel!
She looks like a cross between Vincent Furnier and Sandy Cheeks + weird gums. Also, authoritarian leftist whackjob. How about a documentary covering the life of someone less radical like Mussolini?
Man, did they ever polish up that pic of her.
https://images.hindustantimes.com/img/2023/01/19/1600×900/New-Zealand-Politics-6_1674095516553_1674095516553_1674095571883_1674095571883.jpg
The quote was something like I’d rather bang a syphillitic orc than have to watch it again. That’s paraphrasing though.
I felt the same way about the Peter Jackson version.
Pat:.
PJ’s version of the Hobbit fucked up the riddle game between Bilbo and Smaug so bad I just got up and left the theatre.
Didn’t and still haven’t watched the third movie.
The South is beating the crap out of the Great White North.
doo-do-do-dit-dah-do-dit-do
Take off!
I tapped out at 1:0.
I can see the writing on the wall.
Oilers making it a game.
As I was saying…
Go Houston!
inorite?
Sorry, Rodger, you
tigerTitan now..Joink!
is this one of those oldtakesexposed kind of a deal?
Hmm, I give myself 5/10 (predictions 2, 5, 6, 8, and 9).
https://platedlizard.blogspot.com/2023/12/middle-east-predictions-for-2024.html
#3 could have happened on the down-low
Hey, just what I was thinking…us looking the other way was part of how we got that sweet trade deal.
I think your accuracy will go higher, sadly.
Also, I started putting all the Spot the Nots on my blog. I think I made 100 or so of them.
Also also wik – the US military routinely helps Israel with airstrikes by sharing intel with them. I know this because finding such intel was my job at NSA. The Israeli intel officers came to visit my section and gave us a cool presentation on their various means of electronic tomfoolery.
Another surprising non-surprise.
Judge Orders Trump to Return California National Guard to Newsom
Anybody have a clue which way the Ninth might rule?
Whatever they rule will be passed to the Supremes in about a day and they’ll uphold presidential authority on the matter.
He didn’t say the secret magic words.
They will rule for Trump, because Federals look out for each other, in the end.
If it stands, the CA National Guard would never see another federal dollar. It would become the State Guard.
Already have one
https://calguard.ca.gov/csg/
It gets more interesting Saturday when Antifa activates its cells nationwide.
Ha! I forgot about that. I wonder what Newsom will have to say after that madness starts.
I was taught in civics class that the guard was supposed to take orders from the state not federal gov.
Has that lesson been corrupted by song lyrics and random gun and car stats?
Corrupted from the start because not quite true but a good enough answer for civics class.
That’s mostly, but not entirely, true. There are limited circumstances in which the guard is “federalized.”
High school civics is pure propaganda.
Always can get Federal Orders. Mike Dukakis tried to stop the MA from deploying somewhere in the 80s. Reagan told him the state would be paying for their training going forward. Duke backed down.
Zombie Ike sez “WTF?”
That was different!
Last “good” Republican prez?
Was it the several state govs that were sending Guard troops the Iraq and Afghanistan for 10 years?
Usually the way the orders are written is that those were ordered to AD by the president with the consent of the respective governors.
I had to fast forward through many of the fight scenes. They got repetitive.
The Dino is the only V6 Ferrari produced auto I’d really be interested in.
The Ferrari That Lured Me to the Brink
Who wants a V6 PHEV Ferrari at a mere $500k? I’ll give them credit it “only” weighs 3,600 lbs.
Didn’t look at the link, but the pigskin upholstery is great.
You could get a racing version down to almost 3,000.
Hybrid so no EV credit. Fuck that, I can do 493K but 500K is out of my league.
Oh really, Lancia doesn’t float your stickshift?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuY0pJV0MPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfoUp46G3AM
‘RATOS! RATOS!
This doesn’t sound like the Antonio Brown, I know. Oh, wait, yes it does.
That guy? But he looks so nice.
Clean. And so well spoken, too.
Wasn’t he a… Stealer? Stihler? Or something.
I was surprised the moron wasn’t arrested at the time. Firing off a gun during a sporting event. No way it should have taken this long.
That which does not kill me has made a grave tactical error
“That which does not kill me usually leaves me with a limp.”
–R.J.
Has this made the rounds yet?
Florida gov says it’s OK to run over protesters who block roads.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ron-desantis-says-floridians-have-right-to-hit-protesters-with-cars/ar-AA1GzDfu
So shines a good deed in a weary world. Florida Man shreds anthem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noCr2-VmHXI
Florida – The Meth Lab of Democracy
lol Bullshit.
::opens box marked “deescalation kit”, finds mask, quart of gas, three glass bottles and a brick::
I’m pretty sure the ones scheduled here in the suburbs will be non-violent. Every Dem office holder will be speaking, prattling on about “save our democracy from King Trump” without ever mentioning EOs and court-ignoring actions by previous administrations. Hooliganism won’t be tolerated as these politicians are the kind that would be embarrassed by it, and their re-election is not as secure as they are in deep blue urban areas.
Fucking Iranians fucking with our shit. We finally told Bibi to take our Iran. And I’m talking TPTB. Fuck the mullahs. Don’t make us call Donny. WordPress is obviously owned by Persians.
This wasn’t a “preemptive strike”. Iran struck Israel first, through its proxies, back on October 7, 2023.
Iran has continued to strike at Israel, through its proxies, since then.
Iran has for years threatened to destroy Israel, and tried to develop the nuclear weapons that would have enabled them to do so.
This strike was defensive.
Iran directly attacked Israel last April
I’m still skeptical that Iran is looney-tunes enough to start a nuclear war but not sure.
There’s really no good reason for Iran to be fucking around with Israel in the first place. It’s religious nonsense. The two aren’t even really neighbors. Iranians are Shiites who have little in common with Hezbollah and Hamas outside Jew hatred. But here we are.
I don’t trust them an inch. But they seem to know enough to not be openly warlike. It’s mostly bullshit through proxies. So we’ll see what sort of response they come up with. There will be something I’m sure.
The main result of US meddling in the Middle East since 2000 was to turn Iraq into an Iranian client state at a great cost of money and lives.
Once I saw a clip from Pakistani TV where the guest boasted “before, we defeated Russia with American money. Now we have defeated America with American money!” The audience roared with laughter.
https://platedlizard.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-understand-middle-east.html
First, we tried to overthrow Assad, until it became clear that he would be replaced by Islamic militants. Then we started bombing the militants, and later, Assad was overthrown by other Islamic militants.
Before that, we were OK with Mubarak being overthrown until it became clear that the Muslim Brotherhood would win the election. When that happened, we turned a blind eye when that guy was overthrown in a military coup.
In Yemen, we were OK with our former ally and longtime dictator being overthrown until it became clear that the Houthis would take over. So then we helped the Saudis bomb the Houthis who have since doubled in size since the Arab Spring started.
I really would rather we stop dicking around there. None of them are our frenz – none of them.
Thats all just us meddling in the affairs of others as usual, V Nuland wants her job back
I’m still here.
I am glad the Izzyies are stomping their asses, its about time
I just want to say, I love Red Letter Media‘s youtube video descriptions.
I’ve basically stopped watching. Pop in for the occasional video. Used to watch their stuff religiously. They’re just out of touch and late to the party on all of this shit. And still too scared to call a spade a spade. Like, it would have been bold to admit that identity politics was shamelessly being employed in casting 5 years ago. Then they come out and admit it while trashing the people who have been harping on it.
They take thumbnails of other creators and bash them without actually watching their content (the whole kerfuffle over Furiosa, where Drinker and others who actually didn’t mind the movie were attacked as misogynistic grifters). Hollywood killed the female action movie all on their own. Maybe RedLetterMedia can cover that in 2028 and act like they’re on the edge of this stuff.
It’s not that they have to be political or agree with me. They’re just ignoring a whole area of what’s killing the industry they cover.
And then there’s the general disdain they have for their fans which grows tiresome after a while. Like they’re too good to just review the fucking Batman movie. But they’ll pop in for other garbage Marvel movies when the mood strikes them.
They’re from Milwaukee; ‘…the only major American city to elect 3 socialist mayors.’
The Mr. Plinkett Star Wars teardowns were good stuff but they’re not as good as they used to be, that’s for sure. It also doesn’t help them that the industry and what they churn out now blows.
Oooo oooo oooo Mistah Kottah Mistah Kottah!
I mean, it wasn’t terrible, but it came to mind as soon as I read that.
They’re talking more about movies like this. Fitting with GlibFlicks.
I think I saw that way back when.
I’m a RLM fan.
Wake ‘n bake, Glibbies. I’m workin’ my usual 5-2, while MN Munchkin is pulling a 7-5:30 on her lake-duty shift. She’s been there a couple weeks and it’s at least *a* gig after she and others were laid off in Todd County Family Services. Onward and up, for her.
Hope the Friday goes swimmingly smooth, for us all. Atom atom and atta boy.
Looks like rain tomorrow. *Again. *
Happy Friday the 13th!
🫣☕️🌤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyVSKydUxKk
🎶🎶 banger 🎶🎶
Watch out for crazed oldwomen and their undead sons
I will hide out in a shop full off antiques.
Good morning, Sean, U, Ted’S., and EfE!
Morning, How goes?
Very well, thanks! It’s cloudy here, but I don’t think we’re due for rain until this evening. Expecting a pretty quiet day at work (🤞) and a quiet, if wet, weekend.
How are you?
Well, I’ve made it to work, all of my ongoing issues are in “wait for responses” mode.
I should have breakfast, but I’d have to go through the effort of taking it out an putting a fork to it. Much easier to go hungry.
The office is quiet, so that’s nice.
🤨
You don’t have a subordinate who could feed it to you?
That would be out of title work, and I wouldn’t trust them to do that anyway.
I finally worked up the motivation to deal with breakfast. Jalapeno lime chicken. I did not taste any jalapeno. I am disappoint.
Good morning!
Two observations:
1. During the drive in NPR had ZERO mentions of any happenings in the Middle East. None. All the time was filled with stories about the recission vote.
2. Someone in the cafeteria has a sense of humor. On today’s menu is “Crystal Lake Chopped Meat Sandwich.”
1. I mean, it’s only an expansion of an ongoing war, how could that possibly be newsworthy. Clearly whining about baby steps towards fiscal sanity is more important.
2. Did they specify what kind of animal?
I was afraid you might be too young for that reference, but the “Crystal Lake” part is important.
I got the reference, my curiousity was unrelated to the movies. I made my own reference to Pam earlier today.
I wanted to know if it was pork, long pork, or chicken, or if it was just random.
People here used unspecified “meat” with alarming frequency.
I don’t eat sloppy joes, and in TX the sandwich is specified as “pulled pork” or “chopped brisket.”
It’s my understanding that a sloppy joe is supposed to use ground beef, so it doesn’t qualify as pulled pork or chopped brisket due to being ground “whatever” cuts. Either of those would be upmarket from a sloppy joe.
Pretty sure if they’re calling it “chopped meat”, it’s because 1) it is only “meat” according to some technical definition, and 2) they only know it came in frozen five-pound blocks in packaging marked “Meat” with no mention of the source animal.
“Hey, how you liking that diced pangolin sammich?”
Needs more Coronoavirus, and they should have de-scaled.
“Our funding got cut, so we can’t afford to cover any international news!” 🙄
It also may not fit our priors.
“And on the international front the local Chinese restaurant has cut hours on week days, due to fewer court house customers…
That’s about all the news…”
Mornin’, reprobates! Good to see everyone alive and well, mostly. I’m getting nostalgic about my childhood days, those wonderful school days.
Today’s kids get to practice sheltering in place, not as cool as the air raid drills we had. Head between your legs, under the desk to protect yourself from incoming nukes. On 182nd street in upper Manhattan. I walked past my avatar every day on the way to school.
Thanks to our dedicated world leaders for bringing back my wonderful childhood memories. I’ll remember you Sunday when we offer fervent prayers for you. I’ll be praying right along, with a slightly different agenda.
Somehow I think in case of nuclear war, Upper Manhattan is screwed. Duck and cover won’t help against a direct hit.
Many schools don’t have windows to the outside, when the power goes off chaos moves in. Duck and cover is for a rowdy gym class
I only remember earthquake drills.
Are those the giant augers which bore into the faults to release pressure before the earthquakes do?
/deliberately picking the silly mental image over the truth.
Otisburg?
Those giant augers would make a good plot line for a disaster flick. Arrogant scientists deploy untested methodology with unforeseen results. Oh wait, where have I heard that one…
Here. We played that film.
I must have missed it.
CVold War kids are hard to kill.
suh’ fam
yo whats goody
Good morning. At least it’s Friday!
The thirteenth!
*ominous music*
“Alexa, play ominous music.”
“I’m Afraid I Can’t Do that, RoaT.”
Eee! No dispensing to the drivers duty this morn, rather oversize straight to a 10am lunch. Oooh. Steak n Shake next door opens at ten. Hmmm. Or Cobb salad I brought. Decisions. Hrm.
(Their chili is legit one of my childhood comfort foods. I loooove it. Mom sent them to me in Korea as part of her Care Packages.)
Cubs start at 2:20, a fucking perfect coming home reward. And my 4yo nephew will be there! Swish.)