Peter Grant, science fiction author, former soldier, now preacher, discusses possible solutions [https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2016/08/fred-reed-on-race-and-reality-in-america.html] to ongoing black poverty and alienation in response to Fred Reeds article on Milwaukee [http://fredoneverything.org/milwaukee/]. Go read them both. Peter offers several things we can try to do, but the biggest and most immediate one is this: > I can offer one response to Fred’s “What now?” It’s based…
Until I get around to reviewing it, suffice it to say I absolutely love this movie. Yes, it’s corny. Yes, physics and engineering are violated so many ways that they went home and cried. But I still love it. The robots, the directing, the characters. And it believes in people, with only the aliens viewing humanity as a plague to be wiped out. And the soundtrack is awesome. No, it’s not perfect, but it fits this giant cornball movie to a tee, taking itself just seriously enough, and turning the…