Comparing ‘The Running Man’ to Today’s America

I’m not saying I agree with this, but it was interesting and entertaining to watch since I referenced the film not too long ago.

But I shall state that I’m positive Richard Dawson has kissed more women that our future president. Though, Trump probably leads him in “another” category.

When Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film The Running Man first premiered in 1987, it presented a dark vision of the US in the year 2017: economically depressed, ruled by the military, and obsessed with a reality TV show. It seemed far-fetched at the time, even to its creators. But on the eve of reality TV-star-turned President Donald Trump’s inauguration, it seems more timely and plausible than ever. Watch all the parallels between this retro sci-fi film and reality in our inaugural episode of Future Shock.

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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, January 19, 2017

  • I loved this moment from Obama’s first inauguration. Sasha was six or seven, and just as cute as can be, and gives her father a simple thumbs up with an adorable grin. While many may have been touched at the swearing of the nation’s first black president, I was simply touched seeing a young daughter knowing a man simply as nothing but a dad and giving him her approval. It was just a sweet, innocent, non-scripted moment.
  • Sometimes, the best way to make a bad day better is to do some things you’ve been dreading because at a minimum you’ll be happier those tasks are completed or you’ve made some progress.
  • For you armchair plumbers out there, I’m seeking your counsel. Our half bath is downstairs immediately across from our laundry room. Every now and then, and I think it happens sometime after we run the washing machine, we smell something as if it’s coming from the sewer. I’ve used my sniffer to try to isolate the smell, but I can’t tell where it is coming from. I don’t think it’s coming from the toilet I installed not too long ago because I”m thinking the water in the bowl and tank prevent any gasses from coming up. I doubt it’s the sink in the half bath mainly for the same reason and how a p-trap is designed. The washing machine hasn’t shown any sign of leakage and it’s been cleaned and deodorized, and I don’t think the area in the wall where the washing machine waste water is dispensed is the culprit. I’m stumped, any thoughts?
  • An Azle restaurant didn’t quite think through an MLK promotion. When I lived in Mineral Wells, there was a certain perception we had of Azle when it came to race relations. But then again, I was a kid, and things could have been blown out of proportion and I could have succumbed to rumors.
    • She quickly learned from a friend that Monday’s special of chicken and waffles with a side of watermelon wasn’t such a good idea. “I wasn’t thinking about the historical (context),” she said. “I was thinking, we have margaritas and tacos on Cinco de Mayo, so, let’s have some fun with Martin Luther King Day.”
  • KVIL is no more. I remember when they used to broadcast Cowboys games, and thought it was weird for a music station to do such a thing.
  • Pixar Pretty Much Confirms That All Of Its Films Exist In The Same Universe
  • I only knew of white noise, had no idea there was also pink, blue, gray, and brown.
  • The fastest speeding tickets issued in Texas in 2016
    • The top two were done on motorcycles – Data show the fastest ticket issued was clocked at 209 mph; the second fastest was 167 mph. Both drivers were cited on U.S. 190 in Coryell County. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 1, 2016, troopers issued 9,821 tickets with alleged speeds of 100 mph or faster. That’s up from the 6,883 tickets with alleged speeds of 100 mph or faster in 2015.
  • Presidential Inauguration Bingo Game Printable
  • I don’t care how “gross” they are, I love them, and I’ve never smoked weed.
    • The Wall Street Journal – How Badly Were We Craving Jack in the Box Tacos? Badly – After a popular article proclaimed them ‘vile and amazing,’ Journal staffers in New York cooked up a plan to import them using West Coast colleagues, ice packs, a real-life scientist, UPS and a toaster
  • Someone didn’t think through optics, a big screen shouldn’t be in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Via Matt Viser of the Boston Globe
  • I’m surprised Trump didn’t smile for his inauguration photo (PDF from www.inaugural.senate.gov).
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Odd Interview on Fox News

It’s not every day that a television news outlet purposely invites hoaxers in order to confront them live on air about their hoax. But that’s exactly what Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson tried on Tuesday night — to incredibly bizarre results.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSm5dzaephk

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