Philip DeFranco video/comment

My comment posted to Philip DeFranco channel uploaded on 08/13/2020

Comment posted  08/14/2020:

Proud to be one of those 47, although judging by the amount of comments I challenge that figure even as I exude false hubris. Anywho, regarding the way schools should be set up and the USPS funded why reinvent the wheel. Where is the U. S. pandemic response team that you know who fired back in 2018? Maybe they would have some valuable input? Where is the concept of compromise, schools need a plan set up to shorten the school days/weeks for this time without vaccine. They need help from a centralized well-informed non-partisan group of scientists and psychologists. While it might be easier to find a living dodo (extinct for several centuries) in Washington DC, compromise and support is what we need. Having a Trump top contributor at the head of the USPS is rather depressing albeit predictable. One thing that Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr.(probably the de-facto U.S. leaders, may the creator help us all) need to realize the venn diagram linking Trump supporters and those dependent upon the USPS for many things in addition to mail-in voting is quite large. So everyone needs to get a dose of reality and work for the people, ALL of them.

Late Night with Seth Meyers - uploaded to YouTube 08-10-2020

My comment posted 08/11/2020

It is hard to decide which is worse the factual ignorance matched with purposeful confabulation (aka double-fail) of our leaders or the fact that U. S. citizens are expected to believe it all.

 

 

Philip DeFranco video uploaded 08/10/2020

My comment:

I am reserving my anger for governmental officials who are lazy, incompetent, narcissistic and basically brain-dead. Singers and other entertainers are not THE problem. I can appreciate the need for national security (aka ByteDance), however when it becomes a smokescreen to obscure ongoing problems (aka unemployment and COVID) I just wonder....  The Lebanon situation is more than sad as they (as do we in the U.S.) appear to be in a loop of: disaster occurs, ignorance shown, corruption uncovered, apologies made, restructuring put in place...then back to step one of the loop. Argh, I think that Philip DeFranco is going to have to make a more nihilistic merch line.

Response to a comment on same video:

Sad how no one realizes that the world is not filled with places that allow that freedom of choice. So yes, if it upsets you turn it off. Yoda may not be real, but the message is: “Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger… anger leads to hate… hate leads to suffering.”

Doctor Mike on You Tube (video published 07/26/2020)

Comment posted:07/26/2020


Due to a lack of effective leadership in Washington DC, we have 50 states with wildly divergent levels of infection and death from COVID-19. Betsy DeVos has not been very helpful (https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/12/do-what-i-want-betsy-devos-tells-school-districts-trying-open-2020-2) in giving us a workable program for school re-opening. By default it falls to each state to set up a tracking system for the spread of this disease, balance with the stats and re-evaluate schools being open at a central meeting several times a week. I disagree about a blanket (send all the children back to school) edict. As was said in this video, a hybrid of in-school and at-home learning is necessary. After decades of increasing pupil quantity per class, now we have to jump backwards to class sizes of 15 (perhaps 20 depending on room size) students per classroom. Ironic, sad and this situation we find ourselves in did not have to happen. We (the U.S.) need to swallow our pride and study how other nations have coped with this situation and not try to waste previous time "reinventing the wheel".  THANK YOU Doctor Mike for another invaluable video. Logic, science and patience seems to be in short supply along with COVID-19 infection and antibody tests.

Philip DeFranco
YouTube video posted July 13, 2020

comment posted 07/13/2020:


Ordinarily for a sports team, I would suggest the state bird or something pertinent to that state. However, since this is a Washington DC team and home to  countless politicians, lobbyists, and attorneys one word comes to mind, "Spinners". When I think of Washington DC, truth and intelligent discourse is (unfortunately) not what comes to my mind. I am not so much outraged about where Mr. Stone will be spending the remainder of his life. What bothers me is the control the office of the president over what should be separate and independent judicial matters. Sadly the Dr. Fauci spin (see what I said earlier), will convince the Trump acolytes while making the rest of us just shake our heads. All I can say is VOTE on November 3, 2020 (USA national elections).

LegalEagle
comment (on 07/12) posted to LegalEagle video published 07/12/2020 on YouTube.

RE: ideas for future videos.




Possible Topic #1:
State's rights vs. Federal  rights as in what trumps (pun absolutely intended) presidential over gubernatorial in something like, well let's say a pandemic with medical and economic factors being tested.
Possible Topic #2:
You open up a box of what you think are legal pads, instead a Judgy Jinn pops out and gives you THREE wishes with the only stipulation is that they have to be legal in nature. What 3 legal things do you wish for (can be global, U.S. only, the universe (as in law applicable off-planet as Elon Musk may be planning a Martian vacation).
Possible Topic #3:
Trial by jury vs. Trial by judge.  Positives and negatives.
Possible Topic #4:
How to behave as a juror and/or as a foreperson (BTW how does the person leading the jury get chosen? In cinema it seems so random.)
Possible Topic #5:
Impaneled Juries - necessary or punitive (as in jurors are so tired and stressed they will be less than thorough in deliberations).

Artemis Fowl

Watched on Disney+ streaming service June 13, 2020.

This comment was posted to Dan Murrell's June 12 video channel on June 13 - 14 2020


I,  like probably thousands of others,  bought Disney+ to see The Mandalorian. When I heard about this movie being made (seems SOOOOO long ago), I read the first (it's a series) book. It seemed like it would lend itself better to an animated series, but whatever, I had hope. Since I already pay for Disney+ I will satisfy my curiosity and watch Artemis Fowl, however my only liquid of choice will be a latte.

Just saw the movie. Without reading Book 1 (or its wiki), this movie is a mess story-wise. The editing is VERY choppy. I was shocked to see it was directed by Kenneth Branagh (#ReleaseTheBranaghCut) who is an expert director and actor so it is hard to believe that he had no control over the final cut. In an alt-Earth world of Hollywood legalities who knows. My final impression is that Artemis Fowl is not a movie, it is all the illustrations ripped out of the book turned into video images. One is left with interesting images, but no story. Josh Gad's "Hagrid-lite" did not bother me. I had rather imagined him with a deep gravelly voice when I read the novel. The characters were definitely "softened" in their temperaments which weakened their presentations on screen. However the actors themselves seemed to be doing a decent job with the material they had. Too bad, this could have been a great Netflix (or of course Disney) series. Sad.

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I only read Book 1. Basically the movie is only illustrations (aka unconnected scenes) from the novel with none of the world building and strong personalities.  Artemis Fowl (the main character) has undergone a transformation from sociopathic genius to a slightly on the spectrum genius with strong loyalties to his father and a few new friends. Perhaps that is how his character evolves in the book series? The actors all tried, but the movie is a choppy mess. The most shocking thing to me about this movie is that Kenneth Branagh is the director.  I know that Jeremy Jahns was joking, but seriously I would love to see the Branagh cut.