Spaceman Spiff

I will say....if an old Native American dude approached me beating a drum and chanting something I didn't understand, I wouldn't know what the **** to think. There'd be a bunch of different ways to interpret it. I'd probably ask, politely as I could, "What are you doing and what's this all about?" Phillips says he was trying to be peaceful...how about putting the drum down, going over to the kids and be like "Hey, I know those guys are shouting some really nasty stuff at you, let's ignore it and I'll stand here and wait for your bus with you, let's be above it and not escalate anything." I get that he wants to spread his culture around but it might have been done better with an explanation. When I was living in Arlington, I would walk across the street to Pentagon City Mall where there'd be a ton of kids like this on field trips. There'd always be a lot of busses from kids out of town coming into DC and they'd stop at PCM cause of the food court. There would always be a bunch of kids, probably anywhere from age 13-16 wearing MAGA hats. It was always hard to tell if they were straight up Trump supporters or if they were just trying to be trolls and jerks. Or both. But kids are jerks. Not all, of course, but there are bratty teenagers everywhere, ESPECIALLY ones that are away from mom and dad for a few days. I am so tired of this story, I know I can't be the only one. I don't want to watch another video, I don't want to read another op ed on "HOW THE MEDIA GOT THIS WRONG" or "I'M STILL STICKING TO MY GUNS EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE APOLOGIZING TO THE KID, I SAW WHAT I SAW!!" https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/dont-doubt-what-you-saw-with-your-own-eyes-1831931203 The amount of outrage being sparked by a kid being a jerk (when we can agree that kids are jerks) is just so over the top. Is this really deserving of news? That a kid is being a jerk? That a white kid from Kentucky wearing a MAGA hat might be a douchebag? Why is this still on the front of CNN.com? However, the kids aren't the only ones being jerks, adults on twitter are just off the rails all day, every day. I'm not going to post Kathy Griffin's tweet here cause of the language (here's the link: https://www.dailywire.com/news/42420/kathy-griffin-viciously-targets-covington-catholic-daily-wire) , but come ON. Wanting names of the kids? Wants public shaming? And after she got hit by a lawsuit for spying on her neighbor like a ****ing creep: The Disney producer who put up a tweet about the woodchipper: https://www.rt.com/usa/449368-disney-producer-threatens-maga-kids/ Michael Rappaport saying their school should be shut down (2nd tweet) and calling them ****suckers: Really? I mean, they're from a CATHOLIC school. If you're going to take umbrage with the Catholics, how about their massive pedophile cover up machine? Michael Green: Really? Man, 16, his life is already defined. Go home, kid, no need to aspire to anything else. I hope Michael Green never has to ask for forgiveness in his life. Come on, everyone, let's get even more amped up and angry cause a 16 year old kid was a douche. 🙄 I don't know who to be more sad about in this situation, the kid probably being a jerk, or the adults who are calling for the kids head in some pretty alarming ways. (just to be clear, I'm Maverick, you can be Iceman)

Yeah, the kids mocking the Native American guy with the tomahawk chop that they do at the Atlanta Braves games. Hooting and hollering, it's obvious when people are being snide and jerks. That kid who stood there and stared, it wasn't a warm, inviting look. Nice statement from the kid, though, I am sure people who will see what they want to see from that video will think he's an upstanding young citizen who'd never be a jerk. That said, I'm not sure what Phillips hoped to accomplish by approaching that group of kids. I wouldn't call him an aggressor as he didn't do anything threatening but I'm not sure what he was thinking.

i thought Erykah Badu was "woke" https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/black-twitter-tells-erykah-badu-to-have-a-window-seat-a-1831910494

I agree, regarding the unabashed violence. And yeah, they take a lot of injuries and keep moving (the fight in the weightroom was ridiculous) but I reminded myself it's supposed to be over the top and to suspend some belief. Even though I thought that, the last episode where Punisher gets decked in the face by a big piece of iron and kept going made me roll my eyes. It's like a 2010's version of Leon: The Professional, almost. I really enjoyed it, overall.

I forgot Daredevil was canned. I guess that means Punisher won't be back, which is a shame. I liked Jessica Jones, too. I didn't know that Disney was starting their own streaming service. I found this article which explains a lot if anyone else is in the dark like me: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/disney-disneyplus-streaming-service-name-release-date-shows-movies-to-expect/

They got rid of Iron Fist (which was a bad show) and Luke Cage (which was a great one). Did they get rid of Jessica Jones and Daredevil, too?

Been watching practically all day. Hoooooooly ****. Bernthal is awesome. They better not cancel this like they've canceled their other Marvel series. But the girl that he helps out this season is fantastic. Giorgia Whigham.

****in R. Kelly came up on my Apple Music suggestion list a couple days ago. I don't even like R&B. I'm not sure how that happened but I was like WTF. No, I don't want to listen to 12 Play.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/17/entertainment/cardi-b-government-shutdown-trnd/index.html I can't believe we're in a place where elected officials are debating whether or not to RT a Cardi B rant about the shutdown. And the one Senator who tweeted "OMG, I had the same argument with myself 30 minutes ago!" like a teenager...just get the **** right out. I hate everybody.

@Springfield I think I probably speak for all of us when I say that I hope that nothing bad happens to you and yours, that it was just some dumb kids playing a prank and nothing sinister.

Cause they probably want to keep track of how people use it, what commands they give it, etc.

Yep, not into it. Don't think I ever will be. **** Alexa, I can start a playlist myself.