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Recent Comment |
| Is there anybody…out there? |
So, it turns out that no one gives a shit about Moore’s new movie. Wanna know my evidence for such a strong statement? NO ONE HAS PIRATED IT. Seriously. I checked all my usual haunts, and no one has bothered to steal this film. No one has taken a camera… |
JimK |
10/04/09 |
36 |
11/06/09 |
| Moore hypocrisy, and no one is surprised |
Not that it should come as a surprise to anyone reading this site, but let me tell you a “secret;” Michael Moore is a complete hypocrite. The event, hosted by Esquire, doubled as the launch of the magazine’s “Ultimate Bachelor Pad,” a fully tricked-out, 11-room, nine-bathroom, 9,200-square-foot signature penthouse in… |
JimK |
09/28/09 |
19 |
10/03/09 |
| Capitalism is evil |
Moore has completely stopped pretending to be anything other than a total hypocrite. Love it. “Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil,” the two-hour movie concludes. “You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy.” *sigh*… |
JimK |
09/07/09 |
6 |
10/23/09 |
| It’s donatin’ time… |
I’m afraid it’s that time again...time for a server drive. With Lee’s passing, the entire cost of the server is now on my shoulders, and times - as they are for everyone I’m sure - are tight. Blogads are a thin trickle these days, not nearly enough to pay for… |
JimK |
05/30/09 |
0 |
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| Bad news about Lee |
Please read this. We’ve lost Lee. Please be respectful in the comments. |
JimK |
04/07/09 |
10 |
04/21/09 |
| Why I have gone silent |
A commenter recently bemoaned the lack of this site’s activity. Well...I take much of the blame for that. I have had the politics beaten out of me on *every* front long before the election. This is NOT about Obama’s victory. I gave up on my personal politics/oriented blog for the… |
JimK |
11/14/08 |
8 |
01/17/09 |
| Ping! Fundraiser reminder |
First of all, thank you SO much to every person that has already donated to the server fund. Some of you did it anonymously, and some of you let me know. Either way is cool, but those of you who let me know who you are...I’m trying to figure out… |
JimK |
09/15/08 |
2 |
09/18/08 |
| It’s fundraising time… |
People, you have no idea how little I want to write this post. I have been putting it off forever, but numbers are numbers, and numbers don’t lie. My numbers are telling me that I need to once again ask for the support and generosity of the readers of the… |
JimK |
09/09/08 |
0 |
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| Happy Birthday, Mike |
Did you enjoy your gift from the people of Pennsylvania? You endorse Obama, Obama loses. Wouldn’t you really, really like to campaign on his behalf? Surely you want to go around the country telling everyone how horrible McCain and/or Hillary is and how great Obama is. You should totally do… |
JimK |
04/23/08 |
9 |
05/04/08 |
| Charlton Heston Dead at 84 |
What a shame. It’s a shame that such a massive man, in skill, heart and stature, was reduced by Alzheimer.s for so long. What might be the biggest shame of all is that Heston’s last public appearance will be probably be remembered as Mikey presented it in that travesty of… |
JimK |
04/06/08 |
15 |
05/01/08 |
| Oscar time |
Mike was nominated for Sicko. Does he have a shot at winning? Update by Lee: I don’t think so. First off, Sicko wasn’t that good of a movie. His previous efforts were timely and something a large section of the general public was interested in. And, had Moore treated the… |
JimK |
01/23/08 |
30 |
02/27/08 |
| Moore shopping for ass-kisses |
Mikey put out one of his lengthy, semi-coherent rants again this morning. These days, I’m getting about half my email, but today I seem to have won the blowhard lottery; this and two older, screechy screeds from the AFA crying that Ford wants to *gasp* sell cars to TEH GAYZ. … |
JimK |
01/02/08 |
6 |
01/19/08 |
| A question about releasing Sicko worldwide |
I’ve got a question that has been bugging me ever since the international Moore fanbase have decided to take Sicko at face value; What is the purpose of releasing a film that is hyper-specifically about the US health insurance business in the rest of the world? What purpose is being… |
JimK |
12/30/07 |
7 |
12/31/07 |
| Server issues |
Hey peoples...we’ve been having mail server issues for a *long* time now...turns out it was Lee’s fault! :) Someone was sending him *thousands* of spam emails a day. Multiple thousands, with attachments. For some reason trying to forward his Moorewatch address to his real one was creating massive mail queues… |
JimK |
12/26/07 |
2 |
12/26/07 |
| Moore to get DGA award, and you can protest |
Mikey is getting the International Documentary Association’s Career Achievement Award from the Director’s Guild of America tonight. This is rich with irony, as he doesn’t make documentaries nor does he use union workers in his films. As we all know, the show business guilds are all supporting the Writer’s Guild… |
JimK |
12/07/07 |
0 |
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| Dear SantaMoore, |
Mike, I know that we’ve been here before, what with your previous gift and all. Let me tell you, that really seems to have turned your core faithful into rabid hate machines. They’ve been at my throat since the day the news went public, so, Mission Accomplished! I was thinking...you… |
JimK |
12/04/07 |
11 |
12/06/07 |
| A pattern emerges |
Michael Moore’s Sicko came out on DVD this week, and let me tell you, my inbox has been like a minefield of stupid. It’s amazing how little people think for themselves these days, or are willing to look up the simplest of details. Let’s do an exercise. Let’s say there… |
JimK |
11/10/07 |
4 |
11/12/07 |
| Cuba for the non-tourist tourist |
This is a must-read if you have any doubt about how bad it is in Cuba for the average Cuban. Moore’s rose-colored camera lens in Sicko told you a flat-out lie. The money quote, IMHO: “We learned that the Cuban system is nothing but misery, moral mendacity and abuse. The… |
JimK |
10/18/07 |
0 |
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| It’s that time again… |
I’ve been putting this off, for reasons that are obvious to anyone who is regular. Unfortunately I’m getting a little thin in the financial area, so it’s time for a new server drive. |
JimK |
10/18/07 |
0 |
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| Cross-posted from AOL, about Moore and Democrat scandals |
I wasn’t going to post this, since I just made that other post, but Donna suggested that I put it up here as well...after the break the text of my latest AOL Manufacturing Dissent blog entry. |
JimK |
10/03/07 |
49 |
10/13/07 |
| Promises Promises |
Never had a doubt In the beginning Never a doubt Trusted too true In the beginning I loved you right through Arm in arm we laughed like kids At all the silly things we did You made me promises, promises Knowing I’d believe Promises, promises You knew you’d never keep… |
JimK |
10/03/07 |
7 |
10/06/07 |
| Mikey on Oprah again |
Well, I didn’t get to see it. My Tivo, or rather the Comcast cable that feeds it, blacked out the channel it was recording on. I assume some weird syndication rule kicked in. I didn’t find out until last night when we sat down to watch his sales pitch for… |
JimK |
09/29/07 |
14 |
10/05/07 |
| Blogging for AOL |
In an effort to help Manufacturing Dissent’s coming release on DVD, I agreed to post once in a blue moon (they’re very flexible) at AOL’s Manufacturing Dissent blog. Well...tonight, in a matter of a couple of hours, the activity has blown up. Anyone care to pop over and help a… |
JimK |
09/13/07 |
19 |
09/17/07 |
| John Stossel gets at Mikey on 20/20 |
Wow. Moore is....delusional. He’s a terrible actor, we all saw Canadian Bacon. He actually believes that regular Cubans get that exact level of health care, regardless of the thousands of Cuban-Americans that tell the world otherwise, regardless of the fact that there are mountains of evidence that he’s wrong. Weirder… |
JimK |
09/08/07 |
30 |
09/11/07 |
| A quick word about a “Captain Mike” review |
In the comments to this thread, DVDGuy posted a link to a review of Moore’s new ego stroke, Captain Mike’s Giant Ego Trip And Exploration Of Paranoia And Trumped-Up Fluffery (I may have the name a bit wrong, not sure). In that review, Todd Brown, a self-confessed Moore fan, has… |
JimK |
09/07/07 |
4 |
09/10/07 |
| Get ready… |
I just approved 200 new commenters and damn near 3/4 of them were from European countries. Prepare for the influx of the same stupid questions and comments as have been posted for the last 5 years… Why? Why do I do it? ;) Update from Lee Because, my friend, if… |
JimK |
09/05/07 |
22 |
09/26/07 |
| One more reason you don’t want the government providing your health care |
Because they can’t even sell sex right. The Federal Government of the United States can not run a bordello and make money. One cathouse. Just one. Not “one in every state”. Not “one whether you think you need it or not”. Just one single legal bawdy-house with an already-established customer… |
JimK |
09/05/07 |
1 |
09/05/07 |
| Hate mail, and Moore breaks the law |
It’s been awhile since I got a funny hate mail. I think this one qualifies, mainly due to the atrocious grammar and child-like rage. From: “Scott Harding” [email protected] To: jimk Subject: jackass Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:44:17 -0500 How the hell can you say these things you pig, he… |
JimK |
08/23/07 |
4 |
08/24/07 |
| Canadian mother flown to US for birth. Why? No room in Canada. |
Offered without comment: A Canadian woman has given birth to extremely rare identical quadruplets. The four girls were born at a US hospital because there was no space available at Canadian neonatal intensive care units. Karen Jepp and her husband JP, of Calgary, were taken to a Montana hospital where… |
JimK |
08/19/07 |
3 |
08/20/07 |
| Looks like Sicko is about done until the DVD release |
According to BoxOfficeMojo, Sicko’s current take is as follows: It has been losing screens and dropping for awhile. A few weeks back there was a big push to open on more screens, but the very next week it started losing and has pretty much gone downhill in an even decline. … |
JimK |
08/19/07 |
8 |
08/21/07 |
| In case you thought things have changed |
Via Babalu Blog, comes this story about Francisco Chaviano, recently released from hell Combinado del Este and sick as can be. One of Cuba’s longest-serving political prisoners, Francisco Chaviano, was released Friday on ‘’conditional freedom’’ after serving 13 years in prison—and immediately blasted prison conditions on the island. ‘’I am… |
JimK |
08/12/07 |
20 |
08/16/07 |
| Sicko used to promote Havana Hospital, but banned for Cubans |
What a surprise. Castro’s government is using Sicko to market the services of Havana Hospital to foreigners (how very capitalist of the revolution!), but they’ve also banned Sicko in Cuba. Here’s a Babelfish translation of a Cuban story, and here is a post from Josue that translates properly for us… |
JimK |
08/11/07 |
5 |
08/13/07 |
| A minor nit to pick regarding Social Security, plus Moore’s “patriotism” |
In the middle of a conversation we were having with my in-laws about how they receive their SS payments, something occurred to me: Moore has told another little lie, and keeps telling it over and over again. Fact: 80% of the people who receive Social Security do so via Direct… |
JimK |
07/25/07 |
47 |
07/29/07 |
| Sicko box office to date |
Well, it looks like Sicko finally made enough to break even plus a little, according to BoxOfficeMojo. Moore’s deal gives him 50% of the gross, so the film needed to gross $18 million to break even ($9 mil for the budget plus Moore’s half). I’ll be honest, I expected it… |
JimK |
07/22/07 |
22 |
07/25/07 |
| CNN’s response to Michael Moore, plus Manufacturing Dissent |
CNN has responded to Moore’s response and it’s a doozy. Way too much data to excerpt anything. Just read the whole thing. It’s a hell of a fisking. While we’re here, check out this article about Manufacturing Dissent. It’s interesting to note that the centerpiece of the film is a… |
JimK |
07/15/07 |
10 |
07/17/07 |
| Moore on Opie & Anthony |
Much thanks to reader Mike, who not only grabbed the audio but gave us an outline which you will find after the jump. Audio file is a 12.5MB MP3.Get it here. My personal highlights are Moore talking about the “me” versus “we” society and right/left coming together. We know he’s… |
JimK |
07/14/07 |
9 |
07/19/07 |
| Irony, they name is Moore |
This is precious. It’s Moore’s latest screed sent to his mailing list and posted to his site. It’s about the verbal beatings Dr. Sanjay Gupta gave him on CNN and Larry King, and of course Mike’s apoplectic blowup with Wolf Blitzer. I’d like you to note the following while you… |
JimK |
07/14/07 |
38 |
07/16/07 |
| BBC tried to pull a Moore |
The Beeb screwed up A trailer gave the impression that the monarch had abruptly halted the photo-shoot after Leibovitz’s request. Scenes of the pair clashing were followed by images of the Queen walking down a corridor and telling her lady-in-waiting: “I’m not changing anything. I’ve had enough dressing like this,… |
JimK |
07/13/07 |
2 |
07/14/07 |
| HAI infections in hospitals - why, and what can be done? |
I found this story about HAI (healthcare associated infection) rates in the UK interesting for a number of reasons, but I’m a little confused as to where to find comparable data for the US. I can’t find anything that cites any real numbers for the US, just a lot of… |
JimK |
07/12/07 |
2 |
07/23/07 |
| Michael Moore: 9/11 Truther, Democrat cheerleader |
This video is not remarkable for the confirmation that Moore is, at least in part, a 9/11 Truther. The important part is at the end. After the jump, take a gander at some crazy meeting some more crazy. |
JimK |
07/11/07 |
23 |
07/16/07 |
| Gupta and Moore on Larry King |
Thanks to swagger for this. Notice how Moore never actually answers any questions? Note the total stall technique in the middle, where he snickers to himself and bumbles around trying to think of something, anything to avoid the accusation of cherry-picking. Note the number of times he just changed the… |
JimK |
07/11/07 |
109 |
07/17/07 |
| Moore acting very unhinged on CNN |
This is pretty astounding. This unhinged kind of behavior only serves to hide the fact that he can’t actually discuss the merits of his positions. On top of that, he mocks Dr. Gupta’s name. Real classy. Thanks to all who emailed this in, and to Sam7 who posted it in… |
JimK |
07/09/07 |
65 |
07/12/07 |
| Question of the day - “Why?” |
One common question I get from Moore supporters in virtually every email is “Why?” Why do we focus on Moore when there are so many larger ills in the world? I’ll attempt to answer exactly that after the jump. |
JimK |
07/07/07 |
4 |
09/08/07 |
| Imitation is the sincerest form of joke stealing |
In a discovery that surprises exactly no one, Moore “borrowed” the idea for the Sicko poster from a 14 year old magazine cover. Guess who was on it? That’s right. Ol’ sexy herself. Mike’s not great with original thoughts. He’s really good at...umm..let’s stick with calling it borrowing. Hey, the… |
JimK |
07/06/07 |
11 |
07/10/07 |
| Jon Stewart falls all over himself loving Moore |
Wow. I mean...wow. Not once did Jon even consider asking him anything like a question. By the way, I could not get Comedy Central’s Motherload player to work with Firefox, so you may need another browser to view it. Three things: 1. Moore’s right that it’s crazy and dangerous that… |
JimK |
06/29/07 |
26 |
07/06/07 |
| Cleaning out my folder |
I have all these links that I keep meaning to post...so to get them out, I’m just going to throw them all in one post...after the jump. |
JimK |
06/27/07 |
4 |
06/28/07 |
| Feedback - the documentary filmmaker edition |
Lee and I received an email from a documentary filmmaker who asked that their name be withheld. I will honor that request because they asked politely and I know how hard it can be in the industry when you cross certain people, even mildly. Text after the jump. (Plus an… |
JimK |
06/25/07 |
4 |
06/27/07 |
| Ways to improve the health care system… |
...without going single-payer. I have two ideas that were floated to me via email, upon which I have expanded. Both people asked that I not publicize their address or names, and they were extremely polite about it, so in deference to them...just the ideas. After the jump, the two plans. |
JimK |
06/23/07 |
88 |
08/08/07 |
| Site changes *UPDATED* |
The HTML formatting buttons work again! Thanks to Derek at Ellislab (the creators of ExpressionEngine, which powers the site) for finding the problem over the weekend. As you may have noticed, some things have changed around here. A slightly tweaked layout, I hope it makes things more readable. The comments… |
JimK |
06/23/07 |
5 |
06/23/07 |
| Kyle Smith on Sicko |
Read the entire review. It’s worth your time. |
JimK |
06/20/07 |
4 |
06/20/07 |