The actor, who was an icon of 1960s British cinema, died in a bar while shooting the film.

Donald Trump nominated Sean Duffy as secretary of transportation earlier this week. The pick feels potentially more significant than those offered for the old-line cabinet positions. When the outgoing administration was the incoming administration, Joe Biden generated much chatter regarding a successor when he nominated Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation. Despite Trump entering office as a lame-duck president, no such speculation greets Duffy. It should. He overflows with the least discussed but arguably most important quality in winning national elections: likeability. In this sense, Duffy eclipses the leading contenders — JD Vance, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley — talked about as a potential successor to Donald Trump in the one category (forget about Allan Lichtman’s “keys”) that has carried the day in every presidential election in my lifetime. And that lifespan suddenly matters. Yes, that he married a Mexican matters more politically in 2028 than it did on his wedding day. Yes, his enormous family itself constitutes a powerful voting bloc. Yes, Duffy hails from swing-state Wisconsin. But chronology matters here more than even geography. The former congressman comes from Generation X, which earlier this month voted for Trump in greater proportions than Baby Boomers, Millennials, and Gen Z did. Generation X likes Duffy so much because we grew up with him on the most Generation X show on the most Generation X channel on the most Generation X medium (cable TV) during the decade when Generation X came of age. We met Sean Duffy on MTV’s The Real World during the 1990s. And therein lies a tale. The producers set him up as the token conservative upon which the rest of the house, disproportionately political and liberal, could use as a pinata (the fate of past characters fitting his mold). The producers selected Duffy to serve as the outlier to the Stanford afro-centrist Kameelah, the bisexual Genesis, halfway-hippie guy Jason from Colorado, and feminist Montana on the Boston iteration of the show. Duffy flipped the script. He came across as uber-likable, befriended most of his housemates, and always emerged from confrontations as the more sympathetic character. The fact that he competed in lumberjack competitions increased viewer interest in him. He parlayed that popularity to a seat in Congress representing Wisconsin. One of the strange ironies of MTV — when it still wielded enormous cultural significance — involves how its 1990s promotion of left-wing politics — overtly through the “Rock the Vote” and “Choose or Lose” campaigns that it pushed, and covertly, if not subtly, through its programming — backfired. Yes, MTV aggressively pushing gay characters in its reality shows altered public perception. And its producers feeding participants questions — e.g., “Boxers or briefs?” — in staged forums further humanized liberal politicians. But one cannot help but notice that the generation MTV sought to mold and the most successful of its programming’s graduates lean right. Trump nominating Duffy serves as merely the latest illustration of this. Oregonian Kennedy acted as the quirky, left-of-the-dial VJ before reemerging as a libertarian voice on Fox News and elsewhere. Louisianan Theo Von, beyond quirky if apolitical on Road Rules, memorably interviewed Donald Trump during this election cycle and serves as one of many non-mainstream comics to gather a mainstream audience through podcasts. Ohioan Mike Mizanin did not fare as well as Duffy in the unofficial role of conservative yokel on The Real World; he subsequently parlayed the wrestling persona “The Miz” he debuted on MTV into two decades and counting with the WWE, which includes two runs as champion. Rachel Campos, who starred on Real World: San Francisco, the series’ most memorable season, and later married Duffy, now serves as a regular on Fox News. Even Beavis and Butthead moved right. MTV did not plan it this way. But Gen X, mistakenly dubbed the most apolitical generation largely by Baby Boomers imagining their goofy, self-righteous activism necessarily metastasized to coming parts of the body politic, rebelled against the masters of reality television who could not, ultimately, master reality. And given that in all but Biden’s term Baby Boomers have occupied the Oval Office since 1993 (a time of shrinking power on the world stage, declining GDP growth, and ballooning debt), four years from now seems about time the generation of Elon Musk and Dave Chappelle and Tiger Woods and Molly Ringwald take its turn in the presidency. READ MORE from Daniel J. Flynn: Campaign Grifters Ironically Killed Dems’ Government Grift Five Frightening Ways Democrats Campaigned as They Govern The Age of Trump The post A Gen X President (Four Years from) Now More Than Ever appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

No one in Rock was more consistently influential than David Bowie. He effectively adopted (and discarded) images (Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane & The Thin White Duke) and styles creating an incredible and varied body of work. Here is the list of Great Songs: #10. Space Oddity It was first released on July 11th, 1969, as the opening track of Bowie’s self-titled second studio album.   Space Oddity #9. Under Pressure w/ Freddie Mercury and Queen Both Bowie and Queen were recording at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. Bowie had contributed unused backing vocals for a Queen song before work then began on “Under Pressure.” Queen bassist John Deacon came up with the original riff which was altered during the recording process. Under Pressure #8, Blue Jean Written by Bowie for his sixteenth studio album “Tonight” (1984). It was one of only two tracks on the album written entirely by Bowie. Blue Jean #7. Modern Love The song, co-produced by Nile Rogers of Chic who had hoped to make a “very noncommercial, avant-garde album” with Bowie. After recoding “Let’s Dance,” the album’s title track, and “Modern Love,” Bowie asked Rodgers to “make (a) great commercial record. Modern Love #6. Cracked Actor The track, written during Bowie’s stay in Los Angeles while on the American leg of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, is from his sixth studio album “Aladdin Sane” (1973).  Cracked Actor #5. Fame Written by Bowie, Carlos Alomar and John Lennon, the song features backing vocals by the former Beatle. Bowie said that Lennon was the “energy” and the “inspiration” for “Fame”, and that’s why he received a co-writing credit. “Fame: became Bowie’s first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Fame #4. Rebel Rebel The song has been described as Bowie’s farewell to the Galm Rock movement. Rebel Rebel #3. Changes Released in 1971, it featured Rick Wakeman (Yes) on piano along with the future Spiders From Mars – guitarist Mick Ronson, bassist Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey. Changes #2. The Jean Genie The lead single from his 1973 album “Aladdin Sane” it was recorded with his backing band The Spiders From Mars.  The Jean Genie #1. Suffragette City Released in ’72 as the B-side of “Starman,” it subsequently appeared on Bowie’s fifth studio album “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars” (1972). “Suffragette City” was originally offered to Mott The Hoople who declined it and recorded Bowie’s “All The Young Dudes” instead – which became the band’s biggest commercial success. Suffragette City ### The post 10 Great David Bowie Songs appeared first on RockinTown.

This Is DANGEROUS Sabotage

from Moonbattery: When liberal jurisdictions declare themselves to be transgender sanctuary states, here’s what that means: A California judge has permanently stripped parental rights from Texas father Jeffrey Younger over his refusal to allow his 12-year-old son to be chemically and surgically castrated at the wish of the boy’s mom. … Younger and Anne Georgulas have been […]

by Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite News: New documents show that Planned Parenthood has supplied the University of California San Diego with ‘viable’ dead babies up to six months old in exchange for patent deals, renewing suspicions that the nation’s largest abortion chain could be violating federal law. Newly obtained documents show that Planned Parenthood supplied the […]

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