[kreuzberger]

I woke this morning with fears for the future of my kid and his missus. They are utterly joyful drapers and upholsterers to pretty big name productions, and I would hate it (again) if the kid had to return to the misery of investment banking.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I see Daniel Peacock who was a fairly hot property in the early 80s wound up this film. I don't know how he felt about that, but maybe he thought it was better than appearing in Assaulted Nuts with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Newman out of Seinfeld.

[Crabcakes]

I'm confused, I thought Hollywood was failing because it was woke, not because of unfair competition.

He actually made an even more insane announcement.

The US president said Alcatraz, which is on an island off the coast of San Francisco, needed to be “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” to house “America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders”.

Alcatraz Island was developed into a national park and tourist attraction by notorious liberal leftist, Richard Nixon.

As has been noted on the interwebs, Escape from Alcatraz had been on telly that night.

Doesn’t take a genius to figure out where this ‘policy’ sprang from. But it does take an imbecile to base policy on what’s on the box that evening.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

[Youngian]

The Alcatraz brain fart is normal Trump stuff, easy effective storytelling his base will understand.

[davidjay]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

At what point will someone say "Enough," and is it even possible?

[Oboogie]

As someone with little knowledge of Hollywood, I found this discussion informative and helpful in understanding the issues.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

At what point will someone say "Enough," and is it even possible?

It's possible, but very unlikely.

[Youngian]

How exceptional is the US's separation of powers? Most dictators in the Americas were executive presidents who came to power through elections, had legislatures and an independent judiciary.
Argentina showed it doesn't take long for a wealthy respected country to descend into a tinpot banana republic.

[Tubby Isaacs]

As has been noted on the interwebs, Escape from Alcatraz had been on telly that night.

Doesn’t take a genius to figure out where this ‘policy’ sprang from. But it does take an imbecile to base policy on what’s on the box that evening.

Ha ha ha ha. What's on tonight? The Towering Inferno? He'll be tweeting about skyscrapers by bedtime.

[Watchman]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

and being manipulated by some very sinister people

[Tubby Isaacs]

He wasn't the brightest before. but he's deteriorating. I'm old enough to remember when getting a name wrong and instantly correcting was disqualifying for a US President.

[Bones McCoy]

Not an imbecile.
A man succumbing to dementia and mental illness.

and being manipulated by some very sinister people

This is the significant difference between 45 and 47.
* 45 played golf while the pet monkeys shat the bed.
* 47 has a drilled organisation, including several people even less pleasant than the president.

One is reminded of situations where scammers obtain control over the confused elderly.
With the plot twist that this confused elderly is also a wrong-un.