New Review: Resident Evil (2002)

This week, AYTIWS(?) watches on in horror as Paul W.S. Anderson pulls a career out of Milla Jovovich's ass in Resident Evil (2002).

Gay Air Force Nurse Wins Job Back; DADT Wins Raised Middle Finger

Via BBC (among others):

In the state of Washington, a judge ruled the ban unconstitutional and said the firing hurt morale in her unit.

Maj Margaret Witt sued after the Air Force sacked her upon learning of her relationship with a civilian woman.

President Obama and some military leaders have called for the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, but Congress this week rejected the bid.

On Friday, US District Judge Ronald Leighton became teary as he praised Maj Witt for her struggle to win back her job following her 2004 suspension and subsequent dismissal.

"There is no evidence that wounded troops care about the sexual orientation of the flight nurse or medical technician tending to their wounds," Judge Leighton ruled.

Thankfully, there's overwhelming evidence at least one District Judge is as fucking sick and fucking tired of waiting for Congress and Our Glorious Leader to pull their thumbs out of their asses as I am.

Oh, I'm sorry, make that two.

The ruling is the second this month in which a federal judge has said the "don't ask, don't tell" policy violates the US Constitution. Analysts say the twin rulings add further momentum to the growing movement to overturn the policy.

The only thing stopping it? The same thing that stops everything, pinky: upcoming elections. If politicians solved problems, what could they promise to fix during their campaigns? Good God, how could they raise funds? Who could they possibly scare the jaded, coddled, apolitical public out of their gadget-stuffed homes, off their ever-fattening asses, and into a voting booth?

That's why we'll have no tax on rich people. That's why "don't ask, don't tell" is still on the books, despite being barbarically stupid. That's why we'll have no direct federal hiring, no net neutrality, no universal health care. Nothing but greed, money grubbing, and desperation for this Empire tonight...punctuated by the occasional bit of good news, in between drone aircraft attacks and the disaster movies sprung to life. The Apocalypse might be upon us, but at least my lesbian sisters can go down fighting. For "freedom," of some kind. 

New Review: Event Horizon (1997)

This week, And You Thought It Was...Safe(?) explores the early works of director Paul (Resident Evil) Anderson, diving back into the late '90s with as much retro zeal as the rest of American political culture seems to have developed. Hence: Event Horizon (1997).

A Public Service Announcement from D.O.I.T.

And Speaking of Labor Day...

...my own labors continue. Received my first rejection slip of the month today, pushing one more short story back into the "like a rolling stone" category. On a Sunday, of all days. And a holiday weekend, too. Feels good, in all sincerity. The sour taste in the back of my mind lets me unequivocally know I've been rejected by a by-God professional.

New Review: New Moon (2009)

And so AYTIWS returns to fictional-Forks with New Moon (2009). You're welcome.

New Review: If God is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010)

In a rare Wednesday update, AYTIWS reviews Spike Lee's latest letter from New Orleans: If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise.