Please believe me, "The Bullwinkle Horror Picture Show" is not for children!!!

Chatted with my Dad today and one of the topics was the first Rocky movie.  Not something normal to talk about but there it is.  As always, he brought up something most people would never even consider, that he always thought the most unrealistic part of the movie was just that Rocky and Apollo could have a match in the first place.  The Boxing Commission would never permit the champ to set up an actual fight with a complete nobody.

You can say as I did that at least it makes sense for the story, but that's part of ignoring reality like movies do.  Apollo can't keep his career if he wastes time doing that and injuries happen even to successful boxers.  Unless he knocks the opponent out immediately, he's going to get hurt and that is going to limit the matches where he gets paid lots of money and has lots of fans.  It's also going to look like a set-up if he faces people he can beat so easily.  That's simply not how to become the champ.

The closest thing to realism would be if got into a fight somewhere in a coincidental meeting but even there too much would get in the way.  There's no way Rocky and Apollo could meet in a bar, Rocky wouldn't be allowed into any places Apollo would go and Apollo would have a lot of guards if he even considered going to a common place.  However unlikely, it's theoretically possible that they could run into each other and be ready to fight, but even at worst, Apollo's guards or manager would just offer Rocky a few hundred bucks to get out now and Rocky would probably take that.

This is more thought than we put into the discussion but still, when did my Dad ever think about boxing?

Larry King, TV talk-show host, age 87
January 23, 2021

□ [“Taiwan records 13 incursions by Chinese air force in single day"]

The wars are back.  I have a different view than most people of our military actions in the 21st century but I certainly didn't object to Trump halting our enemies without needing to start a war.  Of course they supported Biden and have a lot of catch-up to do.

Just pointing out that of my four deployments to Iraq/Middle East, only one of them had massive amounts of protestors pretending to oppose the deployment and that was under a different POTUS than the other three.  There are a couple of other relevant details - such as I don't name the country we went to on my last deployment, not that it was Top Secret, just that there were no protestors so they must not find it relevant - but after all these years, there's been no explanation of why we're sending troops to Syria.  Congress sure hasn't declared war which is supposed to be how these things are done.

□ [“Buyer’s Remorse:  New Mexico’s Leaders Say Biden Energy Bans Will Devastate State’s Economy"]

I have a few more headlines about leftists suddenly seeing a problem with POTUS-Installed, but I'm not sure I'll post them at the moment.  It was obvious he'd start raising taxes and shutting down businesses immediately, it's not like he needs Congress for that.  He's got his mansions under a hidden name, he gets a share of the money other countries give his son, he's fine, he just actively opposes other people being fine.  If that happened, the left would have no one to complain about would need to get real jobs.

And these people were stupid enough to go along with it.  If there's an upside to the stolen election, it's that now people get to see how the left really behaves and compare it to the actual benefits Trump brought.  The left will definitely over-extend themselves, the problem is how much misery they're going to cause.