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LessAspin's JournalNoir Christmas movie: Blast of Silence (1961)
IMDB:
A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
Wikipedia:
Blast of Silence is a 1961 American neo-noir film written and directed by, and starring Allen Baron, with Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, and Peter H. Clune in supporting roles. Set during Christmastime, it follows a hitman who returns to his native New York City to commit a murder for hire. It was produced by Merrill Brody, who was also the cinematographer.[3]
Plot
Frankie Bono, an Italian-American Mafia hitman working with the Mafia in Cleveland, returns to his hometown of New York City during Christmas week to kill Troiano, a middle-management mobster. The assassination will be risky, and Frankie is warned by the go-between who delivers the front half of Frankie's money that the contract will be reneged if he is spotted before the hit is performed...
Trailer
Sledge Hammer!
David Rasche the 81 year old actor that starred in Sledge Hammer ⚒️ was on tonight's episode of Elsbeth
He looks really good for 81
Soul Man (1986)
Ronald Reagan really brought racism back out of the closet bigly in the 1980s.
It should be noted that 'Soul Man' had some very negative real life implications too..
As documented in the Wonkette and Vice pieces linked below ⬇️
https://x.com/Wonkette/status/1675964722116542465
https://x.com/Slate/status/1815532018760859714
https://www.vice.com/en/article/remembering-the-absurdly-racist-blackface-comedy-soul-man/
NCIS: Origins to cast young Scott Bakula
Not only will it be cool for Origins to cast a young version of Scott Bakula's character from NCIS New Orleans but think of the possibilities ..
That actor could also be used to reboot Star Trek Enterprise and Quantum Leap.
https://x.com/TVInsider/status/1990473774639054948
On Friday night Star Trek watch party we had a Scott Bakula night and watched an episode of Quantum Leap (Sam leaped into young Al's body and accidentally got him pinned for SA and murder and had to fix it "Oh boy...")
— Evelyn X (@evelynecks.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T20:04:55.436Z
I still can't get the theme out of my head.
youtu.be/7WK71Z_ZLc0?...
It's hard enough for an actor to become legendary for just one TV role, but these individuals were able to do so for two characters on two separate shows.
— TVLine (@tvline.com) 2025-11-19T01:11:30.532Z
11.15.75 SNL musical guest ABBA
Wow the SNLers really hated ABBA 
https://x.com/DannyDeraney/status/1989850246701334957
https://x.com/rossfreed/status/1990123862797767041
https://x.com/DannyDeraney/status/1989895106674176351
https://x.com/djmurfster/status/1989927172383953080
Dad working out in daughter's room is a funny ad..
The daughter arrives home for the holidays only to find her dad has moved a treadmill into her room.
She finds him running on the treadmill in his short shorts as she throws up a little in her mouth 
BTW the dad is played by Chris Farley's brother.
Judge orders arrest of ex-Green Beret part of 2020 Venezuelan Coup
There were quite a few threads about this coup attempt at the time on the forum here..
Updated on: November 1, 2025 / 7:32 AM EDT
A federal judge in Tampa has ordered the arrest of a former Green Beret accused of plotting to invade Venezuela in 2020 after he failed to show up to court for a hearing on whether he should be taken back into custody for violating the conditions of his pre-trial release.
Jordan Goudreau, 49, was arrested last year on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt undertaken during the first Trump administration...
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/judge-orders-arrest-green-beret-jordan-goudreau-failed-venezuela-coup/
Counterpart
Finally got around to watching Counterpart. Pretty good..
Fringe meets Severance is how I would describe it. Take a major storyline from Fringe but with the dark ominous feel of Severance..
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