Cicely Tyson's finest work

A few days ago came the sad word that Cicely Tyson had passed away at 96.  What an amazing career she had.  Actually, what an amazing life she lived.  Tyson arose in the entertainment industry at a pivotal moment for African-Americans in the medium of movies and television.  For her devotion to her craft she won every major award in the field, and a place...

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Joseph Biden's accomplishments during his first three days of office

Let future historians note that within 72 hours of his inauguration as President of the United States, Joseph Biden has:- Severely raised the price of insulin by rescinding directives of Donald Trump to the Department of Health and Human Services - Deployed more military forces to Iraq - Deployed more military forces to Syria - Eliminated some 70,000 private...

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If you only watch one YouTube video this month...

 ...make it this one.  This is GENIUS.  Wish I'd have thought of it ...

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A prediction

Five years from now Twitter will barely exist.  If it still does its market value will be significantly wiped out compared to today.The board of that company needs to fire Jack Dorsey, now.Even worse than other tech giants, Twitter is trying to be both publisher and platform.  It's not sustainably possible.  And it's heading toward disaster.Expect an ever larger exodus of users from Twitter to competitors like Gab and Parler (the latter...

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Project: Ghostbuster, Part 2

A few days ago I posted the start of my newest endeavor: the assembling together a Ghostbusters uniform and gear, as close to screen accurate as possible.  I said then that this is going to take some time and I'm not in any particular rush to get it done, but I think that's for the best.  In the end, this getup is going to kick serious paranormal boo-tay!The jumpsuit...

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My most serious prediction ever

Make a note of this.  January the Sixth, Two Thousand and Twenty-One.  Just before 1 p.m. EST.If I'm wrong about this I'll eat my fedora.  No really, I will.Here it is:I do declare that four years from today, the United States will be in the WORST condition it has been in, in at least the past fifty years.Hold me to this.  Do it.I am dead-#@%$ serio...

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Project: Ghostbuster, Part 1

Ed bedecked in finest Ghostbusters attireBlame Ed Woody: one of my besties/occasional filmmaking collaborator/partner in crime (incidentally his little girl just turned one year old :-).You see, for the past number of years I've been watching as Ed assembled his screen-quality Ghostbusters uniform.  It looks AMAZING up close and in person.  The pics do it no justice. ...

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Yay! Happy New Year!

Now, let us NEVER do that again.EDIT 12:30 am EST:  As an aside, this blog saw 69 posts made during 2020.  That's the most since 2015!  Yes, The Knight Shift IS thriving again ...

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Playing Christmas music... after Christmas

Today is December 30th.  And there is a major radio station nearby that is still playing wall to wall Christmas music.  My supervisor told me that they don't stop until New Year's Day.At first I thought that was a little overkill.  Something that I touched upon in a post from last year.  I still believe that starting up the Christmas season earlier and...

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The Winter Solstice Conjunction of 2020

 Tonight is the Great Conjunction with Jupiter and Saturn. It's visible just over the south-westsern horizon, and will be there for a little while longer if you want to catch it. This pic was taken by my friend Steven Glaspie. His phone camera is a bit better than mine :-)  &nb...

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To the young lady who came to the blog from the American Thinker article and asked if I was taken...

 Kindest miss,Good lady, you make me blush furiously!Sad to say, I am not taken.  But I would never stop thanking God if he did bring into my life some wonderful lass to court and woo and come to be joined in matrimony with.Anyone wanting to inquire further can reach me by email at theknightshift@gmail.comWhat I'm looking for in a lady is not much: someone who loves God more than she would love me, won't mind that I'm a Star Wars...

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New article at American Thinker: respect for a fraudulent president

American Thinker this morning published my latest article.  "Must We Respect a Fraudulent President" says what it means and means what it says: in light of the significant amount of evidence that chicanery most foul took place during the November 3rd election, how can anyone in Joseph Biden's position claim to have a mandate to be the leader of the free world?Here's a clip:The matter of unjust measures is brought up at least nine times in the...

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Have never embedded a video from Rumble before...

 All the cool kids are telling me that Rumble is where it's at for videos which might otherwise not fit on some other hosting services.  Gotta wonder why that is.So this was a very important game for me to watch today. Not just because I was rooting for Navy (the branch that my dad served in) but today was the very first time that I watched an American football game... and actually understood its rules!! This game has always mystified...

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"Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars..."

 Look, I love Star Wars as much as anyone (maybe far too much more than anyone.  But what came out of the Disney Investor Event a few days ago worries me:Ten... count 'em TEN... new Star Wars projects going on for the next few years.  Those are in addition to The Mandalorian.  Most of these are likewise going to be streaming series on the Disney+ service. ...

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He had the right stuff

 Chuck YeagerFebruary 13 1923 ~ December 7 2...

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Couple of hilarious music videos I came across

Awright, we could all use some laughter right now, no matter who you are.  And in the past few days I've come across some really good videos worth sharing.First there's this parody of "Sweet Child O' Mine", performed by Guns N Helmets featuring Axl Rose Grogu aka "Baby Yoda":And then there is this fine piece of work: heavy metal guitar accompanying televangelist Kenneth Copeland (who has always been pretty creepy to m...

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Maybe the last real post I make about this election

The following post isn't going to endear me to some people.  Indeed, I removed it for awhile after it drew fire from some who I greatly respect.  I sincerely hope that, as Thomas Jefferson beautifully put it, this will be no reason to depart from friendship.I am a historian and an observer of human nature.  And what comes now, is from a place I earnestly believe...

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