TGIF, 3Chics Family & Friends!
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
TGIF, 3Chics Family & Friends!
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Even though 3Chics Politico is written and curated by three women: Ametia, Rikyrah, and SouthernGirl2, I must nominate this as one of the most engaging blogs I've found. Devoted to politics and culture, these three shine a light on contemporary life with humor and spirit.
Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/964148543844843520
‘Black Panther’ Is Marvel’s First Genuine Masterpiece
Ryan Coogler’s highly anticipated
superhero movie is even better and richer than could have been imagined,thanks to a fantastical world that evokes real questions about history
By K. Austin Collins
Feb 14, 2018, 11:00am EST
……………………..
That’s not the sole reason Black Panther seems poised to trounce box office records this weekend, to say nothing of its other benchmarks, like exceeding
the Fandango presales of every other Marvel movie to date, or being one of Twitter’s most talked-about movies of 2017—despite not coming out until 2018. But it helps. If we’re going to have a conversation about what makes Black Panther feel so essential, we may as well start there. We can do the whole song and dance of spelling out the basic reasons for the movie’s importance: what it means for Hollywood that a project of this size, with this budget, and with a nearly all-black cast, can finally seem like a worthwhile risk for a major studio and the timely impact of a movie about a mythical African kingdom, a so-called “shithole country,” to be released at this moment in our political history. The movie is a symbolic solution to issues that, when Black Panther was just a rumor, a dream getting tossed to and fro in a Marvel Studios boardroom, we didn’t think could grow so much more dire.
…………………….
On the other hand, it has to work as a movie, too. It has to be a banger. The clapbacks have to be good. The fights have to be great.I’m trying to imagine being Ryan Coogler, the movie’s 31-year-old superstar director, at the start of this project, tasked with a job as monumental as this, burdened by a keen sense of the inherent inability to please everyone, and still having to make the movie. The central triumph of Black Panther, though it’s merely one of many, is
that the story Coogler and his cowriter, Joe Robert Cole, have devised is even better and richer than could have been imagined—not only because it owes so much to racial questions of the kind the Marvel Universe hasn’t encountered before, but also because we’re 17 movies deep into said universe and well versed in its foibles and missed opportunities.
Black Panther is a feat in its own right. It is
very much the Black Panther tale dreamed up by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the 1960s, a retelling of the origin story in which Wakanda becomes the sole possessor of vibranium, an indestructible alien element from a fallen meteorite, and over time becomes the most technologically advanced society in the world, in part by cutting itself off from said world, hiding under the cloak of unassuming third-world poverty.
……………………
It’s a complicated plot centered on the question of what Wakanda is
and—most urgently—what it means, not only to the Wakandans themselves nor even to Africans broadly, but to blacks everywhere. Imagine knowing there was a black utopia, a place at the root of all blackness, self-sufficient and untouched by slavery or colonialism. It’s a fantasy:a reversal of history. “Wakanda itself is a dream state,” says director Ava DuVernay to The New York Times, “a
place that’s been in the hearts and minds and spirits of black people
since we were brought here in chains.” The question that envelops Black Panther, in other words, is a question baked, poignantly and also fraughtly, into its script. What Wakanda—a booming black metropolis that mixes technological Afro-futurity with the spiritual and ancestral past—means to the black people within the movie is analogous to what it means to us outside of it.
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/2/14/17011910/black-panther-film-review-marvel-ryan-coogler-michael-b-jordan-chadwick-boseman
Rikyrah, thank you SO MUCH for all of the Wakanda excitement you have brought here!!!
Your countdown, articles, and postings have been super!
https://twitter.com/GeekAdventurous/status/952256304474619905
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/964529916833402881
https://twitter.com/theadvocateno/status/964363186479644674
https://twitter.com/IanMcNultyNOLA/status/964545437205172224
BWA HA HA HA H HA HA HA HA
https://twitter.com/quintabrunson/status/964587370627526656
LOL..
LMAO. That guy just wasn’t getting it. Still doesn’t get it.
https://twitter.com/EricHaywood/status/964632177651564544
https://twitter.com/EricHaywood/status/964503805109809157
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/964519766072463360
https://twitter.com/NyleDiMarco/status/964564914810642432
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/964526403315290113
Shameful..
https://twitter.com/shadowandact/status/964642602959204352
https://twitter.com/Orfea_Nera/status/964496604051968000
https://twitter.com/Blavity/status/964643756300488704
https://twitter.com/Julia_SCI/status/964301554906877952
https://twitter.com/TheBeatWithAri/status/964647539835396096
https://youtu.be/zlPr23ORUIQ
https://twitter.com/mefeater/status/964516030017163265
https://twitter.com/Lilly_Works/status/964533012577779712
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/964650627530969089
https://twitter.com/Essence/status/964522361944006656
https://twitter.com/EBONYMag/status/964552381169102848
https://twitter.com/Patrickesque/status/964547435300249601
Is it me, or is there something just not setting right with me & that Yamiche lady from NYT?
I’ve shared about her and a few others in the past..
Darlene superville – Associated Press, Helena Andrews – WaPo, Abby Phillip – WaPo etc.
I’m all for ‘black representation’, but not when it serves no real positive purpose, and worse, does more harm than good..
Tell it, Kevonstage
https://youtu.be/Ihol5jSy2gY
Very important thing Mueller showing in the indictment:
He views Russian election help as a campaign finance law violation.
That’s very bad for any American who knowingly accepted such help.
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) February 16, 2018
Thanks for this, Rik. Would you please post all Mueller indictment comment on the Mueller thread too.
Elijah Cummings on Russia indictments:
“This is the criminal conspiracy. This is what President Trump and his allies have repeatedly called a ‘hoax’ and ‘fake news.’ This is what they tried to cover up.” pic.twitter.com/yObB2pdcF3
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) February 16, 2018
From Silverman at BJ:
Mark Corallo, former spokesperson for Trump’s legal team, spoke with Robert Mueller’s team on Thursday for over two hours, two people familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast. https://t.co/atPOndy9j5
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/964527477916762113
https://twitter.com/EricHolder/status/964567875846483969
I love that phrase, “the contours of the conspiracy”. Ha ha.
https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/1922754864422661/?hc_ref=ARQTR8RoRgxNacWCxd2kxrcPmpr44lVKAEO7u2S3PF6afWFnZKVA1zmeZ–SpXshiP8
Damn, this is heart wrenching.
If I lost a child this way, I don’t think I would ever be able to speak about it publicly. I think I would end up sitting in a chair and staring out the window. Probably for years.
This video needs to go viral and send it to Speaker Paul Ryan and the GOP’s emails. FLOOD THEIR INBOXES with the video.
No WH briefing since Tuesday.. WHY?
Ms. Huckabee is said to be tired of ‘answering’ for ‘general’ Kelly and thinks he and Dan Mcgahn ought to take a turn at the liars podium for a change ..perhaps she’s on strike ..or hoping that it’ll all blow over by Tuesday, or coordinating her many lies with the 2 men if they are to indeed take to the podium..
P.s:
Quite the shame …the alt right cohort holding the People’s House hostage are clearly no longer enamoured of or awed by ‘general’ Kelly .. He’s now common …A common ‘big fat liar’ as one of the cohort described him to some media folks..
Turns out, familiarity (with not well-executed or potent enough lies and deceit easily churned out by a previously touted former ‘general’) does indeed breed contempt ..
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy..
Don Mcghan..
Just got back from lunch.
We had a pot luck.
No, it wasn’t like that. Everyone participating knew how to cook…
None of those surprises that wind up in someone’s Twitter Feed under
” What the Holy Hell is this?”
LOL
I feel the itis coming…
LOL I feel you, Rik.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAjEDUYsbsY
Lord, have Mercy
God help us.
I keep waiting for the tipping point on this problem from hell. It doesn’t get fixed until there is sustained public outrage sufficient to oust these GOP politicians who have sold out to the gun lobby. And, of course, Trump has to be gone.
This reminds me of the Vietnam War. By about the end of 1968 and into 1969, almost everyone knew someone who had been killed or maimed. Eventually this turned people against the war, especially when they realized there were no good reasons for all of the carnage.
Well, the bodies from these shootings are certainly stacking up. The affected community is growing and growing. There has got to come that day when people get serious about this and stop listening to those gun lobby voices. That’s the only way this ends.
this broke my heart
Robert Mueller Just Indicted 13 Russian Nationals for Interfering With US Political Process
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/robert-mueller-just-indicted-13-russian-nationals-for-interfering-with-us-political-process/
Robert Mueller coming for THAT ASS! #13Russian
There’s our SG..
Good to see you cowgirl👢 glamma..
Still lifting you up in prayers..
Thank you, Eliihass!
Sorry, but don’t be surprised if Bernie Sanders’ name appears somewhere in all the tweets and articles that appear, and the Mueller investigation as well.
https://twitter.com/deray/status/964476283844485120
And the children shall led the way…
https://twitter.com/Snoodit/status/964344684179935233
‘Every Single Word’ Reveals The Alarmingly Low Amount Of Lines Spoken By PoC In The Biggest Films
https://shadowandact.com/every-single-word-poc-big-films/?utm_content=bufferf874a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
View all 34 of the videos in the Every Single Word series here:
HOT DAMN! It’s on & poppin….
Breaking: Mueller indicts 13 Russians for election meddling.
And the info is showing the Russians who were indicted used THIRD PARTY THUGS to muddy the election process
LOOKIE HERE:
Ms Jill stein is in the mix here, ALSO TOO
HEAD’S UP. If you go to see Black Panther movie, don’t leave the theater until the screen goes completely BLACK.
Just sayin’
I am so glad I wanted to listen to all of the words of the hip hop/rap music during the credits!
I wish that I could have seen a movie like this when I was a child. It is fantastic and so uplifting and inspirational!
MSNBC Andrea Mitchell and guests are all but blaming the FBI for the Florida shooting & murders
SHAMEFUL
Don’t fall for the FBI “failed protocol” bullshit.
They didn’t buy the AR assault weapon and blow away 17 people.
And the FBI isn’t responsible for Rick Scott and his other greedy, soulless GOP-NRA flunkies, and the lax gun laws they steadfastly maintain on behalf of their NRA overlords …lax gun laws that allow kids who can’t vote or buy alcohol legally, and every manner of other psychologically off folk, to legally buy assault weapons just for the heck of it..
https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/964531839217164289
Here’s the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=47&v=gdXRRQou4qk
NOT.ONE.LIE.TOLD.
I saw Black Panther late last night. It was everything I imagined and MORE. Won’t say more, because folks still haven’t seen the movie yet. IT WAS LIT. :
My favorite character thus far is SHURI. She’s a breath of fresh air.
WAKANDA FOREVER!!!!!!!
WAKANDA FOREVER!!!
I want my face painted like Shuri for the movie….
Sounds great!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DONokiGV4AETTnn.jpg
My Halloween costume and makeup for this year…
Shuri was so BAD ASS in the best way. LOVED HER.
Excuse for EPA chief’s first-class flights turns farcical
02/16/18 08:00 AM—UPDATED 02/16/18 08:07 AM
By Steve Benen
As if Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt weren’t facing enough controversies, we learned this week that the Oklahoma Republican has spent quite a bit of taxpayer money on first-class air travel. Donald Trump’s EPA chief responded by saying he’d “had some incidents” that made the expensive plane tickets necessary.
This was, however, an odd response. Why would “incidents” be more common in coach?
Yesterday, as the Washington Post reported, the EPA elaborated on the nature of Pruitt’s travel habits.
It’s generally not a good sign when public servants, traveling at taxpayers’ expense, look to create “a buffer” between them and the Americans they ostensibly serve. (One wonders whether Pruitt might be better off if he also considered creating a buffer between his office and lobbyists for polluters.)
But even putting that aside, what kind of “confrontations” are we talking about here? According to Politico, at an airport in Atlanta, someone approached Pruitt with his cell phone recording, yelling at him, “Scott Pruitt, you’re f—ing up the environment.”
VA Secretary Shulkin worsens scandal with dubious explanation
Rachel Maddow shares details of an inspector general report about VA Secretary David Shulkin using taxpayer money for personal travel with his wife, which he tried to explain away with the excuse that his staffer’s computer was hacked.
Feb.15.2018
Ironic how some of these guys who acted like a cabinet spot was all beneath them …and they were doing the Obamas a favor – but were quick to slip into groveling/kiss-ass mode for a common white supremacist buffoon … and worse, soon quickly threw all caution to the wind, and started taking extra illegal freebie gulps at the teat …because they saw the buffoon was flaunting his and getting away with it, and they thought they could too ..
‘Queen for a day’ likely means another witness flip for Mueller
Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, helps Rachel Maddow understand what it means that former Trump campaign staffer Rick Gates had a “Queen for a day” interview with Robert Mueller’s team, and why Donald Trump should be worried.
Trump team uses gun tragedy as cover, reveals financial documents
Rachel Maddow notes the particular timing of the Trump team’s release of financial documents showing questionable use of tens of millions of dollars of campaign funds.
#45 & co are THUGS, GRIFTERS, LIARS of the highest order. That sham of an inauguration wasn’t worth 2 cents. They can’t account for all of the $107 million dollars
And $26 million for Melania’s friends’ business? WTF?
THUGS, THE LOT OF THEM.
Trump words on gun tragedy ring hollow given past legislation
Rachel Maddow points out that the first significant piece of legislation Donald Trump signed was to give mentally ill people easier access to guns, so his concern that the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter was mentally ill and shouldn’t have been allowed a gun doesn’t carry much weight.
https://twitter.com/nancywyuen/status/964505355437797376
5 minute video: “Ronald Reagan ‘Snookered’ Civil Rights Commission”
https://youtu.be/48EKNC2yP14&rel=0
Historical background on the Civil Rights Commission:
https://youtu.be/GJPpze-9kBI&rel=0
Sadly, she turned me off with her rather spiteful and hostile treatment of the Obamas..
Ex-GOP lawmaker to voters: If you want to stop mass shootings, kick Republicans out of office https://t.co/icPOofBgxH pic.twitter.com/s6RkNj9Puh
— The Hill (@thehill) February 16, 2018
@rikyrah
WakandaTheVote
https://twitter.com/Blavity/status/964261857866534913
I love this :)
Gates isn’t the only one singing:
Steve Bannon was reportedly interviewed by Robert Mueller over multiple days https://t.co/PTPjxQQaqy
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 15, 2018
Guys. You see that it’s not a subpoena, right. It’s an interview. Meaning not compelled. FLIPPED. https://t.co/Su5PZIu4Xn
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) February 15, 2018
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
EWWWWWWWWWWW
UH HUH
UH HUH
@MaggieNYT and @kenvogel report some Trump inaugural committee $$$ went to Apprentice producer Mark Burnett, who was involved in producing inaugural activities – and whose unaired Trump footage never saw light of day https://t.co/xzT6GWT0K9
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) February 15, 2018
“Don’t think of it as a bribe…think of it as a payment to improve the security of those tapes with the Apprentice outtakes.” https://t.co/OUkYVg4cXW
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 16, 2018
Don’t know if true, but it would be irresponsible not to share..
ICYMI,
Gates is FLIPPING!!
I was watching MSNBC, and they were talking about ‘Queen for a Day’.
It’s when someone, trying to work out a plea, goes in and tells EVERYTHING that they’ve done. If they tell it, then they can’t be charged on it, UNLESS they try and renege, or lie on the stand.
Found this over at BJ in their Gates flipping discussion:
The window of opportunity for Paulie is closing rapidly….but…
Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-a-playboy-model-and-a-system-for-concealing-infidelity-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal
The Countdown Is Over!
WAKANDA is HERE!🎆😎😎🙌🙌👏
Whoo Hoo!
Ya’ll – Twitter was LIT last night! Did you follow #WakandaForever and/or #blackpanther? Black folks brought it, BIG TIME. My fav tweet was one about a dude grilling at the theater, selling rib tips for $10/plate, LOL. I am LOVING #blackjoy around this premiere. #LongLivetheKing
Hi 4divaas. LOL The movie IS LIT. I went late last night. No ribs, though
Lots of cheering and joy for the movie.
Not a spoiler alert: One word ” VIRBRANIUM”
WAKANDA FOREVER!!!
WakandaForever
BlackPantherSoLit
INWaKANDA
I was searching anything Black Panther on Twitter last night.
Wakanda forever! Unconquered and uncolonized!!!!
Good Morning Everyone 😄😄😄
Good Morning, Rikyrah and Everyone :)
Wishing all of you a day filled with peace, love and joy!
Good morning!
Howdy Southern Girl. Good to see you. Hope you’re well and rested.