The real chris beck

Celebrity pickle ball instructor. 49ers/Knicks fan. Earnest observer of a cynical world.

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

@PabloTorre How was it?

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

How humiliating for Hegseth, a guy who was never up to this big job. He's pretty much hogtied at this point.

[The Associated Press @AP]

A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted: “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.”

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

Which "Superstar" actor has the narrowest range? Obviously Mark Wahlberg.

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

There are a bunch of ways to make sure that a film won't be perfect. One of them is to add too many flashbacks. Doesn't mean it won't be good, though.

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

In its own way, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a perfect movie. I put Sexy Beast in the same category.

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

Offer them an NDA? No, offer them a bribe.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Bystander reportedly filmed Jensen Huang “being affectionate” with Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell at a hotel, prompting his security team to offer them an NDA. — NYT

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

In its own way, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a perfect movie. I put Sexy Beast in the same category.

[Giancarlo Sopo @GiancarloSopo]

Inspired by the Tarantino trend: what are your seven perfect movies?

Mine:

Vertigo
The Godfather
The Sound of Music
The Nights of Cabiria
The Exorcist
High and Low
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

Melania is less unsufferable and pretentious than Dr Jill Biden.

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

At that level of wealth, there is no monogamy.

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

The world’s eighth-richest man has been busted for having another extramarital affair—this time, with a senior employee. https://t.co/9dXSm2GzSK

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

There goes that soldier's career.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier loudly admonished a group of dignitaries that included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after some of the visitors were seen laughing and chatting. https://t.co/PvGxBO1IB4

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

Unwelcome and their life would be in danger. These people's ideology Trumps any instinct for survival. Plus they are totally ignorant about the situation they feel so strongly about

[Oli London @OliLondonTV]

Non binary woman wears a ‘Little Miss Free Palestine’ t-shirt while protesting against the “absurdity” and “danger” of AI.

Would she be welcome in Gaza?

[NBC News @NBCNews]

BREAKING: Guard reprimands Pete Hegseth and guests for talking and laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider after a photo op. https://t.co/pZcc9YD88c

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

Praying in groups in public will continue to get you mocked

[Nafeesah ❤️ @Nafeesahxf]

Dear non-Muslims,

Please understand that Muslims have the right to practise Islam without being mocked.

We have the right to pray.

We have the right to wear our hijabs.

We have the right to avoid alcohol and pork.

We have the right to raise our children according to our faith.

You don't have to practise Islam to respect Muslims who do.

Religious freedom should apply to everyone.

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

Praying and meditating.
Helping the poor and homeless.
Caring for the sick.
Feeding the hungry.
Teaching the disadvantaged.

The things that saints do.

[Olivia @Excellentsalvic]

What do you imagine he’d be doing right now if he were still alive⁉️

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

For Splice Today, I wrote about Japan's literary giant, Ryu Murakami, who recently died after a career of documenting the dark side of Japan. @MUGGER2023

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[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

For Splice Today, I wrote about Japan's literary giant, Ryu Murakami, who recently died after a career of documenting the dark side of Japan. @MUGGER2023

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[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

@MUGGER2023 @nberlat Noah suggests that the film unfairly conflates gay life with violence, but William Friedkin based it on the true story of a gay man who murdered a journalist he picked up in a gay bar. He was also linked to several other murders involving gay people.

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

@MUGGER2023 @nberlat Noah writes that Cruising was a noir film, but it was more of a thriller that incorporated some noir elements.

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

More alarmist nonsense from this person who gets paid $25 million per year.

[Tom Elliott @tomselliott]

Rachel @maddow thinks Trump will turn ICE detention centers into concentration camps for American citizens:

"With a president like this, if you give him seven to 10 prisons around the country that hold 10,000 people each, where he can hold people without trial, without access to lawyers indefinitely, you think he’s only going to leave immigrants in there? I just don’t.”

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

Not much of a stretch as far as predictions go.

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

Michael Wolff predicts that the defense secretary’s firing, should it come to fruition, will be a spectacle for all to see.
https://t.co/oZ0B9K3mw2

[The real chris beck @SubBeck]

We hardly knew ye.

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Stacy Keach, actor known for playing detective Mike Hammer, dies at 85 https://t.co/aLSzBKXOQF