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Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) and Becky Driscoll (Dana Wynter) flee a mob of pod people.
“The film’s storyline concerns an extraterrestrial invasion that begins in the fictional California town of Santa Mira. Alien plant spores have fallen from space and grown into large seed pods, each one capable of producing a visually identical replacement copy of a human. As each pod reaches full development, it assimilates the physical traits, memories, and personalities of each sleeping person placed near it; these duplicates, however, are devoid of all human emotion. Little by little, a local doctor (Kevin McCarthy) uncovers this ‘quiet’ invasion and attempts to stop it.” [Synopsis courtesy of Wikipedia]
Directed by Don Siegel and based on Jack Finney’s 1954 science fiction novel “The Body Snatchers,” the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNJB363yql8
A mob of pod people pursue Miles and Becky.
“The film’s storyline concerns an extraterrestrial invasion that begins in the fictional California town of Santa Mira. Alien plant spores have fallen from space and grown into large seed pods, each one capable of producing a visually identical replacement copy of a human. As each pod reaches full development, it assimilates the physical traits, memories, and personalities of each sleeping person placed near it; these duplicates, however, are devoid of all human emotion. Little by little, a local doctor (Kevin McCarthy) uncovers this ‘quiet’ invasion and attempts to stop it.” [Synopsis courtesy of Wikipedia]
Directed by Don Siegel and based on Jack Finney’s 1954 science fiction novel “The Body Snatchers,” the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNJB363yql8
"Ah, but! Miniaturization, Jack. That's the ticket. That's the edge everybody's been looking for. Who will have that edge Jack? What country... will control miniaturization?"
When aviator Tuck Pendleton is miniaturized and accidentally injected into the body of a grocery clerk, a competing group sends in their own man to retrieve the technology.
From left to right:
Mr. Igoe's Pod - Agile attack craft with snapping pincers.
Mr. Igoe - Silent and ruthless, this henchman uses his removable, weaponized right hand to dispatch any foes in his way.
Corporate Raider - Victor Scrimshaw's crony.
The Cowboy - Flamboyant Libyan tech dealer.
Attack Pod and minifigures utilize custom parts from BrickWarriors, Minifig.cat and Citizen Brick.
These Lego creations are from Joe Dante's 1987 film, "Innerspace."
The endgame for GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is power. This is nothing new for the Republican Party. In 2010, on the eve of midterm elections, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." I've been documenting this Republican focus via my posters for over a decade. The GOP was the party of "No." Republicans just wanna win! Eleven years later, McConnell repeated this strategy: "He is '100 percent' focused 'on stopping' President Joe Biden's administration." The GOP's number one priority is winning elections, not governing or making life better for Americans, just winning.
And that's exactly McCarthy's plan for the 2022 midterms. Despite all evidence to the contrary, he sees Trump and his false claim to the presidency as the paving stones to that end. He doesn't believe Trump won the election. He believed he was responsible for the insurrection. He said so. Until he recanted. All in the name of unity. And winning.
But then Wyoming's Republican Representative Liz Cheney refused to go along with the charade. In a Washington Post op-ed, she stated, "We Republicans need to stand for genuinely conservative principles, and steer away from the dangerous and anti-democratic Trump cult of personality. In our hearts, we are devoted to the American miracle. We believe in the rule of law, in limited government, in a strong national defense, and in prosperity and opportunity brought by low taxes and fiscally conservative policies."
The price for her insolence was ouster from her position as Republican Conference Chair, the third highest-ranking position in her party's House leadership. No matter her conservative bonafides: small government, low taxes, and most pertinent to this situation, a reverence for the law. And Donald Trump was not a law-abiding president. Not only did she say that right after the insurrection of January 6, but she continues to say it now, while the vast majority of Republican lawmakers have chosen to forget it.
After the voice vote for her removal, Trump chimed in with his typical invectives: "Liz Cheney is a bitter, horrible human being. I watched her yesterday and realized how bad she is for the Republican Party. She has no personality or anything good having to do with politics or our Country," he said in a statement. "She is a talking point for Democrats, whether that means the Border, the gas lines, inflation, or destroying our economy. I look forward to soon watching her as a Paid Contributor on CNN or MSDNC!" The twice impeached former president is the voice of the Republican Party now.
Her replacement: New York Representative Elise Stefanick. Stefanick is much more moderate than Cheney. The American Conservative Union and the Heritage Action group rate Cheney as aligning with their conservative agenda more than Stefanick. Yet, Stefanick has Trump's support.
While Cheney's expulsion cemented Trump's leadership, is the enemy of our enemy our friend? Is she, as The New York Times' Frank Bruni wondered, a martyr? As the Times' Maureen Dowd said, "If Liz Cheney wants to be in the business of speaking truth to power, she's going to have to dig a little deeper." She is, after all, a Cheney. She supported her father's (former Vice President Dick Cheney) rationale for invading Iraq during the G.W. Bush Administration and, in doing so, played on Americans' fears after 9/11. She supported waterboarding, refusing to call it torture. She downplayed Obama's birther supporters. And she is decidedly against gay marriage even though her sister is a lesbian, happily married, and with children. Trump reiterated her family heritage: "She is a warmonger whose family stupidly pushed us into the never-ending Middle East Disaster, draining our wealth and depleting our Great Military, the worst decision in our Country's history." So, what do we owe Liz Cheney?
For right now, her voice is the tenuous thread (along with fellow representative Adam Kinzinger and a few others) to a union envisioned by our founders. I'm not too comfortable hanging onto that thread. The Republican's "big lie" is too heavy a weight.
GOP, we don't even know you anymore.
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Here are the eighty-five portraits in the Faces of the Republican Party series. View each of them larger.
Oamaru Railway
Trump Had Documents That Never Leave Special Facilities
'No Area For Confusion': U.S. Classification System Designed Against Accidents
Attorney Shoots Down Trump’s ‘Insane’ New Document Defense
Lawrence: Only Way It Gets Worse For Trump Is To Be Charged
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Isn’t #KevinMcCarthy tired of all this “winning”?
SEVENTH defeat & failure to become Speaker. 😂
#republicans #Congress #leadership #extremists #funny #sellout #news
President Donald Trump, center, speaks during the signing of the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, alongside members of the Senate, Congress, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. From left, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas,, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, NASA Astronaut Office Chief Chris Cassidy, Rep. Martha Roby, R-AL, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, Sen. Luther Strange, R-AL, Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-AL, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-OK, Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-OK, NASA Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Rep. Bill Posey, R-FL, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-AL, and Vice President Mike Pence. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Kevin Owen McCarthy, aka Kevin McCarthy, is the Republican House Minority Leader and a Representative for California's 23rd District.
This caricature of Kevin McCarthy was adapted from in the public domain from from the US House.
Los Angeles -- Mayor Eric Garcetti and Controller Ron Galperin announced Thursday the City had fallen short of its goals in reducing incidents of domestic violence.
Katie's Koncert emcee Patti Ann Browne with Det. Kevin McCarthy, Drum Major of the NYPD Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
Story here: pattiannbrowne.net/2018/02/13/umbilical-cord-blood-holds-...
Vice President Mike Pence, right, speaks to President Donald Trump, center, and members of the Senate, Congress, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration after the President signed the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Also pictured, from left, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, Rep. Neal Dunn, R-FL, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Rep. Martha Roby, R-AL, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, Sen. Luther Strange, R-AL, Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-AL, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-OK, Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., NASA Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Rep. Bill Posey, R-FL, and Rep. Mo Brooks, R-AL. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Los Angeles -- Mayor Eric Garcetti and Controller Ron Galperin announced Thursday the City had fallen short of its goals in reducing incidents of domestic violence.
300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Poster by Congressional Integrity Project, on a vacant storefront on Capitol Hill.
John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, and Steve Scalise
John Andrew Boehner, aka John Boehner, is a Republican and represents Ohio's 8th congressional district. He is the 61st Speaker of the United States House and is the first "Weeper of the House".
Kevin McCarthy is the Republican Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives and a U.S. Congressman for California's 22nd congressional district.
Stephen Joseph Scalise, aka Steve Scalise, is a Republican Congressman from Louisiana's 1st congressional district and is also House Majority Whip.
The caricature of John Boehner is based on a Creative Commons licensed photo from the House GOP's Flickr photostream. The torso is adapted from a photo in the public domain from the White House Flickr photostream.
This caricature of Kevin McCarthy was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Medill DC's Flickr Photostream.
This caricature of Steve Scalise was adapted from a photo in the public domain available via Wikimedia
The flag and podium are adapted from a photo from The House Website.
Americans have lost confidence in their government. We no longer trust our legislators and the Supreme Court to solve our country’s problems: income inequality, affordable health care, a woman's right to decide what’s best for her health, the economy, and climate change. Governance has become a series of battles. It’s no longer just political ideology. We are at war over cultural issues while our politicians ignore our basic needs.
The morals of our GOP legislators and their sycophants are just as important as their economic policy. How can we trust a party that Alex Patton, a Florida-based Republican consultant and pollster, has characterized as a party that “has become mean and driven by emotion on whom we dislike.”? “But,” he says, “that is the driving force in American politics right now.” That is the driving force of the GOP, not the Democrats. This is not an example of the equality of "bothsidesism."
In my essay, “It’s Time to Release Our Own Kraken!” I outlined the history of the Republican Party’s “below the belt” tactics. They continue to be underhanded to this day. But with the low level of civility in our present polarized country, many Republican legislators now in office have hit new ethical lows.
As a visual artist who has spent over a decade creating posters about the sorry state of American political discourse, this year I began a new series of portraits, “Faces of the Republican Party.” The men and women in this series deserve to be taken to task for their unwillingness to compromise, belief in conspiracy theories, and disdain for the LGBTQ+ community, women’s rights, and our children’s education. The purpose of our government is to solve our nation’s problems. It’s not a place for personal vendettas or manufactured cultural issues.
“Faces of the Republican Party” is not a partisan series of portraits. Merriam-Webster defines the word as “a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person, especially one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance.” The people depicted in these images are the partisans. Instead, my series is a documentary and op-ed showcasing the facts in 2022. All of these people had a hand in trying to overthrow the government. These images are MAGA Republicans who put their blind allegiance to Donald Trump and their careers ahead of the needs of the American people.
The results of the 2022 midterm elections showed we are tired of autocratic and self-absorbed politicians. We would simply like our officials to do the jobs we elected them to do. Everyone deserves a piece of American Exceptionalism. As it stands, there is nothing exceptional about the tribalism these people promote.
Republicans are perfect examples of Patton’s “driving force.” This force is dirty, mean, misogynistic, selfish, and wastes our tax dollars. These people are just a small sampling of individuals responsible for the loss of credibility and faith in America’s institutions. And worse, they couldn’t care less.
Feel free to pass this poster on. It's free to download here (click on the down arrow just to the lower right of the image). Each has a special Creative Common's copyright that allows you to share these images as long as there is attribution, no derivatives, and you do not use these for commercial purposes.
See the rest of the posters from the Chamomile Tea Party! Digital high res downloads are free here (click the down arrow on the lower right side of the image). Other options are available. And join our Facebook group.
Follow the history of our country's political intransigence from 2010 to 2020 through a eight-part exhibit of these posters on Google Arts & Culture.
Kevin Owen McCarthy, aka Kevin McCarthy, is the Republican House Minority Leader and a Representative for California's 23rd District.
This caricature of Kevin McCarthy was adapted from in the public domain from from the US House.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy touring the Speakers House and Henry Muhlenberg House owned by Historic Trappe on June 9,2023 in Trappe PA. Speaker McCarthy leaving the gift shop at the Henry Muhlenberg House.
Kevin Owen McCarthy, aka Kevin McCarthy, is the Republican House Minority Leader and a Representative for California's 23rd District.
This caricature of Kevin McCarthy was adapted from in the public domain from from the US House.
Emcee Patti Ann Browne of Fox News with Kevin McCarthy, drum major of the NYPD Emerald Society Pipes & Drums, at Katie's Koncert benefit in Rockville Centre, NY - Nov 2016
Kevin McCarthy is the Republican Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives and a U.S. Congressman for California's 22nd congressional district.
The source image for this caricature of Republican House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy is a Creative Commons licensed photo from Medill DC's Flickr Photostream.
This official House Republican Conference photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions, including but not limited to such use that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the House Republican Conference, the Chairman of the Conference, or any Member of the Conference.
Kevin Owen McCarthy, aka Kevin McCarthy, is the Republican House Minority Leader and a Representative for California's 23rd District.
This caricature of Kevin McCarthy was adapted from in the public domain from from Wikimedia.
Kevin Owen McCarthy, aka Kevin McCarthy, is the Republican House Minority Leader and a Representative for California's 23rd District.
This caricature of Kevin McCarthy was adapted from in the public domain from from Wikimedia.
This is the remake of the 1956 film based on Jack Finney's classic science fiction story. Here is the pod-opening scene in the original film:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLsjlmrQ6Mw
Here is the comparable scene in the remake (1978):
From the 1956 version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", (top), Miles and Becky are on the run from the pod people. This is the corner of Westshire Dr and Beachwood Dr in the Hollywood Hills. The service station is no longer there but as you can see, the building that now houses the Village Coffee Shop still stands.
From the 1956 version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (top) Miles and Becky attempt to hide out in this cave. The cave is located in the Bronson Canyon area of the Hollywood Hills. This is the same cave opening that is seen as the Bat Cave from the '60s TV series. The portable crapper that you see outside the cave is part of a filming production that has wrapped up today.
From the 1956 version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", Miles and Becky are on the run from the pod people. This is the corner of Westshire Dr and Beachwood Dr in the Hollywood Hills. The service station is no longer there but as you can see, the building that now houses the Village Coffee Shop still stands.