Rain all over and Halloween movies by Argus Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD--God Bless America, and how's everybody?
The Weather Channel forecast massive rainfall in California this week signaling the possible return of the El Nino weather pattern. It happens every seven years. When I first moved to L.A. in 1976, it was during an El Nino winter. And that's when I got my first job, shoveling snow up my nose.
The Hollywood Reporter predicted huge box office weekend coming up for all the Halloween movies that will be released in theaters starting tonight. The studios have changed things around to appeal to Generation Z. To avoid being canceled, The Creature now comes from the Green Lagoon.
Bill Clinton escaped a close call in the hospital from a urinary tract infection Sunday. His was the greatness that might have been. If I could go back and change history, I'd save the Titanic, suffocate the baby Hitler in his crib and convince Monica
Lewinsky to take the job at The Gap instead.
Los Angeles had to cancel a parade to honor President Biden. It seems large public gatherings are illegal, gas is too high for the vehicles, and the marching band can't play through their masks. Above all, statistics show whenever more than three people get together, a Trump rally might break out.
Thomas Jefferson's statue will be taken down in the NYC Council Chamber because members are offended he owned 143 slaves. Jefferson's statue offends me because of his poor business sense. He bought Louisiana for $15 million and every hurricane season it costs us ten times that to rebuild it.
Queen Elizabeth had to cancel this week's scheduled trip to Northern Ireland due to doctor's orders. It was a matter of proper protocol. Just last week, her doctor ordered her to stop drinking all alcohol and walking around Northern Ireland in a straight line may be considered showboating there.
Beverly Hills retail stores are reported suffering as residents prefer to online shop rather than going into the village and supporting the merchants. I will say the local businesses are putting on a brave face. Yesterday on Rodeo Drive I saw a Salvation Army Band and they had a string section.
President Biden's approval rating plummeted to thirty-seven percent in the latest Quinnipiac Poll Wednesday with voters expressing an array of dissatisfactions. The news came as a shock to a lot of Democrats. Biden's poll numbers crashed so hard it made the cover of Asian Car & Driver.
The White House noted that vaccination rates are higher after President Biden set an example for companies by ordering all federal workers to get the shot. However, Biden didn't originate the policy that produced the high vaccination rate. It's Harvey Weinstein who pioneered No Jab, No Job.
House Democrats hit a brick wall trying to pass a tax hike on upper income. Their problem is, Americans don't resent the rich because we all plan on getting rich. Last week when someone else won the Powerball Lottery, Americans just threw up their hands and said screw it, we're making meth.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday acknowledged that the country is going through some tough economic times, but she added that the president is working hard to return everything to normal. The good news is that beer is now cheaper than gasoline. So drink, don't drive.
Mother Jones reported Wednesday that West Virginia's Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is considering switching parties. While hitchhiking across the country in college, a truck driver once pointed a gun at me and made me take a swig of West Virginia moonshine, and the back of my head felt like it exploded. The truck driver then handed me the pistol and told me to make him take a swig.