Today’s top story is the release of a four-year-old nude scene from India Eisley, the beautiful daughter of Olivia Hussey. Dead Reckoning (aka Altar Rock) was originally to be released in 2016 but – well, I suppose it wasn’t much of a movie. I haven’t watched it and don’t intend to, but here’s how Blu-Ray.com described it:

“There’s always a reason when a film has a major delay. And there’s a reason why ‘Dead Reckoning’ hasn’t been touched in four years, supplying no excitement. Technical achievements are awful, with ridiculous wigs and greenscreen backgrounds common. And the plot is limp, especially when the production tries to make sense of hazy motivations and characters.”

So there’s that. The nude scene isn’t good either. The scene is dark, she’s far from the camera, there’s no clear look at her breasts, and she has since done better nudity in 2018’s “Look Away.” (Her scene in Look Away was one of our top 20 nude scenes of 2018)

But still … it’s India Eisley very naked. I ain’t avertin’ my eyes.


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Lots to digest.

One thing the author seems to be unaware of is the fact that one cannot lump “Latinos” into a single stereotypical group. The author seems to be surprised that the Latinos in Florida are very different from the others. Lumping Cubans into the Latino monolith is like placing Alabamans and New Zealanders in the same group because they both happen to speak English. In fact, the Alabamans probably vote much more like the Cubans.

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One point bears repeating, although I point it out far too often. The country is sharply divided between poorly educated whites and all others.

Trump’s support among the poorly educated whites (about 35 points) is a bit stronger than Biden’s support among “all other” (about 25 points).

White, no degree (35% of total) all other (65%) actual popular vote
Trump 67% 37% 47.5%
Biden 32% 62% 50.8%

But that is offset by the fact that the “all other” group is larger in size, so Trump loses more ground with that group than he gains with the poorly educated whites.

White, no degree (35% of total) All other (65%)
Trump +17 million -23 million

There has been quite a metamorphosis of the parties over the recent decades. In Ike’s day, blue collar whites voted for Democrats. It’s no simple matter to explain why they changed. Back then the union workers were voting in their own economic interest, for a decent working wage, a social safety net, and better educations (promising upward mobility) for their children. Now they seem to be voting against themselves, for a party that opposes affordable universities and universal health care while pushing tax breaks for corporations and the rich.

Trevor Bauer and Shane Bieber are friends and were teammates on the Indians last season.

In 2018 the Indians also had two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber in the same rotation when the team won the AL Central by 13 games. The Indians, with the wisdom that is theirs alone, got rid of both Bauer and Kluber the next year.