-We begin today’s rattle with an interesting story about an Indian-or Muslim, depending upon PR needs of the open borders squad-athlete who was ushered into this country by our very own Senator Chuck Schumer. Unfortunately, this gifted sportsman is also a sex offender. Perhaps this isn’t quite as bad as having an alien interning for your office who is also a registered sex offender, but it does make you question the collective wisdom of our Democratic friends in Congress. Maybe we shouldn’t be taking their advice, vis-a-vis, controversial immigration decisions made by the Executive branch.

-In a reminder that there are actually rational people living in The People’s Republic of Vermont, the voters of Rutland have just turned out their incumbent mayor, Chris Louras, after he attempted to deluge their town with Muslim refugees from Syria and Iraq. While ignoring the public’s deep discontent with our government’s refugee resettlement programs-when not imputing racism and bigotry to Americans who express reservations about these schemes-is the norm, even the alternative weekly was forced to concede the enormous political consequences of this decision.

-For those of you who were wondering whatever happened to the thousands of unaccompanied minors who were allowed to enter into this country, wonder no more. According to an in-depth backgrounder from the Center for Immigration Studies, our government has absolutely no clue what it’s doing. While over 80 percent of their sponsors are illegal aliens, 44 percent of the UACs in question were ordered deported. Have the vast majority of these children been deported? Of course not, silly!

-You may ask yourself, “Why is this important?” It’s a good question. After all, it’s not as if these individuals will bring brutal Central American inter-gang warfare to the placidity of our nation’s suburbs, right? Well, I have some bad news for you on that score. It turns out that Latin American gangs, including MS-13, one of the most prolific and ruthless criminal networks in the Western Hemisphere, has actually established a pretty firm beachhead in our own backyard. Naturally, almost all of these gangbangers are criminal aliens. In an ironic twist, the moniker of the man who made an abortive attempt to unify the Mara Salvatrucha within the United States is, you guessed it, Dreamer.

-For those of you who think Europe’s approach to immigration is any less self-defeating and preposterous than the United States, I give you France. A nation where municipal authorities in Calais are attempting to prevent thousands of migrants from recreating the notorious refugee camp known as The Jungle. The biggest proponents of turning The Camp of the Saints into reality are, of course, other Europeans who believe Western civilization is uniquely evil. The ostensible plight of migrants from the third world is simply a cudgel with which the Gramscian left-with the help of corporate bean counters-can beat native Europeans into submission.

-After all, what are a few dozen, or a few hundred, honor killings in the grand scheme of things? Is the systemic dehumanization and murder of girls in nations which were responsible for the idea of religious toleration and freedom of conscience too high a price to pay for erecting the beautiful mosaic? When bad whites are saying intemperate, obnoxious things about people who are off-white, doesn’t that negate their entire philosophical worldview?  Even if that perspective is confirmed multiple times every single day?

-Everyone knows that the real reason millions of Muslims across the world support ISIS, Al Qaeda, and similar jihadist networks is because there isn’t enough inclusion in Hollywood casting decisions. See, the real villain isn’t Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It’s those bastards who refused to green light an all-Muslim reboot of Star Trek!

-The cognitive dissonance at work in the mind of an an open borders leftist must be overpowering. They want to live in a high-trust, quasi-collectivist techno-utopia-along the lines of something created by Gene Roddenberry-yet simultaneously support policies which make this already far-fetched goal virtually impossible. The mentality of a social justice warrior in high dudgeon can be found in this VICE piece, which laments the role homeless shelters have been playing in the deportation of migrants. The traditional liberal concern for the working class and the poor is discarded when it conflicts with the categorical imperative, i.e. preserving diversity. The spiritual hollowness and intellectual vapidity of this type of leftist ‘thinking’ was brilliantly and caustically skewered by George Orwell nearly a century ago. It’s good to know that some things haven’t changed all that much.

-I’d like to leave you on a good note, so here’s some refreshing news to come out of Austria. 8 Iraqi men have been convicted of the gang rape of a tourist. Unlike the Middle Eastern cab driver in Halifax who was, to all intents and purposes, high-fived by a Nova Scotia judge for raping an unconscious passenger, these rapists were actually given (relatively) stiff prison sentences. What’s more, we’ve discovered that these horrific incidents actually constitute an anomaly within the Islamic immigrant community.

Migrants and refugees from other countries expressed concern that the crime will make Austrians hostile toward all newcomers.

“Eight people raping a woman — that’s honor-less! Such a thing doesn’t exist in our religion,” Burhan Akbas, a migrant from Turkey, said.

“When such people come here and screw up like that, then everybody will think that Chechens, Afghans, all refugees from war areas are all the same,” Mansur Salamou, an asylum-seeker from Chechnya, said. “But it’s not like that. For example, the majority of us — we also cause problems, commit crimes. But no rape! Only criminal assaults and robberies.”

See, Europeans?! You only have to worry about being assaulted and robbed by the millions of North African and Middle Eastern refugees and migrants making their way towards Europe. What a relief.

One of the more gratifying experiences I’ve had over the past year has been witnessing the support you’ve shown for Seavey and Perry on Culture. Although this podcasting experiment has ended, it left me with a deep appreciation for the world of film and film criticism and awareness of how much some of you love movies. That’s why today I’m devoting some time today to fellow cineaste Matt Pritchard, who’s in the process of crowd-funding a micro-budget horror/psychological thriller called Dearly Departed.

You can discover the origins of the film, the perquisites you will receive for donating to its production, and the ambitions of the filmmaker for this project by visiting his Seed and Spark page. If you want to satisfy your curiosity, you can also watch an in-depth interview of Matt Pritchard here. It should be noted that beyond the artistic merits of this endeavor, it’s also worth supporting because it will not be subject to the intellectually suffocating constraints of traditional copyright law, i.e. the public will be able to share, reproduce, and embroider upon this project once it’s completed. Because, like the invaluable artist Nina Paley, Mr. Pritchard does not believe in the economically and creatively stultifying concept known as intellectual property.

If that’s not an incentive to jump aboard this project, then I don’t know what is. However, I’ll let you cinema buffs be the judge.

Just as the summer blockbuster season reaches its climax, with the eagerly anticipated release of Guardians of the Galaxy, Seavey and Perry return to the world of podcasting for an exploration of the latest crop of science-fiction and action-adventure flicks. We also examine the strengths and weaknesses of open borders advocate/grindhouse director Robert Rodriguez’s cinematic career and touch upon the  SJW campaign of vilification against anyone who demurs from the institutional left’s views on racial relations.

Summer is the season of big budget, blockbuster Hollywood releases. In the latest edition of Seavey/Perry, we explore some of the more ostentatious displays of film pyrotechnics. Enjoy. 

The summer movie season is upon us, but in addition to the usual action-packed blockbusters which never fail to disappoint, there are a host of comedies that attempt to tickle the average moviegoer’s funny bone. One such film is Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West, which has a rather clever premise, despite its creator’s singular ineptitude for creating anything remotely entertaining-embodied perfectly by his television showpiece. 

I invite you to watch my palaver with Todd Seavey-admitted MacFarlane devotee-about this contentious subject. Feel free to contribute your own thoughts on contemporary comedy-of the animated and live-action kind-in the comments below.

Tell us what you think about the latest iteration on a classic cinematic monster, including whether or not you agree with Japanese observers, who believe Godzilla needs to go on a low calorie diet, in the comments below.

The latest installment of Seavey/Perry examines Hollywood’s latest superhero, who, it must be said, is a vast improvement upon her predecessors.

We’re looking at you, Jennifer Garner.

The latest installment of the entertainment podcast sweeping the nation has arrived! Our apologies for any audio difficulties you might encounter, and a promise to rectify that bug in the future. Until then, enjoy my thoughts on Pete Seeger’s passing-and cultural influence, both negative and positive-as well as Wes Anderson’s latest (unsuccessful) attempt to defy expectations.

This film sounds so delightfully atrocious that we’re moderately interested in seeing just how bad the final product is, should it come to fruition. Much like La Misma Luna, the protagonist of this feature is a beleaguered yet ambitious DREAMer. Who better to tug on the heart strings of credulous cineastes as Congress attempts to bypass widespread public opposition to its latest attempt at unraveling immigration enforcement than the traditional stalking horse for amnesty? We’re still waiting for the day when Hollywood  will dramatize the biography of a bright young student-athlete murdered in cold blood right in its backyard by one of those poor, young “undocumented” migrants hiding in the shadows.

Don’t hold your breath.

Update: A list of the Republican senators who abandoned their constituents. 

The chart above-compiled by the Federation for American Immigration Reform-illustrates how the Gang of Eight bill rewards criminality-at least, if the crimes are being perpetrated by a favored political constituency. In this case, illegal aliens. Tonight the Senate will vote upon the Corker-Hoeven amendment to S. 744, which the inestimable Mickey Kaus does a fantastic job of deconstructing in his latest post for The Daily Caller. As National ICE Council President Chris Crane points out, this amendment contains no significant interior enforcement provisions, which is probably why it met with approval from the same cabal that has blocked every tangible effort at border security that’s been proposed since debate began.

Of course, there is lots of corporate welfare  included in this monstrosity of a bill, including   kickbacks to the entertainment industry, Alaska canneries, and every other conceivable special interest group. And much like it’s antecedent, Obamacare, none of the supporters of this bill has even read the legislation in question, which you can do here.

I also urge you to call your senators before this vote is held. This is not even a fig leaf, it’s a sham designed to lull legitimately angry Americans into a false sense of complacency. Tell the U.S. Senate that you will not stand for it!