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May 31, 2026
May 31, 2026
JULY 1 THRU MAY 31…Eleven months that are typically less insane.
Though July 1, 2025 thru May 31, 2026 did feature two different sequels to the first wave of politically-correct violence during the early spring of 2023.
wave: 3b: a movement sweeping large numbers in a common direction … 3c: a peak or climax of activity
Misleading Reporting & Lies
FROM A 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ON RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
- Cover of a 40th Anniversary Special on Raiders Of The Lost Ark…with a single picture, a picture from Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
- Box-office numbers from the first four Indiana Jones movies that spanned almost three decades without making any adjustments for inflation or mentioning of the ticket prices at the time of the four different box-office runs.
FROM A LEADING NEWS SOURCE
On the 50th anniversary of Jaws…
A subjective ranking of the 50 most successful summer movies since 1975. Raiders Of The Lost and its first two sequels completely excluded from the list, despite that a recent World Almanac shows that Raiders Of The Lost Ark is the 10th most successful summer movie ever according to ticket sales.
An AI Answer To A Question I Asked
A QUESTION I ASKED: Was Spielberg Hollywood’s #1 director according to the highest cumulative gross for a director’s entire filmography before E.T. was released in June 1982?
AI’s ANSWER: Yes, by the time E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial hit theaters in June 1982, Steven Spielberg was already a massive box office force, having directed Jaws (1975) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and was poised to become Hollywood’s #1 director, with E.T. itself becoming the highest-grossing film ever, solidifying his dominance even before Jurassic Park. While cumulative rankings shift, his early blockbusters made him the name in blockbuster filmmaking, leading to his eventual status as the highest-grossing director of all time.
Spielberg’s Status Before E.T.
- Jaws (1975): The first film to gross over $100 million in North America, making Spielberg a household name and a box office phenomenon.
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): Another major success, further cementing his blockbuster appeal.
The Impact of E.T.
- E.T. (1982) became the highest-grossing film of all time, a cultural and financial milestone that catapulted Spielberg to unprecedented levels of success.
Long-Term Dominance
His early successes with Jaws, Close Encounters, and E.T. laid the foundation for his enduring reign, making him the highest-grossing director in history, a title he still holds decades later.
REFLECTIONS ON AI’s ANSWER: It’s interesting how in this particular answer, AI doesn’t even mention Raiders Of The Lost Ark, which was by far the biggest hit of 1981. It was Spielberg’s first hit since Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. So by the time E.T. was released in June of 1982, Spielberg had three movies in the top ten of the biggest money-makers of its time. Two of those movies were among the top five movies of all time. So it would have been extremely relevant for AI to include Raiders Of The Lost Ark in the answer to my question…even if that particular movie somehow wasn’t what put Spielberg on top of Hollywood.
But notice how AI answered my question.
It answered “yes”…followed by a vague statement saying he “was already a massive box office force”, then mentions Jaws and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind…but totally omitting Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Then AI continues the sentence saying E.T. itself becoming the highest-grossing film ever…which is kind of irrelevant to my question. But AI wasn’t done with their dancing as it ends the sentence with “his dominance even before Jurassic Park”. “His dominance even before Jurassic Park” was even more irrelevant to my question, as that statement completely leaves out the first three Indiana Jones movies.
And that was just one sentence full of omissions and irrelevant information. It had plenty more to say without ever giving any details as to when precisely Spielberg became Hollywood’s top director, which would have been relevant to the answer to my question.
More Misinformation From AI
A QUESTION I ASKED: Why doesn’t AI admit that the line about television from Quiz Show is “It’s the world’s biggest something”?
AI’s ANSWER: The line you are referring to from the film Quiz Show is most likely delivered by Herb Stempel, who describes television as the “world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine” in a recent quote related to the topic of AI and the movie.
However, the specific quote from the film that is most similar to your phrasing is:
“That box is the biggest thing since Gutenberg invented the printing press, and I’m the biggest thing on it”.
This line is said by Herb Stempel (played by John Turturro) to a reporter outside the congressional hearing room, highlighting his ego and the perceived power of the new medium.
It seems AI might not have initially confirmed your exact phrasing because:
- The quote “It’s the world’s biggest something” does not appear verbatim in the movie script. AI systems are trained on existing text data, and if a precise phrase isn’t in the source material it has access to, it cannot “admit” it is correct.
- AI tends to favor widely recognized or exact quotes and may “hallucinate” or provide close but inaccurate phrases if the exact wording is not confirmed in its training data.
- The quote about television being a “plagiarism machine” is a recent meta-commentary by Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad, who referenced the themes of Quiz Show to criticize AI, not a line from the original film itself.
Ultimately, the model provides information based on the statistical likelihood of word sequences in its data, rather than a human understanding of implicit “somethings”.
May 25, 2026…Only One Day Of The Year
May 25, 2026 … MEMORIAL DAY
Only one day…four days at the most…for America’s war dead. Only one.
Some people’s priorities are a bit out of whack.
May 25, 2026
May 25, 2026…Memorial Day
THE NATIONAL DEBT: $39.1 trillion
Some believe that the only part of the solution to the $39.1 trillion national debt…is eliminating government waste. For those people, I have a question…
So what exactly prompted the breakdown in the friendship between Elon Musk and President Trump after Elon Musk did so much to eliminate waste in federal spending?
THE WORLD ALMANAC. 2026
The Department Of Defense paid O-9’s and O-10’s $18,808 a month in 2025. So the most the U.S. Government paid any military personnel in 2025 in a single year was $225,696.
$225,696 a year for the highest ranking officers in the military.
The Federal Income Tax Rate for those making over $626,350 was 37% in 2025. ($626,350 is quite a bit more money than $225,696.)
- Are people who make more than $626,350 a year that much more valuable to society than anyone in the military?
- Is it possible some folks are overpaid and undertaxed in light of what the government pays military personnel and that the country faces a $39.1 trillion national debt?
- Did President Eisenhower know what he was doing back in the 1950’s when he taxed top income earners at 91% to keep national deficits under control?
DGA Winners. The 1990’s.
June 1, 2026 by Blogging For 20 Years • Entertainment, Financial, History, Law, Politics, Society, Success 0 Comments
Speaking of men getting messed over, the following year after Titanic won so many movie awards, Saving Private Ryan won many key awards. Another movie based on true-life history in which men suffered more than others.
Sound effects editors, Janusz Kaminski, Michael Kahn, production designers, John Williams, and other film artists helped Spielberg win his third DGA award…and his second Best Director Oscar…a blood Oscar like the blood Oscars he won for Schindler’s List.
In addition to those people, Spielberg owes history and the men who fought on D-Day, (the men who stormed Normandy in June of 1944) much recognition for his director awards in 1999. He also owes Eisenhower some recognition, a man who when he was president, soaked the rich with a 91% marginal tax rate on the top 1%.
Spielberg’s a billionaire who has made most of his personal fortune since 1981 when Reagan cut taxes, mostly for the rich. The national debt was at $1 trillion back in 1981. Now it’s at $39 trillion and climbing.
Anyway, Tom Hanks did play a role in helping Spielberg win his third DGA award. Not quite the irreplaceable role he played in helping Zemeckis win from four years earlier, but he played a role nonetheless. It’s kind of interesting how after winning his first Oscars, Spielberg expressed how he thought Schindler’s List should have won for Best Actor as well. I don’t disagree with Spielberg on this point.