In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.
I can't imagine the kind of audiovisual cesspools that the Plugged In magazine movie reviewers have to expose themselves to on a weekly basis. I don't know how they do it. They'll watch and review every movie that comes out, even if its title alone tags it as having NC-17 aspirations. But they do it for a good cause - they advise parents and discerning Christians on what movies to avoid. I guess someone has to watch them to find this stuff out. Not surprisingly, most movies don't get Plugged In's total 'thumbs up'. Sometimes I wonder why they even try to review moves, since so many these days are off the charts in terms of what the average Christian would want to see.
Enter Borat - the movie promos have the title character coming off as a likeable, friendly and entertaining guy. The premise of the character is promisingly funny. But like so many routines today, it's taken to levels beyond what anyone should see - and that is where Borat disappoints. While I haven't seen the movie, I've watched several YouTube clips of his work and read the Plugged In reviews of the graphic movie. Summarizing Borat is simple. The whole premise of his act is using the persona of a likeable, seemingly niave foreigner as a way to do and say graphically inappropriate things to unsuspecting people. He takes a good comedic concept and ruins it by orchestrating heinously vile situations that scar both his victims and his viewers. Like so many things with TV and movies these days, the Borat clips I did see are things I wish I could just erase from my memory. Sadly, 'Borat' is getting rave reviews and the movie has become a box office smash, showing the true state of a country who not only tolerates content like this, but supports and celebrates it.
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To my regular readers, I offer my apologies for this heavy-handed notice. Unfortunately it has become necessary, so please bear with me!
Please don't copy/upload this site's content to social media or other web sites. Those copies have been a critical problem for me, seriously harming this site and my photography/storm chasing operation by diverting traffic, viewers, engagement and income. "Credit" and "exposure" does not benefit this site or my operation, rather they threaten my ability to cover my operating expenses. Please read my full explanation for this notice here.
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