Sentences with phrase «fodder about»

These neat solutions provide interesting fodder about which to blog.

There's a much better chance for more terrible think - piece fodder about his spring break trips and Snapchats than getting the major monkey off his back this week.

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«The problem we have is, we have a president who will use that as fodder to do his mission,» said New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, describing Trump's provocations about kneeling players as «the elephant in the room.»

The leaked recording provided fodder for the American morning talk shows Thursday, animating discussions in the U.S. not only about the substance of the trading relationship but also the style of the president.

Any more thoughts to share on this feel free to blog about them as I follow your blog and would love more fodder for my work

There's someting good about not seeing each of us, fundamentally, as either a citizen (as do the civic republicans) or as species fodder (as do the Darwinians).

There are more picture books about St. Francis of Assisi than any other religious figure, including Christ; Francis» love of animals is rich fodder for an artist.

Julie and Red: For starters, I'm fairly certain that many of the home videos, photos, and stories I've written down about Malakai's first few years are going to be fodder for a therapy session... or seventy... one day.

I'm trying to figure out a way to keep writing about mothering without using my children as fodder — and until I do, I'll just keep erring on the side of silence and protection.

I saw press articles about change but they could just have been fodder.

The point of pointing out the EPL and FA cup wins is to emphasize that we never read about their fans holding protest marches or carrying banners and generally making themselves cannon fodder for the media and other clubs» fans.

He'll be among three or four favorites starting on Sunday, but won't be able to pull it off and those who are already grumbling about his ability to close will have more fodder (justified or not).

I think it was on the most recent Cannon Fodder they were raving about Foligno.

Spain, Yugoslavia, Lithuania and Russia will join the French in Sydney, while disappointments Croatia and Greece won't have to worry about being fodder for an NBA Dream Team.

So let's just say that I think about human behavior a lot, whether that involves puzzling over relationships, behavior change, or why humans do what they do (this election has provided plenty of fodder in the latter department).

Everything about having kids seems like fodder for debate these days.

If so, then you know that it is fodder for lots of conversations within your family about environmentalism and how to put into practice Lessons With The Lorax.

According to him, even though the president's successes speaks for itself, government communicators sometimes exaggerate unnecessarily about the achievements; thus providing fodder to the opposition to capitalize on.

And yet, even with the bridge lighting scheme serving as Cynthia Nixon campaign fodder, the governor's office continues to suggest it is moving ahead with a project about which it will reveal no new details — not who, precisely, will ultimately pay for it, nor how much it will cost.

But here's a good example of one for Sarah Palin and another on which on Jeff's search she's listed as an Activity... talk about fodder for jokes), and others no doubt exist for other candidates.

Far from the narrative that emerged later during their tabloid - fodder separation, that the split was fueled by infidelity, Shnayerson's report says that the couple had little in common and knew it early on — they were talking openly about divorce as early as 1997, shortly after the birth of their third child, Michaela.

Obama's campaign said she was just excited about the campaign's grassroots support, but her words still provided fodder for her husband's opponents.

Compare that to grad school, where the thing you decided just becomes fodder for a lot of complaints about why it will never occur.

But to Green and her colleagues, all of these studies are just fodder for a larger discussion about the ecosystem of the indoors.

There will be no shortage of fodder for researchers to dissect in the coming months and years about just what happened in the tropical Pacific.

They do provide fodder for researchers digging deeper into the connections between meat and disease risk, as well as for consumers thinking about making more meatless choices.

As it turns out, «'' Amy»» entrepreneur Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) has sold the film rights for his «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» comic book — which is loosely based on Jay and Silent Bob — to Miramax, and the studio greenlit a big - budget production.Before it even begins, though, the pending «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» film provides more than enough fodder for a new wave of hate - mongers who prowl the Internet, namely pimple - faced geeks who slam anything they can type about on a series of movie gossip websites.

The way we remake stuff, this would make good fodder in about a decade.

While the plot is basic fan - service fodder (that's superb fan - service fodder, mind), Hyrule Warriors is all about the gameplay, the attacks, and becoming a truly legendary hero.

With the lock - on, you have no worries about facing enemies, even bosses become cannon fodder and getting across traps is too easy.

And while he's dropped a few hints about some projects in the works — including an upcoming docuseries about the real tragedy behind the actions of»90s tabloid fodder Lorena Bobbitt — Peele's been extremely tight - lipped about what his next feature film project might be.

The lack of happening sometimes feels anti-dramatic rather than lived in, the stakes discounted because they're not about action in the wider world as if the struggles of teenage pregnancy in a judgmental and unforgiving society didn't offer enough dramatic fodder.

When a movie isn't blockbuster fodder, getting it made is all about timing.

For our money one of the most watchable and unusual young actors about, Dane DeHaan has been mixing quirky indie films with bigger box - office fodder.

(Fodder for a possible spoiler - laden upcoming round: I would like to talk about the alternate ending of Get Out, which I found a more narratively satisfying conclusion than the one released in theaters, but which is also far grimmer.)

It is still slightly mind - blowing that Lady Bird is nominated at all at this year's Academy Awards, because there is nothing about this movie that screams «Oscar fodder!»

Initially, it seemed as if the film was about Mumble being different and unaccepted (he is different, he likes to dance, he has adoration for the diva, his parents are disappointed he can't be like the other birds — you draw your own conclusions as to what it's about), which one can forgive for being typical family film fodder.

Honestly, not being evasive, but the great thing about Bond is that I have 50 years of movies — 23 movies — and all the Ian Fleming novels and short stories, all of which are fodder.

We're talking about biopics: those films that take the real - life stories of musicians, politicians, artists, atheletes and other famous folks, and mine them for reel - life fodder.

We've already talked about Her on last week's best - of podcasts, but you'll want to stick around for the Oscar fodder that is August: Osage County and to hear Trey discuss Peter Berg «s take on the real - life events of Lone Survivor.

Poorly acted, barely scripted, and about as embarrassing for the cast that worked on it as it is to the viewers watching, Over the Top merely exists today as fodder for 80s nostalgia and little else.

Surprisingly, 2016 has produced not one but two adaptations of the author's novels: Indignation, based on his slender 2008 novella about a college undergraduate struggling to find himself and avoid becoming cannon fodder in the Korean War; and American Pastoral, taken from arguably the author's greatest book.

One at least has to appreciate that the movie uses its setting as a fact and not as fodder for lazy jokes about outdated technology and contemporary fads (More technical - minded folks, though, will wonder why television broadcasts of the era are shot in scope).

This first act is a tight piece of storytelling about the way Briony's flights of fancy become the fodder for harmful gossip mongering and a concise look at class structure and the prejudices that arise from it.

At a running time of over two hours, there's never a dull moment, and there's even a bit of fodder for pondering, including Thanos» noble intentions that spring from a misinterpretation of the proposition Malthus wrote about a few centuries ago, and just why it is that Thor thinks that Rocky Raccoon is a rabbit.

About a Boy seems like romantic comedy fodder, but surprisingly (and wisely), the Weitz's downplay the Rachel character, choosing to focus on Will and Marcus.

Face it, nobody makes movies about the upper - class anymore — gone with Visconti, except for the occasional period - pieces used as Oscar fodder.

This story raises questions about the changes that have occurred in society over the past century and the direction that life will take in the next that will provide fodder for classroom discussion.

If they have nothing to say to any of us about understanding what it means to be fully human and more fully ourselves, if they have nothing to tell us about the human experience as it has unspooled throughout human history, if they have nothing to say about the power of language to communicate across the gaps that separate us, if they have nothing to say about culture, if they have nothing to say about the rich heritage of the English language, if they have nothing to say about understanding the universal and the specific in human life, about how to grow beyond our own immediate experience — if they are, in fact, nothing more than fodder for test prep, then what the hell are we doing?

A group of Rutherford County schoolchildren found themselves recent fodder for legislators» jokes about the state's public school system.