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FaceBook Ad Executive: "I Have Seen All of the Russian Ads and I can Say Very Definitely That Swaying The Election Was *NOT* the Main Goal."
“I have seen all of the Russian ads and I can say very definitively that swaying the election was *NOT* the main goal.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2018
Rob Goldman
Vice President of Facebook Ads https://t.co/A5ft7cGJkE
The majority of the Russian ad spend happened AFTER the election. We shared that fact, but very few outlets have covered it because it doesn’t align with the main media narrative of Tump and the election. https://t.co/2dL8Kh0hof
— Rob Goldman (@robjective) February 17, 2018
The main goal of the Russian propaganda and misinformation effort is to divide America by using our institutions, like free speech and social media, against us. It has stoked fear and hatred amongst Americans. It is working incredibly well. We are quite divided as a nation.
— Rob Goldman (@robjective) February 17, 2018
The Russian campaign is ongoing. Just last week saw news that Russian spies attempted to sell a fake video of Trump with a hooker to the NSA. US officials cut off the deal because they were wary of being entangled in a Russian plot to create discord. https://t.co/jO9GwWy2qH
— Rob Goldman (@robjective) February 17, 2018
Progressive director Michael Moore participated in an anti-Trump protest in New York that was organized by Russians, according to information released Friday by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. .... One Russia-sponsored event was a protest of then President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 12, 2016, called "Trump is NOT my President," and it involved Moore. On the day, Moore tweeted:Sorry! I thought I posted this an hour ago!!! I'm taking a light day but I didn't mean for it to be this light!At today's Trump Tower protest. He wouldn't come down. Here's my Facebook Live coverage: https://t.co/FzxOyljoK5 pic.twitter.com/PxjoALcyn8
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) November 13, 2016
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: saf at February 19, 2018 03:00 PM (cS/ge)
Posted by: LGoPs at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (UThOJ)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: me at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (oZM/7)
Posted by: alexthechick - Breathe deeply. Namaste. Prayer-hands. Warrior Pose. at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (F5+ro)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (8rNrN)
And now, faced with having to admit they were absolutely wrong about "hacking" and "collusion" are quadupling down by screaming even louder about treason because Trump won't do anything about them and how he won't enact their demanded Russian sanctions.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (6n332)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (YYYb4)
Posted by: Maritime at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (lKmt3)
Did I post it 45 minutes ago? It said it was in draft when I checked.
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (/tuJf)
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Those damned Russian hackers again!
Posted by: RioBravo at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (5y11N)
Fucking harumph.
Posted by: LGoPs at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (UThOJ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Michael Moore at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (O5Q3r)
How do you buy back bits? You can't. The crooks would still have copies.
This is a stupid attempt to deflect from the fact the FBI and the DoJ were trying to meddle in a US election themselves.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (YaNEL)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (Hqm6c)
Maybe that's too big and serious for a day like today, but it sure seems like an important issue.
Posted by: Lance McCormick, super-concerned at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (hXeKX)
Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: me
well if you consider the weekend last week. The facebook thing is from Saturday.
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (39g3+)
Or maybe it wasn't Russians at all.
Look at the time line -- looks like these ads were purchased after HRC and the MSM spent months talking about Russia and trump.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (F5+ro)
No, that was comedy. You laughed didn't you?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: kallisto at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (WLeoI)
Well thanks to the US Air Force, there are not about 2-300 less of them
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (5y11N)
Just how long can we Moron on without content?
Posted by: DaveA at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: LGoPs at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (UThOJ)
Posted by: wooga at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (fU9pW)
So Facebook admits their advertising doesn't reach its intended audience and has no effect on those who do see the ads.
Why would anyone pay money to Facebook for an ineffective ad campaign?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: irright at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (pMGkg)
http://izismile.com/2018/02/15/daily_gifdump_30_gifs-6.html
Why throw flame when you can just walk.
Posted by: DaveA at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (FhXTo)
Meanwhile, here's the actual portrait of Obama before it was photo shopped:
https://tinyurl.com/y9ve3ydg
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2018 03:05 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2018 03:05 PM (ptqGC)
If attempting to sway people in another country to vote in a certain manner or to take certain positions is the Worst Thing Evah (c), then doesn't that make every single person who ever worked for the Voice of America tantamount to Satan?
That's maybe 5% a joke. Seriously, if just putting stuff out there is so horrible, then what was the Voice of America?
Posted by: alexthechick - Breathe deeply. Namaste. Prayer-hands. Warrior Pose. at February 19, 2018 03:05 PM (mf5HN)
Dude. We were just starting a fight about the best Westerns.
Now it's going to take another 500 comments to get back on track.
Take it easy today, it's a holiday ya know.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:05 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: RioBravo at February 19, 2018 03:05 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:06 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 19, 2018 03:06 PM (Hqm6c)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 19, 2018 03:06 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2018 03:06 PM (EBwPV)
Posted by: saf at February 19, 2018 03:06 PM (cS/ge)
If attempting to sway people in another country to vote in a certain manner or to take certain positions is the Worst Thing Evah (c), then doesn't that make every single person who ever worked for the Voice of America tantamount to Satan?
That's maybe 5% a joke. Seriously, if just putting stuff out there is so horrible, then what was the Voice of America?
Posted by: alexthechick - Breathe deeply. Namaste. Prayer-hands. Warrior Pose. at February 19, 2018 03:05 PM (mf5HN)
It's not bad when we do it, obvs.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (Hqm6c)
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (PUX+Y)
How does dividing the country benefit the Russians? They should be encouraging the leftists only. Like the fat fvcking gullible-as-shit Michael Moore.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (2FqvZ)
And here's an old 29 yr old Ace not remembering 45 minutes ago!
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (Hqm6c)
British politicians talked about banning candidate Trump from entering their country. They should be indicted too.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (5IbVn)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Rob Goldman at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (O5Q3r)
Officials have told players to fist-bump one another rather than shaking hands to prevent transmission of norovirus, which is highly contagious
But But But they handed out 75 condoms to each athlete?
LOL
Here shake this
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (5y11N)
-An estimated 10 million people in the US saw the ads. We were able to approximate the number of unique people ("reach") who saw at least one of these ads, with our best modeling
-44% of total ad impressions (number of times ads were displayed) were before the US election on November 8, 2016; 56% were after the election.
-Roughly 25% of the ads were never shown to anyone. That's because advertising auctions are designed so that ads reach people based on relevance, and certain ads may not reach anyone as a result.
-For 50% of the ads, less than $3 was spent; for 99% of the ads, less than $1,000 was spent.
-About 1% of the ads used a specific type of Custom --Audiences targeting to reach people on Facebook who had visited that advertiser's website or liked the advertiser's Page -- as well as to reach people who are similar to those audiences. None of the ads used another type of Custom Audiences targeting based on personal information such as email addresses.
-Of the more than 3,000 ads that we have shared with Congress, 5% appeared on Instagram. About $6,700 was spent on these ads
If you've ever done any advertising on facebook, you know better how it works; they take the ads you build and try to match them to people that their algorithms say will be interested, and sometimes it reaches nobody. And just because someone "saw" an ad -- it showed up on their wall -- doesn't mean they looked at it much if at all, let alone clicked on it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (LiyEm)
I wonder how many Americans will have to die when the next FBI-Russia-Trump fail occurs?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:08 PM (0tfLf)
Look Man. Nobody cares about Best Western.
Motel Six or Motel Eight for the low class traveler, Ramada Inn or one of those other high class chains for the upper middle class.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 19, 2018 03:08 PM (roQNm)
Well thanks to the US Air Force, there are not about 2-300 less of them
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:04 PM (5y11N)
That was a damn fine air strike. Humans and high explosives do not mix.
Eh. Russia's gonna Russia. I sorta like them but they are choosing to be our enemy.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:08 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2018 03:08 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:08 PM (LiyEm)
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Also Radio Marti, a Spanish language radio station aimed at Cuba?
Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2018 03:09 PM (EBwPV)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (5IbVn)
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In opposition, Nigel Farage campaigned for Trump.
Posted by: RioBravo at February 19, 2018 03:09 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says dossier... at February 19, 2018 03:09 PM (vtcmf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2018 03:09 PM (YaNEL)
I've tried it a couple times and found it wholly worthless. You can go pretty low on your buys, so my guess is unless you lay out real money, you don't get jack for results.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:09 PM (39g3+)
It has been their goal in many western countries since the end of WWII. It's all about delegitimizing democracy in the eyes of westerners.
I wish Congressional hearings got more airplay or at least got reported on. The one before the Senate Intel Committee last spring was very informative.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:10 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2018 03:10 PM (ptqGC)
Them: You're dividing us.
Us: no look, it's addition.
Them: You're racist.
Us: clicks remote.
Posted by: DaveA at February 19, 2018 03:10 PM (FhXTo)
1)The idea that Trump colluded with Russia is beyond stupid and as far as I'm concerned has been completely vindicated. The Russians were just agents of chaos
2) Russia is still a dangerous country that means us harm.
I think what they were doing here was sort of pathetic, but there's lots of evidence the KGB whipped up a lot of the civil rights nonsense that boiled over.
My big fear was that if Russia really wanted to watch America burn right now, Putin could come out and lie that he cut a deal with Trump to help him in the election and America would be in the midst of a hot civil war.
Posted by: Maritime at February 19, 2018 03:10 PM (lKmt3)
GREAT characterization, a love triangle between a hot good girl and a hot bad girl....and the hot bad girl wins the guy.
Damn fine movie, not complicated but it's a Western and it works.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:11 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: clutch at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (g1kSs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (ZM2xo)
Milking that old Roger and Me meme, ehh Skeeziks?
Sheesh Sad. And people line up and say "Oh yeah, this guy speaks for MEEEE!"
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (ymnmz)
That said, I have recently watched High Plains Drifter and its sequel Pale Rider. They're the same movie, except that the second one has less rape.
Both of them and the Sergio Leone ones were him going to school to learn how to make Unforgiven.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (hyuyC)
THIS
As I said in last thread
Shane is what a Western is.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (jjaLl)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: kallisto at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (WLeoI)
Officials have told players to fist-bump one another rather than shaking hands to prevent transmission of norovirus, which is highly contagious
But But But they handed out 75 condoms to each athlete?
LOL
Here shake this
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (5y11N)
They just spent 3 hours sliding in each others spit, sweating on each other, breathing heavily and possibly bleeding on each other and you think a fucking HANDSHAKE at the end of the game is how a cold will be spread?!?
This is why we're fucked. Those that think they're smart and are in charge are REALLY fucking stupid.
Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:08 PM (LiyEm)
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I bet that he's the spitting image of his own mother.
Posted by: washrivergal at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (tcwn1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (89T5c)
The USAF shot down plenty of Soviet 'mercenary' pilots in the Korean War. Nothing's changed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 19, 2018 03:09 PM (YaNEL
The Flying Tigers were mecernary pilots
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (lKyWE)
We are Russia's main rival in the world for power and influence. China is the other, then the EU. Russia wants to be number one big boss in the world, and has always, especially under super nationalist Putin.
The weaker the US is, the less of a rival we are. The more time and energy spent on dealing with internal politics and strife in the USA, the less the government has for dealing with international affairs. A smooth-sailing USA is a big problem for Russia's plans and efforts around the world. Plus, it hurts our economy, which benefits Russia by making us less attractive as a trading partner, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (NWiLs)
Mercenary
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 19, 2018 03:14 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2018 03:14 PM (UyeMC)
That said, I have recently watched High Plains Drifter and its sequel Pale Rider. They're the same movie, except that the second one has less rape.
Both of them and the Sergio Leone ones were him going to school to learn how to make Unforgiven.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (fuK7c)
Josey Wales is unrepentantly pro-Southern, for better or worse.
I agree though, most of Clint's early career was absorbing stuff to make Unforgiven.
If he'd tried to make it during the 70's, it would have flopped harder than Italian lefse
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:14 PM (xJa6I)
Facebook Ada represented about 1% of the money spent
Posted by: Hey! at February 19, 2018 03:14 PM (BZJpb)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:14 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Adam Schitt at February 19, 2018 03:14 PM (vtcmf)
Posted by: IP at February 19, 2018 03:15 PM (/fNs2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2018 03:15 PM (Dbv1R)
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (NWiLs)
Oh, we're aware.....
Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2018 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)
They were deserters, as I recall, renegades in Union uniforms.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:15 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: IP at February 19, 2018 03:15 PM (/fNs2)
They're very different kinds of movie.
But if there was no Shane, there could have have been a Blazing Saddles.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:15 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 19, 2018 03:15 PM (1ISKN)
I'm gobsmacked at how many in my personal network are CNN zombies. These
are intelligent professionals for the most part, one is an MD. The
acceptance of their Fake News product continues with no critical
assessment whatsoever.
Posted by: kallisto at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (WLeoI)
I believe it was Tucker (?) who pointed out that CNN pays airports to carry their channel, as long as CNN supplies and maintains the TVs.
The doctor I used to go to had CNN on in the waiting room (he's a NeverTrump Republican state senator). I switched to a new doctor whose office is TV-free.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2018 03:16 PM (ptqGC)
him to get fully obese again just to distract from his skin and facial
ugliness.
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2018 03:01 PM (8rNrN)
I want to see him do his Mr. Creosote impression.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2018 03:16 PM (Dbv1R)
Posted by: alexthechick - Breathe deeply. Namaste. Prayer-hands. Warrior Pose. at February 19, 2018 03:05 PM (mf5HN)
Because we're the Good Guys?
*ducks and runs*
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at February 19, 2018 03:16 PM (jjaLl)
They were deserters, as I recall, renegades in Union uniforms.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:15 PM (39g3+)
He also guns down some union soldiers in a later scene. The great 'Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?' scene.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:16 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: alexthechick - Breathe deeply. Namaste. Prayer-hands. Warrior Pose. at February 19, 2018 03:16 PM (mf5HN)
On second thoughts, who says it was Russians? What if it was the "intelligence community" all along but now they are telling us it was Russians?
(I use scare quotes for "intelligence community" because it is an oxymoron.)
Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2018 03:16 PM (/3+Sg)
The Russkies are even named Chaos (Kaos). Unfortunately Maxwell Smart can think rings around our actual spies and other Top. Men. in positions of power. Yes even dead Don Adams has more brains than anybody working at the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc.
Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2018 03:16 PM (EBwPV)
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The weakest USA is one run by the leftists.
We just barely survived eight years of leftism. If this is the Russian plan it sucks ass.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 19, 2018 03:17 PM (2FqvZ)
38 I have a serious question, no, really! This isn't snark!
If attempting to sway people in another country to vote in a certain
manner or to take certain positions is the Worst Thing Evah (c), then
doesn't that make every single person who ever worked for the Voice of
America tantamount to Satan?
That's maybe 5% a joke. Seriously, if just putting stuff out there is so horrible, then what was the Voice of America?
Posted by: alexthechick - Breathe deeply. Namaste. Prayer-hands. Warrior Pose. at February 19, 2018 03:05 PM (mf5HN)
It's not bad when we do it, obvs.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:07 PM (xJa6I)
I though Voice of America read the New York Times on the air so people behind the Iron Curtain could hear the real news, not pravda, turns out it was pravda too!!!
But what's that make NPR?
LOL Who's wining this war anyway?
I f-ing quit.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:17 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2018 03:17 PM (IqV8l)
I've been trying to make that argument against Saint Martin Luther King, who said in 1965 we can never be redeemed, but muh He Was A Republican You Know.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2018 03:17 PM (6FqZa)
Taking a light day.
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2018 03:18 PM (K3B2k)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2018 03:18 PM (NWiLs)
This is why we're fucked. Those that think they're smart and are in charge are REALLY fucking stupid.
Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM
Ahhh...the pure eloquence of words. Can I quote this?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:18 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2018 03:18 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at February 19, 2018 03:19 PM (0/B0s)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:19 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2018 03:08 PM (MxEKc)
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there's a Five Fags near my house...
the burgers ain't that big, are unremarkable in taste, presentation, or anything else, other than their price, which, considering what you're getting, is ridiculous.
i'd rather drive a couple miles to In-N-Out or Tommy's. alternatively, for a few dollars more, i can go to The Counter, a mile away, and get a burger cooked rare, because they use high quality beef, instead of a cooked to death one that tastes like the paper it's wrapped up in.
YMMV
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2018 03:19 PM (PUX+Y)
Posted by: ace at February 19, 2018 03:19 PM (8rNrN)
Oh I don't know. If you wanted the US to be more polarized than it currently is what would you do differently?
Seems to me like they got a pretty good return on their investment given that half the country is willing to believe anything negative said about Trump no matter how stupid.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:19 PM (/tuJf)
Doesn't "Shane" have a ghey vibe? With the holster fondling and all the Joey attracted to Shane stuff?
Posted by: RioBravo at February 19, 2018 03:19 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2018 03:19 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 19, 2018 03:20 PM (hH+fw)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:20 PM (5IbVn)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2018 03:20 PM (bT8Z4)
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:20 PM (Pqytn)
Posted by: WisRich at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 19, 2018 03:20 PM (hH+fw)
Is all they ever talk about!
Posted by: Janski Bradyvich at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (NWiLs)
The doctor I used to go to had CNN on in the waiting room (he's a NeverTrump Republican state senator). I switched to a new doctor whose office is TV-free.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2018 03:16 PM
The dentist I used to go to had no TV.
My new dentist has Fox News on the TV.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:18 PM (0tfLf)
Well, pixy decided I can't use my Copyright symbol anymore, so public use.....
Posted by: Sponge at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: IP at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (/fNs2)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz IVANOVICH at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (iX27Q)
The Obama FBI, DOJ and DNC were almost successful in perpetrating a coup.
The Russians are not our main ideological enemy, the progressives and globalists from within and without are.
Posted by: Kreplach at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (qHBC6)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (LiyEm)
100 Rifles has almost-naked Raquel Welch (only time she got close to as naked was a frog movie L'Animal which no one has seen).
That puts it in contention to be #2 behind Seven Samurai.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (fuK7c)
Doesn't "Shane" have a ghey vibe? With the holster fondling and all the Joey attracted to Shane stuff?
Posted by: RioBravo at February 19, 2018 03:19 PM (giT7q)
Shame
though you do get to look at Jack Palance's ass for a very long time in one scene. If you're into that sorta thing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (xJa6I)
Seems to me like they got a pretty good return on their investment given that half the country is willing to believe anything negative said about Trump no matter how stupid.
Posted by: JackStraw
__________
They only got their money's worth because the Democrat/Media ran with this silliness. The ads themselves were useless.
Again, if Russia really wanted to fuck with us, they would start having Russian officials say they colluded with Trump and watch our country burn to the ground.
Posted by: Maritime at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (lKmt3)
@Reuters 43s
KFC closes most of its UK stores due to chicken shortage http://reut.rs/2oiWwLf
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2018 03:22 PM (KXVP7)
Posted by: IP at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (/fNs2)
And the husband all but blessed it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:22 PM (xJa6I)
Yeah they were looking for him to kill him. Bounty on his head. I'm not saying it wasn't a pro-south movie, but not as bad as people say. Most of it wasn't even dealing with the south or north, it was in the Nations, and far from civilization.
I like Five Guys because they are more like home made burgers than the carefully shaped and packaged and frozen horsemeat and sawdust you get at fast food joints. But they are really expensive.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:22 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:22 PM (Pqytn)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at February 19, 2018 03:22 PM (jjaLl)
I was gay before the Russians bought those ads, and I'm still gay now.
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:13 PM (NWiLs)
Rippon did a string of the most fabulous triple thingies you ever saw. Fabulous. There were 4 triples in his routine and he never fell.
Of course even if you nail every last one you still lose by a mile.
Why was he on the team again?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:22 PM (ymnmz)
"You don't realize it, but you're being programmed."
- Chamath Palihapipitya, FB founder.
https://tinyurl.com/y7dr8m64
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at February 19, 2018 03:23 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: Jane D'oh"
Wasn't wearing a safety pin was a liberal thing after the election? Moore probably just hasn't gotten around to changing his clothes since then.
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2018 03:23 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Seriously, it's not bad when we do it.
America is a sovereign nation and if our citizens break foreign laws on American orders, good. That's their job.
Now, if they get caught in those other countries, they're liable to those other countries' laws and we got a diplomatic problem.
Otherwise, hurrah for them, they are heroes.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2018 03:23 PM (6FqZa)
People that "think" they are very smart are the easiest to fool.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2018 03:23 PM (3BFzK)
Posted by: Al Bundy at February 19, 2018 03:23 PM (cYjBc)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:20 PM (5IbVn)
Quigley is in my top 100 movies.
Great Tom Selleck role.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:24 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:22 PM (ymnmz)
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He's gay.
Posted by: RioBravo at February 19, 2018 03:24 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:24 PM (Pqytn)
I cannot recommend reading the book Shane highly enough. As much as you like the movie, you'll like the book even more.
It goes into significantly more detail about the relationship between Shane and the couple. She basically is head over heels in love with both men, for good reasons, but different reasons. And part of the reason Shane leaves is because he cares too much for them and respects her husband so much.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:24 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Dean Wormer at February 19, 2018 03:24 PM (fftfA)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:11 PM (xJa6I)
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Objection!
cites facts not in evidence. every movie he was ever in, he played John Wayne.
(not that it's a bad thing, mind you...)
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2018 03:24 PM (PUX+Y)
He also guns down some union soldiers in a later scene. The great 'Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?' scene.
IIRC the movie starts out with Union soldiers gunning down captured Confederates
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 19, 2018 03:25 PM (lKyWE)
I'm going to strongly encourage my husband to post a pic of us with him on his Facebook page. Will drive his prog family and friends batshit crazy.
Later, horde!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2018 03:25 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: rammajamma at February 19, 2018 03:25 PM (oAlzZ)
Remake True Grit > Original True Grit.
Commence fighting.
Also, btw, 3:10 to Yuma. (remake, I've only seen parts of the original).
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:25 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Kreplach
As effectively a Byzantine nation "The Russias" are a little bit of an ideological foe, or so I'd say as a wannabe Catholic. Maybe more so than China. But definitely a distant third behind Islam and Progressivism.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2018 03:25 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2018 03:25 PM (K3B2k)
Posted by: Dean Wormer at February 19, 2018 03:25 PM (fftfA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (39g3+)
So the press and the left were/are colluding with the Russians. It's projection as always with them.
Posted by: rickl at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (xjiRE)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (YYYb4)
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Cuba would be good for him, assuming he had to live like the average Cuban. He'd lose mucho poundage if he had to survive on the monthly food ration, which amounts to what he now eats in a couple of days.
Venezuela, OTOH, ....well, right now they'd probably eat HIM.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: kallisto at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (WLeoI)
Not sure I totally agree with that and I am certainly open to correction by someone with more knowledge. I always took it that Josey got caught up in the Border Wars and was not so much a pro-Confederate. He wanted revenge on the Kansas militia (now Union) soldiers that killed his family.
It is a very deep movie and very well directed by Eastwood.
Granny Hawkins OTOH, she was definitely pro-Southern.
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Joey Starrett at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (IqV8l)
Well yea, that's kind of the point. They saw a fissure and tried to exploit it with a minimal investment. Their goal was division and confusion and they got it in spades.
To this day half the country still believes Trump colluded with Putin no matter how much evidence is provided to rebut that claim. If they came out tomorrow and said Trump colluded with Russia I doubt the split would grow any wider.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2018 03:21 PM (IqV8l)
But of course
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (5y11N)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (LiyEm)
One of my fave Westerns. The scene where Tom rides his brumby down that nearly-vertical drop was breathtaking. And you can tell it's real, too, by the trees.
Damn fine filmmaking.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at February 19, 2018 03:26 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (5IbVn)
You would think that someone (Hillary) wanting to be President and, by default, leader of the free world would be smart enough not to try and frame the opposing candidate with accusations that she, herself, was committing with vigor. It brings up two questions:
1. Are her advisers and she this stupid? (rhetorical)
2. Is she so corrupt that she couldn't come up with a similar framing scenario that didn't include something she has committed or is still committing? (unfortunately, it's beginning to look like this is rhetorical as well)
Posted by: Orson-bot at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (/ZPgp)
But this nonsense about "dividing" America? The Russians? Stupid Farcebook ads nobody saw?
Face palm.
We are "divided" because some are racist, authoritarian, illiterate fanatics with not a hint of historically meaningful American mindset or values. They guide/whip up/deceive an enormous number, near a majority, who fit one or more of those descriptions, but who are apolitical or just your typical LIV American.
The stupid, destructive, loathsome, indefensible policies and actions of other "Americans" are the problem. Duh. Stupid and puny irrelevant "information operations" by bumbling Russians didn't make health insurance suddenly unaffordable for 18 million people. They didn't deface the national govt. with a crudely racist demagogic posture for 8 years. They didn't create a lawlessness that has spread for decades resulting in not just economic damage and death and injury for citizens, but erosion of the very concept of citizenship and sovereignty.
THESE things, and many others, "divide" us. As they should. "Unity" means bupkis to anyone more mature than an 11-yr old, who thinks instead of emotes.
And ridiculous, invisibly small foreign "info campaigns" have nothing at all to do with it. So Goldman both blurts out some obvious and long ignored or suppressed reality, and embraces the idiotic false framework of "division" at the same time. I guess .500 is pretty good, on such topics, for someone as freakish as a Facebook executive.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (5y11N)
Not as good as Unforgiven but there are damn few movies that are, of any genre.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (6FqZa)
They're both great, for different reasons. The book, again is even better. Amazing novel.
But the remake of 3:10 to Yuma was unadulterated warthog feces.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (ir1+X)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (LiyEm)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:11 PM (xJa6I)
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Objection!
cites facts not in evidence. every movie he was ever in, he played John Wayne.
(not that it's a bad thing, mind you...)
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 19, 2018 03:24 PM (PUX+Y)
THAT could be a fun debate.
But he got better at 'being' John Wayne. His first few movies, he's awfully stiff. By 'Stagecoach' he had his performance down pretty pat.
By 'Tall in the Saddle', he's the kind of guy who you just know you can rely on, who you're safe with if you're a good guy, who you can't push around if you're bad.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (lKyWE)
I understand things in dollars and cents terms. If the Russians have engaged in dividing the country and opening up the division, I have already made certain that the part of my survivors families who subscribe to leftist concepts won't get a nickel from me when I die.
I don't see how that does anything except reward free market conservative types who will kick the Ruskies ass repeatedly in the marketplace.
It seems like a pathetically weak poorly thought out strategy.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (2FqvZ)
Why was he on the team again?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:22 PM (ymnmz)
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He's gay.
Posted by: RioBravo at February 19, 2018 03:24 PM (giT7q)
Wait What, No way. How can yo tell?
Sarc off
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (ymnmz)
They're both great, for different reasons. The book, again is even better. Amazing novel.
But the remake of 3:10 to Yuma was unadulterated warthog feces.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (39g3+)
Sadly, I paid cash money to see the remake. And you're right.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (WvHfM)
Fort Apache... John Wayne, Henry Fonda... Shirley Temple...
And shows both sides of the Indian Wars...
Posted by: Don Q. at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:29 PM (LiyEm)
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:29 PM (Pqytn)
Posted by: alexthechick - Breathe deeply. Namaste. Prayer-hands. Warrior Pose. at February 19, 2018 03:29 PM (mf5HN)
I guess I'm the only guy who liked Tom Horn with Steve f-ing McQueen in the lead role.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (lKyWE)
It's ok. It's almost more of a travelogue though, I found it very leisurely-paced.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:29 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: clutch at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (g1kSs)
He's wearing a San Francisco hat so I guess Michigan did something to hurt the fucking simpleton's feelings, like maybe told him to shoot his unfunny amateurish films somewhere else.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 19, 2018 03:29 PM (y7DUB)
Yes. For me it was that point that separated him from everyone. When l the others just stopped and looked and he comes into the picture without hesitation down the hill was awesome direction and cinematography.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:29 PM (5IbVn)
Still can't figure why the Chicoms are getting a pass on this. They plow 10x more money and effort into maskirovka.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at February 19, 2018 03:29 PM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:30 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:30 PM (LiyEm)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:08 PM (LiyEm)
And I thought my neck looked like a vagina...
Posted by: Fat Bastard at February 19, 2018 03:30 PM (uCrjJ)
Right, if it had just been the ads, they'd have been of pretty miniscule impact. And I'm confused how running ads is illegal in any sense. But the left went berserk with the theme for two reasons that I can figure out
1) The Democratic party desperately needed a squirrel to distract from the Podesta emails which showed them to be corrupt, racist, condescending, incompetent, and possibly perverted and the way they'd ignored the will of their own voters to ram Hillary Clinton down their throats, who lost.
2) The need to oppose President Trump so that his efforts to clean the swamp are hindered if not blocked.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:31 PM (39g3+)
Well yea, that's kind of the point. They saw a fissure and tried to exploit it with a minimal investment. Their goal was division and confusion and they got it in spades.
This was a fully planned and executed intelligence disinformation operation. It was well done and you can bet the Russians will have very in-depth after action reports that they will use to plan more, even better and more effective ops in the future.
It's what they do.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:31 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (NWiLs)
Heh. One of my favorite teen movies though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:31 PM (5IbVn)
Not as good as Unforgiven but there are damn few movies that are, of any genre.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 19, 2018 03:27 PM (6FqZa)
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Thanks!
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:31 PM (Pqytn)
Rooster: Fill your hands you son of a bitch!
Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2018 03:32 PM (FnN9i)
Great movie and great cast. Even has the guy with the high voice that was Frisbee in that Twilight Zone episode about the guy that told whoppers.
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 19, 2018 03:32 PM (OD2ni)
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From what I recall, Katherine Hepburn had the same reaction. Rooster, maybe?
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 19, 2018 03:32 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:29 PM (Pqytn)
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Well, "Paint Your Wagon" has both Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in it - bonus is when Lee Marvin sings I Was Born Under A Wandering Star.
Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2018 03:32 PM (EBwPV)
Posted by: Maritime at February 19, 2018 03:10 PM (lKmt3)
Even further beyond stupid is Russia colluding with Trump. Everyone on the planet knows that HRC could be bought. Why waste time getting Trump elected who may or may not be for sale when you could go with the sure thing?
Posted by: all doubt removed at February 19, 2018 03:32 PM (xj0OI)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:32 PM (LiyEm)
Well yea, that's kind of the point. They saw a fissure and tried to exploit it with a minimal investment. Their goal was division and confusion and they got it in spades.
To this day half the country still believes Trump colluded with Putin no matter how much evidence is provided to rebut that claim. If they came out tomorrow and said Trump colluded with Russia I doubt the split would grow any wider.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I honestly don't think that was the end game, more just a happy coincidence.
Most of the money was supposedly spent after the election was over and it was anti-Trump.
My theory is the Russians were just screwing around with social media as it was a new propaganda tool that allowed them access to American media they didn't have before. They wanted to see what worked and what didn't.
Before, the Russians or the former Soviet USSR really couldn't take out ads on network TV without it being obvious and extremely expensive.
So they played around with this a bit as an experiment and the Democrats decided this was going to be the reason they picked for why Trump won to make him illegitimate.
Posted by: Maritime at February 19, 2018 03:32 PM (lKmt3)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2018 03:32 PM (KP5rU)
I think Gary Cooper's performance is damn good. He's stoic and brave and the kind of brave that doesn't ignore fear but pushes through it.
The bad guys are menacing without being cartoons.
The final gunfight is well done.
It does the 'man alone' theme better than any movie before it.
But, yeah, there is a lot of other negative stuff in it. Like WHY Coop is alone against the bad guys in that movie, and his emasculating fiance and other stuff as well.
High Noon has too much good stuff in it to hate. But too much bad stuff in it to love.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (xJa6I)
Amazing, really. With so much power, I wonder how many people ended up with an extra Russian bride that they didn't really need?
Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (ZM6hc)
Brokeback Mountain is the best Western ever. Also, I'm gay.
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:30 PM (NWiLs)
My wife walked into the room and took one look and said "Triples?!"
Walked out.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (pV/54)
..........
No, Michael would rather suck Putin's shplib.
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (HgMAr)
The Duke: I could find you in the dark Mrs. Lowe . . .
Posted by: simplemind
Hondo is my favorite Duke movie.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (5IbVn)
Posted by: IP at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (/fNs2)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (NWiLs)
Heh. One of my favorite teen movies though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth"
That teacher that Jerry kisses was a major MILF. I suppose that storyline would be frowned upon in 2018.
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 19, 2018 03:34 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 19, 2018 03:03 PM (F5+ro)
Excellent point. Obviously the Russians opportunistically took advantage of the seeds of discord the Hillary campaign and the media scattered all over the place.
I hope I live long enough to read the definitive book of all the shenanigans that took place during and after the election.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:34 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Maritime at February 19, 2018 03:02 PM (lKmt3)"
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He must know that and has probably prepared for the exit. Soon only those not beholden to anyone for a job will be able to be truth tellers.
Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2018 03:34 PM (/3+Sg)
If you have to ask about the safety pin, it means you are not one of them.
Yeah, that was "A Thing" for what, 15 minutes? I forget what it was even about.
Posted by: tu3031 at February 19, 2018 03:34 PM (O5Q3r)
Oh, totally!
I meant to mention that but then I'm me so I forgot.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:34 PM (fuK7c)
All you stuff and all you eat
You're headed for some big man teats
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at February 19, 2018 03:35 PM (juCZM)
Brokeback Mountain is the best Western ever. Also, I'm gay.
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:30 PM (NWiLs)
Saddle me up cow puncher
Posted by: Shep Smith at February 19, 2018 03:35 PM (lKyWE)
There are some things I really like in High Noon.
I think Gary Cooper's performance is damn good. He's stoic and brave
and the kind of brave that doesn't ignore fear but pushes through it.
The bad guys are menacing without being cartoons.
The final gunfight is well done.
It does the 'man alone' theme better than any movie before it.
But, yeah, there is a lot of other negative stuff in it. Like WHY
Coop is alone against the bad guys in that movie, and his emasculating
fiance and other stuff as well.
High Noon has too much good stuff in it to hate. But too much bad stuff in it to love.
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WTH. You left out Grace Kelly!
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:35 PM (Pqytn)
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the only counter argument to that would be if they thought she was getting too expensive and trump would be cheaper.
Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (7A0D7)
And the men I am about to kill.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (5IbVn)
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2018 03:33 PM (pV/54)
No. They are simply catering to the Trump-hating demographic now. Same for Colbert and Kimmel.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (7uYFy)
High Noon has too much good stuff in it to hate. But too much bad stuff in it to love.
That is my take as well. The basic concept for the film and the film making are top notch, and Gary Cooper is Gary Coopering it up like never before. But there are problems with it too, and even after she shows up to help him beat the bad guys, I'd be looking askance at that wife forever after.
My favorite John Wayne role is in the Cowboys.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:30 PM (NWiLs)
...........
Hi there stud.
Posted by: Johnny Weir at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (HgMAr)
Far more intelligent and informative than CNN.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (0jtPF)
No love for Jeremiah Johnson or is that not western enough?
I liked it but I don't consider it a western.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 19, 2018 03:36 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2018 03:28 PM (NWiLs)
In 12 O'clock high they flew Messerschmitts, in 3 O'clock High they flew Fockers.
Did I get that right?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (0tfLf)
I don't really need a Russian bride. What I would really like to have, though, is one of those miniature giraffes.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (K3B2k)
Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (OGiyw)
Other than proggies, who takes FB, Twitter, et al., serious. Sure, people show outrage, but most of the time it's overblown and disproportionate to the actual "offensive" event.
Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (rdl6o)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (oVJmc)
I don't really need a Russian bride. What I would really like to have, though, is one of those miniature giraffes.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (tRaq7)
Opulence. You has it.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (NWiLs)
High Noon has too much good stuff in it to hate. But too much bad stuff in it to love.
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WTH. You left out Grace Kelly!
Posted by: mrp
I prefer Katy Jurado
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (IqV8l)
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Gotta have F.U. money as they say. Scott Adams has been pretty candid about his loss of income after he "came out" as a Trump supporter - he no longer does personal appearances and he estimates he's losing $1M per year.
Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (EBwPV)
And, though outlandishly redundant, the idiotic concept that any outside info campaign has caused any "division" just again confirms what a dumbed down nation it has become.
The dumb thugs beating up Trump supporters outside the San Jose rally venue, watched by smirking police, didn't materialize because of Farcebook ads. The Third World scene in Chicago, at the Trump event, similar circumstances, didn't occur because of foreign info campaigns (and Cruz's jaw-dropping reaction wasn't based off of foreign influence, either).
Foreign info ops have nothing to do with the country's degradation, the corruption of its institutions, the erosion of the unique mindset and values. These are all 100% home-grown. By your family, neighbors, colleagues, rec team team-mates, and the guy at the gas station. Not "Soros!!", or the Bilderbergers, or 20-something Russian IT contractors overseen by inept FSB middle-managers.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (QDnY+)
Sports Illustrated put some underclothes fat girls in their swimsuit issue.
Plus, some oh-I-don't-know, I guess you'd call them corn-fed girls. You know, a bit heavy but young enough so that they're not the least bit flabby.
A few buckets of fried chicken and 6 packs and packages of snack cakes away from becoming fat but not there yet.
When did the Swimsuit issue become about indulging silly fymynyst body-issue fantasies?
Posted by: naturalfake at February 19, 2018 03:38 PM (E3rQ4)
I agree. I think the only place we differ is whether or not they did this intentionally as part of a plan. I think they knew that the left and the media would become obsessed with this and try to use it as a means to delegitimize Trump and keep us focused on fighting each other rather than looking outside. They've been spying on us for a long time and using our media since the days of Duranty, they know how bad they are and how easy they can be played.
I mean we have documented proof that Hillary colluded with Russians and the media is purposefully ignoring it and running with this dumb nontroversy. They just can't quit it.
As a famous actor once said "Russians don't take dump without a plan".
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:38 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 19, 2018 03:38 PM (398bZ)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 19, 2018 03:38 PM (E3rQ4)
Lee Marvin as A-#1 and a toothy Ernest Borgnine as Shack in Emperor of the North. Now thats true grit!
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (K3B2k)
I thought I was the only one who loved that movie. Haven't see in 35 years maybe.
Loved it. Wonder if it held up. Gotta see it soon.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:39 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:12 PM (fuK7c)
You must have seen a different movie than I did. The one I saw started out w/ Josey minding his own business (plowing a field) when those murdering no-account redlegs burned his house and killed his wife and children.
Posted by: dDan at February 19, 2018 03:39 PM (hwYmz)
Posted by: Maddogg at February 19, 2018 03:39 PM (BBhgz)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:39 PM (LiyEm)
Posted by: Joe Biden 2020! at February 19, 2018 03:39 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Adam Rippon at February 19, 2018 03:30 PM (NWiLs)
Yeah, no worries about that one getting remade with an all black cast I'll bet.
Posted by: tu3031 at February 19, 2018 03:39 PM (O5Q3r)
The answer may surprise you.
(It's YES)
Posted by: Brainy Stelter, CNN sooper jeanyus at February 19, 2018 03:40 PM (fq72/)
If only for that phenomenal final-twist ending scene that must inspired The Sixth Sense.
Mordacai (carving a tombstone): "What did you say your name was again?"
The Man with no Name: "I didn't."
Mordecai: "No, I guess you didn't at that, did you?" (looks down at the name he's carving on the tombstone as Eastwood rides off into the mist and OMG HE WAS A F-CKING GHOST ALL ALONG!
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at February 19, 2018 03:40 PM (juCZM)
Posted by: kallisto at February 19, 2018 03:40 PM (WLeoI)
As a famous actor once said "Russians don't take dump without a plan".
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:38 PM (/tuJf)
I agree. But I've always wondered why Russia--loaded with brains and brawn and natural resources---has always been a basket case.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM (7uYFy)
I disagree. I think they've been doing it for a long time now, at least in the first term of Obama if not earlier (Bush years). It just took hold this time better than ever before.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM (Hqm6c)
Speaking of Rooskies, the Electoral Justice Project has announced it will seek to register black voters at screenings of The Black Panther, confirming my decision not to watch that shit.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed
Will they refuse to register white voters?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 19, 2018 03:38 PM (398bZ)
Best Part of this whole idiocy?
Wakanda, the country where Black Panther takes place..
Is ruled by a King, who gets to BE King by fighting off all comers...
And they outlawed the opposition party... The Rhinos...
Posted by: Don Q. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM (NgKpN)
That's a sport.
Posted by: Sir William of Cuckold at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: zibbly wibbly at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (V3U1L)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:38 PM (/tuJf)
Unless they have some Vodka and then its' "Here hold my Stoli and watch this"
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (5y11N)
Joe Kidd?
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (Hqm6c)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 19, 2018 03:38 PM (398bZ)
Do they have to show ID to register?
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:42 PM (LiyEm)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 19, 2018 03:43 PM (Hqm6c)
Posted by: JoeF.
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A few generations of Communism will do that.
But my own additional pet theory, culturally, Russians are also incredibly corrupt at like every level. And this effects every part of commerce.
If you ever have any sort of business dealing and the person has a Russian accent, run, don't walk away.
Posted by: Maritime at February 19, 2018 03:43 PM (lKmt3)
Wiki plot excerpt:
Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer, is driven to revenge by the murder of his wife and young son by a band of pro-Union Jayhawker militants. The murderers were from Senator James H. Lane's Kansas Brigade, led by Captain Terrill.
After grieving and burying his wife and son, Wales joins a group of pro-Confederate Missouri Bushwhackers led by William T. Anderson and fights in the Civil War. At the conclusion of the war, Captain Fletcher persuades the guerrillas to surrender, saying they have been granted amnesty. Wales refuses to surrender. As a result, he and one young man are the only survivors when Captain Terrill's Redlegs massacre the surrendering men. Wales intervenes and guns down several Redlegs with a Gatling gun.
Posted by: irright at February 19, 2018 03:43 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM (7uYFy)
144 Million Population... in the largest country in the World...
They literally do not have enough Men to exploit their resources.
Posted by: Don Q. at February 19, 2018 03:43 PM (NgKpN)
No worries. I learned on youtube that carnivorous snails can eat hermit crabs! Snails are badass. Also watching videos of Bobbit worms breaking forth from the sea floor and devouring fish. And how moray eels have a second set of jaws, similar to the Alien monsters.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 19, 2018 03:44 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:44 PM (LiyEm)
High Plains Drifter
If only for that phenomenal final-twist ending scene that must inspired The Sixth Sense.
Mordacai (carving a tombstone): "What did you say your name was again?"
The Man with no Name: "I didn't."
Mordecai: "No, I guess you didn't at that, did you?" (looks down at
the name he's carving on the tombstone as Eastwood rides off into the
mist and OMG HE WAS A F-CKING GHOST ALL ALONG!
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at February 19, 2018 03:40 PM (juCZM)
Heard an Eastwood interview that he kicked himself on that because it was supposed to be Duncan's brother, not ghost. Said it was bad directing that hit a home run.
Just watched the Good the Bad and the Ugly. What a score that movie has. The scene's, the silliness. The seriousness. The heat, The dirt.
When I was very little, my dad let me stay up late and watch that on TV, my mom objected. One of my best memories to share with my Dad. I think it was his first time to see it too.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:44 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: 13times at February 19, 2018 03:45 PM (K3B2k)
Wakanda, the country where Black Panther takes place..
Is ruled by a King, who gets to BE King by fighting off all comers...
And they outlawed the opposition party... The Rhinos...
Posted by: Don Q. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM (NgKpN)
From what I am told here, the back story of the comic book is that the Wakandans were just like all other Africans of the era, until this magic meteor with some rare mineral landed on them, and somehow graced them with literacy, wisdom, and high technology.
Essentially a metaphor for colonialism, then.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2018 03:45 PM (Dbv1R)
corruption of its institutions, the erosion of the unique mindset and
values. These are all 100% home-grown. By your family, neighbors,
colleagues, rec team team-mates, and the guy at the gas station. Not
"Soros!!", or the Bilderbergers, or 20-something Russian IT contractors
overseen by inept FSB middle-managers.
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Already baked in the cake by 2001. Katha Pollitt's miserable little essay about her reaction when her daughter placed an American flag on the window immediately after 9/11 was significant for me. Pollitt was ashamed to engage in any kind of American patriotism after the US was attacked and thousands of Americans were killed. The hard-core Left truly believes that the US is irredeemable.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:45 PM (Pqytn)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2018 03:37 PM (QDnY+)
I'd say yes and no. You're much knowledgeable about these matters than I am, but I take your comment to refer to recent developments.
In a longer view, I think the Soviets long ago planted the noxious seeds that have just begun to produce their poisonous fruit.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2018 03:45 PM (JRknr)
Posted by: ShainS at February 19, 2018 03:45 PM (BiLU+)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM
Centuries of centralized government rule.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:46 PM (0tfLf)
https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/965086562378764289
This is a version of "Shut up he argued."
Posted by: geoffb at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (zOpu5)
Others not mentioned (that I've seen): Magnificent Seven (the theme alone is worth the price of admission) and The Wild Bunch
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (39g3+)
America has seen it's best days. Democracy is on the wain due to Left.
I don't see how we recover
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (5y11N)
Posted by: Lowfibass at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (BrqlK)
Oh jeez, Fergie didn't do a terrible job. It's a tough song for just about everyone. Is she considered 'right-wing' or something? Because I don't understand the obsession over this.
I try to sing the National Anthem and it sounds like my nutz are in a vise. Being slowly tightened as the song goes on.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (2FqvZ)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo"
I believe they were a pro-Kansas militia that became part of the Union during the CW. Up to no good? Well, it was a nasty, violent period on all sides. Granny certainly though her son was an honorable man that was murdered by Mo. bush whackers.
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (OD2ni)
275 I agree. But I've always wondered why Russia--loaded with brains
and brawn and natural resources---has always been a basket case.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM
Centuries of centralized government rule.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:46 PM (0tfLf)
Nah... looking at history, Russians have been Russians before there was even a Russia.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at February 19, 2018 03:48 PM (rAIG/)
On a somewhat related note, in 1976 former CIA Director John Brennan for the the Communist Party nominee Gus Hall for president.
Yes, they've been busy little commies for a long, long time.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 19, 2018 03:48 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2018 03:49 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 19, 2018 03:47
Come on...get on that vise. Those high notes aren't going to hit themselves.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:49 PM (0tfLf)
I watched it this morning and then read everything on the internet. The Stranger being Duncan's brother was in one version of the script, but from what I read Clint wanted it to be more ambiguous and spiritual.
It didn't take me til the ending to know that he was Duncan's ghost, he had all the dream flashbacks of being whipped to death.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 19, 2018 03:50 PM (fuK7c)
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The schools and Hollywood/TV.
They bent the culture. And will keep bending it until it breaks.
Posted by: simplemind at February 19, 2018 03:50 PM (7A0D7)
Posted by: tu3031 at February 19, 2018 03:50 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM (7uYFy)
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144 Million Population... in the largest country in the World...
They literally do not have enough Men to exploit their resources.
Posted by: Don Q. at February 19, 2018 03:43 PM (NgKpN)
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While Canada has 36 million pop. in the the second largest country in the world.
Posted by: RioBravo at February 19, 2018 03:50 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: Boots at February 19, 2018 03:51 PM (EBwPV)
Once Upon A Time In The West was a terrific western as well. Sergio
Leone honed his craft on some pretty meh and some gems, to make this
truly great film. That first scene while the credits run is amazing.
Others not mentioned (that I've seen): Magnificent Seven (the theme alone is worth the price of admission) and The Wild Bunch
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (39g3+)
I actually took the time to watch Fist full of Dynamite the other day, otherwise known as Duck You Sucker.
Its really weird. It's got Lee Marvin Stealling every scene and Rod Steiger doing a poor Eli Wallach Tuco impersonation.
But it's worth the watch cause is so F-up? The F-up flash backs to Ireland with Marivn and his girlfriend and boyfriend. Messed up, but yeah messed up. Fun to watch
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 03:51 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: JackStraw
...........
Hurling is an olympic sport now?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 19, 2018 03:51 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:52 PM (LiyEm)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2018 03:52 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: IP at February 19, 2018 03:52 PM (/fNs2)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Take a Wakanda Wild Side With the Black Pander at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (ks6bw)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:52 PM (LiyEm)
======================
They can keep their beer.
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (Pqytn)
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I think we should exploit Canadia's resources...
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:52 PM
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Seems fair dibs. They are our hat.
Posted by: irright at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (LiyEm)
I mean is knitting next?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (5y11N)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (39g3+)
Oh jeez, Fergie didn't do a terrible job. It's a tough song for just
about everyone. Is she considered 'right-wing' or something? Because I
don't understand the obsession over this.
I try to sing the National Anthem and it sounds like my nutz are in a vise. Being slowly tightened as the song goes on.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (2FqvZ)
If I remember correctly, Rosanne Barr was much worse. IMHO.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 19, 2018 03:54 PM (70cRb)
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Interesting. History repeats itself.
Same goal as Roger Baldwin who said "Communism is the goal" when he founded the ACLU.
Secondly, this is AWESOME! FB *busting* the MSM!!
Posted by: Guy who always posts at February 19, 2018 03:54 PM (vDqXW)
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 19, 2018 03:54 PM (MIKMs)
For my money, a rare example of a sequel that was better than the original.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at February 19, 2018 03:54 PM (juCZM)
Ha, now it would be interesting if the Democrats were to confess that over the past half century, Russia was able to convince a lot of Americans that a lot of very evil, stupid ideas were true, and that is the cause of our current division. I could agree with that.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 19, 2018 03:54 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 19, 2018 03:52 PM
The Pointer Sisters sang the anthem at a Mariners game some years ago. A cappella.
It was fantastic!!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:54 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Mega at February 19, 2018 03:54 PM (rv0Fo)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Take a Wakanda Wild Side With the Black Pander at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (ks6bw)
Not unless they can be extradited from Russia.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at February 19, 2018 03:55 PM (rAIG/)
nation apart, the blue and grey color choice is instructive.
Posted by: Mega at February 19, 2018 03:55 PM (rv0Fo)
I got no problem with hurling, but can anyone really tell me why it is a "sport"
I mean is knitting next?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (5y11N)
Hurling is so a 'sport.'
Posted by: The toilet at February 19, 2018 03:55 PM (70cRb)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:55 PM (39g3+)
wounded and the lady cut off his leg. I think Stephen King used that
for one of his novels.
The Beguiled
Posted by: tu3031 at February 19, 2018 03:55 PM (O5Q3r)
and brawn and natural resources---has always been a basket case.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 19, 2018 03:41 PM
Centuries of centralized government rule.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 19, 2018 03:46 PM (0tfLf)
Nah... looking at history, Russians have been Russians before there was even a Russia.
Same reason Africa, the vast majority of it, is a shit hole 60+ years after the last country received independence from a European power. I gotta work now!
Posted by: The Man from Athens at February 19, 2018 03:56 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: irright at February 19, 2018 03:56 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: moki at February 19, 2018 03:56 PM (V+V48)
Posted by: IP at February 19, 2018 03:56 PM (/fNs2)
Posted by: mrp at February 19, 2018 03:56 PM (Pqytn)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 03:56 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Mega at February 19, 2018 03:57 PM (rv0Fo)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (39g3+)
Isn't she a British Duchess or something? Why would they have her sing the National Anthem?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2018 03:57 PM (Dbv1R)
1. Hockey
2. Tim Horton's
3. Rush albums
4. Poutine
5. Back Bacon
I'm actually down with all of those except #5. Back bacon is OK but ours is far superior. But let's just annex America's Hat based on 1-4.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at February 19, 2018 03:57 PM (juCZM)
The Olympics don't only have sports, they also have athletic competitions. Stuff that takes athletic ability but isn't a team effort against another team etc. Shot Put or downhill skiing for instance: not a sport, but an athletic competition.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 19, 2018 03:57 PM (39g3+)
Hurling is an olympic sport now?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 19, 2018 03:51 PM (so+oy)
The strangest part is having it as a Winter Olympic sport since Hurling is played on grass
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at February 19, 2018 03:57 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 19, 2018 03:57 PM (2FqvZ)
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Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Doesn't the Outlaw Josey Wales start with Clint gattlinging a bunch of Union soldiers? That put me off a bit.
They were deserters, as I recall, renegades in Union uniforms.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
I don't watch Westerns, but I will finish Josey Wales whenever I run into it. One of my favorite movies of all time.
I don't find it particularly pro-Southern, other than CPT "Red-Legs" Terrell is a Union soldier, and Josey is southern. Wales just wants to be left alone. He only joined up with the Confederates because Terrell's troop burned his home and killed his family.
And the gunning down of Union soldiers mentioned...the whole scene evolves from Wales' troops surrendering and turning in their guns ("we'll be needin' those, for squirrels and such!"), and after doing so, were mowed down by the gatling. Which Wales took over, and returned the favor...so no, it wasn't Wales gunnin' down some sweet, sleeping Union Boys.
Posted by: Oedipus at February 19, 2018 03:58 PM (CXLVd)
Once again, the book beats the movie by a long shot. Crow Killer, about "Liver Eatin' Johnson".
Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 19, 2018 03:58 PM (fqHZs)
Oh jeez, Fergie didn't do a terrible job. It's a tough song for just about everyone. Is she considered 'right-wing' or something? Because I don't understand the obsession over this.
I try to sing the National Anthem and it sounds like my nutz are in a vise. Being slowly tightened as the song goes on.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 19, 2018 03:47 PM (2FqvZ)
Getting drunk helps. Best renditions are done by a whole bunch of drunk guys.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at February 19, 2018 03:58 PM (e1mEI)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2018 03:59 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:59 PM (LiyEm)
I got no problem with hurling, but can anyone really tell me why it is a "sport"
I mean is knitting next?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (5y11N)
With hurling you have so many options and combinations:
1. distance
2. accuracy
3. spread
4. chunk grouping
5. color patterns (I admit this one is a bit subjective and has caused some controversies in the past, especially during the Cold War era)
6. speed hurling.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at February 19, 2018 04:00 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: Dopey Millennial Soy Boy #1289 at February 19, 2018 04:01 PM (xqfqx)
300 Lee Marvin or James Coburn??
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:53 PM (LiyEm)
coburn
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 19, 2018 04:02 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: IP at February 19, 2018 03:52 PM (/fNs2)
I wish I could live by the Code in The Shootist. I try to. But cops are not a fan of it, pro tip.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 19, 2018 04:02 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2018 04:02 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2018 04:04 PM (QQ+il)
Hey, I know. Maybe, to address this, Facebook could "curate" our news feeds, so that people who spend a lot of time on it would see mainly:
1) Pieces that confirm them in their angrily held viewpoints;
2) The worst and dumbest versions their opponents' views, so they and their friends can all virtually high-five each other over how great they are and how awful and dumb their opponents are.
Posted by: JPS at February 19, 2018 04:05 PM (bDHXH)
America has seen it's best days. Democracy is on the wain due to Left.
I don't see how we recover
I thought that myself for quite a while, as virtually every Moron here can attest. I made no secret of my bleak outlook for years.
However, this dreariness is starting to fade. I pondered the role that the president plays in our society and looked at Bronco Bama and what he was able to do on the negative end of that spectrum and the inescapable results of his "leadership." Yeah, it was enough to make virtually anyone depressed.
So I resigned myself to having Her Heinous installed as president. Surely, the end was nigh and it very well would've been the end of America as most of us know it.
But then, Trump burst on the scene. I didn't align with everything he said at first (I was a Cruz supporter for a long time, right up until he blamed Trump for the violence at the rallies. This was a few weeks after Project Veritas caught Progressive/Democrat Robert Creamer admitting that he organized and paid for disruptors.)
I also noticed that the people and organizations that opposed Trump were the very same people who hated me and everything I think is important about my beliefs and my country. So I thought, "I have nothing to lose by voting for him. At least if he occupies the Nation's Bully Pulpit, he'll serve as a counter to the previous eight years of abject hatred of America and maybe, just maybe, he'll start to turn things around just a bit."
Which he did. I've seen such a dramatic about-face from B.O that I almost think there's something else going on, too. It's been much better that I'd hoped.
So the dreariness is fading. Thank Goodness.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at February 19, 2018 04:05 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: Dean Wormer at February 19, 2018 03:25 PM (fftfA)"
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That's why the Russians called them useful idiots.
CNN is certainly behaving like a communist mouth organ so might as well call them what they are, Collusion News Network.
You will certainly never hear anything but the party line on any of their programs.
Posted by: Decaf at February 19, 2018 04:05 PM (/3+Sg)
Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2018 03:52 PM
Trust me, you do not want to wear a poutine hat.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 19, 2018 04:07 PM (DMUuz)
Remind me, which party demonstrably sought the Russians help?
Notice that liberals response is- you should just accept our point of view. Unquestioned. For the good of the country or something.
It is not, let us have an intellectual discussion and reach factual conclusions. It is simply, yield!
If there was an interchange of ideas in trues American democratic fashion, there would not be this level of division and hostility. Ditto the liberals use of various groups to carry out their deeds so they can say, look that is organic disagreement that supports our point of view.
Remember that liberals do not want to govern, they want to rule. Look at what happened when they had majority control of Congress and under 8 years of Obama.
The proof is self evident. It only survives because their media division covers it up.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2018 04:19 PM (UyeMC)
Posted by: Inspector Mueller's Evil Twin at February 19, 2018 04:20 PM (B1b/9)
Posted by: eye_tye at February 19, 2018 04:21 PM (0ryfU)
They would sell their soul and our country for their politics.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2018 04:23 PM (UyeMC)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at February 19, 2018 04:42 PM (LYHX3)
I mean, was this intended to lie flat or was it intended to stir up an international hornet's nest? I'm not sure there's another option other than rank foolishness.
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Posted by: Croaker at February 19, 2018 06:25 PM (6EZsy)
Bag of suet with raisins for eyes Michael Moore is a Rooskie stooge ... shocka!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 19, 2018 06:58 PM (pNxlR)
Wow, that's a lot! Right??
Lets see, 1 Ruble = 0.018 US Dollars.
Soooo...., that's $18,000
LOL!!
Ruble for Ruble, the single most effective disinformation campaign in history!!
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Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)