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The Morning Rant

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"Today, I do not want to mourn the passing of the NY Times, but to jeer at the misshapen thing it has become. Or, perhaps, like so many things in the age of Trump, there is no 'becoming', it always was, and the mask has just been ripped off. They have gone public with who they really are, and they are taking American journalism down with them.

"I am not sorry to see it go. I'm watching with unbated glee while it is slowly being destroyed by its current editors. Presumably, the owners are fine with this, because the editors still have their jobs and are not being thrown out on their ears and replaced with serious journalists.

"Perhaps the death of the Times happened a long time ago. Perhaps it died the day that Times reporter Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize for covering up The Holodomor in the 1930s Ukraine, and it wasn't returned when his perfidy became obvious to any serious observer. But with the leaked minutes of the meeting led by executive editor Dean Baquet instructing his staff to switch gears: they basically whiffed on the Russian collusion narrative (even though they didn't really do anything wrong, according to Baquet), so now they're going to concentrate on Trump's alleged racism.

"In other words, the Russian collusion narrative was an abject failure, so let's try another one. But I thought journalism was about reporting the news, not determining in advance what the news is going to be. That's just... dishonest.

"And they don't realize how they're destroying their brand. The NY Times used to be the "newspaper of record" even though it was mostly liberal. You could actually read around the bias and get news that wasn't fake. But no longer Now, it has degenerated into a parody of itself. It's not even up to the quality of Slate, Salon, or even the Huffington Post. It's nothing more a left-wing blog now, blue-state click bait, indistinguishable from the Daily Kos. Only even more obnoxious and shrill. When the history of these crazy years will be written by competent historians, it is not going to treat the NY Times kindly. It will probably be compared to the yellow journalism of the 19th century - and not favorably."




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The Day The NY Times Went All-In On OrangeManBad:

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Harsh, But Fair:

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About This Time Last Year, Hungary Showed Us the Way:

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Progressives Ruin Everything, Even Communism:

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Dumbness Level = 885 Millikohns:



Who Dis:

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And another photo.



For the 'Ettes:

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He's probably a lot more recognizable in this photo.



Last Friday's celebs: Nathalie Kelley, whom I saw in F&F: Tokyo Drift, but I already had used Lucas Black and didn't really see any other male from that movie I could use, so I went looking and discovered that she was with Jesse Metcalfe in the action thriller Loaded.



Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By Mozzarella Stick Bacon Double Cheeseburger:

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Posted by: OregonMuse at 11:15 AM




Comments

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1 IN!

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 26, 2019 11:15 AM (88+cf)

2 I love the Great Ape!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 26, 2019 11:15 AM (JFO2v)

3 Now to read all the things.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 26, 2019 11:16 AM (88+cf)

4 Ashley Judd? No clue.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at August 26, 2019 11:17 AM (CQDF9)

5 Buffalo Wild Wings had a burger like that once. Theirs also had loads of pepperoni.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at August 26, 2019 11:17 AM (k76MH)

6 Corgis called.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at August 26, 2019 11:17 AM (k76MH)

7 I would like that burger please.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 26, 2019 11:17 AM (88+cf)

8 Presumably, the owners are fine with this, because the editors still have their jobs and are not being thrown out on their ears and replaced with serious journalists.

"Serious journalists." You're joking, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (amw5z)

9 "Today, I do not want to mourn the passing of the NY Times, but to jeer at the misshapen thing it has become

The NYT has been a far left group of commie B====s since the 30s when they flacked for Stalin.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (mpXpK)

10 Izzat Ashley Judd?....and some fugly ucker?

Posted by: BignJames at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (ykq7q)

11 Gal Gadot and bearded man from Vikings

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (iikV8)

12 there is no 'becoming', it always was, and the mask has just been ripped off."

Indeed. The fiction of journalism is coming to light.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (6qErC)

13 Looks like Scarlet Johnanson

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (19g6/)

14 "Perhaps the death of the Times happened a long time ago. Perhaps it
died the day that Times reporter Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize for
covering up The Holodomor in the 1930s Ukraine, and it wasn't returned
when his perfidy became obvious to any serious observer.


I should have read firther, you're on top of it.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2019 11:19 AM (mpXpK)

15 No, you're right it's Gal Godot.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 26, 2019 11:19 AM (19g6/)

16 Riddick!

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 26, 2019 11:19 AM (aS1PU)

17 The Pillage People, I love it.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (mpXpK)

18 11 Gal Gadot and bearded man from Vikings

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (iikV


Half credit.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (JVrQi)

19 I miss mozzarella sticks.

Posted by: Allie (Hikaru) at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (zJGcJ)

20 Gal Godot and Vin Diesel

Posted by: DaveA at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (FhXTo)

21 Who dis Pic:

Hillary Clinton and Biden post campaigning.... wot do I win a HUMA_DOOR?

Posted by: saf at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (5IHGB)

22 Progressives Ruin Everything, Even Communism:



Oh, the huge manatee!

BTW, I take it that disgusting mound of spandex-contained blubber identifies as female.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (amw5z)

23 woo, just avoided a holy war in the thread below

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (rByfi)

24 18 11 Gal Gadot and bearded man from Vikings

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (iikV

Half credit.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (JVrQi)

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Well, then who's the chick?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (iikV8)

25 Looks like Vin Diesel with fake beard n hair.

Posted by: JROD at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (bi4aa)

26 Whoever that guy is, he's wearing a fake beard.

Posted by: ARL at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (xZUXO)

27 16 Riddick!
Posted by: DR.WTF at August 26, 2019 11:19 AM (aS1PU)


You got it.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (JVrQi)

28 Pretty gal.

Posted by: Roy at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (0yxK0)

29 t's only 11:30 and I am beat already

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (p0A33)

30 I would like that burger please.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 26, 2019 11:17 AM (88+cf)

mozzarella sticks....overkill

Posted by: BignJames at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (ykq7q)

31 Well, then who's the chick?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (iikV


Heh. Wrong half.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (JVrQi)

32 Vikings. Finally!

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (2LelM)

33
Joan Collins, and some Scandi with a fake beard and mohawk glued to his melon (you can see the mesh).

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (veoSD)

34 Whoever that guy is, he's wearing a fake beard.
Posted by: ARL at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (xZUXO)



It's a merkin!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 26, 2019 11:22 AM (amw5z)

35 25 Looks like Vin Diesel with fake beard n hair.
Posted by: JROD at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (bi4aa)


That's because that's who it is.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:22 AM (JVrQi)

36 Matthew Stadlen doesn't spend a lot of time in 4chan does he.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at August 26, 2019 11:22 AM (rByfi)

37 Very pretty girl....

Posted by: kraken at August 26, 2019 11:22 AM (90T4r)

38 mozzarella sticks....overkill

Posted by: BignJames


This.is.false.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 26, 2019 11:22 AM (88+cf)

39 PBS reporter asked overtly political question. Scrunt

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2019 11:22 AM (p0A33)

40 I too detected a Scarlett vibe,but the small boobies fooled me...Those Galapagos birds will do that to you.

Posted by: saf at August 26, 2019 11:22 AM (5IHGB)

41 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (arJlL)

42 the editors still have their jobs and are not being thrown out on their ears and replaced with serious journalists


There's only, like, 5 serious journalists left in the world. The Times would have to share.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (rP4OC)

43 29 t's only 11:30 and I am beat already
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2019 11:21 AM (p0A33)

Me too, except it's only 8:30 here.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (Ez6QX)

44 Pretty sure the guy is Vin Diesel.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (rP4OC)

45 "history's judgement"

so it's a religion, and the religion is Whiggism. likely by way of Marx.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (rByfi)

46 *Urch* I looked at the hamburger picture and now pain is shooting down my arm I can't breathe *ack*

Posted by: Panchito Pistoles at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (UcCUu)

47 Oh, the huge manatee!

BTW, I take it that disgusting mound of spandex-contained blubber identifies as female.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (amw5z)


Admittedly it's a tough call, but I think you're right.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (JVrQi)

48 I KNOW the girl's face, but all I keep hearing in my head is "she looks like a young Morena Baccarin." ARRGH.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (rP4OC)

49 Not sure who dat is, but I would certainly make time to discuss cabbages and kings with her.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 26, 2019 11:23 AM (ejd/p)

50 ""Perhaps the death of the Times happened a long time ago. Perhaps it died the day that Times reporter Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize for covering up The Holodomor in the 1930s Ukraine, and it wasn't returned when his perfidy became obvious to any serious observer."
_________________________

Quadzillion times this!

Posted by: Old Codger at August 26, 2019 11:24 AM (FUph8)

51 Riddick!

Sounds like a plot by lesbians.

Posted by: JT at August 26, 2019 11:24 AM (arJlL)

52 Has anyone asked Freeman Dyson's opinion on the Stanford Physics course, speaking of serious journalists.

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2019 11:24 AM (B7KlG)

53 just avoided a holy war in the thread below"

Mimes are vicious bastards.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:24 AM (6qErC)

54 Vin Diesel.... " Pitch Black".... fun movie, it was... don't know what movie this image was from though...

Posted by: kraken at August 26, 2019 11:24 AM (90T4r)

55 What about that imbecile Frog Macron inviting the Iranian foreign minister to G7?

Posted by: Decaf at August 26, 2019 11:25 AM (xarPm)

56 "Mozzarella Stick Bacon Double Cheeseburger"

There really isn't anything wrong there. Everything just works.

Posted by: Roy at August 26, 2019 11:25 AM (0yxK0)

57 11 Gal Gadot and bearded man from Vikings
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:18 AM (iikV

Travis Fimmel is way, way, way better looking than Vin Diesel. Plus his hair and beard are/were real (he's not on the show anymore so I don't know if he shaved it off).

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 26, 2019 11:25 AM (Ez6QX)

58 @35 Oregonmuse-then good guess on my part, I only know him from xXx and Fast n furious. Other movies, I've never seen.

Posted by: JROD at August 26, 2019 11:26 AM (bi4aa)

59 Epstein might be dead but his 1953 Trust lives on.

Posted by: torabora at August 26, 2019 11:26 AM (7S9xY)

60 54 Vin Diesel.... " Pitch Black".... fun movie, it was... don't know what movie this image was from though...
Posted by: kraken at August 26, 2019 11:24 AM (90T4r)


The Last Witchhunter.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (JVrQi)

61 Good morning!

Pretty girl has that look that says, "Hurry and lick me all over!"

I wish to obey.

Posted by: Robert, truck driver extraordinaire at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (pLCkF)

62 Status check: still pissed at Amazon.

TJM, ignore top 50 reviewers. They are all crooks. FYSA.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (CQDF9)

63 Interesting burger, idk how I feel about the mozarella sticks.

Posted by: Someguy at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (4i8PS)

64 What are the odds Mollie Hemingway wins a Pulitzer for her expose of the Russian collusion hoax?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: N.L. Urker, champion of Urkers everywhere at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (II6Oo)

65 Still with the Fast and Furious theme?

Posted by: Grand Inquisitor Cavil, ready to cut a bitch regarding the taxonomy of theology at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (AM1GF)

66 55 What about that imbecile Frog Macron inviting the Iranian foreign minister to G7?

Posted by: Decaf at August 26, 2019 11:25 AM (xarPm)


Trump to Iranian foreign minister: "Get out of here! Go home to mommy!"

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (JVrQi)

67 Pitch Black".... fun movie, "

All 3 were surprisingly entertaining in their own fashion.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (6qErC)

68 Ha! Gal Gadot and Vin Deisel, a few Fast and Furious movies together.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (bDqIh)

69 GAL GODOT! That's it! Wonder Woman!
And she really DOES look like Morena Baccarin, don't you think?

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (rP4OC)

70 And Pete Buttigieg knew the verses.

"There's a lot about the stewardship of creation that is in Scripture that I don't see being honored by the administration right now, not to mention the stuff about loving your neighbor and taking care of the least among us and feeding the poor," the South Bend, Indiana, mayor said. The crowd of about 250 at a Mississippi River park in southeastern Iowa this month erupted with cheers.

-
What about the wall between church and state?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (+y/Ru)

71 Vin Diesel.... " Pitch Black".... fun movie, it was... don't know what movie this image was from though...
Posted by: kraken at August 26, 2019 11:24 AM (90T4r)


The pic is from the very beginning of "The Chronicles of Riddick."

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (aS1PU)

72 I've always hated the NYT. They've always been the bad guys, an unelected priesthood that controls the truth. They were hacks and frauds back in the 19th century and they are hacks and frauds today...the difference is that we know it and have proof.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (bcbK8)

73 Also, I love burgers, and I love mozzarella sticks, but I would NOT eat that combo. My heart is seizing up just looking at it.

Posted by: Grand Inquisitor Cavil, ready to cut a bitch regarding the taxonomy of theology at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (AM1GF)

74 I'll take the mozzarella sticks on the side and give my husband the bacon. Otherwise, awesome burger.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (rP4OC)

75
Things that will last longer than @WalshFreedom campaign:

A fly's life span.

Eric Swalwell's run for President.

Anthony Scaramucci's job in the White House.

Jeffrey Epstein's time in jail.

Joe Scarborough's radio career.

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar's trip to Israel.

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 26, 2019 11:29 AM (BqBId)

76 That cheeseburger is frankly frightening ... yet I am aroused.

Posted by: Grump928(C)
at August 26, 2019 11:29 AM (Zvj7s)

77 The pic is from the very beginning of "The Chronicles of Riddick."
Posted by: DR.WTF at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (aS1PU)


Oops, I was wrong.

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 26, 2019 11:29 AM (aS1PU)

78 >>Travis Fimmel is way, way, way better looking than Vin Diesel. Plus his hair and beard are/were real (he's not on the show anymore so I don't know if he shaved it off).


He did an amazing job on Vikings - being likable, despicable, mercurial, charming, unbelievable violent and scary. The show is lost without him.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (bDqIh)

79 I've always hated the NYT. They've always been the bad guys, an unelected priesthood that controls the truth. They were hacks and frauds back in the 19th century and they are hacks and frauds today...the difference is that we know it and have proof.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (bcbK

And self hating "Jews" for the better part of the last century

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (p0A33)

80 65 Still with the Fast and Furious theme?
Posted by: Grand Inquisitor Cavil, ready to cut a bitch regarding the taxonomy of theology at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (AM1GF)


Yeah, I'm working my way through all of the F and F movies during my lunch hour (being retired has its advantages) and I had forgotten that Gal Gadot was in several of them. So I couldn't resist going to the well one more time.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (JVrQi)

81 Speaking of bacon, try the Buc ee's BLT with extra bacon and jalapenos.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (6qErC)

82 And Gal Godot is Quality.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (bcbK8)

83 no to the mozz sticks.

Posted by: trapper's girl at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (tU1YH)

84 Jimmy Duranty > Walter Duranty

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (+y/Ru)

85 Things that will last longer than @WalshFreedom campaign:



A fly's life span.




Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 26, 2019 11:29 AM (BqBId)


It makes me sad to think a fly born today will die believing that Joe Walsh has a shot at getting elected. Poor, deluded fly.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:31 AM (rP4OC)

86 I'm a big fan of Gal.

I want to love that cheeseburger not I'm not sure I could manage to eat it without a knife and fork.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 26, 2019 11:31 AM (sjdRT)

87 56 "Mozzarella Stick Bacon Double Cheeseburger"

There really isn't anything wrong there. Everything just works.
Posted by: Roy at August 26, 2019 11:25 AM (0yxK0)

Swiss rather than yellow American cheese.

Posted by: Ghoti at August 26, 2019 11:31 AM (+szSl)

88 Just once I want to see Trump's answer be, "what are you, an idiot?"

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at August 26, 2019 11:31 AM (jp0Bv)

89 Whatta Gal!

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at August 26, 2019 11:31 AM (CQDF9)

90 I feel bad for Vin Diesel.
The man CAN act and he has charisma, but he's trapped into doing these Fast and Furious crapfests.

I wish he'd gotten to make his Hannibal movie.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:32 AM (bcbK8)

91 OrangmanBad telling the MSM to fuck off at the presser. I love it

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 11:32 AM (Ri4j/)

92 Trump to Iranian foreign minister: "Get out of here! Go home to mommy!"
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (JVrQi)

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It's the imbecilic frog with mommy.

Posted by: Decaf at August 26, 2019 11:32 AM (xarPm)

93 But how is Hungary going to have barista's in their coffee shops, since that's the only job "studies" majors are qualified to do?

Hungary is making more sense than America these days.

Posted by: LGoPs at August 26, 2019 11:32 AM (T6OXT)

94 79 I've always hated the NYT. They've always been the bad guys, an unelected priesthood that controls the truth. They were hacks and frauds back in the 19th century and they are hacks and frauds today...the difference is that we know it and have proof.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (bcbK

And self hating "Jews" for the better part of the last century
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (p0A33)

They're from the Get Lost tribe, obviously.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (bcbK8)

95 I think she's a "good person", the Trump version of Bless her heart.

HAHA

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (Ri4j/)

96 RUSSIA!!!! RUSSIA!!! RUSSIA!!
RACIST!!!! RACIST!!! RACIST!!
RECESSION!!!! RECESSION!!! RECESSION!!

Posted by: The New York Times at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (pw+jk)

97 @57 Jordan61-That Kathryn Winnick(Lagertha) from the Viking series is one of the most beautiful woman alive and can kick ass off the screen. Thank you Canada.

Posted by: JROD at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (bi4aa)

98 78
>>Travis Fimmel is way, way, way better looking than Vin Diesel.
Plus his hair and beard are/were real (he's not on the show anymore so I
don't know if he shaved it off).





He did an amazing job on Vikings - being likable, despicable,
mercurial, charming, unbelievable violent and scary. The show is lost
without him.





Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (bDqIh)

That's the power of a good actor in a lead role. There's a reason they're the tentpole of their series. Walking Dead was already starting to wane, but it just dropped off completely after they got rid of Rick. No matter how much I love Daryl, he's not Rick.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (rP4OC)

99 Dude is Ragnar Lothbrok. Vikings went downhill quite a bit after he left.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (N4xQB)

100 Wow. She's purty.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (xPJvm)

101 wish he'd gotten to make his Hannibal movie."

Couldn't get elephants across the alps?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (6qErC)

102 It's Vin Diesel - he's heavily in costume, but it's definitely him.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (oZ6kz)

103 I think Gal Gadot has an exceptionally pretty face.

How's that for being brave and controversial?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, champion of Urkers everywhere at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (II6Oo)

104 Fast n Furious is like playing 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon.

The Sharknado series gets an honorable mention for all the cameos.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 26, 2019 11:34 AM (q1Pj5)

105 Replace cheese sticks with cream cheese jalapeno poppers.

Posted by: irright at August 26, 2019 11:34 AM (aSKRB)

106 102 It's Vin Diesel - he's heavily in costume, but it's definitely him.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (oZ6kz)

__

Is it that movie where he got paid $5M to say 3 words?

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 11:34 AM (Ri4j/)

107 69 GAL GODOT! That's it! Wonder Woman!
And she really DOES look like Morena Baccarin, don't you think?
Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (rP4OC)

Gal has better legs and a smaller chest.
Plus she's prettier and can shoot.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:34 AM (bcbK8)

108 Apparently some nutty community college English teacher has ginned up a Twitter boycott hatemob against Olive Garden, claiming that they support Trump.

According to a spokescritter for Olive Garden, they do not donate to presidential candidates.

So, if you like Olive Garden's food, they could probably use some support.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 26, 2019 11:34 AM (cB5if)

109 I'm a little biased in favor of hot Israeli chicks. I admit it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:35 AM (bcbK8)

110 He's hairy. She's cute. No idea who they are or how they're related. Plus my blood pressure spiked just looking at that burger. Zowie.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at August 26, 2019 11:35 AM (RD7QR)

111 France is a great country, amazing, the best, terrific country, fantastic, amazing, terrific, great

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 11:35 AM (Ri4j/)

112 >>Just once I want to see Trump's answer be, "what are you, an idiot?"


Funny, that's what I hear him answer to almost every question.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2019 11:35 AM (ZLI7S)

113 I am such a sucker for mozzarella stick bacon double cheeseburgers. Pretty sure, anyway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 26, 2019 11:35 AM (NVYyb)

114 The only things I like in that burger picture are the burger, the fries and the bacon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2019 11:35 AM (Ki5SV)

115 @22, that person may identify as female, but the rest of the world identifies him as a (failure of a) male.

Posted by: sunny-dee at August 26, 2019 11:35 AM (pID7O)

116 I think Gal Gadot has an exceptionally pretty face.

How's that for being brave and controversial?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, champion of Urkers everywhere at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (II6Oo)

One of my hobbies is drawing portraits. She has a wonderfully classical beauty. In other words, I wanna draw her.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (xPJvm)

117 Is Gal Godot French? She looks Frenchish.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (q1Pj5)

118 Does Olive Garden still do the soup and breadjsticks for $5?

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (Ri4j/)

119 115
@22, that person may identify as female, but the rest of the world identifies him as a (failure of a) male.

Posted by: sunny-dee at August 26, 2019 11:35 AM (pID7O)


I identify him as flubber.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (rP4OC)

120 Who dis?

Someone who isn't actually a motorcyclist.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (CDGwz)

121 Is it that movie where he got paid $5M to say 3 words?"

Nah, that was later.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (6qErC)

122 117
Is Gal Godot French? She looks Frenchish.


Posted by: Count de Monet at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (q1Pj5)


Israeli

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (rP4OC)

123 She has a wonderfully classical beauty. In other words, I wanna draw her.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (xPJvm)

Dude....priorities.

Posted by: BignJames at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (ykq7q)

124 And Gal Godot is Quality.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (bcbK


Somewhat related, the Amazon (also somewhat related) show, The Boys features a Wonder Woman type character who is very delicious. Alas, she has... eh, other Amazonian characteristics.

Fun show.

And by fun I mean, very dark and nasty.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (cY3LT)

125 I'm wondering what has not been put on burgers these days. Fruit? Brussels sprouts?

Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (hSSpd)

126 LEBANON'S AOUN SAYS ISRAELI DRONE STRIKES LIKE 'A DECLARATION OF WAR'

???

How do you have a declaration of war from a non-existent failed "country"?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (p0A33)

127 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Parody (pretty good)

https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/this-is-pretty-damn-funny/

Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (TTAO/)

128 Is it that movie where he got paid $5M to say 3 words?

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview


He got more out of those 3 (5 really) words than some get out of the entire Oxford English Dictionary.

Posted by: Grand Inquisitor Cavil, ready to cut a bitch regarding the taxonomy of theology at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (AM1GF)

129 117 Is Gal Godot French? She looks Frenchish.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (q1Pj5)

She's actually Israeli.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (N4xQB)

130 124 And Gal Godot is Quality.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (bcbK


Somewhat related, the Amazon (also somewhat related) show, The Boys features a Wonder Woman type character who is very delicious. Alas, she has... eh, other Amazonian characteristics.

Fun show.

And by fun I mean, very dark and nasty.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (cY3LT)

I will touch nothing Garth Ennis has created. He's cancer.

And yeah, breaking new ground making a Wonder Woman a lesbian. *eyeroll*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:38 AM (bcbK8)

131 I live two blocks from a local Mexican restaurant that makes huge burritos, and stuffs french fries in one. I'm going to suggest mozz stick in another version.

Posted by: Roy at August 26, 2019 11:38 AM (0yxK0)

132 She does look a bit like Morena Baccarin. Amazing how "everyday" clothing can change her look. In a jean jacket she doesn't look very much like Wonder Woman. Gorgeous, astonishingly so, but not super-heroine-like.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 26, 2019 11:38 AM (ClOmq)

133
Things that will last longer than @WalshFreedom campaign:



The best news of that dickweed running is his radio show is done. He'll get a couple of weeks of air time with the MFM and then fade into the obscurity he so richly deserves

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 26, 2019 11:38 AM (kw5n8)

134 Here's a little morning progressive rock from the great Bryan Beller and his new album, Scenes From The Flood.

Volunteer State

https://youtu.be/7ptMLlkfYew

Features Joe Satriani on lead guitar and Pat Travers on drums.

Posted by: Robert, truck driver extraordinaire at August 26, 2019 11:38 AM (pLCkF)

135 88 Just once I want to see Trump's answer be, "what are you, an idiot?"
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at August 26, 2019 11:31 AM (jp0Bv)


He gets close to that. I've heard him answer a bullshit question by saying "that's fake news" or even sometimes "you're fake news" if he thinks the question is egregiously bullshit.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:38 AM (JVrQi)

136 . In other words, I wanna draw her. "

Wrong verb...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:38 AM (6qErC)

137 I think Gal Gadot has an exceptionally pretty face.



How's that for being brave and controversial?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, champion of Urkers everywhere at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (II6Oo)


She is pretty. One does not come across a face like hers very often.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM (q1Pj5)

138 I really think we should always give the NYT Editor his proper title:

Dean Hyacinth Baquet

Wannabes spinning themselves into comedy and irrelevance.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM (MIKMs)

139 78 >>Travis Fimmel is way, way, way better looking than Vin Diesel. Plus his hair and beard are/were real (he's not on the show anymore so I don't know if he shaved it off).


He did an amazing job on Vikings - being likable, despicable, mercurial, charming, unbelievable violent and scary. The show is lost without him.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2019 11:30 AM (bDqIh)

Yep, I tried to watch after he left but just couldn't. It just doesn't hold my attention anymore.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM (Ez6QX)

140 Gal Godot has a beautiful face, but lacks shape definition. By which I mean, no boobehs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM (NVYyb)

141 Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (cY3LT)

Not ragging on you. If you like it, have fun.

But I got a serious distain for Garth Ennis, the creator of The Boys. He hates heroes, heroism and God. He's tainted everything he's touched.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM (bcbK8)

142 3 (5 really) words"

Someone else counted...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:40 AM (6qErC)

143 KT Tunstall just popped up on my playlist. Woot!

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at August 26, 2019 11:40 AM (CQDF9)

144 23 woo, just avoided a holy war in the thread below
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at August 26, 2019 11:20 AM (rByfi)

Wait, you haven't addressed whether the time of miracles is over!

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at August 26, 2019 11:40 AM (RD7QR)

145 Gal Gadot...reminds me of Janice in Augusta.

Sigh.....

Posted by: Diogenes at August 26, 2019 11:40 AM (axyOa)

146 3 (5 really) words"

Someone else counted...

Posted by: Anon a mouse


Well he only really used the other two at the very end, but still.

Posted by: Grand Inquisitor Cavil, ready to cut a bitch regarding the taxonomy of theology at August 26, 2019 11:40 AM (AM1GF)

147 Apparently there is going to be a Riddick 4. I felt that the most recent movie was pretty weak, but Pitch Black is a solid movie.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 11:40 AM (oZ6kz)

148 I will touch nothing Garth Ennis has created. He's cancer.

And yeah, breaking new ground making a Wonder Woman a lesbian. *eyeroll*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:38 AM (bcbK

Best thing he ever did was Hitman with John McCrea. Set in Gotham City about a professional hitman. It was freakin' great

Posted by: Robert, truck driver extraordinaire at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (pLCkF)

149 93
But how is Hungary going to have barista's in their coffee shops, since
that's the only job "studies" majors are qualified to do? . . .



Posted by: LGoPs at August 26, 2019

**
Maybe they can, you know, hire teenage schoolkids?
Like we used to do?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (ClOmq)

150 140 Gal Godot has a beautiful face, but lacks shape definition. By which I mean, no boobehs.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM (NVYyb)

Good point, she's clearly defective and I'll take her off your hands for a buck fiddy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (bcbK8)

151 IIRC, Kathryn Winnick has serious martial arts skills and has worked as a bodyguard, so she comes by her fighter attitude on Vikings legitimately. It's nice to see a physically talented woman play a fighter vs. some 90lb waif whom we're supposed to believe could take down a 300lb hulk..

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (bDqIh)

152 118 Does Olive Garden still do the soup and breadjsticks for $5?
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 11:36 AM (Ri4j/)

Its $27 for you deplorables.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (JFO2v)

153 I have not yet figurd out how to bite into that burger.

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (ii3BI)

154 Well, this was fun but work beckons.

I'll be back at lunchtime PST if I can.

Have fun, Horde.

Buy ammo, though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (bcbK8)

155 Yay, Monkey. You all got the celebs so I'm left with....nuthin

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (T9rmq)

156 Maybe they can, you know, hire teenage schoolkids?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (ClOmq)

While they still know everything.

Posted by: BignJames at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (ykq7q)

157 HAHA

Reporter: Mr Trump what will you do about climate change?

Trump: I approved ANWR

Love this bastard!!

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (Ri4j/)

158 I felt that the most recent movie was pretty weak, but Pitch Black is a solid movie.


Chronicles was pretty kick ass.

Posted by: Grump928(C)
at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (Zvj7s)

159
I have not yet figurd out how to bite into that burger.

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (ii3BI)

It helps to unhinge your jaw first.

Posted by: Michelle Obama at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (q1Pj5)

160 103 I think Gal Gadot has an exceptionally pretty face.

How's that for being brave and controversial?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, champion of Urkers everywhere at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (II6Oo)


Gadot does have a pretty face, but she's way too skinny for my tastes. There was a scene in FF5 where she struts across a beach in a bikini and the view is looking at her walking away in slo-mo and her body looked like a 12-year-old boy's. She had kind of a Brie Larson backside. I didn't find it appealing at all.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (JVrQi)

161 Somewhat related, the Amazon (also somewhat related)
show, The Boys features a Wonder Woman type character who is very
delicious. Alas, she has... eh, other Amazonian characteristics.



Fun show.



And by fun I mean, very dark and nasty.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (cY3LT)

WARNING!!! SPOILERS in my comment below! Skip ahead to the ********* to avoid spoilers!

Mr. MWR and I binged it when it first came out, because I adore Karl Urban and will watch anything with him in it, please and thank you. I really liked the first half or so, but then it became too formulaic and obvious. Religious fundamentalist is a closet homosexual? Been there, done that. Strong female character is a lesbian? Been there, done that. I basically gave up on it when Homelander straight up plagiarized Dubya's "I hear you, the world hears you" speech from 9/11.


I DID enjoy their version of Aquaman, though. I love how he went from a creep to a sympathetic figure by the end, with hints of being a villain in the future.


Still enjoyable, but a lot of the same ole, same ole.

Okay, review over.

***************

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (rP4OC)

162 Apparently some nutty community college English teacher has ginned up a Twitter boycott hatemob against Olive Garden, claiming that they support Trump.

And if the right were actually serious about fighting back against the left instead of being fucking keyboard commandos, that asswipe would already have been the target of massive protests, riots and a good old-fashioned Swatting and would right now be cowering in a corner wetting themselves while the cops come in, shoot the dog and start spraying tear gas all over the house.

But no. And that's why the left WILL win.

(sorry for the rant, but I'm in a foul mood).

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2019 11:43 AM (Ki5SV)

163 I have not yet figurd out how to bite into that burger.
Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:41 AM (ii3BI)

You open your mouth as wide as possible and then have someone shove it in.

Posted by: Robert, truck driver extraordinaire at August 26, 2019 11:43 AM (pLCkF)

164 She is pretty. One does not come across a face like hers very often.


Posted by: Count de Monet at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM


****

Are we back to phrasing again?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 26, 2019 11:43 AM (axyOa)

165 Are we going with the breast as wars again?

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:43 AM (ii3BI)

166 Quoting the Slimes is a good way to get me to believe the opposite. I've told some otherwise friends to stop doing that.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 26, 2019 11:43 AM (y7DUB)

167 Love this bastard!!"

The "second guess" over China tariffs was hysterical...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:43 AM (6qErC)

168 Rush, not usually famous for detailed takedowns of journalists, does a nice review of Jim Rutenberg and the 2019-20 New York Times announced intent to destroy Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/yxb4gsfr

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 26, 2019 11:44 AM (NVYyb)

169 Robert maybe as I age and lose my teeth that will work.

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:44 AM (ii3BI)

170
I would totes eat that burger.

Totes

Posted by: AltonJackson
The MiMoMe & Emporium is 20 - 21SEP19
in Chelsea, Michigan
link in nick for
at August 26, 2019 11:44 AM (cuot+)

171 Good point, she's clearly defective and I'll take her off your hands for a buck fiddy.

Definitely six beers hittable. Or three. Or one.

Who am I kidding. I'd disappoint her all night long and into breakfast.

Posted by: Grump928(C)
at August 26, 2019 11:44 AM (Zvj7s)

172 One of my hobbies is drawing portraits. She has a wonderfully classical beauty. In other words, I wanna draw her.

Posted by: Pug Mahon

Yeah, that's it.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 26, 2019 11:44 AM (88+cf)

173 Chronicles was solid as well, yeah - also led to one of the best video game based movies ever. Not sure there's much more in that universe to be mined, though.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 11:45 AM (oZ6kz)

174 62 Status check: still pissed at Amazon.

TJM, ignore top 50 reviewers. They are all crooks. FYSA.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (CQDF9)

===========

Ha!

I shall.

Wanna read a book? Better than last time, I hear...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM (iikV8)

175 @151 Lizzy-I was never been into the worship thing a lot of men have for celebrity women, but Winnick makes you stop in your tracks for a minute.

Posted by: JROD at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM (bi4aa)

176 Er, "movie based video games," that should be.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM (oZ6kz)

177 Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (rP4OC)

**waves to MWR**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM (Ki5SV)

178 165
Are we going with the breast as wars again?

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:43 AM (ii3BI)


If breasts are wars, I think mine qualify somewhere between the Punic Wars and World War I in terms of profundity and historic relevance.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM (rP4OC)

179 When CNN confirms one of our stories, you can be assured it is all lies.

Death to Trump!

Posted by: The New York Times at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM (pw+jk)

180 Alton younmustfightmeforit.
However I'll let you have the bacon.

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM (ii3BI)

181 Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (cY3LT)

Not ragging on you. If you like it, have fun.

But I got a serious distain for Garth Ennis, the creator of The Boys. He hates heroes, heroism and God. He's tainted everything he's touched.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM (bcbK


Thankfully, I know nothing about comic books, and at this point, as a general movie fan, I'm sick to death of the MCU and DCU and all the rot that has become the factory churning "style" of comic book heroes.

So if he hates 'em for a different reason, he probably doesn't hate them more than I do.

It's a good show. Lots of strong action and plot twists, and as has been noted elsewhere, if superheroes really did exist, this is a much more realistic portrayal than anything we've seen by the standard issue, basic comic book movies.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 11:47 AM (cY3LT)

182 *waves to MPPPP*

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:47 AM (rP4OC)

183 Nowadays, the New York Times is no longer "The Newspaper Of Record". It's "The Newspaper With A Record". Complete with a mug shot for murdering a gray old lady.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 26, 2019 11:47 AM (Zf5/I)

184 If breasts are wars, I think mine qualify somewhere between the Punic Wars and World War I in terms of profundity and historic relevance.
Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM (rP4OC)

All the action is in the trenches?

Posted by: Robert, truck driver extraordinaire at August 26, 2019 11:48 AM (pLCkF)

185 Hey all. Back from vacation in CO. I hate the first day back!~ UGH!

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 26, 2019 11:48 AM (Z0nvx)

186 (sorry for the rant, but I'm in a foul mood).
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2019 11:43 AM (Ki5SV)

That's one way to handle it. The other would be to take a Lefty leaning company, say, Progressive Insurance. And make donations in their name or otherwise convince the mob that they have committed the unforgivable and then sit back and pop some popcorn.

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at August 26, 2019 11:48 AM (jp0Bv)

187 mwr! Mine would make no significant history still I'm going to keep them. And yet to see you!

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:49 AM (ii3BI)

188 -
--
Reporter: Mr Trump what will you do about climate change?

Trump: I approved ANWR

Love this bastard!!
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM

-----------------

That is freaking awesome.

Posted by: irright at August 26, 2019 11:49 AM (aSKRB)

189 Great ! To see you even!

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:49 AM (ii3BI)

190 Gal Godot is lovely. As an artiste of some reknown, I'd like to invite her to my studio and paint her face.

Posted by: Peter North at August 26, 2019 11:49 AM (q1Pj5)

191 Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By Mozzarella Stick Bacon Double Cheeseburger:

Looks good until the molten Mozzarella is stuck to your tongue and there's nothing you can do to put the fire out.

Posted by: t-bird at August 26, 2019 11:49 AM (f6lTY)

192 173 Chronicles was solid as well, yeah - also led to one of the best video game based movies ever. Not sure there's much more in that universe to be mined, though.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 11:45 AM (oZ6kz)

===========

I like its ambition and look, though it's a mess narratively. The whole prison planet sequence is probably my favorite thing in the movie, but it's also the most expendable. You could excise it pretty cleanly and all you'd be left with is, "Who's that chick?" at the end. That's a large budgetary and time investment to bring Jack back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:50 AM (iikV8)

193 not sure who the celeb is, but she's as curvy as a phone pole.

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 26, 2019 11:50 AM (Z0nvx)

194 Dumb phone

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:50 AM (ii3BI)

195 The Last Witchhunter.

That movie started out pretty well but faded badly towards the end...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (7s3Gx)

196 Jeffrey Epstein's time in jail.

-
Celebrity Autopsy last night was about Aaron Hernandez. The prison had security cameras up and running so we know that no one entered or left his cell. A guard check on Hernandez every couple of hours by looking through a window in the cell door. (Hernandez covered the window with a sheet, jammed the door so the guards couldn't enter and spread shampoo all over the floor in an apparent attempt to make it difficult for the guards to quickly reach him even once they got into the cell.) Compare and contrast Epstein.



Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (+y/Ru)

197 All the action is in the trenches?"

It's peaked.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (6qErC)

198 Do the "journolistas" really believe Trump got elected by playing up to "deplorable and irredeemable" haters? Are they THAT ignorant?

For Hillary to say that (it was scripted, she said it before it became exposed widely) ... she said it to divide the right .. "half are deplorable racists, xenophobes, etc". But maybe the DC/NY hateful aristocracy really believes their own psycho-drama, where they are all QueenBees and intellectual supremes. idk


Quite clearly a lot of people (Ace, Mollie, Buck, Tucker, etc.) can see right through them, especially as their hate turns to screaming rage. The DeepState has to be prosecuted ... to break the criminal stranglehold of the oligarchs. tick tock.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (Cus5s)

199 >>Still enjoyable, but a lot of the same ole, same ole. Okay, review over.


Heh, I had the same reaction.
It was funny how the sea life keeps hitting on the Aquaman guy.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (bDqIh)

200 Who Dis:

Don't know, but seeing upper ribs like that makes me want to buy her that cheeseburger.

Posted by: t-bird at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (f6lTY)

201 I don't like Garth Ennis.

He messed up country music to where it is unrecoverable.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (CQDF9)

202 193 not sure who the celeb is, but she's as curvy as a phone pole.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 26, 2019 11:50 AM (Z0nvx)

I'll take a pretty face over watermelon sized silicone tits and 3-ton fix-a-flat ass any day.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (J+mig)

203 He messed up country music to where it is unrecoverable."

Party on, Wayne.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:52 AM (6qErC)

204 I always knew I liked Cato.

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:53 AM (ii3BI)

205 I'll take a pretty face over watermelon sized silicone tits and 3-ton fix-a-flat ass any day.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 26, 2019 11:51 AM (J+mig)

That girl has her own Pornhub channel.

Posted by: Roy at August 26, 2019 11:53 AM (0yxK0)

206 Gal Gadot is so cute, but she has that "but I could talk to her" cute. Not the "I best not get near her or she'll laugh at me for even trying" looks a lot of really pretty women have.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 11:53 AM (KZzsI)

207 >>Do the "journolistas" really believe Trump got elected by playing up to "deplorable and irredeemable" haters? Are they THAT ignorant?


I think they do. They are so programmed to react like in Invasion of the Body Snatcher when someone is out of line on the diversityspeak that they can't see past it. Goes double for Trump not being Obama-level ivy league credentialed and well versed in the proper academia-politico speak.

It's a comfortable shell that allows them to feel superior, so they are not giving it up.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 26, 2019 11:54 AM (bDqIh)

208 I'll take a pretty face over watermelon sized silicone tits and 3-ton fix-a-flat ass any day.

Yeah, I'm a face man, myself. Pretty face trumps everything else. Big bosom, flat as a board, whatever. Redhead, blonde, brunette, okay. Tall, short, skinny, chubby; long as you have a pretty face.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 11:54 AM (KZzsI)

209 Gal Gadot is so cute"

And looks remarkably good from any angle

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:55 AM (6qErC)

210 Curious . does anyone e think they will get To the Bernstein little black book befre the election?

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:55 AM (ii3BI)

211 Her ancestry is Polish-Jewish, Austrian-Jewish, German-Jewish, and Czech-Jewish.

And both parents born in Israel. Does she have to loudly renounce Israel to work so much?

Posted by: t-bird at August 26, 2019 11:55 AM (n/eZB)

212 Throws hands in aur

Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:56 AM (ii3BI)

213 I am convinced that the media in America isn't FOR informing the public on important information: it is for alerting NPCs on the latest political doctrines.

here is what your HR department is going to command you, says the NYT; better prepare for it, or die in a gutter.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at August 26, 2019 11:57 AM (NQm4Z)

214 _
--
Throws hands in aur
Posted by: Willow at August 26, 2019 11:56 AM

----------------

HEY!!

Posted by: Aur at August 26, 2019 11:57 AM (aSKRB)

215 The Last Witchhunter.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (JVrQi)

Which was a better movie than it had any right to be.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 26, 2019 11:57 AM (uquGJ)

216 Throws hands in aur"

Where's that?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:57 AM (6qErC)

217 211 Her ancestry is Polish-Jewish, Austrian-Jewish, German-Jewish, and Czech-Jewish.

And both parents born in Israel. Does she have to loudly renounce Israel to work so much?
Posted by: t-bird at August 26, 2019 11:55 AM (n/eZB)

==========

Zach Snyder essentially got her to her current level in her career by casting her as Wonder Woman. Snyder does not strike me as a SJW, and he seemingly had a good amount of power in Warner Brothers as he was making Batman V Superman.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:57 AM (iikV8)

218 One of my hobbies is drawing portraits. She has a wonderfully classical beauty. In other words, I wanna draw her.

Scuplt, paint, etc. Yeah. She has eternally beautiful looks, the kind of face that people want to immortalize

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 11:57 AM (KZzsI)

219 Our Founders gave the Press special protection, but with that comes a responsibility act reasonably and NOT just be partisan.

The New York Times is now a De Facto in kind Campaign contribution to the Democrat party.

It should be labeled, and treated as such.

Note, you do not give Press Access to your opponents Staff. If they are now an opponent, then they should not have access at all.

Posted by: Don Q at August 26, 2019 11:57 AM (NgKpN)

220 "3-ton fix-a-flat ass"

I give that turn of phrase 5 stars.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 26, 2019 11:58 AM (O8WFE)

221 Throws hands in aur"

Like you don't caur?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:58 AM (6qErC)

222 Oh my...That burger.

Posted by: dananjcon at August 26, 2019 11:58 AM (u6xw0)

223
And both parents born in Israel. Does she have to loudly renounce Israel to work so much?
Posted by: t-bird at August 26, 2019 11:55 AM (n/eZB)

She has not, which makes me respect her a lot.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at August 26, 2019 11:59 AM (N4xQB)

224 222 Oh my...That burger.

Posted by: dananjcon at August 26, 2019 11:58 AM (u6xw0)

=========

Don't lick the screen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 11:59 AM (iikV8)

225 >>Our Founders gave the Press special protection,

Verily, only the media shall be able to read Wikileaks.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (ZLI7S)

226 Zach Snyder made Sucker Punch, which at the time I thought was pandering to "grrl power," but would definitely be seen as very un-woke nowadays.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (oZ6kz)

227 Not sure there's much more in that universe to be mined, though.

I like the whole series of these movies. And I'd love to see more made. I'd prefer that they rise to the level of the first one. But I'll settle for just kicking ass and taking names.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (iys0/)

228 It's always interesting reading the "Sound Off" column in our local paper. Here's the lead off comment:

Just when you think you've heard it all from the mouth of our president, he says there should be no increase in background checks to provide more gun control, and that Jews shouldn't vote for Democrats. When will his supporters wake up to who he is?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (Ki5SV)

229 Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 11:37 AM (cY3LT)

WARNING!!! SPOILERS in my comment below! Skip ahead to the ********* to avoid spoilers!


***************
Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:42 AM (rP4OC)


Lets pull out the content and keep the SPOILER ALERT active...







Everybody else gone? Good...

That's the thing though, the superheroes are MEANT to be cliches! They're superficial, marketed creations who only do what they do, because it serves a corporate purpose.

None of the superheroes are supposed to be admired. None of them. So when a religious wanker superhero turns out to be a closeted gay, of course he is! And when the tough chick turns out to be gay... of course she is!

The story isn't about them. It took me several episodes to realize the title, "The Boys," was not about the superheroes.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (cY3LT)

230 That burger looks really tasty, but I would remove the cheese sticks, and eat them separately, as is proper.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (xPJvm)

231 "Don't lick the screen"

Joe Biden lurks here?

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (NQm4Z)

232 Don't lick the screen"

Hey, who turned on my webcam?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (6qErC)

233 Does she have to loudly renounce Israel to work so much?

-
Not only that, she's an IDF veteran.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (+y/Ru)

234 211 Her ancestry is Polish-Jewish, Austrian-Jewish, German-Jewish, and Czech-Jewish.

And both parents born in Israel. Does she have to loudly renounce Israel to work so much?
Posted by: t-bird at August 26, 2019 11:55 AM (n/eZB)

Does it seem mildly odd to anyone to speak of German and Austrian ancestry?

Posted by: Someguy at August 26, 2019 12:01 PM (y178e)

235 Monica Bellucci. Most gorgeous woman on the planet. Fight me

Posted by: Jmel at August 26, 2019 12:01 PM (Upvj6)

236 i didnt think Sucker Punch was pandering to anyone except perverts.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at August 26, 2019 12:01 PM (NQm4Z)

237 does anyone e think they will get To the Bernstein little black book before the election?

I don't think they'll get to it EVER. I think that case will sort of smolder a little at the DOJ then be snuffed out quietly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 12:01 PM (KZzsI)

238 Best scene in Wonder Woman is when Gal gushes over a baby. She's hawt and maternal. Great package

She has Volehball body. Great legs and ass. Her WW outfit should have gotten an Oscar

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 26, 2019 12:01 PM (N1RdV)

239 And Beardy Guy photo would make a really cool pen and ink drawing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 26, 2019 12:01 PM (xPJvm)

240 Nice looking burger. One of the top burgers I've ever consumed had a full on bacon cheeseburger, with all the fixings, between two grilled cheese sandwiches instead of hamburger buns. Served with a boatload of shoestring fries. Washed it all down with a pint or two.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 26, 2019 12:02 PM (k4rYC)

241 Bear, you'll be happy then, they're making a 4th movie and also apparently a TV series of some nature.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 12:02 PM (oZ6kz)

242 220 "3-ton fix-a-flat ass"

I give that turn of phrase 5 stars.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 26, 2019 11:58 AM (O8WFE)

Credit where it's due, it was inspired by a Florida news story that involved an unlicensed "plastic surgeon" injecting fix-a-flat as a filler.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 26, 2019 12:02 PM (J+mig)

243 226 Zach Snyder made Sucker Punch, which at the time I thought was pandering to "grrl power," but would definitely be seen as very un-woke nowadays.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (oZ6kz)

=========

That movie is confused about what it wants to be. Undermining male chauvinist fantasy by creative male chauvinist fantasy?

I mostly object to it because I don't think the core concept works. Girl dreams psycho ward to be burlesque house (where we never actually see dancing). The dancing (that we never see) ends up being performances that are supposed to suggest the big fantasy sequences, and the fantasy sequences seem completely removed from the actual story. They feel more like demo reels or short films than part of the film as a whole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 12:02 PM (iikV8)

244 Is that Vin Diesel's real beard?! Damn that's impressive.

I wonder how long liberals will keep wasting money on the NYT.....

Posted by: Draki at August 26, 2019 12:02 PM (Fvogs)

245 Our Founders gave the Press special protection,

Seems to me we are all the Press anymore. Ace should go get a White House badge.

Posted by: t-bird at August 26, 2019 12:03 PM (mhs6e)

246 I love how Trump is always in the center of these G20 or Gwhatever photos. That's ALPHA MALE right there bitches!!

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 12:03 PM (Ri4j/)

247 215 The Last Witchhunter.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 11:27 AM (JVrQi)

Which was a better movie than it had any right to be.
Posted by: Polliwog

...

Which reminds me for no real reason that I'm the only person alive who thought the 13th warrior was an okay flick.

Posted by: TexasDan at August 26, 2019 12:03 PM (hr5kG)

248 Sucker Punch is one of the most miserably confused things I've ever seen. The first two fantasy combat sequences were kind of cool, then it got dumb, then it was revealed to all have been a horrendous nightmare where everything is utterly wrong. Its in my all "why the hell was this even made" list of movies with films like Requiem for a Dream.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 12:04 PM (KZzsI)

249 209 Gal Gadot is so cute"
And looks remarkably good from any angle
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 11:55 AM (6qErC)


I wish I could agree with you. See #160.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 12:04 PM (JVrQi)

250 Press passes should be given by a lottery system. Issue I don't know 30 passes, good for 30 days each. And every month have the lottery again.

And make the lottery open to anyone with a blog down to the NYT/CNN.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 12:04 PM (Ri4j/)

251 Which reminds me for no real reason that I'm the only person alive who thought the 13th warrior was an okay flick.
Posted by: TexasDan at August 26, 2019 12:03 PM (hr5kG)

Far from it, my old SCA buddies loved it, aside from some of the historically questionable weapons and armor.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 26, 2019 12:05 PM (J+mig)

252 You guys are slipping.

If breasts are wars, I think mine qualify somewhere between the Punic Wars and World War I in terms of profundity and historic relevance.
Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM[i/]

Say it with me, Horde:

You know the rules....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 26, 2019 12:05 PM (ejd/p)

253 244 Is that Vin Diesel's real beard?! Damn that's impressive.

Posted by: Draki at August 26, 2019 12:02 PM (Fvogs)


Apparently, it's a fake beard.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 12:05 PM (JVrQi)

254 250 Press passes should be given by a lottery system. Issue I don't know 30 passes, good for 30 days each. And every month have the lottery again.

And make the lottery open to anyone with a blog down to the NYT/CNN.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 26, 2019 12:04 PM (Ri4j/)

==========

"Mr. President, could I get your opinion on Prometheus, please?"
-TJM, armed with a press pass

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 12:05 PM (iikV8)

255 Which reminds me for no real reason that I'm the only person alive who thought the 13th warrior was an okay flick.
Posted by: TexasDan

I liked it; the book was good as well.

Posted by: JT at August 26, 2019 12:06 PM (arJlL)

256 Aaaand close tags ftw.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 26, 2019 12:06 PM (ejd/p)

257 I thought 13tb Warrior was great

Didn't find an audience

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 26, 2019 12:06 PM (N1RdV)

258 "Buttigieg knew the verses.
"There's a lot about the stewardship of creation that is in
Scripture that I don't see being honored by the administration right
now, not to mention the stuff about loving your neighbor"

Buttigied needs a broader understanding ... "love your neighbor" is not about sex. /s

but really, they are never specific with actions Trump has taken that are so racist and anti-environment. They rely on the vague "we must stop this racist and his racist voters". (which is usually expressed in their own extreme racist/bigoted terms)

Posted by: illiniwek at August 26, 2019 12:07 PM (Cus5s)

259 Once you see Vin Diesel then the first pic looks like him too.

And yes, Last Witchhunter was oddly good. The "beats" are off so when you watch it, it feels like something is wrong. Get past that and it is weirdly good.

I have always wondered, but not enough to try to look it up... is Vin Diesel actually a stage name Vehicle Identification Number Diesel? Because... reasons.

The other pic is Wonder Woman.

Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:07 PM (BD/yx)

260 I liked 13th Warrior, but I think audiences weren't sure what it was supposed to be and it wasn't marketed really at all.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 12:07 PM (KZzsI)

261 Best scene in Wonder Woman is when Gal gushes over a baby. She's hawt and maternal. Great package


I know, right? She went from cool to cooing in nothing flat. I laughed, but it worked for the character and she sold it well.

Posted by: Grand Inquisitor Cavil, ready to cut a bitch regarding the taxonomy of theology at August 26, 2019 12:07 PM (AM1GF)

262 If breasts are wars, I think mine qualify somewhere between the Punic Wars and World War I in terms of profundity and historic relevance.
Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at August 26, 2019 11:46 AM[i/]

This comment is so ripe for probing...

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at August 26, 2019 12:07 PM (RD7QR)

263 I love how Trump is always in the center of these G20 or Gwhatever photos. That's ALPHA MALE right there bitches!!

I'm in the center of my selfies for the same reason. These Alpha Male pills really work!

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (mhs6e)

264 the only person alive who thought the 13th warrior was an okay flick."

Nah. And the source book was pretty good too.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (6qErC)

265 Gal Gadot and Vin DieselFast and Furious 7

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (5l6gb)

266 13th Warrior was an outstanding movie. But yes, no real audience for it.

Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (BD/yx)

267

The Cherokee Nation, whose lands were effectively stolen by the State of Georgia and President Andrew Jackson, has requested a seat in the House of Representatives.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (aKsyK)

268 I liked 13th Warrior, but I think audiences weren't sure what it was supposed to be and it wasn't marketed really at all.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 12:07 PM (KZzsI)

I liked it, and the book as well, although I seem to remember it had a different title, which I can't recall at the moment.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (xPJvm)

269 Zach Snyder made Sucker Punch, which at the time I thought was pandering to "grrl power," but would definitely be seen as very un-woke nowadays.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 12:00 PM (oZ6kz)


I remember seeing that movie, with no foreknowledge of anything Zach Snyder... what a piece of dreck that is. Complete and utter tripe.

And then they gave him Superman, and he managed to make Superman look even worse than a bunch of crazy chicks.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (cY3LT)

270 237 does anyone e think they will get To the Bernstein little black book before the election?

I don't think they'll get to it EVER. I think that case will sort of smolder a little at the DOJ then be snuffed out quietly.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 12:01 PM (KZzsI)

when they get to it they're going to tell you that it was the BernSTAIN little black book, and that you're crazy if you say any different.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 26, 2019 12:09 PM (Kpl3J)

271 For a sec there I thought the woman in the pic was Taylor Swift, but then realized it was Gal Gadot. They kind of look alike.

Posted by: sillyme at August 26, 2019 12:09 PM (zYWPO)

272 Nood.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at August 26, 2019 12:09 PM (k76MH)

273 77
The pic is from the very beginning of "The Chronicles of Riddick."

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 26, 2019 11:28 AM (aS1PU)



Oops, I was wrong.

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 26, 2019 11:29 AM (aS1PU)

The Last Witch Hunter

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 26, 2019 12:10 PM (5l6gb)

274 Lots of people would call that a hamburger, but it isn't. It's a cheese stick with fall-out meat attached. It isn't really even a sandwich. It's more of a meat and cheese pie. It's wrong to even try to eat it. Unless you use a fork and knife, and maybe remove the top bun. You could try that, but it wouldn't do the thing justice. Both answers to this problem seem wrong. I'm giving the thing to Zoe to eat. Pippa can watch.

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at August 26, 2019 12:10 PM (NVYyb)

275 Joe Travers on drums, not Pat.

Posted by: chango butt at August 26, 2019 12:10 PM (B+t5k)

276 I liked it, and the book as well, although I seem to remember it had a different title, which I can't recall at the moment.

Eaters of the Dead.

I'm also a fan of the movie (and the book).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 26, 2019 12:10 PM (iys0/)

277 The Cherokee Nation, whose lands were effectively stolen by the State of Georgia and President Andrew Jackson, has requested a seat in the House of Representatives.


Frankly I think we're long past the point where the whole fake "nations living among America that are sovereign but not really" stage of Native Americans should be ended and just make them all part of the USA.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 26, 2019 12:10 PM (KZzsI)

278 although I seem to remember it had a different title, which I can't recall at the moment."
Eaters of the Dead

Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 26, 2019 12:10 PM (6qErC)

279 I liked it, and the book as well, although I seem to remember it had a different title, which I can't recall at the moment.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (xPJvm)

Eaters of the Dead, by Michael Crichton.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 26, 2019 12:11 PM (J+mig)

280 Nah, Vin Diesel takes his stage name from his stepfather's last name, Vincent. His birth name is the much less cinematic Mark Sinclair.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 26, 2019 12:11 PM (oZ6kz)

281 Which reminds me for no real reason that I'm the only person alive who thought the 13th warrior was an okay flick.

Posted by: TexasDan at August 26, 2019 12:03 PM (hr5kG)


I'm with ya, so that makes at least two of us.

Posted by: LGoPs at August 26, 2019 12:12 PM (T6OXT)

282 I think Gal Gadot has an exceptionally pretty face.

How's that for being brave and controversial?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, champion of Urkers everywhere at August 26, 2019 11:33 AM (II6Oo)

She is pretty. One does not come across a face like hers very often.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 26, 2019 11:39 AM (q1Pj5)


So, are we NOT doing phrasing anymore...?

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 26, 2019 12:12 PM (8D42x)

283 Maybe the people at Vice are trannies themselves and desperately need a date? Just throwin' ideas out there.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at August 26, 2019 12:12 PM (RD7QR)

284 The Cherokee Nation, whose lands were effectively stolen by the State of Georgia and President Andrew Jackson, has requested a seat in the House of Representatives.

Either you're Americans living in Oklahoma, or you're a vanquished nation that doesn't exist and can expect nothing. I'll wait while you choose...

Posted by: t-bird at August 26, 2019 12:13 PM (mhs6e)

285 Sucker Punch was weird and good (or at least compelling) and then at the end when you were "sucker punched" (har har har) it wrecked the whole thing.

Another movie, Labyrinth... harsh and compelling and awful and then the same GD stupid ending.

You're insane, you die, you'll get raped forever... it's art man!

Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:13 PM (BD/yx)

286 How many movies did they make of "The Farts and the Flatulent" anyway?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 26, 2019 12:13 PM (19g6/)

287 Our Founders gave the Press special protection

They most certainly did not.

They gave anyone who could afford a printing press and the paper and the ink the right to run their press in any building they could afford to house it, without that printing press being seized by law enforcement. And that's damn well all they meant to protect.

They didn't intend to protect said owner the from being publicly ostracized, or refused tavern service, or humiliated in church, as a result of what said owner chose to print and distribute with that press, paper, and ink. Nor did they intend to give owner of said press special access to various events just because they could afford said press.


All they intended was that you or I could express our opinion, and distribute said opinion if we could afford the means, without retribution by government via law enforcement.

The media decided to call themselves "The Press". And it's bullshit. They're the media. Anybody can own a press. Or a web server.

Posted by: The White Devil at August 26, 2019 12:14 PM (WTbmS)

288 I liked it, and the book as well, although I seem to remember it had a different title, which I can't recall at the moment.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 26, 2019 12:08 PM (xPJvm)

The Book was "Eaters of the Dead". I liked it as well, I thought the sequence showing how he gradually figured out how to hear and speak their language was innovative, a think always glossed over by historical dramas, since it's a pain to deal with accurately. Also the entire setting of a Viking era society being defensive, rather than offensive.

There's a part where they think a fire-dragon is coming towards them, and as it gets close one says "that's not a dragon, that's cavalry!" and the other replies "I'd prefer if it was a dragon."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 26, 2019 12:14 PM (Kpl3J)

289 Sucker Punch and Labyrinth were the SAME movie...

Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:15 PM (BD/yx)

290 The 13th Warrior was a decent movie. Another guilty pleasure is "Le Pacte de Loupes" or "Brotherhood of the Wolf". French film that is part action, martial arts, political thriller, horror all set before the French Revolution. In French with subtitles. I lent the DVD to a friend and never saw it again.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 26, 2019 12:15 PM (k4rYC)

291 Pan's Labyrinth... my bad.

Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:15 PM (BD/yx)

292 If the Cherokee get a non-voting rep like D.C. has, big deal. let them have it. As far as a voting rep, they've already got one from Eastern Oklahoma. They don't get two.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 26, 2019 12:16 PM (Kpl3J)

293 291 Pan's Labyrinth... my bad.
Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:15 PM (BD/yx)

=========

Pan's Labyrinth actually works. The "fantasies" (they actually occur, how else does she get out of the locked room at the end?) have to do with the story at hand. They are lent thematic weight due to the strength of their images. And they lead to the main character growing and changing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 12:17 PM (iikV8)

294 The Cherokee Nation, whose lands were effectively stolen by the State
of Georgia and President Andrew Jackson, has requested a seat in the
House of Representatives.-------

If they are a nation they should petition the U.N for a seat.


Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at August 26, 2019 12:17 PM (hSSpd)

295 286 How many movies did they make of "The Farts and the Flatulent" anyway?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 26, 2019 12:13 PM (19g6/)


9, I think and more are scheduled.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at August 26, 2019 12:18 PM (JVrQi)

296 If the Cherokee get a non-voting rep like D.C. has,
big deal. let them have it. As far as a voting rep, they've already
got one from Eastern Oklahoma. They don't get two.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 26, 2019 12:16 PM (Kpl3J)


The slippery slope is a real thing. Those reps will vote, sooner or later.

That's the real bitch about an opponent that never quits. Every time you quit, you lose.

Posted by: The White Devil at August 26, 2019 12:18 PM (WTbmS)

297 "he says there should be no increase in background checks to provide more gun control, and that Jews shouldn't vote for Democrats. When will his supporters wake up to who he is?"

Um... I support what he said. I'd extend the second one to say no one should vote for Democrats.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at August 26, 2019 12:18 PM (cOZDs)

298 Pan's Labyrinth actually works. The "fantasies" (they actually occur, how else does she get out of the locked room at the end?) have to do with the story at hand. They are lent thematic weight due to the strength of their images. And they lead to the main character growing and changing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 12:17 PM (iikV

During the movie you were never sure if the fairy world was real or a fantasy and then at the end she was just dead. The movie took the possibility of a real escape and tore it to shreds and disallowed it and she was just dead and the escape and the fantasy weren't real. A horrible torturous existence followed by dead.

Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:20 PM (BD/yx)

299 I disagree that Pan's Labyrinth had a "bad ending" - that was a depressing movie, but it covered a very real, and very dark and depressing period of history. The ending was perfectly in keeping with the subject matter of the story. There's no sugar coating what happened, there were no happy endings for those who were involved, not even the "winners". The only hope was left for those young enough to grow up without a knowledge of what had happened.

And even in the fantasy storyline, the story was consistent. She had left the underworld, and she had to return.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 26, 2019 12:21 PM (Kpl3J)

300 Fixed the thing.

Posted by: Synova at August 26, 2019 12:22 PM (BD/yx)

301 298 Pan's Labyrinth actually works. The "fantasies" (they actually occur, how else does she get out of the locked room at the end?) have to do with the story at hand. They are lent thematic weight due to the strength of their images. And they lead to the main character growing and changing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 12:17 PM (iikV

During the movie you were never sure if the fairy world was real or a fantasy and then at the end she was just dead. The movie took the possibility of a real escape and tore it to shreds and disallowed it and she was just dead and the escape and the fantasy weren't real. A horrible torturous existence followed by dead.
Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:20 PM (BD/yx)

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Movie should only be happy!

No bad things allowed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 12:22 PM (iikV8)

302 Pans L is great. Should have won Oscar for foreign flick but had the bad luck of being in the same year as Lives of Others

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 26, 2019 12:22 PM (N1RdV)

303 http://bit.ly/2L7Sb9e
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GOP Rep. Sean Duffy Resigning for 'Framily Reasons'

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 26, 2019 12:23 PM (BqBId)

304 The movie took the possibility of a real escape and tore it to shreds and disallowed it and she was just dead and the escape and the fantasy weren't real. A horrible torturous existence followed by dead.
Posted by: Synova (for real a wildcat geologist)) at August 26, 2019 12:20 PM (BD/yx)

Because it was the story of Spain in the 1930's, and that was not fantasy, it was all too real. There was no escape for any of them, only suffering.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 26, 2019 12:23 PM (Kpl3J)

305 Because it was the story of Spain in the 1930's, and that was not fantasy, it was all too real. There was no escape for any of them, only suffering.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 26, 2019 12:23 PM (Kpl3J)

And the chick in Sucker Punch was in an all too real situation of being checked into a mental hospital and lobotomized and raped forever.

Same. Movie.

Posted by: Synova at August 26, 2019 12:25 PM (BD/yx)

306

We are framily

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 26, 2019 12:27 PM (aKsyK)

307 305 Because it was the story of Spain in the 1930's, and that was not fantasy, it was all too real. There was no escape for any of them, only suffering.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 26, 2019 12:23 PM (Kpl3J)

And the chick in Sucker Punch was in an all too real situation of being checked into a mental hospital and lobotomized and raped forever.

Same. Movie.
Posted by: Synova at August 26, 2019 12:25 PM (BD/yx)

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Two movies with similar plots are therefore the same movie is simplistic thinking. You should move beyond it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Black Mamba at August 26, 2019 12:28 PM (iikV8)

308 "Goes double for Trump not being Obama-level ivy league credentialed and well versed in the proper academia-politico speak.
It's a comfortable shell that allows them to feel superior, so they are not giving it up"Posted by: Lizzy

true, but I just wonder if they don't really know they are just in a protected mafia, and they are aware of rooting for their team, (communism/central control) more than a real belief that their attacks are honest. They strike me more as the average street gang, fighting for turf ... not fighting for some noble betterment of society.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 26, 2019 12:36 PM (Cus5s)

309 Pitch Black".... fun movie, "



All 3 were surprisingly entertaining in their own fashion.

Thought they ruined the sequels when they gave him magical powers. They kind of went back to just brute force and intelligence in the last one.

Posted by: Paladin at August 26, 2019 12:36 PM (7hzzD)

310 "The media decided to call themselves "The Press".
And it's bullshit. They're the media. Anybody can own a press. Or a web
server."Posted by: The White Devil

right ... the "Credentialed Press" wants to run TheNarrative and to silence alternate voices. What a huge step back for a free press. So now the leftist fact checkers get hired to censor "The True Press" ... the voices that expose the Fake News Press get silenced. Truly Orwellian ... institutional control over the message.

(which is why I think institutional Church is also a problem, and why the commies worked for decades to get their commie pope,in position of top down control over the sovereign individual)

Posted by: illiniwek at August 26, 2019 12:45 PM (Cus5s)

311 Have you ever read the comments section of the New York Times? 99 percent of their readers probably agree with their ridiculous 1619 project, so they are unfortunately giving their customers what they want.

Posted by: mercenary13 at August 26, 2019 12:54 PM (9rDAZ)

312 190 Gal Godot is lovely. As an artiste of some reknown, I'd like to invite her to my studio and paint her face.
Posted by: Peter North at August 26, 2019 11:49 AM (q1Pj5)
Obligatory: "Like your French girls."

Posted by: Ghoti at August 26, 2019 01:03 PM (+szSl)

313 The cool thing about Gal Gadot is that she's almost 35, with at least two kids. You just can't see it.

Posted by: cpurick at August 26, 2019 01:17 PM (86Le+)

314 I don't see any Morena Baccarin in her, but I sure see ME. I'd even eat that burger off her belly button for FREE,food anxiety and all that you know.

Posted by: saf at August 26, 2019 01:52 PM (5IHGB)

315 Tokyo Drift is the movie. Vin got a cameo at the end. For "continuity" of course. Which they promply broke in the next movie.Japanese guy died in TD but magically reappeared in 4. They hung that lampshade in 6 I think at the end when he said he was going to Tokyo.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 26, 2019 02:25 PM (lGRtg)

316 The New York Pravda and All the Crap that's Fit to Print

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 26, 2019 05:02 PM (wGqjj)

317 Very glad that The Last Witch Hunter got some love. One of my favorite Diesel films alongside the Riddick series.

Someone upthread mentioned The 13th Warrior, which is a great film that has almost nothing to do with its source material, a fantastic novel entitled Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. If anyone made a faithful adaptation, it would be terrible. While it's a wonderful book, it would be completely unexciting onscreen.

Posted by: soulpile at August 26, 2019 06:53 PM (wJAJb)

318 "Click for bigger," he said.

I did that; they didn't get any bigger.

Posted by: DavidD at August 26, 2019 08:53 PM (tV0TI)

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