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President Barack Obama just broke his silence and called on EVERY Democrat to step up to PROTECT our once-in-a-lifetime Majorities. If just 4,000 grassroots Democrats answer Barack's powerful calls, we could CLINCH our can't-miss midnight goal and strengthen our efforts to defeat EVERY Republican who threatens our Democrats. Will you rush $20 to the DCCC to expand our House Majority? The last time Republicans held power... …They PUSHED tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy, …They tried to REPEAL the Affordable Care Act, …And they INCITED a deadly insurrection at our nation's Capitol. We can't let them ever hold the Majority again. And when Barack personally calls us to step up - we wouldn't dare let him down. Can we count on you to chip in $20 to elect House Democrats and hand Trump's House Republicans a STUNNING rebuke? Thanks,I have a few observations. First notice who they believe is the major figure who will appeal to their base. It isn't Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. It is Barack Obama. He has been out of office for 5 years, and he is the only player on the field that has any pull with the Democrat base. This would be like using George Bush to campaign in 2013. The Democrats have a problem with viable figures in national politics, since they were wiped out at the state level in 2012. After Obama, there is no one to turn to. Every other national level politician, including the sitting president, is unable to appeal to anyone enough to raise a lousy $20. The issues they use in their pitch are pretty weak. Tax cuts for the rich, repeal Obamacare, and January 6th. Those three barely register with the public as an issue of any importance. They don't even appeal to Climate Change as an issue, where they could easily blame Republicans after Trump withdrew from the Paris Accords. The rich who got tax cuts are almost all Democrats anyway, Obamacare hasn't seen an attempt at reform in 4 years, and January 6th is an inside the beltway shibboleth that doesn't resonate in the rest of the country. Finally, Trump continues to live rent free in Democrat heads. It isn't House Republicans; it is TRUMP'S House Republicans. How many decades do the Democrats keep running against Trump? Over a year after the election, and Democrats still can't motive anyone to vote for them. They can only appeal to Not Republican and Not Trump. Regardless of whether or not you think Trump should be the nominee in 2024, one thing he still brings to the table is a large block of voters who will cast an affirmative vote for the man. How about a nice easy Who Dis?
DCCC
And for the 'ettes, trying to apologize for Buddy Hackett
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:00 AM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse at January 20, 2022 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Well, the truth came out today with freedom of info release that shows for 2020 & 2021 COMBINED the total number of deaths attributable to the Wuhan flu alone are... 17,371.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:02 AM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM (psL96)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM (DnWKq)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (DU+/6)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (5kI0z)
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose)
Add to that, the average age of Covid death was well beyond the average life expectancy! They were killing off the infirm.
Posted by: MkY at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (yUPCi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (dNqv+)
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And it will happen again in 2022.
The next generation of potential national Democratic politicians is going to get wiped out again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (NqZ29)
Posted by: Some Dead Afghans that worked with the US against the Taliban at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
******
Risky Business
Posted by: Muldoon at January 20, 2022 11:05 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 20, 2022 11:05 AM (GD2xa)
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And that is entirely Obama's fault. He and his crew - Jarrett more than any other - wrecked large swathes of the party. He's all they've got because they mostly killed the rest.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:05 AM (DU+/6)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 20, 2022 11:05 AM (qoLdL)
Posted by: Capital Eff at January 20, 2022 11:05 AM (GYllL)
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I thought they pretty much had that covered.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:05 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (HKLhM)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: MkY at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (yUPCi)
82.5 yo
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (1nooD)
1) Needle Rape
2) War with Russia
3) Banning fossil fuels
4) Giving lots of money to billionaires
Odd that none of those are in the email you got isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (CqHIp)
Well, the truth came out today with freedom of info release that shows for 2020 & 2021 COMBINED the total number of deaths attributable to the Wuhan flu alone are... 17,371.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:02 AM (QYPq3)
Well, that, and PartyGate was gonna cost him his job since he got caught red-handed in the "rules for thee, but not for me" trap...so he needed to distract immediately. Still probably won't save his job, but he had no other play...
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (a5d7/)
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (ZLI7S)
That's all they have.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (jTmQV)
Either made free or charge, or with proceeds to the Estate for his loved ones.
What do y'all think? This would immortalize the Book Threads.
Posted by: geewhiz at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (aiyVR)
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (exHjb)
That seemed too obvious and it was.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (eeRB6)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (5kI0z)
I know communists who are still ranting about Reagan.
For instance, did you know that "Reagan" is 100% responsible for the current homeless problem in California, even though he hasn't been Governor of California in going on 50 years?
I'm guessing Trump is also going to be good for at least 50 years.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (exHjb)
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Maybe the Conservative Party will find someone who actually loves Britain and wants it to thrive...
Why are you laughing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (y7DUB)
My wife asked me that, and my answer is that it's not about any intelligent consideration, it's about self preservation. A lot of videos have come out showing Boris and his ministers partying privately over the last 2 years while ignoring the COVID regulations, and now *everyone* is pissed at them. The true conservatives for the authoritarian tyranny they've pushed, and the Branch Covidians hate them for acting like it's all a great big joke whenever they're in private.
So yesterday, in an act of self preservation, Boris just said "fuggitall, it's over, do whatever you want."
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (p+1gI)
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The Sup Court just ruled that Executive could unseal previous Presidents' records.
Good thing there are no records to find for BHO.
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (MIKMs)
Rebecca played the wife, Wendy, in the remake 2-part TV-movie version of The Shining in '97 w/ Stephen Weber. Both, I thought, did much better, and the script handled the whole story better, than did the cast and script of Kubrick's version in 1980. You cared about the 2 people as well as their kid. Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, meh.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Capital Eff at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (GYllL)
Posted by: Iris at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (DibdT)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (ZLI7S)
But risky business was the movie they were together in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (p+1gI)
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Remember the bumper sticker "Not a Republican"?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:09 AM (LvTSG)
I recently saw some NBC primetime news show (on a bar TV with the sound off, I dont have cable).
The subject? The race to save the manatees... presumably from beer-swilling MAGA-hat-wearing Florida rednecks in their murderboats.
Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but I expect to see more stories like this... not overtly political but themed in a manner that will lead the viewer to conclude that "Floridians suck, their laws suck, and therefore DeSantis sucks"
Posted by: weew at January 20, 2022 11:09 AM (EaEMG)
How many decades did they keep running against Herbert Hoover?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 20, 2022 11:09 AM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (m45I2)
Real Trumpism hasn't been tried yet
Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (kOpft)
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And his Senate, too. That was the biggest thing I noticed from Oatmeal Brains' presser yesterday. He said this:
did you ever think that one man out of office could intimidate an entire party where they're unwilling to take any vote contrary to what he thinks should be taken for fear of being defeated in a primary?
I've had five Republican senators talk to me ... who've told me that they agree with whatever I'm talking about for them to do. "But, Joe, if I do it, I'm going to get defeated in a primary."
Republicans are afraid of the base, and so they are having to try to stop the Dems (though I am sure it makes them miserable). The Republicans are afraid of the base because Trump fired them and reset expectations for what politicians actually do and say. It is in a real way Trump's "fault," but it isn't him doing it anymore. It's the base, and the base is *pissed.* The Dems have a much harder problem to deal with - and so do the GOP - than Trump the man.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (DU+/6)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (trdmm)
Yes, that's how it would have seemed, indeed. That's not how these people operate, however. If they were worried about it they wouldn't have been hypocritical in the first place. As I mentioned above, that was too obvious of a reason.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (QYPq3)
How many decades did they keep running against Herbert Hoover?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 20, 2022 11:09 AM (2JVJo)
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That damn bastard did what FDR did, but not as big.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (txdEq)
Granted, but I think the Kubrick is the better movie. The problem with the remake is Stephen King is a horrible writer at endings.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (dNqv+)
Here's hoping they find a reason to revoke his license, too.
Posted by: Dr. T : RIP OregonMuse at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (bhRsz)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * be ungovernable at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (3fiB0)
IIRC they blame him for letting the mentally ill out of care facilities. Which he did do, along with every other governor, and I think there was a court decision saying they had to as well.
But I also see to recall forcible commitment for the batshit insane is a RIGHTWING issue to the extent that anyone cares any more. I remember the lefty boards being worried Bush 43 was going to do that to them in 2000 (since they recognize they are in fact batshit insane)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (ESjRY)
When an AP poll comes out showing that only 28% of voters want Biden to run for reelection and 70% don't after only 1 year in office I don't think that message has the power it did a few years ago.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (ZLI7S)
How about Transpo Pete?
#BuildBrokebackBetter '24
Posted by: Muldoon at January 20, 2022 11:10 AM (m45I2)
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"He's like my best gay friend that I haven't spoken to in a decade because I got knocked up by that loser!"
-Karen McCookingSherryMom
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (LvTSG)
Risky Business.
Risky Business was Peak DeMornay. She was volcanic lava hot.
Posted by: Archer at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (CEwvo)
That look revved my engines back when I was a pup, and it still holds it's magic today...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (LAByx)
Fixed that for you.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (DU+/6)
Doocey asked: Why are you going so hard Left?
Doocey should have asked: Gallup reports a 14 point swing from D to R in your first year, inflation is at a 40 year high, violent crime is up double-digits in D cities, and the border is a disaster. Isn't your answer that you will do well in the mid-terms kind of delusional?
Rosen asked: 49% of Americans question your mental competence. Why?
Rosen should have asked: Given that 49% of Americans question your mental competence, will you agree to take and publicly release a Montreal Cognitive Assessment?
Wegman, a RCN reporter, when challenging Biden on the Bull Connor/George Wallace/Jefferson Davis statement, was unprepared when Biden attacked. Wegman should have read Biden's quote back to him, and asked Biden if HE could read and understand what HE said in that execrable speech.
Posted by: motionview (prep train organize) at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (aKOI+)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Mishdog at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (/VWLE)
When an AP poll comes out showing that only 28% of voters want Biden to run for reelection and 70% don't after only 1 year in office I don't think that message has the power it did a few years ago.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (ZLI7S)
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The GOP brand sucks.
The Democratic brand is worse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (LvTSG)
The subject? The race to save the manatees... presumably from beer-swilling MAGA-hat-wearing Florida rednecks in their murderboats.
Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but I expect to see more stories like this... not overtly political but themed in a manner that will lead the viewer to conclude that "Floridians suck, their laws suck, and therefore DeSantis sucks"
Posted by: weew at January 20, 2022 11:09 AM (EaEMG)
There's a Climate Change induced Florida volcanic eruption in the works....just wait.
Posted by: BignJames at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (f+Fzv)
And he really is a decent actor.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (CEwvo)
I recently saw some NBC primetime news show (on a bar TV with the sound off, I dont have cable).
The subject? The race to save the manatees... presumably from beer-swilling MAGA-hat-wearing Florida rednecks in their murderboats.
Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but I expect to see more stories like this... not overtly political but themed in a manner that will lead the viewer to conclude that "Floridians suck, their laws suck, and therefore DeSantis sucks"
Posted by: weew at January 20, 2022 11:09 AM (EaEMG)
You mean, like how the Dems encouraged the Baltimore riots to make sure Martin O/Malley couldn't put up any real challenge to Hillary...yeah, I see that plan being tried in Florida...
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: Archer at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (gmo/4)
That look revved my engines back when I was a pup, and it still holds it's magic today...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (BgMrQ)
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It sure does. It calls attention to slender necklines and accentuates them, but it sure does work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (DU+/6)
And it's Biden and Harris, in their comments about future elections being "illegitimate" who are trying to push a real insurrection.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (trdmm)
Either made free or charge, or with proceeds to the Estate for his loved ones.
What do y'all think? This would immortalize the Book Threads.
Posted by: geewhiz at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (aiyVR)
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Not a bad idea at all...We already know the Horde can do great things when we come together (think Deplorable Gourmet)...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Mishdog at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (/VWLE)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (6liew)
You can't skin your 10% if the primary economic activity is people with face colanders eating each other.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: The Huge Manatee at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (DnWKq)
Right, that's the claim. But they never explain why California (essentially a one-party state for decades) hasn't fixed this problem in the intervening 50 years.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (bW8dp)
He would NOT have made a good Napoleon Solo in a Man From U.N.C.L.E. film -- that was the original casting, and fortunately he preferred to stick with Mission: Impossible.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (txdEq)
Someone in the last thread suggested the monkey thread be retired, in honor of OM.
I think the Gorilla should be retired in honor of our late OM. But all the other COBs should have their own simians. Just my $.02.
Posted by: Flyover at January 20, 2022 11:13 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:13 AM (NqZ29)
Fixed that for you.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (bW8dp)
Dang, beat me to it.
Posted by: Dr. T : RIP OregonMuse at January 20, 2022 11:13 AM (bhRsz)
Oh please tell me that Lena Dunham is their spokesperson!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:14 AM (trdmm)
sure, sure, but which is which?
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 20, 2022 11:14 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (DU+/6)
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Although I think this is a pic from Risky Business, she's actually way prettier in the movie. Way.
Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2022 11:14 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Flyover at January 20, 2022 11:14 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:14 AM (XvPQV)
And he really is a decent actor.
I'd agree with decent. He plays the action hero well (Oblivion, Mission Impossible, etc) but he has limitations - watching him in Valkyrie was painful.
I certainly agree on respecting him for not throwing his private life in everyone's face.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2022 11:14 AM (ESjRY)
How many decades did they keep running against Herbert Hoover?
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How many decades are they still running against Richard Nixon?
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (MIKMs)
The Democratic brand is worse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (LvTSG)
This is why I think it's actually good that McConnell and McCarthy don't put themselves out there and pounce and seize on every stupid thing Biden does. Because the GOP brand does SUCK--thanks in part to years of constant attack by the media.
Don't remind some people that they are voting GOP, just let them vote against the Democrats
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: Iris at January 20, 2022 11:08 AM (DibdT)
Eh, he never did anything for me.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (Ez6QX)
That look revved my engines back when I was a pup, and it still holds it's magic today...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (BgMrQ)
That and the Cameo necklace. Maybe it makes the neck arch graceful and longer? I dunno, it is one of those background programs running in our brains that it is hard to nail down.
I like it, and I cannot say why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (dNqv+)
That look revved my engines back when I was a pup, and it still holds it's magic today...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (BgMrQ)
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It certainly worked for Daniela Bianchi in FRWL.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (DnWKq)
Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (eFR3E)
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (exHjb)
lot of stories about how Dems are failing with Hispanic voters - which means in Florida, they've got no foot soldiers to stage their riots for them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:04 AM (NqZ29)
I'd almost quibble with this statement... for the modern Democrat, it's isn't about Ends *or* Means... It's about Me. Me me me. I'm right. I'm good. Anyone in my way is wrong and bad. The Ends and Means don't matter so long as they are MY Ends and Means.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (dNqv+)
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Yep, Boris is embroiled in a big scandal now. He's trying to save his own ass.
Saw an article earlier this morning about how Boris privately told the queen that he'd be willing to relax the covid rules for Prince Phillip's funeral so that there could be more people in attendance, the queen could have somebody sit next to her, etc.
The queen said no. Said it wouldn't be fair to ordinary citizens who'd not been able to hold regular funerals for their loved ones due to the covid restrictions.
The queen is a much better politician than the professional pols. She understands the "do as I say and not as I do" shit doesn't go over well with the public. She was not about to allow those optics.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (k4dH2)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (mR6Gs)
Les Grossman...when you consider the actor, it's some funny stuff.
Posted by: BignJames at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (AwYPR)
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Dave-
We may see it that way, but I think they have a different take. With the help of social media, non-profits, social media and news organizations they have two equally viable strategies.
1. Introduce an unknown with no track record of any kind and build a myth around him (cf. Obama => Buttigieg'24)
2. Prop up a decrepit empty husk of a career pol with a track record of malfeasance, corruption and incomoeteence; wipe the slate clean and build a new myth around him (cf. Biden => Hillary)'24)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (trdmm)
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Local sheriffs who will put down anything in any city smaller than Miami.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (EGSGm)
Posted by: Flyover at January 20, 2022 11:13 AM (Rbu5d)
I watched Minority Report the other day mostly because holy shit Colin Farrell is hot.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (ZLI7S)
I remember a lawn sign saying "Save the GOP vote Biden"; it was only because it was up a steep hill that I didn't run it over. It was gone shortly afterward.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (CEwvo)
Fixed that for you.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2022
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Kubrick's might have been the better movie overall, but it was not the story King wrote. It would have been better for Kubrick to have called it Overlook and renamed all the characters, since the scripted people bore so little resemblance to King's originals.
King's a great storyteller and good stylist, and his best work is outside the "horror" genre. I will always love his early stuff and his novelettes like The Body and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Even his detractors usually like those stories and the films made from them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (txdEq)
Great movie
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (exHjb)
lot of stories about how Dems are failing with Hispanic voters - which means in Florida, they've got no foot soldiers to stage their riots for them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (trdmm)
They'll ship them in - they did in Baltimore - half those rioters weren't from Baltimore...
And if it's not a riot, it will be some environmental thing (like the manatees) or anything the media/Dem conglomerate can gin up to try to take him down...it's what they do to their opponents - they play as dirty as possible and always think they have all the cards...
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: BignJames at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (AwYPR)
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Oh, yeah. You can tell he's having a blast playing that character. He specifically told Ben Stiller he wanted to have "big arms" and dance...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (YIVH2)
the movie was never marketed well by those who made it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (CTJwJ)
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (Ez6QX)
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Next: The New World.
Totally an action adventure movie, and not a quiet, contemplative artfilm.
Trust me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (K2SnJ)
I mean, I'm not very knowledgeable about health insurance, but that was a big problem with the insane asylums.
Like it or not, crazy people should be ... locked up. Just like some people belong in a cage. We don't have to like it, but it's true. Otherwise we get what we got now. Crazy lunatics killing, looting, murdering, passing legislation in congress, etc
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (psL96)
He was damn funny in Tropic Thunder.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: BignJames at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (AwYPR)
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Yeah, I agree. That whole movie was a total surprise. I wasn't expecting something *that* funny with that premise and cast and marketing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (DU+/6)
Great movie
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (mR6Gs)
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Operatic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (txdEq)
That was Collateral
Cruise did a great job at playing a sociopathic hit man, almost as good as Javier Badham's hit man in [No Country for Old Men]
Watch the movie when you can, it's a good Michael Mann flick
Posted by: kbdabear at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:15 AM (trdmm)
Hispanics are natural Republican voters---for reasons ENTIRELY different than Jeb! and his ilk say.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2022 11:12 AM (ESjRY)
So, do I have to keep the colander on between bites, or are the owners of the restaurant gonna be cool about it?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (NqZ29)
I like it, and I cannot say why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022
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I like it too. Also a ribbon or gold or silver necklace around an ankle. Hmmmm.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Muad'dib at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (sjdRT)
Totally an action adventure movie, and not a quiet, contemplative artfilm.
Trust me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (LvTSG)
His hair is too long in that one. I'll just watch In Bruges again.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:20 AM (Ez6QX)
Magnolia was a fantastic movie. Until about 5 mins left. I absolutely hated the ending. What a let down.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:20 AM (CEwvo)
True. I believe it was the Olmstead decision under Title II of the ADA that solidified this, and virtually every state now has a rabid "Protection and Advocacy" unit dedicated to shutting down institutions and getting the mentally ill into group homes.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 20, 2022 11:20 AM (YFAIE)
I heard the Dems grumbling for years during Obama that the national Party was neglecting/abandoning the state parties in favor of a federalized approach where only the President mattered.
It was a good gamble... they had a reasonable belief that the Presidency was theirs forever, and a fully operational GOP Cuck Star that would obviate the need for clear Congressional majorities ever again.
It's still likely a good gamble. They can still rig Presidential elections, and the GOP hasn't changed. But Trump seriously impeded that plan, and having a good State-level game, with a robust bench of younger, more junior candidates to tap for races would be a good thing for them right now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2022 11:20 AM (4odx6)
the movie was never marketed well by those who made it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (trdmm)
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It didn't help that literally no one liked the title and they tried to elevate the tagline (Live. Die. Repeat.) into a sort of subtitle.
All You Need is Kill was the title of the original manga, a title that sounds awesome but I kind of hate because it doesn't mean anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:20 AM (LvTSG)
I especially liked Olga Kurylenko!
***rowwrrrrrr***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (BgMrQ)
Wilson?
Posted by: JackStraw
Sigh...
Yeah,as soon as I hit post I knew I screwed up.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:06 AM (exHjb)
Wasn't the Scottish Executive about to drop all mask and vax mandates north of Hadrian's Wall?
Posted by: Fox2! at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (qyH+l)
Posted by: Colin at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (x6McI)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (DU+/6)
Twopih Thwunduh ez mah favwih movih
Posted by: Corky at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (QYPq3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (LvTSG)
What did you think of Boogie Nights?
I think it's one of the top two or three of the '90's , and even though it's about the 70's porn industry in California......it's really not a dirty movie.
Fantastic acting.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (mR6Gs)
Nobody in the GOP thinks they're "Trump's House or Senate Republicans."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (BFigT)
Plus, you got to see Becky's bewbs.
Posted by: red speck at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (gS3OW)
I'll give him this: he takes his roles seriously and puts in 100% effort in everything he does. No phoning it in the way Bruce Willis or other older actors are today.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (XvPQV)
***rowwrrrrrr***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (BgMrQ)
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Oh yes, she was smokin' hot in that movie...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (YIVH2)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (6Je/Q)
I think it's one of the top two or three of the '90's , and even though it's about the 70's porn industry in California......it's really not a dirty movie.
Fantastic acting.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:21 AM (mR6Gs)
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I haven't seen it in forever, but I do know that I loved it way back when I watched it. I recently upgraded the DVD to a Blu-ray.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (LvTSG)
Durham says in writing his investigation disagrees completely on that point.
If the FBI opened the case knowing it was fraudulent, that means (given the cast of characters involved) there has to be very serious cases upcoming. No other conclusion possible. When?
https://tinyurl.com/5b3mzxje
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (VMY76)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (CYnTg)
Every fill-in has always been a primate of some sort or another. A nod to the greatness that was our beloved Gorilla Pundit.
Posted by: fluffy at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (UnQlg)
Yeah,as soon as I hit post I knew I screwed up.
You can't leave a hanging slider like that over the middle of the plate around here. Someone is going to swing.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (SyXkh)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:19 AM (txdEq)
We might have our next Longbow v Crossbow here folks:
Choker v Anklet
Who ya got???
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (BgMrQ)
@FoxNews
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow: Biden used long press conference to show Putin he has 'stamina'
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Boy, I'll bet Putin is shitting his pants like a Biden!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (CEwvo)
the movie was never marketed well by those who made it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:18 AM (trdmm)
Fun Fact: Steve Mnuchin (Trump Treasury Secretary) was the producer of the flick.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (1nooD)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:20 AM (CEwvo)
By that time I was fully enveloped in the world PT Anderson had created I just let it go.
The ending was fitting.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:20 AM (LvTSG)
It's a take off on 'All You Need is Love'. Several Manga like to riff on American pop songs. (like Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (NqZ29)
Every fill-in has always been a primate of some sort or another. A nod to the greatness that was our beloved Gorilla Pundit.
Posted by: fluffy at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (UnQlg)
Today is Thursday, anyway, normally CBD's Day.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at January 20, 2022 11:24 AM (0OmEj)
HA
Build Back Betters first line was to repeal the SALT (state and local tax) deduction from the $10k cap to unlimited. Would have given the rich in NJ, NY, and CAL about a $20 to $30 Billion per year Fed tax break.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2022 11:24 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 20, 2022 11:24 AM (y7DUB)
@FoxNews
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow: Biden used long press conference to show Putin he has 'stamina'
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Boy, I'll bet Putin is shitting his pants like a Biden!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (FVME7)
Was Biden trying to bang Putin this whole time?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 20, 2022 11:24 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * be ungovernable at January 20, 2022 11:24 AM (3fiB0)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (UfRqq)
Posted by: red speck at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (gS3OW)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (LvTSG)
Who ya got???
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (BgMrQ)
Big thumbs up for the Anklet
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (NqZ29)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (6Je/Q)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (VMY76)
Posted by: Michael Christian at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (/LbTY)
Choker v Anklet
Who ya got???
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022
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Yes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (6Je/Q)
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I watched The Mask for the first time in forever last weekend.
Cameron Diaz...oh lord...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (NqZ29)
Possibly...
But Cruise's name gets the fannies in the seats.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (BgMrQ)
One fashion thing I like that is kind of subtle, and can't explain. On short sleeve shirts, instead of being cut straight across or level, the sleeve will kind of be at an angle, that curves and shows more shoulder. Drives me cazy, me likey.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (psL96)
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (CjHGv)
Who ya got???
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:22 AM (BgMrQ)
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Choker is superior to anklet.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (DU+/6)
A black choker around a girls neck means she's a black belt in giving beejers. Thats why you're turned on. I thought every guy knew this?
Posted by: JROD at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (0jZnq)
No clue why they did that but I thought it was hilarious for no real reason.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * be ungovernable at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (3fiB0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (txdEq)
Come on Wolfus, that's entirely too reasonable...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (BgMrQ)
Thank you for passing on that DCCC phone pitch, Dave. Valuable insights.
I guarantee the Dems are testing different talking points for their pitches. An Obama focus means they're desperate.
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (wSv9N)
It's a take off on 'All You Need is Love'. Several Manga like to riff on American pop songs. (like Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure)
My nephew was showing me that and it really is bizarre.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (ESjRY)
Anklets are sometimes used as a symbol for swinging married women, so be careful with that.
Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (oXNqT)
She was hot in some craptacular flick with Don Johnson. And then seems to have just disappeared, kind of like Renee Zellweger.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (nfrXX)
I think the Gorilla should be retired in honor of our late OM. But all the other COBs should have their own simians. Just my $.02.
I'm of two minds on that. I appreciate honoring OM, but I really like Gorilla Pundit.
Anyway, I have errands to run. See you all later.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (2JVJo)
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Boy, I'll bet Putin is shitting his pants like a Biden!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (FVME7)
In actual fact, that press conference showed Putin that anything Biden says can be countermanded by his staff within a couple of hours.
A yeah, that's the kind of thing that inspires Respect.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (CjHGv)
OK Whos the uboat captain?
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM
First tits I ever saw as an impressionable young lad. Nice first rack, thinking back on it.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (frr40)
Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (Cfk8j)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:23 AM (1nooD)
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He also produced "The Accountant", another good action flick (with Ben Affleck)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (VMY76)
But Cruise's name gets the fannies in the seats.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:26 AM (BgMrQ)
I hear ya but those two movies were just meh at the box office.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (NqZ29)
Posted by: JROD at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (0jZnq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (5HBd1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (/EuRN)
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For the bedroom, fine.
For the kitchen, though, it's not enough. In that room, the ensemble should be choker, apron, high heels and nothing else...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (DU+/6)
He does pick good movies.
Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (3fR4G)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at January 20, 2022
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Nicole Kidman, the Girl Who Smiles With Only Half Her Face, and Mimi Rogers might disagree. The guy has done some pretty attractive women.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (H0gs6)
Did you write "DITIGIZE" for "DIGITIZE" (the Book Threads) as a not-too-subtle 'don't even think of asking me to do the job, I don't have the skills'?
Posted by: Dr. Weevil at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (1+sgf)
Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2022 11:28 AM (VJsqe)
And you still complain about him. I mean wtf?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (CEwvo)
Honestly, a belly chain is the best indicator that a girl pokes based on my track record.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (XvPQV)
A mans agonising penis pain was blamed on Covid infection, as docs warned of the rare side effect.
Writing in a medical journal, the Iranian team described how the virus led to blood clotting in the poor mans shaft.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: Bob Seger at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (h5TKJ)
Being great eye candy helps, but he does have some nice range as an actor, and he demands some quality control on his sets...
And yes, never getting lectured by him helps...I don't care if he's crazy, as long as he keeps it to himself and I just pay him to act...
Posted by: Nova local at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (MIKMs)
I like Emily Blunt. Devil Wears Prada, Sicario, Edge of Tomorrow - she's enjoyable to watch / look at.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2022 11:16 AM (k4dH2)
She's been doing this since her father became king. I.e., for longer than most of the pols have been alive. No wonder she's good at it.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (qyH+l)
Pfizer
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (nxdel)
yep and it's Millie nostalgia which is really an echo of the Boomer one anyway
Posted by: Black Orchid at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (j9HX3)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: steevy
Double Indemnity.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (FVME7)
Putin's a judo black belt. He's not gonna be impressed by a drooling old man sitting in a fucking chair and babbling incoherently for just shy of two hours.
These televised rage pimps will literally say anything that pops into their heads without even a femtosecond's worth of reflection or thought.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (/EuRN)
@FoxNews
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow: Biden used long press conference to show Putin he has 'stamina'
Meanwhile putin is riding a horse and folding frying pans, and in his best russian asks "who the fuck is this infirm retard"?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022
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Double Indemnity. A super film, though I could never see the "hotness" in Stanwyck's character. Steely determination, ruthlessness, yes. But hot, not really.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (txdEq)
He's the Paul Anka of actors.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (VMY76)
Re: Tropic Thunder, I'll say that RDJ is an excellent actor. He brought some of that talent to Iron Man, to be sure, but in TT he played a surprisingly convincing black man. Definitely not a blackface portrayal. Not sure why they did it, exactly, but he pulled it off.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (1nooD)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (BgMrQ)
She's married to Jim from The Office. I think she looked best in Looper. She also had a small part in one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies, Dan In Real Life.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (NqZ29)
Or will he just use it like blackmail, ala our very own CIA?
Posted by: MkY at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (yUPCi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (txdEq)
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She was hotter in Ball of Fire, but I've become a bit of a Stanwyck fan.
Check out The Plough and the Stars. She can't hold an Irish accent for more than a couple of syllables, but otherwise she's excellent.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, getting serious about lurking at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
With an attitude like that you may end up having to resign as Sec State.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * be ungovernable at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (3fiB0)
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Bod Dole used Viagra. Advantage Dole.
Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (1nooD)
Because it was funny! Back when you could do something just for the laughs.
Unrelated - that is a fun hash you have there.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (TDj17)
Posted by: BuddyPC at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (5aMQY)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (BgMrQ)
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She is good. Sicario gets up twinkles here too. "Edge of Tomorrow" had a generally very good cast, I thought.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (VMY76)
Just FF through the train scene.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (nxdel)
Go straight to the volcano scene.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM
First tits I ever saw as an impressionable young lad. Nice first rack, thinking back on it.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (frr40)
Olivia Hussey
***drops mike***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (1nooD)
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Your hash is the best one I've seen in a long time.
Also, I think they did it because it was absurd. The whole movie was about self-obsessed, incompetent, tone-deaf Hollywood absurdity and Robert Downey Junior gave a stellar performance in that role.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (DU+/6)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (FVME7)
And a paper bag.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, getting serious about lurking at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (eGTCV)
Posted by: I Mean at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (JlT9X)
Imagine a Gillumized Florida, and the downstream effects for the country.
Freedom is a near run thing.
Posted by: blaster at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (9otr5)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (1nooD)
1.) To see if they could get away with it (they did)
2.) Because it was hilarious
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (QYPq3)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (CYnTg)
***drops mike***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (BgMrQ)
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Mmmm Hmmm, that's right.
Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2022 11:33 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Fox2! at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (qyH+l)
I was thinking the other day, it's truly amazing how long she has been Queen - longest serving monarch in English history, probably in *anybodies* history. She's been queen for my entire life, probably for the entire lives of most everyone reading. As incredible as it sounds, she became Queen when Harry Truman was still President.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:33 AM (trdmm)
https://is.gd/7DxAzJ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:33 AM (DU+/6)
What makes you think he's using it already?
After he helped the Kazaks put down the uprising Putin said he would not allow anymore "color revolutions" sponsored by western powers in the Soviet sphere.
He knows what happened in Ukraine in 2014 and knows all about the Biden family corruption.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:33 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (txdEq)
I didn't see DI until long after McMurray's My Three Sons image was tattooed on my brain.
It wasn't as outright jolting as Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West, but it was still pretty strange to me.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 11:33 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:33 AM (CEwvo)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 20, 2022 11:34 AM (HaPdD)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (TDj17)
Damn, yes it is! *jealous*
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:34 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:34 AM (VMY76)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022
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Yesterday I heard Biden ask the presstitutes, "How long you want to go?" As if he could keep it going as long as they could keep firing questions.
Peter Doocey asked a sharp question, and so did the guy from NewsMax. I'm surprised Psaki let him in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:34 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: spindrift at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (h5TKJ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:34 AM (VMY76)
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That was entirely Cruise just playing himself.
Scorsese cast the role well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * be ungovernable at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (3fiB0)
Oh, I got canned already from that gig.
Something about a penguin, a blowtorch, and an ill-timed email to the Sultan of Brunei's grand-daughter. I don't know. I wasn't really paying attention.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (/EuRN)
Think the MSM will cover this?
Ha, I crack myself up.
From Vlad Tepes: It appears that Senator Ron Johnson is setting up another Senate hearing to deal with mRNA shot damage. Set for Monday the 24th.
scroll down to point #5.
https://tinyurl.com/msaasrt5
Posted by: Flyover at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (CEwvo)
People aren't complaining he isn't coming out. They are just using it for snark to get a laugh which is a staple at aos.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (NqZ29)
***drops mike***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM
I'm going to assume you mean "Romeo and Juliet". Our teacher actually showed that film to us in Jr High. Every guy had a pup-tent when the bell rang.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (frr40)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (TDj17)
Damn, yes it is! *jealous*
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:34 AM (Ez6QX)
Not sure how I'll be able to keep it, but it's definitely a fun one. Enjoying it while it lasts.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (1nooD)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (CEwvo)
Or was the "hint" yesterday the tell?
Posted by: MkY at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (yUPCi)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:31 AM (1nooD)
I like to imagine Russell Crowe chasing down RDJ and beating the crap out of him for doing such a funny send-up.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (XvPQV)
Can't say I've ever run into a belly chain...
At my advanced state of 29 y/o, I'm not sure I will.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:36 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:36 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:32 AM (VMY76)
Love Sicario except for the shoot out scene at the border. One of the operators has his bolt locked back on his M-4 as he engages the cartel members. Small nit pic, but I can't unsee it now.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:36 AM (CjHGv)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:36 AM (CYnTg)
It wasn't as outright jolting as Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West, but it was still pretty strange to me.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
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He also plays rats, though not murderers, in Caine Mutiny and The Apartment. The story goes that a woman came up to him in the grocery after the latter film came out. She complained that she took her small children to see the film because he was in it, only for her to find it was about adultery! After that MacMurray swore never to play a bad guy again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (txdEq)
Definitely a good sign when your commander-in-chief can stand upright.
Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (z36Kd)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (VMY76)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (VMY76)
Produced a lot of movies. It was funny to see his name come up on Suicide Squad (the first one) and go "hey, there's the secretary of commerce!"
Posted by: blaster at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (9otr5)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:34 AM (VMY76)
Another favorite Cruise movie but again I can think of a half dozen other actors that could have done the role. As always only IMHO .
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (NqZ29)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (frr40)
But of course.
No one of a certain age could think of anything else.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (BgMrQ)
Obama is sitting on a Hawaiian beach with a Mai Tai and a multi-million dollar bank account. The average person is trying to see if they can afford groceries and get to work without being assaulted. They're also being put on law enforcement watch lists for demanding a role in their kids education, or being forced to take experimental medicine they don't want in order to keep their jobs.
Obama was the camel's nose inside the tent for this whole insidious assault on our country.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (VpIIl)
At my advanced state of 29 y/o, I'm not sure I will.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022
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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 had one she, and I, were pretty fond of. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (txdEq)
I was thinking the other day, it's truly amazing how long she has been Queen - longest serving monarch in English history, probably in *anybodies* history. She's been queen for my entire life, probably for the entire lives of most everyone reading. As incredible as it sounds, she became Queen when Harry Truman was still President.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2022 11:33 AM (trdmm)
I was going to say Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, 1848-1916, but holy shit, you're right! QE2's already got that beat
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:38 AM (mR6Gs)
Not to my recollection. Reagan was "outsider" even tho' he had been Governor of CA.
An outsider who won a 49 state electoral vote.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 20, 2022 11:38 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:29 AM (CEwvo)
People aren't complaining he isn't coming out. They are just using it for snark to get a laugh which is a staple at aos.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (NqZ29)
Eh, it's AoS - we bitch and complain about everything.
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:38 AM (6Je/Q)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:38 AM (CEwvo)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (VpIIl)
Or was the "hint" yesterday the tell?
Why did Biden give Putin his pipeline to control Europe without getting anything in return? Why did he say that Putin could do a minor incursion in Ukraine? Why are there 100,000 Russian troops on the Ukraine border when all was quiet under Trump?
Hell, why did Obama and Biden give him Crimea with no price paid?
Vlad is a former KGB intelligence officer. Getting leverage on his opponents is right in his wheelhouse. He's toying with Biden.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM
Some theater critic once said, "There are only two great entrances in film. Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia, and Ursula Andress in Dr. No."
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (frr40)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (VMY76)
You're evidently older than me, therefore allowable...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:38 AM (mR6Gs)
i think the king of thailand has her beat by a few months, and he's still reigning.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (txdEq)
See, now this is the kind of Hollywood trivia story I really enjoy.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 11:40 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Ack!
Thbrf!!
Posted by: Bill the cat at January 20, 2022 11:40 AM (3fiB0)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (frr40)
What about the Halle Berry version?
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:40 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM (txdEq)
The second and third are correct, but isn't the top pic Ron Perlman?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 20, 2022 11:40 AM (vuisn)
Hoover was a pretty good guy, actually. Great humanitarian. The first thing to learn about history, is half of it is Bullshit, and I'm not to sure about the other half, sometimes.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 11:40 AM (psL96)
Posted by: Mishdog at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (/VWLE)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:25 AM (LvTSG)
Keanu does more acting in that game than he has done in the past 40 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (BgMrQ)
We're all 29 here!
Posted by: blaster at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (9otr5)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Raquel Welch coming out of the ocean in her cave woman bikini in One Million Years B.C. Now, that's science!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:27 AM (VMY76)
Produced a lot of movies. It was funny to see his name come up on Suicide Squad (the first one) and go "hey, there's the secretary of commerce!"
Posted by: blaster at January 20, 2022 11:37 AM (9otr5)
We were in the same residential college in my freshman year. Very smart guy. Also a lifelong Democrat, which made his working for Trump fairly controversial during class reunions. Never stabbed Trump in the back, though.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (1nooD)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (frr40)
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Orson Welles had a very memorable entrance in The Third Man
Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (VJsqe)
In The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, the house the Rebecca DeMornay character lives in/was selling, was 4 blocks from my house.
I have played beach volleyball in that very volleyball pit Cruise, Val Kilmer, et al were on in Top Gun. It was next to my then-girlfriend's barracks on NAS (now MCAS) Miramar. She worked in the terminal building where we first saw Meg Ryan and Goose's family.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (TmL/G)
Posted by: Oldstoke at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (sb+Cg)
Posted by: Mishdog at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (/VWLE)
It is surprising because it is just Dances with Samurai. It is a hell of a lot better than Dances with Wolves, imo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:38 AM (mR6Gs)
i think the king of thailand has her beat by a few months, and he's still reigning.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (/EuRN)
I think she has a few years left.
The genes in that family....
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (mR6Gs)
You know what is also not a winning message? To donate the full amount to the two GOP GA Senate campaigns and to be rewarded with around ten texts a day asking for money, to the point that I had to change my text notifications to silent and re-add a tone to each of my known contacts.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (EughT)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022
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Though it's not Dirty Harry's entrance in the film, I'd put his appearance as an armed silhouette at the climax of Sudden Impact on that list. (I've always suspected the director was inspired by Robert Vaughn's silhouette as Napoleon Solo in the U.N.C.L.E. pilot.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Nemo at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (S6ArX)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (frr40)
I know nothing ever beats the original, but Halle Berry reprising that scene for Die Another Day was pretty dang good.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (TDj17)
Posted by: Mishdog at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (/VWLE)
It is surprising because it is just Dances with Samurai. It is a hell of a lot better than Dances with Wolves, imo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (dNqv+)
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"I wish to preserve the backwards culture that keeps women as second class citizens and does not have running water or electricity."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (LvTSG)
Do not brush off what they did, whatever their motivations.
Posted by: SamIam at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (oasF3)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:40 AM
If you could see the stare I'm giving your post...
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (frr40)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (frr40)
Marlon Brando stroking the cat in The Godfather
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:40 AM (BgMrQ)
Wasn't so impressed with that. As Cleopatra, though? Whoa. Didn't even recognize the first few times the commercials were on.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (CEwvo)
The wiki says if she passes Louis XIV (and two others) in a little over two years, she'll be the longest reigning monarch in history.
Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (B2mhs)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (LAByx)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (frr40)
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Orson Welles had a very memorable entrance in The Third Man
Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (VJsqe)
Darth Vader in Star Wars: A New Hope. Iconic entrance. Often copied, never equaled.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (1nooD)
Posted by: Mishdog at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (/VWLE)
Yep.
It took a viewing or two, but I put it in the Shawshank category. If it's on, I watch it...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (frr40)
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Lecherous?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (DU+/6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (LvTSG)
Yeah, neither really focuses on the more negative aspects of the adopted cultures for some reason...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (FVME7)
In this house, we believe in Science
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (LAByx)
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"No respect...I get no respect..."
-The Apple Box
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:39 AM (frr40)
Marlon Brando stroking the cat in The Godfather
Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (mR6Gs)
Indiana Jones intro in 'Raiders'
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:35 AM (frr40)
Same here, we watched it in school. Even my bridge troll of a female teacher remarked about her boobs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:40 AM (BgMrQ)
Her entrance was great in Monster's Balls.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: blaster at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (9otr5)
Posted by: Marisa Tomei at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022
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See, now this is the kind of Hollywood trivia story I really enjoy.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022
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I too would far rather hear a story like that, than to read that John Wayne disliked what he called Kim Darby's "method" acting in True Grit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (txdEq)
For instance, did you know that "Reagan" is 100% responsible for the current homeless problem in California, even though he hasn't been Governor of California in going on 50 years?
I'm guessing Trump is also going to be good for at least 50 years.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM
You know who else is ranted about 76 years later?
Posted by: zombie Adolf H. at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Mishdog at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (/VWLE) "
Fantastic movie that really helps you somewhat understand the complexities and realities of conflict. I'm also a sucker for Legends of the Fall and the WW I angle.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (VpIIl)
Posted by: blaster at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (9otr5)
'peaks'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:45 AM (dNqv+)
Yeah, neither really focuses on the more negative aspects of the adopted cultures for some reason...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (dNqv+)
That would be rather boring, wouldn't it?
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:45 AM (6Je/Q)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (LvTSG)
Yeah, neither really focuses on the more negative aspects of the adopted cultures for some reason...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (dNqv+)
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They're grand Romances. It's just an inversion of what came before where the bad guys weren't automatically Western like in The Last of the Mohicans
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:45 AM (LvTSG)
Ten bucks sez they stole Minnesota, too. I mean, cuz that's what they do, when they can.
They've improved a lot, in that regard.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 11:45 AM (psL96)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (vuisn)
Indeed it was
Posted by: Billy Bob Thornton at January 20, 2022 11:45 AM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (1nooD)
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Since most of Washington is viciously uniparty, he did indeed stand out for being among the small group doing a good job and not actively plotting to bring down his boss.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:45 AM (VMY76)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:45 AM (LvTSG)
LotM had one of the best soundtracks ever made. I have it on cd around here somewhere, I think.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:46 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:46 AM (NqZ29)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (frr40)
Heh...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:46 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 20, 2022 11:41 AM (TmL/G)
Friend of ours was ATC for USAF Red Flag and the Red Flag were the Russians in Top Gun
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:47 AM (CjHGv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:46 AM (dNqv+)
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I've heard that Promontory track many times.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:47 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 20, 2022 11:47 AM (R5V4T)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (LAByx)
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A "Reacher" casting fan, I see.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2022 11:48 AM (VMY76)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:46 AM (NqZ29)
Tough to argue with that.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:48 AM (QYPq3)
My newest consoles are PS3 and XBox 360, so I can't do any of these newfangled games. Which is fine; they're probably too advanced for me, anyway.
But, I am getting a new game for the first time in forever, for the Xbox, because it looked fun. It's called "Tropico 4." It's like SimCity, but instead of just building stuff, you're the Presidente of a banana republic that you have to build up, either as a benevolent dictator, or a cruel tyrant.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2022 11:48 AM (4odx6)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (CYnTg)
God yes...
A thousand times yes...
Hey Goose, ya big stud, take me to bed or lose me forever.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:48 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (VpIIl)
Brad Pitt is the most underrated actor because he's a pretty boy. His role in Kalifornia should have won him an Oscar.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (NqZ29)
LotM had one of the best soundtracks ever made. I have it on cd around here somewhere, I think.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
The Gael. The marriage of that song with the final scene is epic.
Posted by: Bill the cat at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (3fiB0)
When Republicans try to raise money, they talk about red meat, hot-button issues that will resonate with their base and get them to send money. They talk about things like repealing Obamacare, stopping abortion, ending CRT in schools etc. They have no real interest in this stuff or desire to do anything about it, but they know their audience does.
Similarly, this isn't the agenda of the Democrats, its what will whip up the base and get them to open their wallets.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Rusty Nail
Michelle Pfeiffer coming down the stairs in Scarface.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v3kCJEeiJoQ
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2022 11:46 AM (dNqv+)
Heh. I usually dislike movies that take terrible liberties with the books they're based on, but in this case, I don't care much because I think Fenimore Cooper a badly-overrated blowhard.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (NqZ29)
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He played an amazing crazy dude in 12 Monkeys...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (YIVH2)
He's an amazing actor, and yes, his looks play against him. He was so pretty that nobody could take him seriously as an actor, but he delivers every single movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:46 AM (NqZ29)
Tough to argue with that.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:48 AM (QYPq3)
Yes, also special mention DePalma's Snake Eyes. Opening scene is one continuous shot for like 17 minutes.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (CjHGv)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:38 AM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: kvetch at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (a3Q+t)
Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but I expect to see more stories like this... not overtly political but themed in a manner that will lead the viewer to conclude that "Floridians suck, their laws suck, and therefore DeSantis sucks"
Posted by: weew at January 20, 2022 11:09 AM (EaEMG)
To my recollection, they have been "racing" to save the manatees for 50 years or more, and despite all the efforts to "save" them, they continue to exist, in small numbers, as niche species are wont to do. There probably never were large numbers of them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:42 AM (CYnTg)
Please.
Posted by: Marisa Tomei at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (QYPq3)
Ladies please...
There's room enough for all y'all!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (BgMrQ)
I also told my husband that if I die, he is not allowed to take up with my clone. I don't care if she has my memories. SHE ISN'T ME.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (8548M)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 20, 2022 11:47 AM (R5V4T)
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I watched the vote on C-span last night. As they called each Senator, you couldn't really hear their vote except when it came to Sinema.
She was a rather emphatic "AYE!".
Posted by: WisRich at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (G0vdT)
The Democrats desperately want Stacey Abrams to get in office. If she gets elected there will be a massive push for her to become the next Barack Obama.
Posted by: Lace Whig at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (a0abO)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (R5V4T)
' it was only because it was up a steep hill that I didn't run it over. It was gone shortly afterward.'
Chin up. You still may catch the sign's owner.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (JTztk)
A considerably better actor as well. And doens't seem as crazy or stupid.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (KZzsI)
He's an amazing actor, and yes, his looks play against him. He was so pretty that nobody could take him seriously as an actor, but he delivers every single movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022
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Have Cruise and Pitt ever been in a movie together?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:50 AM (CYnTg)
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"Amateur!" -- Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (G6H1J)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (R5V4T)
You like dags? Dags, you like dags?
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (CjHGv)
Most underrated actor?
Daniel Stern. His command performance in CHUD should have bagged the Oscar.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (4odx6)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (NqZ29)
I've seen that movie about 20 times. I had a huge crush on David Duchovny.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (6Je/Q)
Maybe, but it is part and parcel of the standard "all tariffs are bad, no exceptions" battering ram that has crippled American industry and led to deficit spending.
When was the last time a politician or an economist mentioned anything or uttered something like "favorable balance of trade"? About 1973, that's when it turned negative and has remained so ever since.
"Free Trade" is the biggest scam ever. It sounds good, and probably is good, except, that isn't what we have and it was never intended to be that way.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (psL96)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2022 11:44 AM (VpIIl)
Brad Pitt is the most underrated actor because he's a pretty boy. His role in Kalifornia should have won him an Oscar.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (NqZ29)
I'd say that Johnny Depp is that guy for me. Before he just gave up and went totally bonkers playing Jack Sparrow, he was always that guy that put in consistently great performances, but the other guy would be the one with the Oscar nomination, or the award. Gilbert Grape, Donnie Brasco, Blow, etc. etc.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (1nooD)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (5kI0z)
I believe the goal is that they, and their friends, have more money and you not.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (EjmvJ)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 11:49 AM (dfRN6)
I didn't even have to look at the nic to know the commenter...heh!
You and Mark Twain should get a room together.
Posted by: Natty Bumpo at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (BgMrQ)
Anger? - jaw clench
Fear? - jaw clench
Erotic passion? jaw clench
Sorrow? - jaw clench
Toothache? - jaw clench
Posted by: Muldoon at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (txdEq)
Interview with a Vampire.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (Ez6QX)
Tropico is fun!
Posted by: Gman at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (GfWuY)
So I guess is was some kind of damage control and "messaging" going on, since FNC is such a hated outlet, that caused Psaki to agree for the appearance.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (KiBMU)
I think they know that and understand it, at least some of them. But they also know that as long as Sinema and Manchin stand strong, they don't have to vote to preserve the filibuster. That makes them seem all radical and willing to crash the system to push for hard left crap to their base, without endangering their careers or power.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (KZzsI)
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (CYnTg)
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Critical Drinker has a great "Production Hell" video of that fiasco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Cg-upCQD8
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (CjHGv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (txdEq)
I don't think so.
When they do, it'll be their "Heat".
Posted by: Natty Bumpo at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at January 20, 2022 11:43 AM (QYPq3)
Yes. What's so great about those commercials is you never see a woman looking hot or even really feminine in ads any more. She really stands out.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 20, 2022 11:55 AM (wBpKf)
Daniel Stern. His command performance in CHUD should have bagged the Oscar.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (4odx6)
++++
*snort*
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2022 11:55 AM (DU+/6)
Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (R5V4T)
That's a fun movie. I love Lennie James. Plus Jason Statham is nice to look at.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:55 AM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:55 AM (6Je/Q)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at January 20, 2022 11:55 AM (3fiB0)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:55 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:55 AM (6Je/Q)
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I know that Sean Connery turned down Gandalf because he didn't understand the script.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:55 AM (LvTSG)
Anger? - jaw clench
Fear? - jaw clench
Erotic passion? jaw clench
Sorrow? - jaw clench
Toothache? - jaw clench
Posted by: Muldoon at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (m45I2)
You forgot sprint with perfect form. Probably slot that with Erotic passion.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (TDj17)
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (Ez6QX)
Duchovny was also very good in that movie.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (NqZ29)
You and Mark Twain should get a room together.
Posted by: Natty Bumpo at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (BgMrQ)
Heh. Went to a Mark Twain Society dinner some years ago and brought up this very thing. S'Truth!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (dfRN6)
[Some weird ass Ukrainian name in weird ass Ukrainian letters]
@ZelenskyyUa
We want to remind the great powers that there are no minor incursions and small nations. Just as there are no minor casualties and little grief from the loss of loved ones. I say this as the President of a great power
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (FVME7)
I like Lock, Stock a tiny bit more of the two.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (XvPQV)
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (a3Q+t)
That's because we're talking about movies...movies, ya dig.
Posted by: Alan Iverson at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (BgMrQ)
They've improved a lot, in that regard.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 11:45 AM
Wow, I'm glad I checked. I was going to comment "Nah, it's Minnesota" Then I looked. Mondale won Minnesota by 3,761 votes out of 2.07 million votes cast.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (EughT)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (CYnTg)
There is a documentary on that train wreck. Dealing with Brando and how the the set location only got sun a couple a days a week which threw off all the shooting schedules.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (CjHGv)
You're not wrong. Many long-respected and beloved authors of the past are not nearly as good as their reputation. I think Dickens is overrated as a writer, for example.
The film though, does a much better job with the story than the book in the case of Last of the Mohicans.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Cause I'm Old School at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (4I/2K)
There are female NCAA athletes who are pissed. Link below goes to Sports Illustrated.
https://tinyurl.com/y85s73kr
Posted by: Jen the original at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (YuT7H)
This is how you know the voting rights bill is unnecessary. They cannot find a Sandra Fluke for this bill.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 20, 2022 11:57 AM (vN+oL)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (CYnTg)
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Critical Drinker has a great "Production Hell" video of that fiasco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Cg-upCQD8
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (YIVH2)
I saw that one in the theater. Yeesh, it was bad. It was quite funny, however. You can actually see it go off the rails, which was something.
Still, Judd Nelson in Blue City was worse. Much worse.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 11:57 AM (1nooD)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 20, 2022 11:57 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: Synova at January 20, 2022 11:57 AM (BD/yx)
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (a3Q+t)
*hisses*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:57 AM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Rbastid at January 20, 2022 11:57 AM (Y6c+1)
Which is a pretty terrific vampire movie, even though some find it too uncomfortable because of the gay undertones.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2022 11:57 AM (YV6PJ)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:58 AM (CjHGv)
It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (a3Q+t)
*hisses*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:57 AM (XvPQV)
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Hey, I didn't mention it. I did my part.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:58 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:52 AM (txdEq)
Interview with a Vampire.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM (Ez6QX)
Oh fuck, yes. Unfortunately it's no "Heat".
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:58 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022
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Interview with a Vampire.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022
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Ah! Believe it or don't, but I've never seen that. I'm no Anne Rice fan anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:58 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (5kI0z)
Awhile back Nancy decided to purge her dem reps who were even slightly moderate, so she also gets a little credit for their mess.
I wonder if Trumps pac is skimming donations from the RNC. I know I would not donate to the RNC. They worked against Trump, so in essence, they worked against me.
Posted by: Chillin the most at January 20, 2022 11:58 AM (ZpuGY)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 20, 2022 11:58 AM (vuisn)
I like Lock, Stock a tiny bit more of the two.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (XvPQV)
His last movie is my favorite. The Gentlemen.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (NqZ29)
Posted by: Synova at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (BD/yx)
And he did take the role of Alan Quatermain in League of Extraordinary Gentleman despite not understanding the script, because he didn't want to make that mistake again.
Which was a turd, despite the brilliant if somewhat twisted source story.
By all accounts, even his own, Connery was not a smart man.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (KZzsI)
Ah! Believe it or don't, but I've never seen that. I'm no Anne Rice fan anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 11:58 AM (txdEq)
An incredibly odd woman.
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (6Je/Q)
I like Lock, Stock a tiny bit more of the two.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (XvPQV)
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I have a soft spot for her Sherlock Holmes movies. I like the second one more than the first.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Archer at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (gmo/4)
De Mornay kinda disappeared didn't she?
Posted by: Clutch at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (9UmRs)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (NqZ29)
The Gentleman is good, I don't think Charlie Hunman is very good and Guy Ritchie really, really wants Charlie to be good. It was a little too much gay baiting too with Hugh Grant. Solid plot though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: mea culpa at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (8wvlg)
Posted by: Synova at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (BD/yx)
He was a Great Smaug.
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (6Je/Q)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM (CjHGv)
Is he a smoker, or a cunning linguist like Michael Douglas?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (4I/2K)
HAhahahaha!!
I guess he didn't want to be shown as knee-high next to Gandalf. Might not have required editing.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (JTztk)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (XvPQV)
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Charlie Hunman is the Sam Worthington of William Hurts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Synova at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (BD/yx)
Oof. Disagree.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (JzDjf)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2022
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I find Interview the novel to be only a fair vampire story because of the "Look how well I'm writing!" undertones. Rice's stuff, with the exception of a non-horror novel called Belinda, bores or annoys me.
Maybe the film is one of those rare ones that improves on the novel, like Die Hard or Hunt For Red October.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (KZzsI)
He was a muscle head when he was younger. I think a contestant in Mr Universe.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (NqZ29)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (6Je/Q)
And mort last year I believe.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (CjHGv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (XvPQV)
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Charlie Hunman is the Sam Worthington of William Hurts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (LvTSG)
Charlie Hunnam is hot.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (Ez6QX)
Also, fuck Mark Kelly.
Posted by: Capital Eff at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (GYllL)
Its a huge uphill battle to begin with. You cannot find 3 out of ten Americans who think there is a serious problem with how elections are done in this country which requires unconstitutional federal control. Its just not even a top 100 issue with voters.
Over the top screaming rhetoric about nooses and civil rights on this topic baffles voters, it doesn't convince them. Really? We've been evil and racist all this time somehow with voting and never noticed it?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Synova at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (BD/yx)
He has presence, ya know, gravitas.
I know it is a dumb Marvel movie, but after 10 years of Iron Man having the biggest ego around (and backing it up), suddenly there was an equal for him to play against in Mr. Cumberbatchs Dr. Strange (Avengers: Infinity War).
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (TDj17)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 11:59 AM (LvTSG)
My friends love it. It's a little too 'showy' for me, I grew up on the Sherlock Holmes books and RDJ is not the Jeremy Brent type.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (XvPQV)
Twain's takedown of Cooper's THE DEERSLAYER ('Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses') has to be one of the most delightful hatchet jobs in the history of American literature.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (JzDjf)
Posted by: Natty Bumpo at January 20, 2022 11:54 AM
I was thinking more like "The Towering Inferno". In fact, they'll probably remake that with Cruise as the architect, and Pitt as the fire chief.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (frr40)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (LAByx)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022
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Same time period and at least 2 of the same characters. But does Fall have a real hero we can root for like Crowe's character in Gladiator?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM (txdEq)
I remember watching the returns on TV that night. It was so obvious so early that RR had it in the bag that the only thing they could play up to keep people watching was the "will it be a 50 state sweep?" angle. Like you, I have always assumed that MN was foregone in Mondale's favor. I am surprised to learn that it was actually close.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM (6Je/Q)
Wow, no shit? Thanks for looking that up. Yeah, I just guessed on that. I know leftists and how they roll. Sure, I betcha they cheated.
Ronald W. Reagan. And then the fucking pubbies threw it all away.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM (psL96)
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Look we got issues, you got issues. That little gnome Fauci had a suggestion. There were some contemporaneous political issues, so we ran with it.
Posted by: Xinnie the Pooh at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM (wkoKN)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM (iTBMX)
I like Lock, Stock a tiny bit more of the two.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 11:56 AM (XvPQV)
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Good movies but I have to watch with the closed captioning turned on.
Rebecca De Mornay's sweater - I always coveted that but I could never pull off that hairdo/bangs combo.
great post, Dave in Fla!
Posted by: LASue at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM (Ed8Zd)
As a nurse you walk into a lot of rooms where the TV is on, the patient watching a movie.
For the longest time I couldn't figure out EoT because I was always seeing the same scene.
I finally saw the movie and had an 'Oh!' moment.
(and I too liked the movie.)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (CCwsu)
Either made free or charge, or with proceeds to the Estate for his loved ones.
What do y'all think? This would immortalize the Book Threads.
Posted by: geewhiz at January 20, 2022 11:07 AM (aiyVR)
Just in case you missed it, the Book Thread is already digitized, as are the words you are reading right now. All you need to do is go to the archives, open each Book Thread in turn, and copy and paste to a document in your local machine (assuming you use a computer to read the HQ). Some of the external links might go dead, I guess. Add an index*, and you're done. Nothing stops you from doing this for yourself. If you want to make and distribute copies of the compilation, you need to seek permission from whoever holds the copyright.
*An index that contained titles of all books discussed, searchable by category would be really useful, and also quite a chore to make.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (LvTSG)
You might be right
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (XvPQV)
Every time I'd scroll to Oregon Muse's Morning Rant, I would chuckle to myself, because it looked like "The 800 lb gorilla in the room is having his say."
I felt like it was kind of an inside joke. Nobody wants to talk about the 800 lb gorilla in the room, and here he is explaining the situation to everyone.
Maybe I'm off in left field, but that was always my impression. Just putting a picture of a monkey up there seems like a cheap knock-off. I don't want to be insulting, because I'm sure folks want to be respectful of his memory and pay homage to him. And I certainly didn't know him as a person, but my tummy tells me he'd rather you posted something that was meaningful to you, as opposed to just copying him.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (Zl0qV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM
Yeah. Pretty much.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (frr40)
Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (LAByx)
Prolly willowed, but one of the things I can't forgive LoM is the killing of Col. Munro. He was a real historical figure, you know, who survived the siege and the massacre.
Yes, I'm a nerd.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (dfRN6)
I read the books, and certainly enjoyed them, but that was years ago. Interview is very ponderous in some ways, the second book was much better, and unlike a certain fat asshole who sold his books and soul to HBO, she finished her story well in three books.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (YV6PJ)
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Why can't the English learn to speak English?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (FVME7)
The volleyball...not the monkey.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2022 11:03 AM (axyOa)
I used to be spherical too. the kids called me "Wilson"
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (LvTSG)
You might be right
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (XvPQV)
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His Magneto is fantastic, but he plays a great Satan-like character in Malick's Song to Song.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (LvTSG)
Low-flow Leftist monkeys are flinging their poop at the walls seeing what might stick.
Posted by: Good Dog, Happy Man at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (DxgPI)
Right on the tip of my tongue. She had a famous father. Wally George's daughter!
Posted by: No Name Today at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (vlXMQ)
I bet they were gaslighting everybody then too. "It's gonna be close!!"
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (psL96)
I prefer Fred Saberhagen's version though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (XvPQV)
If you give it to Republicans, Democrats get it. They are on the same team. Like Alabama and Tennessee are both in the SEC. They are LEAGUE together. You know, as "in LEAGUE with Lucifer"? Mitch McConnell raises money on Nancy Pelosi and Nancy Pelosi raises money on Mitch McConnell.
It is useful to see the messaging. I agree. I get both too ever since I made a donation to Romney. Since then, the few donations I make go to ace through paypal. Here is your 80s mystery movie click reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0fawc73Hy8&t=47s
Posted by: David Prince at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (dSbXx)
Yes, I'm a nerd.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (dfRN6)
Well, I liked the book...nyah!
Never cottoned to the movie.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Robert at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (FVME7)
Missed the obvious Professor Henry Higgins sock.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (TDj17)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2022
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I always thought Lestat needed a good 12-Step program.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM (nfrXX)
Rollins, who was campaign manager, says that he got a call from Nancy that California was tightening and they should pull all the money out of Minnesota to be absolutely sure Ronnie won their home state. Nancy had a lot of power in the Reagan White House obviously, but she had bad political instincts. Rollins said with the original ad buys Minnesota would have gone for Reagan and the 50 state sweep would have happened.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (vN+oL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (KZzsI)
When blue states have "tougher" restrictions on voting than red states AND the MFM notices, its even more proof that Biden's a big loser.
Posted by: LASue at January 20, 2022 12:07 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (txdEq)
I LOVE that he made it a period piece.
Vastly underrated movie.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:07 PM (XvPQV)
I prefer Fred Saberhagen's version though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022
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Yes! His The Dracula Tape is a true gem.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 12:07 PM (txdEq)
I saw Fred Saberhagen throw a no-hitter in Kansas City once.
Posted by: MkY at January 20, 2022 12:07 PM (yUPCi)
It does seem like a lifetime ago when the Dems had Obama and both houses of Congress. And SCOTUS with Anthony Kennedy covering their back when the chips were really down.
Posted by: No Name Today at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (vlXMQ)
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Pragmatically speaking. Man chin, is idependently wealthy, and a Democratic senator from a very red state.
I don't know much about Sinema, but she's triangulating. She strikes me as someone who is playing a long game -i.e. not desperate for cash right now.
Posted by: two cents on balls at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (QCZTg)
Posted by: Joe Brandon at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (iDcra)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (XvPQV)
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Book title? I've only ever read Saberhagen's "Complete Book of Swords", which is an incredible sci-fi-fantasy-swords&socery story.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (Zl0qV)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (CYnTg)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (vuisn)
Glad to see that wasn't the snippy Rebecca DeMornay from Seinfeld who has a problem with bathroom books.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (dQvv7)
The substitute monkeys ARE part of the inside joke, and if anything serve as a way to show how the original, OM's philosophical ape, was the sage he was, as was OM.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (YV6PJ)
These aren't bugs - they are part and parcel of the 'representative government' process.
YOU! Yeah, you! You want my vote? Then act like I want you to act!
In other words, ... REPRESENT ME!!!
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at January 20, 2022 12:09 PM (RS9ZG)
I think it was part that, and partly the cult of Harambe who for inconceivable reasons thinks it is a huge tragedy to kill a gorilla.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:09 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:01 PM (LvTSG)
You might be right
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (XvPQV)
You're just trying to take this thread to Prometheus, aren't you?
Posted by: Wally at January 20, 2022 12:09 PM (FJYfm)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2022 12:03 PM
FIFY.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 20, 2022 12:09 PM (EughT)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (ZLI7S)
Enslaved nuts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2022 12:09 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 20, 2022 12:10 PM (vN+oL)
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at January 20, 2022 12:10 PM (EGSGm)
Also, fuck Mark Kelly.
Posted by: Capital Eff
Yup.
And *please* don't make me choose between Kelly and Ducey... just don't.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 20, 2022 12:10 PM (CCwsu)
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (Zl0qV)
Your tummy is wrong. Clearly you don't get it. Perhaps you should have refrained from commenting until you understood...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2022 12:10 PM (Q9lwr)
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We'll probably never know his real motive.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 12:10 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2022 12:10 PM (Q9lwr)
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Shit...is this the new standard?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:11 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:08 PM (Zl0qV)
Wolfus mentioned it: The Dracula Tapes.
Very good, well worth reading
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:11 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 20, 2022 12:10 PM (vN+oL)
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Fair. That's definitely an interesting take and I see the humor in it.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:11 PM (Zl0qV)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 20, 2022 12:02 PM (frr40)
We didn't start the fire.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 20, 2022 12:11 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:09 PM (KZzsI)
HARAMBE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Some Fucking Nutjob at January 20, 2022 12:12 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: kraken at January 20, 2022 12:12 PM (6Je/Q)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:06 PM (KZzsI)
Infinity stones are basically magic, also, the Scarlet Witch joins the avengers after Avengers 2. It is not like Tony Stark was unfamiliar with unknown powers doing crazy things. *shrug*
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 20, 2022 12:12 PM (TDj17)
This.
We all too often forget how important this is. True in politics, true in war.
Further, and it doesn't matter what your battlefield is, we forget the enemy gets a vote.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2022 12:12 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 12:05 PM (txdEq)
I LOVE that he made it a period piece.
Vastly underrated movie.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:07 PM (XvPQV)
For some reason, the critics didn't like it, but I did. Hugh Grant had a nice cameo as well. I should see it again. There was one scene that I thought went on way too long, but I don't remember what it was now.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2022 12:12 PM (1nooD)
Very good, well worth reading
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:11 PM (XvPQV)
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Right on. I'll put it on the list. Thanks!
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:12 PM (Zl0qV)
Hmmm, oddly enough, I think the story was how the other vamps were basically members of a cult, a stodgy, centuries old cult, and this guy came in and said "F that, let's have some fun"
Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (YV6PJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2022 11:17 AM (ZLI7S)
Enslaved nuts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2022 12:09 PM (P3gRi
Reminded me that Bowfinger a very underrated comedy. I actually thought it was terrible until my second viewing and then it just clicked.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (NqZ29)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (CYnTg)
Recently watched a video on Koko, the allegedly talking gorilla. Its good for several reasons but the main draw for me was the examination of a scientists' obsession with a desired conclusion, manipulation of data, and how someone can fool the public who doesn't understand what they are doing.
TL;DR: Koko did not learn sign language and could not talk.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (KZzsI)
We all too often forget how important this is. True in politics, true in war.
Further, and it doesn't matter what your battlefield is, we forget the enemy gets a vote.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2022 12:12 PM (axyOa)
Give me a vote Vasili...one vote only!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (BgMrQ)
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We'll probably never know his real motive.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 12:10 PM (FVME7)
We need to examine the root causes.
Posted by: Robert at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (iDcra)
Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2022 11:53 AM
True, but I'll cut him slack for that because of Real Genius and Top Secret.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (RkC6l)
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Magic creates a lot of problems for lazy story tellers. Its a get out of jail free card and gets boring if abused. Dr. Strange's ability to endlessly loop time in the last movie was a good example. That's a lot of power. Endlessly resurrecting yourself, and trapping everything else in space time in a repeating dungeon, unless they do what you want, kills a lot of narrative tension. Basically you get sent to your room unless you do what I say. Boring.
Posted by: an observation at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (QCZTg)
Especially that couch bit on Oprah.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
I read that as "doing his own aunts"
Posted by: JT at January 20, 2022 12:14 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (Zl0qV)
Yep, being a "cheap knockoff" was the joke. OM used to host the rant every weekday and then had to scale back for health reasons. Substitute cobs found monkey pics since they were subs and then kept them as their duties became permanent. I like them because we are maintaining the inside joke.
But, yes, it's certainly worth considering having a change in morning content, since the Rant was OM's thing.
Posted by: Emmie -- support your local Moron at January 20, 2022 12:14 PM (6RgRK)
But there's not even a short scene where he goes THIS IS SCIENCE and then realizes its not. They don't even try. He just suddenly is all cool with science and best buds with Dr Strange because the plot required it.
And I love Bowfinger, one of my favorite movies from both Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:15 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022
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The Dracula Tape from the late '70s. If you liked Book of Swords, look for his earlier Empire of the East. Absolutely dynamite.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 20, 2022 12:15 PM (txdEq)
Especially that couch bit on Oprah.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
I read that as "doing his own aunts"
Posted by: JT at January 20, 2022 12:14 PM (arJlL)
These things are not mutually exclusive.
Posted by: Robert at January 20, 2022 12:15 PM (1Yy3c)
TL;DR: Koko did not learn sign language and could not talk.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (KZzsI)
Someone (I think it was Dave Barry) did a pretty good takedown of this a few years back.
Basically, Koko knew what Koko meant, and he used Kitty a lot when he was happy.
Posted by: Wally at January 20, 2022 12:15 PM (FJYfm)
Rebecca Demornay standing in front of the refrigerator late at night getting milk out in a very sheer nighty was the moment you were supposed to understand what she was doing in 'Hand that Rocks the Cradle" and why she was reaching for milk. I kinda had to shift things around if you know what I mean. Yikes!
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 20, 2022 12:15 PM (dQvv7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2022 12:16 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:11 PM (LvTSG)
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Only if you've got a gigantic vagina keeps flopping out of your pants and dragging along the floor where others might accidentally kick it. Apparently, the throbbing is a constant distraction, but not enough of a motivation to cram it back into he/him's panties.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:16 PM (Zl0qV)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect at January 20, 2022 12:16 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Emmie -- support your local Moron at January 20, 2022 12:17 PM (6RgRK)
The next generation of potential national Democratic politicians is going to get wiped out again.
--
I do love your optimism, TJM. And no, I'm not being snarky. In the midst of all of the fubar being shoved down our throats by the Democrackpots on a daily basis, I need to internalize more optimism from posts like yours.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 20, 2022 12:17 PM (sVtYq)
=
He spanked Keira Knightly quite firmly in a movie about Freud, recently.
Judging by the nip slip during the scene, she was quite enthused. I would suppose he was also feeling enthusiastic about his job.
Posted by: an observation at January 20, 2022 12:18 PM (lfzb/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 20, 2022 12:00 PM (LvTSG)
I snickered out loud.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 20, 2022 12:18 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2022 12:13 PM (KZzsI)
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Ever see the videos of the guy who moved to the mountains and "befriended" a group of bears? He wanted the world to see that they were really misunderstood gentle creatures that could live in harmony with humans.
In the end he was mauled to death by his favorite. I laugh every time.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2022 12:19 PM (Zl0qV)
That look revved my engines back when I was a pup, and it still holds it's magic today...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 20, 2022 11:11 AM (BgMrQ)
A choker screams, Oh, yes! Please don't nuzzle my neck! Oh, yes!
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2022 12:21 PM (Fs5vw)
Was in the Hitler Jugend and pressed into the SS at the end of the was at 16.
Posted by: Archer at January 20, 2022 12:27 PM (gmo/4)
IIRC they blame him for letting the mentally ill out of care facilities. Which he did do, along with every other governor, and I think there was a court decision saying they had to as well.
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That court ruling was in Gerald Ford's time and continued by Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Ciampino at January 20, 2022 12:27 PM (qfLjt)
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Also "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle"
Posted by: Ciampino at January 20, 2022 12:31 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Lace Whig at January 20, 2022 11:51 AM (a0abO)
She is ugly, mean, and stupid. And those are her good points.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2022 12:32 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
That's not what your mother said last night, Trebek!
Posted by: Sean Connery, a true Scotsman at January 20, 2022 12:35 PM (vcOmj)
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Born in 1959.
Posted by: Ciampino at January 20, 2022 12:37 PM (qfLjt)
*An index that contained titles of all books discussed, searchable by category would be really useful, and also quite a chore to make.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (P3gRi)
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Hey AOP dude, what if something happens to this site? I'm talking about a way to immortalize the threads in perpetuity just in case, in a way that one doesn't have to click around just to get between each one. And by the way the POSTS themselves, not necessarily the BOOKS mentioned. And an 'ebook' version might be the best way to ensure the posts are readable and usable in their intended format.
Posted by: geewhiz at January 20, 2022 12:40 PM (dRzCR)
*An index that contained titles of all books discussed, searchable by category would be really useful, and also quite a chore to make.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2022 12:04 PM (P3gRi)
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And yes it would be quite the labor, but thousands have enjoyed the threads and amongst the thousands are probably a few with the time and will to see it done.
Posted by: geewhiz at January 20, 2022 12:41 PM (dRzCR)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 20, 2022 12:45 PM (iTBMX)
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at January 20, 2022 12:50 PM (DSnKH)
Posted by: geewhiz at January 20, 2022 12:40 PM (dRzCR)
What part of "pasting to a document in your local machine" do you not understand? That copies it off this site, and stores it on your hard drive. From there you could print it all if you so choose.
For the record, I think your idea has merit. I'm just trying to tell you that nothing stands in your way, other than getting copyright holders' permission, should you choose to distribute.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2022 12:51 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Eric at January 20, 2022 12:57 PM (oEJKe)
Man that's monkey's face is red...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Lawful Good is Not Lawful Perfect
Who are you calling a monkey, fat?
-- SloJo
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She was hot in some craptacular flick with Don Johnson. And then seems to have just disappeared, kind of like Renee Zellweger.
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Here you go https://is.gd/VjD7jC
While you are there you can search for Renee too.
Posted by: Ciampino at January 20, 2022 01:37 PM (qfLjt)
Honestly, a belly chain is the best indicator that a girl pokes based on my track record.
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I read that as rack record. Worked for me.
Posted by: Ciampino at January 20, 2022 01:43 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 20, 2022 11:30 AM (FVME7)
And a paper bag.
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Yes, but which would you put on her first?
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