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GhostOfTomJoad

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  1. It's almost cliche to say at this point, but it really is remarkable how the Republicans seem to be governing with no concern towards electoral ramifications.
    Ramifications? For today's GQP?

    Repeat after Brisket: the cruelty is the point! They really believe that the policies will hurt everyone they don't like & somehow exclude themselves.

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  2. Haven't seen it in years, but we got into a routine of re-watching Frasier at night awhile ago and near the end of the series when Martin marries the boys' former babysitter, Ronee, I found myself trying to figure out who the actress was that played her due to her distinctive voice. The actress is Wendie Malick who played Nina Van Horn

     

     

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  3. “For me, the action IS the juice.”
    I tell ya, in a classic film full of great lines this gem isn't given enough credit.

    It explains not just everything about Cheritto's character, it shines a revelatory light on all the crew.

    Chris was broke (in every way possible) & needed the score. Neil didn't need the heat & every instinct told him to walk...but the action. Not the money. Not the final big heist. Plus the heightened juice of knowing Vincent & his entire crew were on to them.

    Neil was so good even he couldn't resist breaking his one code.
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  4. A guy in an old FFL I was in went to SA Marshall HS the same time Priest did. I think he was a couple years older than Priest. Short, stocky white dude who played FB and occasionally got the ball near the goal line per his older brother (who was also in our league).

    The dude used to love to brag in a serious manner how he kept Priest on the bench in HS. This was when Priest was wrecking shit for the Chiefs and fantasy owners were almost guaranteed a deep playoff run if they rostered him.

    But his former HS teammate would never draft him even when he had the chance. He "knew what PH was REALLY like" and claimed he was a selfish player.

    Oh, that guy's name was Kyle. Care to guess where he went to college?

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  5. On 6/20/2025 at 5:10 PM, tx 3 putt said:

     

    the wrecking crew documentary is damn good: it didn't bother her then 

    I get the point she's making and that is that there were hundreds of studio musicians working on those albums and that it's a disservice to their contributions if you try to assign them all to the name that drummer Hal Blaine gave to them 30 odd years down the road.

     

  6. The official briefing from the Pentagon this morning was something. Hegseth had a full serving of Trump's cock & balls in his mouth, selling the same MAGA-message this administration relies on: Trump is a god-like leader, only He could have lead this attack (Operation Midnight Hammer), this attack is the result of previous administrations' failures, blah blah blah.

    I'm surprised they're not selling commemorative t-shirts branded with Operation Midnight Hammer on it already.

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  7. Saw it during the summer of '75 at the Cottage View drive-in, Cottage Grove, MN. I was 5. I refused to get in the bathtub for weeks after so my dad had to hit me with the water hose in the backyard to bathe. Parenting was different back then.

    Dreyfuss & Shaw hating one another during the production is quite legendary. Two drunks at different arcs of their careers with a young, unproven director who was in danger of getting fired on a daily basis equals an explosive set.

    In one "making of" doc I recall hearing how Spielberg couldn't figure out how to edit together the Indianapolis scene. I think he called on many of his friends & at one point Scorsese, Lucas & maybe even Coppola joined him in the editing suite. However it came together, it made for one of the most iconic scenes in film history.

    Anyway. We delivered the bomb.

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  8. Oh good, I'm glad Gil thought it was important to pay his respects and remind everyone that he has the all-time shittiest, most uncultured take on anything ever.  
    Gil also doesn't know why Chuck Berry is held in high regard. How many people have Sweet Little Sixteen on their Spotify playlist?
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  9. Corey breaking down into tears during this Montreaux performance is so raw.

    Could go into the Covers Better than Originals thread due to how closely it affected Living Colour.
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