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Homercles

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  1. Well he’s already using this to fundraise. I thought he was a billionaire? /s
  2. Comments on YouTube, Fox and Reddit are telling me this is only going to galvanize his fan base. Yet I would expect that they were already going to vote for him or it’s possible he won’t be able to run at all. After years of these clowns spamming every website with their cultish drivel I sure hope this goes where we expect it to.
  3. The hinges on my Happening Bunker broke off from excessive, overly excited usage the past few years. Is this latest dust up worth getting it fixed over? It certainly feels different given legit action by (supposedly) non-political agents of the government…but what are the chances this results in nothing? It makes sense to me that the DOJ/FBI would legit have to have ironclad documentation and purity of purpose to raid the Mar-a-lardo residence of a prior president…and the Fox Q News types certainly seem to be wound up…but I’ve been burned before
  4. Homercles

    LBGTQ

    Yeah because there’s no LGBTQ in theater
  5. I dunno I think Ford was an excellent Ryan in Patriot Games. That being said I can’t imagine anyone else playing Ryan in Red October, which is a testament to how well Baldwin played the role of analyst-turned-hero. Red October was yet another testament to practical effects having much longer staying power than early CGI…or most CGI as far as I’m concerned. There’s a short video on YouTube detailing the models they used for exterior and the gimbaled set for interior of the ‘big sonovabitch’. It was all really well executed. Ultimately though my favorite Clancy novel is Cardinal of the Kremlin, and I lament that they never made a serious attempt to put it to film. The detailed tradecraft, Filitov’s threadbare mindset haunted by ghosts from his past, interesting tech and different approaches of atmospheric attenuation for the lasers, desperate advances by the closeted lesbian spy, the archer and attack on the Russian base, sensory deprivation for information extraction, wild ending…it was a very complete, plausible story.
  6. Whoever coined that term ‘the party of NO’, probably during Obama’s term, was absolutely on the nose. I’m not really sure what they’re for anymore…because their stance is all an exercise in contradiction: they espouse small government (build the wall, corporate tax breaks, etc), limited regulation and oversight (see 2008 financial crisis, or trying to castrate renewables), and personal freedom (abortion, voting, gay marriage, church and state, etc).
  7. ^^ Didn’t that destroy a bit insignificant bit of the city with the volume and bass bins? It was a floating stage, right? And Waters continue being Waters, saying Ukraine is in the wrong for not suing for peace, Taiwan is rightfully China’s and Russia had already pretty much defeated the nazis before the US entered the war. https://consequence.net/2022/08/roger-waters-biden-war-criminal-russia-china/amp/ Obviously Barbarossa was falling on its ass about the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, so the war of attrition really cost Germany the initiative and was arguably the beginning of the end…but I don't know I’d argue that Russia won the war all by itself.
  8. I have absolutely no knowledge or experience or understanding of any of this…and I have just as much sympathy for the industry crowing about R&D costs when the tv is plastered with ads telling me to ‘ask your doctor about Provasic’ 30 years ago my parents used to bring me tons of random crap they were given by pharma reps including some very pricey custom items like a fosamax clock. How many billions do they spend every year advertising to consumers and manufacturing pens, clocks, calendars and other crap, or sending docs on golf vacations to peddle their wares?
  9. Nowhere near a lawyer but this fuckup harkens me back to reading The Rainmaker with the withheld section U in the underwriting manual and the ‘you must be stupid, stupid, stupid’ letter. So this whole thing is awesome to watch unfold.
  10. ^^ Thanks for sharing. Does a great job elaborating on something I mentioned to my wife tonight, the cinematography is outstanding. Love how he pointed out it conveys tension without shaky camera…a technique that I hate (sorta ruins great fight choreography in the Bourne movies, some of my favorites, and is way overplayed). Also awesome to know they didn’t use any hand doubles
  11. We just finished Ep 4 last night, and I absolutely loved it. My only experience in a commercial kitchen was working at Pizza Hutt for a few years in high school, so not really relatable but as someone enamored with learning how things work I love seeing what a real kitchen looks like during full tilt boogey time…had read a lot of ‘yeah that’s The Life for sure’ takes leading up to it. On a side note I hope this finally gets my wife to read Kitchen Confidential. We had to pause a few times so I could explain Family, Order/Fire/Hands, etc. Its one of my absolute favorites and have a hard copy signed by the man himself when he visited Austin, during which he accused me of throwing it in the toilet (I left it on a hotel balcony when traveling and got rained on). That book does a wonderful job of pulling back the curtain on a mid-level kitchen and I pay so much more attention to back of house now. Can’t wait for episode 7.
  12. How can you kill, that which has no life?
  13. But he was gay -GOP
  14. So it’s not just 200+ year old documents we are citing as reasons to control people, or even some infinitely translated/rewritten religious text…but now it’s come down to ancient Roman practices? WTF.gif
  15. Yeah you have to be careful as I’ve read that the Northern United Toast, Crepe And Scone Egalitarian Supporters have a small but growing political faction and a lot of dollars behind it there. N.U.T.C.A.S.E.S have a surprising amount of leverage.
  16. My first electronic love had to be Any Colour You Like…and of course On The Run on DSOTM…back in 1990 when I heard that album for the first time (thanks mom!). I’m on record here being a big Crystal Method fan, and I sure love my Massive Attack, Pretty Lights, Deadmau5, etc. As the Ghostland Observatory told me…just gimme the beat. But holy fuck I’m with you on trance. When I first heard the brown album back in 2000 or so, it felt like home. Certainly aided by copious cubensis I drank in Orbital, The Orb, Robert Miles, Oakenfold. Around 2007 I was jamming GT vs Project C or Trance Around The World when out walking. It sticks with you doesn’t it? Which is why I was stoked when I came across this dude on YouTube, who recently has been deconstructing some of our favorites…instant sub: There’s also massive attack and chemical brothers in there. Combined my love of trance with my need to know how something works. Note: This has sent me on a wormhole reading about classic synthesizers like the Wavestation used in Halcyon, or the famed Jupiter 8. Reading about how Survive used some 80’s gear to compose for Stranger Things just dug me deeper…but holy shit a J8 in good shape fetches $20k+. Anyways I ramble on here, among my electronic friends. Don’t really know anyone into this stuff. More power to y’all, no shame being the old folks at those shows. Hell my wife and I felt old at 32 seeing Pretty Lights and Passion Pit.
  17. And none of that shit is any of your/our business
  18. So is this what peak off-season feels like?
  19. Well again, since I hate myself, headed on over to the good folks of the FN comment section. Upcoming talking points to be: 1) Corporations don’t pay taxes, they just pass that onto consumers. Thus setting a tax rate floor will just increase inflation by putting more money into circulation. 2) Investing in climate initiatives will just increase inflation by putting more money into circulation. So…what do they want the government to do besides have an R next to their name? You get blasted by those folks by doing ‘nothing’ for inflation, or get blasted by doing ‘anything’. The more time passes the more divided I become on this and just dismiss anything they have to say. I’m becoming a part of the problem. This is why I rarely listen to NPR much anymore, I just argue with the radio sarcastically…it’s not their message, it’s already knowing the cause of gridlock or the removal of rights. After seeing the complete lack of capital investment and extensive stock buyback during the last few years…I have full faith companies in the $1B+ class can pay taxes without firing all their staff or raising prices. Sure Manchin will still pull the football away
  20. Ouch. 0.24 with her kids in the car.
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