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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Binged the show recently. So powerful especially in seeing how each episode is one long take. I read the 4th episode was the 16th take. I couldn’t imagine how Stephen Graham did that 16 (maybe more) times. I’m certain he’s only off camera a few seconds of that episode. interesting choice how they introduced people and storylines that were left unresolved. Many shows don’t do that. The detective’s son was bullied, the victim was also bullied, the victim’s best friend was left angry, the psychologist abruptly left the story, and we didn’t fully understand Jamie’s interaction with the manosphere world except he was labeled an incel. The audience doesn’t always need closure on everything. And as the OP mentioned, the victim was intentionally left out. We barely glimpsed a photo of her. I wonder if the creators have it in them to address the victim and her family with a sequel.
  2. They left the trash for others to pick up. You can decide for yourself who they consider the others to be.
  3. It’s safe to not get too wrapped up in what Trump says in a one off way. He follows the path of dumping as much info as possible on the media to distract. Say that you might re-engage in Afghanistan to remove attention on his border czar taking bribes.
  4. Where are all the Jade Helm conspiracy theorists asking about the military taking over Texas?
  5. The Pam Bondi truth social post looks to mistakenly posted as a tweet and more than likely meant to be a direct message to her. what other govt business is Trump handling via truth social direct messages? Is he communicating military decisions to DWI Pete via an app managed by Devin Nunes?
  6. Imagine being in India on Friday and being told that you have ~24 hours to get back to the US avoid problems.
  7. I have issues with Jerome Powell and Biden, but they found a way for the US to perform light year better than other developed countries post-COVID. They made mistakes but we were killing it overall relative to the rest of the world.
  8. The big issues I see with 55+ communities is that they’re really 75+ and everyone there probably complains about everything. Even situations they helped create. You know that if your lawn is 1/8 inch too high because of heavy rains, you’re getting a letter from the HOA.
  9. For anyone with the Amex Platinum, they just introduced some new benefits along with unfortunately raising the annual price to $900. These benefits are good as of this week. Use the quarter benefits now before Q3 ends at the end of Sept. new benefits (you have to pay with the Amex platinum and activate before buying) $400 restaurant credit for any restaurant on the Resy reservation system. $100 per quarter. I don’t believe you're required to reserve with Resy but rather just pay with the card. $300 lululemon credit. $75 per quarter. They have men’s clothing too. It’s basically a free shirt, shorts, or pants a few times per year. free Uber One membership. I’m uncertain how valuable this is but its normally $120/yr. Free Oura health tracker or something. I doubt I try this. increased benefits Raised the $200 annual hotel credit to $600 or actually $300 per half year. Only select hotels. raised the digital entertainment credit to $25 monthly. Added YouTube Premium (no ads on YouTube) and YouTube TV as options. they keep some benefits the same like $200 uber credit, $200 airline credit, free WalMart+, free Paramount+, hotel status, Clear, free TSA pre check, etc. $900 is a hefty fee but with the full benefits, I probably get >$2K back in some form especially with a handful of personal trips per year. I don’t even count the memberships that I wouldn’t have bought otherwise.
  10. Crazy how there is no consequence for an Administration to issue potentially illegally actions. Worse case for them is that a future court rules it illegal. Then the WH can cry about activist courts and complain about all of the confiscated funds they have to return. I hope that we someday get to the point of a reckoning where we have to add new amendments and laws solely to prevent another Trump-like administration. Of course if Trump someone holds onto Congress in 2026, that he and Congress put in those controls as they’re walking out the door in late 2028. That could hinder the next Admin from un-doing Trumps actions.
  11. On Saturday mornings, I love grabbing a coffee and breakfast tacos at a nearby Mexican restaurant. The place does a good amount of business with those ordering on door dash or Uber Eats. I’ve noticed a trend lately of older and older door dash drivers. It’s almost like older folks are struggling to make ends meet. and if some are resorting to taking a gig job, you know there are even more who are just doing without.
  12. The real problem is that the FTC has become the real enforcer for Trump over the business world. So many large corporations need FTC approval for one of their continual M&A activity. Everyone saw that Trump was able to make CBS bend to their will to approve their sale. I'm not naive that pressure has never been applied in past administrations but to the extent that the President greenmails organizations is beyond past behavior. And this is just what we know. These organizations could very well be hiring firms quietly tied to the Trump Org in order to get federal approvals.
  13. The FCC chair Brendan Carr says that Kimmel appeared to mislead the public and that his jokes upset people and were not funny. Appear to mislead. Upset people. Not funny. Whatever happened to the Right offending as many people as possible and then falling back to the excuse that they were only making a joke and people need to get a sense of humor? If anyone doesn't see that the Right doesn't plan to ever relinquish power, they're blind.
  14. I see that NVIDIA has pumped $5B into Intel to help keep them afloat. I'm reminded how Microsoft effectively kept Apple alive and independent in the 90s when they were struggling. You have to wonder if Intel can use this and the govt charity to turn into a powerhouse again on a long time frame. Obviously others feel so since INTC is up 25% today.
  15. regardless if someone likes Kimmel or not, or they completely disagree with what he says, any American should be concern when a President shuts down a critic because of what he says. But many won't because they're happy with this outcome. I don't think that I will struggle much to boycott ABC, ESPN and Disney. I don't believe they get any of my money even indirectly through other subscriptions.
  16. given the state of things, I plan to ignore it.
  17. 100%. The goal is to make it as difficult as possible for someone to get vaccines. And costs will go up for them as insurance companies will use this as loopholes to not cover them since after all, they're now not necessary for most.
  18. I was receiving a message to update my iPhone all day yesterday so I relented. I think my IT dept set up a policy that we needed to upgrade so the phone kept trying and trying. So far I'm mainly meh about ios26. I don't mind the new look as I like something changing every so often. And after watching a few videos on the improvements, many won't work on my older iPhone due to lack of apple intelligence.
  19. Teachers have a right to their personal opinions but they should exercise caution when posting anything online. Districts have often been ruled by a small minority of parents/citizen who clutch their pearls at anything. We're not that far removed when a divorced, female teacher would be run out of a small town for being a disgrace and setting a bad example for the girls. Much less if they're posting opinions online that some in the community would disagree. I imagine there are busybodies in school districts that follow as many teachers as possible in an attempt to catch them posting anything scandalous, including going back in the teacher's history of social posts. Their goal is to find anything that would allow them to kick out a teacher.
  20. Or just ask your doctor's office for a covid vaccine shot. The doctor can sign off on it without you claiming to have a condition that you don't.
  21. I'm quick to apply minor updates but not so with major ones like iOS 26. I will look to wait for 26.1 which most likely is within a week or 2 if not sooner.
  22. saying an outrageous comment and then quietly apologizing days later, is the best path for them. Most who agree with him, with either not hear the apology or they will brush it off that of course he had to "apologize" to shut up his bosses.
  23. Any opinions about ESPN Unlimited? I was away from home the last few Saturdays so I hadn't had to figure out how to watch more college games yet.
  24. 99.99% (or more) of Americans think this was a horrible situation and should not occur. But people are still allowed to have negative opinions about what Kirk said without that being a celebration of his death.
  25. I dislike Fuentes and his views but he's spot on that Kirk effectively had a cocktail party trick when it came to debating emotional college kids who lacked extreme details on a subject. Kirk had certain facts and arguments memorized and he effectively forced the most questioners down the argument tracks that he had previously crafted. Kirk would frequently interrupt people to get them on the track he wanted. And he would shut most people down if he started to lose control of the conversation. And in today's video clip economy, it's a very effective debating technique. And he was very good at it. I imagine that he also used this technique in conversations with leaders like Trump. I'm sure he would read the room, but he would be able to take Trump to a conclusion that Kirk wanted.
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