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tantric superman

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  1. People often start "underappreciated" threads here, but I put these guys on the top as to not enough people seeing more of their very unique flicks. . The British film-making partnership of Michael Powell (1905–1990) and Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988)—together often known as The Archers, the name of their production company—made a series of influential films in the 1940s and 1950s. Their collaborations—24 films between 1939 and 1972—were mainly derived from original stories by Pressburger with the script written by both Pressburger and Powell. Powell did most of the directing while Pressburger did most of the work of the producer and also assisted with the editing, especially the way the music was used. Unusually, the pair shared a writer-director-producer credit for most of their films. The best-known of these are The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). 49th Parallel (1941) One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) The Volunteer (1943) A Canterbury Tale (1944) I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Black Narcissus (1947) The Red Shoes (1948)
  2. The Red Shoes is the gayest non-gay movie ever, but damn that's a brilliant goddamn movie. Powell and Pressburger still capture Britishness better than anyone.
  3. Wanted Gen Salazar to make an appearance.
  4. I'm hoping one of the DEA guys gets to use a move quote when they arrest him.
  5. This is akin to arguing that football games are won based on the conditioning and fighting spirit of the players, and therefore you shouldn't have to worry about things like plays and routes and technique. The vast majority of voters will vote on emotion. The victory lies in small wins. So of course you highlight the problems with your opponents (Trumpism, etc.), but you also pick one or two core issues that aren't that emotional and sell them, because that is where you get the win. The 2018 elections, at least in the suburbs, were about Trumpism, but they were also about healthcare and problem solving.
  6. In that same token, they need to focus on ideas and not "our team vs. your team". The Republicans are united, and don't give a shit about issues or governing. The Dems are naturally divided between moderates who can't stand the current Republicans, moderates who are naturally Dems and progressives". They don't get much out of we good, you bad approach in close or red states. They have to pick some issues, make arguments for them, and keep pointing out that they can do some good in government.
  7. I like your attitude. But to me that says the Dems have kind of a shitty bench. And by that I mean two or three decent moderates who progressives can stomach and two or three progressives who moderates don't think are batshit crazy.
  8. "This DeSantis guy seems sharp." - 50% of Americans.
  9. I made a couple of gin fizzes this weekend but they were almost too smooth and light. 2 ounces gin 1 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed 3/4 ounce simple syrup 1 egg white (about 1/2 ounce) Club soda, to top (about 1 ounce) Was using topo chico and Old Raj 80ish proof. (The old Raj not as much going on as the other gins I've tried but it was fine.) Needed more gin, I guess. Maybe less egg white.
  10. Anyone with any upbeat updates (doubt it - I think the COVID hit them pretty hard.)
  11. Fuck this, I'm going to Mexico City....
  12. The trick is to use pig latin when you get really angry.
  13. Well, I vote that guns only be used for hunting animals that people are going to eat. The whole "I'm okay with guns as long as they are for killing animals" kind of rubs me the wrong way, because animals just do what they do and don't go out of their way to be assholes, like humans.
  14. Or can we talk about Waukesha? That's where the BoDeans are from.
  15. I'm not chanting any of those guys names, and I'm not claiming anyone is guilty, because that is a legal term, but that doesn't mean it's not pretty easy to find that Rittenhouse is the most at fault, irresponsible, etc. People make the simple calculation that Rittenhouse was a dumbfuck and aren't remotely concerned with the specific background of the folks he shot.
  16. Amazing how much less appealing maggot sausage sounds that maggot steak.
  17. 20th anniversary made me finally get around to this. Was terrific. (Audio)
  18. https://y.yarn.co/082b358e-a0dc-43f7-9fca-b15e29981cff.mp4
  19. Yep. My daughter got married in Little Elm. Hopefully never have to go back. (It's not horrible, it's just to fucking far.) Weston McKennie!
  20. You win the semantic war. I sloppily used "crossing state lines" many pages back, and what I should have said is "traveling to". That's not a crime, but it was to do with the idea of going out of your way to look to engage in violence. None of that is a crime, certainly. But this case is, at least to me, about open carrying into areas where one knows there will be violence. That's the backdrop of the case, and the issue isn't so much whether the verdict was correct (it certainly made complete sense given the law) but it's more with the simple difference between those who cheer his behavior as some celebration of constitutional rights and those who think society is crazy for cheering on that behavior. That's the cultural backdrop. Ultimately it's whether you think the individual rights in Heller should extend to his kind of behavior. Or even if Heller was correctly decided.
  21. If Aubrey's killer's are convicted, then the take away from both cases is that in America, you've got business being anywhere you damn please.
  22. I smiled like this when I read the second sentence.
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