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henrygandorf

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  1. we've seen what his cabinet/staff looked like late in 2020. it's possible that he actually was smarter than everyone in that group. they didn't set the bar too high. there are certain centrist republicans i've seen in interviews who understand their policies aren't that far from biden's, who have been trying to turn it into "if you vote for joe you're really voting for kamala and we all know what a nightmare that would be". shockingly, it isn't catching on.
  2. and the songs are catchy as hell. great movies do not belong on this thread.
  3. they had a little sliver of opportunity because cbs was the only network not cooperating in hulu's "primetime tv available tomorrow on streaming" agreement. counterpoint - cbs primetime sucks and nobody watches it except olds who watch it live.
  4. msnbc had a guy on the other day (when the ny election was) basically saying that the trump-influenced republican party has been on a historic losing streak on every level since 2018 but for some reason, nobody really wants to talk about it. he rattled them off and it was certainly impressive. newsworthy even. nah.
  5. yeah, it's the basic plot of the west wing. that administration was entertaining, but not at all productive.
  6. poor, white people with red hats.
  7. nope, it's me. and yes, i think it's silly to deactivate access to twitter because you don't like the nazi running it. i hate his fucking guts, but i enjoy the platform, regardless of how much he's trying to fuck it up. it's not like i pay for a blue check. there are probably several companies i "support" that have shitbags in charge. i've been off facebook since 2012 so hopefully this evens me out.
  8. i cruised through mr and mrs smith over the weekend and got an ad for an amazon show before each episode. is that what they meant by ads? i never got an ad mid-show. maybe only movies are like that?
  9. i think there's plenty of chatter on narcos and netflix thread. came out a few weeks ago.
  10. the story from the houston officials (cops and politicians) at the press conference make it sound like she brought the 7 year old in with her, and the kid was killed in the crossfire, so yes, likely by the cops. no idea if it was her daughter or what, as i haven't researched anything other than the 10 min i just watched on cnn on non-mute.
  11. i have no idea if this is a real question, but cnn just had a solid hour+ dedicated to this story and i have no idea what type of coverage it got yesterday, what with the superbowl and such. if it is a serious question - everybody is covering it. as for searching for things on twitter, elon's algorithm likely isn't helping, but search results tend to prioritize posts/comments with a lot of arguing and engagement, and let's face it, the right tends to flood the zone when it comes to shit like this.
  12. sounds like she had a history of mental illness and they also found a bunch of antisemitic writings from her (no idea if it was social media or what), but apparently her ex-husband was jewish. fact remains that she walked past security into a church with a bag of guns and until she starting shooting people, she had not broken a law. also, as far as right-wingers rushing to the internet to find out the background info of the shooter (she's a transgender!), i hope that we see more equal representation of these shooters, though i am sure we won't. if we find out that shooters come from all backgrounds, race, religions, political ideologies, then maybe people will figure out that it's the fucking guns (and obvious lack of proactive measures to treat mental illness). i know we'll never get there, but dare to dream.
  13. david s ward. he also wrote my favorite movie, the sting. about 15 years ago, i met a girl in a bar and we were drinking and talking and at some point, we started talking about movies, and i said my favorite movie was the sting. turns out she was a senior at chapman (in oc) and david s ward was one of her professors and she did not like him. 8 years later we got married.
  14. bump for mr and mrs smith. 4 eps in and enjoying it. for those unaware, they dropped the whole first season at once. not really a spoiler, but in the movie they were hitmen/contract killers/assassins, yes? and the movie was more of a shoot 'em up, almost comic-book-style action movie. in the trailer i just posted, this looks similar. but halfway through, and it isn't. in fact one of the reasons i like it is because they're more like spies than assassins, at least from where i am. also they've done a great job with guest stars.
  15. i am here to serve. it's actually a pretty brilliant presentation, considering the platform. twitter is where people go to spew their bullshit. this thread lays it out in a way where it seems hyperbolic, like a typical lib trump complaint list. but going through and pulling receipts from recent speeches is what makes it art. it was worth the effort. if the next 25 years are back to "normal" (non-maga), this will be a fascinating period of american politics that will be studied for centuries. if this is the new normal, then fucking strap in and hold onto your butts.
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