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  1. On 3/27/2020 at 8:23 PM, Knoxtnhorn said:

    I'm not sure I've ever seen a thread on this movie either here or TOS,  

    Surely some of y'all have some personal stories connected to this movie.  I've only got two and they're lame.  

    One of my really good friends was an RTF major in the 90's and distinctly recalls MM practicing his lines in the back of class.  

    Also, the long-haired kid that was always touching his nose had a Blockbuster account at the Blockbuster I worked at in the mid-90's.  Riverside.  I never saw him.

     

    They rented the cigarette machines from my Dad's company for the Emporium scenes. The coin mechs were set at 10 cents, and once the crews found out, they emptied the machines. We had come by and fill them back up, which the studio paid for. Bunch of friends were extras. They asked about my sister and I, but we were too 90's preppy looking.

    Had a freshman Math class with Wiley. He was a nice guy. Really into hacking.

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  2. 11 minutes ago, KYHorn said:

    And another one

     

    There are unconfirmed reports that Maher al-Assad, the younger brother of Bashar al-Assad, may have been killed in an Israeli airstrike.

    If true, it would mean one of the worst psychopaths in the region is dead.

    Maher is responsible for commanding the Syrian Army’s 4th Division, which is charged with protecting the Syrian government/presidency from external and internal threats.

    He is responsible for the massacre of civilians, individual extrajudicial killings, the gassing of Syrians, money laundering, mass displacement, torture and abuse in detention centers, and the ruinous Captagon trade in Syria and the region, which has not only led to deaths but also helps fund the Assad regime.

    Even President Erdogan, who called Maher a psychopath, will celebrate this news if true.

    If true, it will also send a huge message to Bashar al-Assad, who has already been barely vocal about the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, to mind his own business.

     

    Fucking awesome!

     

     

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  3. 7 hours ago, Captainant said:

     

    Lol don't hurt yourself rushing to conclusions, or fabricating grievances. If you want to disagree with what I'm saying, then give it a shot rather than putting a star on me and ignoring what I actually because of your label. 

    It's pretty amazing, y'all have all convinced yourself there's a "cabal" and complain about it more than anything is actually posted of happens. It's exactly like boomer news complaining about the """War on Christmas!!!""" lol. 

     

    If I wanted to engage your bullshit, I'd go to the appropriate board and thread and do so. Why is that unreasonable, and hard for people like you to understand?

     

    6 hours ago, Parliament said:

    Putting them on ignore works until a normal person makes the mistake of quoting in a reply.  We should just not do that.

     

    I don't want to ignore them. I want a good, informational, thread, to not be shit on by childish trolls.

     

    2 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

    Don’t be such a goddamn pussy

     

    Pussies are the people who coddle and indulge the behavior of vain, narcissistic, trolls who needlessly shit on things for dopamine hits.

  4. 52 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    Can you point out when the thread was civil lol? I just checked back to April and was reminded of when Greg Abbott CR'd campus with a bunch of stormtroopers and roughed up students and professors for having the wrong opinion.

    You're looking for a apolitical thread about an ongoing, millennia long tribal/religious conflict between a bunch of Islamic groups and a bunch of Zionists backed by the American military industrial complex. I'm not sure what to tell you, scout. I don't go to go Long John Silvers and get mad when Chilean sea bass isn't on the menu

     

    Never said it was apolitical, or particularly civil. What I said, was that it was mostly free of cloak room trolls shitting on it... till recently. If you're looking to engage in argumentative political vanity, there is a thread and board for that, with which it appears you're familiar.

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    September 27th is the most important day in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords breakthrough.

    I have spent countless hours studying Hezbollah and there is not an expert on earth who thought that what Israel has done to decapitate and degrade them was possible.

    This is significant because Iran is now fully exposed. The reason why their nuclear facilities have not been destroyed, despite weak air defense systems, is because Hezbollah has been a loaded gun pointed at Israel. Iran spent the last forty years building this capability as its deterrent.

    President Trump would often say, “Iran has never won a war but never lost a negotiation.” The Islamic Republic’s regime is much tougher when risking Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian and Houthi lives than when risking their own. Their foolish efforts to assassinate President Trump and hack his campaign reek of desperation and are hardening a large coalition against them.

    Iranian leadership is stuck in the old Middle East, while their neighbors in the GCC are sprinting toward the future by investing in their populations and infrastructure. They are becoming dynamic magnets for talent and investment while Iran falls further behind. As the Iranian proxies and threats dissipate, regional security and prosperity will rise for Christians, Muslims and Jews alike.

    Israel now finds itself with the threat from Gaza mostly neutralized and the opportunity to neutralize Hezbollah in the north. It’s unfortunate how we got here but maybe there can be a silver lining in the end.

    Anyone who has been calling for a ceasefire in the North is wrong. There is no going back for Israel. They cannot afford now to not finish the job and completely dismantle the arsenal that has been aimed at them. They will never get another chance.

    After the brilliant, rapid-fire tactical successes of the pagers, radios, and targeting of leadership, Hezbollah’s massive weapon cache is unguarded and unmanned. Most of Hezbollah fighters are hiding in their tunnels. Anyone still around was not important enough to carry a pager or be invited to a leadership meeting. Iran is reeling, as well, insecure and unsure how deeply its own intelligence has been penetrated. Failing to take full advantage of this opportunity to neutralize the threat is irresponsible.

    I have been hearing some amazing stories about how Israel has been collecting intelligence over the past 10 months with some brilliant technology and crowdsourcing initiatives. But today, with the confirmed killing of Nasrallah and at least 16 top commanders eliminated in just nine days, was the first day I started thinking about a Middle East without Iran’s fully loaded arsenal aimed at Israel. So many more positive outcomes are possible.

    This is a moment to stand behind the peace-seeking nation of Israel and the large portion of the Lebanese who have been plagued by Hezbollah and who want to return to the times when their country was thriving, and Beirut a cosmopolitan city. The main issue between Lebanon and Israel is Iran; otherwise there is a lot of benefit for the people of both countries from working together.

    The right move now for America would be to tell Israel to finish the job. It’s long overdue. And it’s not only Israel’s fight.

    More than 40 years ago, Hezbollah killed 241 US military personnel, including 220 Marines. That remains the single deadliest day for the U.S. Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima. Later that same day, Hezbollah killed 58 French paratroopers.

    And now, over the past six weeks or so, Israel has eliminated as many terrorists on the US list of wanted terrorists as the US has done in the last 20 years. Including Ibrahim Aqil, the leader of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization who masterminded the 1983 killing of those Marines.

     

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  6. 3 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

    Good god this thread sucks. 

    @immamac Could we possibly start a new one for news updates and leave all the policy discussions, personal insults, and dick measuring  in this one?

     

    3 hours ago, immamac said:

    Fuck this thread. 

     

    This thread was going fine for months till the goddamn cloakroom trolls decided to start shitting an all over it. The thread was a majority posting of news tweets and informational articles with no, or very little, political commentary. If posters want to discuss political issues, have them take it to the already existent CR thread, and stop allowing them to shit in this one.

  7. On 9/26/2024 at 9:02 AM, Bolero88 said:

    I wouldn't take my wife to Casa de Luz, I actually like her. 

     

    6 hours ago, LCHorn said:

    I first found Casa De Luz after seeing the raves on Yelp years ago and risked taking a lunch date there.  For me, it’s 5 different ways to over-boil squash with a Scandinavian aversion to anything resembling spice or heat.  
     

    If you’re craving something that approximates 17th century gruel four weeks into crossing the Atlantic then it’s a good spot for that.  

     

    Oh, I'm neither advocating, nor endorsing. Based on description, Casa De Luz just seemed up his wife's alley. Bouldin Creek cafe isn't bad though.

  8. On 9/24/2024 at 2:28 PM, MagicSoccerSpray said:

    Finally went to Yamas, it was very good and was expensive. Had the beef tartar, dolmas, calamari, and moussaka. All great. $5 iced teas with no refill was a bit much, but the place was packed and the food was great.

     

    Sorry Beef and Tuna Carpaggio

     

    10 hours ago, Deej said:

    That's some bullshit. 

    I remember when a $5 shake was outrageous.

     

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    It was ridiculous, the server was sheepish about it, though the food was excellent and the place was very nice. Good dinner/date place imo.

  9. https://thatparkplace.com/exclusive-star-wars-the-acolyte-real-costs-exploded-to-230-million-according-to-new-tax-documents/

     

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    EXCLUSIVE: United Kingdom tax documents filed by the Walt Disney Company’s UK branch reveal that Lucasfilm and The Walt Disney Company spent over 172 million GBP (231 million USD) on the production of The Acolyte, a prequel series set in the Disney Star Wars universe.

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    Annual Report and Financial Statement of Full Accounts “Blue Stockings UK Limited”

    In an interview with Vanity Fair, The Acolyte series creator Leslye Headland publicly claimed the show cost “180 million,” which was assumed by several to be stated in US dollars. It is evident that if Headland had knowledge of the series financials that she was more likely referring the the amount in Great British Pounds. Accounting for exchange rates at the time of this article, this means that The Acolyte cost almost $230 million US dollars.

     

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  10. On 9/10/2024 at 8:39 PM, Both Tacos said:

     

    Wife's birthday weekend coming up and we're staying at the Omni and catching the Miss State game. She likes to eat healthy.

    Oh.....and she needs gluten and dairy free. Welcome to my life.

    I told her that I'm taking her to the Capital to let her graze on the lawn.

    So whatcha got????

     

    *Doesn't necessarily have to be downtown, just more convenient if so.

     

     

    Bouldin creek cafe

    Casa De Luz

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  11. Finally went to Yamas, it was very good and was expensive. Had the beef tartar, dolmas, calamari, and moussaka. All great. $5 iced teas with no refill was a bit much, but the place was packed and the food was great.

  12. 2 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

    TLDR so I don't have to listen to that twit?

     

    1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

    I'm holding off on my rant about the fucking trend of "let me post a 38 minute video that -- if it was just a text post -- a decent reader could read in 3-4 minutes, and by the way, let me bury the fucking lede/conclusions at some random-ass part of the video."  FFS.  Give me something in writing, with your 2-3 thesis statements and the core basis for each, THEN hit me with the detailed discussion of data and supporting information, that I can read in much less time.

    God I hate the "so, there's some interesting news about topic X.....here's a fucking miniseries of videos that, if you watch them, will tell you that X is on the edge of bankruptcy" trend.  Fucking idiot world.

     

    1 hour ago, RDCanecutter said:

    So you're saying that folks go on too much?

     

    It's a 7 minute video. Watch it at 1.25x or 1.5x if your adhd can't handle that.

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