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I finally watched One Battle After Another this weekend. Despite knowing better, a couple of times during the movie I had a kneejerk "lazy author, there's no subtlety or nuance to Sean Penn's character and there's obviously nobody like that in real life" response when Sean Penn was on screen. So thank you for this, somehow we all still periodically need a reminder that these people are worse and dumber than anyone could possibly imagine. 

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And think of that movie as a Kubrick movie like Dr Strangelove. It was not meant to be subtle.
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Alina's case to stay as the NJ US Attorney has been rejected by an appeals court. Now it will be up to the Supreme Court to allow her to stay or every case that she touched or authorized is at risk.

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Make fun of Valhalla Patel all you want but I remember learning of a saga about how Erik the Red after braving the north Atlantic in little more than a raft, would not step foot on Greenland until his tunic was just how he wanted it.  So there you go.

 

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Everyone in the GOP is refusing to comment on the Honduran president pardon (has it actually happened?) They all recognize how preposterous it is that we're killing smugglers but willing to free someone from the top of the drug orgs.

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3 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

I'm wavering on whether his "I don't know anything about it" and "I don't know who you're talking about" responses are flat-out lies or honest answers that are the product of his cognitive health.

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1 minute ago, South Austin said:

I'm wavering on whether his "I don't know anything about it" and "I don't know who you're talking about" responses are flat-out lies or honest answers that are the product of his cognitive health.

He is, and always has been a blatant liar. He now shows signs of cognitive declined. But, watching the video those quotes are a little misleading and lack context. His answers are bullshit, but he does provide actual answers.  

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15 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

Yeah I really don't get it. I hated the duck lips on Facebook like 10 years ago. Now everyone has gross lip filler

 

16 hours ago, G650 said:

This is like the most bizarre part. They make themselves absolute freak shows.

I happened across this point of view which made me have a little more empathy for women who massacre their faces in pursuit of slowing down time and aging. I've read that women do indeed become invisible to a patriarchal society after a certain age and look (and it's even more pronounced in arenas like Hollywood where a lot of middle aged women have recently spoken up and gave visibility to the issue). Anyways, read and see if you agree:

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“I liked my younger face. We had a good life together. That face is dead now,” Sarah Miller writes. “At times, my grief about this loss is as overpowering as anything I’ve felt over a death or a lost relationship. There is the invisibility that middle-aged women speak of, but the moments of visibility aren’t that great, either.”

“The worst, though, are those moments when I kind of forget that my face doesn’t look the way it used to, and I see myself in a mirror by accident, or in a photo, and I think, That can’t really be me,” she continues. “I am supposed to endure all this with dignity, silence, and maturity, and yet, as you age, especially if you’re suddenly single, or even if you’re not, you realize the best way to get the sort of attention and support that would help you face aging with grace and maturity involves remaining youthfully alluring. Botox is a reasonable tool in a world where a lot of things we do not want to be true are true anyway.” Miller reflects on aging and getting injectables:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/desperate-for-botox



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