When reactions turn into hurricanes
And the middle course seems a little tame
Whether full or empty it’s all the same
It’s so easy to see, everyone can agree, you’re not to blame
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Or this one?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pope_Must_Die%5B/quote%5D
My favorite memory of that movie, which was in cinemas around the same time as a documentary about the singer Madonna, was the marquee at a London theatre that advertised to two films being shown there:
THE POPE MUST DIE/
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I did see a rumour that they would be The Champions, which I guess is the team name they have left.
New Warriors is still available, as are West Coast Avengers and Great Lake Avengers.
Anyone up for a Power Pack movie?!
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They must be showing a different trailer over in the Benelux countries; the one I saw here is exactly what I would expect for a sequel to that film series; and I mean that in a good way.
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You’re so jaded, Jerry. This is Gen Z’s Moon Landing.
You mean this one is a fake, too?
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Another space joy ride:
The network news here in the US is referring to this as a HISTORIC SPACE FLIGHT!. Setting aside the argument about whether or not 30 seconds of weightlessness qualifies as a “space flight”, what was historic about this? How does the incident of some pseudo-celebrity women riding on a spaceship for 10 minutes in 2025 deserve to be called historic?!
Amelia Earhart becoming the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic? Historic
Bessie Coleman becoming the first woman of color to obtain a pilot’s license? Historic
Valentina Tereshkova becoming the first female cosmonaut in space? Historic
Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle pilot AND shuttle commander? HistoricKaty Perry, Gayle King, etc. sitting in a rocket for 10 minutes?
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FOX NEWS still has a load of shitheads in it, unfortunately.
Fixed that for you, Dave.
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Man, weather forecasters here suck at their job. They predicted 16 degrees for today, it isn’t even 12 degrees. I don’t know what the fuck these morons are doing. They only talk about climate change.
Everyone’s always complaining about the weather, but nobody does anything about it!!
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What are you doing for the next eight and a half hours?
Wanna watch Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine breathe?
Well, I’m still watching my paint dry right now, but maybe later when I have some free time…
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Definitely, although more than anything I think it’s the wacky 50s comics concepts that it draws on most. Either way, nice to see all this stuff in there.
Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing Jimmy Olsen turning into a giant turtle!!
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I love that the two busiest threads in the Loveland Arms are “Politics and Current Affairs” and “Funny pictures…”, especially since sometimes both threads seem the same.
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Heartthrob actor Richard Chamberlain, star of ‘Thorn Birds’, dies aged 90
He was the king of the miniseries between 1978 and 1983 in the US, including the original adaptation of SHOGUN.
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Big Orange wanted to lock Hillary up for her e-mail account; I wonder what he thinks should happen to Hegseth?
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Have you ever noticed how there’s always just enough Democrats who vote with Republicans to either get their agenda through or to block anything too progressive from passing? Like in Biden’s term Chuck Manchin and Kristen Sinema voted no on a massive variety of bills, and now Schumer and a handful of Senators vote for the budget?
Are you suggesting that there is collusion between the two Parties to maintain a status quo and screw the general public while providing the illusion of two separate positions and agendas? Because that would be….I mean….how could they get away with….hmmm.
Never mind.
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Over the last 16 years, Schumer and Pelosi (and, to some extent, Obama) wasted the political power the Democratic Party had amassed following the 2008 election, largely by refusing to build on the grass-roots movement that put Obama in the White House. Instead they ignored the political windshift and went about business as usual rather than putting the financial backing of the Party behind other progressive up-and-coming Congressional candidates. Even after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s HUGE upset victory over 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley in 2018, the Party leaders still put their money and influence behind old-timer Joe Biden as the candidate for the 2020 presidential election rather than fresher, more progressive candidates like Pete Buttegieg, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and others. And again in 2024, they stood behind Biden until it was too late, when they should have been grooming Pete or Kamala or Bernie.
And now here we are.
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I don’t remember which author this anecdote refers to (I thought it was Stephen King but I cannot find confirmation), but the story goes that one best-selling writer was asked by a reporter his opinion about what a noted film director had done to his novel. The writer responded by pointing to his bookshelf and saying “What are you talking about? My book is right there on the shelf; nobody has done anything to it.”
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The X-Files was always good at this. Their weird one-offs were some of their best episodes.
In a similar vein, my favorite episode of The Last of Us (season 1) is the one focusing on the gay couple’s relationship, with Ellie and Joel only showing up in the final moments.
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I don’t think I can recall another 24 hours online like the last day, until the next day.
I finished that sentence for you, Ben.
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Lynne Marie Stewart, Pee-wee’s Playhouse and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actress, dies at 78
Jerry Butler, Impressions Singer and Chicago Politician, Dies at 85
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/roberta-flack-singer-killing-me-softly-dead-1236318888/
Chris Jasper, Isley Brothers star behind ‘Between the Sheets’ and ‘Caravan of Love’, dies aged 73
Roberto Orci Dies: ‘Star Trek’, ‘Transformers’ & ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Writer-Producer Was 51
‘Buffy’ and ‘Gossip Girl’ actress Michelle Trachtenberg dead at 39
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/27/gene-hackman-dies-wife-dog-95It’s been a sad week, and it’s not even Friday yet…
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And now Trump’s policies have crossed the line:
Craft beer prices impacted by tariff on aluminum
Who’s ready to march with me?!
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There’s a great bookstore in my town, but in order to survive it has evolved into a “Books, Coffee, Beer” store that also displays local artists’ creations on their walls, and has live music or other events almost every night. Apparently just selling books is not enough.
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It’s hard to find a bookstore or a music/movie store in American malls in the 21st century. Probably because we don’t read print anymore and we stream our entertainment.
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Lynne Marie Stewart, Pee-wee’s Playhouse and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actress, dies at 78
At least Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne are together again now.
R.I.P.
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I question the logic of these two being released on the same day. Could just be a mix-up from Marvel (or Amazon)
Maybe it’s a flipbook.
A 2,824 page flipbook.
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Fair!
I do honestly wonder what would happen to all aggression in the world if testosterone suppressants would globally be introduced into our drinking water.
Hey, don’t give RFK Jr any ideas!!
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Baby Yoda / Babu Frik team up.
When I don’t get a particular reference, all I can do is tell myself “well, this proves that you’re not a complete nerd”.
But then I think, “Why aren’t you nerd enough to get that reference?!!”
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Somehow, this news slipped under my radar last month: the last living member of The Band, Garth Hudson, passed away last month:
Multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson dies
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You sure know how to turn a phrase, Dave.
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But I’m wondering how much of the Sentry’s backstory they’ll actually put in the movie.
Fixed that for you
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Good news for latecomers to the Brubaker/Phillips fan club: Image Comics is currently releasing new editions of trade paperbacks of previous books. Due on shelves next week are CRIMINAL VOL 1 (Coward) and CRIMINAL VOL 2 (Lawless), as well as a KILL OR BE KILLED Compendium collecting the entire series. And CRIMINAL VOL 3 is expected for release a week later (Feb. 19)
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I wonder which member of the Thunderbolts/Legion of Doom he is?
Neither; my money is on Skeletor.
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At this point maybe the best thing I can do is just laugh at the absurdity of it all. It’s either that or physically assaulting everyone I know who voted for Trump.
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Yeah, I really liked Bat Times at the El Royale.
I recognize the slight typo there, but Bat Times at the El Royale gets my attention a lot quicker.
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This would be funny if it wasn’t so true.
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Remind me again: what horrible, God-awful thing did Ed Piskor do, to how many susceptible young women, that led people to harass and blackball him to the point where he committed suicide?
Fuck Neil Gaiman’s version of events.
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I thought the three volumes of FRIDAY were a very good example of art and words blending seamlessly to present a complex but coherent story, a storyline which surprised me more than once during my reading. It’s not the best that Brubaker has written, but it was a successful attempt at merging Encyclopedia Brown with Leave It To Chance and HP Lovecraft.
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There are several species of birds that get drunk of fermented fruits.
Typically it’s those birds that are in loveless marriages or have a crummy job.
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There are magazines for those topics. I think the issue is that as they tend to be very niche with low circulation. Cover prices tend to be quite high, as well as the subscription rates. Their websites may be heavily restricted where only subscribers can access articles and other features.
Yeah; when I was in college for my degree in architecture, we had to subscribe to Architectural Record, the bimonthly bible of that field. Back in the late 70s/early 80s the cover price was something like $5, which was outrageous compared to mags like People, Good Housekeeping, even Playboy. Niche publications aren’t going to get advertisers from the automotive, cigarette or alcohol industries to offset the costs of publication, so they typically have to charge a higher rate than mainstream publications.
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Guess which one of these statements is closer to the truth:
’m really skeptical on the climate change thing. It has gotten quite a bit warmer already, and the effects aren’t catastrophic. Maybe a few more natural disasters, but nothing we can’t handle. And if things get worse, we can always move to colder areas.
Meanwhile humans are growing stupider
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I saw one of these birds today, for the first time. The great egret is rare in the Netherlands but starting to be more common.
Yeah, the algorithm on Egret Facebook leans heavily toward the Netherlands as a popular destination.
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Don’t look for it Taylor… You may not like what you find!
What will he find out there Doctor?
His destiny
Planet of the Apes!!
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Supposed to be able to spot the Engineer (villian?) on the rooftop of the Luthorcorp building at or around the 1:30 mark of the trailer, yet I can’t see her.
There is someone on the roof at that point (beneath the R in the logo) in what looks like black or gray spandex, but not enough detail to confirm who that is exactly.
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Although their bladders vary greatly in size, all mammals larger than 7 pounds take roughly 21 seconds to urinate.
Unless you’re talking about an elephant with an enlarged prostate.
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Too many Americans treat the process of voting as something that you do on Election Day. In reality, the process of voting SHOULD involve researching the positions of all the candidate; not just what the television advertisements say, but the record of what those candidates have said and done previously, how (if they have prior political careers) they’ve voted previously on the issues that matter to you, what opinions they’ve expressed on those matters, what people whose opinion you respect have said regarding that candidate.
If most people had done even a minimal amount of research, they would know that most (if not all) of the claims that Trump, and the PACs that support him, have stated in TV and social media ads have no basis in reality. Instead, they’re waking up now to the fact that the proposed tariffs mean that WE are likely going to be paying higher prices for certain goods, and that his immigration policy means that costs will shoot up in everything from general construction to fruits and vegetables to child care/home health care to having your lawn mowed or snow shoveled.
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As a current United HealthCare customer, I understand this sentiment, as sad and pathetic as it sounds.
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To be honest, I don’t think Biden pardoning Hunter is that big a problem.
it’s a bad graphic for the Democratic Party, which wants to be seen as more ethical and supportive of “law” than their Republican counterparts. Frankly, the Dems need to wake the fuck up and start figuring out their priorities. And the Republicans who start pointing their fingers should look no further than Trump’s appointment of the new ambassador to France
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Hey, remember when Gerald Ford, whom Richard Nixon appointed as his new Vice President after VP Spiro Agnew was forced to resign due to a scandal, suddenly became president when Nixon resigned due to a different scandal, and then pardoned Nixon as one of his first official acts as president?!
Yeah, good times…
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Odd burst of cold the last few days. France, Germany and parts of the UK are freezing. In November. (Or were yesterday anyway)
Suburbs north and west of New York City got over 10 inches of snow Thursday/Friday; this after over a 1.5 months of drought. Thank God there’s no climate change, right?!
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Amanda and Steve Bowden face a growing storm when Max Cady (to be played by Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.
It would be great he plays Max with an Anton Chigurh haircut.
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If so, it’d be interesting to see if any of its regular readers noticed the change to the Onion running it as a parody.
Hopefully they won’t notice, and will continue to believe everything they read there. Small victories!!
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Matt Gaetz is a crazy appointment and there’s a chance it won’t get through the Senate apparently. We’ll see.
Which is why Trump’s strategy (according to CNN reports) is to do a “recess appointment” to bypass the Congressional approval process:
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Jay Z’s good friend Sean Combs can arrange the inauguration parties.
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I’d flip that.
No, I’d rather see Jay-Z as First Husband than Travis Kelce.
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Assuming we’ll still have a democracy after the next four years, who should be considered for the Democratic presidential candidate?
Beyonce, with Taylor Swift as her running mate.
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But people were hunted in our streets because of their nationality and that is a big fat fucking red line.
Gosh. You think?
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Before Tuesday the 5th, someone from the future should have traveled back in time…
Maybe they couldn’t because the world blew up in early 2025, before time travel was invented.
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My point exactly. Apparently, what the majority of people in the US want is to bully and demean and humiliate the weak. To exploit and to steal whatever you can. To laugh at human values and empathy.
That is what Trump showed them. That is what got people on his side.
I agree with you, Christian. Back in 2016 Trump made it okay to be insulting and abusive and threatening toward people who don’t agree with you or people whose sexual/racial/ethnic/religious background you do not like. Certain Americans, including those who erroneously felt that the Obama-era efforts to provide rights “others” meant fewer rights for them, embraced the “Us or Them” attitude that Trump promoted. And the Biden/Harris efforts to restore decency in this country after 2020 was, apparently, a huge failure.
In the end we, as a nation, will get what we deserve; and it won’t be pretty. I just hope our allies will forgive us somewhere down the road.
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If that’s a Kamala bird, it’s funny; but if it’s a Trump bird, it’s stupid!!!
See? USA politics explained in 15 words.
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End of daylight savings time. Now when I leave the office at 5pm. it will be night time. Don’t like it.
Do what I do: leave the office at 3:30
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That’s a Bingo!
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It’s a custom during Halloween here; I guess you Europeans haven’t caught on yet. We even have a little chant we sing as we do it:
Trick or Treat,
Suck your feet,
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Teri Garr, Star of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ Dies at 79
Such sad news. I remember having a crush on her back in 1972 when she was a featured cast member in the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, then seeing her in a rerun episode of the original Star Trek series and crushing on her all over again. Great comedic actress, but she also handled drama well (such as in Close Encounters of the Third Kind).
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Marvel would never cast a prominent actor from one of their past projects in a high-profile role in a new movie.
Yeah, I mean, they would be crazy to do that. Oh, wait….
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Now there’s a stupid precedent to set – TV brand exclusive channels.
Samsung has something similar:
Samsung TV Plus
Offers exclusive, owned and operated (O&O) channels, including:
Absolute Reality by WE tv: A channel featuring real moments, stories, and drama
Ride or Drive: An auto-focused channel
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Flew home today from London to NYC and had the opportunity to watch three recent films.
First up was Shyamalan’s THE WATCHERS starring Dakota Fanning. I knew nothing about it going in but had some hopes in the first few minutes as it takes place in a forested area in the west of Ireland (the source of some great Celtic myths and folklore), but ultimately the film suffered from the director’s usual inability to develop characters that you care about.
The second film, Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR, was amazing and scary and should have been this year’s blockbuster hit. A fantastic cast led by Kirsten Dunst imagines what might have happened if Trump retook the White House after January 6, 2021. Shown from the POV of a mix of news reporters and photographers covering the war, the film has great cinematography and seamless SFX, superb writing and direction, and moments that brought a lump to my throat. Dunst and Garland deserve Oscar nominations for this one. I really don’t understand why this hasn’t been the blockbuster hit of 2024…but maybe I do understand…
The third film was the 3-hour HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, CHAPTER 1 directed by Kevin Costner. I’m not saying this is a bad film; I’m saying this is only part of a film. At the risk of spoiling this for anyone planning to stream it, the film doesn’t come to a conclusion. Instead, after following the interlaced stories of various characters in various parts of the American West circa 1859-1861, the film just…ends. Not a single storyline is resolved, there’s no satisfactory climax or resolution of various plotlines, it all just ends with a whimper. Costner should have made this a television miniseries where he could tell the story over the course of 6 or 8 or 10 hourlong episodes; instead we have to wait for Chapter 2 (supposedly due later this year) to get some sort of resolution.
But, seriously, find CIVIL WAR on a streaming service (I believe it debuted on HBO MAX in September) and watch it.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Sean.
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I don’t know how they’d reconcile D-16 finding Megatronus’ corpse in TFOne with Megatronus being the main antagonist in Revenge of the Fallen
The Transformers MultiVerse, obviously. Why should Marvel have all the fun?
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Contractor must have gotten a good deal on red roof tiles when they were building that site.
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Ooh, a double-cassette player!!
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The original Youngblood miniseries ultimately sold 25 million copies globally. And the property has spanned 100 issues, counting top talents such as Robert Kirkman, Alan Moore and Mark Millar as contributors.
That reminds me: we’re still waiting for issue #2 of Mark Millar’s Youngblood: Bloodsport. Hey, Rob, any idea when those pages will be ready???
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A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance is a gift for any occasion
One of my favorite books of the past five years; I have the single issues, the two trades, and the oversize hardcover edition.
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I think I must have skipped the Dylan album that song appeared on.
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Which is a shame, this is the movie that typically I never do watch on streaming at home…
To be fair, it seems people aren’t watching it in the theater either.
Surely somebody must have made the MegaFlopolis joke already by this point?
No, we were waiting for you, Dave.
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It’s been a rough few weeks lately:
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The sheer size of some of these Cons is just too overwhelming for me as I get older. I do better with small art shows and local comics conventions where there isn’t a huge crowd or long lines to meet one of the guests.
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She was a consummate actor, giving her best in every role from comedy to drama to romance to the original Clash of the Titans. Long after her contemporaries were “retired” or not being offered any more roles, Dame Maggie could be seen in (almost) every Harry Potter film, in the two Best Marigold Hotel films, and her iconic performance in Downton Abbey. She will be missed.
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Maybe it’s time for Putin to release the “golden shower” video from that Moscow hotel room…
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In my lifetime there have been 9 mayors of New York City. I don’t remember the first guy (Robert Wagner); but of the remaining 8, the only ones I would vote for again are the late Ed Koch (“How’m’I doing?”) and billionaire Michael Bloomberg, because they are the only two who I feel really LOVED New York and loved taking care of their city.
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Now everyone is resigning or retiring from the Adams administration. Wow.
They all seem to be leaving before the handcuffs arrive.
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I just can’t conceptualize the absolute scumbaggery of ordering others to lockdown while actually organizing sex parties yourself. Truly the vilest of the vile.
I think he title of “vilest of the vile” should be reserved for people like Trump who told everybody that COVID was nothing to worry about and that we don’t need to wear masks or maintain social distancing, and who actively insulted and denigrated people at his rallies and other appearances who actually wore masks.
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Who needs good writers and competent artists? Let’s give ’em new uniforms in order to create the illusion of change!!
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Umm, earplugs! Check (please dont forget this time…)
As someone who once attended two LOUD concerts on two consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden and suffered temporary hearing reduction as a result, I fully endorse the use of ear plugs to safeguard your ability to hear when you’re older.
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How bad is this, really?
It makes the Teamsters look like ungrateful assholes, IMO. Biden and Harris bailed out the Teamsters pension fund and have consistently supported unions, as opposed to Trump’s predilection to fire union members who threaten to strike.
The good news is, some local unions are throwing their support behind Harris in opposition to their national bosses.
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God, Morrissey is such a dick.
Wasn’t sure if I should go with “Heaven knows he’s miserable now” or “The bigmouth struck again”. Either way, yeah, he’s a dick.
Maybe Marr should team up with Perry Farrell and let Morrissey reach out to Dave Navarro.
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It’s nothing that Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis haven’t done before, but it’s still a shame that a once-great band cannot overcome their egos. Farrell and Navarro are both talented artists.
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Arjan Dirkse wrote:
Twitter right now is just 50 % Springfield cats getting ate by Haitians and 50 % Moo Deng.I’d like to send this message back in time by 25 years and ask people to guess what it might mean.
I’d like to sent this message back to my 25-years-younger self with an explanation of what it means, but my younger self would not, could not, possibly believe me.
