Sunday School

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Strega,

Enco, loved your explanation of your edits.

Thank you. I was hoping someone would catch that.😁

The best part of the SOTL movie was the fact I wanted Hannibal to win, even with the atrocities he’d carried out. The movie WAS the villain.

Huh? Is that like some slam like the crew from Mystery Science Theater 3000 or RiffTrax would make after the movie? 😆

He must be 90 by now, but he’s definitely my favourite actor.

Close. He is 88.

Anthony Hopkins–Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins

[UnseenParticipant]

The GOP has been telling its congress(wo)men NOT to hold public town halls for now because of the hostility they get from angry constituents and either not do them at all or move online where interactions can be better managed.

This opens up an opportunity for Democrats to hold their own “open to everyone no matter what party” town halls. Bernie Sanders’ astonishing recent appearance in Wisconsin proves that there’s a public thirst for such gatherings.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Strega,

As an example, here’s some of the clever MST3K patter among Joel and the Robots during Teenagers from Outer Space:

“This movie is like Misery!”

“This movie IS misery!”

[StregaModerator]

Antony Hopkins aficionados – there’s a 2007 movie called Fracture, which is brilliant, twisted and showcases Antony’s best talents.  Please watch it, if you haven’t already.

(I have to admit, once again I found myself rooting for the villain)

🦹‍♂️

 

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Unseen,

Bernie did that before 9 years ago and look what happened:

And nowadays, 9 years later, it would be an Intersectional brawl to see which Woke hoard would seize Bernie’s microphone first, or worse.

And the fact that Bernie and BernieBros are for Palestine wouldn’t save him either.

[jakelafortParticipant]

Enco,

Please warn before you share a video with gigantic cross earings! Now i have PTSD. I had better see my zionist friends for a hyperbaric chamber therapy session to rid myself of the horrific image. Either that or an exorcism…

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

@strega, I agree with you on ‘Fracture’. It has a clever plot with a decent twist to it.  He is one of those actors you are compelled to focus on, whatever his role in any specific scene is, even when he is silent.

[_Robert_Participant]

Bernie is my favorite politician right now. Wants to tax the wealthy more and redistribute. Well, we been going the other way for decades, so we can use more of that. Now Trump and Musk are aiming to finish the job. The super greedy top 5% have 2/3rds of the stack and are growing it every day.

[_Robert_Participant]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

@strega, I agree with you on ‘Fracture’. It has a clever plot with a decent twist to it. He is one of those actors you are compelled to focus on, whatever his role in any specific scene is, even when he is silent.

Yeah, that was a good one. Kinda like a modern, upscale “Colombo” episode.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake,

BLM is indeed a trauma for any who dare to think that skin color does not matter. The cross earrings only add to that trauma for all who follow the lead of Jean-Francois Revel, who wrote the book Without Marx, Without Jesus.

[UnseenParticipant]

@Enco

If his Wisconsin rally is any indication, as a certain musician would say, “The times they are a-changin’.” Go, Bernie!

I don’t think Bernie Bros were ever much of a thing if they existed at all. In a country the size of the U.S., you can find a few people who believe just about anything.

By the same token, there may be a vocal cadre of pro-Hamas lefties, but I submit that most of those of us who disapprove of Israel’s excesses are not pro-Hamas. Except in the black/white all-or-nothing view that “If you’re not wi’ us you’re agin us” sense. Israel is simply manufacturing the very hate that they decry.

[UnseenParticipant]

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge

If you’re a war hero whose surname is “Gay” or if you’re the legendary WW2 bomber named Enola Gay, you’re too “woke” or “light in the loafers” for Trumplandia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.

The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much higher.

Starting to get some Stalinist or Hitlerian vibes?

[UnseenParticipant]

I don’t get it. If DOGE stands for Department Of Government Efficiency, what is the standard of efficiency they are using, because how does cutting staff at the IRS or Social Security Administration reduced telephone hold times or get one in to speak to an agent more quickly? How does cutting the number of aircraft controllers reduce aircraft disasters and near accidents?

What does “efficiency” mean to DOGE?

[UnseenParticipant]

Trumponomics isn’t even smoke and mirrors. It’s nuts:

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