Jeebus

I think some of this disagreement is coming from a misunderstanding as to what reparations would entail. This article goes over two schools of thought. I quoted the section more in line with what I envision when I think of reparations.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/05/reparations_should_be_paid_to_black_americans_here_is_how_america_should.html

On the other end is the policy approach. Instead of cash, the federal government would implement an agenda to tackle racial inequality at its roots. This agenda would focus on major areas of concern: housing, criminal justice, education, and income inequality. As for the policies themselves, they don’t require a ton of imagination. To break the ghettos and reduce the hyper-segregation of black life, the federal government would aggressively enforce the Fair Housing Act, with attacks on housing and lending discrimination, and punishment for communities that exclude low-income residents with exclusionary zoning.

What’s more, it would provide vouchers for those who want to move, subsidized mortgages for those who want to own, and huge investments in transportation infrastructure, to break urban and rural isolation and connect low-income blacks to jobs in wealthier, whiter areas.

On the education front, state governments could end education budgets based on local property taxes—which disadvantage poor communities and disproportionately hurt blacks—and the federal government could invest in school reconstruction, modernization, and vouchers—for parents who want their children in private schools—in addition to higher education subsidies for black Americans. These “in-kind” benefits have the virtue of freeing up disposable income, thus acting as de facto cash payments.

It almost goes without saying that this move for policy reparations would include an end to the war on drugs, an end to mass incarceration, and a national re-evaluation of police procedures to reduce racial profiling. And, looking forward, it could include progressive “baby bonds”—federally managed investment accounts with modest annual growth rates. At $60 billion a year, according to one proposal, this would help ameliorate wealth inequality for future generations.

chyron8472 said:

Mrebo said:

I must be blessed to not suffer any white male guilt.

To some degree, I genuinely feel that people need to be responsible for themselves and stop blaming the rest of society. For example, I understand that the colonists that appeared in America back in the day did horrible things to the Native Americans. I understand that much of the Native American population is poor. But at some point I really don’t see the value in the United States government giving reparations to them anymore.

The value is in helping disadvantaged groups get out of artificial poverty. It’s really hard for people to “pull themselves by their bootstraps” out of a hole that America dug and threw them into. You agree that Native Americans are not doing well right now, and I hope you can agree that it’s largely due to America’s past actions. Why prolong their suffering?

I’m fairly certain people in Europe conquered other people in Europe over the centuries, and I doubt many of the conquered over there get reparations for it. I know that sounds callous, but I still feel that way.

I don’t see how this is at all analogous.

Oh boy…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/04/trump-suggested-invading-venezuela-report

Don’t really know where to post this, just thought it was sad.

Alright, so I finally had time to sit down and watch this. First of all, the video quality was great. It almost looks like you added film grain, but I could’ve just been imagining things. I also really love the color correction.

The shortening of the opening space battle was seamless.

I like the music you added for when the Anakin and Obi-wan land their fighters. My only complaint is that maybe it goes on a bit too long. The music keeps playing even after all the droids are dead and they’re just talking, which felt kind of weird. Still, I’d much rather have the music than not.

I like the music added for the “spring the trap” joke. Not sure if it’s a different piece of music, or just a continuation of the previous one, but it worked.

The music added when Anakin and Obi-Wan are captured by Grievous/when they fight the droids is good, and I love the way you edited Anakin’s joke.

Somehow, the change of music during the ship crashing sequence made the “we lost something” joke land.

I like the idea of moving the opera scene to where you did. Cutting right to Anakin sitting with Palpatine leaves the impression that maybe Anakin sought out Palpatine of his own volition, setting up their relationship a lot better. Putting the scene where you did also makes Palpatine’s arguments about the Jedi seem more convincing. We hear Palpatine’s side of the story before the Jedi’s, and that really works. Also, learning about Plagueis so early sets up Anakin’s motivations right from the get-go.

I feel like the movie kind of jumps around with all the scenes on Coruscant. It’s like one second Anakin’s here, the next second he’s somewhere else, then Obi-Wan is doing something, then we’re back to Anakin; but I suppose that’s not really a problem with the edit, that’s just how the movie is, and that can’t be fixed short of filming new material.

Not sure how to feel about the music during the scene where Anakin and Padme talk about what’s happening to the Republic. On one hand, it felt a little out of place, especially towards the end of the scene where they’re hugging as the music gets louder and more intense. On the other hand, I kind of like what it represents. It sounds fascist, militaristic. Hearing that theme as Anakin rejects Padme’s pleas for peace and diplomacy gives the impression that Anakin is actually on board with how Palpatine is running things. It feels like we’re seeing a side of Anakin that we haven’t really seen since he advocated for dictatorships in AotC. I also like that the next scene is Anakin telling the council that Palpatine requested he be the one to go after Grievous, lending itself to the idea that Anakin’s loyalties lie more with the Chancellor than with the Jedi.

What you did with the march on the Jedi temple and Order 66 was great.

Something weird happens with the audio at 1:41:31. It’s like the audio in the left ear/channel gets a lot louder for a second, then fixes itself.

Overall, I really enjoyed the edit.

Warbler said:

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

I implore others to not just listen to Mfm, and actually watch the videos I linked to and then see what you think of Mike The Cop.

I’m sorry, but I agree with mfm here. I don’t have the time, and I really am not interested in being required to invest half and hour each to such videos.

Fine, but then don’t make your mind up about the guy without watching what he has to say.

Who has time to sit down and watch an hours worth of shitty content just so they can argue with someone else online?

Warbler said:

Consider a drive by shooting happens. You are a cop. You are given description of the vehicle, which includes make, and model and the fact that window was shot out. Soon after the shooting, around the area the shooting took place, you stop a vehicle that matches the description, make and model and a shot out window in the correct area of the car. You see two guns in the car. Suddenly one the occupants of the car takes off on foot. You have no idea if he is armed or not(even though two guns were in the car, it doesn’t mean another one wasn’t on his person). For all you know he was involved in the shooting. What do you? (and keep in mind you have less time to decide than it took you read this paragraph)

Certainly not shoot him because I’m not a fucking monster, and I don’t want to live in a world where cops can just execute people in the street for any reason.

EDIT: “I don’t have enough details to understand this situation, I guess I’ll murder this guy just to be safe” is not an acceptable solution.

I feel like these new progressive candidates (Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders) are making things harder for themselves by taking on the name “democratic socialist.” Firstly, the name isn’t even correct, and I’ll keep saying it until the day I die. In order to be a democratic socialist, one has to be a… socialist. Neither Ocasio-Cortez or Sanders advocate for socialism. But the bigger issue is that by labeling themselves socialists, they’ve made it much easier for Republicans to smear them. Now their opponents don’t have to convince voters that welfare = socialism = communism = deathcamps = bad. All they have to do is convince voters that socialism = communism = deathcamps = bad. That first step, the one that progressives seem to be willingly giving up, is the most important one. Getting from ‘welfare’ to ‘socialism’ is a much bigger jump than getting from ‘socialism’ to ‘communism’ or from ‘communism’ to ‘deathcamps’. It’s the right’s weakest argument, the most tenuous connection in that entire chain of ideas, and they’re just throwing it away.

A Jury May Have Sentenced a Man to Death Because He’s Gay. And the Justices Don’t Care.

Carbon monoxide detector went off at 2 in the morning. Nearly gave me a heart attack and undoubtedly woke several of the neighbors up. I’m pretty sure it was a fluke, since the batteries had leaked so bad that the contacts had to be cleaned with alcohol before the thing would even turn back on. Additionally, the alarm didn’t go off again when I reset it and pressed the test button. Even still, now I’m paranoid about carbon monoxide poisoning; and whenever I’m worried about having some sort of illness, I start to imagine that I’m having symptoms.

I guess my question is ‘who decides what staring at someone is?’ Could someone conceivably get in trouble for staring at something behind someone else? What if someone’s just staring into space, but someone else thinks they’re being stared at?

My enjoyment of the Satanic aesthetic really depends on my mood. In general, I’d say I enjoy it in moderation. For me, there’s a very thin line between healthily Satanic and childishly edgy, so it’s easy to overdo the imagery and come off as lame.

I really like seeing different depictions of hell, particularly the more alien and esoteric ones. I quite like Wayne Barlowe’s vision of hell, for example.

moviefreakedmind said:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html

HUGE win for progressives against corporate democrats. A 10-year representative got beaten by a Democratic Socialist. I’m really excited by this trend. Similar candidates are getting selected even in conservative states like Nebraska.

Great to hear. Genuinely surprising, too. I was convinced that she stood no chance. If she wins the general, does that mean we can finally put the “Democrats need to go right to win” meme to bed?

TV’s Frink said:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/supreme-court-justice-anthony-kennedy-retiring/story?id=55052718

This country is about to get demonstrably worse, yet again. Wonderful.

Damn, couldn’t’ve waited 2 more years?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/families-earning-117000-now-qualify-as-low-income-in-californias-bay-area/

In other news, California’s housing crisis is just as absurd as ever.

snooker said:

I’m used to the name Dooku, but it really sounds like “doo-doo”.

Here’s fallen Jedi Master Kaido, I guess:

(Changing the color of red sabers is a hassle.)

I like it!

moviefreakedmind said:

Never heard his music, so I can only guess. And since I hate pretty much all popular music these days (that I’ve heard) I tend to lean towards the expectation that I won’t like it.

Well, if that’s how you feel…

I just thought it was funny that, of all the mainstream musicians, he’s probably the least deserving of being shit on for being not a “real musician.”

moviefreakedmind said:

And who cares what you expect from me?

moviefreakedmind said:

Remember when Kendrick Lamar, who I guess is what passes for a musician these days,

LOL

I genuinely expected better from you. But I guess I can’t say that I’m surprised.

‘Disastrous’ copyright bill vote approved

Warbler said:

ChainsawAsh said:

I love how after multiple requests from multiple different people for someone to explain why illegal immigration is a problem, there’s been no response other than what boils down to “because it is one.”

So I guess I’ve seeing and hearing things when I’ve been watching,listening to, and reading the news for years. Ok.

It’s certainly possible.

Warbler said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Why even post in this thread if you’re incapable of having an argument on something?

unwilling is different than incapable.

True. It’s even worse.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Isn’t that the MythBusters guy?

Yeah.

Adam Savage is younger than I thought.

https://twitter.com/CNNSitRoom/status/1006300177089605637

Senator Rand Paul says “Lindsey Graham is a danger to the country by even proposing ideas like authorizing war with Korea, my goodness.” He adds that “serious people” shouldn’t even be discussing that.

Broken clock and all that.

We on a website.

suspiciouscoffee said:

SilverWook said:

It would be interesting to have a thread for discussing beloved classic films only we seem to loathe and total dogs only we seem to like. If there isn’t one already?

Unpopular Movie Opinions and Hot Takes thread?

Hot Takes thread might actually be pretty fun.