Handman

That is a very good deal. I’d do it if I had $20 extra dollars.

I’d say Bernie was as popular as he was precisely because he wasn’t your typical Democrat.

Anyone read this?

NPR – With Voters Sour On Major Parties, Group Recruits ‘None Of The Above’ Candidates

The effort comes at a time when voters are dissatisfied with both major political parties. Nearly 70 percent of voters say Republicans and Democrats fail to adequately represent the American people, according to a recent survey from the nonpartisan Democracy Fund.
Politics

A Colorado-based group called Unite America is trying to use that dissatisfaction to elect more independent candidates to office nationwide. They have endorsed 29 unaffiliated candidates running for all levels of office from across the country.

Among the statewide candidates with the group’s support are Gov. Bill Walker of Alaska, the country’s only unaffiliated governor, and Greg Orman, who’s running for governor in Kansas.

In Colorado, they’ve helped five state legislative candidates qualify for the ballot, campaign, and get their names out with promotional videos.

When the time comes, vote them out.

Mrebo said:

https://www.businessinsider.com/young-voters-dont-know-where-to-buy-stamps-for-absentee-ballots-2018-9

I know people love to say that people who say “kids today are lazy” are out-of-touch… but… this is just a Google search away. And you can buy them everywhere. And you can ask literally anybody. I never had a problem figuring this out with my absentee-ballot.

Yeah, you’ve been missed here, but so long as you’re doing better in life, that really shouldn’t matter. Priorities and all that. But I’m glad to hear the update!

Maybe not for those films, but it seems to me up to the quality of something Olive Films would put out on disc. Not to mention far beyond the crap Mill Creek puts out all the time.

LordZerome1080 said:

Handman said:

Very much agreed, Anchorhead.

This next episode will be a true test. They’re going to go visit Rosa Parks. Will they be historically accurate, or will there be a lot of revisionism? I’m going to guess a bit of revisionism.

What do you mean?

I’m guessing the show will greatly simplify the situation, playing into the great myth you’re taught in elementary school. The great Rosa Parks was the one who said no on a whim, and it is all because of her that buses were integrated here in the US. The historical context is a lot more complex and complicated, and interesting. I’m assuming the episode will have the Doctor try to convince her to go through with it, with no mention of those more interesting elements as they go against the prevailing legend.

Really, if we’re going to have an episode where Rosa Parks is hesitant to go through with it, I want a dialogue like this:

Rosa: “Well, they don’t need me, there are others–”
Doctor: “Yes, there are others, and there have been others. But your actions here will reach beyond them. Someone as well liked, someone so innocent, to go through the horrors of your society, will resonate far beyond Alabama. No one else will look as righteous to the nation.”

Or something to that effect. Basically I want there to be some recognition that Rosa Parks was not the only one who was courageous in that situation, that she did not do it on a whim (She and Colvin were both active members of the NAACP), and that the black leadership in Montgomery, Alabama wanted her to do it for the reasons stated above, as they would not be able to gain the sympathies of the courts, whites, and the middle class with Colvin, a poor, pregnant teenager. This in no way minimizes the bravery and injustice Parks endured, but it is the way it happened.

“I’m not disappointed,” Colvin said. “Let the people know Rosa Parks was the right person for the boycott. But also let them know that the attorneys took four other women to the Supreme Court to challenge the law that led to the end of segregation.”

But maybe this is too much to ask for from Doctor Who.

Very much agreed, Anchorhead.

This next episode will be a true test. They’re going to go visit Rosa Parks. Will they be historically accurate, or will there be a lot of revisionism? I’m going to guess a bit of revisionism.

The Doctor has seen too much to believe in any one religion. Some might even call that show a religion, the way it’s fostered a devoted cult over the past half-century.

I just watched it. The commercials don’t bother me. I am really liking these new episodes.

Of course, this is still the honeymoon period. We’ll see what I think by the time the series ends. But man, they really upped the production values. That title sequence! That atmosphere! That coherent plot!

The new TARDIS interior is something I’ll have to get used to. The last one I fell in love with instantly, probably because it felt like a classic TARDIS. This one seems to try to recapture the Tennant era… and I’m not sure if it works yet.

Just in general.

I haven’t watched it yet. But, what did you think?

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Yeah, that really sucks. College can be a frustrating time, and I’m sorry that visiting home doesn’t give you any relief from that. dahmage gives good advice.

TV’s Frink said:

Dek Rollins said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warb you conveniently left out the part where you complained about feminist agendas…yet again.

Warbler said:

And my worry was about a feminist agenda being shoved in our faces, not just the gender change.

That was literally him explaining that he wasn’t worried about an agenda. You’re being dense and antagonizing him over nothing.

“Dense” is wrong and “antagonizing him over nothing” is your opinion. Maybe he shouldn’t say stupid shit like “feminist agenda.”

Glad you’re back.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Did anyone notice that the Doctor was wearing an earring at the end of the episode? When did she pierce her ear? Did she regenerate with the piercings? Not complaining, just fun to point out little things like that.

Yeah, I noticed it and it irrationally annoyed me. The Doctor isn’t really masculine, but that doesn’t mean (s)he’s feminine either.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Thinking of her…

Me too. But we haven’t talked in awhile now. And I’m not going to be some lovesick puppy and follow her around.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Handman said:

snooker said:

I guess I’m a weirdo who would never willingly use a hallucinogen.

No, I’m the same way. I’d go out on a limb and say most people are like that.

Sounds boring.

I’m very boring. I try to make up for it, though.

Henry Mancini - A Warm Shade of Ivory

Mancini is one of the greats, if you like that sort of thing.

snooker said:

I guess I’m a weirdo who would never willingly use a hallucinogen.

No, I’m the same way. I’d go out on a limb and say most people are like that.

Possessed said:

I almost always am.

Drunk and high? That tends to cancel the other out, doesn’t it?

It would make sense either way for me, but I am glad there wasn’t a lot of emphasis on it. The Doctor was never really bothered at having become an old man after being young Matt Smith for hundreds of years.

dahmage said:

Warbler said:

I will say one thing that disappointed me was that I the Doctor would have a bigger (and funnier) when the Doctor found out he was now a she.

I know words are missing, but which ones?!

“I will say one thing that disappointed me was that I thought the Doctor would have a bigger (and funnier) reaction when the Doctor found out he was now a she.”

At least not for another 30 years.

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Yep, that whole River Song arc was one of the lugubrious quagmires.

Even worse, there are so many moments in it that are just so great (the series opener is really solid, as is all of The God Complex) that just get bogged down by Moffat refusing to let things go. Remember how great The Lodger was? Well, have another one, only have it be one of the worst episodes you’ll ever see. And the end of The God Complex would have been great to let the Ponds go, but they just had to stick around and be boring for half of series 7.

This era of the show is endlessly frustrating. I’m glad it’s finally ended.

I was rewatching Series 6, and holy shit did it get bad fast. Series 5 was awesome. But the whole season-long over-arching plot was just too ambitious and collapsed on in itself, and I felt embarrassed watching some of it. Something I did not feel with Series 5, even at its worst.