Mrebo

Handman said:

I actually fell asleep at a decent time last night.

Hurray!

TV’s Frink said:

All we ever get from Mrebo is lip service.

I’ll tell you my deep and convoluted political theories another night.

Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
-Benjamin Franklin

My general thoughts on politics.

SilverWook said:

Would you meet with a guy who executes his relatives via assassins and artillery fire?

He also used dogs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/03/08/i-would-have-been-a-school-shooter-if-i-couldve-gotten-a-gun/?utm_term=.838f0730a654

Facing utter hopelessness, I snapped. I tried to get a gun; I wanted to take out as many people as possible — people who had tortured or ignored me — and then kill myself. It was 1997, and I had two possible locations mapped out: my school and a mall food court. I wanted to be heard. The abuse I’d suffered had closed me off, and I wanted to feel an emotion other than pain. I wanted to feel, for once, like I was in control, even if that meant spreading destruction and death.

But two things happened that stopped me.

A hopeful story for anyone going through a rough time, even if not as extreme as this.

yhwx said:

what the

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-has-invited-president-trump-to-a-meeting/2018/03/08/021cb070-2322-11e8-badd-7c9f29a55815_story.html

North Korea’s belligerent leader, Kim Jong Un, has asked President Trump for talks and Trump has agreed to meet him “by May,” South Korea’s national security adviser said at the White House Thursday after delivering the invitation to the American president.

Kim has also committed to stopping nuclear and missile testing, even during joint military drills in South Korea next month, Chung Eui-yong told reporters in Washington.

After a year in which North Korea fired inter-continental ballistic missiles capable of reaching all of the United States and tested what is widely thought to have been a hydrogen bomb, such a moratorium would be welcomed by the U.S. and the world.

Kim Jong Un “expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible,” Chung said. “President Trump said he would meet Kim Jong Un by May.” Chung did not provide any information on where the meeting would be. In Seoul, the presidential Blue House clarified that the meeting would occur by the end of May.

The White House confirmed Trump had accepted Kim’s invitation to meet.

A hopeful sign.

Don’t forget “Jungle Book.” Agree completely with Collipso.

Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said the marching soldiers “need to look professional” and “red lipstick is not part of the uniform.”

Wonder if they’ll be able to stop it.

I resist the urge to post the outrage of the day but this is messed up (and is one of those quiet policy changes referenced in the article Frink posts):

http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/03/06/trump-blocks-access-to-puppy-mill-inspections-as-florida-weighs-dog-store-legislation/

TL;DR: Admin hiding puppy mill inspection records.

Not sensitive per se, chyron, but the interpersonal dynamics weigh heavily in favor of not dumping conversations from a more private setting into a public one. I really didn’t see the point of regurgitating it now. As Billy Joel said, it’s a matter of trust.

(CatBus is telling the truth, believe it or not)

MalàStrana said:

God wouldn’t care, but what would Jesus say about that ?

Let the one among you who does not possess any PT or SE official home video release be the first to cast a stone.

throws stones at you all

(Not entirely true, but close. Only SW I have in my place are 2006 dvds that included the SE and non-SE.)

If the OT gets a proper release I’ll consider getting a 4K TV.

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

Art is political, amigo 😉

How did I know this is where this was heading…

Might as well start talking about Trump in Random Thoughts then.

You brought it upon yourself. Better I get it out of my system now. Trump should be contained!

There’s a difference between discussing films from a political perspective and discussing films just in general (without regard to their politics). Only one of those should take place in this thread, otherwise you’re suggesting forum anarchy.

Cross-posted from the great beyond:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joke

Do you have people supporting you in your efforts to get healthy and happy? Is there a way you can put yourself back in touch with people? Getting one’s mind around the idea that one deserves to be happy is hard.

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

Art is political, amigo 😉

How did I know this is where this was heading…

Might as well start talking about Trump in Random Thoughts then.

You brought it upon yourself. Better I get it out of my system now. Trump should be contained!

CatBus said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

Are we comparing Trump to Ted Kennedy now?

I guess we could. I’m just asking if anyone wants to see that movie. This is still a general politics thread I believe 😉

Probably shouldn’t, considering we’re talking about how this sort of thing used to keep people from being president.

As for the movie, I like Jason Clarke and it’s a compelling story so… possibly.

Maybe it’s just me but that kind of thing should have kept him out of politics altogether. Not the debate I was looking for but many presidents carried on dalliances (Roosevelt and Kennedy leap to mind) and the media didn’t report on it. Many things have changed.

I tend to agree, it’s just mostly funny in this instance to see Trump supporters (who normally jump at the possibility to take down Dems for the same behavior) bend over backwards to defend him.

Them’s the breaks in politics. If Obama had called for tariffs on steel and aluminum or had talked about sidestepping due process in order to take people’s guns…heads would have exploded on the Right.

And when Obama was reportedly deporting illegal immigrants in record numbers and doing nothing to reform immigration year-after-year…the Left was pretty quiet.

The Left was noisy, but there’s no Left media to amplify that for anyone else to hear. The media was still trying to push the story that there was some sort of illegal immigration crisis in the US (which effectively excused Obama’s actions), and the media’s attempt to fabricate that crisis both pre- and post-dates the Obama Presidency.

The pushback on Obama’s use of drones was also muted.

Muddled more than muted. Lots of people were mad about how the drones were being used, but that got conflated into a larger and louder group of people who didn’t like the concept of drones at all.

When partisans routinely cover for their guy it’s hard to say the media wasn’t acting at least partly in a partisan fashion in not amplifying dissenting voices and presenting a more coherent narrative.

On the tariffs, I haven’t seen the media expressing great opposition to the idea, it’s been a mixed bag. They criticize the confusion emanating from the White House, but less so the idea of the tariffs. I don’t think this comes from fairness.

CatBus said:

I personally never thought “based on a true story” added anything at all to the appeal of a movie, because 1) you’re going to have to take some liberties just to get the story into two hours, if nothing else, and 2) if there’s a way you can tweak the story for no other purpose other than to make it more interesting, you’re either revisionist for doing it, or bland for not doing it.

Some stories are interesting to me, some are not, and whether or not they’re fictional really doesn’t enter into it. And a story about a fictional politician following the Ted Kennedy arc wouldn’t really appeal to me. But then what do I know, I liked Cabin Boy.

Well this film is not a fictional politician following the arc, it is a story about Ted Kennedy. As for creative license on these things, agree it’s a double edged sword.

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

Are we comparing Trump to Ted Kennedy now?

I guess we could. I’m just asking if anyone wants to see that movie. This is still a general politics thread I believe 😉

Probably shouldn’t, considering we’re talking about how this sort of thing used to keep people from being president.

As for the movie, I like Jason Clarke and it’s a compelling story so… possibly.

Maybe it’s just me but that kind of thing should have kept him out of politics altogether. Not the debate I was looking for but many presidents carried on dalliances (Roosevelt and Kennedy leap to mind) and the media didn’t report on it. Many things have changed.

I tend to agree, it’s just mostly funny in this instance to see Trump supporters (who normally jump at the possibility to take down Dems for the same behavior) bend over backwards to defend him.

Them’s the breaks in politics. If Obama had called for tariffs on steel and aluminum or had talked about sidestepping due process in order to take people’s guns…heads would have exploded on the Right.

And when Obama was reportedly deporting illegal immigrants in record numbers and doing nothing to reform immigration year-after-year…the Left was pretty quiet. The pushback on Obama’s use of drones was also muted.

I agree it’s all kind of funny but also dispiriting.

Planning to see “Annihilation”?

Already did, quite liked it. Getting a little further away from politics on this one, though.

Art is political, amigo 😉

SilverWook said:

Are all these youtube critics making money off this sort of thing? If so, maybe we should start making our own TLJ sucks Bantha balls! type videos and fund the projects around here. 😛

There’s half a good idea in that!

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

Are we comparing Trump to Ted Kennedy now?

I guess we could. I’m just asking if anyone wants to see that movie. This is still a general politics thread I believe 😉

Probably shouldn’t, considering we’re talking about how this sort of thing used to keep people from being president.

As for the movie, I like Jason Clarke and it’s a compelling story so… possibly.

Maybe it’s just me but that kind of thing should have kept him out of politics altogether. Not the debate I was looking for but many presidents carried on dalliances (Roosevelt and Kennedy leap to mind) and the media didn’t report on it. Many things have changed.

Planning to see “Annihilation”?

DominicCobb said:

Are we comparing Trump to Ted Kennedy now?

I guess we could. I’m just asking if anyone wants to see that movie. This is still a general politics thread I believe 😉

DuracellEnergizer said:

It’s almost amusing how my mother and sister think every female rock singer with a 'tude is a lesbian — almost, but not quite.

I first read that as “…every female rock singer is a 'tude with a lesbian - almost, but not quite.”

So I thought you were saying it should be “a lesbian with a 'tude.”

But now I’m straight on my reading of it at least.

Speaking of virtuous politicians who get away with things, is anyone thinking of seeing “Chappaquiddick”?

paja said:

Hollowing around a cat geting a Beard for life.