Tyrphanax

joefavs said:

I really despise the “R2 downloading the map from the Death Star” explanation. My headcanon is that Luke intended for Lor San Tekka to bring Rey into the fold at some point like Obi-Wan did with Luke and send her to Leia with the map. R2 was programmed to wake up when Rey registered on whatever sensors he’s got going on while he’s in standby mode, hence why he only comes to life when Rey arrives on D’Qar. Lor San Tekka entrusts the map to Poe at the beginning of the film because he sees that the shit is about to hit the fan, and either he wasn’t aware Rey’s presence being necessary for R2 to work or he intended to reach out to her after the fact and send her to the Resistance if Kylo hadn’t killed him. It isn’t airtight, but it makes some amount of sense for Tekka to ditch the original plan to keep the map out of enemy hands.

I like it.

DominicCobb said:

Great that we already have the president and his press secretary lying to the American people (about something incredibly petty). And then turn around and blame the “dishonest media” for simply reporting facts.

I was absolutely shocked at the whining. From both him and his press secretary. Shouldn’t the President be above such petty shit? I mean. If only one person showed up the the inauguration, I would expect the President to just move on to the next important piece of business the next day. But to get up and just moan and then straight-up lie about it? And people say Liberals are pathetic. Give me a break.

And I dunno what’s worse, the lies or the lies told to cover up the lies, or the fact that there are people staunchly defending him and his lies who don’t realize these lies he’s telling now are probably indicative that maybe his campaign promises weren’t 100% truth.

TV’s Frink said:

On his first full day as Baby-in-Chief…

On his first full day in office, President Trump visited the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters to express his gratitude for the intelligence community, which he had repeatedly railed against and recently likened to Nazis.

What Trump delivered Saturday was a campaign-style, stream-of-consciousness airing of grievances — at the Senate for delaying confirmation of his nominees; at critics for questioning whether he is smart and vigorous; and at journalists, whom he called “the most dishonest human beings on earth” and accused of lying about the size of his inauguration crowd.

I’ve never seen a person lie so brazenly and obviously directly to the public and just shrug it off with more lies than Trump.

Today.

President Trump said:
[…] The media is dishonest, make it seem like I had a feud with the intel community. […] Probably everyone in this room voted for me.

Earlier this week.

President Trump said:

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

DominicCobb said:

Tyrphanax said:

Possessed said:

Fuck you.

Just kidding. Always funny, right?

This is the kinda discourse I know and love.

Honestly fuck you. What about the kind of discourses you don’t know? You’re saying you only love the kind of discourse you’re familiar with?

I don’t care what you think.

I care, but only because everything he says is both wrong and stupid.

Dom: Wrong and Stupid

Found his autobiography title.

DominicCobb said:

Tyrphanax said:

Possessed said:

Fuck you.

Just kidding. Always funny, right?

This is the kinda discourse I know and love.

Honestly fuck you. What about the kind of discourses you don’t know? You’re saying you only love the kind of discourse you’re familiar with?

I don’t care what you think.

Erm… so you can’t be held accountable for actions in the past? Hrm.

Jetrell Fo said:

Does this not count?

Either way, here’s the thing. We’re all allowed to post our opinions and disagree or agree with other people as we see fit. If you wanna jump in and start some discourse, go right ahead. I think most of us are open to it.

Possessed said:

Fuck you.

Just kidding. Always funny, right?

This is the kinda discourse I know and love.

Jetrell Fo said:

DominicCobb said:

Jetrell Fo said:

To Duracell,

I’m wondering if a title change might be in order for your thread here. What good is a politics thread if most every conversation only starts or ends with President Trump bashing?

There will be little if any reasonable discourse now that he has been Inaugurated. Just a thought anyways.

What are you suggesting? He change the title to the “bash Trump” thread? You don’t even think we should try reasonable discourse? I don’t get it.

I don’t see reasonable discourse being had, just Trump bashing, hence the suggestion.

You must not have been here during the election when every post alternated between anti-Trump memes, images, and links and anti-Hillary memes, images, and links. And maybe some toxic shit-slinging in between.

I’m always ready to do some discourse though. If people wanna refute my posts and talk about it in a rational, reasonable way, I’m always happy to do so.

Warbler said:

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canofhumdingers said:

To me, the Disney films have done a great job bringing back the mythic and mystical elements of the OT. It was the prequels that stomped all over that.

But in TFA we have Maz Kanata who is no Jedi, but is more of a force mystic. You’ve got that awesome speech by Han (it’s true… All of it.). You’ve got the Knights of Ren, whatever they are. And Rey goes on a hero’s quest to find Luke.

In Rogue One you’ve got the holy city Jedha. You’ve got monks who worship the Jedi and the force. You’ve got tarkin (I think it was, certainly one of the imperials) mention “Saw Guerrera and his Bendu fanatics”. You’ve got the kyber crystals.

To me, the mythic and mystical aspects of Star Wars to hand in hand. And, quite frankly, under Disney the new films are delivering in spades.

Agreed.

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

Day Two:
Censor Government agencies for reporting protester vs. inauguration turnout facts.

I love the Metro tweets in that story.

Me too. Very subtle.

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV’s Frink said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

darth_ender said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I’m a bad person, I’m a bad person, I’m a bad person.

FTFM

You’re self-loathing is unwarranted. What could you have done that is so awful? You are young and have a great sense of humor. You are going through a phase in life when the future seems bleak. Teenage years are a challenge and the fact that there is a bright future with both ups and downs seems to escape people of that age. Believe me, I remember. But you have great potential, so stop looking at only your shortcomings.

Thank you for the kind words. They mean a lot to me.

And for what it is worth, I really enjoy your posts.

+1

I’m with you too.

Better a Suspicious Coffee, than a Livid Coffee.

So here we are, 27 or so hours into the Presidency and so far:

Day One:
Remove references to health care from the White House website.
Remove references to civil rights from the White House website.
Remove references to climate change from government websites.
Remove references to LGBT rights from the White House website.
Begin the repeal process for the ACA.
Deny entry to foreign nationals who disagree with the Trump administration.

Day Two:
Censor Government agencies for reporting protester vs. inauguration turnout facts.

I’m not impressed so far.

LuckyGungan2001 said:

Tyrphanax said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tyrphanax said:

Thanks, Junior Jedi Knights, for your crap stories. <_<

You’re mean to the young’uns.

They deserve it. Those books were almost as bad as the 2D Clone Wars series.

They must be downright amazing then.

Bad means not good. Like the 2D Clone Wars series.

But thank god we got rid of that darn Obama!

So glad he’s got a handle on stuff. So glad he’ll be choosing people with a similar handle on stuff to make laws about that stuff.

Warbler said:

Warbler said:

Warbler said:

To everyone that prays:

There are family members of those that belong to our church. They have a baby with a very serious lung condition. I think the child was born premature. I don’t know all of the details, but I know that they doctors have said there is nothing more they can do. I fear the baby might not have very long to live. It is in God’s hands now. I can’t imaging what this family is going through. I ask all here that pray, to pray for the baby, and her family and friend and all those treating her.

There has been too little improvement in her condition. They are going to take her off the the machines that are keeping the baby alive. Please continue to pray.

@7:25 PM, the baby passed away. Please pray for family. Thankyou.

Can’t even imagine.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tyrphanax said:

Thanks, Junior Jedi Knights, for your crap stories. <_<

You’re mean to the young’uns.

They deserve it. Those books were almost as bad as the 2D Clone Wars series.

Can we not get this politics thread locked because of babies? Take the slap fight elsewhere. Thanks.

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

The Right Wing has 1,455 days of uncontested free reign over all branches of government (give or take, not counting midterms) to get the country “back on track” (I thought it was doing alright as it was?). There’s really no excuse they can make for any failing or any slips or any problems that arise

That may be, but you better believe they’ll have lots of excuses ready.

Likely, I just call on everyone to realize and remember that any failure of the country in the next four years is a direct result of their actions.

Unless they’re willing to relinquish even one majority. Hah.

I assume current canon is that it blew up with the Death Star.

JEDIT: Unless we travel to Vader’s Castle again in Episode VIII and find he kept it as a trophy and Finn or someone ends up using it. <_<

The Right Wing has 1,455 days of uncontested free reign over all branches of government (give or take, not counting midterms) to get the country “back on track” (I thought it was doing alright as it was?). There’s really no excuse they can make for any failing or any slips or any problems that arise. They say they have the answer and they better have, for America’s sake and especially their own (especially their constituency and their values).

So far, I’m not particularly impressed. I hope I can say differently in four years.

You’re being scammed.

Levels 11, 13, 33, 66, 99 are off-limits due to a committee meeting.

TV’s Frink said:

Wife had a question that I couldn’t answer. In ANH when Vader kills Ben, he stamps on Ben’s robes…but what happened to Ben’s lightsaber?

In the old EU I think Vader keeps it and then it shows up again having survived the Death Star and some doofy kids find it. Thanks, Junior Jedi Knights, for your crap stories. <_<

Oh man, that Dunkirk trailer in Imax was amazing.