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#1105362
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

CatBus said:

And his supporters moved to supporting Hillary at a faster rate than Hillary’s moved to Obama, so if Bernie’s supporters were being unreasonable, at least they were less unreasonable than Hillary’s.

You know, I don’t trust Daily Kos polling information anymore. Right up to the end, they had polling that said Hillary was 88% or so likely to win against Trump, even as other polls were tanking hard and fast.

To have DK say, in June of last year, that Sanders supporters were rushing to back Hillary faster than Hillary supporters backed Obama is in the realm of wishful thinking rather than hard evidence. Besides, the actual voter turnout during the general election would seem to have indicated otherwise.

What bothers me is that there is no definitive answer as to why Trump won. Everyone out there is guessing. Russia. Wikileaks. Comey. Bernie. Status quo. Rust belt. …I want someone with actual quantifiable evidence to say “this is why Trump won the primaries; and that is why Hillary’s poll numbers were oh-so-wrong, and EXACTLY why they tanked in the last week.”

But no. All we have is guesswork, blame games, and a good old fashioned hands-in-the-air WTF.

I do not take Daily Kos articles as evidence to support supposed fact. Not when the pollsters had worse aim than an OT Imperial Stormtooper.

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#1105337
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

I believe that Bernie supporters were outraged at Bernie being railroaded, and that they felt the arguments that Bernie leveled against Hillary for being corrupt and owned by the corporations were of legitimate concern.

The reason why any Bernie supporters might have stopped digging in their heels would be in opposition to Trump; not in response to Bernie’s political backing of Hillary. I got the impression that many Bernie supporters voted for neither rather than voting for her.

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#1105303
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

TV’s Frink said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Americans prefer Trump to me.

Only via the Electrical College.

That’s even worse!

I don’t think you understand. She won the popular vote and lost in the electoral college.

But Frink said she lost in the ELECTRICAL College. That’s even worse!

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

TV’s Frink said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Americans prefer Trump to me.

Only via the Electrical College.

That’s even worse!

I don’t think you understand. She won the popular vote and lost in the electoral college.

But Frink said she lost in the ELECTRICAL College. That’s even worse!

oh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XY-WjKkkeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy1Xq9a1qOI

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#1105180
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

While I thought Bernie’s ideas, especially for things like free higher education for all, were far-fetched—as well as I thought he was rather a one-issue candidate that kept feeding us the same stump speech—I liked Bernie a lot. I thought he was honest and sincere, he had well-reasoned positions and legitimate arguments, and he showed he could identify with (much of) the working class on at least an ideological level. I just disagreed with him on his policies.

Meanwhile, I voted for Hillary because I thought her policies were more realistic, but I can’t stand the immaturity, insincerity, and arrogance in this sore-loserly “woe is me” attitude.

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#1105171
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Jeebus said:

Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders caused ‘lasting damage’ in book

Damn, she is incapable of taking responsibility.

Reminds me of the classic joke;

[book cover]

“Rarely is a question both posed and answered on the cover of a book.”

As I have said, I voted for her in the primaries and general, and I would have voted for her in '08 if not for Obama running… but this so much makes me want to shake my head and sigh. She really has no concept of why she lost and seems incapable of taking ownership of any of it.

To quote Bernie Sanders: It’s not a question of what happens in the last week. The question is that she should have won this election by 10 percentage points. The question is why it is that millions of white working class people who voted for Obama turned their backs on the Democratic Party.

I’m sick of Hillary playing the stupid blame game. She lost. She should own it.

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#1104328
Topic
STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
Time

Just so we’re clear: Is Lapti Nek coming back? I know Jedi Rocks is being removed (thank God), but I liked Lapti Nek and it would feel weird to replace/remove it. I seem to recall Ady once saying he’d replace that scene with a different song or something else entirely, but I hope Lapti Nek comes back.

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#1104324
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Warbler said:

SilverWook said:

And the crazy North Korea has apparently tested another nuke.

Is there any way we could send in seal team six?

My understanding is that several members of the Seal Team Six that killed Bin Laden died in a helicopter crash quite some time ago.

http://nypost.com/2011/08/06/30-us-special-forces-most-seals-from-team-six-killed-when-chopper-shot-down/

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#1103188
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
Time

flametitan said:

With sprites, you can’t add detail that wasn’t there to begin with when projecting at a higher resolution. The Super Nintendo (assuming SNES) emulator’s tools for HD display are filters to smooth it out based on guesswork.

I don’t use smoothing filters for NES/SNES emulated games. I feel that if the game was originally pixelly, it’s supposed to look pixelly. Smoothing edges doesn’t make it look HD, and ruins the font if there’s any text.

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#1103163
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
Time

flametitan said:

I think I’m the only person who plays StarCraft here. Specifically Brood War, which just got a remaster, and I’ve been quite enjoying it.

I used to play StarCraft back in the day. I’m aware of the remaster but the truth is, since it’s not available on Steam or GOG, I’m not inclined to purchase it regardless of the fact that it’s probably amazing.

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#1103131
Topic
Ranking the Star Wars films
Time

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

chyron8472 said:

One thing I didn’t like about The Force Awakens was how Carrie Fisher seemed to have had one of those surgeries on her face that makes it impossible to open one’s mouth more than a slit nor produce normal mouth/cheek-related facial expressions. Her upper lip is nearly incapable of movement.

dahmage said:

classy post. you know, people age.

ray_afraid said:

In 40 years, I’d love to walk up to all the idiots that say these kinds of things, gasp and say “Damn! You look like shit! What happened? Drugs? Surgery? DAMN!

Why should I be chastized for wishing that Leia’s mouth/lips in TFA actually inflected?

Great job!

Thank you.

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#1103046
Topic
Ranking the Star Wars films
Time

Well, I’m sorry, but it’s like the biggest gripe I have with TFA. Leia’s character in the OT was just so much more emotive, and Han and Luke, by comparison, don’t seem to have that failing so it stands out all the more.

It’s a big reason why I like the novelization of TFA better; because to me the narration of Leia in the audiobook sounds more convincingly like Leia than Carrie Fisher did emotively.

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#1103042
Topic
Ranking the Star Wars films
Time

chyron8472 said:

One thing I didn’t like about The Force Awakens was how Carrie Fisher seemed to have had one of those surgeries on her face that makes it impossible to open one’s mouth more than a slit nor produce normal mouth/cheek-related facial expressions. Her upper lip is nearly incapable of movement.

dahmage said:

classy post. you know, people age.

ray_afraid said:

In 40 years, I’d love to walk up to all the idiots that say these kinds of things, gasp and say “Damn! You look like shit! What happened? Drugs? Surgery? DAMN!

Why should I be chastized for wishing that Leia’s mouth/lips in TFA actually inflected? She looks like she’s trying not to move her mouth when she talks; nor do her lips curve down when she frowns or up when she smiles, and it bothers me.

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#1102829
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

TV’s Frink said:

You violated the thread rule right down to the specific example.

DuracellEnergizer said:

  • No ridiculous doom saying (like all non-Trump supporters will be rounded up and executed)

Reported.

As did I.

Anyway, did you guys discuss lifting of the ban on military-style police equipment yet? I was running an errand yesterday and heard NPR talking about it. Basically, the police are allowed to request certain equipment, some of while is military in style or grade, such as grenade launchers, armored vehicles that look like tanks, or attack helicopters; and Obama banned them from requesting certain things.

Apparently, Trump lifted said Obama-era ban, but from what they said on the radio only a few police forces have requested armored vehicles that look like tanks (while most request armored vehicles that don’t); while no police anywhere ever has remotely put in a request for certain things like attack helicopters, even before Obama banned them. The point was made that just because police can request equipment, it doesn’t mean they do.

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546743742/trump-administration-lifts-limits-on-military-hardware-for-police

(Article in link apparently includes an audio clip of the segment I listened to.)

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#1102816
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

SilverWook said:

Now things are just getting stupid.
http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/26/gone-with-the-wind-theater-canceled-screening/
For those idiots who’ve never seen the movie, spoiler alert the North wins the Civil War.

Hell will freeze over before we ever see an official release of Song Of The South now.

Yes. It’s on MySpleen, though. (Not that that was your point, but I thought I’d mention it.)

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#1102814
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

I’m pretty sure you’re in the minority there.

Well, I am sure a lot of historians know about him. I guess the first time I ever heard of the guy was from the movie 1776. At the beginning of the movie, everyone in congress wonders where the representatives from New Jersey are. A little bit later, 3 representatives from NJ arrive, announcing that the old delegation was recalled and new one sent in its place. One of the the three was Richard Stockton. The other two were John Witherspoon and Francis Hopkinson. It turned the royal governor of NJ(Ben Franklin’s son) was arrested and the new delegation was instructed to vote in favor of Independence.

Oh! I’ve seen that movie a dozen times, but I didn’t remember the names of the NJ delegation other than John Witherspoon.

Dang, now I’m going to have to watch it again.

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#1101796
Topic
Kennedy worse than Lucas.
Time

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

imperialscum said:

chyron8472 said:

generalfrevious said:

DominicCobb said:

Lord Haseo said:

rodneyfaile said:

The Force Awakens and Rogue One are superior to the prequels in every way.

Not in terms of their soundtracks.

That’s very much up for debate.

I can’t remember any [music] from the recent films, but I absolutely remember at least one song from each prequel film.

March of the Resistance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueqKtype7Kk

Rey’s Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65As1V0vQDM

You don’t remember those?

I could actually not remember either of those. And it is probably not music’s fault but rather unmemorable nature of TFA.

A film is not going to be so memorable if you’ve seen it at most twice and not since over 2 years ago.

Yeah, no.

It may not be an instant classic by any stretch, but I think saying “I don’t remember the music because the movie is unmemorable” is an unfair comparison when one barely has any interest in it to begin with.