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We watched Sinners last weekend, my son had been bugging me all year to see it.  I haven't thought about a movie this much in a very long time.  So many layers to it.  I've watched it again and might go see it in theaters this week with a friend as they re-released it.

I don't know if it will win best picture but it's the movie from this year they'll still be talking about in 20 years.

2 minutes ago, LaceyLou said:

Yup. Although I hate the term 'ethnic cleansing.' It sounds like a way to downplay what's going on. 

And while I'm hoping we squash this way sooner than this, some of his supporters are going to realize that they're of a background that ends up being 'unacceptable' too. There are still a lot of people who hate Catholics, for example.

They want a fundamentalist evangelical theocracy.  That means the presbyterians, the lutherans, the methodists, and yes the catholics will all be targeted because those aren't the right kind of Christians.  They want Iran.  These Christian Nationalists are no different than the extreme Islamic states who use their religion to squash women and dissent.

8 hours ago, guy incognito said:

Sooner or later we’re going to have to deal with these Nazis, in the way that all Nazis have to be dealt with.

That's exactly what this is.  That's why they're sending back 5 year old kids who are here going through the process and are not criminals.  Then they'll eventually get to US citizens. The goal is all the brown and black people.  These ****ers are white supremacists and want a white country.  Their voters and supporters are either racists too, extremely dumb,  extremely naive, or extremely greedy to where none of that matters as long as their 401(K) grows.  There's no justification or way around it.

How brain dead and immoral to you have to be in order to still support republicans. 

Anne Frank was a fugitive from justice

nazis gonna nazi

1 hour ago, buddha said:

his HOF "political stats" are low.  his peak wasnt that high, he didnt win an mvp or ever finish in the top 10 voting, 3 gg's are not high profile and trammell has more, he didnt win any awards in the playoffs, he dropped out of the game after retiring, he is probably best known to most reporters as the guy who forgot his jersey for the all star game.

people dont remember lou whitaker.  trammell had a higher peak, was in the game after retirement, played short stop, was a top 10 mvp candidate 3 times, six time all star, was second in mvp in 87, was a world series mvp.

that **** matters in who gets into the hall of fame.  its why morris and trammell are in.  its why whitaker isnt.

Morris is in the HOF because of game 7 in '91 where, if Lonnie Smith doesn't make a base running error, he probably loses the game... and he was fortunate to have been born in the right year where he was able to get most of his wins in the 1980's, instead of, say 1977-1986.  That way "winningest pitcher of the 80's" can be said about him.

I fully understand the reasons you laid out, that's been said numerous times by many people, and I'm saying that's bull**** and not a valid scorecard of who should be in the HOF.  The voters aren't doing their job correctly by leaving Lou out when others are in.

If Lou were somehow on the BBWAA ballot today he would get in. Seems like the voters now are getting better.  He is a very fluke case and that's why its aggravating that the era committees aren't doing the right thing. His first year on the ballot was a crowded year and the voters have a limit of 10.

Whitaker did win the GG and Silver Slugger 3 years in a row.  His top 3 similar batters on BR are in the HOF, as are 6 of the 10.   The HOF is what the voters make of it and if a guy is better than others that are in there, and more importantly are still getting in there, he should make it.  There's no definitive standard.  Lou has a better case than Tram did.  

40 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Would appreciate it if a certain someone would explain to us how it is moral or in keeping with the teachings of Jesus.

Suspect we'll be waiting a while.

Too busy playing victim. 

Can someone tell me how that makes our country safer and better?

I saw a post on FB where Monroe County said they were not sharing salt with other communities due to shortages... I wonder if they were giving it to Wasthtenaw?

anybody still supporting this guy has zero esteem or pride.  It's indefensible.

We’ve been doing that for 10 years now.  

There is really nothing that can be done until January 2027.  JD Vance and Mike Johnson hold the keys to anything with the 25th and impeachment.  All the screaming and venting doesn’t matter.  He could stand at the WH podium in black face shouting the N word and then shoot a puppy. 
 

this is our world. Podcasts and the media folks and columnists are not capable anymore.  Their power is gone. 

But the knuckle draggers will tell you “he doesn’t take a salary”

8 hours ago, Edman85 said:

My cousin said the same thing. I have noticed bipartisan extreme being pushed on my feed.

I think that’s what I am getting.  I’ve never heard of these peoole but each post  has over 1K comments.  I started submitting “not interested” reports. 

20 minutes ago, pfife said:

Trump dined with him and Kanye

Imagine voting for that guy. 

2 minutes ago, romad1 said:

[insert meme from "Red Dawn" where the two Cuban airborne officers are talking to the mayor and they turn to each other  sarcastically and say "these people are fortunate to have such a shepherd as this"]

Superfly!  Ron O Neal.

Not sure what happened but my FB feed the last 2 days has been a barrage of right wing pushes.  Popular accounts so they aren’t new. But new to me. It’s very obvious something was triggered. I’ve never seen tbese before. 

If a variation of that word ever gets used around me I will confront then get violent if I don’t like the answer. 

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

This is surely part of it, but I think there's even more than that. How many times have we seen Republicans respond to a Trump atrocity with condemnation in the early aftermath, only to quickly shift gears and pledge their support instead? They already hated the same people going into their initial criticism before abandoning that, which itself tacitly admitting they were wrong.

I think they might be getting drastic threats coupled with big payoffs, the latter of which ensures they are in on the crime, so they can't flip or they'll experience the former, which doesn't necessarily have to be a mortal threat, maybe more of a criminal prosecutorial threat, the threat of prison, meaning not country club jail.

Threats + payoffs = mobster ****.

I don’t think it’s threats or blackmail.  They realized “ok, he’s not going anywhere. We need his voters”.  Deep down they want him gone but the only ones who ever say it are those retiring.  There’s always going to be ass kissing for the president. Any president.  The tech bros and captains or industry support the peoole in charge. Regardless of policies.  Part of it is ego and personal wealth and the other part is they are often in charge of companies that are public and employ thousands. They can’t let their personal politics interfere.  Their responsibility is to shareholders and employees. Ethically and legally.  

29 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think it's worth asking—I don't mean rhetorically questioning, but seriously asking for the purpose of answers—why he is being allowed to get away with all this. What are the mechanisms at work that is keeping what is literally the entire rest of the world, particularly here at home, at bay?

Because he hates the right people. That enabled the loonies like Mike Johnson to tolerate it. If the evil lesbians and liberals can’t stand the guy then it’s all good.  The other reason is people like Ted Cruz and Rubio and Graham can never admit they were wrong after they flipped once already to be pro trump. They would rather destroy the country than admit we were right about him.  We have one more chance, if we are allowed to, to save this country in about 9 1/2 months.