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  1. (mod edit---see title---rule 18 violation---personal anecdotes about 'my world and covid' are digressions inviting more such and are not on topic...if you've missed all the warnings to keep the focus narrow, plus what's in the title, too bad)
  2. The cliffs notes version of her case sounds very similar to the cliffs notes/Twitter version of Cyntoia Browns story (which is a bit different from the actual story) .
  3. Shoulder to the head has been a foul all year as far as I know.
  4. Is the violence in Milwaukee a gun control issue? I'm under the impression the perpetrators are obtaining guns illegally but maybe not. I'm not that familiar with the situation.
  5. i'm not sure that's true. this story was broken by glenn greenwald and the intercept. then katie halpern did her interview. rich mchugh and ryan grim were among the first to pursue it. it looks like republicans just jumped on board once the ball got rolling. its dems/biden vs progressives/Bernie backers and republicans on this issue.
  6. I noticed that too. I don't know how far back they were filming, but it seemed like quite a long time. there was also footage which looked like cell phone footage, from times like when he the dude (cant recall who it was) and realized he no longer owned his tv show. a week before the fire. I finished the show last night and I really liked it. I wonder, when it comes to these pseudo documentary type shows, if we are getting the whole story. these shows are made to elicit an emotional response to keep you engaged. when making a murderer was on, there was outrage- some of it justified, no doubt, but much of it not. purposely leaving out exculpatory evidence makes it seem like there was this huge injustice. same with 'when they see us'. you will be convinced of someones guilt or innocence based on a completely manufactured, selective, one sided view of events. its essentially rage bait. when it came out that Michael Moore staged the scene in bowling for columbine where he comes out of the bank with the rifle, I felt like I was being manipulated and lied to (because I was). that drives me nuts. I don't mind being told a story, but i'd like to know all of the facts. in Moores case, hell, in steven averys case and the central park 5 case, there are legitimate discussions that can be had. but its counter productive to twist facts and obfuscate the truth.
  7. that's funny. that's what my sis in laws boyfriend told me too. I don't know why, i'm into it. I was late listening to 'serial', which had a structure where it introduced and built up characters, then, at the end of every episode, introduced a bit of a plot twist you don't see coming. I like the plot twists, I like trainwrecks, and i'm a people watcher, especially potential psychopathic extreme narcissists, and this show might have three of them. everybodys nuts. I love it.
  8. I honestly don't remember having an issue with any mod, or saying something that would have been remotely ban worthy, so i'm surprised to hear that. I really worry about the division and polarization in society today and, as a result, I've tried to make it a point to not contribute to it by being snarky, insulting or dismissive, but, rather, to try to understand where people are coming from. I've been rather unsuccessful in that endeavor, unfortunately, which has resulted in me reading and not posting so much. to hear that I was on the ban list is a but surprising given my propensity for self flagellation for being a jackass. sorry to hear about your mom. I can relate- my mom has early onset dementia that's been getting progressively worse for years. (I don't believe that prager and carlin are birds of a feather)
  9. I think you hit on something. i'm looking at the claim on it's face (is it true, or is it false), not how it was made (thoughtfully or not), his political stances, or why he thinks the status quo surrounding the taboo on the word is as it is. (I agree that these other claims regarding blame are clearly up for debate).
  10. there is a certain amount of license given to comedians, no doubt (I think there should be). I have no idea if prager is a racist, but i'm positive that presumption is coloring the view of the audience. in that clip, I hear him and carlin making the same point- the intent matters. I believe this is his point, because he says as much. he says it's despicable to call someone the word, which is different from using it to say "X called someone ….the n-word".
  11. i'm seeing his words completely differently. this appears to me as another example of two movies on one screen. what i'm seeing people say that he's saying is not what I see him saying. i'm not seeing him complaining that he can't use the word to call people the word, I see him saying that you can't say the word if you were, for example, quoting somebody- you have to stop and say 'n-word'. george carlin says it better <mod edit video>
  12. Yikes. I dunno about that tshile. If someone breaks into my house, how am I supposed to know whether they are both unarmed (as if that necessarily matters, but for the sake of argument) and only wanting to steal my Xbox?
  13. Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview? (milkshake in hand, of course)
  14. my eighth grade teacher in north east PA, just outside Scranton, was the sister of one of the mobsters. (I only knew her as mrs Genovese. don't recall her first name). I believe her brother killed his wife or somebody in the early to mid 80's, iirc.
  15. correct. if you are attempting to write an article making the point that America is doomed based on the pretext that one persons extreme opinions represent an entire group while using a fake, photoshopped image to support that point, people are going to question the validity of your point.
  16. I saw that. I am biased but I've seen a bunch of balls called strikes for verlander and a bunch of strikes called balls for stras. But I think most of those werent framed well by Kurt so what are ya gonna do.
  17. I'm in OC looking at the beached whale. No game here. Freaking ravens, damn them. Anyone got a link? If not, it's green turtle time.
  18. actually, you may be able to get it. I can't get it directly either, through thekevinsheehanshow.com, because it's blocked due to gambling content. but if you go through a site like podbean, i'm able to get it no problem. there are other podcast sites that host it as well.
  19. It's interesting to hear different perspectives. I can see the good and potential bad. It could probably be done. Coleman Hughes response of sorts - https://quillette.com/2019/03/17/reparations-and-ta-nehisi-coatess-pyrrhic-victory/ Glenn Loury and John McWhorter on reparations
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