It's a great film with tremendous performances. You should definitely watch it. It's on TMC often.
Patricia Neal is always excellent. I recently watched Hud for the first time. Another prescient movie with the lead (Paul Newman) playing against type. It's probably her best performance, imo.
I don't know. I mean, I'll take your word for it, but how do give her credit for senate candidate success while ignoring her own failure as a candidate in those elections? Tickets were split and not in her favor.
I don't think the nuance you lay out on the difference of election denial is something that will be successfully communicated to non-partisans. But agree, I don't see her replacing Harris. Someone else might, but not her.
Keep raising the prime interest rate and see what eventually happens.
The Fed incompetently blew their inflation call and now seem hell bent on overcorrecting. These people should not be entrusted with so much power. But I digress,..
To your article, I don't recall one of these debt ceiling mexican standoffs ever tanking the economy. They temporally tank the markets, but as you know, the markets are not the economy.
The author also doesn't take into account the astronomical cost to attend a 4 year university. It's a real shame that young people today don't have the opportunity to 'figure it out' like previous generations without putting themselves and/or parents in a bad financial position. Most families don't have that kind of luxury.
It's quite natural that people should be looking at ROI, now more than ever. And that means being practical.
There is a big difference in studying to become a pharmacist (a niche profession) and majoring in computer science, which will allow you to find opportunity in every industry, everywhere.
I heard this on a news broadcast tonight and couldn't believe it. But apparently true:
"The total number of individuals with eligibility to access classified information in 2019 (the last year the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a report) was 4.2 million. Within that figure are 1.3 million individuals with a Top Secret security clearance."
So, can we make the reasonable assumption that these leaks are probably happening across security silos?
And if so, knowing that they can't possibly plug these leaks one-by-one, it's a fair assumption that they will put this kid's head on a pike as warning to others.
Assuming that's true, that sounds like a real problem, no?
We're worried about former Presidents, VPs, etc keeping classified files after being in office, while just out of high school weekend warriors have access to critical intelligence anyway?
How does a a 21-year old in the Massachusetts Air National Guard have such access to sensitive communications? The fact that he is an "IT guy" doesn't explain it, especially post-Snowden.
How sensitive were these documents really? Is this a case of the over classification of anything intelligence related?
I get the sense that this is an opportunity to make an example of some low-level schlub than anything else.
Open yourself up to the charge of anti-Semitism for calling someone a Soros-backed candidate?
I'd like to think I'm a reasonably informed person. I've known about Soros for decades. I didn't know he was a Hungarian Jew until a few months ago (on this very site I might add) when his defenders started accusing his critics of anti-semitism en mass. It never occurred to me to factor his ethnicity or religion into my opinion of him. If it did, I would have guessed Greek-Orthodox.
But I digress. If your main defense of Soros is to slander critics and not actually defend the organizations he funds or the candidates he bankrolls, that sounds like a "you" problem to me.
It's certainly on-brand that the only person who thinks calling a sports team "blue collar" is offensive to the working class is a guy who writes about uniform combinations for a living.
I made the Slumdog comparison because I view it similarly to EEAAO - a gimmicky, slickly made movie, that allowed voters to feel a certain way about themselves in voting for it. I didn't care for SM or EEAAO and never understood/don't understand the hype.
I don't think run-time is the issue as much as the rise of prestige TV. You could name any number of shows from the past 15-20 years that have a much greater cultural impact than any movie made during that time.
Agree about movies being run on basic and premium cable contributing to cultural longevity before streaming became a thing. If Goodfellas was made today, would every male over the age 40 have every line in the script memorized? I'd guess not.
I'm so sorry to read this update, Andrew. Had no idea you were dealing with something like this - and that's a testament to your spirit and work ethic. Stay strong, Mountaineer.
Just because you choose to dismiss certain facts because they don't fit your preferred narrative, doesn't mean they become just feelings to those who factor them into their analysis.
And again, this isn't about what theory is correct as much as it is about asserting it's just one possibility and you're a bad person if you think it could possibly be otherwise.
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It would certainly boost the campaign's sexual capital.
Just remember to hide the kids.
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DeSantis needs to pull the trigger on a campaign soon or it's definitely going to be Orange Man vs the Crypt-keeper Part II.
First GOP debate is usually in August, so I'd say DeSantis needs to be up and running by late June if he wishes to take this seriously.
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It's a great film with tremendous performances. You should definitely watch it. It's on TMC often.
Patricia Neal is always excellent. I recently watched Hud for the first time. Another prescient movie with the lead (Paul Newman) playing against type. It's probably her best performance, imo.
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Also, water is wet.
Politics is about accumulating and wielding power. That does something sinister to the people who practice it professionally.
The last graph is pure fantasy.
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I don't know. I mean, I'll take your word for it, but how do give her credit for senate candidate success while ignoring her own failure as a candidate in those elections? Tickets were split and not in her favor.
I don't think the nuance you lay out on the difference of election denial is something that will be successfully communicated to non-partisans. But agree, I don't see her replacing Harris. Someone else might, but not her.
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I was thinking Candace Bergen. Completely forgot about the Simpsons.
So many stupid battles, so little time as VP.
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I mostly remember Quayle for his public feud with a fictional TV character.
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Genuinely curious about the Left's infatuation with Stacy Abrams. I just don't get it.
As a distant observer, she appears to be a grievance candidate who consistently loses elections.
Also, how does Team Biden credibly attack Trump's election denialism when his running mate has boisterously claimed her elections were "stolen"?
Seems like unnecessary baggage to me.
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Keep raising the prime interest rate and see what eventually happens.
The Fed incompetently blew their inflation call and now seem hell bent on overcorrecting. These people should not be entrusted with so much power. But I digress,..
To your article, I don't recall one of these debt ceiling mexican standoffs ever tanking the economy. They temporally tank the markets, but as you know, the markets are not the economy.
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It's hard for me to be worried about the GOP threatening the economy when the Fed is actively tanking it as I type.
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Since when is Lindsey Graham NOT a loon?
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The author also doesn't take into account the astronomical cost to attend a 4 year university. It's a real shame that young people today don't have the opportunity to 'figure it out' like previous generations without putting themselves and/or parents in a bad financial position. Most families don't have that kind of luxury.
It's quite natural that people should be looking at ROI, now more than ever. And that means being practical.
"
There is a big difference in studying to become a pharmacist (a niche profession) and majoring in computer science, which will allow you to find opportunity in every industry, everywhere.
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I heard this on a news broadcast tonight and couldn't believe it. But apparently true:
"The total number of individuals with eligibility to access classified information in 2019 (the last year the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a report) was 4.2 million. Within that figure are 1.3 million individuals with a Top Secret security clearance."
1.3 million. What could possibly go wrong?
https://news.clearancejobs.com/2022/08/16/how-many-people-have-a-top-secret-security-clearance/
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Yeah, I don't think his political leanings have anything to do with the motivation to go medieval on him.
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So, can we make the reasonable assumption that these leaks are probably happening across security silos?
And if so, knowing that they can't possibly plug these leaks one-by-one, it's a fair assumption that they will put this kid's head on a pike as warning to others.
"
Assuming that's true, that sounds like a real problem, no?
We're worried about former Presidents, VPs, etc keeping classified files after being in office, while just out of high school weekend warriors have access to critical intelligence anyway?
What a way to run a superpower.
"
I have so many questions about the Texiera story.
How does a a 21-year old in the Massachusetts Air National Guard have such access to sensitive communications? The fact that he is an "IT guy" doesn't explain it, especially post-Snowden.
How sensitive were these documents really? Is this a case of the over classification of anything intelligence related?
I get the sense that this is an opportunity to make an example of some low-level schlub than anything else.
On “Can We Stop With The Anti-Semitism Nonsense About George Soros?”
Open yourself up to the charge of anti-Semitism for calling someone a Soros-backed candidate?
I'd like to think I'm a reasonably informed person. I've known about Soros for decades. I didn't know he was a Hungarian Jew until a few months ago (on this very site I might add) when his defenders started accusing his critics of anti-semitism en mass. It never occurred to me to factor his ethnicity or religion into my opinion of him. If it did, I would have guessed Greek-Orthodox.
But I digress. If your main defense of Soros is to slander critics and not actually defend the organizations he funds or the candidates he bankrolls, that sounds like a "you" problem to me.
On ““Working-Class Wannabes” and the Language of Sports”
It's certainly on-brand that the only person who thinks calling a sports team "blue collar" is offensive to the working class is a guy who writes about uniform combinations for a living.
On “The Oscars Were Everything, Everywhere, And All At Once”
I made the Slumdog comparison because I view it similarly to EEAAO - a gimmicky, slickly made movie, that allowed voters to feel a certain way about themselves in voting for it. I didn't care for SM or EEAAO and never understood/don't understand the hype.
I don't think run-time is the issue as much as the rise of prestige TV. You could name any number of shows from the past 15-20 years that have a much greater cultural impact than any movie made during that time.
Agree about movies being run on basic and premium cable contributing to cultural longevity before streaming became a thing. If Goodfellas was made today, would every male over the age 40 have every line in the script memorized? I'd guess not.
On “That Old Gut Feeling, The Kind That Has To Be Surgically Removed”
I'm so sorry to read this update, Andrew. Had no idea you were dealing with something like this - and that's a testament to your spirit and work ethic. Stay strong, Mountaineer.
On “The Oscars Were Everything, Everywhere, And All At Once”
EEAAO feels a lot like Slumdog Millionaire.
A cinematic sensation that no one thought twice about after award season.
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The Station Eleven HBO series is one of the rare instances where the tv or film adaptation is actually better than the book.
The tv series had more grit - felt darker - whereas the book seemed too whimsical for such a dystopian future.
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Just because you choose to dismiss certain facts because they don't fit your preferred narrative, doesn't mean they become just feelings to those who factor them into their analysis.
And again, this isn't about what theory is correct as much as it is about asserting it's just one possibility and you're a bad person if you think it could possibly be otherwise.