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David TC
+ So, slightly spoilery comment here about stuff that exists in the movie, but nothing important that isn't in the trailer. I really liked this movie, and [. . .]
David TC in reply to Burt Likko
+ To my knowledge, the principal scriptwriters are commonly kept handy during filming specifically to make modifications to the script based on things that happen during [. . .]
David TC in reply to Chris
+ I’m significantly less likely to be critical of the use of the labels “fascism” and “fascist” than a lot of people here, but it is [. . .]
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter
+ It was a rhetorical question. Obviously, we Jews should not believe them. There are more than a few Jews who are deluding themselves about this. [. . .]
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq
+ Why should we Jews believe them when they say they are merely anti-Zionist? You shouldn't. The moment we're using "special" standards "because they're Jews" (which [. . .]
Saul Degraw in reply to Carl Schwent

Not as funny as Hipster Wolf Blitzer

LeeEsq
+ More in merely "anti-Zionist", "Pro-Palestinian" protestors in Melbourne, Australia lit a synagogue on fire during Friday evening services while 20 people were in it. Another [. . .]
+ I'm not suggesting that they didn't keep a couple around for domestic help, Burt. Good lord. These houses don't clean themselves. But fifty of them? Cherry [. . .]
+ Yes, like you, I'm sure that this will put the political turmoil to rest. Nevertheless, it will blow over sooner or later. Within a year, I [. . .]
+ To my knowledge, the principal scriptwriters are commonly kept handy during filming specifically to make modifications to the script based on things that happen during [. . .]
LeeEsq

Pam Bondi just fired Maureen Comey, Epstein and Maxwell's prosecutor. Surely this will quash the conspiracy theories.

+ I'm not sure that's a 100% accurate portrayal of how the locals at Martha's Vineyard reacted to the immigrants' arrival. Or, for that matter, how the [. . .]
bobtuse in reply to LeeEsq
+ from your link: He said that the vandals, whom he described as “pro-Palestinian anarchists,” carried out the attack within a matter of seconds, “making intervention [. . .]
Saul Degraw

Trump and Co might sabotage their own ability to impose authoritarianism because they don't the importance of troop morale: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/trump-national-guard-california.html

+ I saw a comment on the twitters about how Gunn has a 10 Year Plan for the DCEU and my immediate visceral response was to [. . .]
LeeEsq
+ On whether there is a list or not, I am remembering something I read about organized crime in Italy. During the second half of the [. . .]
+ Does Netanyahu have an heir? Like if he resigns or whatever, who is the top of the list to replace him? Likud still? The New Right? Yesh [. . .]
LeeEsq

British people casual chat about poisoning Israelis at Portuguese music festival:

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/british-left-wing-activists-discussed-poisoning-israelis-at-a-portuguese-music-festival-avn75dwb

+ I prefer to make a broad statement that is pretty obviously (even trivially) true and see where stuff goes from there. Here, watch this: "An abundance [. . .]
LeeEsq in reply to Chris

I don't trust either of you when it comes to anti-Semitism.

InMD
+ I've always been skeptical that there was a 'there' there with this, at least in the truly conspiratorial sense. Which isn't to say I [. . .]
+ I'm significantly less likely to be critical of the use of the labels "fascism" and "fascist" than a lot of people here, but it is [. . .]
+ It's become generally acceptable to criticize Bibi, at least among liberals, because it lets you avoid criticizing the Israeli government and military generally, or the [. . .]
David TC
+ When I hear cultural fire from my more conservative neighbors aimed at “illegal immigration,” an anger that animates an entire political movement to such a [. . .]
Saul Degraw

Trump and the GOP made their bed, they can lie in it

Saul Degraw

James Gunn looks like hipster Wolf Blitzer.

Debate me

LeeEsq
+ In today's merely anti-Zionist not anti-Semitic, a Kosher restaurant in Athens, Greece was vandalized in broad daylight by Jew hating, I mean Pro-Palestinian, vandals. It [. . .]
+ Did you ever see the Cindy McCain clip talking about Epstein? "We all knew about him. We all knew what he was doing. But we had [. . .]
David TC
+ I'm with Chris Hayes at this point. Pretty much everyone on the left assumed that the Epstein files were going to be basically nothing that [. . .]

Please understand I was less trying to convince you than make the attitude comprehensible.

+ Well, I at least hope it's clear how the lawn argument, the scab analogy, and the "free stuff" argument, aren't convincing to me. I mean, the [. . .]
+ Netanyahu putting all Jews in danger by his reckless actions An additional part of the problem is that criticism of Netanyahu is often dismissed out of [. . .]
LeeEsq in reply to LeeEsq
+ Satre's observation that anti-Semites are basically what we call trolls in the Internet age is relevant. One reason why anti-Semitism is thriving is that anti-Semites [. . .]
+ Chris, I am not confused as to how you feel. If someone asked me something like "I cannot comprehend this level of toxic compassion! Explain it [. . .]
Marchmaine in reply to Burt Likko
+ 2. I kinda hate the 'make the player' or 'make the player's mom' part of the broadcast for an entire inning... usually dreadful after exactly [. . .]
LeeEsq
+ The Elmo Sesame Street account on social media was hacked by anti-Semitic trolls. Netanyahu is making things worse for Israel and the entire global Jewish [. . .]
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird
+ Netanyahu needs to go but he is going to remain in office and do whatever he can to avoid jail. It used to be somewhat [. . .]
+ It will surely not surprise you to learn that I feel differently about, say, a program to help asylum seekers to get on their feet [. . .]

Because it's none of your business if I save a little money? Hello?

+ For what it's worth, if the South American caravans were going to be travelling through the US to get to Canada, I'd agree that "walking [. . .]
InMD in reply to DensityDuck
+ The thing is, for certain kinds of immigration, maybe it should be like that. The key question is whether it's been agreed upon [. . .]

Powell seems like he’d read that, chuckle and go back to work.

+ And that matters why exactly? We are here discussing national policies and politics. And these are national issues. So a national level of consideration seems [. . .]
+ This seems like the perfect place to talk about yesterday's all star game. I have three thoughts. 1. Everyone -- well, nearly everyone -- looked like [. . .]
 

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