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“Bilderberg 2020 conference is postponed due to COVID and travel restrictions, but also we’d like to the people of the world to stand up for liberty and reject temperature checks. They do absolutely nothing and are a waste of humanoid resources.” -The lizard Bilderberg Participants.

Wheat germ and lemon grass futures followed the demand curve and are now too costly to blend up in smoothies. Kale and Chia seeds are the future my man.

Bale’s early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when The Machinist came out in '04, I think he really came into his own, commercially and artistically. The whole movie has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the film a big boost.

Dude has always had a weird way of speaking. Weird cadence. Soft talking. Weird emphasis. Weird use of singular and Royal we / third person. They’re “his” songs but written by others, so he introduced each one oddly. It’s a GB doc man, we know “the dance” is a song. You don’t have to say “we recorded a little song that became known as... ‘the dance’.” Just say “we recorded ‘the dance’” Some of it is showmanship, but maybe he can’t turn it off anymore at this point. Will be watching 2nd episode tonight. Also, one of the 90s shots of him walking through sound check or pre-concert he was wearing a TCU sweatshirt instead of Pokes? One of his daughters end up there?

So less than 1 in 5 does anything to help recovery. While more than 1 in 10 is erroneous or a hoax. I’m all for sending the info out, and have actively tried to keep relevant info in the front of my brain when traveling Texas corridors, but put me in the group of improve the algorithm, as I’m just desensitized when I get repeated BOLO blast alerts for Brownsville or El Paso or no info. Statistically the first 3 hours are important in abductions, but the statistics also bear out that true harm to a child by a completely random abductee are minuscule. How about LEO start with fathers, relatives, and exes, if they aren’t at their residences then blast out make/model/lic# between 0800-2100? Pretty old info, but more at the site https://www.protection1.com/amber-alerts/

Forrest Fenn’s fortune finally found. Football fan forum feeling froggy. Foundational photos fundamental for ‘ffirmation

Build a “History is Complicated and sometimes Disturbing, and today is going to suck a little bit, but we need to go museum” sandwiched between Washington & Lee and VMI, or somewhere between Lexington, Richmond, or Alexandria. Not married to the name, but similar to US Holocaust museum Could cover Antebellum, CW, Reconstruction, and Civil Rights up-to present.

After Charlottesville there were student govt petitions, City council non binding resolutions, and talking heads discussing it for sure. Too lazy to google who is on record for removing Washington and Jefferson memorials or blowing up Mount Rushmore. I mean if we’re going to be calling out all racists, do slave holding plantation owners get a pass?

BOD, C-suite, and ExMngmt regret to inform you that no one knows more about the assets that than they do. Their experience with bankruptcy. Their relationship with the rank and file. They’d be willing to stay onboard for a small COLA and pittance in retention bonus. Surely the shareholders will see the value!

And across the rest of western world and Spain and Italy, but you take all those down and it’s probably only a hundred or so statues and monuments. ETA: easily googled. Stopped counting at 51 and hadn’t got to C as in Columbia yet. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_to_Christopher_Columbus

Do you even ALL day?

Regret to inform you, Ozzie Nelson and his band aren’t doing so hot though.

Somebody near my parents place flys all around the south Lake Limestone area on some sort of parasail trike. Looks like fun until your wing collapses or your $100 small engine gets some carburetor fouling or spark plug failure. Speaking of which...when was the last time I saw that dude flying?

Agreed, but I see the same writing issues with all superheroes not just specific to MCU & Hulk: Thor/Mar-Vel/Superman/Jean Gray/etc Fight lower level lackeys hand to hand until almost overwhelmed. Ohnoes will our hero make it?!? Uses powers to Insta-kill hundreds of evil minions. Need the drama and conflict so there can be a resolution. After the chronological rewatch the one MCU writing thing that did kind of bother me more than standard superhero and time travel nit picky stuff was the start of EG. Maybe it’s because I need to rewatch The Leftovers, but 5 years after 50% extension event there are still abandoned vessels around the Statue of Liberty and not only have the Mets not played an inning, but the parking lot is a disaster area for some reason. We see Lang walk through SanFran streets where every house is in disrepair and there are way more than 50% of abandoned vehicles, but somehow the vanished are perfectly censused and documented in a pristine monument park? Cap is leading group therapy where Russo nor his date can make it through a dinner date without crying 5 years later? Banner has merged with the Hulk and is gleefully taking selfies with fans? Which is it? The writers didn’t have the experience to be living through a global pandemic and shutdown, but 5 years seems more than enough time to get our shit together, get 50% of property rights sorted out, and return to a “new normal.” The therapy scene was a good way to show the hopelessness of the population, but just don’t think they married the normal day to day with dystopia post-snap-world well (obviously easier said than done in a movie already clocking in at 3hrs)

I just soak some dodo down in Romanee Conti stuff those in a castor sac (North American only, preferably West of the Rockies) then light it off with some pre-embargo Cuban tobacco leafs. Is that not how you light a charcoal chimney?

Was hoping for some Sunday afternoon Texas....er federal snapper pics (TWSS)

NowThis pronounces jpeg - “G peg”

Also posted on the scat site and maybe elsewhere in an MCU thread here, but it’s still on my bookshelf. Remember it being pretty good over a decade ago, and just convinced myself to reread.

My post was very tongue in check. I’ve discussed rat “plot hole” with a slightly inebriated cousin who’s a comic nerd. An elite force of international planet saving peace keepers includes a human converted Russian spy with some billy clubs and a regular dude with a bow and arrow. Their leader is a hundred years old and has access to all sorts of tech, but uses a plain handheld shield. For some reason an old super Nazi guards an old orange stone on not his home planet that does...something, and somehow knows when a sacrifice of life is made, cause reasons? Who was guarding the soul stone before the 1940s? In IW a hidden civilization with advanced weapons and a giant force field protecting a stone that could very well destroy half the universe decides to lower their shield so as to not be “surrounded” and leaves their disciplined phalanx to charge head first and unorganized into the now created opening with super tech, oh no wait they use spears. Thor, Hulk, IronMan have a constantly changing power scales. (Why doesn’t Thor just lightening strike every lower minion every time?) And the biggest plot hole of all; In at least one multiverse, the audience sees as the main one, an Eternal Titan has both the reality and time stone. That’s game over. He can snap fingers back to where he gets the green rock and run one of the millions of iterations where he wins...But then Dr Strange could just go to a loop before with the stone...cause time travel All that being said turn off your brain a little and enjoy the fun. They’re comic book movies not advanced fiction.

Springtime is frawg time

Great. ReWatched all of MCU in chronological order over covid. Infinity war tonight with EndGame as my Sunday night wrap-up and now all I’ll be thinking about is Lang’s release from the quantum realm is bullshit.

Nope. Diamond head and vertical black bands on lower jaw. Nerodia erythrogaster.

This Plain bellied water snek gave me a startle tonight. That corner of the house is where I normally coil the hose. Rake got him under wife’s truck and water hose got him headed away from the garage.

So this happened the other week (coached my son a little then turned him lose), and if you’re wondering having a 5 year old answer the door in only undies and telling a D2D salesman “are your bringing something for the new baby?” Doesn’t discourage them. ... After some convo (about lord knows what) son tells him mom and dad are busy and can’t come to the door. He closes front door and comes and gets me and reports back. ... ... ... *Sweaty polo shirt guy not wearing mask still standing on porch* ... ... (Knocks gently) ... ... (Knocks more aggressively) ... ... *Reluctantly go to front and open door* Hey, man I’m not sure what you’re selling or what my son said, but our new born is literally hours old and now isn’t a good time. “Congrats on the kid! I’m xxxx from SolarwhatchamaTech, we’ve installed some panels in your... Man, I’m really not interested. I’ve got a kid born TODAY in the back room, but if you have a card or some literature. “No I don’t, but if you give me your cellphone number and a screen shot of your electric...” Nope not happening. New born. *closes door* ... ... *watch on cellphone thinking about knocking again*

Sgt. Ronald A. Payne Tunnel Rat-Vietnam War, 1-24-1967