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  1. In my mind, character actor in this thread should mean an actor that maybe 25% of the population could put a name with a face. Pesci, Seymour Hoffman, Duvall etc are fantastic actors that play a myriad of roles, but have become recognizable stars. Been some really great ones named here. I have a couple (and hopefully a few people will not recognize the name but will the face or the other way): Mark Strong, Ben Mendelsohn, Luiz Guzman, Scott Glen Interestingly, very few women come to mind. Not sure why that is?
  2. The situation in Gaza is truly heart breaking. I really do not know what to make of a situation where aid can't even be provided safely. And it is not just one side at fault for that. The reality at this point is that Israel is the bigger bear by far and Hamas needs to give up if it has even a sliver of care for its people. I'm not saying Israel doesnt deserve blame. I'm saying sometimes you have to face reality if you care about your kids. As to the article, if we have learned anything in the last few years it should be that anonymous quotes in articles are worthless. They may actually be true, but if there isn't a name attached it is worthless.
  3. The logic just doesn’t even come close to adding up. Not everyone over reacts to the stupid things that Trump tweets. But by your logic, we have Putin sitting in Russia contemplating an attack on Germany. Germany, who’s two biggest trading partners to the tune of over half a trillion are the United States and China. Germany, who is the fifth most powerful country in the world by most analysis. Germany, who buy all accounts is the strongest member of the EU. And what exactly in your scenario does Russia think that they will gain from invading Germany? Are they going to take it over? Are they going to force Germany to buy more oil and gas from them? But even though the idea of Russia invading Germany is so far-fetched to the point of not even really needing to be talked about, and even though Russia knows that if they did for some reason invade Germany, that China and the United States and the European Union and the UK would all mobilize against them instantly, in your mind it is possible. However, if Germany suddenly had a nuclear bomb, then Putin would decide against it? I can just see Putin thinking to himself that he could invade Germany and take on the US and China and the EU and the UK and somehow win (knowing full well that those countries have literally thousands of nuclear weapons) but mighty Russia could probably pull it off. But if Germany decides to get a nuke, then it would be too hard.
  4. I missed the part about the US withdrawal, but it really isn't even worth discussing. You are hypothesizing that the US would pull all of its military out of Germany and the rest of the EU. That would seriously harm our own defense interests. Not even Trump would consider that. Something like that would actually be a reason for impeachment. But even if that impossible scenario came about, it would still take more than that. The UK would have to abandon Germany. The EU would have to dissolve and abandon Germany. NATO would have to abandon Germany. France has what around 300 nukes? 300 isn't enough of a deterrent? And who does Germany think they need to protect themselves from that could attack them without the US and the EU and other NATO countries getting involved? Russia? China? Pakistan? Even if the US got out of NATO, they are still getting involved in any scenario where Germany gets attacked. There is no scenario that exists where some country is considering attacking Germany but would then change their mind if Germany has a nuke. If someone attacked Germany it is full on WWIII and the attacking country is getting obliterated. And maybe the rest of the world too.
  5. Germany is a non starter. They are a NATO and EU member and both entities have nukes already. It is not even on their radar. No one is fucking with Germany whether they have nukes or not. They do not need them. Their people do not want them. They are costly. Ukraine may want them but play it out. Right now, and for the foreseeable future, Ukraine is going to be extremely dependent on the US and EU for survival. They lose all of that support if they try and get nukes. Of course we support Ukraine against Russia but it is still a fact that Ukraine is a terribly corrupt nation and has many rogue entities. We will not let it happen. Russia will go even more scorched earth on Ukraine if they try and get nukes and the rest of the world would likely "allow" Russia to destroy Ukraines sites if the try. If anything, this past few weeks has shown that the world is not tolerant of new nukes.
  6. It seems pointless at this point to argue the JCPOA but if we consider the factual tenets of the deal including the sunset clauses combined with the "legal under the agreement" ability for Iran to upgrade their centrifuges after just a few years combined with even Obama admitting that after 12 or so years the break out time would be days and in exchange Iran would get 100s of billions in unfrozen assets and trade deals- the JCPOA was a far, far better deal for Iran than the rest of the world. But, to your post above, we need to remember that it seems very obvious at this point that Israel/Mossad has infiltrated Iran up to the highest levels. They apparently knew where the highest ranking military people were in Iran up to the exact floor and apartment number of a particular building. The "world" will never, ever know the depths of the intelligence that we have on Ira. Reacting to tweets and news articles and quotes from supposed insiders (from all sides) is a fool's game. It is all either subterfuge or guesses. Guesses might actually be right sometimes but they are still guesses. But it certainly seems that whatever Iran decides to do next, the intelligence agencies will know about almost immediately. More importantly, the Iran regime now knows that they have been infiltrated so they have no real way of doing much of anything nefarious. Couple that fact with the now known fact that the US will call their bluff and that no one is going to defend them and you have a regime that really can't do much of anything nefarious without getting killed. I do not know enough about internal Iranian politics to know who might be the next leader of Iran (likely in the next 5 years) but based on the actions of this past week or so, I doubt a true believer/hardliner is going to get the gig. Hopefully that helps Iran move forward
  7. Like who? Not necessarily disagreeing but what countries, realistically, could start a program for nukes that don't already have them? It is very expensive. It requires illegal coordination with another country that has them already. Add in the fact that really no other country on the planet has condemned the strikes against Iran suggests that if a country did try to get a nuke now that they would likely be bombed/sanctioned etc. What could possibly be the upside?
  8. sheeeit

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    Totally get your point. However, one of the challenges and charm of the show is the not knowing when it may end for the contestants. If you give an end date you remove a ton of that issue. It is infinitely easier to steel yourself for a final few days if you know the end is near. Having no idea how long someone else might endure is what makes the show so interesting.
  9. Some fair points. On Iron Claw, they didn’t need giants to play the roles but the 2,big stars are what around 5’8”? They are fine actors but we know they are really short. And I don’t mind using shorter or taller actors for certain roles, but when you’re playing a professional wrestler, then your physique is a definite characteristic of the role. My understanding is that Tom Cruise‘s production company bought the rights to reacher. So I do think it was poorly cast if he bought the rights with the expectation that he himself would play the lead. The books are very popular for a certain segment of the population. I cannot believe that other companies were not interested in purchasing the rights. it just seems like a bad idea to me to make a movie that is certainly tailored to a somewhat specific group of audiences. And the people that like the reacher books are definitely a big segment of that particular audience. So you kind of alienated a large percentage of the target audience that you were going for. And, for the record, I think Tom Cruise is a fantastic actor.
  10. About half way through. I think it is enjoyable. The acting is pretty good. The premise is good but the writing is just average.
  11. Iron Claw (I never saw it for this reason. Was it any good?) It really bugs me when they just completely ignore physical stature in movies. For many roles the physical size is probably not that important. But it is critical in some roles. Like the Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher comments. It matters because a TON of the backstory and appeal of Reacher is his size. So they make a professional wrestling movie and cast 2 of the shortest actors in Hollywood. I'm turned off before it even comes out.
  12. I just completely disagree. I also think it is funny that you think that Texas and Louisiana have more "insane morons" than the state legislatures in California or Oregon. This is a political board so I assume people here know some of their reps. I'd say 75% are wholly unqualified for the job. The truth is that the best and brightest among us do not run for office. It is hard to blame them. It pays next to nothing. Your life is on blast. Any moderate position taken will be blasted by the fringe of each party. People will twist your words and take comments out of context to try and score political points. It is a lousy gig for a competent person. As an attorney I am certain you have met and worked with people from every spectrum of the law. I am also certain that there are a small percentage of attorneys out there that you may have genuine disagreements with and may have been on opposing sides of issues with that you would say were honest, forthright, competent, moral, ethical and smart. None of those people are going to run for office in the state legislature. And yet, you would most likely agree that that smalll percentage of folks (be they dem or rep) would be light years better than who we have now.
  13. I tend to disagree a bit. The voters are electing the people on the ballot.
  14. Wow. Stupid is as stupid does. We really need to find a way to incentivize people to run for state office. With few exceptions, state legislatures are populated by wildly incompetent people.
  15. Jesus. You are a kook. I am not defending the arrest of the judge. Not one time did I suggest the judge should have been arrested. Multiple people posted that the arrest was illegal or that the warrant wasn’t legally enforceable or that the agents came into the courtroom to try and arrest the defendant or that they threatened the judge or tried to coerce or influence the judge. None of that is true. I have watched this board go apoplectic when someone posts something that is false. At some point I would think a few of you would care about the actual truth. I pointed out that it is reasonable for people to think the actions taken were over the top or unreasonable or whatever. That’s a decent debate. But the actions were not illegal. Also, you are presumably a doctor and smart and educated yet you go around negging posts on an anonymous message board like a petulant 7 year old. You really need to take some stock.
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