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Posts posted by UpperWestside
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I think that most of the reasons stated here that didn’t come from Qanon sites or Fox News have merit. The social safety net will collapse sooner rather than later and when that happens good luck to any country that is standing on that bridge when it blows up.
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I enjoyed this movie and I got what Taika was doing with it. It had an intentional 80’s vibe to it, which again I get, but that made it enjoyable. I like everything he does though. I did enjoy this movie and it made me smile and feel good which is kind of the point of a movie like this.
Those goats though! Hoo boy!
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39 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:
If a specific gun is the problem, and it's been available for the last 60+ years, why has it only been an issue in the last 10?
The short answer is with the rise of white nationalist propaganda that spreads to people susceptible to it, there is an almost naturals rise in violence when it comes to guns like these. As with anything a situation evolves until it reaches its natural conclusion. The NRA helped put us in the position we are in. Congressional leaders helped put us in this predicament by never having the courage to take a stand against guns. Many of them wanted looser gun restrictions. Congratulations you got what you wanted. A country flowing with guns where no community can ever feel safe anymore is the result. The internet, holy sweet Lord on this one, did far more than just the propaganda heavy lifting. It made a whole bunch of people who have delusions of grandeur feel like they have a support network for the violence they want to inflict. This is why the last ten years have been more and more violent with this and similar weapons. We are just in the beginning stages I believe.
All of this has come to a head now and it is like trying to take on a hurricane with a rowboat.
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Just now, Celery Man said:
Lololol
Look I don’t want to say it’ll take a four digit number to do the right thing. I, like most here, do not believe anything will change things. We have guns everywhere. Unless the government outlaws these weapons to f war and forcibly takes them away with threat of going to prison for years and years nothing is going to happen. If children being gunned down in school doesn’t move the needle nothing likely will.
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4 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:
How about "guns that blow people up"?
Getting there, but going to need more imagery for the folks who do not comprehend how horrific that is.
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All of these deaths are tragic. Anyone with even a smidgen of sanity knows that. None of these deaths move the needle at all on real gun reform laws. If I were to take a guess I think it’s going to take a mass casualty shooting where the number of deaths is in the triple digits for something to be done. We are sharing a country with millions upon millions of people who value guns over people. Outside of the government passing laws to confiscate these weapons of war nothing is going to change.
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1 hour ago, ztejas said:
I'm not sure which team's "style of play" is a good fit for D'Lo.
And that’s fair.
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7 hours ago, aggie08 said:
There's nothing inadvertent about it. KD did Golden State a solid agreeing to a sign and trade. He could have signed with Brooklyn straight up, but Bob Myers convinced him to help them out one last time. With the Warriors bloated salary, it was the only mechanism available to ultimately add another star next to the core 3.
The inadvertent part was being able to turn Russell into Wiggins. The Warriors looked at that trade as a home run. I was on the fence about how much was Wiggins going to help them, but Kerr was adamant at the time that Wiggins would be a better fit for their style of play.
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Warriors fans should probably now thank Durant for leaving because it got the ball rolling on this latest title. Acquiring Russell from the Nets led to the trade for Wiggins. Without Wiggins they do not win the title this season. He inadvertently kept that title window open for the Warriors so he deserves some credit here.
Obviously they still would have been in the small group of teams that would have had a legitimate shot to win a title had he stayed. Just kinda funny how things work out at times.
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On 7/2/2022 at 5:58 AM, slorch said:
My response to these people, including some in my extended family:
1. If God left the schools, it was by personal choice of the individuals attending. I never left my faith at home. Why do you? You require a prayer be read to you every morning and call that "God in the schools?" WTH ever....
2. A well rounded education MUST include different POVs and perspectives than what the individual experiences at home.
3. If your child is such a delicate flower( or you are such a negligent parent as to be unable to be an example of your beliefs or follow-up on a regular basis on the materials your child learns at school) well the child is going to have their beliefs/ ideals crushed in short order anyhoo. Stop blaming public schools for your failure/ fear.
I disagree with the approach by Arizona. I have long felt that private schools should be above and beyond what the citizen still pays for public schools. Public schools are a base level expectation for our whole society that we made years ago. It still is the right commitment. Education, along with employment are two of the biggest factors in social mobility. Some folks seem hellbent on knocking out one of those planks. The deceit and deliberate assault on equality makes me angry.
I agree with all of this. If you have to make a public display of your faith a central point of your child’s public school existence you are doing so at the expense of others that may not share that same faith. I did not grow up with any real belief system in a higher being, but I do remember citing the Pledge of Allegiance and the Texas Pledge as well as the Star Spangled Banner on Fridays in elementary school. Looking back it’s a bit odd to have done all that, but that’s thankfully a bygone era.
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Okay, cool. I have only actively rooted against one Laker during my fandom stretching back to the 80’s. He’ll be number two if he puts on the purple and gold.
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Charter schools are an inherently evil consortium. They are pillaging the public schools and I am 100 percent against their existence. They are destroying public school education here. The students are nothing more than a paycheck and a nice profit at this point.
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4 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:
Right? Yo KD, why don't you take the next four years off and come back when you're 37. Great fucking plan.
Also, let's not forget that the Nets took a pretty huge gamble on him, signing him to $160+ million for 4 years (one of which they knew he couldn't play) coming off an Achilles injury. And then he comes in and brings that batshit crazy Kyrie as his running mate, and then has them sell the farm for James Harden. And now, he wants a out? And he would prefer Phoenix; it's a dry heat. If I'm the Nets, I'm pretty sure my response would be, "How about go fuck yourself?"
This is probably where I sit on this. He created this situation. He teamed up with someone who thinks the earth is flat and had the franchise bend to his whims. If I am the Nets I just give him the money and say to heck with all of this and that he either plays for them or no one.
I can also only imagine what the Warriors players must be thinking right now about this. Feel pretty certain they are getting some good laughs out of this.
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This super conference stuff does not seem to be all that fun. This doesn’t have an effect on my viewership because I checked out almost a decade ago on college sports outside of the occasional Gonzaga basketball game.
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19 hours ago, troph said:
Previously was about 2-3 years from a summer place in CO MT or WY. Mountain town with good trout fishing. Wouldn’t do more then escape the July - September heat.
I still want to escape the heat but thinking now we need a blue state to protect our pending marriage and other rights. Sierras in CA including Tahoe/Truckee are currently top of my list. Truckee river is supposed to be world class fishing. Looking at Ojai and to a lesser extent Guerneville. If Tahoe/Truckee we would leave for the worst of the winter but call it home for basic rights. If it was Ojai I might never come back. Though I’d need a fishing fix and their summers top out in the low 90s so I’m sure they are hitting 100 now a days on occasion but I had no complaints when Austin was a 90s high temp climate.
Never imagined not being a Texan but the idea of weekend trips all over CA and saying fuck these Republican ass hats makes me tingle.
I lay awake at night wondering what it’s like to live in a blue state where I can just live instead of fight.
I cannot adequately feel the anguish of your situation in life, but I want to see you and your family happy. You get just one shot at life. Go and live somewhere that you can be free to be who you are without any worries. Life is precious and I believe all of us want to see you living the best version of your life that you possibly can.
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4 minutes ago, Post Oak said:
It has been years and years since I have set foot out there, but the buildings on that campus reminded me of Soviet architecture. I am guessing not much has changed.
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He is the self-professed king of debt. The man is not a billionaire, millionaire, thousandaire or anything that gives him a positive net worth. He owes hundreds of millions to Russians as a starting point. He took all that grift from his cult and it’ll be put toward paying some people that he has no choice to pay.
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23 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:
He was born rich. He inherited millions of dollars, managed to make a lot of money pretending to be a successful businessman on his reality TV show, and is a pretty successful grifter. Since he entered into politics he’s found that the rubes will just hand over their money to him and all he has to do is preach hate. He’s taken more than $250 Million in donations since he LOST the election.
And yet he still has a net worth less than zero. 250 million is a dent when someone is billions in debt. Subway dancer guy could have a dollar in his pocket and be worth more.
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1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:
He’s a narcissist. In his head he can do no wrong. He also likes his steak well done with ketchup. He’s rich white trash.
Let’s cease to call him rich. The guy who dances in front of the subway entrance here everyday at 96th street has a higher net worth than he does.
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1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:
Anything left in the wreath fund for this patriot?
I mean Mr. Pat on the back of course. They’re probably going to bury the poor guy in legal fees for being a hero.Especially on Staten Island.
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Aww man it would have been cool to see Judge’s walk-off today, but it was hot and it was my day off so the beach won out! If both teams can make it to the ALCS this fall we would have a potentially epic series to get to watch.
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When I left Texas it was not because of what the current situation is there. It was just time to begin anew and that decision has worked out really well over the time and years that have passed. However, I will never return to live there because what I saw last summer back home was just incredibly sad. I want no part of that state outside of seeing my family occasionally.Keep fighting the good fight though to those of you who are not heading elsewhere to call home.
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8 minutes ago, TexArcher said:
What the actual holy god damned fuck?!
There it is. I mean we have fully crossed the threshold of the racism not being hidden at all.
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I am certain that living in a city of almost 9 million people that there will not be an increase in gun related crimes because of this ruling.
Watching those six justices choose weapons over people, especially with what continues to transpire with gun violence and mass murders, is just almost unbelievable. How others can care more about weapons than human beings is a sad indictment on our society.
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Thor: Love and Thunder
in Movies and TV
Posted · Edited by UpperWestside
I really enjoyed it. If you go see a movie directed by Taika Waititi you should expect the movie to be funny and silly. He’s a grown up kid living out his dreams. These movies are not just made for the adults and I think that is where there is a disconnect. This movie was as much for kids as the adults. I left the movie happy and in a great mood because it was uplifting and positive.