TexLonghorn

Yeah, this is really the reply - Marvel didn't think the viewing public would know what SHIELD is, or if they did, they'd get the in joke of "we're working on it". But from a story perspective, the movie continuity comes from Fury and Coulson just having different personalities.

The SHIELD name had been in use long before the 90's, but it wasn't well-known publicly before the Avengers stuff, and that makes all the difference. In Winter Soldier, computer-Armin Zola tells Captain America and Black Widow that SHIELD was founded and had recruited him right after WWII - he doesn't use the full words, he actually says "SHIELD". Although it could have come later, it implies the name was used even back then, as it's shown on his security clearance document. Zola transferred his brain into the computer in the 70's, so at the least, it would mean the Shield name would have to have been in use before that (again, it's written on Zola's identity document). But Zola was an "in". He was recruited by SHIELD and would know what it stands for, so he uses the shortened name. Coulson uses the full words when he introduces himself to Pepper because he is assuming that she has never heard of the organization, much less by its acronym SHIELD - and she actually hadn't at that time, so he's right. She says they should shorten it, and Coulson says they are working on it, though he knows they already have a shortened version, he's just polite enough not to dismiss her suggestion. Plus, at this point, she is still an untested ally. By the end of the movie, she's an "in," too - she's worked with the agency by that point and Coulson expects that they will work together again, so when she starts going into the full words of the agency, he lets her in to just calling it SHIELD. Fury not using the full words is probably more just a personality thing. He might assume that Captain Marvel is an "in" because of what he was briefed on before they arrived to meet her (or maybe thinks she would know what SHIELD is based on her actions), but it's probably more that he just doesn't have the politeness that Coulson has (i.e. Fury doesn't care if she knows what SHIELD is or not), and instead prefers the time-saving use of just "SHIELD". Introducing himself that way also puts Fury in a power position - if someone doesn't know what SHIELD is, then there is the conclusion that Fury either has more knowledge or more clearance - and Fury would happily put himself in either of those categories. So ultimately, long explanation, but it's probably just that Coulson and Fury introduce themselves differently from each other, or differently depending on who they are talking to.

(Associated Press) Leaked photos show federal agents preparing for the early morning arrest of University of Texas Tennis Coach Michael Center: and then the carrying out, without incident, of the accused coach's detainment:

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Train to Busan, a 2016 South Korean zombie movie. Someone showed me the opening scene with the deer below and I had to check it out - it was well worth it! It set a lot of box office records in that part of the world. Does not have your typical American movie kind of ending. I watched a subtitled version - there's an English-dubbed version, too, but the voice actors they got seem pretty ridiculous, judging from the English trailer. I couldn't find the subtitled clip of the opening scene on youtube, but here it is in Korean (it's only about the first 3 minutes of the 10 minute clip): And here's the English trailer with the terrible voiceovers:

So, now this guy is the one who gets to conduct the president's annual physical coming up, right? Another bullshit report of Dotard being in top physical condition?

Isn't it sad that there's a pretty good part of each of us that thinks he probably would think it was elephants? But no, alas, I don't know that he actually did.

Followed by: "Sarah, does the President think that there were a lot of smuggled elephants apprehended at the border this week?" "Of course not, why do you... So, have you never said something wrong, Alex? You've never... you're saying... The President was talking about the Fentanyl bust, and the President knows that it was Fentanyl, that's what he said in the speech, if you listen to the tape that's what he said, the press just... everyone just wants to make it sound like the President... he said Fentanyl, and everyone knows he was talking about the big Fentanyl bust that ICE made this week."

How it was written: How it will be read: Together we can breaks decades of political stalemate, it's been going on so long, folks, so long, and it's worse now than ever before in our history. Just look at our Wall, everyone knows we need it, everyone wants it, but the Democrats just refuse to help, even when there was that huge bust this week, largest ever, largest shipment of smuggled elephants we have ever seen and ICE caught it. Democrats want to get rid of ICE, but we need a wall so much, so much. We can bridge old divisions, we can use American Steel. No one, no one knew we even made steel in America anymore, but we do, and a lot of it, we are opening new steel factories, many factories, so many you wouldn't believe, but believe me, the best steel and factories. And we can build bridges, and the wall. Steel slats. We will heal old wounds, which was what I called John McCain, build new coalition, forge new solutions, and really folks, we need new solutions, why do we need to force them? Why are the Democrats, and their leaders Chuck and Nancy, I call her Nancy, so against new solutions? We shouldn't have to force them, everyone wants them, everyone wants the wall, keep out the murderers, the rapists, the elephants. And the sex trafficking. They tape them with duct tape around their mouths, around their face. Sometimes they can't breathe. We need to stop that, we need to stop them, and the Wall will stop them. They won't take a right turn or a left turn anymore, I'm telling you, believe me. And we will unlock the extraordinary process of America's future. Even Chuck's beloved New York, and I love it, too, I built some of my biggest and most beautiful buildings there, even New York gave me an award so many years ago, for my extraordinary contributions to that beautiful city. "It's just what I do," I said, "I don't need an award," but they insisted I take the award, and I did, for extraordinary contributions to the city. I'll never forget that, "extraordinary contributions" they said. I said, that should be expected, what I did should be expected, not awarded, but New York gave me the award. Extraordinary contributions. The decision is ours to make. (Republican side leaps to their feet in rapturous applause)

Okay, Republicans... Time for y'all to die off now.

Similarly, Cosmi is a redshirt freshman, an inarguable fact proven by the internet. Can you imagine how bad it will be with Cosmi playing against LSU next year as a redshirt freshman? Or when he has to play against Alabama in 2022 as a redshirt freshman? That's his point - the original post was freezing these players at their assumed level of their original recruiting rating, but players change. Our team of 3-stars might be performing at a higher level than their team of 4-stars by the time the game comes along. Some players learn, some players bust. His point was that you can't just say a team of 3-stars will automatically struggle against a team of 4-stars, and as his evidence, he put out that one of our 3-star recruits, Cosmi, is currently performing at a higher level and shouldn't be readily dismissed as just some scrub 3-star.

Trump slays veterans' pension fraud?

Looking at that graph, it seems pretty obvious where all these jobs are coming from...

So wait a minute here... happyfunball wants to borrow some illegal immigrants (a busload if available) and rockytown has been on here repeatedly claiming how many are coming in to the country every day ("50 to 100 migrants a day at each crossing being apprehended " in Arizona alone!!) yet somehow, because "the economy picked up", said busload is no longer available at AZ Home Depots, Lowe'ses, or Circle Ks? So is the idea here that tons are coming in, but they are all getting jobs right as they get here? This invasion is immediately gainfully employed? About a year and a half ago, you reportedly could go to a number of stores near rockypants and find plenty of immigrants looking for day work, but now that the invasion is in full swing, none? Where is this invasion going? If they're getting jobs, then good on 'em, yeah? Wouldn't that be a good thing?

If you're alleging an invasion, it's you who would have to prove there's actually an invasion, not make everyone else prove that there isn't one...

Is this the new attack point from the Russiabots?? "But the Dems are such oldies!" Has anyone looked at the fossils that represent the Repubs nowadays? And just for info: Pelosi: 78 years old, Schumer: 68 years old, Trump: 72 years old.