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Not many, anymore, you are right. They have been driven off the boards, but a few of us are too stupid to have followed suit I guess. I mean, I think it's important to provide a point of view that is absent in the "echo chambers", but some part of me must also enjoy the gauntlet I guess as well. I can't figure it, myself.

I don't agree with this at all. And to your other "mythical Trump voter" theory; there are many who have admitted to voting for Trump-- like yours truly.

I have travel credit that expire literally at midnight tomorrow (from American Airlines, completely forgot about them until last week and nobody I know needs them). If I can somehow get them to you, I will. I’ll look into it tmw AM.

I'd pay to listen to you talk. Ever thought of doing a one-man show?

Like this?

Cross posting from TV thread: Just saw the first episode of Jeen-Yuhs (The Kanye West documentary Netflix paid $30mm for). I absolutely loved it. Reminded me of how innovative and fresh Kanye West was in the early 2000's and disruptive of that scene. I listened to College Dropout today front to back after watching and revisiting it, it brought up a lot of emotions. Such an interesting and beautiful record. The risk and confidence and...élan, I think is the most appropriate word, reminded me of why people fell in love with Kanye in the first place, in the beginning. What a fantastic episode. I'm almost afraid to watch the next two (especially the third) because we all know the tragedy that later befalls as he flies too close to the sun. But the final chapter is not written. I'm renewed in rooting for this guy to pull out of his mental tailspin, though the sheer amount of wealth and fame and influence might make that sort of ego deconstruction impossible. The guy had an ego half the size of Chicago when he was a minor celebrity making beats, after all. That said, Donda was mostly forgettable to me and I haven't even heard Donda 2.

Just saw the first episode of Jeen-Yuhs (The Kanye West documentary Netflix paid $30mm for). I absolutely loved it. Reminded me of how innovative and fresh Kanye West was in the early 2000's and disruptive of that scene. I listened to College Dropout today front to back after watching and revisiting it, it brought up a lot of emotions. Such an interesting and beautiful record. The risk and confidence and...élan, I think is the most appropriate word, reminded me of why people fell in love with Kanye in the first place, in the beginning. What a fantastic episode. I'm almost afraid to watch the next two (especially the third) because we all know the tragedy that later befalls as he flies too close to the sun. But the final chapter is not written. I'm renewed in rooting for this guy to pull out of his mental tailspin, though the sheer amount of wealth and fame and influence might make that sort of ego deconstruction impossible. The guy had an ego half the size of Chicago when he was a minor celebrity making beats, after all.

Did you buy them yet?

I just dug through the filmography linked above for Direct-to-video. Can someone who knows help those of us who are clueless how this industry works? It appears based on the film titles and actors, to be aged or actors who were once bankable or had a name, that can no longer get work (e.g. some of those films were Bruce Willis, Kevin Dillon, Devon Sawa, Luke Wilson, Chad Michael Murray, Shannon Doherty, etc.). These films then skip theatres with no marketing or press junket or publicity and then go straight to DVD for consumption at like a RedBox? Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, etc.? How do the economics of these things work considering none of us have or will ever see these movies with 6% on RT, etc. My only guess is they are made for overseas audiences and there are huge old American actor fans and profit centers in Sri Lanka or Poland or something?

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5th Element was a cool movie nobody has mentioned yet. I always liked the alien operatic music.

BUT, also...I used a "Welcome to the party, pal" gif in Slack today, so co-workers like you guys, think I'm cool and interesting and smart. Fake it 'til you make it.

I've never seen Tango & Cash either, if that helps.

So, I guess this is as good a time as any to admit this, I've never seen Die Hard. Every year during Christmas when Die Hard comes up as "is it a Christmas movie or not" debate, I mean to check it out, but I never do.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51030/billy-possum-president-tafts-answer-teddy-bear

I read a "Strange but True" factoid that I hope is a troll job. Apparently fat William Taft LOVED to eat roasted possum. So much so that he tried to market Billy the Possum stuffed animals as the new Teddy Bear (obviously originated from Roosevelt). The catalyst of all this was his once eating an 18 pound roasted possum in one sitting. That's it, I'm going to find the link!

I answered my own question today, I think, in that there isn't any wood behind the arrow of this "budget" because apparently this is largely symbolic and supposed to be an indication of what is important to the President. Some interesting detail about the proposal: -- -- For Congress, the release of the budget, a largely symbolic document, is seen as little more than a suggestion from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Still, it is an important accounting of the administration’s priorities, most notably that Biden appears to be focusing on smaller policy specifics instead of on the sweeping changes in his Build Back Better bill, which he has spent much of his time in office promoting but which was relegated to a footnote in the budget document. If you don’t have time to comb through all 149 pages, here’s what you need to know about the budget: Spending: The budget would bolster domestic spending by 7 percent from current levels, to roughly $1.6 trillion. Taxes: It proposes raising tax rates for corporations and the wealthiest Americans, including a “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax,” which add up to a $2.5 trillion tax increase over a decade. And as DealBook reported, it also urges new restrictions on stock buybacks. Defense: The administration asks for $773 billion in military spending, a nearly 10 percent increase and a reflection of threats like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Cybersecurity is also a major security concern reflected in the budget. Infrastructure: It calls for broad increases in funding for the Transportation Department to modernize roads, bridges, ports and public transit systems. The budget includes about $115 billion in funding that was part of the infrastructure bill passed by Congress last year. Climate: It seeks $45 billion to address climate change — an increase of nearly $17 billion from the year before — for the five major agencies tasked with addressing environmental risks. The president also proposed $11 billion to help other countries hit hard by global warming. Health: The administration asks for a major increase for the F.D.A.’s budget to prepare for another pandemic. The agency’s budget would rise by a third, to $8.4 billion. Much, much more: There’s also a 21-percent increase in funding for education, new low-income housing vouchers, an 18-percent rise in spending on diplomatic programs, and a plan to modernize I.R.S. rules, including for crypto tax reporting. Congressional responses to the budget largely fell along party lines. Democrats praised the emphasis on reducing the budget deficit. Republicans scoffed at proposed tax increases and warned that the proposals would do little to tame inflation. The president said his budget served a “bipartisan unity agenda.” And so begins another round of the arduous process of funding the government, which has become so fraught that the current fiscal year’s budget was approved only this month, too late to include as a basis for comparison for yesterday’s proposal for the next fiscal year.

A VC guy who used to head Amazon Studios (I think), models data in a way that parses out "good", "outstanding" and "exceptional" from average to below/sucks from all streaming. Thought it was a neat look at face value-- haven't done any digging into the methodology:

I don't think it's necessary to start diminishing and down-playing auto-immune diseases just because Will Smith is an idiot and his wife seems to be a Jezebel.

@Pancho come get your boy Dame Time:

Pretty much. Actually looks like me too. See? I told you I was invited to the cook-out.

It has nothing to do with the gaffe (which was cool and good) but everything to do with the gaffer (who is on the opposite team must be punished for his gaffe because it benefits the other team). Add a sprinkle of "Gaffe's are unPresidential and he's a fool" from the right and "But, Trump was so worse that I will literally defend anything Biden does as long as he doesn't 1/6" on the left, and you have American politics in 2022. 2002: It's political battles over everythang.

Even before the slap heard around the world, the Oscars was having a come-back: the broadcast drawing nearly 15.36 million viewers — a huge 56% jump from last year’s 9.85 million I would imagine for at least next year, Oscars will be more intriguing to try and catch for the drama?