How do they not use a better camera for such a momentous occasion?

Sure, she had a very long and successful career but when she passes most people will have to use Wikipedia to know anything about her. There are plenty of actors and actresses older than Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood but none more famous. Anyway, this whole discussion is problematic. What here is considered the Old Guard of Hollywood? I defined it as pre-World War II cinema. Within that context, all of the stars are dead. Oldest living Hollywood icons -- Gene Hackman (93) and Clint Eastwood (93).

Unbelievable!

If we're talking major film stars, essentially no one. Every major film star thru the 1940s is now deceased. Gene Hackman is arguably the oldest living major film star, at 93. He's four month's older than Clint Eastwood.

NATO is a relic of the Cold War era. It was necessary to keep the threat of Russia in check so that post-WWII could prosper. That ship sailed a long time ago. Germany doesn't even want US forces stationed in Germany anymore.

watching Tipper pull a train.

Were it not for the draft the Left couldn't have cared less about Vietnam.

Is that new material? It kills! You need to be doing comedy clubs. Ukraine is a globalist slush fund that will be abandoned in yet another cut and run exit two seconds after the decision is made that there is nothing more to skim and steal. You can bank on it.

Never heard of it.

That's a very good recording. I've seen many favorable reviews of the current tour.

I have a lot of those. Dinosaur is a sentimental favorite. When those 1980 soundboards were released it was a seismic event.

I have this one and based upon when I got it (circa 1988) I believe it was released after Robert Godwin's book was published, which is why it does not appear in it.

Yet the US is attacking Russia, in conjunction with NATO. The US has been formenting anti-Putin, anti-Russia propoganda for at least six years now.

I can't stand Millennials but I hope not one of them has their life wasted dying in defense of Ukraine.

What I'm saying is generally speaking democracies seek to resolve domestic conflict politically and international conflict diplomtically. Communists, dictators and tyrants don't.

Former Vice President and 2024 Presidential candidate Mike Pence claimed this week that there are no Christian persecutions, based on a conversation he had with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Apparently he's so ignorant of what's happening in the Ukraine that he doesn't even know the church split in two because the Ukrainian church has always been a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, but for political reasons Zelensky allies pushed for them to split. But not everyone went along with the split; many Christians in Ukraine are still part of the Russian Orthodox Church, and those are the ones being persecuted. So it's not surprising at all that the head of the schismatic Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an ally of Zelensky, wouldn't tell Pence the truth about the Russian Orthodox priests who have been persecuted. This just goes to prove that either Pence is disqualifyingly incompetent, or disqualifyingly dishonest.

He's a snake oil salesman in a gulfstream jet. In that respect he reminds me of Hamid Karzai, former President of Afghanistan, who earned the nickname The Gucci Gangster for his penchant to be able to fleece the international community for weapons/funds. Both are very adept at playing opposing sides against each other. It's argubable if being a world class bullshit artist is a hallmark of legendary leadership, but both are great at deceiving others, I'll grant them that.

Tuareg guitarists have a certain tone distinct from anyone else. A different shade of blues is how I can best describe it.

Generally speaking, Democracy is an inherently superior form of government because war is reserved as a last resort. Of course, not in Ukraine where a corrupt and discredited US political administration continues to wage an illegal proxy war without the consent of the governed. I'm not sure you fully understand NATO Article V, the cornerstone principle of which is that an attack on one NATO member nation is an attack upon all of them. At it's core, this conflict is about the globalists waging a proxy war against Putin/Russia. They want Putin/Russia out of the way so they can further pursue their global government ambitions. Ukraine serves only as a globalist slush fund and as a battleground to test next generation weapons technology. Russian & Ukraine already co-existed peacefully. It was the West's push to extend NATO membership to Ukraine that provoked Putin/Russia to invade. This is a US proxy war because war is being conducted without the consent of the governed. There has been no declaration of war issued by the US Congress. It is demonstrably false and intellectually disengenuous to assert "all modern wars are proxy wars and have been for 50 years". Zelensky is a snake oil salesman who shows his true colors as a tyrant each time the international community does not give him his way.

I think there's only two things to do in Finland, play hockey or pretend you're a horse. Aside from that, I'm gonna give these girls the benefit the doubt that they are just really into My Pretty Pony and horses. To me, this is no different than grown men wearing other grown men's names and numbers on their back at the football stadium. Who are we kidding, this is the weirdest shit I've ever seen and of course there are participation trophies to be won.

The early stages? Half of those countries have been NATO members for nearly 20 YEARS now. This conflict is strictly and solely about all of the Biden Administration's saber rattling about Ukraine also becoming a member of NATO. Putin was not going to stand for NATO membership being extend to the border of Russia. Conflict could have ended in less than a month, with Russia carving out a slice of Ukraine, but Putin had underestimated the corrupt Biden administration's resolve to wage an illegal proxy war against Russia. $75B USD later, it becomes clearer every day that Zelensky is every bit the dictator that Putin is. For anyone to suggest this unnecessary war is in defense of democracy is simply absurd.

Amen! Yet, here is Mike Pence parroting it. Even I would NEVER vote for him EVER after he said this so I hope he realizes he just committed politicial suicide. Thank you, Tucker Carlson.

over to Crack Pipe Hunter's

EIGHT YEARS AGO the United States national security strategy for Ukraine was established as: Backing security commitments to allies: “We will support partners such as Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine so they can better work alongside the United States and NATO, as well as provide for their own defense.” “Working with Europe to improve its energy security in both the short and long term.” Imposing significant costs on Russian aggression through sanctions and other means, and confronting Russian propaganda with the truth. “Keep[ing] the door open to greater collaboration with Russia in areas of common interests, should it choose a different path — a path of peaceful cooperation that respects the sovereignty and democratic development of neighboring states.” How's that working out for us? We've wasted $75 BILLION DOLLARS in aid for what? No one knows, because there is purposefully no federal oversight on how those dollars are spent. The Ukraine is little more than a globalist's wet dream: a multi-international slush fund.

That's what happens when it becomes clear NATO will do sweet fuck all to end this war while Crooked Joe does everything he can to escalate the conflict.