SteveAJones
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On 7/22/2023 at 12:17 PM, reids said:
President Carter stopped all treatment for terminal cancer two months ago. He'd turn 99 this October but it seems it would be a long shot that he'll make it. I'm diametrically opposed to him politically, but there's not a doubt in my mind he's going to heaven.
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I think we can agree all must exist, they're just not circulating. Page/Plant coming to Croatia was historic. There must be at least one person who taped.
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How do they not use a better camera for such a momentous occasion?
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4 hours ago, Strider said:
Eva Marie Saint just turned 99.
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).
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Unbelievable!
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11 hours ago, hummingbird69 said:
Who's left of the old guard in hollywood
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.
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On 7/20/2023 at 2:08 AM, JohnOsbourne said:
Obviously, the point is why the US entered into a security arrangement with them in the first place.
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.
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watching Tipper pull a train.
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54 minutes ago, cryingbluerain said:
Funny how back in the 60's the left went nuts opposing the Vietnam War but this time they are in lockstep with the neo-cons in support of aiding Ukraine. We'll see if they change their tune if worse comes to worst and we put boots on the ground which looks like is already beginning to happen.
Were it not for the draft the Left couldn't have cared less about Vietnam.
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3 hours ago, rm2551 said:
I'd say the US interest is what it has always been - help others who want to have systems and societies based on freedoms, liberty and rule of law somewhat in line with how "the west" does things
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.
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Never heard of it.
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That's a very good recording. I've seen many favorable reviews of the current tour.
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2 hours ago, zosorose said:
Making progress!
I have a lot of those. Dinosaur is a sentimental favorite. When those 1980 soundboards were released it was a seismic event.
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On 6/10/2021 at 10:03 PM, Strider said:
Calling all bootleg experts.
I scored this baby tonight.
As you can see it is the well-known Toasted Records release of the March 4, 1975 Dallas soundboard. Toasted Records was an Australian bootleg label active in the 1980s. This was one of the bootlegs that was stolen from me years ago so I was happy tonight to find a replacement at the record shop. And for only $35.
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.
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23 minutes ago, rm2551 said:
Russia knows full well Europe do not want to attack or invade Russia.
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.
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5 hours ago, redrum said:
Well come on all of you big strong men,
Uncle Joe needs your help again,
He's got himself in a terrible jam,
Way over yonder in old U-Kran
So put down your coke and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.I can't stand Millennials but I hope not one of them has their life wasted dying in defense of Ukraine.
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8 hours ago, JohnOsbourne said:
If by this you simply mean that democracy permits peaceful transfer of power between governments, then yes, that is the primary benefit of democracy. However, if you mean to say that democracies do not start aggressive wars or commit major war crimes when they do go to war, then I disagree and I believe the historical record paints a very negative picture of democracy at war.
What I'm saying is generally speaking democracies seek to resolve domestic conflict politically and international conflict diplomtically. Communists, dictators and tyrants don't.
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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.
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1 hour ago, rm2551 said:
I agree to disagree about Zelensky. I reckon he is a legend leader and will go down in history as such. Time will tell.
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.
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Tuareg guitarists have a certain tone distinct from anyone else. A different shade of blues is how I can best describe it.
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7 hours ago, JohnOsbourne said:
BTW, can you explain to me why democracy is an inherently superior form of government, such that war must be resorted to in its defense?
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.
6 hours ago, rm2551 said:Yeah, I reckon Putin was not overly concerned with that. His ambition was made clear.
Incorrect. Ukraine did not want to be part of the Russian way of life. They looked to the west. For right or wrong, better or worse, they looked west. they wanted something different. At the core, that is what this conflict is about. Everything else is just dressing.
Why is that a desirable or acceptable (from the perspective of a "western" view) outcome? Might makes right?
Illegal? Not sure what you mean. All modern wars are proxy wars. it's part of war. Has been for +50years.
Far out.
I don't get that. It is exactly what it is about. Ukraine wants to be Ukraine. Not Russia.
So put it this way, what is Zelenskyy/Ukraine trying to defend? Russia invaded. They were not invited. What else is there?
Cheers.
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.
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11 minutes ago, Strider said:
Is there a horse shortage in Finland I did not know about? Or are they really that starved for entertainment in Finland? I mean, this looks like something out of Monty Python or SCTV. I kept expecting a giant cheese wheel to roll through.
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.
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3 hours ago, rm2551 said:
What I'd say is a far more reasonable take is a lot of eastern Europe would have been at risk if Russia absorbed Ukraine in the early stages. Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania possibly Poland and/or Romania... Old mate Putin was looking for empire restoration. Nothing less.
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.
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14 hours ago, cryingbluerain said:
Can we drop the charade that Ukraine is the lynchpin of the democratic world without which all democracies will crumble under the jackboot of Putin's Russia?
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.
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No, for a number of reasons. First and formost, it's political suicide. Secondly, the armed forces themselves do NOT want nor need a bunch of draftees. Third, it would take an Act of Congress (see point one). It is disgusting that by Executive Order he has placed reservists in standby to be called up in defense of Ukraine.