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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 28, 2017, 03:08:49 PM »
06/26: In light of Trump’s latest Twitter tantrum, I am retracting my claim of Trump not admitting the Russian meddling happened.

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Ugh.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Rogue One (with spoilers)
« on: June 27, 2017, 08:56:16 PM »
Vader's scene at the end was probably the scariest he's been in the entire series though, yeah.

That scene really bugged me. It was blatant fanservice with no real effect on the story, thrown in at the last minute (both in the sense of the movie's runtime and its production) to pander to the vocal minority loudly demanding that the movie focus on Vader slaughtering people. Give Abrams some credit, at least his fanservice revolved around the near-unanimous agreement that the original trilogy was far superior to the prequels. He wasn't simply catering to reddit. If the filmmakers had really wanted a scene of Vader being a badass, they should have made something that actually impacted the story, perhaps a scene near the beginning of the film to establish how dangerous the Empire is. Of course, they weren't interested in what such a scene might add to the story, and so they threw it on the end as a last-minute plea for reddit's approval.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Modern Feminism
« on: June 25, 2017, 04:36:16 PM »
Maybe he needs a safe space where the mean feminists won't be able to hurt his butt anymore.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Modern Feminism
« on: June 25, 2017, 02:04:53 PM »
Anita Sarkeesian took time out of her duties as a panelist at VidCon to call Sargon of Akkad "human garbage" and a "shit head".  His crime?  Watching her quietly.  Glad she is standing up against the evils of harassment.

Does this trigger you?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 24, 2017, 04:58:08 PM »
In grudging fairness, he's almost certainly just arguing against it as a hypothetical. If this is true, then why didn't Obama do anything, blah blah blah. It's still wrong, of course,

You're right. He can't possibly have access to the same evidence as everyone else in the intelligence community and the government who say they're sure the Russians tried to meddle, he's only the President.

I'm not talking about what he knows, only what he is or isn't admitting.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 24, 2017, 03:28:52 PM »
In grudging fairness, he's almost certainly just arguing against it as a hypothetical. If this is true, then why didn't Obama do anything, blah blah blah. It's still wrong, of course,

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 24, 2017, 04:48:30 AM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-23/trump-says-comey-s-story-may-have-changed-after-tape-threat

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"When he found out that I -- you know, that there may be tapes out there, whether it's governmental tapes or anything else and who knows, I think his story may have changed," Trump said in a Fox News interview that aired Friday. "Then he has to tell what actually took place at the events."

Joke's on us, Trump was only pretending to be retarded. And he's apparently admitting that Comey told the truth now?


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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 22, 2017, 07:05:05 PM »
He was a good enough bluffer to trick the American people into electing him president, despite literally every indication that he was an awful person who would prove to be an awful president.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 16, 2017, 07:34:16 PM »
Comey is fucking neutral? Where did you ever get that impression?

I swear you really do think if you just say something it makes it true.

Comey said HIMSELF, under oath, that Trump's comments about Flynn DID NOT QUALIFY Obstruction of Justice.

Okay, but the investigation into Flynn does still exist.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 16, 2017, 01:41:37 PM »
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/15/trump-russia-investigation-obsession-239614

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[Trump] has sometimes, without prompting, injected. “I’m not under investigation” into conversations with associates and allies.

lol

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Shots Fired at republicans!
« on: June 14, 2017, 07:51:27 PM »
Both sides of the political aisle are guilty of using hyperbole to denigrate their opponents or exaggerate the consequences of their policies, and have been for many years. To try and pin it all on one side is insane.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 14, 2017, 07:37:02 PM »
They are posturing up for a major witch hunt that they only hope drags out until the midterms. Finding anything is secondary to just muddying the waters and trying to build a Trump obstruction of justice case.

A congressional investigation designed to stretch on as long as possible and push a narrative of perpetual scandal rather than genuinely investigate any real issues?



You don't say.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 14, 2017, 12:50:35 AM »
Since when does what Spicer says actually correlate to what Trump says or does?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Just Watched
« on: June 13, 2017, 09:09:41 PM »
John Wick: Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski, 2017)

Largely more of the same satisfying action from the first movie, along with a more in-depth story and an increased focus on the intriguing (albeit ridiculous) secret society that apparently governs the underworld. The villain is kind of lame and comes across as a poor man's Antonio Banderas, the final battle is a little underwhelming, and I wish they had done some more with the returning side characters than have them just pop up to confirm that they still exist. The return of the cop who seems to have an understanding of what it is that Keanu does and turns a blind eye to it especially bugged me, because it's literally a repeat of the exact same beat from the first movie. What's the story with this guy? Is he an honest cop who's just too scared of Keanu to take any action against him? Are they old friends? Is he even really a cop at all? Give us something new about him! Anything!

In any case, the movie is still a lot of fun.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 12, 2017, 09:04:14 PM »
Just ignore him, gary. He obviously has nothing to say.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 11, 2017, 04:55:33 PM »
What premise? The GOP is accusing him of being an insider threat. That's pretty much a fact at this stage, don't you agree?

Nah, it's just a meme. We don't need to discuss it any further.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 11, 2017, 04:26:40 PM »
Trump isn't an insider threat, but Comey totally is. lol okay

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: June 10, 2017, 04:52:54 AM »
Why are you wasting your time and energy trying to analyze this? It's incoherent word salad, just like almost everything else Trump says.

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