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I have the call-out time to spare and then some...just not really sure if I feel like working.

On the plus side, if I lay out, I'll only have a three-day work week (Monday was the last day of vacation).

Help me, CEmen, you're my only hope.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

fenderbender321 posted...

Funkydog posted...

fenderbender321 posted...

PoopPotato posted...

He is a guy that figured out how to make money by making up conspiracy theories.

He's basically an entertainer that people enjoy listening to for entertainment purposes, but media companies don't like that.

If he just went and properly acted like an entertainer, not tried to come off as "real" (despite admitting in the past he's a gimmick) and his supporters didn't believe he was an actual reporter it wouldn't be quite so bad.

I hear ya. I just think its better to put the accountability on people who choose to make decisions based on him saying words. Its just easier for people to punish the talker rather than those who actually physically do stupid or bad things, so thats the route we go because we are lazy.

At times like this, I'm reminded of the words of Abraham Lincoln (different situation, obviously, but same gist): "Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces him to desert?"

Jones says and does all this shit, hypes people up into harassing innocents, and then he gets to claim "No, it's a persona, I don't actually MEAN any of it!"? No. He knows full well what he's doing; it's damn near yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

MagnusX posted...

X-Pac_Heat posted...

Alex Jones is a harmless wacko

This is a bad precedent.

A former coworker unironically shared Alex's post teasing the Pizzagate bullshit and legit defended the nonsense when I called him out on it, saying that I have my news sources and he has his. He hasn't shared anything else from Alex since, so maybe I got through.

I saw an Infowars bumper sticker calling for the end of the Fed and to jail all bankers. I live in Canada.

He's not harmless, he influences the angry/susceptible/poorly educated with lunatic conspiracies.

Guy who lives near me has "End The Fed" and "InfoWars" stickers on the back window of his truck. NC.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

NeonOctopus posted...

DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

NeonOctopus posted...

Only in America

I have to assume this is a joke.

Whooooosh

I just meant that, you know, jokes usually are funny.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

NeonOctopus posted...

Only in America

I have to assume this is a joke.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

scar the 1 posted...

DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

I think it wasn't so much the ring (why would the Ring of Air let him control water? That was Galadriel's deal), but his other powers. Gandalf says something like all of Rivendell is under Elrond's control.

The powers of the Rings of Power aren't that straight-forward, nor are they very clearly explained. What we do know is that Vilya was the most powerful of the three Rings, and we can infer that Galadriel and Elrond both used their Rings to preserve their surroundings. It's not unlikely that, as part of that preservation, Elrond was able to enchant the river.
Keep in mind that Elvish magic isn't much about casting spells like your typical wizard. It's a lot about craftsmanship and song, so it sounds more likely to me that Elrond's Ring helped him enchant the waters of Bruinen than that he did it himself.

Sounds right. Probably would have "killed the mystery" if Tolkien had gone deep explaining exactly how magic worked. He had to leave space to describe the trees. All of them. ^_^
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Southernfatman posted...

Darkman124 posted...

in the first film i thought it was arwen who summoned the river spirits to drive away the nazgul

It was. She was just a replacement for Glorfindel in the books. I'm fine with that cause introducing him for him to do nothing would be weird. Although G. In the books just gives frodo his horse to ride and it's actually Frodo alone who stands up to the Nazgul at the river, but starts to come to under the witch King's control and starts to come toward them. Then Elrond with Gandalf's assistance (he make the water look like horsemen) causes the river to flood. It's because of Elrond's ring of power that he can do that if I recall.

I just find the movie scene and the original plan for Arwen being in Helms Deep to be weird and takes away from Eowyn, but I guess Jackson thought of that and changed it.

Edit:. Oh I see you got the names mixed up. Nevermind.

I think it wasn't so much the ring (why would the Ring of Air let him control water? That was Galadriel's deal), but his other powers. Gandalf says something like all of Rivendell is under Elrond's control.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Ilishe posted...

And smote him she did. Badass.

Yeah. For a long time, I thought it was Merry's dagger that killed him (in the books, they say it was enchanted against the Witch-King), but apparently all it did was make him vulnerable, so that Eowyn could finish him off.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

spikethedevil posted...

Seems odd that she wears something with such horrible memories for them but whatever.

@spikethedevil she very flatly says getting married is the only reason she even considered it, so they didn't ignore the backstory.

Edit: I was wrong. Anna found it herself.

Illyana: "You sure you want to use that thing?"

Rogue: "Usually? No. I've got some bad assosciations with it and it's a crutch I don't like to use, but I figure today's worth it. Not to mention tonight."

Illyana: "Good point. Also, T.M.I."

Rogue: "Don't ask the questions if you can't handle the answers, girl."

Downside seems to be that it causes migraines. Ouch.

Oh, and apparently Jubilee isn't a vampire anymore, have no idea how that happened.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

spikethedevil posted...

So she has to wear the collar for xxxmen time?

Yep. I was really hoping Thompson would be the one to perma-fix it, but from things she's implied on social media, that doesn't seem like it's going to be the case.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

spikethedevil posted...

DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

spikethedevil posted...

slmcknett posted...

Isn't Kitty the new Star Lord or some nonsense?

Nah she's back with Collosus iirc.

Uhh...about that...

She left him at the altar, then Rogue & Remy decided "fuck it, why don't WE get married instead!"

So those two are married now? Why the fuck did she leave him at the alter? Are Kitty and Colossus still together? Have Rogue and Gambit figured out the no touch thing yet? I'm so behind lol. @DiScOrD_tHe_LuNaTiC

@spikethedevil, you should spoiler-edit your post before someone gets mod-happy. ^_^

Yes, Remy & Anna are now married. They're on their honeymoon. IN SPACE. Seriously. They have a three-issue mini running called Mr. & Mrs. X.

Kitty left Piotr because she thinks their past is too fucked up to base a marriage on (can't say I disagree).

As pointed out, no, Kitty & Piotr are not together now.

Rogue got Illyana to dig around the X-Mansion's X-closets (sorry) and found one of the Genoshan inhibitor collars. Hence, Remy does get to kiss the bride. And later, much more. ^_^
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

spikethedevil posted...

slmcknett posted...

Isn't Kitty the new Star Lord or some nonsense?

Nah she's back with Collosus iirc.

Uhh...about that...

She left him at the altar, then Rogue & Remy decided "fuck it, let's get married instead!.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Anisoptera posted...

Ellen Page.

I see what you did there.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Kisai posted...

They get underwear that fits.

This. I mean, I can understand it falling through the leg holes of boxers because of their loose fit (not a problem I have, sigh), but briefs? You must have legs roughly the circumference of a KFC straw.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

SpiralDrift posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

SpiralDrift posted...

I'll admit that I like looking into conspiracy stuff about this, but most likely it was just their way of saying the start of their nation was the start of a new and better way for the world.

Freemasons did it.

Well, yeah. But they had good intentions.

Founding fathers who were Freemasons:
- Benjamin Franklin
- Nathaneal Greene
- John Hancock
- John Jay
- Henry Knox
- John Paul Jones
- Marie-Joseph de Lafayette
- Israel Putnam
- Paul Revere
- George Washington
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Hairistotle posted...

They're fun movies, but I wish the (Hypercube spoilers) detective in the second one didnt go nuts

Well, the cop in the first one does too, so maybe they were going for consistency. ^_^
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

TheGoldenEel posted...

Cube predates Saw

Yeah, by 7 years.

It was one of those "good idea, ok execution" movies. And seeing Nicole de Boer is always good.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

fuzzylittlbunny posted...

Jubilation is a stupid name, Kitty is less stupid. So Kitty.

You realize Kitty's name is really Katherine, I hope. Not saying Jubilation isn't a dumb name, but comparing a name to a nickname, you kind of weaken your position.

Only Kitty I've never liked was the Evolution Kitty, where this Chicago native talked like a Valley Girl.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

That's when the guy is supposed to yell "Your mom didn't think so!"
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

What did you order?
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Maybe I don't understand the Tennessee system, but how do you get elected mayor of a county?

Nevermind, I just looked it up on Wikipedia. Seems odd, but whatever.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

I liked Tifa more than Aeris because Tifa was alive.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

darkjedilink posted...

AlephZero posted...

iPhone_7 posted...

Pretty sure theres a gun policy at NRA events or their supporters events as well.

Nope.

This. Didn't it turn out that the 'no-gun policy' was put in place by the Secret Service?

If this was the one in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Secret Service wouldn't have even had to do that. NC has a law which say it's illegal to carry open or concealed in any place which forbids it, OR in places which charge admission to get into (like the Charlotte Convention Center does).
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Caution999 posted...

NinjaBreakfast posted...

Error1355 posted...

https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1025171875050258432?s=19

Lol they spun that quickly!

Sounds like a reasonable explanation.

But somehow this conspiracy theory against Kaep is ...the one that is more socially acceptable. Conspiracy theories being more acceptable then reality.

This is 2018. Guess I forgot to put my tin foil hat on this morning?

It doesn't really take a conspiracy theorist to see that a quarterback with Kaep's talent should have at least managed to find a second-string position on a team. Hell, there are first-string QB's with worse stats.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

DevsBro posted...

I don't care much for Trump one way or another but this I definitely agree with.

As long as they intentionally bias every article, the media is definitely the enemy of the people.

It's not the kind of thing a politician should say because in concept it's absolutely untrue just like in concept your arm isn't detrimental to your health, but tourniquets exist because they can become that way.

So rather than think that it's one person -- Donald Trump -- who is consistently lying and being called out on it, you find it easier to believe that it's tens of thousands of people -- the media -- who are consistently lying and being called out on it.

Interesting.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

creativerealms posted...

The truth is the enemy of Trump.

I think my favorite thing within the last few days is this:

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1024491275540676608

Trump: "Of course, if the fake news did a poll, they're called 'suppression polls', you know, polls are fake, just like everything else."

Crowd: *boos*

Trump: "If the fake news did a poll, it would show that I'm only getting twenty-five percent with the 401K people, even though they're up forty-four percent. Now, we got, we're doing well. We're doing well, and I'm happy you're doing well. They just came out with a poll, did you hear...the most popular person...in the history of the Republican Party...is Trump, can you believe that?"

Crowd: *cheers*

It literally doesn't even take him twenty seconds to contradict himself, and these people just go along with it. It's congnitive dissonance on a scale so grand as to induce vertigo.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

I have to say, if I was sitting in my car eating and a dude smacked his tackle on my window, it'd probably kill my appetite too.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

"Hey guys, no, the NFL definitely didn't pressure us to remove Colin's name. What kind of crazy idea is that, ha ha ha, QUICK, LOOK OVER THERE, SHINY THING!"
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Giant_Aspirin posted...

the problem is that Trump says "FAKE NEWS" to mean "anything that paints me in a negative light, no matter how slight". the man is such a raging narcissist that he genuinely believes any criticism against him is objectively impossible because in his mind he's infallible. and his slurpers just slurp that shit right up.

QFT
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Ultima Dragon posted...

I saw that. It's either dementia/EXTREMELY poor wording on his part, or he accidentally or purposely let the truth slip out.

It's interesting that NASA says today that they "no longer have the technology" to go to the moon and that it would be very difficult and expensive to build it back up. But like.. the amount technology has changed in the last fifty years is insane. It's become more affordable and available too, you're probably holding more technology in your hand right now (phone) than the Apollo 11 mission had.

So insert whatever conspiracy you want, moon landing or not a lot of things don't seem to make much sense.

The 'technology' NASA is referring to is the Saturn booster. Of course they could build far better landers, but they've shifted away from building those giant flaming towers of doom that sent the Apollo missions on their way.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

He said "Who the fuck is Maria?"
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Flockaveli posted...

If the earth is flat then how come it's broad daylight here in Chicago but pitch black in China or some shit.

Basically, they think the sun is like a really narrow-beam flashlight.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Eh, Genesis just went from a prog-rock band (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is still one of the best prog-rock albums ever) to a pop band (with their all-around high point in that incarnation probably being, as others have noted, Invisible Touch).

Plus as I said, I don't think Phil gets enough recognition as a drummer (I started out as a drummer myself). "Abacab" is great paced singing-drumming (watch the performance video), and "No Son of Mine" blew my mind the first time I heard it.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

I like the way I saw it on Twitter last year (and have no idea of the original source)

"A girl has sex with twenty guys, they call her a slut. A guy does it, and they call him gay."
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

I've always thought he was a very underrated drummer.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Here ya go, @Calwings. ^_^
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Calwings posted...

DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

(And in case you didn't guess, I have some very odd taste in music, and this shirt is going to be REALLY random going forward). ^_^

So I guess that means trying to nominate artists/bands is pointless because you may have never listened to them?

Not necessarily, though I will be limiting the polls to bands with 10 or fewer studio albums b/c of the posting limit.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

I didn't think of this when making this topic, but twice in a row, my favorite is the third one. I think that Speak Now was where Taylor really proved herself as a solo songwriter.

(And in case you didn't guess, I have some very odd taste in music, and this shirt is going to be REALLY random going forward). ^_^
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

DarkChozoGhost posted...

If Dobby didn't stop him, he was about to curse Harry with Avada Kedavra. What was he going to do next? How do you explain murdering a student in the middle of the hallway?

I explain it as "one of the many stupid alterations made for the movies". There's no way he could have gotten away with killing Harry right outside Dumbledore's office.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

LOL, I was gonna run this through August, but I forgot today was still July. Oh well, head start I suppose. ^_^
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

KamenRiderBlade posted...

DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

Have you ever known an engineer? They tend to be very precise. To their mind, not getting any yogurt is preferable to possibly getting the wrong kind.

Yeah, I am an engineer. Many of my friends are engineers. Most of us don't have that issue when it comes to basic shopping.

If I offended you, I sincerely apologize. But every single engineer I've known has been like a cast member from Dilbert. ^_^
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

KamenRiderBlade posted...

DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

If he's an engineer, you need to be exacting. "1 six-pack of Dannon vanilla yogurt. If Dannon is not available, Breyers or Yoplait are acceptable alternatives."

The man isn't a living machine for her to input software codes / conditions!

Have you ever known an engineer? They tend to be very precise. To their mind, not getting any yogurt is preferable to possibly getting the wrong kind.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Cleo_II posted...

SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

Cleo_II posted...

This is exactly why I dont send my husband to the grocery store anymore

Do you think he did it on purpose to get out of having to go grocery shopping

Nope. Hes just not patient for it. And he doesnt know a lot of ingredients I ask for. For example, he had no idea what Panko breadcrumbs were. And he doesnt have the patience to look for it. Forget asking me where it is or looking up a picture. If he doesnt see it right away, hes not getting it. Period.

I once asked him to get me vanilla yogurt. He came home with no yogurt. I asked why. Apparently I wasnt specific enough on what brand I wanted.

Hes not stupid. Hes an engineer. Theyre a special sort lol

If he's an engineer, you need to be exacting. "1 six-pack of Dannon vanilla yogurt. If Dannon is not available, Breyers or Yoplait are acceptable alternatives."
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

For my money, it's Brand New Eyes, their last one with the original lineup. The band were firing on all cylinders at that point, and it was Hayley's best lyrics.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

I'll go alphabetical

- Breakout
- Everlong
- Monkeywrench
- The Pretender
- Summer's End
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."

Alphamon posted...

remember how republicans claimed obama was the antichrist who hated america?

but love this traitor?

what is the difference. is it just the political party or is there something else to it?

Some evangelicals literally think that God made Trump president so that he could overturn Roe vs. Wade.
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"So much cruelty and madness in these days of despair
That's not the way that I am, no, that's not the way that I am."