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@marycatedelvey Project Hail Mary wasn't a remake. It was long and entertaining!

Stop remaking every single movie

@NatashaMontreal I appreciate both posts and the back and forth in the comments of post 1. We toured southern Spain in 2012 and I loved it. I also realized why the "Moors" are so bitter today. The Reconquista was fabulous, and I think needs to happen again.

People in the comments of this post have rightly pointed out their misgivings with my characterisation of the Crusades as an "Eastern Christian response" to Muslim aggression. I should have written something more precise like: following an appeal from Alexius, due to the military collapse of Eastern Christianity in the Byzantine frontier and the loss of the Holy Land, the Crusades were launched as a primarily Western Christian mobilization to shore up Eastern Christians. I meant that eastern armies existed, but they were not sufficient on their own to reverse the Muslim advance, which is the entire reason why Alexius appealed to the West in 1095. The East asked the West for reinforcements and in this sense it was an Eastern response. Otherwise I don't know that there would have been any Crusades. However, the bulk of the Crusaders came from Western Christendom. I wasn't trying to "erase" their sacrifice. Another point of dispute. There are some people in the comments who are arguing that the Crusades were launched as a power grab by the Pope. My understanding is that the Schism had not yet permeated into western Christian thought during the First Crusade. I believe that the historical record shows that Christians of both east and west still thought of themselves as belonging to a common Christendom under severe external pressure. This was no longer the case by the Fourth Crusade. Hence the sacking of Constantinople. I really appreciate all of the robust and good faith debates in the comments on this post. One awesome aspect to X is the crowdsourcing of knowledge and all of the tidbits one picks up, in the comments on viral posts such as this. Finally, I will likely never put much effort into editing my posts or making AI do what I am trying to get it to do. This leads to embarrassing errors like writing Constantine once instead of Constantinople. 🤷🏼‍♀️ If you're offended by the map, well, it was inadequate and didn't even include the highlighted areas of the Iberian Peninsula and France. But I thought it was better than nothing. Perhaps I was wrong. Have a great day and thanks for your input! Given the interest in this post, I will try and write mkre historical posts in the future. What are some of the topics that interest you? 👇🏻

@ronmortgageguy I've got Dan for gas prices and Ron for interest rates...you guys are both top tier!

If You Want Price Accuracy In These Super Volatile Times It's Dan Accept no substitutes he's the guy who knows Fuel Prices

@TLNewmanMTL The beginning of the end was heralded by the passing of the wonderful Sheldon Sazant at the Montreal flagship store, in January 2020, right before the coof.

How could Canada possibly be in a recession? Our Prime Minister is a two-time bank governor, businessman and financial genius.

@WoodReporting We saw it yesterday with our Gen Z daughters. Very enjoyable! Mostly agenda-free!

I'm off to see Hail Mary at a matinee today with my grown kid who also loves sci-fi. Thanks to the people who crafted this epic, family-friendly masterpiece. Review to follow.

@TLNewmanMTL Teleport me!! 🙋‍♂️

There are surely worse places to get teleported to

@TLNewmanMTL She's batty!!

Some people apparently decided to continue with the pandemic after it ended.

@Austen Yes 🤜🤛👎👎👎

So is Project Hail Mary worth taking a space-obsessed 8-year-old to on IMAX?

@Mschatnoir I appreciated that the project leader believed in God. I also noticed the brightest of his terrestrial students were BIPOC 🙄

Right....last night son and I went to see Hail Mary Project. I actually got emotional because this is the first film I felt NO MESSAGE..NO BULLSHIT. It was everything we used to get when I was young...engaging, funny, smart,beautiful graphics, a story, characters you care for...it's the whole thing....and its honestly the first time in my sons 16 years I felt we were watching something together that was a classic... both of us felt it as 11/10...we happily chatted all the way home about it, panned to re-watch it... and my son got me right in my balls (i don't have balls but if i had..) he said 'first time i felt normal mum watching a film..no one trying to make me guilty for not being gay or trans or something...i really felt normal' GO THINK ON THAT HOLLYWOOD Thankyou Universe for correcting course

@TLNewmanMTL @preta_6 @BenBankas He was in Ottawa à few weeks ago and there were even tickets, but it was a Tuesday night, and work 😭

@preta_6 @BenBankas Well, I hope he makes his way to Montreal soon. :)

@TLNewmanMTL @BenBankas Seems he has to do the last minute venue announcement, or find private venues that don’t gaf about wokescolds

@0hour1 No. Stay please.

@TLNewmanMTL Also, for priority callers (daughters and dad) the DND will get bypassed by their's call or text, nice feature!!

My phone is my alarm clock and I'm not turning it off because my daughter has cancer and I share custody. I could also get urgent calls about my loved ones. What point is it sending it at this time? To seniors? To mentally ill people?

@TLNewmanMTL I was awake, my wife too (age-related insomnia). My phone was on DND so it didn't make the noise but hers did and holy heck!! Do I really need an amber alert in Hudson Québec for Trois-Rivières? No. Not at 4:25!!

@RealCandaceO Crazy Candy! 😂😂😂😂

Iran has a right to exist. Also, they warned they would strike which I have been reliably informed makes them the most moral army in the world. Lastly, the children harmed were used as human shields. Did I miss anything?

@Hot_Pepper76 Will always hate this song 😂

"Come On Eileen" 1982 The lead singer wanted the band to look as raw as they sounded, patched denim and bare feet, to show they were working-class kids, not polished pop stars. Do you remember the band's name?x.com/calmalgodown/s…

@TLNewmanMTL Winston Churchill. Has to be. Or Winnie's.

My favourite bar in Montreal hasn't changed one bit. I love it.

@TLNewmanMTL It was disgusting how it was torn down.

Macdonald missing

@GuntherEagleman @SenAdamSchiff The whole deep state cabal are disgusting.

@SenAdamSchiff Every day, Adam Schiff shows his ability to lie and be a POS. If you think Adam Schiff should be in prison for his lies, like this reply.

Every day, this president shows his basic indecency and unfitness for office.

@TLNewmanMTL My mom grew up in Port Morien.

Someday, I'm gonna write an essay about a small town, well-meaning girl from Cape Breton who became a national newspaper boogeyman all because she wanted people to tell her what the hell was goin' on. Let's just say that a pattern has been emerging.