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@sallyiddon @TheCinesthetic Yeah, me too.

@TheCinesthetic It's the bit where he gets stuck in the floor lol, I end up crying with laughter 🤣

THE MONEY PIT was released 40 years ago today. Tom Hanks’s breakdown scene, where he laughs uncontrollably as everything collapses around him, was largely sustained in long takes, letting the chaos and timing play out naturally.

@Thomas_Vera_ Ridiculous.

I Will Destroy You: The Most Intense Threat in Middle-earth History

@Hoang_HQ "No sex appeal"

The Bangles were a real girl band — pure talent, no sex appeal, no auto-tune.💯😍 They wrote their own songs, played their own instruments, and delivered incredibly solid live vocals. One of the few female groups who were actual musicians, not just singers. True artists. 🫶🫶

@Wurmserscribit Wow. It's been a while since I've seen someone get so thorougly and thoughtfully BTFO'ed on a public forum. Bravo.

This is just wrong. It was the U.S. intent, as the drafter of the NPT, that only a few nations would retain the right to master the fuel cycle under the NPT framework. This has been our policy, and clearly was a policy shared throughout the NPT’s existence all along. I know. I was on the negotiating team for the NPT’s preparatory conferences from late 2001 until late 2003 at the State Department, and then as advisor on this issue for the VP after that until 2007. This was, in fact, my primary portfolio all those years, not Iraq. Moreover, it was a core part of my job to coordinate or negotiate with the other Perm-5 nations on this. To join that club of full-cycle mastery, additional protocols were developed by the IAEA. But no nation has an inherent right to them. And even if it enters those additional protocols under negotiations as a member in good standing, such membership is entirely contingent on a nation’s being annually certified by the IAEA board, indeed its director, as being an entirely civilian program. Not only has the IAEA been unable certify Iran since 2005, but it was found to being the opposite; it was verified as pursuing a nuclear weapons capability. And its leadership has admitted it was pursuing a bomb. Under these circumstances, Iran has no right to such technologies under the NPT.

@chrisweston1963 @Wurmserscribit You do know that only an overabundance of caution on the part of America for its sailors and forbearance for the sake of ensuring maximum safety has prevented us from opening the Strait, right?

@Wurmserscribit You do know the Straits aren't open yet, ergo there is no checkmate, just hoped for outcomes by a lot of MAGA fans beginning to notice that their hero is getting ready to chicken out again, and they're feeling short-changed.

I don’t think that people fully understand how much of a strategic check-mate mive this is. All along the only “victory“ that Iran has had was both closing the straits of Hormuz and asserting the fact of sovereignty over it by being the one who has to agree to allow a ship to pass through. It was also Iran’s path economic survival. With about 140 ships on average passing through the streets a day and two million dollars being charged per ship by Iran, that translates into over $100 billion a year. That is how much the Iranian economy has lost in this war. This was their compensation for it. All of a sudden, the United States without coordination with Iran opens a passage during the Straits. This stripped Iran first of a economic necessity, because it is difficult to imagine them economically surviving a loss permanently of 100 to 150,000,000,000 to their GDP, and annulled its sovereignty over the Straits, and of its only claim to have gained a “victory“ over what had been the status quo ante in Feb 2026. Namely its Ace card has just been stripped from its hands in all respects. So they really only have one of two choices. The first is to accept it and admit now that they have not achieved anything in the war that they can point to and to accept the fact that they will lose over 100 billion in revenue per year from this, Or second, they will have to violate the cease-fire to shut the straits, in which case they bear the onus of the collapse of the cease-fire. Basically President Trump has trapped them.

@StrugglinMatty @JohnDoe14629 @WildeFocker @MattisRedacted Because of course, the situation with the Strait is permanent and totally not a fluid situation subject to change. And it's totally Iran's military dominance over the U.S. forces that just pasted them that prevents transit and not American deference. Right.

@JohnDoe14629 @WildeFocker @MattisRedacted Lol. Let me know when America starts winning. Iran has cost us far more than we have cost them.

Do Europeans just not learn about the Spanish American War? Not only did we win without European help, but we defeated a European empire. Before we were a major power ourselves. Single handedly. In two theaters. Dressed like this.

@Mwesley841 @overton_news Sure, because this current state of affairs is permanent and totally not fluid and subject to change.

@overton_news They control the strait. That’s all you need to know. It’s over. Countries will now buddy up to Iran, they will start to get more money, more power. Trump and his admin made a catastrophic mistake. Anyone who says otherwise is living on another planet.

Douglas Murray just shattered the “failure” narrative with receipts after Bill Maher declared the Iran operation a disaster and called for the U.S. to “cut and run!” MAHER: “We did it and it didn’t work.” “Now what? Do we cut and run or do we stay the course?” “I hope Donald Trump is the abandoner he’s always been.” “We always cut and run!” “We did it in Vietnam, we did it in Iraq, we did it to the Kurds, we did it in Afghanistan, we did it in Beirut.” “That’s us. No lifeguard on duty.” “If you get in with us, we are going to fck you, and that’s Donald Trump. He’s an ashole but he’s our a*shole.” Murray pushed back with a blunt assessment of what he says actually happened on the ground: MURRAY: “I disagree because I think once started, you have to finish this.” “I don’t agree that it’s failed.” “It’s been an incredibly successful operation in lots of ways.” “Supreme leader dead, Iranian air force destroyed, nuclear sites attacked again.” “The Navy of Iranian Revolutionary government at the bottom of the ocean.” “These are not small things.” “It’s not the case that the Iranian Revolutionary government has come out of this well.” “I know that some people are wanting to say that after four to six weeks of war, this is some kind of loss for America.” “It isn’t.” “It’s an amazing strategic success but everyone wants to know what the out is.”

@stillnotking75 @shoulder_shrugs @sentientist OK, understood.

@__UserNameHere_ @shoulder_shrugs @sentientist Indeed. And the average IQ difference between China and say Scotland is not that high. I am just disputing the claim that East Asia was weak and impoverished

It's great when they answer their own questions

@stillnotking75 @shoulder_shrugs @sentientist Yet Western civilization built almost EVERYTHING we value in the world today. The first universities, hospitals. Huge edge in scientific and artistic achievement. The first to map/colonize the globe. Universal human rights. By almost any measure, the West outperforms the East.

@shoulder_shrugs @sentientist Most economic historians agree that China was the richest country in the world until the Industrial Revolution, with the one possible exception of the Roman Empire at its height

@timecaptales Watch it every Christmas Eve. Might be my favorite Honeymooners episode.

At the end of "The Honeymooners" Christmas episode in 1955, the cast surprised the audience by breaking character & wishing the viewers at home a Merry Christmas - a first in television history

@ErrorGramatica It's telling to look at their feet. The older girl's feet and toes remain almost completely still as she sits while the younger one's toes are fluttering like a hummingbird's wings every time she forces herself to sit still. She literally can't stop herself from moving.

Este video muestra a una niña con TDAH y a otra sin él pasando cinco minutos ‘sin hacer nada’.

@enriquemedina4 @hermanntertsch What did he say that you can refute? Nothing.

@hermanntertsch Si este tipo no es un miserable y cortesano de Trump, ¿qué es ser miserable y cortesano?

Sobre la derrota y humillación de Irán a ojos egipcios Del editor egipcio del periódico Al-Masryoon, Gamal Sultan: ¿Los hitos del “triunfo histórico” de Irán? Puedo comprender las declaraciones de victoria por parte de cualquier bando, aunque en mi opinión, hasta ahora, no son más que esfuerzos propagandísticos, incluida la proclamación del propio Trump, ya que aún no se ha firmado un acuerdo completo y definitivo entre todas las partes. Pero lo que me resulta confuso y carece de toda lógica es el discurso de fuentes oficiales iraníes, sus medios de comunicación, e incluso de los simpatizantes de Irán en el mundo árabe, sobre una supuesta derrota histórica de Estados Unidos. Si EEUU y su aliada lograron, durante 40 días de combate, destruir completamente a la élite gobernante iraní —religiosa, militar, política y de seguridad—, desde el líder supremo y su adjunto, pasando por el ministro de defensa, el jefe del estado mayor, el jefe de inteligencia, el presidente del Consejo Nacional de Seguridad, el comandante de los Guardianes de la Revolución, los comandantes de las fuerzas terrestres y navales, el asesor militar del líder supremo, así como todos los niveles de liderazgo de primer y segundo rango; mientras ustedes no lograron alcanzar ni siquiera a un comandante o figura destacada del otro lado; y más aún, para añadir al insulto y la humillación, la alianza estadounidense-israelí incluso anunció que protegía a dos o tres de sus altos funcionarios —entre ellos el ministro de exteriores y el presidente del parlamento— para tener con quién dialogar; entonces, si eso es una victoria, ¿qué sería una derrota? Si sus capacidades navales fueron completamente destruidas, sus barcos descansan hoy en el fondo del mar, sus sistemas de defensa aérea quedaron reducidos a recuerdo, su fuerza aérea está enterrada, la infraestructura de su industria militar quedó en cenizas, la mitad de sus plataformas de lanzamiento de misiles fueron destruidas, y aun así llaman a eso una victoria, ¿entonces qué sería una derrota? Si los aviones enemigos operan sobre ustedes a diario, las 24 horas, desde el norte hasta el sur del país, desde el este hasta el oeste, estableciendo incluso una presencia permanente en los cielos de Teherán, Tabriz, Mashhad, Isfahán y Bandar Abbas —día y noche— mientras ustedes solo se limitan a observar sus vuelos y aterrizajes sin poder detenerlos, si eso no es una derrota militar, ¿qué lo es? Si el enemigo les penetra a nivel de inteligencia en toda su extensión y profundidad, conoce los detalles de sus comunicaciones y movimientos de toda su dirigencia, posee información completa sobre el ciclo diario de actividad en su capital como si fuera un libro abierto, y elimina cada día a cualquier líder que desee, como si cazara pájaros; y aun así ustedes siguen viendo eso como una victoria, entonces ¿qué es una derrota? Si su economía se destruyó casi por completo, sus fábricas fueron arrasadas, sus universidades y centros de investigación reducidos a escombros, sus almacenes de misiles destruidos, y las evaluaciones iniciales hablan de daños de unos 400 mil millones de dólares en solo 40 días de combate, entonces si eso es una victoria, ¿qué es una derrota? Si el único avión enemigo derribado en su territorio aterrizó con sus pilotos frente a ustedes, y aun así no lograron capturar ni a uno solo de ellos mientras los tenían justo delante; si las fuerzas enemigas vinieron desde lejos, realizaron un aterrizaje militar en su territorio, establecieron una zona defensiva armada a la cual no se atrevieron a acercarse, y después rescataron a sus pilotos y retiraron al completo su fuerza militar de Irán sana y salva mientras ustedes observaban todo aquello desde las gradas, entonces si eso no es derrota y humillación manifiesta, ¿qué son la derrota y la humillación? Buena gente, incluso para la fanfarronería vacía hay un límite de lógica y sentido común; no es digno que la rudeza y la ilusión lleguen a un nivel tan humillante.

@hissgoescobra @DavidD_Chapman One side is presenting obvious, factual data: enemies killed, targets hit, reduction in launches, etc. The other (stupider) side is just ASSERTING things (Trump caved! Iran keeps nukes! Iran gets infinity dollars!) without proof and before the smoke has even cleared.

@DavidD_Chapman Wow this is epic cope. Iran got everything they wanted in negotiations and much more and we caved without meeting our main objective. You clearly know nothing about Iran’s motivations or history. They don’t care about casualties. And that’s not the metric of success.

Iran war death toll IRGC: 6,000 USA: 15 Kill Ratio is 400 to 1. General Westmoreland had wet dreams about kill ratios that high during the Vietnam War. Spare me your propaganda. America kicked Iran's teeth in

@saltydeplorable @yarbatman @barnes_law Rational response. Idiotic replies.

Just completely disagree about the mad king part, or the Arab world would be up in arms at the USA and not urging Trump to hit Iran harder. Fact is, Iran’s bullied and harassed its regional allies for 70 years, as well as attacked, directly or indirectly, us interests abroad. Even the Shah pressed his advantage and weaponized oil to the extent no one was sad to see him go. Naturally the power vacuum that brought religious extremists to power has created situations arguably even worse for the international community and Iranians of Persian background (or any non Muslim extremeist community). The mullahs rule by fear because they otherwise wouldn’t be able to rule. Iran’s has referred to th US as the “great satan” Since the 90s, so let’s not pretend like this is some sort of war of Trumpian imagination and not the first time leadership of the most powerful nation on earth has decided to make sure those who’ve fucked around for long enough find out what happens when we won’t stand for it anymore. There are many Iranian people that deserve better, and the Iranian regime is paying for tweets and letters to sway naive and manipulated hearts and minds in the west precisely because militarily they are getting their asses handed to them and they know they can’t survive much longer. Kindly spare me the bullshit sir

Iranian leaders have achieved operational success in externalizing the costs of this war. But their *strategy* still failed because they did not anticipate three things. First, that U.S. allies, including the Gulf states that have so lavishly fetted Trump, would have essentially no influence over the decisions he makes. Second, that neither the U.S. president nor his cabinet would care about unprecedented disruptions in the global economy and would make it known publicly that they don’t care. Third, that the U.S. president could express glee about the prospect of endless escalation and the commission of war crimes and not a single part of the famous American system of checks and balances would block him from intensifying this idiotic, ruinous war. In the face of Israeli and American aggression, Iran chose a perfectly rational, if risky, strategy. They managed to make it work operationally. But Trump’s pursuit of this war is fundamentally irrational. He is a mad king. Rex interregnum.

@TonySowersby @DannyDrinksWine OK, some skin. But it's very tame compared to today's soft-core stuff.

@__UserNameHere_ @DannyDrinksWine Really? No skin? I think you need to watch it again.

Frank Capra explains how 'It Happened one Night" (1934) which was supposed to be a punishment for Clark Gable turned him into a big star: "Nobody wanted to play in 'It Happened One Night' [1934]. Actors don’t like comedies much. They’re not dynamic like melodramas—nobody gets hurt, nobody gets ki!!ed, nobody gets r@p€d. So we couldn't get a girl to play this thing. We offered the part to Miriam Hopkins, Myrna Loy, Connie Bennett, and Margaret Sullavan, and all of them turned it down, and finally we got hold of Claudette Colbert. She was on a four-week vacation and she liked money, being French. We offered her twice as much as she was getting at Paramount if she would do the picture in the 4 weeks’ vacation, and she finally agreed. Now we needed a leading man. We wanted Robert Montgomery from M-G-M. Louis B. Mayer, head of M-G-M, owed Columbia a star for some past deal they had made. But Robert Montgomery didn’t want to play the part. You must understand that I worked for Columbia Pictures, which was Poverty Row. It was Siberia to the M-G-M stars. So we were about to abandon the picture because nobody wanted to play it. I said maybe it wasn't any good anyhow, the hell with it, let’s give it up, when Louis Mayer called Harry Cohn, head of Columbia, and said, “Herschel, I have a bad boy down here I'd like to punish. I want you to use Clark Gable—I want to punish him.” So Mr. Cohn told me, “We've got to make the picture now,” and he said, “We’ve got to make it—Louis Mayer wants to punish Clark Gable.” But it was this picture that made him a very big star. Too bad he didn’t continue with this lighter kind of he-man character rather than the unfunny he-man character." (Quote taken from 'Voices of Film Experience', edited by Jay Leyda, 1977, originally quoted in Yale Alumni Magazine, 1972)

@AydinPaladin "What protection"? The U.S. has secured shipping routes for 70 years. We provided the backstop in Western Europe to forestall the U.S.S.R. We share our weapons systems and miltech with all our EU allies. We train EU militaries. We bankroll NATO. We sent billions to Ukraine.

This attitude of superiority, particularly when it is coming from the position of calling for aid, is why so many people around the world hate Americans. I'm American and I find it repugnant. I found it repugnant when I lived in America and tenfold now. We, as Americans, need a harsh reality check and, frankly, a bit of humbling. If we cannot demonstrate superiority, we are not superior and thus the attitude of superiority is unwarranted. Being hegemon means providing protection and support in exchange for fealty. What protection or support does the US currently offer to it's European allies - our brothers? We blow up their energy infrastructure, start a war of choice that causes a global supply crisis, and we demand these countries we treat as vassals pay homage as we insult and demean them at every turn. That is not the historic role of the lord. If you want to be treated as hegemon, as feudal lord, you must act as one, and that means providing safety and prosperity in return for the fealty you request. Lest you get the guillotine. That's something you'd think, Americans of all people, should fundamentally understand. We should understand basic capitalism - fair trade of goods/services. This is an unfair trade for Europe. We should understand basic power - power is demonstrated through action. Currently, we are not demonstrating power. We cannot demand that which we do not, let alone cannot, provide in return, and certainly not when we do so in anger, with hollow threats and open contempt. I am begging my fellow Americans to please, stop acting like this. It's revolting, it's pathetic, and it is most of all weak.

@WilliamShatner And this even without Bones harassing you about stopping in at Sickbay for your annual physical. The one where your lay on your back and push those two exercise blocks in the wall with your feet. Congrats on a life well-lived!

My Daughter came over to tell me her daughter heard that I had brain cancer. 🙄 She took this photo and sent it to me to upload to prove I'm not ill. The people who are ill are those that are spreading these ridiculous stories. I'm fit as a fiddle. You don't have to worry.

@DefiantLs "White boys" put men ON THE MOON. "White boys" invented every single piece of technology this woman is using, even the Internet. "White boys" built the strong, resilient society that made it possible for women to be free enough to get educated (at schools founded by white men).

“The reason why we are the way we are, with Christian nationalism, the manosphere… is because white boys got beat” and outperformed by female and minority counterparts

@DKH013 This is why Send Help is just a movie and not real life.

Some clips don’t go viral because they’re balanced… they go viral because they hit a nerve 🔥 One moment, one opinion and suddenly everyone is divided. Some defend it. Some attack it. Others jump into the debate. The real question isn’t what was said… It’s why we’re so quick to pick a side 🤔