John Kirsch
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Why does every Judge just seem to be the most evil individual possible
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Watch this IT guy handle a tech issue in a courtroom just for the judge to turn on him and threaten his job
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Learn how to use hyphens.
Dr. Jebra Faushay@JebraFaushay
Reminder that learning proper grammar is important.
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What truly sets The Friends of Eddie Coyle apart is how damn good it is even when Robert Mitchum isn’t on screen. Huge credit to director Peter Yates & his eye for tracking shots, tense driving scenes, and those heart-pounding heist sequences that will leave you gasping for air.
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The Red Army won WW2. Not the USA. But Hollywood created a myth. And Americans still believe it. Even after their military loses war after war.
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Marcuse argued that people should rebel against the "performance principle" of capitalism. In "Eros and Civilization" (1955) he wrote that human emancipation could be achieved only through the abolition of labour, and the affirmation of the libido and play in social relations. In contrast to Freud who, in "Civilization and Its Discontents" (1929), wrote that a non-repressive organization of society is dangerous to civilization, Marcuse asserted that the liberation of human instincts in a technologically advanced world would be progress for humanity
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@samhusseini I don't see how you could have a decent society without privacy.
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Bad analogy. You could have a decent privateless society. The problem now is that we have no privacy and big gov and big tech have total secrecy. The problem is disparity. Disparity of privacy means disparity of power.
Defiant Ghost@TheDefiantGhost
Edward Snowden said it the best: "When you say 'I don't care about the right to privacy because I have nothing to hide,' that's no different than saying 'I don't care about freedom of speech because I have nothing to say.'" "Simply because you are following the law, doesn't mean that you'll be exempt from governmental interference in your private life."
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@ManFirestorm Far as I can tell, all Moby has ever done is seek publicity by claiming to be a distant relation to Melville.
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Watching Moby get bodied in the comments for this everywhere, and old trans fans come to Davies support is restoring my faith in humanity
The Kinks were the real deal, and Davies is a good guy. He is also one of the greatest songwriters of his generation
Better luck next time
Far Out Magazine@FarOutMag
The Kinks’ Ray Davies asked “who the f*ck is Moby” after he said ‘Lola’ was “gross and transphobic”, Dave Davies reveals dlvr.it/TRjwv3
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@DanMKervick You commit the error of generalizing. It hurts your credibility.
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People who think I am being too harsh on Americans in general can prove me wrong by decisively repudiating and expelling the violent, criminal, imperialist mobsters who run both political parties and the institutions of deceit that maintain the power of those parties.
Dan Kervick@DanMKervick
Americans are thieves and murderers. That’s why they can’t get enough of all those gangster movies and television shows: they are family portraits.
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Gene Hackman gave one of his finest performances in Night Moves (out today, 1975) as the PI who uncovers a sinister plot while on a routine case in Key West. A superb neo-noir with a brooding cynicism about the dire state of human nature, it’s a cinema masterpiece, sadly ignored.
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What if instead of weekend marches (avoiding any meaningful disruption) that don't do anything but make participants feel good about themselves, everyone agreed to a general strike? Even a one-day strike would make a stronger statement than 'clever' signs and choreographed dances
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@marindatanow I think a certain self-proclaimed "nation" in the Middle East played a large role.
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the CIA assassinated JFK, but don't worry, it's only "a family tragedy"
Coach Joe Shehan@ShehanCoach
@DiscussingFilm The Kennedy’s are more than a Political legacy in the U.S. but a family tragedy on the level of King Lear.
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If you read about JFK and post about his life or the assassination, and someone comes out of the woodwork to tell you about affairs….you’re dealing with an asset or someone who is unhinged. Most likely the former. This has been a PSA.
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@DanHankeAI If the Warren Commission was right in concluding that Oswald acted alone, then why are defenders of the official story so intent on silencing dissenters? It's almost like they don't believe the official story themselves.
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Today's "No Kings" rally has ZERO demands. It's a party. It's not a demonstration, much less a protest.
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This Iran fiasco will likely wipe out huge amounts of American prestige and treasure, and reduce our standards of living. We will need a genuine accounting for the leaders across every institution - politics, law, business, banking, academia - who allowed it to happen.
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CONFIRMED: Several senior Mossad officers have deserted duties and have fled Israel through Cyprus and Egypt. This is after irreconcilable differences with IDF who have allegedly neutralized some Mossads. Israel is collapsing rapidly as mayors and huge Israelis have migrated.
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