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@SherzCapone00 The book and the movie made the point that they needed the best detective in the country to catch the Jackal, and it was still a close run thing. They could have made this Jackal super smart and not the detective super dumb, but that's modern entertainment for you.

She was annoying as hell & I think the writer did an amazing job making the audience root for the villain

@karol Nice try, but we're now in the post-noticing era.

After 9/11 I had European friends confused that we would spend time, money and effort digging up the bodies at Ground Zero. What's the point, they said. But it's what Americans (and, ahem, Israelis) do. We love life, we care about our dead, and we don't leave anyone behind.

@mitchellvii It doesn't matter who the next President is. It will most likely be someone super swampy, or someone who hasn't emerged yet and will be consumed by the swamp. Don't you get it? The whole system is rigged.

@AnnCoulter @c0smicuniversal Agreed. The BS lawfare and impeachments are biting the whole world in the ass now.

I really wish "legal experts" hadn't screamed bloody murder about every little thing Trump did, so they could speak with authority now that he's actually committing war crimes.

@Chris__X__ I'm a motorbike dude and saw a young guy with an obviously broken down motorbike a few months ago. I asked him if it was a starting issue (which it was), popped it into 2nd gear, ran it to a decent speed and bump started it immediately. Then I walked away like a boss.

You haven't really lived until you've had to push a car with a dead battery, jump in, throw it in 1st gear, and pop the clutch like a pro. Old-school struggles and unforgettable memories.

@BestMovieMom I'm watching the Jack Ryan show right now, I'm on season 3. The first 2 seasons, all the non-English characters speak in their native language and it feels authentic. Season 3 is a bunch of Russians speaking English to each other and it feels off tbh. It's a noticeable drop-off

The creators of Chernobyl (2019) made a bold choice on accents. They forbade the cast from using fake Russian voices, believing that actors focusing on performing silly accents would distract the audience from the raw emotion of the tragedy.

@AngieNorthey @PulpLibrarian It's real. My clubbing friends would rent a coach to get out of Coventry occasionally, and we ended up at the Pink Coconut one night.

@PulpLibrarian Michaela Strachan out with her dad. The Pink Coconut, Derby, eh? Please tell me that's made up!

Quick quiz: which of these was NOT a UK nightclub visited by ITV's The Hitman and Her: - The Ritzy, Bolton - The Pink Coconut, Derby - The Park Nightstyle, Chorley - GoldDiggers, Chippenham - The Hollywood Boulevard, Dunfermline - Flicks, Brechin - The Hacienda, Manchester

@TheStingisBack 3/ Von Sydow politely backed down, conceded the point, and they didn't bring it up again during the shoot. It was only when the movie was done shooting, that Dillon later realised that a much younger Von Sydow was the star of TGSET. It sucks that I can't find that interview.

@TheStingisBack 2/ One day, they started talking about old movies, and Dillon said TGSET was his favourite William Wyler movie. Von Sydow corrected him, and said it was directed by George Stevens. Dillon objected, argued that Wyler directed it and got uppity about it.

Watching The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) reminds me of this brilliant John Wayne anecdote. After he delivered “Truly this man was the Son of God,” the director asked him to say it with more awe. So Wayne repeated it as, “Aw, truly this man was the Son of God.” 🤣😂

@thesiriusreport Panic buying at supermarket stations (ie the cheapest) here in Hampshire from what I've seen. The more expensive stations have been fine so far. I filled up 3 hours ago with no queue at my local station.

Hearing of many reports of fuel shortages in the UK. Please can you add to this post if that is the case in your neck of the woods. Many thanks.

@VladTheInflator Bet your real name and address on this or stfu. The world is about to get turned upside down and ppl are going to remember the grifting fuckheads that supported it all the way.

@PresentWitness_ There is nothing he can announce that doesn't end up with the entire Trump family going on the run until the end of time. The Trump name will be poison soon enough, we can only hope his kids rein him in.

Trump is almost certainly going to announce boots on the ground in Iran tomorrow and everyone thinks the war is over just because the stock market bounced today.

@richardpbacon My feeling is that there has to be internal complaints against him. He's s probably an absolute sleazeball, but firing someone because of unproven allegations is unacceptable.

@DanielLDavis1 At the start: '5-6 weeks' 2 weeks ago: 'we're ahead of schedule' Now: 'another 5-6 weeks' Clown show.

Trump just said from Oval Office: * Iran war will be over in two or three weeks. * Iran doesn’t have to make a deal for us to leave. France or some other country can figure out the Straits. * I’ve only had one goal: Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon and I’ve made sure they won’t. * we’ve already had regime change in Iran and the new regime is more reasonable. They want a deal and I think we’ll get one, but we don’t need one. He didn’t say anything about the thousands of ground troops still flowing to the region or what he would do if Iran doesn’t stop fighting. Trump wants to leave, but Iran says they won’t stop until they get reparations and security guarantees. Trump doesn’t seem to have considered what might happen if he wants to leave and Iran keeps fighting. He also didn’t address the unsecured 400+ kg of reprocessed nuclear material in Iran. Lots of questions unanswered or unaddressed, so not real confident this war will b over in a couple weeks…

@afneil Which country would they launch such an invasion from?

I am told by White House sources that Trump is seriously considering taking Kharg Island.

@KHarveyProctor @LukeSGittos1986 Are we sure there haven't been internal complaints about him? I agree that firing someone because of unproven allegations is not on. I just don't think it's solely because of that. Has he even made a statement addressing his firing?

‘The BBC has made a mockery of due process in treating a police interview as proof of wrongdoing. ‘Yes, allegations must be taken seriously & investigated rigorously. But we must withhold judgment until the facts can be properly tested.’ @LukeSGittos1986 spiked-online.com/2026/03/31/wha…

@x_yom46019 @25YearsAgoLive 1989. Arsenal needed to win by 2 goals when Anfield was a fortress and Michael Thomas made it 2-0 in the last minute. It was on BBC1 on a Friday evening. A lot of ppl watched it

@Browser1972 @25YearsAgoLive really, what season was this?

English footballer David Rocastle dies of lymphoma in Slough, UK. He was 33.

@sunnyright Welcome to 20 years ago. This shit was well known when she was in Mad Men.

Wait, Elizabeth Moss — star of the progressive woman’s favorite political cultural reference about women’s rights, The Handmaid's Tale — is a fucking Scientologist? Ahahahaha