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Messages - maverick
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« on: August 09, 2024, 05:41:56 PM »
Already August. Feel like I’ve barely got to enjoy summer.
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« on: July 23, 2024, 02:20:38 PM »
This is so sad if this ends up being true
Brother Laura loomer has got to be one of the most garbage sources imaginable.
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« on: July 18, 2024, 01:15:04 PM »
They’re going to get Biden to drop while his resolve is weak
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« on: July 17, 2024, 11:45:16 AM »
Congrats m8 and good luck
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« on: July 04, 2024, 10:59:57 AM »
"In deciding not to charge Biden with any crimes, the special counsel wrote that in a potential trial, “Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”" As I said, a weak case. Trump was president when the documents were moved [...] the president has discretionary power of classification. Trump was neither president when the documents were being held, nor did he ever declassify them. (and also posed fake documents for photos to release). This is false. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/politics/fact-check-trump-claims-fbi-search/index.htmlThere are many people who should be facing prosecution under the letter of the law who are not. First time learning about the American legal system? If you were truly making a principled argument here, I could sympathize with you, but you're literally just using these examples to defend someone that violated the law far more flagrantly than anyone you've referenced. A "show trial" is a trial meant to be political lawfare to lock up or impede political opponents from participating in democratic elections in the political context. The charges against trump fall under that definition. Just to be clear, you go on to litigate a bunch of trials that came from jurisdictions other than the DOJ (aside from the classified documents) and one that the DOJ actually passed on. I'm not intimately familiar with every single Trump legal issue, but I've heard experts claim he easily could have "won" some of these with better arguments. So hardly a "show trial". I do wonder how you would explain Trump's legal issues before getting involved in politics, such as running a scam university, among others. Because from my perspective, it should be evidence of a pretty clear pattern of behavior, rather than a widespread conspiracy between multiple jurisdictions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_and_business_legal_affairs_of_Donald_TrumpI take issue with many other things that you've said but figure I might as well keep this somewhat succinct.
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« on: July 03, 2024, 04:35:26 PM »
And, if abuse of DOJ is a bad thing, then you should want Biden's DOJ out on principle. Are you working on principles?
Ok, now let's go over what actually happened. Biden team self-reported his documents and then handed them over to NARA. He was investigated by a Republican, who concluded that there shouldn't be charges because the case is so weak. Meanwhile, Trump blatantly stole some of the most sensitive material there is and hoarded it at his summer home. He refused to comply with NARA and lied to the FBI until they had to raid the compound. Later, he attempted to tamper with security footage after being subpoenaed. If you really think the Biden case could be worthy of prosecution, and then consider the Trump prosecution to be a "show trial" (show trials that won't happen until after the election, weird) then you're just delusional. I'm not sure what more there is to be said. https://apnews.com/article/classified-documents-biden-trump-special-counsel-b5589ea8f066ede51c8138665f108f7a
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« on: July 03, 2024, 07:14:52 AM »
TDS. Trump was in office already for four years and was just a guy. He had decent economics, good foreign policy, mid domestic affair handling like COVID. Please stop terrorizing yourself with people's insane fanfic tier writing like this. If you truly believe these things I can do the full explanation to you why you can rest easy on this fearmongering point by point, because this article seems engineered only to try to horrify low information voters and can be fixed by just learning more about current events. On its surface, we should find it hard to believe that "autocracy" is the fear here if they're not criticizing the Biden DOJ targeting political opponents to jail them leading up to the election when this article hysterically cries wolf about Trump abusing or circumventing the justice system when he didn't even follow through on, "Because you'd be in jail" during his first presidency.
Trump’s DOJ was independent during his first administration. Given his actions after his defeat, and statements made since then, we have strong reason to doubt that would be the case in a second term. Do you think he’s constantly asked about this for no reason?
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« on: July 02, 2024, 10:50:54 AM »
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« on: June 30, 2024, 04:42:29 PM »
Based on our convoluted system, if a fraction of a fraction of the electorate decides to stay home in some key states, Trump will win. I’m less worried about Biden’s ability to serve than his ability to lose to the autocratic candidate, which seems increasingly likely.
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« on: June 30, 2024, 03:02:31 PM »
Biden lost the debate, since he was looking physically weak, and some media outlets got something to write about. But does the debate matter that much for this election? They would matter if majority of voters wouldn't have decided who to vote for, but as far as I am concerned everyone already have decided who they will be voting for and those debates just serve as some confirmation on each candidates position and what each candidate will do if they become a president. I don't think that these debates matter much for election.
The people we need to show up to win this thing aren’t going to stand in line to vote for someone they view as a corpse, and after what I saw Thursday, I frankly don’t blame them.
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« on: June 28, 2024, 10:44:43 AM »
But the problem is that Biden is getting decreasingly electable. They're gambling with democracy itself, just to get more personal power. It's pretty sick.
Not sure I necessarily agree with everything in this post, but strongly agree with this part. I think they need to put someone like Buttigeig in, and maybe have Biden serve as VP again. It’s a Hail Mary but I think it’s genuinely a better option than continuing the current course.
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« on: June 28, 2024, 07:21:01 AM »
There’s no way to sugar coat it. It was a complete dumpster fire of a performance.
There needs to be some serious talks to him about having him step down before the convention.
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« on: June 05, 2024, 08:41:48 AM »
This is interesting. Some of your previous writings gave me manifesto vibes.
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« on: April 18, 2024, 10:36:02 PM »
.net
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« on: April 05, 2024, 09:55:20 AM »
When I started posting here I always got an INFP result on the mbti test, now I always get either INTJ or INTP
Just took it for the first time in several years and got ENTP-A which (I think) is what I always used to get.
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« on: April 04, 2024, 02:59:52 PM »
Just don’t read any of my political takes from 2016-2018 please
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« on: April 01, 2024, 01:22:16 PM »
 Tried to make this as accurate as I could. Anything more than a layover, I put in green. If Niagara Falls counts, I've been to Canada.
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« on: March 18, 2024, 07:12:58 PM »
Godspeed 🙏
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« on: March 18, 2024, 07:11:55 PM »
Not planning on dying any time soon 💯
Not sure how anyone would be informed if I do
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« on: February 13, 2024, 07:25:38 PM »
Moved roughly 76 mi. Still in my home state. Can’t really see myself leaving at this point.
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« on: December 23, 2023, 02:43:15 PM »
how is it possible to necrobump a thread from two years ago
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« on: December 04, 2023, 06:37:19 PM »
In regard to the box office, it definitely feels like nature is healing to some extent. It's good to see studios getting punished for how uninspired/lazy they've become. Coasting off of beloved IP is basically the one trick studios like Disney have any more. It'll be interesting to see if they can course correct or if the bubble is truly popped.
Believe it or not the following are all the movies I saw in the theater this year (not counting any from streaming or rental). May be forgetting a few, but there’s already too many as is.
Godzilla Minus One: Never got around to watching Shin Godzilla (seemed weird to me), so I really appreciated a grounded Godzilla story, closer to the original. The WWII setting was a nice touch to retain the allegory. Wasn’t quite a slam dunk for me. I feel like I have trouble with Japanese media, such as anime. Some of the overacting got a bit goofy, especially with people in the audience laughing. 7/10
Napoleon: I probably will need to see this one again, if I ever feel like it, to fully articulate my thoughts. The movie falls into the trap of a lot of biographical films, where it just feels like a highlight reel without much of a compelling narrative. I’ve also heard that it’s not very historically accurate, so I didn’t get much out of this film. The choice to make the overall plot largely around his relationship with Josephine seemed strange to me. 6/10
The Marvels: I didn’t really have a problem with this film, compared to half the content Marvel has been hemorrhaging out lately. I thought the entanglement element was fun, but they lost the plot a bit in the second half. I’m also tired of the over-reliance on macguffins. Not sure anybody cares but I’ll avoid spoilers. Wasn’t surprised to see this one bomb. 5.5/10
Killers of the Flower Moon: Tried to go into this one blind, so I was caught off-guard with how depressing it was. We caught a pretty late showing and I was nodding through the last hour. Would like to see it again before rating.
The Creator: Solid, original sci-fi. 7/10
Talk to Me: Didn’t particularly scare me, but really enjoyed it. 8/10
Oppenheimer: Nolan at his best. I’ve seen it twice, and think I enjoyed it more the second time. 10/10
Barbie: Think I mentioned this in another thread, but when we left the theater my roommates were ludicrously upset with this film, and that may have skewed my perception a bit. Still thought it was well-made, but I didn’t get much out of it, and not sure if I’d see it again. 6.5/10
Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One: I didn’t like how they chose to [redacted] and basically replace them with [redacted]. Other than that, the movie still felt like a step down from previous entries, which is still pretty good. 6/10
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: The gonzo ending is the only thing giving this film merit. 5/10
The Flash: I was thoroughly enjoying the movie until they introduce the annoying ass Barry. Movie has other problems that I’m sure everyone is already aware of. 6/10
Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse: Good movie, but kind of overshadowed by the original for me. Also not crazy about all the “tune in next time”, cliffhanger endings. 7/10
Fast X: Barely remember what happens but I remember not liking it. Do remember it having the worst cliffhanger ending on this list. 4/10
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: I’d like to see this one again, because I liked it, but not as much as everyone else seemed to. 7/10
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: This hit the mark, mainly due to the cast, but was kind of bland/forgettable otherwise. 6/10
John Wick: Chapter 4: Never felt like this series was “my thing”, but maybe I was just in the right mindset for this one. Some of the action scenes could really drag, but overall I think it’s my favorite entry. Hope they end it here. 7.5/10
Creed III: I’m a sucker for fighting movies, so this score may be inflated. Better than the last one, but not as good as the first Creed. Jonathan Majors elevates it a bit. 7/10
Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: Contender for the worst MCU movie. Plot was as bland as it gets for one of these. Every actor, aside from Rudd and Majors, delivers their lines so flat, like they were just filmed in a room by themself surrounded by green screen. Having your new main villain get killed by Ant Man in his first movie was a wild choice. 3/10
Knock at the Cabin: There’s nothing more interesting that happens in this movie beyond what’s shown in the trailer. 4/10
Missing: I was enjoying the film but the plot got pretty convoluted/unbelievable. 6/10
M3GAN: Fun but dumb. 5/10
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« on: November 03, 2023, 07:38:43 PM »
We’ve got so many people here that we are kind of melting the servers
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« on: October 23, 2023, 04:43:58 PM »
Surprised this didn’t happen years ago, given how antagonistic they’ve been to groups since b.next
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« on: October 12, 2023, 01:31:48 PM »
going to sound like cope, but the GOP retaking congress would probably be the best thing for democrats in 2024 tbh
Really hope the American people are taking note of the level of dysfunction in this Congress.
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« on: September 21, 2023, 10:58:56 AM »
15,000 people in Arizona signed up to join No Labels
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« on: September 16, 2023, 12:33:54 PM »
Good to play with you guys, let’s do it again next year.
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« on: August 22, 2023, 02:48:53 PM »
happy birthday m8
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« on: August 10, 2023, 09:32:00 AM »
I don’t know
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« on: July 22, 2023, 07:28:10 PM »
Oppenheimer did not disappoint.
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