War Room Lounge v61: Fun Fact: 'Race Bannon' describes two different individuals in Orbit Trump

[JDragon]

@Cubo de Sangre

At the festival I was at, I did not see the Offspring, but I did see some interesting bands on the newcomer stage. One of them was a Metal band from Denmark called Social Addiction. You should check them out.

 

[Fawlty]

Yeah, that's another aspect of the film I really hate: it's demonstrates the idea of a surly old tough guy from someone (Eastwood) who isn't a real tough guy, but rather a fake tough guy. That's a problem I have with Eastwood as a cultural figure in general: his entire persona is that of a war-veteran tough guy, but the fact is that he was a theater nerd who then became a male model, then was a literal lifeguard during the war, and then became an actor. It shines through (to me at least - it's possible that I'm projecting) when he directs his characters.

Disagree that it's a problem for actors to pursue roles of wish-fulfillment, absolutely agree that Eastwood's feelings of inadequacy shine like a supernova and that people should see right through him. As Crazy Diamond points out, The Eiger Sanction is a good exception to the phony tough guy thing. His take may be different, but for my money, even though Eastwood's character a "badass" assassin/agent and does some "badass" things, he spends most of the movie being unsure and vulnerable.

I hope you never find out about R. Lee Ermey

 

[Fawlty]

I had a dream last month that Brittany Murphy had faked her death and was really alive. I forgot about it and then last week I thought she really was alive. And then I googled her and realized that, yup, she's been dead for a decade.

As long as we're doing dreams, I recently had one where I was attending an anthropology lecture where the speaker went on for hours and hours and got everything wrong. I'm not going to try to analyze that.

 

[Fawlty]

Not a good sign, nope

Hong Kong

When I hit 'translate' the title comes up as "Powerful Domineering Side Leakage."

 

[Limbo Pete]

Is that @grizzard2bid?
@Limbo Pete

 

[Fawlty]

lol. We'll know it when we see it though. Dude is very...distinctive.

 

[Prokofievian]

Is that @grizzard2bid?
@Limbo Pete

''One thing's for sure, he's definitely mentally ill: he makes some SOLID points though.'' -some war room right winger, definitely, 100% said this.

 

[Trotsky]

When I hit 'translate' the title comes up as "Powerful Domineering Side Leakage."

Ha! You weren't kidding.

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitc...9?cmp=newsletter-Morning+Brief+August+12+2019

Sun Life got shitpwnt in the media this morning. Reminded me of you @Prokofievian

 

[Jack V Savage]

Got into a spat with Inga a while back in a thread about gun control. She objected to the term "Right Wing Authoritarian". When asked for an alternative name that conveys the same information (willingness to submit to authorities they perceive as legitimate, adherence to societal conventions, and punitive towards people who do not adhere), the best she could come up with was "People who like order".

PC culture run amok.

 

[Prokofievian]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitc...9?cmp=newsletter-Morning+Brief+August+12+2019

Sun Life got shitpwnt in the media this morning. Reminded me of you @Prokofievian

Friend of mind just purchased a house today. He got a residential guaranty. I held my tongue as I am truly happy for him, but the margins on such a service must be out of fucking control.

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

As long as we're doing dreams, I recently had one where I was attending an anthropology lecture where the speaker went on for hours and hours and got everything wrong. I'm not going to try to analyze that.

Oh I have a good one. I fell asleep watching a documentary about Boris Johnson, and dreamt I was seated next to him at a dinner telling him he had a duty to the Canadian people(?) to play hockey once during his tenure.

That's the dull part though. The good part was my date for the dinner: Natalie Portman. And I remember not being surprised or even impressed by this once I realized it was the case.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Did you know there's a depiction of him in the Supreme Court? Next to Moses, Justinian, maybe a couple others.

I did not know that, that's a neat fact.

 

[Fawlty]

I did not know that, that's a neat fact.

Pretty cool piece of art- the great lawgivers:

 

[Islam Imamate]

Pretty cool piece of art- the great lawgivers:

He supposed to be the one carrying the saber I'm guessing?

 

[Fawlty]

He supposed to be the one carrying the saber I'm guessing?

Ignoring the angels, he's second from the right. According to Wiki there's a pamphlet note that it's not meant to bear resemblance. The depictions/idolatry debate is pretty interesting. It's impossible for me to tell just where people are supposed to draw the line on that according to religious interpretations. The intervening centuries of oral tradition cause a big problem of authority.

 

[Higus]

@Limbo Pete @Captain Davis

 

[all caps]

Is that @grizzard2bid?
@Limbo Pete

Is grizzard back? I can't believe the rope he was given here.

 

[Fawlty]

My TDS has been on fire since he won the election but escalates every time we find out something terrible about what he did or does. No offense, but I think anyone who doesn't have TDS is either braindead, unpatriotic or a member of the Trump cult club. In other words, if you care about this country and have sense you'd realize how bad the guy is for the country.

So yeah, I don't have a problem with the TDS name from right wingers.

I was thinking about this the other day. It seems like in the worst case, the consequences of "TDS" for the left are a temporary oversensitivity to norm-breaking, con-artistry, lying, hypocrisy, racism and the like. While in the best case, the consequences of "TDS" for the right are long-term damage to values, erosion of trust, increased cynicism and rejection of objectivity.

I'm not worried about the left's TDS, I'm worried about the right's TDS.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

The covers of Thunderstruck stretch to the classical and strangely elaborate.

Pretty cool, but a little "classical" for my tastes. They do have some vigor.

@Cubo de Sangre

At the festival I was at, I did not see the Offspring, but I did see some interesting bands on the newcomer stage. One of them was a Metal band from Denmark called Social Addiction. You should check them out.

Sorry you got rained out. Not much I see by SA on Youtube. Just a live vid, with crap sound.