US Election Week 2020

[celedhring]

I feel like there's Downfall-style meme opportunity in Brian Blessed's Augustus - where are my eagles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ohKuKy4_s
Or - is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter:
https://twitter.com/archivetvmus71/status/1181977161151983616?lang=en

I really have to watch I Claudius again, it's been nearly 2 decades...

[Valmy]

Patrick Stewart having hair and acting evil is always fun.

[Malthus]

I feel like there's Downfall-style meme opportunity in Brian Blessed's Augustus - where are my eagles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ohKuKy4_s
Or - is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter:
https://twitter.com/archivetvmus71/status/1181977161151983616?lang=en

I really have to watch I Claudius again, it's been nearly 2 decades...

It is hilarious watching it recently and seeing "Captain Picard" as the villainous Sejanus! 😄

[Valmy]

Beat you Malthus!

Also the kindly old wand guy from Harry Potter as Caligula.

[Malthus]

Beat you Malthus!

Indeed you did.

[celedhring]

Fill a show with enough Brit actors and there's a decent chance a number of them will eventually appear in some dumb American stuff that makes them famous. 

[Sheilbh]

Fill a show with enough Brit actors and there's a decent chance a number of them will eventually appear in some dumb American stuff that makes them famous. 

It's inevitable - also true for Australian soaps.

Personal favourite in I Claudius is John Hurt's turn.

And the main thing that surprises me about Patrick Stewart is how handsome he is a young man. It makes a lot of sense because he was handsome/dignified when he was older. But it's still weird. (I know one girl with a thing for bald men who has an enormous crush on Patrick Stewart )

[Sheilbh]

Lovely stat from a UK election nerd:

One county in the US has picked the winner in every presidential election since 1916, save for once (1988): Blaine County, Montana.

Blaine voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

With nearly all the votes in, Joe Biden is carrying Blaine County.

Biden: 1589 (51%)
Trump: 1469 (47.1%)

(And in 1912, it went Bull Moose )

[Valmy]

Any particular reason you suddenly feel the need to defend these fucking gang of spineless sleezeballs who were quite alright to close rank and follow this utter piece of shit Trump?

Because one of the very first issues I ever cared about in politics in my life was the national debt.  Which is a problem that in both Canada and the US we manned up and solved - but now it's come back worse than ever.

Me to. I feel very strongly about this.

And you praising Lindsey Graham after he blew up the debt in 2017 is giving me a stroke so stop it

[merithyn]

Fill a show with enough Brit actors and there's a decent chance a number of them will eventually appear in some dumb American stuff that makes them famous. 

It's inevitable - also true for Australian soaps.

Personal favourite in I Claudius is John Hurt's turn.

And the main thing that surprises me about Patrick Stewart is how handsome he is a young man. It makes a lot of sense because he was handsome/dignified when he was older. But it's still weird. (I know one girl with a thing for bald men who has an enormous crush on Patrick Stewart )

As Oberon

[garbon]

Cheesesteaks are one of the worst things I've ever eaten. Shit meat with shit cheese with shit bread. It's not even good as a fast food.

[Syt]

Patrick Stewart in the 90s/early 00s could have turned me.

[Malthus]

Fill a show with enough Brit actors and there's a decent chance a number of them will eventually appear in some dumb American stuff that makes them famous. 

Also hilarious was hearing Derek Jacobi as the voice over for "In The Night Garden" when my kid was a toddler - sounded like Claudius let the lead poisioning get to his brain. 😄

[crazy canuck]

I have to say, Patrick Stewart was one good looking man.

[merithyn]

I have to say, Patrick Stewart was is one good looking man.

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