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#1

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by garbon - Today at 06:01:51 AM

A different possibility....British political leaders made a big fuss about the insult partly to place Farage in a difficult spot. He could either criticise his orange mentor or lose support by pretending it was ok. Since no money or real estate was involved we could count on Trump not being particularly offended so it was a low risk stance.

Maybe, but that doesn't appear to have worked out. Farage said Trump was wrong and Trump backtracked as far as Britain.

Also, if Trump wasn't going to be particularly offended then it wasn't much of a trap for Farage.

#2

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 05:56:19 AM

You don't have to watch the ones on the dudes if it's too painful.

#3

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 05:50:57 AM

#4

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 05:45:32 AM

My experience with the UK and the military gave me that impression that while they don't have the culture of fawning over their military service members that we tend to have, the Brits take the legacy/memory of their veterans very seriously and equal us when it comes to honoring and memorializing their service.

#5

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 05:43:38 AM

Sure, it's a psychoanalysis of the characters a script writer made up. But if those characters are relatable then an analysis of their problems can be useful to viewers.

#6

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 05:39:40 AM

A different possibility....British political leaders made a big fuss about the insult partly to place Farage in a difficult spot. He could either criticise his orange mentor or lose support by pretending it was ok. Since no money or real estate was involved we could count on Trump not being particularly offended so it was a low risk stance.

#7

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 05:38:35 AM

I mean, The Breakfast Club was written/directed by John Hughes, who was 35 at the time it came out.  It might be a psychoanalysis of his "teenage experience" with some psychoanalytical overlap of the actors themselves.

But psychoanalyzing artificial constructs doesn't seem to me very...constructive.

#8

Off the Record / Re: Quo Vadis, Democrats?

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 05:35:01 AM

She is one of the geriatric class of Democrat Senators...well past time to have retired.  Especially as WA has not been at risk of electing a GOP Senator for over 20 years.

#9

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 05:34:32 AM

I  think it's positive and constructive for teen movies.

#10

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 05:30:32 AM

I tend to think that to try to do psychoanalysis of TV/Movie characters to be kinda weird.