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There's a Right of Publicity, an area of civil law about which I'm only dimly familiar, not being an entertainment lawyer. But unless I'm very much mistaken, his prior and continued association with the Republican Party pretty much kills that racehorse at the gate. He can, of course, sue for misrepr...

Most Star Trek movies, like most Star Wars movies, suck. For that matter, half or more of the episodes of Star Trek:TOS sucked. They were just good in their time compared to, well, to nothing at all. Same with the first Star Wars movie or, as I like to call it, Star Wars. I mean, geez, most of them ...

The ACLU will contrive a test case almost immediately. Until it turns out that the cop suffered emotional distress, at which point young staffers will stage a walkout and demand a safe space for the cop. (OK, not really, but still. The ACLU is not what it once was.) It's still what it once was when...

So the rap will be beaten, but not the ride. Assuming they survive. If the person lobbing insults subsequently made a furtive gesture that was not apparent from the angle of the cop's body cam, well, somebody is going on paid leave. The ACLU will contrive a test case almost immediately. Also, unles...

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Kolohe wrote: ↑Yesterday, 10:37 Participation trophy critiques are overrated, but this certainly has an aspect of ‘oh, we want everyone to be top priority’

I'm not quite awake yet, so I read that as "Participation trophies are overrated." I need coffee.

nicole wrote: ↑06 Mar 2021, 07:29 Crazy

So basically, The Blob was just ahead of its time.

*shrug* I haven't seen the entire Cage oeuvre, but aside from Leaving Las Vegas, for which he deservedly won Best Actor, I've never seen anything he's done that impressed me. I've thought he was okay in a few films, but I think he has a Shatneresque tendency to chew the scenery.

And to think that people accuse CPAC of being tone deaf to the needs of the masses!

Professor Professorson wrote: ↑05 Mar 2021, 17:23

D.A. Ridgely wrote: ↑05 Mar 2021, 17:03 Cage good when dying of alcoholism; Cage otherwise bad.

Um...Valley Girl? Vampire's Kiss? If you think "not the bees!!!" is crazy, watch Vampire's Kiss.

I have a feeling you're going to get along with D.B. Cooper and dhex just fine.

Professor Professorson wrote: ↑05 Mar 2021, 16:09

thoreau wrote: ↑05 Mar 2021, 16:04 How did you fare in the Greendale paintball wars, good professor?

I missed them, I was working on my "Nicholas Cage, Good or Bad?" course at the time. I still don't know the answer to that, because there is no answer.

Cage good when dying of alcoholism; Cage otherwise bad.

Yes, I was making a lame joke. People are typically at their very worst in the immediate aftermath of the death of a close family member or friend and clergy and I'm sure funeral parlor workers usually have both horror stories and hilarious stories about the antics of some of the survivors. I have ...

Entire California school board resigns after caught mocking parents over school reopenings I do want to snicker at them just for the way they got caught, but honestly, if you've ever known any teachers, you'd know they complain about parents a lot. And I would say they're probably justified too. Is...

Entire California school board resigns after caught mocking parents over school reopenings I do want to snicker at them just for the way they got caught, but honestly, if you've ever known any teachers, you'd know they complain about parents a lot. And I would say they're probably justified too. Is...

A GOP lawyer openly admits before the SCOTUS that the purpose of the various voting-restriction laws is to help Republicans, because they can't beat Democrats in a fair election: Asked what the Republican Party's investment in the case, GOP lawyer Michael Carvin suggested that a change in the statu...

Saw Rapture-Palooza , which had the potential to be absolutely great, and there were some funny (IMO) parts to it, but for the most part they completely squandered the premise. The narrator and main character is a teenage girl named Lindsey, who was out bowling with her boyfriend Ben when the raptu...

There won't be any Trump dynasty. Whatever comes next may be better, it may be worse, but it won't be that.

lunchstealer wrote: ↑01 Mar 2021, 03:24 Also is there anything more German than being excited about checklists?

Other than invading Poland?

Honestly, on reflection, if the net effect of such a law was that a department store simply stopped separating boys' and girls' clothing into two different store locations and stopped identifying clothing items as specifically for boys or girls, I don't see the big deal. That's not to say I think t...

Honestly, on reflection, if the net effect of such a law was that a department store simply stopped separating boys' and girls' clothing into two different store locations and stopped identifying clothing items as specifically for boys or girls, I don't see the big deal. That's not to say I think t...

once you've decided your song is in the key of D, it would be damned near impossible to write it without those four chords or at least the three major chords. (Okay, maybe I-V if you're punk.) "One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -- Lou Reed There are ac...

Honestly, on reflection, if the net effect of such a law was that a department store simply stopped separating boys' and girls' clothing into two different store locations and stopped identifying clothing items as specifically for boys or girls, I don't see the big deal. That's not to say I think th...

I'm probably missing something here but basically Pachelbel's Canon in D is the following chord progression: D A Bm F#m G D G A D, the chords in the key of D are D, E min, F# min, G, A, B min and C# dim and the chord progressions in, well, everything in D major are D G A variations, plus on the gui...

I'm probably missing something here but basically Pachelbel's Canon in D is the following chord progression: D A Bm F#m G D G A D, the chords in the key of D are D, E min, F# min, G, A, B min and C# dim and the chord progressions in, well, everything in D major are D G A variations, plus on the guit...

thoreau wrote: ↑26 Feb 2021, 13:50

Hugh Akston wrote: ↑26 Feb 2021, 13:44 Is there any problem that California can't solve with legislation?

Some problems require citizens' initiatives.

Unfortunately, the citizens in question are Californians.