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by Big RR
Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: 40 years ago?????
Replies: 5
Views: 42

Re: 40 years ago?????

And just like Tokyo was saved again and again from the atomic monsters (Godzilla, Rodan, that flying turtle [ETA--Gamera. I Iooked it up], ...), we have been saved again and again from the evil specters (not to be confused with Spectre, from which we have been saved by the actions of a numbered man)...
by Big RR
Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: SCOTUS arguments on presidential immunity
Replies: 5
Views: 50

Re: SCOTUS arguments on presidential immunity

It's well worth a listen, if only to see how most of the justices hold the presidency in higher regard than I think is wise. The idea of some sort of immunity appears to be thought of as necessary for the president to do his/her job--this even came through with the government attorney. I personally ...
by Big RR
Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Giuliani Sinks Even Lower.....
Replies: 1
Views: 35

Re: Giuliani Sinks Even Lower.....

After Trump, Rudy is the one person I would love to see get a prison sentence; and, unlike with Trump (for reasons I have previously posted and won't go into here), I think there is a legitimate chance of this happening. I can only hope.
by Big RR
Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Israel at War
Replies: 244
Views: 7782

Re: Israel at War

Ironically, if the protests would just evaporate, it would make it a lot easier to take a harder line with Israel Perhaps, but without the public pressure, it will make it a lot easier to just ignore the situation and not take a harder line. Yes, there are a lot of jerks (many of them likely antise...
by Big RR
Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: A local story
Replies: 14
Views: 190

Re: A local story

[Some people feel guilty for surviving when their friends died. With that said, I think that a non-recovering drug addict is not qualified to be a parent. In most jurisdictions, this is the case; drug addicted parents are given some time to get treatment and recover, or they lose custody of their k...
by Big RR
Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Israel at War
Replies: 244
Views: 7782

Re: Israel at War

One thing Meade--I do give Reagan credit for promoting a technology he did not understand; why this translates to credit in any way for an invention is beyond me. I ttink we should develop a warp drive se we can travel above the speed of light and travel the stars. I have no idea how this will be ac...
by Big RR
Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:36 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Havana Syndrome
Replies: 10
Views: 150

Re: Havana Syndrome

:lol:
by Big RR
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:20 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Israel at War
Replies: 244
Views: 7782

Re: Israel at War

Because, if it had, someone would already have gone back in time and strangled Trump in his crib.
by Big RR
Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Israel at War
Replies: 244
Views: 7782

Re: Israel at War

Yes, there were antiballistic missile systems in place in the 60s and an ABM treaty was entered into while LBJ was president; I recall Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which involved a shell game of mobile antiballistic missiles that were shuttled around so "they" wouldn't know where they...
by Big RR
Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Israel at War
Replies: 244
Views: 7782

Re: Israel at War

Not to mention a working time machine when it is completed.
by Big RR
Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Religion
Topic: Finally, religion comes up with something that could turn me straight
Replies: 5
Views: 87

Re: Finally, religion comes up with something that could turn me straight

One thing in that drawing--it looks like Trump's hands are much bigger than his life size hands are.
by Big RR
Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:45 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: Israel at War
Replies: 244
Views: 7782

Re: Israel at War

And even if "star wars" does work, what did Reagan do--make a speech about something I doubt he understood much about? It's kind of like saying FDR made the first atomic bomb.
by Big RR
Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: News & Suggestions
Topic: Sticky board suggestions page!
Replies: 234
Views: 77792

Re: Sticky board suggestions page!

Wordle is getting near 100,000 as well, and it's only been around for 2 years or so.
by Big RR
Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Havana Syndrome
Replies: 10
Views: 150

Re: Havana Syndrome

Agreed, so long as the demand exists and the profit is high enough, someone will always supply it. It's pretty simple, but people keep arguing to provide increased funding for the "fight" (maybe even start wars with our military) rather than do the obvious and address this demand/profit side.
by Big RR
Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:12 am
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The Juice has expired
Replies: 14
Views: 192

Re: The Juice has expired

Andy--as I recall, it was the prosecution, not the defense, who asked him to try on the gloves, pretty silly of them, but they had no right to cross examine him afterwards. He did just what they asked him to do; a big mistake on their part to ask that (one of many); I think it played will with the j...
by Big RR
Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: The Juice has expired
Replies: 14
Views: 192

Re: The Juice is expired

I will not mourn his passing; he seemed to be a complete jerk. However, given the state of race relations at the time (remember that Korean shop owner who shot and killed a 15 year old black girl (shot her in the back of the head while she was leaving) and got 5 years probation? Just one of many exa...
by Big RR
Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: And just like that, the bridge collapse is blamed on the browns and the gays
Replies: 12
Views: 217

Re: And just like that, the bridge collapse is blamed on the browns and the gays

You may be right Sue; I've long thought that this conspiracy idiocy would run its course and people would tire of it and move on. Sadly, the opposite appears to be true, it's only getting worse.
by Big RR
Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
Topic: An Eclipse.... woop dee doo!
Replies: 31
Views: 334

Re: An Eclipse.... woop dee doo!

Depends what you're looking for; Malaga gives you the city(I can't speak for the symphonies, Marbella the luxury seaside resort, Torremolinos a place where a lot of English is spoken (mostly British ex pats--at least it used to be), but most places along the southern coast are nice. I'd suggest taki...