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The Joe Biden* Camp cowards at CNN
Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:18 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote: NY Times Editorial Board Urges Biden To Quit Race - Did Trump Administer Premature Kill Shot? Saturday, Jun 29, 2024 - 06:55 AM Thursday night's presidential debate mortally wounded President Biden's political career, and now the New York Times has hammered a significant nail in the coffin -- publishing an editorial bluntly declaring that "the greatest public service Mr. Biden can now perform is to announce that he will not continue to run for re-election." With this development, Biden's departure from November ballots is taking on an air of inevitability. At the same time, Team Trump is reckoning with what may have been a strategic error -- enabling a premature kill shot that could leave Trump facing a worse matchup.
Quote: Americans Dread Vote Between Two Unpopular Candidates Additionally, as Statista's Felix Richter notes, the debate was also unique in that it featured two candidates that are viewed as unfit for the job by large parts of the American public, albeit for very different reasons. While President Biden is widely viewed as too old for a second term (and apparently proved that view correct last night), former President Trump is the first convicted felon to run for the country’s highest office. As a result of this unusual match-up, many voters feel like they’re caught between a rock and a hard place, as they have serious reservations about both candidates. According to a recent poll by The Economist and YouGov, Biden and Trump are seen unfavorably by almost 60 percent of Americans, with a shocking 44 and 47 percent holding very unfavorable views of the incumbent and his challenger, respectively. Of course, those numbers are largely driven by the extreme polarization of today’s political landscape, resulting in 92 percent of likely Democratic voters seeing Trump unfavorably and 94 percent of likely Republican voters holding a negative view of Biden, but there are reservations about their own candidate on both sides of the political spectrum as well... ELECTION DREAD https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/32508.jpeg
Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:20 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Why on earth would you want to relive that? -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:30 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Why on earth would you want to relive that? -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President. I was curious about what happened. At 1:20:40 Trump said Nancy Pelosi was responsible for handling the January 6th riot and it wasn't Trump's responsibility. "She said that loud and clear."
Quote:Until that moment I didn't realize that Trump is fucking crazy.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:44 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Oh fuck off, liar. You've made that claim a thousand times in the last 7.5 years. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 12:28 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Until that moment I didn't realize that Trump is fucking crazy. Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Oh fuck off, liar. You've made that claim a thousand times in the last 7.5 years. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President. I have always known why the lives of Trump and his Trumptards go so very wrong. They misunderstand reality because they are crazy. Maybe Nancy Pelosi should have brought a 45 caliber to the Capitol and directed a counter-attack by the Capitol security as they kill every Trumptard until they either run out of ammo or Trumptards.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 2:57 PM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: The biggest surprise of the night so far is how hands off the CNN moderators have been.
Quote: Trump is destroying Biden*. Joe looks like an angry old fool up there. Stuttering. Not finishing sentences. Staring all over the place like he's lost most of the time while Trump's talking. Bringing up lies that even Leftwing Media has already agreed was bullshit. Meanwhile, Trump has been calm, cool and collected. Just mostly sitting back and letting Joe* make a fool of himself. Joe* has never looked as weak as he does right now, and that's because he barely ever talks in public and the very few occasions that he does he's treated with kid gloves. Not tonight. Enjoying this immensely so far. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 3:00 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by second: Debate recap: Oh fuck Joe Biden occasionally woke up to respond. But most of the time he just sounded confused. He was hard to understand — did he have a cold or something? — he jumped almost randomly between subjects, and he was often incoherent. https://jabberwocking.com/debate-recap-oh-fuck/ My advice to Biden: purchase tinted eyeglasses and stop squinting like a vain old fool. Take a nap before the next debate or else you're going to get your tired old ass beaten. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two Say it ain't so, Kevin. What did I tell you? Now the world got to see what a bumbling, old, braindead asshole Joe Biden* is. This is nothing new. This has been going on for 3.5 years. You've just been ignoring it. But it was so impossible to sweep this one under the rug that CNN and even Kevin Freakin' Drum had to tell the truth about it. And Joe* slept all day. He didn't need another nap before the debate, Kevin. They've been pumping him full of drugs for so long now before any public appearances that he's in la-la land half the time even with a triple dose on an important night like tonight. Never in a million years did anybody in Camp Biden* think that Trump was going to immediately agree to a debate at CNN with Tapper as one of the moderators with no audience and a bunch of new rules. That was a grave miscalculation on Camp Biden*'s part, made even worse for him by the inexplicable decision of CNN to keep their moderators from ganging up on Trump. This was probably the first fair General Election debate that Trump took part in during 3 election cycles. Trump called the bluff and any aspirations that Joe* had of a 2nd term just went up in flames. I can't wait to see where the polling aggregates at RCP and 538 are in two weeks. They have no choice but to retire Joe* now. So who's it going to be vs. Trump in November? Tick Tock -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Quote:Originally posted by second: Debate recap: Oh fuck Joe Biden occasionally woke up to respond. But most of the time he just sounded confused. He was hard to understand — did he have a cold or something? — he jumped almost randomly between subjects, and he was often incoherent. https://jabberwocking.com/debate-recap-oh-fuck/ My advice to Biden: purchase tinted eyeglasses and stop squinting like a vain old fool. Take a nap before the next debate or else you're going to get your tired old ass beaten. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Saturday, June 29, 2024 3:05 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Even the CNN anchors are admitting this was a shitshow for Biden*. This went even better than I imagined it would. You'd better replace Joe* tomorrow or you 1,000% lose in November now. Game Over. I told you so. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 7:57 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: I guess burying that tape slipped her mind. Why on earth did her daughter not take that upon herself to bury it? Probably because she hates her mother. And why are you always talking about killing Trump and Trump voters? It would appear that any solution you come up with for Democrat's current problems is 10,000 times worse than any claims you or the Lefty Media make about Trump. You come off as the only crazy one in the room. That debate really ripped the hinges right off the top of your head, didn't it? You're going full-blown Reaverfan now. Why don't you just drop the Second handle and stop pretending that you're not Reaverfan. You're not fooling anyone. You've never fooled anyone. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 7:59 PM
Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:21 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: I guess burying that tape slipped her mind. Why on earth did her daughter not take that upon herself to bury it? Probably because she hates her mother. And why are you always talking about killing Trump and Trump voters? It would appear that any solution you come up with for Democrat's current problems is 10,000 times worse than any claims you or the Lefty Media make about Trump. You come off as the only crazy one in the room. That debate really ripped the hinges right off the top of your head, didn't it? You're going full-blown Reaverfan now. Why don't you just drop the Second handle and stop pretending that you're not Reaverfan. You're not fooling anyone. You've never fooled anyone. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President. 6ixStringJack, you have told too much about yourself: 1) you have no teeth. 2) you are an alcoholic. 3) you are a diabetic. 4) you smoke like a chimney. 5) your family is a breeding ground for mental illnesses. 6) you have no job and no purpose in life. 6ixStringJack, you won't redeem your life by cheering for Trump's victory. He is more fucked up than you are: 1) Trump is a sex obsessed rapist. 2) Trump is a tax cheater. 3) Trump is a crappy businessman. 4) Trump is a felon. 5) Trump is a nonstop liar and crook. https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump+lies 6) Trump acts as if there is no such thing as climate change. https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+and+climate+change The direction Trump and his Trumptards go is toward shortening their own lives and killing off nature. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:24 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: The biggest surprise of the night so far is how hands off the CNN moderators have been. Like when they cut Joe's mic off when he is spewing gibberish? Or tell him to shut up when he is wandering? Or cut off Trump's mic when he is rebutting the Lies of Joe? Your standard is a low bar.Quote:
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Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: In general, those who support a candidate always believe their candidate “won” the debate.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:43 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Awwwwwwww. Somebody is on tilt.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: They have no choice but to retire Joe* now. So who's it going to be vs. Trump in November? Tick Tock -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President. No need to replace Lord Darth Obiden. They already hav3e the 330 million ballots printed.
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: They have no choice but to retire Joe* now. So who's it going to be vs. Trump in November? Tick Tock -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:48 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Awwwwwwww. Somebody is on tilt.6ix, I only know what you tell me about yourself.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Awwwwwwww. Somebody is on tilt.6ix, I only know what you tell me about yourself. You don't know anything. Half the stuff you say about me these days you just made up. I've stopped bothering to correct the record with you a long time ago. I don't bother wasting my time attempting to reason with the mentally challenged. I couldn't possibly make it any more clear to you that your opinion about anything, including me, means nothing. You're a fucking creep. I can't imagine a real world you in any other situation than being the person that everybody has their eyes on all the time because you can't be trusted, and you creep the hell out of anyone who is forced to spend a minute with with you in their presence. Especially indoors. You need to get yourself some serious help. There truly is something wrong with you. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:53 PM
Saturday, June 29, 2024 9:15 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Nobody. Cares. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 9:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Nobody. Cares. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President. Bad things happen to Trumptards because they are assholes. Trumptards deny they are assholes, but the bad things will keep happening because you are still assholes. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Sunday, June 30, 2024 2:05 AM
Sunday, June 30, 2024 8:21 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Adam Kinzinger at The Bullwark is an idiot. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/biden-lost-debate-still-voting-him-over-trump You go right ahead and do that, Muppet. I'm sure somebody like you lives in a state where your vote for President matters just as little as mine does. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Adam Kinzinger at The Bullwark is an idiot. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/biden-lost-debate-still-voting-him-over-trump You go right ahead and do that, Muppet. I'm sure somebody like you lives in a state where your vote for President matters just as little as mine does. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President. Adam Kinzinger wrote on Jun 28, 2024: "Biden Lost the Debate, But I’m Still Voting for Him Despite his poor performance, he’s still far better than Trump." In 2016, some said it didn't matter who won the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Now in 2024, we've lost the right to abortion, affirmative action, LGBTQ rights, and student loan debt relief because of judges appointed by Trump. Don't listen to those people or 6ix ever again. Elections have consequences. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Sunday, June 30, 2024 2:21 PM
Sunday, June 30, 2024 2:31 PM
Sunday, June 30, 2024 5:12 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Nobody said it didn't matter who won between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Not one single person said that. Up until its time, it was the most toxic election cycle that ever took place. There have been no LGBT "rights" lost. We just didn't have a big fucking month long "party" where straight people were shamed and corporations changed their logos to the pride flag (only in America and Europe, btw... certainly not in the Middle East or China). Name one right they lost. Women still have access to abortion. Even in hard republican states they've been voting for abortion down ticket. Affirmative action is trash. They hire trash and pass up qualified people because of it. Any person who legitimately got their job or their spot at a college is now questioned by everybody, including peers of their own demographic groups. Student Debt relief is completely unconstitutional. Nancy Pelosi said so right after Biden* was elected. The only reason Biden* kept pushing for it, knowing that it was never going to see the light of day, was so they could push this bullshit narrative now. Student Debt relief via government handouts is NEVER going to happen. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 5:14 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Rep. James Clyburn: Democrats Are "Fully Confident In Joe Biden," He Had "Preparation Overload" At Debate https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/06/30/rep_james_clyburn_blames_debate_format_democrats_are_fully_confident_in_joe_biden.html Oh. That's what over-preparation looks like then. How many times has he met with world leaders in the last 3.5 years and over-prepared for it? -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 6:43 PM
Quote: SECOND: Gish Gallop ... who hurls many half-truths and no-truths in a very short space of time so that his opponent cannot hope to combat each point in real time.
Quote: SECOND: an effective real world technique is to punch the liar in the face rather than continue to battle with words.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 6:58 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Your lack of insight... it's astonishing.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 7:01 PM
Sunday, June 30, 2024 7:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: 8) Joker (2019) is a great movie that touched your soul. This might be true for you and other wackos, but back in the day you styled yourself as 6ixStringJoker before becoming 6ixStringJack.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 7:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Thirteen lies
Sunday, June 30, 2024 7:53 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote: SECOND: Gish Gallop ... who hurls many half-truths and no-truths in a very short space of time so that his opponent cannot hope to combat each point in real time. Oh, is THAT what you're doing when you post enormous walls of gibberish in a short space of time? I thought you were just "using AI". (see below) Quote: SECOND: an effective real world technique is to punch the liar in the face rather than continue to battle with words. Are you advocating you should be punched in the mouth? ****** Your lack of insight... it's astonishing. ----------- "It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger Why SECOND'S posts are brainless: "I clocked how much time: no more than 10 minutes per day. With cut-and-paste (Ctrl C and Ctrl V) and AI, none of this takes much time." Or, any verification or thought.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 7:58 PM
Sunday, June 30, 2024 8:43 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by second: 8) Joker (2019) is a great movie that touched your soul. This might be true for you and other wackos, but back in the day you styled yourself as 6ixStringJoker before becoming 6ixStringJack. I never once said anything remotely close to this.
Sunday, June 30, 2024 11:45 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote: SECOND: Gish Gallop ... who hurls many half-truths and no-truths in a very short space of time so that his opponent cannot hope to combat each point in real time. Oh, is THAT what you're doing when you post enormous walls of gibberish in a short space of time? I thought you were just "using AI". (see below) Quote: SECOND: an effective real world technique is to punch the liar in the face rather than continue to battle with words. Are you advocating you should be punched in the mouth? ****** Your lack of insight... it's astonishing. ----------- "It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger Why SECOND'S posts are brainless: "I clocked how much time: no more than 10 minutes per day. With cut-and-paste (Ctrl C and Ctrl V) and AI, none of this takes much time." Or, any verification or thought. Ted isn't posting in this thread despite coming back and posting in other threads here after he came to terms with the debate results. He's not posting in this thread because he's seen what a fucking creep Second is and doesn't want to associate himself with this psychotic loser. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Monday, July 1, 2024 12:44 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by second: 8) Joker (2019) is a great movie that touched your soul. This might be true for you and other wackos, but back in the day you styled yourself as 6ixStringJoker before becoming 6ixStringJack. I never once said anything remotely close to this. There are hundreds of instances that 6ix praised Joker. This is only one: 6IXSTRINGJACK wrote on Sunday, October 20, 2019 5:05 AM http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=36&tid=63327&mid=1085785#1085785 I can't argue any of that. I've become so jaded that I didn't believe that Hollywood was even capable of putting a film like this out anymore. Not only was it the best comic book movie that likely will ever exist, but if one was being honest with themselves they'd be hard pressed to find another movie of any genre that was better than Joker. Maybe I'm just still "high" off of it, and it wasn't as good as it "felt"? This is a possibility. Watching it was grueling. My first words to my old man when it finally ended were "I'm exhausted". I felt like I had just come out of the gym after a great workout... and I think my entire body had been tensed up for so long that this wasn't all that far from the truth. Sitting through it was the definition of uncomfortable. Yet at the same time, it was the least violent Batman universe flick ever made. There might have been less gore in other Batman movies, but the death count was extremely low by comparison. But they were powerful... probably because of that fact. Maybe Phoenix's performance deserves all of the credit? It is the single most amazing acting performance I've ever seen in my life, and there is no second place that is even remotely close. I said in another thread that I hope he's seeking out the psychiatric help to remove himself from the character of Arthur Fleck after what happened to Heath Ledger. I don't see how it would be possible to put on a performance like that and not have that be a part of you long afterward. If it were a lesser film, I would say that my favorite thing about the movie was the laughing at the SJW critic idiots that hadn't even seen it freaking out about it and calling it right wing propaganda designed for incels... or laughing even harder at those who had seen it and said "the critics that give it a fresh rating will have blood on their hands". But no... That wasn't my favorite thing at all. The movie was just so good that I didn't even give that a thought until well after a day later. All of that being said, I am finding it quite hard to recommend it to anybody. I mean, I have and will continue to do so... but I warn them that it is not a feel good movie and they might not enjoy the experience. But if you're up for it, it's one hell of a ride. Do Right, Be Right. :) P.S. from second: I have always believed that to make the comic book world a better place, Joker deserves to die in agony, but then the Nazis I know living in America and voting for Trump deserve the same to Make America Great Again. I will be unconvinced even if the Nazis insist with their dying screams that they are not Nazis and not Racists. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Monday, July 1, 2024 6:16 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: It is not my problem that you are mentally retarded and you still can't comprehend anything that I said all these years later, despite your apparently never-ending obsession with my words. I'm not going to argue any of my thoughts or what I said with you. You've just dug my words up from last decade and re-posted them. Read it again. And if you haven't figured it out you can just keep reading it over and over again until you do. God you are such a fucking creep. I just imagine you watching Joker for the 250th time in a dark room, years after I've forgotten almost everything about it, obsessing over me and things I said 5 years ago. The icon I use, which you know is a picture of me because there is not a single post I've ever written that you haven't read at least twice, blown up to 8"x10" and framed above your television. This effigy, symbolic of every Texas Trumptard you've ever met in your life that chokes you every day by simply breathing the same air that you do. You can't help but clutch your fists into balls so tight you break the skin every time you look up and see me pointing. This is your shrine to your hatred for me where you religiously watch Joker every Sunday and channel all of your attention and toxic energy directly at me for a few hours. And over time, this ritual has become your only release valve. Nothing else will do, and no matter how hard you've tried to deny it to yourself, you know that you will be completely dysfunctional until you watch Joker again in that room. It's good for you that you've found a way to give yourself a much needed break from obsessing over Donald Trump 24/7, even if only for a few hours once a week until next Jokerday comes. You're welcome, buddy. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
Monday, July 1, 2024 2:19 PM
Monday, July 1, 2024 5:58 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: It is not my problem that you are mentally retarded and you still can't comprehend anything that I said all these years later, despite your apparently never-ending obsession with my words. I'm not going to argue any of my thoughts or what I said with you. You've just dug my words up from last decade and re-posted them. Read it again. And if you haven't figured it out you can just keep reading it over and over again until you do. God you are such a fucking creep. I just imagine you watching Joker for the 250th time in a dark room, years after I've forgotten almost everything about it, obsessing over me and things I said 5 years ago. The icon I use, which you know is a picture of me because there is not a single post I've ever written that you haven't read at least twice, blown up to 8"x10" and framed above your television. This effigy, symbolic of every Texas Trumptard you've ever met in your life that chokes you every day by simply breathing the same air that you do. You can't help but clutch your fists into balls so tight you break the skin every time you look up and see me pointing. This is your shrine to your hatred for me where you religiously watch Joker every Sunday and channel all of your attention and toxic energy directly at me for a few hours. And over time, this ritual has become your only release valve. Nothing else will do, and no matter how hard you've tried to deny it to yourself, you know that you will be completely dysfunctional until you watch Joker again in that room. It's good for you that you've found a way to give yourself a much needed break from obsessing over Donald Trump 24/7, even if only for a few hours once a week until next Jokerday comes. You're welcome, buddy. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President. 6ix, you are enthralled by Trump and Joker. A steady stream of lies and murders from either doesn't repulse Nazis. Joaquin Phoenix will eventually play Trump in a biopic that wins you over. 6ixStringJack is not alone. Other Nazis and Trumptards loved Joker and his excuse that he can’t be blamed. Blame his environment for making him a powerful criminal. Actual Trumptards shift blame all the time. http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=36&tid=63327&mid=1085901#1085901 SHINYGOODGUY Monday, October 21, 2019 10:32 PM I'm glad you went to see it. There's so much to say about this film, but I think you touched upon a handful of key elements regarding this film. It is, above all else, an experience. I too had that "feeling" at the end, the one where you just can't quite leave without having someone to talk to and say... "Wow! what did you think?" You had your dad, so I hope you were able to discuss it. Here it is 3 days later and I'm still feeling that "high" - it is the emotion of what I identified with in the film. It was how Arthur felt. We, the audience, could identify with it because, at some point, we felt as he did. But, there's a twist, because Arthur had brain damage and took things further once he was "pushed" over the edge. I agree that the commentary never got in the way and spoil the film; and there was social commentary. Much like a good sci-fi film that slips in a sort of lesson about life on earth. The good ones slide that in, the great ones never let you see the man behind the curtain. That's why I say it was NOT preachy in any way. That's the task of a good writer, to tell a story that has meaning. But I agree, this film is far too great to lessen it by talking about politics. To put it bluntly, this was a fucking great film. And yes, I put it in my Top Ten All Time. I will see it again, maybe next week, it's that great. sgg http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=36&tid=63327&mid=1085773#1085773 SHINYGOODGUY | Sunday, October 20, 2019 1:42 AM NO SPOILERS Joker is a brilliant masterpiece of film, a masterstroke in storytelling and screenwriting. Todd Phillips and Scott Silver depicted a story of squalor and despair that was the Joker’s life. They peel back the layers of how exactly to build a Joker and construct just how a psychopath Gets born. Gotham is not a very pleasant place, the streets are philthy, jobs are scarce and hope is something people just talk about. Arthur Fleck is just your average joe who lives with his mom, working to make ends meet, but he has an illness…..that is the premise of the Joker. A man who is just on this side of sanity and walks the tightrope of life, one slip, one step away from madness…...and we get to watch. It is social commentary, a cautionary tale. Phillips/Silver slowly reveal just what it takes to push a madman close to the edge (and then over it). Their writing is superb, but they don’t tell you in so many words...they show you. It is the way a writer is supposed to write a type of mystery that we all Know so well. Or, at least, that we think we know. They show us the way, but it’s creepy because it is very close to the real thing. We all know where the rabbit hole leads to because we are just on this side of the real-life version. If Joker were a painting, it would be a Picasso during his Cubist period. Distorted but familiar. Sad but you can’t look away; much like a car accident - we just have to see: did anyone get hurt. This is how Joker lives, on the ugly side of life. But it’s fascinating. It is so well written, not a wasted word or a wasted scene. And, above all, NO preachy dialogue. It’s as though our writers held up a mirror and said “here ya go!” I really can’t put it in words. I cannot do it justice, because I’m making it sound melodramatic. It really is NOT that. Some may decide not to go see it. I could understand that, but if you’re an amateur movie buff, or just plain love the movies and what it could ideally be, you owe it to yourself to go see this deeply satisfying piece of art. Where would we be without Picasso, Rembrandt and Kubrick and Shakespeare. Joaquin Phoenix is an acting genius, a savant in this film. He took Phillips words and breathed life into the Joker like no other before him. Both he and Phillips went down a completely different path than previous iterations of this character. Joaquin took the Picasso and set it in motion, each movement, each word brought new meaning to the character. We as the audience wanted to know more, and with each scene, with each movement and word we were rewarded. The writing and the performance by Joaquin waltzed together in perfect maddening harmony. The pacing in this two hour movie, it was as though they came into the theater and brought us to our seats, put our feet up and said: “No hurry, get comfortable, you’ll see, it will all pay off.” But it’s not so much the destination, as it is the journey. The music/soundtrack too, reminded me of Kubrick/Tarantino. Each piece, each entry, each selection carefully chosen and perfectly matched. Yes, I dare say that Heath Ledger would applaud Joaquin’s efforts. Both he and Phillips took Joker down a whole new path. Kubrick and Quentin would smile appreciatively. It left me inspired and hopeful that the end 2019, at least film-wise, looks to be salvageable. The Best Film of The Year. 5 Stars sgg The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Re-reading SGG's post all these years later and I gotta admit that he's a better writer than I am. It's a shame that most of the deep thinkers we used to have here moved on a long time ago and all we're left with is a couple of crash test dummies. -------------------------------------------------- Trump will be fine. He will also be your next President.
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Quote: Kamala's Ace In The Hole? $91 Million Biden-Harris Campaign Fund Looms Large As the Biden presidency teeters in the wake of last week's disastrous debate performance that left no doubt about his sharp mental decline, discussion of Vice President Kamala Harris's prospects for becoming the party's new 2024 standard-bearer tend to focus on her (lack of) electability and Democrats' reluctance to pass over a black woman who holds the title that makes her a natural successor. Little attention has been paid to what might be Kamala's greatest asset: her name on the $91.2 million Biden-Harris campaign account. Per federal election rules, in the event Biden drops out, that account can't simply be handed over to whomever the party eventually nominates for president -- unless it's Harris. According to NBC News, the question of what would happen to the Biden-Harris war chest surfaced on a tense Sunday conference call hosted by the Biden campaign with an audience that included some 40 top Biden donors. While denying Biden might drop out, campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez's answer was that most of the money would fall into Harris's control. But there's a catch: Many campaign finance experts say that's only true if Harris becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. “Both candidates are on the account,” former Federal Election Commission (FEC) associate general counsel Kenneth Gross told NBC News. “And I would think that she would be able to use the money if she is running for president. She would be the only one that could do that.” Campaign Legal Center senior legal counsel Shanna Ports concurs, telling the Wall Street Journal that, if Harris is atop the ticket, “she would maintain access to all the funds in the committee and could use them to advance her presidential candidacy." Critically, the Campaign Legal Center told NBC News that if Harris were merely the VP nominee paired with a new headliner, she wouldn't be able to tap the funds, as the new ticket would be considered an entirely different campaign organization. Political law attorney Claire Rajan said that was likely the correct interpretation of FEC law. Gross was unsure, and said interested parties would be wise to seek the FEC's opinion. Until that particular question is decisively answered, the lingering uncertainty is itself another plus for Harris.
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Quote:Originally posted by second: Biden better pull himself together pretty damn quick. I suggest he order Seal Team 6 to decapitate Trump and mount the skull on top of the flagpole at the White House. That will show the Trumptards that Biden has got his shit together. Yesterday the Supreme Court gave the President immunity from prosecution, so now is the perfect time: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
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