One of my ten favorite movies of all time. Both for entertainment and social critique of America. And the great Pixies soundtrack.

* So many, not Romany

I found this article to be thought provoking. And I think it applies Romany societies throughout the world which feel justified committing horrific criminal acts against perceived enemies. The USA experienced it in Vietnam. They say it has been an issue throughout the former Yugoslavia. Germany to some degree still experinces it. And all those secretive regimes throughout the world, such as Russia, china, N Koea, etc, also no doubt experience it. Otherwise healthy societies are traumatized and morally disfigured through concerted acts of evil against innocent people.

Once again we see how right wingers care more about the abstract unborn than they do about the people who are actually among us.

The God they believe in is an abstraction. Other humans who they do not know are just an abstraction. Unfortunately for all of us, the idea of unborn babies is a more poignant abstraction in their minds.

Trump's ascension is even more dangerous to ignore.

The networks are being held to accuracy and ethical standards which they have traditionally ignored for the most part. Not surprising that in this extremely charged and volatile political climate this is taking place.

The networks are being held to accuracy and ethical standards which they have traditionally ignored for the most part. Not surprising that in this extremely charged and volatile political climate this is taking place.

Phoenix is turning into Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE. Heat so stifling you cannot go outside during the day except for about fifteen minutes at a time. Heat so stifling the A/C is on full blast 24/7 eight months a years. Heat so stifling the only outdoor labor in those countries are the workers brought in from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Africa. Heat so stifling nobody in their right mind wants to be there.

Clownshack: I know we disagree and both have our own deeply and well thought out reasons why. Suffice to say without pointlessly engaging in an angry pissing match, I think you are making a false equivalence.

There are relatively few people who can give Osama Bin Laden, Adolph Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao and Stalin a run for their money for pure hate filled ideologic evil. Yahya Sinwar was of that ilk. Nobody anywhere doubts but that he would have exterminated every last Jewish person alive not only in Israel, but also in the entire world, if he had had the chance. His hatred was pure and untethered.

I personally do believe that indeed most of the polls constantly showing that the race is neck and neck is more a function of the mass media wanting to make more and more money by keeping the public nervous and uncertain than it is a function of actual data from scientifically carried out polls in different States.

It is not in the best financial interests of CNN, FOX, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, Newsmax or any other political news reporting source to make it appear as if one candidate or another has a significant lead. Put another way, I do believe corporate media in America is lying to us, - but for financial reasons, not ideological reasons.

We are being lied to not because any corporate executives necessarily care who wins the election. Generating more money is all they are interested in. It has obviously been like that for at least the past 3 presidential elections.

No kittens and flowers? :(

The Joker 2.
The two Jokers.
Joker Deux.

There is a certain humor to it all. The Joker we see in the first movie is not the Joker we know from the comics or the other movies. This Joker is just sad pathetic Arthur Fleck. The REAL Joker turns out to be the psychotic inmate at Arkham Asylum who murders Arthur Fleck at the end of the movie, and subsequently transforms himself into the Joker we all know and love from other movies and comics. Poor pathetic Arthur Fleck is simply dead and forgotten. A lonely, lost psychotic criminal discarded in the trash to make way for OUR Joker of popular imagination and mythic grandiose evil. The joke ends up being on all of us.

The Orange Puddin' Pie has gone senile in front of our eyes, yet none of his supporters seem to notice or care.

64,000 raped women denied abortions in Red States. And, statistically, that is @ 64,000 more children who grow up in either the juvenile justice system or the foster care system... Before graduating to jails and prisons in those States. MAGA! If this obscenity does not shock your conscience, Trump is your boy!

For ----- Sake! Why don't they just cut to the chase legalize compassionate life termination of women?

The West Is the Best... Other than Phoenix, Portland and San Francisco.

What role, if any, does superior genetic intelligence play in the Jewish-Islamic conflict? Both in terms of obtaining money/weapons/strong allies and in terms of carrying out deadly murderous yet effective attacks?

I just read this full thread. I genuinely was hoping for some intelligent and relevant comment from right wingers on this particular thread. Foolish me. Except for EtAl it is just disingenuous fluff and strawmen.

IMHO, the Founding Fathers had the right idea about not mostly disenfranchising rural States, but came up with a really lousy unfair solution. And if I had a better solution, I would share it with all of you.

The South and the Confederacy managed to come up with an even worse solution than the EC, so there is that.

Obviously Israel has been planning and plotting over the last two decades or so of relative peace in the region. Does that make them smart? Obviously Hamas and Hezbollah have been doing a really crappy job of scheming and preparing over the last two decades or so. Does that make them stupid? In fact, does that make Hamas Leadership the grand winner of the all time Stupid Award for initiating the attack on the Israeli music festival with litte to any plan for what to do when Israel predictably responds with overwhelming force? WTF?

We need a William Shakespeare for our times to adequately tell this story of modern tragedy and folly.

Mostly impoverished Hamas raids Israel from the Gaza Strip, kills over 1100 civilians and kidnaps over 200 civilians many of whom are raped to death. Israel invades Gaza, kills 50,000+ Palestinian civilians and completely flattens the entire Gaza Strip. From Lebanon, Hezbollah starts shooting thousands of mostly powerless rockets into Israel killing pretty much nobody, but causing anger and fear. Israel uses those attacks to justify a military ground invasion of Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. Iran reacts to that invasion of their puppet regime and begins air raids bombing Israel, that mostly kill nobody, but once again ups the ante on the growing conflict.

Do I have this mostly right?

And who are the good guys in all this? Seriously. Is there anyone who the sane people can be "rooting" for?

Humanity sucks.

If the GOP had nominated Haley they would have won this election in a landslide.

Israel is doing everything in its power to escalate this conflict into an all out war against Hamas, Hezbollah and the hundreds of thousands of civilians who support them. There are no "lesser evils" in this conflict. Both sides are comprised of monsters.

The support for prosecution of Mayor Adam's for crimes he has been indicted for among pretty much all Democrats - leftist and centrist - tells you all you need to know about the difference between Dems and Trump supporters. Beyond any reasonable doubt the Dems are the Party of law, order, justice and the rejection of impunity for the wealthy and powerful. GOPhers are all getting away with crimes if it benefits their side.