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This ship was only just commissioned in 2021 at a price of $65 million.

Until a court rules "the law says they can't be in office, but it doesn't describe a mechanism for removing them, so they can remain" or some other BS. The people who don't care about the rules aren't going to jump at enforcing them when it means they can hold power. The US is so close to a tipping point where all rules that impede power are going to be ignored through some very thing pretenses.

France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic Versailles vote | France | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Eiffel Tower lit up to mark change, seen as way of protecting law that decriminalised abortion in 1975 Excellent news.

1 foot of snow here today, probably another 1 foot tonight.

Think I might go see this again. A few moments have stuck with me and I need to see them again: Worm riding War council Final scene

Kids don't have agency in their view. Nor women, obviously.

Box Office: ‘Dune: Part Two’ Rides to Impressive $32 Million Opening Day VARIETY.COM Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune: Part Two' will launch to the biggest box office opening of 2024.

I can't wait until the inevitable 5-hour combined movie that people will splice.

Also, soundtrack is GOAT. Final song/scene of the film is just incredible:

Part 1 is required, for sure.

Saw it in a full IMAX and will echo Mercury's praise. 10/10, movie of the year. Performances were outstanding. Javier Bardem as Stilgar was incredible, and Chalamet portrayed Paul's descent/ascent into power so terrifyingly. There is no doubt in my mind that Dune Part 3 will be made. Casual people leaving the theatre clearly wanted more, and while the movie wraps up the story, it leaves the next part clearly wide open and waiting. Fuck...the last scene was so powerful. It made (I think) minor deviations from the book, no greater or worse than the LOTR trilogy, and it kept the spirit of the book 100%.

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I would suggest that almost all legal frameworks and tax codes for any type of corporate entity are fucked up.

I'll be in town for 4 nights in April - anyone have any suggestions based on having visited there before, or living there? Primary considerations are food since the weather won't be great. We're staying in Old Montreal, so a decent area for touristy stuff, and will be taking transit/uber while there.

Not the first NATO country to say something similar this week (though in this case just to do training). Is there something going on in the background leading towards "non-NATO" forces being deployed in Ukraine (perhaps to interior positions, or along Belarussian border, etc) to free up more Ukrainian units for combat? Unlikely, I would think. https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/under-the-right-conditions-canada-open-to-sending-noncombat-troops-to-ukraine-defence-minister-bill/

For the record, the greatest PM in history is likely either Lester B. Pearson or Pierre Trudeau.

Compared to conservatives today he was very moderate (and I'll give him big credit for standing up to apartheid), but was Reagan lite for Canada. A statesman, but not a good prime minister. There's a reason he went from the greatest majority in history to the destruction and elimination of his entire party.

I wonder at what point we start to see massive ecosphere die off.

Let's all pitch in $100 and own Borderlands.

The soundtrack for this game is unbelievable:

Yeah there are some leaked videos of the mechs, it looks awesome.

I don't doubt that this could work, but I do doubt they will be able to have the same laughs-per-minute of the original. I honestly don't think modern comedy writers have the chops to do what Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker did over the great 70s/80s films.

The Ukrainians' explanation is that Russia is flying their jets much closer to the front lines right now because of their reliance on new glide bombs. So basically just the Russians being more risky.

And their leadership is blind enough to just say "okay well 3 jets couldn't take it out, but maybe 7 will..." and keep throwing material at the problem. Obviously this has worked for Russia in the past in terms of men/artillery (throw a million men at an emplacement and eventually the defenders run out of bullets), but it's much harder to do with advanced tech that you can't replace.