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cratering demand for american slop in china has me doubting sony can keep getting away with this shit universe

chopping wood videos are things i didnt know i needed in my life

47 million and a b cinema score

this thing wont crack 100 million domestic

manchin sucks but is way better than having a republican in that seat

2 hours ago, mclumber1 said:

 

Bombing Gaza city, at least to the level Israel is doing, I think was the wrong choice.  The only way to really fight this war was (and is) to send boots on the ground in to the area.  Israel is probably going to end up losing thousands of their soldiers in the prolonged ground assault, but it will probably be the most effective and moral method of neutralizing Hamas. 

a door kicking ground invasion in a densely populated place would result in thousands of dead civillians too like what was seen in mosul

it is a big reason that the us has been trying to stall the ground invasion because its going to be long and awful

i dont envy the decision makers who have to choose how to respond to 1500 of their people being murdered in a terrorist attack by a group like hamas

there is seemingly no way to strike back without substantial civilian death tolls

doing nothing is also impossible for any nation and potentially more so for israel because of the specifics of the region

21 hours ago, Ghost_MH said:

 

My dream studio for Breath is the Wild is actually Laika. Ghibli would have been better for Tears of the Kingdom.

i havent stopped thinking about a laika zelda since I read this 

strike over

The Strike Is Over! SAG-AFTRA & Studios Reach Deal On New Three-Year Contract

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SAG-AFTRA has reached an agreement with the AMPTP on a new TV/Theatrical contract after actors have been on strike for more than 100 days.

11 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

 

Regulations help in several ways - it mitigates the potential for sex trafficking and cuts down on the transmission of STDs.  It also keeps the women (and men) who are sex workers safe(r) from physical violence.  

all of those things that it supposedly helps with are already protected by laws on the books 

regulation just gonna push up the costs for independent sex workers and make it more likely that legal pimping becomes to standard

22 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

Cool.  But sex work should be legal and regulated.  

why does it need to be regulated

18 minutes ago, DPCyric said:

 

Honestly the unconditional support for Israel has made me decided to vote third party again in the next election. Fuck the Dems and Republicans. 

single issue voting is dumb but single issue voting the israel palestine issue is shocking

national sins in places with representative governments are owned by all but the burden is not equal

season 4 kicks off this week

finished season 2

alien invasion shit does it for me and despite some dumb writing from time to time knocks it down a couple notches but the vibes are off the charts

sounds like the show runners have 4 seasons in mind and i hope they get to finish it

buddy just text me that he left a word of mouth screening tonight and there were loud boos when the movie ended 

ouchie

i liked the first well enough but sounds like this one had a tough development path to the screen

from what i am reading their underlying business model seems fairly sound but the founder was an absolute dunce who signed crazy deals with the property owners that are unsustainable now that the commercial market has tanked so much

should come out the other side in decent shape

14 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

There are absolutely considered "Third"/Developing world countries by just about any standard metric.

They're not nearly as undeveloped as many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, but they're very much part of the "Developing" world.

egypt and jordan are both in the high category of the un hdi

the wealthiest nations per capita are all in the very high category

there are also medium and low categories 

no metric is perfect but probably helpful enough to view things on a relative basis

7 hours ago, TUFKAK said:

It’s not at this point, US forces made the same requests in our wars too.

embedded media opens the military up to intel and tactical leaks so it is never surprising when states put conditions on embedded media

many states completely bar embedded media in hot zones altogether for that reason

garbage rag prodding a person to kill themself over a completely irrelevant aspect of their life is seriously sick shit

2nd term obama is likely the only potus and admin team in the last 50 years that would have put any real conditions on israeli aid and even that would have been minimal like pinky promise you wont do xyz

13 minutes ago, Joe said:

 

I’m just frustrated that literally everything Tlaib does is a dog whistle to people at this point. It’s a bit maddening.

repeating the genocide slogan and saying it doesnt really mean the genocide thing is…what exactly

might i suggest not try to reclaim the phrase that was originated as an explicit call for genocide

like just pick a new one

3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Yeah, they're currently sitting on only ~$74 billion in cash and cash equivalents ($144 billion reported in the September 2023 quarterly minus $70 billion paid for ABK)

who knows if they will recover

ms is cash poor right now so gotta refill the coffers somehow

2 minutes ago, Reputator said:

You gotta love the timing of this, right? Like an open mockery of AR-15 victims.

that timing is every day in america