blueridgeTiger

re: Why are you protesting

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/24/24 at 12:07 pm

Marlon Brando said it best in The Wild One: Q. what are you rebelling against ? A. whaddya got? [embed]https://youtu.be/_4NkkAQllfo[/embed]...

re: Did the Dems love Russia and hate Reagan during his presidency?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/24/24 at 11:21 am

The Dimocrats strongly opposed Reagan's anti-missile system saying it would lead to nuclear war with the Soviets. They derisively called it "Star Wars" and tried to block funding for research on this project....

re: Summer Plans?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/24/24 at 10:10 am

The wife (no pics in this thread) and I, and another couple, are taking a Viking cruise from Venice to Athens in July....

Travel Board

re: Annual Reminder: People that put divider at grocery store conveyor belt wrong

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/24/24 at 9:58 am

Couldn't we just compromise and put it at a 45° angle? ...

Off-Topic Board

re: I still prefer instant grits

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/24/24 at 9:52 am

[quote]Morgan City, boy. You?[/quote] Bogalusa where we prepare stone-ground grits!...

Food and Drink

re: Famous roles nearly played by other actors! I’ll start.

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/24/24 at 9:51 am

Meryl Streep was offered the part of Ellen in Alien but declined....

re: Niger has effectively kidnapped1000 US soldiers at our $500 mil dollar base

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 7:02 pm

[quote]Destroy the base.[/quote] Oh, heck no. We should leave all equipment and facilities in pristine condition....

re: The burial place of Plato has been found

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 5:14 pm

Damn! Now Mickey has to get a new dog (which begs the questions as to why a mouse should even have a dog as a pet)....

re: I still prefer instant grits

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 5:12 pm

[quote]LSUMANINVA[/quote] Where you from, Boy?...

Food and Drink

re: What are you reading?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 5:03 pm

The Catcher was a Spy by Nicholas Dawidoff. [img]https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.4f5edbc4ea6c6e64d0f953e57c5b6252?rik=Liz%2bt8VkQrLHpg&riu=http%3a%2f%2fbrns.com%2fHollywood%2fPicts1%2fcatcher2.jpg&ehk=b6ZDIKwuGqGKEkbH5v%2fz1H9TceDQh84G41tbeI3GCqk%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0[/img] This is the biography o...

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re: Movie Characters that were miscast

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 4:51 pm

Sorry if already mentioned, but one of the worst ever was Alec Baldwin as Dave Robicheaux in Heaven's Prisoners (slightly beating out Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan in Hunt for Red October)....

Joan Blondell, Jean Harlow, James Cagney in Public Enemy

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 2:46 pm

I was not able to watch Convention City (see earlier post), but I viewed the Pre-Code 1931 classic Public Enemy. It is a typical Cagney gangster pic. The most famous scene (and often parodied) is Cagney smashing half a grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face. [embed]https://youtu.be/k4R5wZs8cxI?si=if...

re: Have you ever known a fighter pilot that was shot down….

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 2:10 pm

Pretty sure Dean Martin wasn't flying Hellcats during WWII....

Convention City. Lost Pre-Code Film May have Contributed to Adoption of Hays Code.

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 12:28 pm

I enjoy Pre-Code Films (1927 - early 1934), particularly those featuring Joan Blondell. Unfortunately, Jack Warner ordered all prints destroyed in 1937 when he could not screen this film under the Code. There are a few trailers and outtakes on Youtube, but the complete film is not available. Some...

re: Where does it stop with the Ukraine grift?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/23/24 at 12:16 pm

[quote]Over 80% of that 60 billion is going to be spent on replenishing, upgrading and ramping up American arms.[/quote] Yes, the executives in the MIC will be getting good Christmas bonuses thanks to the obscene profits....

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re: Have you ever known a fighter pilot that was shot down….

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/22/24 at 6:25 pm

George R Carr of Bogalusa joined the RCAF before the US entered WWII. Later, Carr transferred to the US Navy and while flying an F6F Hellcat off the USS Essex became an "Ace In a Day" and a Double Ace in action, dubbed "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". He was awarded the Navy Cross for his deeds. H...

re: Mayor of Guam says Chinese nationals are now invading Guam in large numbers

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/18/24 at 3:31 pm

Didn’t Tom Clancy already use this plot? ...

re: WFDT 4/17

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/17/24 at 7:43 pm

Chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes at Toby Keith's at Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma...

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re: Old concept- blood money.

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 4/17/24 at 11:13 am

[quote]Does this concept come from Islam or is it a cultural continuance?[/quote] I'm not sure, but from my experience in the Middle East it seems culture and religion are merged....