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Brink of War
Posted by Adajax on 8/16/26 at 5:11 pm
Just saw the Angel Studio feature on the Reykjavík meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev. It was an interesting film from a history standpoint. Whether there is any way to gage how accurate the movie is, I don't know. It's basically two guys sitting at a table talking about arms control, nuclear reduction, human rights, and SDI.
Jeff Daniels did an admirable job as Reagan, he had the mannerism down pretty good. Same with Jared Harris as Gobachev. The acting was solid but I think the director could have amped up the tension in someway to make it more compelling.
Hope Davis played Nancy but to me she looked more like Hillary than Nancy so that was a bit distracting. She, or the character, was the weak link in the movie.
If you like history it's worth a watch.
Jeff Daniels did an admirable job as Reagan, he had the mannerism down pretty good. Same with Jared Harris as Gobachev. The acting was solid but I think the director could have amped up the tension in someway to make it more compelling.
Hope Davis played Nancy but to me she looked more like Hillary than Nancy so that was a bit distracting. She, or the character, was the weak link in the movie.
If you like history it's worth a watch.
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re: This Daniels Drama is nuts
Posted by Adajax on 8/15/26 at 3:35 pm to KCSunshine
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All Oklahoma winners numbers are still in circulatio, any many more examples
Florida. Numbers worn by Spurrier, Wuerffel, and Tebow are still in play. Retiring a number is stupid in college. Statues for Heisman winners, a Ring of Honor or school Hall of Fame should be plenty of "profound respect". Stop with the number nonsense.
re: Thoughts on The End of Oak Street (spoilers)
Posted by Adajax on 8/15/26 at 3:28 pm to athenslife101
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weird romantic lesbian triangle/quadrangle
I'm glad my grandson decided on Spiderman.
Why retire numbers in college anyway? You're talking at best maybe two or three stellar seasons, sometimes just one. If your number is retired in the NFL it's for a [b]career[/b] of excellence.
I haven't read it but I checked Goodreads and it has a 3.88 rating. Not stellar for GR.
re: North Carolina Mayor’s Wife Yvonne Doughtie Goes Off on Black Residents( FB Rant)
Posted by Adajax on 8/14/26 at 9:02 am to BowDownToLSU
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Black
black.....FIFY
I'm about the same age. I never had a curfew but my parents went to bed around 9:00 and it was just a lifetime habit to go to bed when they did.
re: Cremation or Burial?
Posted by Adajax on 8/13/26 at 12:02 pm to KemoSabe65
My instructions to my family -
1. No funeral, no viewing
2. No obituary in the paper
2. Cremate me
3. Put me in a very cheap container.
(Just saved 10 to 15 grand)
4. If you feel like you need a bunch of casseroles, have a meet and greet at the house.
5. When the wife and all four kids can get together, dump my ashes in one of two places
a) a mountain stream
b) the ocean
Have a nice vacation while you are there.
1. No funeral, no viewing
2. No obituary in the paper
2. Cremate me
3. Put me in a very cheap container.
(Just saved 10 to 15 grand)
4. If you feel like you need a bunch of casseroles, have a meet and greet at the house.
5. When the wife and all four kids can get together, dump my ashes in one of two places
a) a mountain stream
b) the ocean
Have a nice vacation while you are there.
Pete Golding, just how good or bad will he be
Posted by Adajax on 8/11/26 at 6:02 pm
I really haven't paid much attention to his performance as a coordinator. What are the odds Ole Miss made a great move naming Golding as top dog?
re: Drew not getting a regular season MVP really sucks!
Posted by Adajax on 8/11/26 at 6:10 am to A Menace to Sobriety
Mahomes winning the MVP in his second season over Brees who was shattering NFL records was a crime no matter Mahomes' stats.
re: Once again, the Democrat party wants to not be Democratic
Posted by Adajax on 8/9/26 at 9:30 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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We’ve seen the end of political decorum
I'm not sure this was ever really a thing. Television forced politicians to be polite and dignified because that's what society once expected. But I've been reading Presidential biographies (up to Grover Cleveland so far) and politics has always been a dirty business. Lincoln used to write letters to newspapers slandering his opponents while using a pen name. The gloves never went on.
re: Isn’t it kinda fricked up that archeologists just remove people from their graves?
Posted by Adajax on 8/7/26 at 3:59 pm to _Hurricane_
It's not like the family is still stopping by every month to place fresh flowers. In most cases, sometimes no one knows they are there until the dig.
If she had crossed the street to avoid him, she'd be labeled a racist.
re: Bobby, Bobby, absolutely beautiful!
Posted by Adajax on 8/3/26 at 6:01 am to Boomdaddy65201
No Dana. Your job is to objectively provide information and let viewers decide for themselves. It's not your job to punish people who defy "the experts".
Tommy White batting .304 but still searching for his first RBI
Posted by Adajax on 8/2/26 at 9:53 am
He has 17 hits in 56 at bats (only 8 Ks) but still hasn't recorded an RBI. Do any of the other A's batters get on base? He batted cleanup yesterday, went 3-4 and still no RBI. I believe today is the day. I'm hoping for his first Homer and RBI.
re: What are you reading?
Posted by Adajax on 8/2/26 at 8:28 am to dirtsandwich
I finally decided to find out what the fuss is all about regarding Sherlock Holmes. Now reading Doyle's second Holmes novel The Sign of Four. His first two Holmes novels have been enjoyable. I'm glad I took the plunge.
Not if you were informed. I subscribed to Newsweek at 16 yrs old. Read the newspaper front to back. A teen political junkie, I was the first registered Republican in a family of blue dog Democrats. Cast my first presidential vote for Reagan at the age of 19. Changed to independent when the GOP kept promising to stop the Obama agenda but rolled over at every turn. Even back then Democrats were creeping toward socialism while outwardly repudiating it. Now they are proudly steamrolling toward communism. No informed, intelligent 25 yr old should want to be a Democrat.
re: How do you track books that you’ve read?
Posted by Adajax on 8/1/26 at 7:12 pm to BluegrassBelle
Mostly Goodreads
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What if I stick it in a pretty chick,
What are the odds?
re: Trump admin drops reflecting pool charges and admits flawed repairs
Posted by Adajax on 8/1/26 at 2:50 pm to CrimsonFever
Had it been a Democrat DOJ, it would have prosecuted anyway.
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