lsusa

re: Citizen Kane - worth it or no?

Posted by lsusa on 4/28/25 at 4:38 pm

It’s absolutely worth seeing once, if for no other reason than cultural literacy. If you’ve watched a lot of older films, I think you’ll understand why this movie gets the respect it does.

With that said, it’s not something that is eminently rewatchable like Casablanca.

re: Shadeur

Posted by lsusa on 4/25/25 at 11:38 am

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Of course not but that’s not what anyone would want with a top 20 qb pick. There’s a middle ground afterall. At pick 9, What people want is a guy that has upside and realizes his weakness’ and is willing to do the work to improve. Someone who is ready to go will most likely get picked top 5.

I’d have zero problem taking him at pick 40 if he falls. At that point, I think the talent/potential is worth the possible downside. And as you say, the draft fall might humble him.

Personally , I suspect that some team will trade up to get him before then.

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re: They Call Me Trinity - Western/Comedy 1970

Posted by lsusa on 4/24/25 at 6:44 pm

Eating the plate of beans always makes me laugh.

If you like those check out Doc West and Triggerman as well.

re: Waterworld

Posted by lsusa on 4/21/25 at 12:42 pm

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Ditto. Waterworld was the post-apocalyptic world land version of Road Warrior . Both gave you the good, bad and ugly along the way, but what you wanted in the end.

I see the obvious post apocalyptic comparisons between WW and RW, and that’s maybe where the negative reviews come about. I actually liken WW more to Independence Day in its tone of being the schmaltz-filed summer blockbuster where a cheerful ending for our protagonists
makes us overlook all the tragedy. But I think that WW plays too many scenes that should be “dangerous” as “adventurous”.

Still believe it’s a very enjoyable movie to watch. Along with The Postman, I think it’s poor reviews are undeserved.

re: Forbes Piece: Why Falling Oil Prices Are No Longer A Clear Win For The U.S. Economy

Posted by lsusa on 4/15/25 at 5:31 pm

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If Trump funneled a massive amount of funding to cancer research, and a universal cure was delivered during his term, the headline the next day would be Social Security won’t last without cancer deaths

And by the same token, his equally delusional MAGAt cult members will excuse any misstep from Trump by claiming he’s playing 6-D chess, while labeling anyone who dare point out their dear leaders flaws as a RINO or Groomer.

re: 3 Original Films for the board to go support today: Warfare, Drop, The Amateur

Posted by lsusa on 4/11/25 at 11:51 am

The Amateur is a remake of a 1981 film.

LINK -IMDB

I noticed it was streaming on Hulu and put it on my watchlist, but haven’t watched it yet.

re: Outlaw Josey Wales

Posted by lsusa on 4/10/25 at 10:18 pm

The Outlaw Josey Wales is a better movie than Unforgiven.

That’s not to say Unforgiven is a bad movie.

re: Naked Gun Teaser - Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson

Posted by lsusa on 4/4/25 at 1:17 am

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It depends if Seth MacFarlane will do his own humor or try and replicate the original humor

My thoughts too.

re: Remember the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act?

Posted by lsusa on 4/2/25 at 6:24 pm

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It's amazing what lengths yall will go to blame everything and everyone for fricking, over the US when all around you, at almost every grievance, the obvious answer, that all economists agree with, is painfully obvious. We're the richest country in the world. The problem is not the value of our economy, it's how that economy is shaped. The richest Americans own more of our wealth than they ever have. The income disparity has skyrocketed. All over this board people birch and moan about the government being corrupt. Who the frick do you think is corrupting them? The same people who are consolidating all our wealth. The poor people aren't funneling money into the government to have it work for them. It doesn't make any sense. Our problems are not caused by unfair trade practices against us, they are caused by our wealthiest, who have spent a whole lot of money convincing you that everyone else is the problem, especially the regulatory entities that protect us. It's amazing that they have been so effective as it is literally common sense. The ones fricking us are the ones with power. Power is money. Yall want to spout all this shite about the founding father's intentions. Their intentions was to limit power. In pre-industrual America, it was inconceivable for huge mega corporations and their owners to control our country. Yall can't see the forest for the trees and are handing over our country to the powerful, in direct contradiction to the founding father's intentions.

:cheers:

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re: The road to Appomattox and the end of the Confederacy began on this day 160 years ago

Posted by lsusa on 4/2/25 at 1:21 pm

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The finest men ever placed on the planet were our forefather confederate soldiers.

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They were manipulated into fighting for rich slave-owners who didn't want to lose their profits.

Both things can be true. You can honor the bravery of the soldiers who fought while realizing that they were mislead about what they were truly “fighting for”.

History repeated itself on that regard when the MIC and other business interest got us involved in Vietnam.

re: Man boxes in 61 year old woman and beats her for driving a Tesla

Posted by lsusa on 3/31/25 at 12:36 am

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It’s overwhelming one side. Get over it and fix your brethren or at least quit making excuses for them by making shitty comparisons you got off social media.

Again, just like the other poster before you can seemingly believe that everything must be binary.

Sorry, but Donald Trump and his minions are as abhorrent to most rational people as Illian Omar, AOC and their cohorts. Social wedge issue politics is a danger to this country - no matter which flavor it is.

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re: Man boxes in 61 year old woman and beats her for driving a Tesla

Posted by lsusa on 3/30/25 at 10:29 pm

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Considering one side is actively assaulting people for driving a certain type of vehicle, the “muh both sides” is just hot air by progressive cult members.

You say “both sides” as if there are only two. The increasing polarization and the loss of the idea of loyal opposition is what is hurting our democracy. The Democrat party being taken over by radical-progressivism and the Republican Party being taken over by the Wal Mart Conservatives/MAGAs should be equally concerning to any reasonable, sane person.

Burning down Target, attempting to disrupt the election process by storming the Capitol, defacing someone’s car with a swastika and cheering on a leader who boasts about taking over a sovereign territory should be equally called out.

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re: Man boxes in 61 year old woman and beats her for driving a Tesla

Posted by lsusa on 3/30/25 at 2:52 pm

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It is political indoctrination akin to religious cult-like worship.

As opposed to the red hat’s religious cult-like worship that is akin to political indoctrination.

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re: Josh Williams Pro Day

Posted by lsusa on 3/26/25 at 3:20 pm

Hope that he makes it to the NFL and has a successful career. Guy beat the odds already going from walk-on to D1 starter at RB.

Seems like he’d make a good core ST and 3rd down back.

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re: Kyren Lacy at LSU pro day

Posted by lsusa on 3/26/25 at 3:14 pm

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Gotta admit, I don't really understand the simping for this dude. Innocent until proven guilty has less than zero to do with LSU allowing him to be in their facilities after he allegedly killed a veteran and didn't care enough to stop and help. Maybe if someone has access to further information that I haven't seen then I will change my mind. Until then, this is a bad look imo.

I’ll offer that there is a distinction between representing LSU on the football field, and participating in something more akin to a job fair.

I would also presume that the LSU athletic department does have access to further information as well, and that went into their judgement on whether or not to allow him to participate.

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re: Should the "con" - servative influencer soda whores ever be trusted or followed again?

Posted by lsusa on 3/25/25 at 3:55 am

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Doesn't change how i feel about tax $ going to welfare food purchases.

The topic is food stamps though, so how do you feel about your tax dollars being used as corporate welfare?

As evidenced by what soda companies are doing here, a significant portion of their sales & profits come through SNAP.

At the same time, SNAP subsidizes the labor model of multiple corporations by allowing them to pay non-livable wages (or not provide full time hours), and have they government make up the difference.

Finally, since recipients don’t have to pay for food, they can use their cash on cell phones and other non-necessities, where corporate America once again makes more profits.

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re: Remember those mini basketballs Pizza Hut used to give away during the NCAA Tourney?

Posted by lsusa on 3/22/25 at 5:13 pm

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I find it hilarious that this has 0 upvotes and 3 downvotes. The older people on this site, most are like 50, just can't stand to see the US is doing better than ever lol. The data speaks.

It’s because their dear leader has told them how terrible things are in this country and that it allegedly needed to be made great again.

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re: Coke unveils plan to pay social media influencers 1000/post to argue against SNAP reform

Posted by lsusa on 3/22/25 at 11:28 am

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I would argue SNAP shouldn’t even cover bottled water either.

Eh, water should be a staple of heathy living. Maybe don’t allow the “smart water” or other “designer” bs, but plain basic water should be allowed.

There are also many places with tap water issues.

re: Nashville Stars, a potential MLB expansion team, release logo and hat

Posted by lsusa on 3/12/25 at 10:40 pm

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Fun trivia question, looking at their logo. What other team(s) have the first letter or their city and first letter of the team nickname in their logo?

Milwaukee Brewers is one for sure.

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