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I will feel a hell of a lot better when it can be proved that it doesn’t work.

Isn't it hilarious that literally (by which I mean literally and not figuratively) everything they accuse their enemies of doing are the very same things they do themselves?

Big fan of THE

I think MTG is in it for the money.

Oh Jesus, you can't unsee that.

We've arrived at the point in history where people in control can work up a narrative about a major incident for public consumption, can obtain cooperation from most of those below them who want to maintain their employment and/or profession in good standing, and anyone else who goes off message publicly can be effectively dismissed as an attention-seeker, crackpot, malcontent, any number of things. This has happened and can again. I am not all predicting any this of will happen. I'm just answering your point, is all. And anyway, Christopher Walken was watching.

I'm just reacting to the idea the police could never cover anything up.

Are you new around these parts? 😏 The police will do whatever is in their best interests, as always.

That’s a big part of it, due to the 162-game schedule. Another big part is that it’s a lot harder for a player to single-handedly lead his team to victory in baseball on an everygame basis, like one can in football (quarterback), hockey (hot-hand goalie), and basketball (superduperstars).

Stint in the penalty box for you! 😉

The other thing here she is skating around is that the hobbled Mookie was still a four-win player in 122 games, and Cody Bellinger is born again hard in the playoffs. This appears to be a narrative of convenience.

By tens of millions and/or a year or two, I believe so.

The original story I saw included a sheriff’s office quote that they were filming a scene. Doesn’t mean that’s true and that he wasn’t really just screwing around. It’s also possible that he accidentally mishandled the gun while picking it up, and also possible that he legitimately threatened the cinematographer in the manner of phony tough guy act gone awry. This is one of those things where we may never know what actually happened. There’s too much money tied up in the guy and in the business for them to let the chips fall where they may with the media.

He’ll release a statement under the imprimatur of 45th President of the United States, in the same manner he “eulogized” Colin Powell.

Doesn’t mean we have to just shrug and accept it.

Brandon Lee was thirty years ago. Memories fade. Alec Baldwin seems like one of those actors who raises a loud fuss and people just cave to get past it. It’s possible that in the experience of seasoned movie people, they’ve been around dozens or even hundreds of prop guns and practically nothing ever goes haywire. Then again, maybe it wasn’t Baldwin so much as everyone was simpatico with the idea of what kind of proper gun they would use and there was no need to discuss it, again because practically nothing ever goes wrong. Yeah, someone’s gonna be in trouble.

Let the kvetching and kvelling begin! 1 The Wire (2002-2008) 2 Mad Men (2007-2015) 3 Breaking Bad (2008-2013) 4 Fleabag (2016-2019) 5 Game of Thrones (2011-2019) 6 I May Destroy You (2020) 7 The Leftovers (2014-2017) 8 The Americans (2013-2018) 9 The Office (UK) (2001-2003) 10 Succession (2018-) 11 BoJack Horseman (2014-2020) 12 Six Feet Under (2001-2005) 13 Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) 14 Atlanta (2016-) 15 Chernobyl (2019) 16 The Crown (2016-) 17 30 Rock (2006-2013) 18 Deadwood (2004-2006) 19 Lost (2004-2010) 20 The Thick of It (2005-2012) 21 Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-) 22 Black Mirror (2011-) 23 Better Call Saul (2015-2022) 24 Veep (2012-2019) 25 Sherlock (2010-2017) 26 Watchmen (2019) 27 Line of Duty (2012-2021) 28 Friday Night Lights (2006-2011) 29 Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) 30 Girls (2012-2017) 31 True Detective (2014-2019) 32 Arrested Development (2003-2019) 33 The Good Wife (2009-2016) 34 The Bridge (2011-2018) 35 Fargo (2014-) 36= Downton Abbey (2010-2015) 36= Band of Brothers (2001) 38 The Handmaid's Tale (2017-) 39 The Office (US) (2005-2013) 40 Borgen (2010-2022) 41 Schitt's Creek (2015-2020) 42 Peep Show (2003-2015) 43 Money Heist (2017-2021) 44 Community (2009-2015) 45 The Good Fight (2017-) 46 Homeland (2011-2020) 47 Grey's Anatomy (2005-) 48 Inside No 9 (2014-) 49 The Bureau (2015-) 50 Halt and Catch Fire (2014-2017) 51 Small Axe (2020) 52 This is England 86, 88 and 90 (2010-2015) 53 Call My Agent! (2015-2020) 54 Happy Valley (2014-) 55 The Shield (2002-2008) 56 The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019) 57 The Young Pope (2016) 58 Dark (2017-2020) 59 The Underground Railroad (2021) 60 House of Cards (2013-2018) 61 Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008) 62= The Good Place (2016-2020) 62= Pose (2018-2021) 64 Detectorists (2014-2017) 65 Orange is the New Black (2013-2019) 66 Mare of Easttown (2021) 67 RuPaul's Drag Race (2009-) 68 Stranger Things (2016-) 69 24 (2001-2010) 70 Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) 71 Enlightened (2011-2013) 72 Gilmore Girls (2000-2007) 73 Planet Earth (2006) 74 Utopia (2013-2014) 75 Babylon Berlin (2017-) 76 Rick and Morty (2013-) 77 American Crime Story (2016-) 78 The Killing (Denmark) (2007-2012) 79 Mindhunter (2017-2019) 80 House (2004-2012) 81 OJ: Made in America (2016) 82 Big Little Lies (2017-2019) 83 Insecure (2016-2021) 84= Normal People (2020) 84= Narcos (2015-2017) 86 How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) 87 The Comeback (2005-2014) 88 The OA (2016-2019) 89 Dexter (2006-2013) 90 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-) 91 Westworld (2016-) 92 Show Me a Hero (2015) 93 Treme (2010-2013) 94 Louie (2010-2015) 95 Luther (2010-2019) 96 Catastrophe (2015-2019) 97 Hannibal (2013-2015) 98 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015-2019) 99 Steven Universe (2013-2020) 100 The Queen's Gambit (2020)

It’s a big favorite of mine because for me, verisimilitude is a big plus in just about any movie I see. The more it seems like “yeah, this could really happen”, the more likely I’ll enjoy it.

Verisimilitude? Some actors are insistent on that, and I could see Baldwin being one of those guys. Pretty sure we’ll never see a prop gun on set like that ever again.

Holy shitballs!

My heart said Tampa Brewers. My head said Dodgers Astros.

How great is it when a c-store has separate checkouts for lottery and everything else, and there is invariably only one person working the counter.

“Where am I? Am I in an alternate universe?” ”Why, no, Jim. You’re in Chicago.”