Lavacastle

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At any time, humming a kaiju theme or arguing why villains are better. Angry about X-Men ships.

Claire and I were discussing on whose end a force bond opens and we agreed that Reys uneasy sleep here was the cause. I also want to point out the foreshadowing here of “the effort would kill you” and it indeed later killing Luke

Trump is trying to pull off a US-style version of the Tiananmen Square Massacre coverup where everyone in China who remembered what happened on June 4, 1989 knows *exactly* what they must not admit and is utterly terrified to speak the truth. I never imagined seeing such abject cowardice in the US.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:

Folks, the US lost to Iran, decisively, and there is no way to un-lose now by any practical means. The IRI is the hegemon of the Gulf Arabs now. The Strait of Hormuz will not be free again in my lifetime. Freedom of navigation is dead as international norm. He ruined the world. Best to make do.

I guess my only further contribution to Discourse on this subject is: yeah, Emily Wilson is not a film scholar or expert and that’s precisely why people were interested in her remarks. Film scholars and critics have weighed in from many outlets!