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#1151 Re: Guns N' Roses » A Reminder: Elton/Axl/Queen 92 » 352 weeks ago
A. It wasn't Live Aid
B. The "anti Axl media" was somewhat warranted. He was a troubled soul, misunderstood maybe, but he was fucking crazy. His post-92 career path only proves this and that I wouldn't go blaming 'the media'
Its a great performance from a lesser known concert in the memory of history. The Rolling Stones put on a Woodstick 2.0 concert Altamont (with the infamous Hells Angels incident). There were probably some great performances, no one compares it to Hendrix @ Woodstock
#1152 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 352 weeks ago
Funny, I've been meaning to post about this too.
Yeah, There's definitely something going on with his death. He was offed. Was killed, not suicide. The only way it was suicide was if he knew the powers that be (CIA, intel etc) would harm his close family & friends etc if he was forced to testify. Even just one. Imagine 'coincidentally' your neice or nephew is killed in a car crash 6 months later, that would be tough to live with.
I also think it was an entire network that needed it covered up, not just Trump or Clinton individually (not saying either is excluded from the group). I mean, in some ways its not all that unbelievable really. There's countries in pacific Asia known for child sex industry (thailand?). IMHO Epstein was probably paying top dollar for the best of them (youngest, virgins etc) and flying them high class to his private island, when those in the circle would attend parties & getaways.
Kinda sucks dude, really wish this all would unfold & get exposed. Hope the FBI has some evidence & names, but I wonder how all that works & goes down with coverups. There could be 'teams' on the FBI that secretly are only assigned to jobs like this ("We couldn't find anything further after all our research"). Makes you think it could be true about alot of the Hollywood child stars talk. Lofton was big on that conspiracy, you look at the Diffrent Strokes cast & the two Corey's and others.
#1153 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 352 weeks ago
PaSnow wrote:Isn't there something Social Security is only taken on the first $200k of ones salary. As Randall said, it'd be a tough sell to tell people or draw a line in the sand "Sorry, you don't get any money".
Plus the elderly can have medical conditions, nursing homes expenses that can drain a families savings. I mean, maybe not billionaires but I think a mil or two could go to a nursing home in 10 years time.
The whole point of an insurance would be to help people in those situations.
Isn't Medicare for Senior Citizens tho? And, if we "switch" SS to Insurance, how will many elderly live month to month (food, rent etc). I suppose you're saying for the richer elderly, but as Flagg points out, what's the cutoff.
I suppose a sliding scale would be needed, or a graduated scale like our income tax bracket. That'd be a tough sell lol. Who'd vote for a person who wants to have the government review your assets & net worth and tell you if you get SS. Definitely not anyone over 50. 
I think Paul Ryan did have a plan for massive overhaul in spending. I remember reading it in Bloomberg magazine, pretty sure it was before his 2012 VP nod. Cuts basically. I suppose there's a polarity in American views right now, in which direction we would like to go. Either the Bernie Sanders route, of make everything available to all and raise taxes, OR cut taxes drastically and cut spending down to limited government.
Why do you think Ryan left? Do you think it was $$ & taking a lobbying type job in private, or do you think he ran from Trump or did he have a tough re-election fight ahead last year?
I'd be curious to see a race of Ryan/Rand Paul against Bernie/Liz Warren as Pres & VP. Kindof an ideaological test of sorts.
#1154 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 352 weeks ago
Isn't there something Social Security is only taken on the first $200k of ones salary. As Randall said, it'd be a tough sell to tell people or draw a line in the sand "Sorry, you don't get any money".
Plus the elderly can have medical conditions, nursing homes expenses that can drain a families savings. I mean, maybe not billionaires but I think a mil or two could go to a nursing home in 10 years time.
#1155 Re: Management » Banned my IP by mistake » 352 weeks ago
Yeah, for a board with what, mostly 7-10 active posters anymore it sure must have a high avg daily viewer ratio
#1156 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 352 weeks ago
Never heard it. Seems its a Godfather reference. Seems more a personal, isolated insult like calling a bad NFL rookie Jamarcus Russell or Ryan Leaf.
I mean, maybe calliing an italian Guisseppe or Vinnie could be a bit inappropriate, but Cuomo just seems agitated. I may be wrong, Ive never heard of Fredo as a slur, but i think movie character names are generally harmless to an extent. (I wouldnt call an Indian 'Ghandi' as an insult etc) but Fredo seems more like Michael Scott or Rachel, just breaking someones stones
#1157 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 352 weeks ago
I wanna buy that shit in 4k man.
#1158 Re: Management » Banned my IP by mistake » 352 weeks ago
If this is the end, it’s been a pleasure interacting with everyone but “the two”, and I wish even them the best.
Was I one of "the two"?
#1159 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 352 weeks ago
I thought myb just the first hour or so was slow, and I was afraid they would only tanglibly witness or overhear 'the event'. Once Rick Daltons on set acting went into effect, DiCaprio took off, and Brad Pitt was solid on his own, both Pitt & Cliff Booth. Felt it was better than QT's middle tho, but his top few are pretty strong.
Ending was fantastic tho. Touching ending, class.
#1160 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 353 weeks ago
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is fuckin great!
Took a little while to get into realizing it's not much of a gangster movie & wondering where it'll meander, but DiCaprio goes OFF & Brad Pitt fuckin brings it. Great acting & the storyline is good too. Typical Tarantino but a bit more of a normal film than his other work, but def a Tarantino movie. Great piece.
I'd say it's my 3rd fave of his, behind Pulp Fiction & Reservior Dogs. Maybe True Romance if you count that as him, but it's up there imho. Liked it.
