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#561 Re: The Sunset Strip » The X-FILES Thread » 553 weeks ago
I still haven't watched any of it yet. Maybe when someone puts all the episodes into one torrent I'll DL it. You guys give it mixed reviews. On one hand you make it sound great, on the other it sounds like pure shit.
I know one thing....I am NOT a fan of cliffhangers.
Skip it. 
#562 Re: The Sunset Strip » The X-FILES Thread » 553 weeks ago
Well that sucked. Bullshit cliffhanger.
#563 Re: Guns N' Roses » Update from Izzy Stradlin » 553 weeks ago
Izzy on Twitter and Slash/Axl playing gigs together. The world is gonna end soon, lol. What's strange is Izzy doesn't say whether he was offered. I would be very disappointed in the other three if they didn't offer him a spot. But I don't blame him if he turned it down in the event they did offer it to him.
#564 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 553 weeks ago
Rubio is the paper tiger version of Obama. Well rehearsed speeches and that's it. Trump will eat him alive once it goes off script. Marco will look even more like a shy 4th grader, getting bullied by the head master.
I am not sure why anyone would support Rubio after Chris Christie destroyed Marco in that debate. He is an empty suit. I guess the Establishment people like that kind of candidate though. Easy puppet to control.
#565 Re: Guns N' Roses » Classic Rock article: "The real story behind GN'R's return" » 553 weeks ago
Good point.
There's getting to be too much drama involved with bands being inducted. There's drama going on now with Peter Catera and Chicago. First he was going to do it, then balked, then said yes, and has now decided not to do it. Apparently he made demands that the others refused. A bunch of horse shit basically.
If these bands don't want to get together to celebrate their careers and let fans have one more chance to see them at the HOF, then IMO the HOF should just dissolve. They may like the drama thats attached to these nominations but to me its a huge turnoff. Might be why they didn't bother with Soundgarden who should already be in. I bet if they were still broke up, they'd have been nominated.
I don't think it should dissolve, but I think the induction ceremony should be dissolved. Keep inducting worthy bands who are long overdue (like Deep Purple) but don't have an event for it. Just add them to the Hall of Fame and people can come see the museum whenever they feel like going.
Speaking of which, after watching the pilot episode of Vinyl: why the fuck are the New York Dolls not in the Hall of Fame? You inducted the likes of KISS, the Ramones, and Guns N' Roses: three bands clearly influenced by the Dolls. The people who run the Hall need to focus on rectifying these issues and less on trying to put on a big stage show for the induction each year.
#566 Re: The Sunset Strip » The X-FILES Thread » 553 weeks ago
I don't understand what the point was of the X-Files people being involved with a straightforward terrorist attack. There was no sci-fi element here other than Mulder's hallucination where he talked to the terrorist. Guess we'll find out soon enough in the final episode if this 45 minutes was worth it. Felt like a wasted episode given how short the season is.
#567 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 553 weeks ago
So looks like the Democrats will nominate a corporate-backed Establishment person. Will the GOP do the same? Will laugh hard if Trump wins. He already managed to wipe out one corporate-backed Establishment person in Jeb Bush. Now the goal is wiping out Rubio and eventually Clinton.
#568 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Spin 79 - Guns songs ranked » 553 weeks ago
My World is extremely overrated in that list while My Michelle, Paradise City, and Rocket Queen get the short stick from those writers. How the fuck can anyone put My World ahead of My Michelle? Hipster bullshit.
#569 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 555 weeks ago
Bernie didn't have to because he never really had to campaign. He didnt need the money. But he is beholden to his donors who are ultra left winggers. Money is protected as free speech. You're never going to get it out of politics. I'm more concerned over redistricting than money.
Mostly left wing, but I don't think they are all left wing. His donation page on OpenSecrets.org looks a lot cleaner than any other candidate. Over 70% of the donations are "small" (which I think is under $200). Remaining donations are between $200 and $2,700. He claims 3 million donors at $27 each. That is not an example of corporations and individual billionaires buying power. He doesn't have a Super-Pac, so there is no George Soros writing a $8m check to him like Clinton or the numerous billionaires writing enormous checks to Cruz, Bush, Rubio, etc.
A number of people are supporting him because they see his record of integrity, which is extremely rare in our political system regardless of your political leaning. Everyone is fucking tired of the status quo. There are libertarians and even Republicans jumping on the Sanders bandwagon.
I'm in the oil industry and hope like hell the GOP wins just as a way to make sure my industry is left alone, but I admire Sanders' stance on corruption in the political system. I just strongly dislike his radical environmentalist agenda. Hillary also very bad on this topic.
#570 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 555 weeks ago
buzzsaw wrote:Raising taxes doesn't help the middle class. Good jobs help the middle class. Higher paying good jobs. Every other solution does not help the middle class.
Bernie has the luxury of being from Vermont. He never had to fight in an election. He never had to defend or make an important vote with consequences, where his career was on the line. He's never had the responsibility of diplomacy or working across the isle. He's never had to fight. He's never had to deal with real problems. He's had the luxury of being the outsider who could do, vote or say whatever he wanted to the point of calling himself an independent socialist (he was never even a democrat) and his district would vote for him because he's Bernie the mascot. And making college free means shit when so many kids are born at a disadvantage of being poor, with bad school programs and undiagnosed learning problems where they'll never have a real shot at a university, but they will be left paying for privlaged kids to go to a school they could actually afford themselves.
And yet he chose not to jump on the gravy train that Clinton, Pelosi, McConnell, Biden, McCain, and so many others did. Net worth of $500,000 compared to many, many millions for each of those other politicians. They all used their political career for personal enrichment above all else. The corporations have not corrupted him and that is admirable on his part considering the other 99% of politicians in the system. He used his position as a chance to stand up for what he believed in, even while others took the more expedient route on stuff like the Iraq War.
