BarneyPiccolo

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Vertigo is often considered his best, but it's one of my least favorite among his best. Rear Window is my favorite movie, and I like The Man Who Knew Too Much, Lifeboat, and Stranger on a Train a lot, too. I've heard that someone is working on a remake of Strangers on a Train.

The chance of a payphone being handy in the middle of a demonstration is pretty small. If you have to run a half mile to find a pay phone, then the strategy starts to break down.

However, if you want to try this, maybe The Payphone Project can help you locate the nearest phone. According to the listing for my hometown, it's likely a campground or cheap hotel.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not saying those people aren't important, I'm saying they shouldn't be the highest priority when deciding which issues to highlight during a presidential campaign. Sure, transpeople need our support, but their issue personally affects a far smaller segment of the population than an issue like healthcare, which affects literally EVERYBODY.

The First Rule of Politics is Get Elected, and that means highlighting the issues that will bring you the most votes. Once elected, then you can do whatever you want to help whoever you want. If you are one of those people who needs that sort of support (not just transfolk), then focus more on what it will take to get your advocates into power, instead of just using the campaign to highlight your own personal issues. Get your people elected, and then pressure them to help you.

This is what politics is, and why it often gets smarmy in practice, but that's the game. If you want to win, you have to play it.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a tiny bear, imported from Russia. $8000.

Putin has always justified his invasion of Ukraine using similar language. I specifically remember him dismissing their history saying something very similar to "Ukraine as a state has no geopolitical meaning, no particular cultural import or universal significance, no geographic uniqueness, no ethnic exclusiveness, " and other nearly direct quotes.

Clear confirmation that Putin is using this publication as his playbook.

It was published in 1997. Time flies when you're resisting oppression.

Try the Wikipedia entry under Content. It breaks down the plans for each region.

Interestingly, it mentions Iran is a key ally, referring to the "Moscow-Tehran Axis."

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Despite the opposition, you are correct. We need to focus on issues that will win elections, not issues that affect a miniscule minority. The best help for those people is a government that will support them, so they have to understand that getting out of the way, and allowing their supporters to get elected is the best thing they can do.

If transgender people and their supporters want action, then stop demanding that the focus be on them, and support other Democratic issues that will lead to getting elected. THEN they can advocate for their rights with people who will actually listen.

They first broke during the New Wave era, and were considered one of the quintessential New Wave superstars, along with The Cars, Talking Heads, Duran Duran, Flock of Seagulls, etc.

Their wives would be so mad!

"Glitter!? Again? How many times have I told you I to stay out of that strip joint? I hope you like the couch, that's where you'll be sleeping for a while!"

If they were just bounty hunters, with no ID or uniforms, and somebody stopped them, I doubt any judge would allow a case to go forward. There is no law that says citizens have to cooperate with violent, unidentified strangers.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Don't forget, the State decides if it's self-defense or not, and Self-Defense states tend to be Red. Florida has some of the "strongest" Self-Defense laws, and the State would side with these goons every time.

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