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Gusington

#90
August 21, 2014, 09:15:28 PM
^Isn't that the guy from Die Hard?
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Mr. Bigglesworth

#91
August 21, 2014, 09:47:56 PM
Yes, Mr. , or Officer, Twinkie.
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; "
- Shakespeare's Henry V, Act III, 1598

bayonetbrant

#92
August 21, 2014, 10:06:51 PM
Wasn't he also the neighbor's dad in whatever show it was with Urkle?
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MikeGER

#93
August 22, 2014, 01:47:21 AM
yes thats the guy Urkle unnerved to the max every episode, ;)  i think his name was Carl ?

btw interesting case of 'reverse racism' in the media seen from the distance 
There was not one single white person in that sitcom show IIRC , while in 'white' sitcoms there is mostly a black person showing up regularly here and there, just like in real live
(for example: Married with Children had that friend and shoeshop college of Al Bundy, and Melcom in the Middle has Malcolm's best friend that nerd-kid in the wheelchair, ...) 
Why are their sitcoms that are exclusively with black actors?  (I also remember a sitcom about family-life with a big bald dad and cute little daughters)     

Gusington

#94
August 22, 2014, 07:22:25 AM
"You better smell what you shovelin'" was his big Die Hard line, later sampled by 90s wonderband Neds Atomic Dustbin. As far as black guys from Die Hard, I always preferred Argyle.
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Mr. Bigglesworth

#95
August 22, 2014, 10:50:50 PM
There is a scene in the comedy Scary Movie at 11:30 into the movie.  :2funny: You might want to start it at 11:00.

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Gusington

#96
August 23, 2014, 08:43:35 AM
It features Argyle or Twinkie?
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LongBlade

#97
August 23, 2014, 11:07:13 AM
Peace has been reestablished. But I don't think a decision which exonerates the officer will go down well.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Boggit

#98
August 25, 2014, 01:25:47 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on August 23, 2014, 11:07:13 AM
Peace has been reestablished. But I don't think a decision which exonerates the officer will go down well.
Why not - if the "actual" facts, rather than the "selected" ones are publicised? If it doesn't go down better then, it's all down to the prejudice/bias of the mob. :( :knuppel2:
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Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

mirth

#99
August 25, 2014, 01:36:34 PM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

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Boggit

#101
August 25, 2014, 02:53:45 PM
Quote from: mirth on August 25, 2014, 01:36:34 PM
Speaking of bias

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/darren-wilsons-unremarkable-past-offers-few-clues-into-ferguson-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHeadline&module=photo-spot-region&region=photo-spot&WT.nav=photo-spot
Sad that they extrapolate the "likely" facts from anecdotal reports from a few people who allegedly knew the officer. Surely, it is better to look at the facts in the instant case rather than speculate on the impressions of 30 years ago or so?
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

mirth

#102
August 25, 2014, 03:05:53 PM
Quote from: Boggit on August 25, 2014, 02:53:45 PM
Quote from: mirth on August 25, 2014, 01:36:34 PM
Speaking of bias

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/darren-wilsons-unremarkable-past-offers-few-clues-into-ferguson-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHeadline&module=photo-spot-region&region=photo-spot&WT.nav=photo-spot
Sad that they extrapolate the "likely" facts from anecdotal reports from a few people who allegedly knew the officer. Surely, it is better to look at the facts in the instant case rather than speculate on the impressions of 30 years ago or so?

It's such a crap piece. Focusing on his "broken" childhood. Quoting the neighbors who hadn't seen him for years:

Quote"It's a terrible thing that has happened now, but he did have a troubled childhood," Ms. Finney said in an interview

QuoteYears later, Ms. Finney said she was stunned when she saw her former neighbor appear outside the old house in a police uniform. "My husband and I thought, 'How did he get to be a police officer?' "

Typical media setup BS. Why bother with the facts of the matter at hand, when it can be implied and insinuated that he was a bad cop because of his upbringing.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

TheCommandTent

#103
August 26, 2014, 08:28:46 PM
Quote from: mirth on August 25, 2014, 03:05:53 PM
Quote from: Boggit on August 25, 2014, 02:53:45 PM
Quote from: mirth on August 25, 2014, 01:36:34 PM
Speaking of bias

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/darren-wilsons-unremarkable-past-offers-few-clues-into-ferguson-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHeadline&module=photo-spot-region&region=photo-spot&WT.nav=photo-spot
Sad that they extrapolate the "likely" facts from anecdotal reports from a few people who allegedly knew the officer. Surely, it is better to look at the facts in the instant case rather than speculate on the impressions of 30 years ago or so?

It's such a crap piece. Focusing on his "broken" childhood. Quoting the neighbors who hadn't seen him for years:

Quote"It's a terrible thing that has happened now, but he did have a troubled childhood," Ms. Finney said in an interview

QuoteYears later, Ms. Finney said she was stunned when she saw her former neighbor appear outside the old house in a police uniform. "My husband and I thought, 'How did he get to be a police officer?' "

Typical media setup BS. Why bother with the facts of the matter at hand, when it can be implied and insinuated that he was a bad cop because of his upbringing.

I bet if he was a different race the story would be "look how he overcame a bad childhood and adversity and came out not only a law abiding citizen but an officer of the law and is making a difference in his own neighborhood."   ::)
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Gusington

#104
August 26, 2014, 08:33:24 PM
^HA, touche.
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