They will revisit once he has actually been found guilty. If they do it now, it sets a dangerous precedent.

I'm going to go with the X-Files. Although I was going to say The Sopranos because when it first came out it was like no one had ever made good TV before and they were showing everyone else how to do it. But I have rewatched X-Files way more than the sopranos (I have a few times, but the last couple of times I kind of skipped over the therapy sessions to get to the rest of the show). The seasons were long enough that they could keep a main story going, and then allow the characters to develop more fully in these little side quests with other interesting characters. The chemistry between Duchovny and Anderson was perfect, the writing was extremely compelling, and they did a really wonderful job with story arcs. Also, it's mostly filmed in Vancouver in the 90s and I have fond memories of that town in that time. Continuum is another favourite for that same reason. But yeah, the X-Files. Currently at season 7 in another rewatch and still loving it.

I'm slowly getting ready for a wedding I don't want to go to and having a little break and you gave me a good out-loud guffaw, buddy. Thanks for the larf

I've been getting emails with the subject line, "Your expertise is requested," from LinkedIn for several years now. They definitely know how to pander to their audience!

It sounds to me like he says "fucking gun" as well. Probably just a thing you say when you want to shoot someone. All Cops Are Cunts

You don't want to sound like music that has one sound or line of melody being played by multiple instruments at the same time?

I think that might be the case for radio country music, but there's a huge resurgence or Americana that's been happening for the last 15 years or so. Phosphorescent, Damien Jurado, Black Mountain and a lot of others on labels like Sub Pop (yes, that Sub Pop), Dead Oceans, Warm, and more. It's worth looking into if you have a hankerin' for some rebel country in the tradition of Waylon, Willie, and Bocephus.

Yeah, it's more of a "data exists, kind of."

Conan was talking about this, either on his podcast or at the end of that last Norm special on Netflix. Apparently, he was booked for two segments, but thought he was only there for one, so he just improved this whole thing to fill in the time. Such a brilliant mind. What a huge loss.

I feel like maybe I'm being a bit thick here, but there's no way for people to go to... news sites?

Awesome. Can't wait! I'm a bit "showed out" after jazz fest this year so it's just this one and Nick Cave until the end of the year and I think it's a great way to wrap it up until spring. Also, holy flirking shnit did shows ever get fucking expensive!

Oh! Huh. Okay, good to know. Thanks for the tip!

I'm going to see them for the first time in just a few weeks. Expecting to have my face melted off and very much looking forward to it.

I had this album on vinyl, some kind of special edition blue and orange version. It sounded absolutely awful. I was able to sell it for about $80 tho so I guess it's something that people want.

That guy looks like he'd been waiting for that moment ever since he learned how to do it and just needed to try it on someone much smaller than him so that he could actually pull it off. What a cunt.

Oh, this is such a shit thread to have this conversation, but nevertheless...

I played Firewatch for a while a couple of years ago and LOVED it. Didn't finish, not sure what happened but I just never got back to it. I think I've forgotten enough of it now that I can go back and start again and have a fresh experience. I've recommended this game to a few people and everyone has loved it. Some excellent twists and turns and fun little bits of mystery. Great writing!

Days after FBI agents spoke with Robertson on March 19 and told him they were investigating his social media posts, Robertson started posting content addressed to the FBI itself. He often said he knew they were watching what he was posting, and that the agents who spoke to him came close to being shot.

Crazy, isn't it?

During his presidency, Obama approved the use of 563 drone strikes that killed approximately 3,797 people. In fact, Obama authorized 54 drone strikes alone in Pakistan during his first year in office. One of the first CIA drone strikes under President Obama was at a funeral, murdering as many as 41 Pakistani civilians. The following year, Obama led 128 CIA drone strikes in Pakistan that killed at least 89 civilians.

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Agreed. What people don't realize is that if they were to actually follow those recommendations, then oil companies wouldn't be responsible for as much pollution. We can say it's the corporations that are doing it, but it's all of us that are keeping these corporations in business and buying the products that pollute. If we all took personal responsibility, the corporations 'level of output would decline. This is ALL about personal responsibility and it is infuriating to watch people say "well it's the corporations" all the time.

I have a love/hate relationship with my Bowers and Wilkins PX9s. They sound wonderful and they do an excellent job of cancelling noise. I tested against the Sony 1000X when I bought them and found the PX9s to have a more extensive soundstage and a rich, if somewhat bass-heavy tone. But these are my 2nd pair. I returned the 1st pair for the same reason you see in the picture. They're so poorly designed that with regular use, the arms just break. Same thing happened to this pair, but they're well past warranty so a bundle of Gorilla tape is holding them in place. Because of the way the arms curve backwards, one cannot lie down with these as the pads just start to flip open from the front. And speaking of pads, the oval shape makes it a GIANT pain in the ass for anyone with a somewhat larger ear, like myself. With all that said, they're the ones I have so they're the ones I use. I slap on my Grado SR325X when I get home, but open ear headphones just don't work well out in the world, obviously. For better or worse, this is what I have for now.

I have around 1,000 records, and that one is the one I play most often. Such a stellar record. Transports me right back to that time.

If you haven't read it, I can't recommend his autobiography highly enough. He has a fascinating story.

Well, that was a fantastic read. Took about an hour with looking up some of the references they make and getting deeper into a few things. Thanks for posting!

It was up. Got nice and crispy.

Whatever the age, if you act like a know it all privvy cunt everybody’s going to fuck you like a cunt.

Hey, this post is a great example of that very thing!

I feel sad for the people who bought into the 'boomers are to blame' propaganda. Very similar to the 'they terk er jerbs' crew. From this article:

Research by the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) from 2019 also suggests trouble for many retiring Boomers. IRI found that 45% have no retirement savings. Out of the 55% who do, 28% have less than $100,000. This suggests that approximately half of the retirees are, or will be, living off of their Social Security benefits.

I don't know if you think that it was millenials who started planting trees, or protesting forestry policies and oil companies, but I've been getting arrested for that very thing since the 80s, along with a lot of my friends. People who, by the by, did not make the cut for home ownership. If you think it's because everyone over 40 voted for this, I'd be curious to know who you've been voting for that is turning this around.

The people you want to be raging against are the rich people. Plain and simple. And if you're such a simpleton as to believe that the problem is age, it probably doesn't matter what you think at this point, anyway. But I wish you the best of luck!

Maybe Facebook got so big and their search is so good that people just stopped using Google search for it, but I have a hard time believing that can be responsible for a drop of this magnitude.

I would say you're probably right. Remember this old gem?

I think it was a good point. It was just misinterpreted by someone who is hoping to get into an argument, I think. :)

I made the awful decision to go with Bowers & Wilkins over the Sonys. They sound okay, but the design is absolute garbage. Next time it's Sony.

Huh. That's odd. I've mentioned a couple of books via kbin and they were already in my "shelf" on bookwyrm.

I would be interested in knowing what crimes they are. Whaddya got?

I'm listening to Ghosteen by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. This album is like nothing I've ever heard before. One starts to hear shades of it on Push the Sky Away and it develops further on Skeleton Tree, and this record feels like the band finishing what they started on those two albums. Nick's lyrics are open and honest (and open to interpretation) and the influence of Warren Ellis can be heard all across this album. The title track is an absolute epic. Well worth a listen.

Finally some actual food porn. Looks delicious, mate.

The thing is, DDO's culture isolates it from the Mile End just as much as Vancouver's culture isolates it from Red Deer's. I get the sentiment, but it's a big province, and a big country with all kinds of different ways of going about things. As a Quebecker, I don't see a situation that's different from anywhere else in Canada. Save for the language, but that's just a language. It definitely is nice to have nice things here, though. :)

Well said. I'll drink a beer in PJM while watching a softball game in the bleachers, or even in the north field in the grass, but it wouldn't occur to me to go over to the playground and tip one back. Parks are shared spaces for everyone, not just families, and in a place where people gather to be with other people, there seems to be a natural division between the groups. It's likely that those families will even have a couple of beers or a bottle of wine. I think the person you're responding to thinks that it's automatically going to devolve into a frat house hellscape with people doing keg stands. The reality is quite a bit different.

Blergh. Kodak*

"Slowly getting used to it." Brilliant

What the fuck happened to Aston Martin? Was such a fun start to the season for Alonso. Gotta hand it to McLaren and their drivers. Have loved watching Piastri and his giant brass balls battling with Max in the start of the last couple of races.

This track is going to be deceptive for Q3. I've got a fin on Perez into the wall.

I was late for a flight once (in Canada) and they put a sticker on my luggage that said removed. Just means late in French. You better believe I kept that sticker.

Totally agree. Someone posted some grey meat and potatoes on a plate with a bowl of soupy weird tomatoes and people seemed to think that was pretty awesome. Looked kind of sad and depressing to me.

They're killing Canadian children, to be fair.