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Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 11:29:15 PM #30	Also, Beat Takeshi did a reworking of the popular character Zatoichi fighting the yakuza in Edo period Japan. The movie is called Zatoichi (Tarantino stole a lot of shit from it in Kill Bill). He also did a movie called Brother (with Omar Epps) about a yakuza who comes to L.A. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 11:21:47 PM #27	Sonatine with "Beat Takeshi". Tarantino loves this flick. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 11:20:21 PM #26	Black Caesar. Blaxploitation flick from the '70s. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 11:17:25 PM #23	Hard Boiled Triad flick set in pre-turnover Hong Kong. The opening scene will knock your socks off. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 11:15:22 PM #22	I love mob movies but could never get into the Sopranos. YMMV. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 11:12:52 PM #21	Donnie Brasco --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 11:07:47 PM #18	Had an argument with an idiot I worked with once. He was arguing that Bon Jovi was more influential than Aretha Franklin. I swear my mind went to that scene in Goodfellas where De Niro's character was deciding whether or not to whack the hairpiece guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW1d9p3ECIU --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 11:02:56 PM #15	Funny how? --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 10:22:18 PM #82	Questionmarktarius posted... The guy was a guest vocalist for Pink Floyd. He can't be too bad. lmao +1 --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 10:20:28 PM #80	Number090684 posted... Yeah, the vice versa to what I said is a very real possibility as well. I agree with your initial point though. As the descendant of slaves brought from Africa, I cannot say that colonialism went well. Then, when they find a way to mine asteroids etc.- that's when the real violence starts. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 10:16:31 PM #78	pure_temper posted... Oh sorry shouldve clarified - i was just trying to give an example of why we should not trust certain leaders regardless if atheists or theists. Stephen Hawking included, I am treating him with a huge grain of salt. Fair enough. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 10:16:06 PM #76	Questionmarktarius posted... Whatever we find first. Europa is probably lousy with life, possibly even beings. Probably Io, Titan, and the gas giant planets as well. Possibly even Venus and the frost giant planets. I get all that. My point is we probably do not know what to look for. EDIT: In those type of environments. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 10:13:15 PM #73	pure_temper posted... he was probably in the employ of the Big Oil billionaire machine, to co-opt atheism. Just one of a multi-pronged approach to dividing the workers and stunting class consciousness. Atheism vs religion, race, etc. he was on Epsteins island, theres photos of him and Lawrence Krauss there. And we know the Big Oil machine infected literally everything to stunt average people from eliminating royalty. I have absolutely no idea where you're going with this. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 10:11:04 PM #70	pure_temper posted... what do you think about Ezekiel chapter 1 or other parallels like it in other religions? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%201&version=MSG As I understand it, many (most?) lessons the Bible tells are told through allegory. I did watch a show where a guy said that was evidence of an alien visit. I think that passage is an allegory used to make a point but who knows? Can't recall the show right now. Life as we know it probably can't exist on Mars but maybe it did once. We need to know more about the universe in order to know what to look for IMO. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 10:00:53 PM #63	Number090684 posted... Honestly we're better off not finding any alien life, because if we do you know the people in power are going to try and take advantage of it for the benefit of the rich and powerful and they are either to going to enslave it or eventually destroy it if possible. Or the other way around. Stephen Hawking made this argument. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 10:00:15 PM #61	One other thing - to my mind- there is "life" (plants, etc.) and there are "beings" (something with what we would call a brain. Maybe even rational). Beings are part of life of course but distinctly different. Which are we looking for? I've been fascinated with this question 2 decades. According my astrophysicist former roommate, whom I still keep in touch with, we simply looking for life as we know it. IMO we don't know what we're looking for. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 9:52:54 PM #53	Lost my car keys the other day. Pretty god damned sure it was Martians. An earthling found it, however. inb4 the lone Martian Moderator on this sites suspend me. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 9:48:03 PM #48	spikethedevil posted... Assuming possible alien life even has to eat in a way we can comprehend. Yeah, the possibilities are mindboggling. Roommate in grad school was an astrophysicist and we used to talk about this shit back in the day. After a few beers. The evidence of alien life may be right in front of us. The other thing is given COVID that life may be toxic to us or vice versa. And then there's the classic Twilight Zone episode To Serve Man. No spoilers from me. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 9:40:31 PM #41	spikethedevil posted... This has been something Ive said to people before. Yeah, something could be right before our eyes and we wouldn't know it because we wouldn't know what to look for. Moon rock? That's Martian shit! --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Will preserverance finally find evidence of life on mars?
brestugo 02/18/21 9:36:59 PM #36	We're looking for life as we know it. There may be life forms we haven't conceived of yet. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Little known Black History Month figure, Mary Ellen Pleasant
brestugo 02/18/21 9:20:20 PM #4	+1 --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Have you ever lived in Texas, CE?
brestugo 02/18/21 8:46:20 PM #7	Visited El Paso, Austin, Amarillo, Houston. Business, multiple times. Not a fan. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Biden privately tells governors: Minimum wage hike likely isn't happening
brestugo 02/18/21 8:32:13 PM #76	pure_temper posted... Dude, if he can accomplish it even 2 years from now, that's still super quick. Campaigning on something but having to fight to get it done is totally reasonable. +1 Beat me to it. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Biden privately tells governors: Minimum wage hike likely isn't happening
brestugo 02/18/21 8:31:45 PM #74	Intro2Logic posted... Then he shouldn't have campaigned on raising the minimum wage. On any number of other issues, he was quick to cite the likelihood of passage as reason for not getting on board. But here... Biden talked about being able to get votes from senate Republicans, but it turns out he can't even wrangle his own party to back the agenda he ran on. He thought it was possible during the campaign. As president he's acknowledged it is not. At least right now. Failure to acknowledge a changed reality is a delusion. Every sane person has set a goal and then midstream realized that some part of that goal was unachievable. Better a president who acknowledges stark reality than one who tries to sell a delusion. See Trump, Donald J. "Covid will be gone in two weeks". --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Biden privately tells governors: Minimum wage hike likely isn't happening
brestugo 02/18/21 8:24:48 PM #63	Alpha218 posted... They dont have votes because Sinema and Manchin wont vote for it. Its funny because the same people that are going give me my money now also demand the minimum wage hike that would be in this bill. Which wouldnt happen in a timely manner at all if things have to go back to square one. +1 --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Biden privately tells governors: Minimum wage hike likely isn't happening
brestugo 02/18/21 8:22:10 PM #58	ShyOx posted... itt people who dont understand its goons like Joe Manchin that making passing the legislation impossible Exactly. Bismarck said that politics is the art of the possible. Biden's been in DC long enough to know what's possible. And what is not. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Do you still want to move to Texas?
brestugo 02/18/21 8:08:04 PM #43	Balrog0 posted... I'm from San Jose lool. My dad lost his job when the dotcom bubble burst (he installed cubicles for tech companies lool) and I've lived in Arkansas ever since. I've seen this at least 3X in my life. CA comes up with something. As the skill set and technology become more common, it moves somewhere else cheaper. Then someone here comes up with something else. I am constantly training and learning because a skillset and creativity makes all the difference in the world here. Some of my staff hate it, but I make sure they are constantly training and learning too. EDIT: losing my mind trying to learn EXCEL right now - by myself. No in person classes. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Do you still want to move to Texas?
brestugo 02/18/21 7:52:44 PM #40	pojr posted... isnt it expensive as hell everywhere in CA? i looked up Monterey CA and that wasn't much better. same with oakland, sacremento and surrounding areas. im sure the areas that are desert/away from where stuff is actually happening are OK though. No, but you may have to do some homework to get the right place. Every apartment listing isn't dirt cheap but there are dirt cheap listings. Sometimes they aren't even listed but you may have to know someone to get the place. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Do you still want to move to Texas?
brestugo 02/18/21 7:30:40 PM #39	pure_temper posted... i lived there and even in Los Angeles (Marina Del Rey, really close to the ocean and walking distance to Venice Beach / Santa Monica pier) and I wasn't making that kind of money at the time MDR kind of exploded rent-wise because Inglewood is building 3 new stadiums - well 2 - the Rams stadium is done, but the Clippers are building one and the third one is just straight "multipurpose" for the 2028 Olympics which will include a theme park and mall. As you know, people will take a hostage in this town just to get a 15 minute commute. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Do you still want to move to Texas?
brestugo 02/18/21 7:25:13 PM #37	Fishstick posted... +1 Is that his actual height and weight? --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Do you still want to move to Texas?
brestugo 02/18/21 7:21:56 PM #34	wackyteen posted... with a decent paying job, I wouldn't mind living in El Paso. Nice, dry, and hot most of the year and isn't chained to ERCOT. The food is good too. Been there about 5X for work. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Do you still want to move to Texas?
brestugo 02/18/21 7:21:19 PM #32	Balrog0 posted... Um, it's pretty bad to be losing population at all honestly. You expect to see maybe a slowing of growth in a country like the US but losing population is a sign something is wrong imo That said it's hardly due to anything like taxes or general regulations, it's specifically a housing issue Well, that and people move for work reasons, move to care for parents, move to retire, etc. I will say this about the work side in CA, if your occupation or company is closer to the 18th century than the 22nd century, you may find it tough. This state is R&D oriented. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Do you still want to move to Texas?
brestugo 02/18/21 7:06:19 PM #17	Rypt posted... The state everyone's leaving According to the Census Bureau, CA during its worst years lost 1-3% of it's population annually. The state is big. Those numbers were big. According to the Census Bureau, CA lost 0.18% or -69,532 people last year. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/23/new-york-population-decline-coronavirus-house-seats/4023477001/ I know redcaps and people in flyover states like the narrative, but there is no mass exodus. Look at population related issues per capita, not raw numbers. Per capita provides context. Any number regarding California will be big. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	After 4 year lawsuit Japan says schools can demand that girls dye their hair.
brestugo 02/18/21 6:55:55 PM #21	Hop103 posted... I never understood that, because brown hair is common among ethnic Japanese, common sense would say having brown hair would be a non-issue compared to say unnatural colors such as blue or purple. This. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	After 4 year lawsuit Japan says schools can demand that girls dye their hair.
brestugo 02/18/21 6:54:59 PM #20	UnfairRepresent posted... I don't agree with it but I understand a "You can't dye your hair" dress code "You have to dye your hair" is bullshit. IIRC, she said she was trying to dye it black but something went wrong. She's (AFAIK) 100% Japanese but her hair was somewhat brown. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	After 4 year lawsuit Japan says schools can demand that girls dye their hair.
brestugo 02/18/21 6:48:01 PM #18	I knew a woman that was kicked out of high school in Japan for dyeing her hair. She finished her education in the U.S. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Judge denies Capital riot zip tie terrorist's release
brestugo 02/18/21 6:42:51 PM #12	Hopefully no bail either. No more gofundme campaigns to release a threat to the public. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	Who got undeservedly cancelled?
brestugo 02/18/21 5:46:56 PM #28	Godbe-Bryant posted... Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was basically blacklisted from the NBA because he refused to stand for the national anthem +1 --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 5:20:01 PM #10	A Bronx Tale. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	I'd never had interest any mob movies but I saw Goodfellas and it was great
brestugo 02/18/21 5:19:48 PM #8	mustachedmystic posted... casino Good flick but long. Went to an 8 pm showing and damn near fell asleep. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
Topic	You are offered a job in Japan!! Do you move there?
brestugo 02/18/21 1:13:43 PM #13	Been there, done that. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb.
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