I didn't mind it since Davos is technically Jon's retainer but is kind of acting like his friendly uncle.

Bronn's scrappy, a real gym rat. First guy to show up, last guy to leave.

I agree it's unlikely but I'm kind of hoping she does. It would be the ultimate reminder that a prophecy is simply something that somebody said once: it doesn't lay the future down on rails.

Clint Eastwood's character in Unforgiven is unquestionably a badass. He's also pretty unhappy about it, on the whole. And just think of how ridiculous that movie would be if he kept reloading dual revolvers like he was the third act in Cirque du Soleil.

Boy oh boy is that a distinction without a difference to the people who voted for him.

How great would it be if that was what finally sent him to Club Fed? Like getting Capone on tax evasion.

If the President can convince you not to care that he's lying to your face—not shading the truth a little, not presenting only one side of an argument, simply making things up constantly and wholesale—then that's a really big win for him.

I live up here in Canada and I spent the following day feeling genuinely nauseated.

I've heard the underlying philosophy—such as it is—compared to Heath Ledger's Joker. Which is admittedly a little pat and obvious but there's a kernel of truth in there.

As other people have mentioned, their new position is that both conversations took place but in person rather than over the telephone. Which is smart, as these things go, because one can bend and twist the Mexican thing to fit the G20 conference, and the Boy Scout thing is technically unfalsifiable since it (again,…

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I've often thought that the Bond movies (sometimes) do a better job than most at integrating product placement. After all, the lead character's appreciation of The Finer Things is a core element of his makeup.

IIRC all the big poker scenes in the movie basically stem from one man or the other being dealt an astronomically improbable hand, then getting applauded for his ferocious cunning and skill.

An arcade game that the villain is the best in the world at, apparently, not least because he fucking designed it himself. By god.

Thanks! I don't like to brag but it's all-natural.

I think our dweebs might use American cities, e.g. "My girlfriend in Buffalo/San Francisco/etc." That at least has a whiff of plausibility.

People would see through that immediately. Nobody is from Nunavut.

Does the "girlfriend in Canada" thing still apply when I am Canadian? Because I'm her boyfriend, which would make me her Canadian boyfriend, which de facto means that I myself do not exist.

Incredibly, she met them all through Pokemon Go.

My girlfriend is currently sitting in Toronto airport having caught two dozen legendaries with ten of her friends. Apparently she had an amazing time. So there's that.