Also, regarding your strange statement “At the end of the day, if Jews had truly been equal or even just valued citizens in any of those countries, they would have been allowed to stay, even encouraged to stay,” Jews were quite obviously valued in Syria, Iraq etc. because they were Syrian Jews, Iraq Jews, etc. for a…

You seem to be claiming that Zionism and the establishment of Israel had no significant effect on the lives of Jewish people in the Middle East, for better or worse, because things were already at their lowest point. You also seem to be claiming that colonial governments or governments recently energed from…

Yes. The responsibility of Zionism. Zionism dramatically increased (and exploited) ethnic tensions in the Middle East. It did. That happened. This is undeniable. If the Mizrahi Jews were victimized they were victimized as much by Zionism as they were by the people and governments of those countries. Also, “victim…

Yeah you’re probably right.  The lips for sure look fuller and the nose more turned up but that could just as easily be lighting, make-up or angles.  I just wish they turned Karl Urban and Jack Quaid into entirely different people.

You are leaving out an important point. The anti-Semitism seen in the Middle East, while not non-existent previously, dramatically, DRAMATICALLY increased in the lead up to the 1947 partition of Palestine. Again, this is not to say that things were easy for Jews in, let’s say, Syria, prior to WW2 but the reason there…

Sheeeeit.....  How do you think Resolution 181 was passed to begin with?

How dare you question Israel’s right to more living space?

Nobody deserves abuse for it and it sure as shit isn’t “news” that deserves the attention of a “journalist” but if that’s the same person then, yeah, a lot has been done.  Nose and lips in particular.  But who gives a shit.  And again, this is gossip and not journalism.  Megyn K. should be ashamed of herself for…

$3200 a year for all my stupid subscriptions (including non-streaming) according to Rocket Money.  Needless to say, I went on a purge.

I’m with you.  I’ve never had nostalgia like 1950s nostalgia.  Jesus, does anyone?

So you’re saying that your barber has suddenly cared about your hair?

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Aldi’s here in Germany (not sure about the US) have tables at the front of the store for your bagging needs. You empty the cart at the belt then fill it back up again after the items have been scanned. Then, you bag yourself at your convenience at the tables.  It’s a good system that could probably go well with…

“Se3lf check is also awful for coupons, food assinstance, or anything else that complicates the transactions.”  Honestly, that sounds like a feature, not a bug.  If there’s a way to reduce those transactions I’m sure they’d take it.  

“put the fear of god into people”  Panopticon.  You just need to make them think they’re being watched.

Claiming that a black person isn’t Irish isn’t inherently racist. Say, for example, a child of two immigrants, both from Cote d’Ivoire. By citizenship the person is Irish. By ethnicity, the person is not Irish. In the case of this actress, I have no idea what her ancestry is so she could well be both Irish by…

But that’s dumb.  The aesthetic of the original trilogy is a key factor in its success.

That was by far my biggest problem with the sequels. But what we’re really talking about with that is the insane (lack of) time jump between III and IV which caused a lot of dumb problems.

Chucking this in here because it interests me and I like your comment.

Put me down as liked both but I am completely fine with everyone’s hate. I mostly agree with the criticisms but the vibe, style, Fassbender, the Engineer, the abortion machine thingee, etc. make it work for me ultimately.