Plot wise doesn’t it seem like Han meets Chewie in some way that impresses Beckett enough for a shot at flying for the train heist, the heist goes wrong when the swoop bikers come in at the last moment and try to steal the cargo, and maybe get some of the crew. Then Vos wants his cargo, the bikers want revenge, the…

It’s really too bad there is no other fantasy and nobody ever wrote another book after Tolkien that had swords or magic stuff in it. Damn shame.

We kinda had that ending slavery thing going on the first time. What we didn’t do was finish the reconstruction, and we continue to pay for that.

“The emperor pulled Darth Vader out of a volcano and gave him robot limbs” was the word on the playground after ESB. So kinda I guess.

The issue is that there were no predators for the introduced mice. It was this or the certainty of extinction for the endemic species that were left.

Based on the box office numbers OT was good and so are these last two. Prequels were not good, but pretty to watch. People with the median opinion probably just aren’t shrieking in the comments about it.

The DoEd draft budget is attempting to funnel $1B to for profit education, while cutting the office of civil rights and union protections.

Why is every job digging a ditch? What if the every window of the DMV or post office had somebody on call? Or every underserved community had as many teachers as they needed? Or the city council website was up to date? Or the library could stay open? Or every national and state park was well maintained? It would be…

Demanding Democrats to take a stand against torture is not asking for much. Wanting them to pursue strategies that actually engage the majority of voters is constructive. We should always be asking politicians to do better, to earn our votes, even if they’re from the party you normally vote for.

Kylax? Kylax!? That is the stupidest ship that ever shipped.!

“said they were Department of Justice lawyers.”

You make a good point, and I was a little hyperbolic there. Sadly, enforcement hinges on a well run and funded EPA that prioritizes reclamation. The bankruptcy trick continues to be a problem.

The issue is that it was considered offensive enough to censor in the Indian distribution. Asking why that may or may not be appropriate in the face of so much other borrowing of cultural elements was the point of the article.

Policy question for Donyae. What do you think of the idea of 2X value for SNAP at farmer’s markets and CSAs? It seems like an optimal way to encourage local farms and improve nutrition, if people use it.

“The Root found that 253 people were killed by semi-automatic assault-style weapons since 1966.”

I think he has a point here. Just reading a few quotes makes me want to punch him.

Bollux and Blue Max! Those guys were awesome.

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But compulsory for HBO

Just want to point out that same 1872 statute makes all the gold and uranium you dig up tax free. If you set up a company that happens to bankrupt as the mine gives out, you can just walk away from the toxic waste. Any cleanup is left to the taxpayers.