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Starlord got a reaction from pinecone in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)
Donald Trump receives ninth Dan Taekwondo belt
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Starlord got a reaction from Logan D. Hurricanes in Winter Holidays 2021!
Don't forget Black Friday!
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Starlord reacted to Pattern Ghost in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)
Specifically, "sheep dog" culture, especially when said sheep dogs are also linked to white supremacist groups. Prevailing wisdom used to be to steer clear of riots and let the authorities do their jobs, not try to "help" them. But the white supremacist can point to all the damage and say "they aren't doing enough!" as a way to add more of these "sheep dogs" to their ranks, so that they can accomplish their true goals of racial harmony dominance.
You don't stop riots with force. You contain them and let them fizzle out. The police have done a good job of this. Neither side of the political spectrum seems to understand that this is the only way you're going to leverage a much smaller force against a crowd.
After having seen the videos, read that CNN piece, and dug up some more on the dismissed charges, I believe the jury came to the only verdict they could. What we need is an anti-Walter Mitty law on the books that strongly prohibits this kind of "sheep dog" mentality, and shuts down armed groups organizing to insert themselves into already unstable civil unrest situations.
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Starlord reacted to Duke Bushido in In other news...
Probably.
It absolutely sucks to live in a nation where right and wrong are political.
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Starlord reacted to Cancer in The Advice Column
Like shoplifters, but they steal scale measurements.
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Starlord got a reaction from Tom Cowan in The Advice Column
Remember to always put I before E.
Except when your foreign neighbor Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weighlifters. English is weird.
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Starlord got a reaction from Michael Hopcroft in A Little Good News
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April from a mammogram that was (scarily) pushed back a year due to Covid. She has been undergoing chemo since then up until last month. It decreased the tumor about 33%. She decided to go with a lumpectomy. They managed to remove the tumor and the really good news is that they biopsied her lymph node and the cancer did not spread. She will still have to undergo targeted radiation for another month and obviously have regular monitoring for the next several years, but long story short she is now cancer-free.
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Starlord got a reaction from Lawnmower Boy in A Little Good News
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April from a mammogram that was (scarily) pushed back a year due to Covid. She has been undergoing chemo since then up until last month. It decreased the tumor about 33%. She decided to go with a lumpectomy. They managed to remove the tumor and the really good news is that they biopsied her lymph node and the cancer did not spread. She will still have to undergo targeted radiation for another month and obviously have regular monitoring for the next several years, but long story short she is now cancer-free.
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Starlord reacted to zslane in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND
It has to be endlessly embarrassing to WB/DC brass that Marvel can turn a sentient tree--who can only say three words--into a household name, while they in turn can't even keep Clark Kent as Superman beyond three movies. Say what you will about the dubiousness of Marvel's insistence on a consistent look and feel to their movies, they have done a remarkable job of introducing a vast array of colorful characters over the course of ten years, drawing deeply from their comic book roster. Their willingness to try out new characters, even when there's a real chance they won't succeed wildly, shows the difference in creative commitment between Marvel and DC. I'd rather see a studio try something like The Eternals, and achieve less than towering success with it, than see them tediously reboot Iron Man with a new actor and new setting every few years.
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Starlord got a reaction from pinecone in A Little Good News
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April from a mammogram that was (scarily) pushed back a year due to Covid. She has been undergoing chemo since then up until last month. It decreased the tumor about 33%. She decided to go with a lumpectomy. They managed to remove the tumor and the really good news is that they biopsied her lymph node and the cancer did not spread. She will still have to undergo targeted radiation for another month and obviously have regular monitoring for the next several years, but long story short she is now cancer-free.
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Starlord got a reaction from Cancer in A Little Good News
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April from a mammogram that was (scarily) pushed back a year due to Covid. She has been undergoing chemo since then up until last month. It decreased the tumor about 33%. She decided to go with a lumpectomy. They managed to remove the tumor and the really good news is that they biopsied her lymph node and the cancer did not spread. She will still have to undergo targeted radiation for another month and obviously have regular monitoring for the next several years, but long story short she is now cancer-free.
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Starlord got a reaction from Grailknight in A Little Good News
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April from a mammogram that was (scarily) pushed back a year due to Covid. She has been undergoing chemo since then up until last month. It decreased the tumor about 33%. She decided to go with a lumpectomy. They managed to remove the tumor and the really good news is that they biopsied her lymph node and the cancer did not spread. She will still have to undergo targeted radiation for another month and obviously have regular monitoring for the next several years, but long story short she is now cancer-free.
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Starlord got a reaction from Lee in A Little Good News
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April from a mammogram that was (scarily) pushed back a year due to Covid. She has been undergoing chemo since then up until last month. It decreased the tumor about 33%. She decided to go with a lumpectomy. They managed to remove the tumor and the really good news is that they biopsied her lymph node and the cancer did not spread. She will still have to undergo targeted radiation for another month and obviously have regular monitoring for the next several years, but long story short she is now cancer-free.
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Starlord got a reaction from tkdguy in A Little Good News
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April from a mammogram that was (scarily) pushed back a year due to Covid. She has been undergoing chemo since then up until last month. It decreased the tumor about 33%. She decided to go with a lumpectomy. They managed to remove the tumor and the really good news is that they biopsied her lymph node and the cancer did not spread. She will still have to undergo targeted radiation for another month and obviously have regular monitoring for the next several years, but long story short she is now cancer-free.
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Starlord got a reaction from L. Marcus in A Little Good News
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April from a mammogram that was (scarily) pushed back a year due to Covid. She has been undergoing chemo since then up until last month. It decreased the tumor about 33%. She decided to go with a lumpectomy. They managed to remove the tumor and the really good news is that they biopsied her lymph node and the cancer did not spread. She will still have to undergo targeted radiation for another month and obviously have regular monitoring for the next several years, but long story short she is now cancer-free.