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It says "during the Afghan war," on the site. Doesn't say that the chart shows only expenses tied directly to Afghanistan. Still, I wonder what else that money could buy. One estimate of the cost of total student loan forgiveness is 1.6 trillion dollars, so you'd still have some pocket change left over for other stuff too, like infrastructure.

Since the vast majority of hospitalized COVID patients haven't been vaccinated, I see this as a moot point. Here's the actual memo text:

Meh, Carano's a bit dumb and caught up in the current group think climate, but doesn't seem hateful. I can see people getting offended by the beep/bop/boop remark, because people misusing pronouns can be very upsetting, and plenty of people do it on purpose, just to be hurtful little shites. She did post later that Pedro Pascal (who has a trans sister) explained the issue to her, and that she hadn't understood it. So, I think this is more just annoyance at the trend than malice. I can also understand folks not willing to give her that benefit of the doubt. The Nazi analogy was way off base and hyperbolic, but still just a dumb person repeating crap her party is spewing out all the time. At the end of the day, she was warned, multiple times, and was stupid and stubborn enough to bring her politics to work (and being a celebrity, her employer has a reasonable concern about what she puts out on her social media), and got canned. They didn't just fire her over one thing, she was warned multiple times. Also, based on acting ability, not a huge loss to the series. I'll miss Baby Yoda more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the zone between two unrelated posts that the forum wants to perversely mash together. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What was the premise?

Like I said, comics have never let consistency tie them down, and it was especially true the further you go back.

True, but he sunk a submarine with a punch in one panel, then couldn't get out of some ropes in a following panel. He deflects a shell with his forearm on the cover splash panel, but gets taken out by a hammer dropped on his head later. That's just inconsistency. And that's not something we're going to find any comics from that era letting get in the way of their fun.

He had some dolphins haul him to some coral, which he used to cut the ropes.

Wut? You need to go read his first appearance in More Fun Comics #73. "Cover" art: He's deflecting a large shell with his forearm. Page 5: He punches a deep dent in a sub with the caption: "REACHING THE SUBMARINE, AQUAMAN LUNGES A POWERFUL BLOW AT THE VESSEL'S HAUL -- AND THE METAL PLATES BUCKLE AND SNAP UNDER THE TERRIFIC IMPACT!" The sub is shown sinking in the next panel. From one punch. Page 6: A Nazi drops a sledge hammer on his head, and he's knocked out. So, he's no Superman. He's then tied up and weighted down, then tossed in the ocean. He then enlists the aid of sea critters to get untied. Really, kind of an inconsistent strength level in the story, probably because they wanted something for the sea critters to do. But he's still abnormally strong from the get-go.

I was referring to the romance vs. lemonade remark.

That's fair. Hopefully, you can still find the types of graphical stories you want to read. But that's not a limit the genre as a whole should accept.

Given all the Batman and Robin gay jokes over the years, picking a Robin to come out as bi seems a little tone deaf. The big question for me is whether the change comes with good storytelling or is just tacked on for wokeness brownie points. If there's a good story to be told, then it's fine IMO. If it doesn't add anything to the story, then no point in introducing it IMO.

That's better than my first thought.

What part's the misinformation? Here's what I've understood to be the claim, from the WSJ: "Ms. Johansson said in the suit that her agreement with Disney’s Marvel Entertainment guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release, and her salary was based in large part on the box-office performance of the film." If those terms are accurate, and Disney didn't renegotiate them when they changed the release strategy, then it seems like a breach of contract. Is the basic claim in question, or is it just the smear campaigns being waged by both sides that you're talking about?

Sweet, hopefully they move it to free on Disney+ sooner too.

I'm indifferent. It looks OK, but just OK to me. Medium box office would be fine, IMO. I think it's a lot lower than it would be without COVID, and that the streaming numbers would have been better without the price gouging. If this were a Black Widow movie done during the place in the timeline that it deserved, where we could expect future movies, then I'd be hoping for its success, as I like the actress in the role. She's a good actress, good fit for the role and seems like an intelligent and reasonably decent human. She's not made any really polarizing comments that I can see. I saw one interview where she mentioned that she wished that she hadn't let the character be so sexualized early on, which I thought a bit silly given the character. However, it echoes far earlier statements she's made of wanting to just be a character actress, not cast as an ingenue due to her looks. That's all pretty reasonable. If she's making more woke-speak noises, then I'm not aware of them.

Seriously, just googled it before I posted. Don't put words in my mouth. I said everyone took a hit during COVID, and this did better than most. You can't spin it as a failure under the circumstances.

You keep beating this drum, but the box office was very poor for everything in 2021. Black Widow is the top earner in domestic box office. There is no way to paint that as a failure of the movie. To me, it simply looks like an average Marvel movie, which is still a good thing, just not something I'm excited enough for to drop $30 on for just me and my wife to see. It honestly has the same vibe for me as all the Disney Plus shows, as a set up for some character (Yelena) for the next phase. Which doesn't make it bad, but makes it less of its own thing in my opinion. (The Disney Plus shows have all been OK, but just a little lacking IMO.)

Nah, the losers are the consumers. We'll have to have fifteen different streaming services to watch movies.

That author needs to read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

So, if I'm reading this thread correctly, Master-at-Arms is Captain Marvel's dad?

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Like many "Florida" Men. The state has an idiot magnet under it.

Sounds more like a Bound Florida Man to me.

And as annoying as I find her behavior in most interviews, I agree wholeheartedly with her about A Wrinkle in Time. I found it just OK, but I know I wasn't the target demographic there, and don't have a problem with it.

No, he wasn't "functioning as a soldier." He was functioning as a dysfunctional soldier.

You've got me curious. Do you have a link to this interview? ----------------------------/Line to counter stupid smashing posts together function/----------------------------------------- Simple solution: Don't make her arrogant to start with. Give her another issue to work through, like trust.