Pattern Ghost

I'm willing to give it a shot just because I like Zachary Levi.

And so it begins . . .
 

I find myself watching more Korean films and series than I ever thought I would.  Their shows are more about the plot and story than we see in our theaters or on the TV.  They are still there to entertain.  Our people seem to think they are there to preach their opinions. 

I have, Korean Films. Decent acting, Good to excellent action, and they pay attention to pacing. The Period Dramas aren't stilted, and the  the production designs is very good. Basically, plot wise, their films predate the 2005 Screenwriting book Save the Cat by Blake Snyder. I have a nice Korean  owned theater (CGV Cinemas), where I watch the Marvel films, within walking distance. It's a three theater cineplex in a compact little strip mall. Digital projection and they have one 3D theater where It gives me the choice of an American Film, and Two Korean Films. So I sampled.  For those on Netflix, to get an idea of Korean Films, see "The Kingdom" . 

If anybody knows about movement, it's exotic dancers.

If anybody knows about movement, it's exotic dancers.

...and all this time I thought the line was " a kiss from a rose on the grave." 

On the bright side, I got to shoot the instructor with imaginary bullets from the rubber gun*. I'm not going to let a little thing like intense pain stop me from  . . . well, being me.
 
 
*Disclosure: I was the example of a connection with one good probe hit and one hit on relatively loose clothes, so it wasn't 100% muscle lockup, but it was still damned hard to move and painful.

Dozens of free PDF's of West End Games RPG version of Star Wars. Rule books, Sourcebooks, adventures, guides, even a couple of "choose your own adventure" solo books. Also some conversions of WotC's d20 Star Wars into the West End Games d6 system.
 
Had no idea all of this existed until a few minutes ago but it looks like most everything Star Wars that WEG published.
 
The setting is the pre-Disney Star Wars Expanded Universe.
 
http://www.starwarstimeline.net/Westendgames.htm

That's a pretty good distinction. Not one I'd credit the filmmakers with coming up with, but good enough for a No Prize.

CNN has some Cliff's Notes on Cohen's testimony.

The impression I got was that the sequel trilogy has been an incoherent jumble.    Especially when it comes to Force-sensitives.

Good god, man, this is a family forum! Watch your tongue!
 
 
 

Compared to Trump, what Nixon did was trivial. I'll restate my position on Warren, in case it wasn't clear: She gets my vote over Trump if it comes to it, but not my first primary choice. 

Not many people on Warren's side who are admitting the 5%. Even here, it's been a whole lot of making excuses for her as if this was all some innocent mistake on her part, and the folks around here are pretty reasonable.

I've been told I resemble a Sasquatch.

I'll add to Pattern ghost's response.
 
The information about whether you're a Native American or not is collected for federal filing purposes (EEOC).
 
18 U.S. Code § 1001 as it existed prior to 1996 revisions provided:
 
 
When she was making the claim that she was a Native American to the University of Pennsylvania she would have been under that version of the statute.
 
She for most of her time at Harvard would have been covered under 18 U.S. Code § 1001 as it existed 1996 and later which provided:
 
 
In a criminal prosecution, the prosecution would have the burden of proving the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, which brings into play that niggling part of the law which states "knowingly and willfully". So did she knowingly and willfully lie?
 
https://www.salon.com/2019/02/06/elizabeth-warren-apologizes-for-identifying-as-native-american-on-texas-bar-registration-card/
 
This article shows that in her personnel forms at the University of Texas in 1981, 1985, and 1988 that she Identified herself as being white.
 
That article also shows a picture of her hand-written registration card to the State Bar of Texas in 1986 where she claimed to be an "American Indian".
 
Association of American Law Schools Directory listed her has a minority from 1986 until 1995 when she gained tenure at Harvard (and could no longer be easily fired) and changed her status in the directory. Before the age of the internet, potential employers would have to pull out the AALS Directory to find out details about applicants and various things about them such as whether they had minority status or not. (as stated in a Boston Globe article which interviewed the former chairman of the AALS)  https://elizabethwarrenwiki.org/elizabeth-warren-native-american-cherokee-controversy/
 
After she was gained tenure at Harvard then stopped claiming to be a minority with the AALS, that school touted her as being a Native American minority employee in such places as this 1998 Harvard Crimson article talking about the " painfully slow process of bringing professors of minority ethnicities to the Harvard University faculty".  https://web.archive.org/web/20120504004530/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1998/2/4/welcome-guinier-pwe-welcome-the-announcement/
 
If I were to be prosecuting this case, I would point to Warren changing her status to "American Indian" when taking the bar exam then getting her first job at the University of Pennsylvania which reported her as a Native American, getting her next job, Harvard, as a Native American. Then I'd point to her changing her status in 1995 in the AALS Directory to no longer being listed as a minority without notifying Harvard which continued to falsify reports to the federal government by listing her as a Native American.
 
I probably wouldn't get a conviction because famous politicians are rarely taken to trial. But I personally take all of that history of her intentionally, repeatedly changing her status whenever it is an advantage to her as being "knowingly and willfully" falsifying and concealing.
 
Here's a nice piece of additional reading https://legalinsurrection.com/2012/05/its-elizabeth-warrens-and-harvards-federal-filings-stupid/
And a bunch of links to articles and analysis about the controversy https://elizabethwarrenwiki.org/elizabeth-warren-native-american-cherokee-controversy/#cite-note-3
 
 

Again, this isn't about Trump. That's a facetious argument. It's whataboutism.
 
Go back and read my posts without reading into them as if I'm the media or representing the media. There is NOTHING that makes Warren in the right in this. And what she has done is far from harmless. The tribes have a very legitimate beef with her, as pointed out in an earlier article which you apparently either didn't read or disregarded.
 
You need to quit beating the "Trump is worse" drum in defense of Warren. Nobody's picking on Warren. She put herself into this situation.

One thing to consider in this: Even if she believed she was part Native American sincerely, as a law professor she should have damned well been aware that checking off her race on a government form is attesting that one is a member of a tribe. Harvard Law represented her in its reports to the government as a Native American for six years running. She claims that she didn't know about this, but when she checked the box to apply as a law professor (not a student entering college, but as someone already versed in the law), she should have known. The only explanations for this are that she was acting in ignorance (unlikely, she seems to be highly capable), or to take advantage of her heritage without meeting the legal requirements.

One thing to consider in this: Even if she believed she was part Native American sincerely, as a law professor she should have damned well been aware that checking off her race on a government form is attesting that one is a member of a tribe. Harvard Law represented her in its reports to the government as a Native American for six years running. She claims that she didn't know about this, but when she checked the box to apply as a law professor (not a student entering college, but as someone already versed in the law), she should have known. The only explanations for this are that she was acting in ignorance (unlikely, she seems to be highly capable), or to take advantage of her heritage without meeting the legal requirements.

Again, this isn't about Trump. That's a facetious argument. It's whataboutism.
 
Go back and read my posts without reading into them as if I'm the media or representing the media. There is NOTHING that makes Warren in the right in this. And what she has done is far from harmless. The tribes have a very legitimate beef with her, as pointed out in an earlier article which you apparently either didn't read or disregarded.
 
You need to quit beating the "Trump is worse" drum in defense of Warren. Nobody's picking on Warren. She put herself into this situation.

Again, this isn't about Trump. That's a facetious argument. It's whataboutism.
 
Go back and read my posts without reading into them as if I'm the media or representing the media. There is NOTHING that makes Warren in the right in this. And what she has done is far from harmless. The tribes have a very legitimate beef with her, as pointed out in an earlier article which you apparently either didn't read or disregarded.
 
You need to quit beating the "Trump is worse" drum in defense of Warren. Nobody's picking on Warren. She put herself into this situation.

At this point, no one expects anything better from Trump.

Here, borrow a couple of mine.

Yeah, I just did the same and it is a list of some of my favorite titles over the last few years... Ms. Marvel, Daredevil, All-New Hawkeye, Carol Corps (the best Carol Danvers portrayal of the recent runs), etc.