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Stupid gimmicks like blindfold matches were a common in Memphis and other cartoonish territories for the past fifty years.

RRR, America will never strike first with nuclear weapons, simply because that's our policy. We do not start thermonuclear wars. Period. If someone else wants to play that card, then sure, we'll turn their country into the world's biggest skating rink. But there is no other reason that we'd use them at all. America only has nukes in order to keep other countries from nuking us. That is their sole purpose for existing. The arguments about World War II are completely irrelevant. The situation, the context, the politics, the technology, what they knew at the time, everything is completely different from how it is now. Fat Man and Little Boy were firecrackers compared to some of the monsters that the US and USSR have designed throughout the years. (And the death tolls in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were mere fractions of the casualties from conventional bombs dropped on places like Tokyo or Dresden.)

Aw, I liked the Hang Me Elmo pic. Crono just needs to learn how to use Photoshop and shrink stuff like that down to a sig-tolerable size.

Don't forget the movie, too.

No. The only way to end this bad streak is to get far away from me by ceasing to post on TSM. And if you want to really be sure, you probably want to stop using the internet altogether, and maybe stop watching wrestling too.

Welcome to the American public educational system, Kahran. In my school experience, we mostly got taught the same stuff over & over again, just in slightly more detailed form as we got older. So in high school we spent one year each on geography, world history, American history, and current events/politics/economics.

Boxing doesn't work like wrestling, bob. It doesn't matter whether the referee saw the punch or not. The entire crowd, the judges, and the cameras sure did. Any real boxing commission would've certainly punished that girl severely.

Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle: 5/10 Maybe you just need to be stoned to really enjoy this one, I dunno. Harold and Kumar themselves are a couple of intelligent, original, likable, really funny characters; too bad they're stuck in such a piece of shit movie. The film has no internal rules or logic, it reels wildly from subtle, witty battle-of-the-sexes humor to H&K riding a goddamned cheetah through the woods. It felt like the filmmakers did this movie in part to apologize for the blatant racism in Dude Where's My Car; that's cool, but now they need to do a movie where they apologize for the rampant sexism in both films.

I demand links. NOW. But on topic... why the fuck did the WWE hire all these softcore porn stars? None of them help make a better wrestling show. Most of them are gonna get burned out or turn out to be worthless and get fired anyway. I'm still pissed that they fired women like Jacqueline, Jazz, and Nidia just to pay for these barbie dolls.

Yes. I agree with you all. The defense system would indeed give America first-strike capability. So what? Does anyone here really believe that the US would shoot first in a nuclear war?

The Schindler's List broadcast actually wasn't uncut, it was just mostly uncut. A few subtle trims had been made to some of the most raw shots (the one where Ralph Fiennes ejects a shell out of his rifle towards the crotch of the naked woman sitting on his bed, for example). I don't get it, how was complaining about Saving Private Ryan supposed to reduce fines?

By you guys' logic, we should disarm all policemen because seeing that pistol on their hip might provoke a criminal to shoot at them first.

? When did Jack do that? Yeah, he works for the same company Hexgage does, Chaos Pro Wrestling. I've worked for them on several occasions doing ring announcing, and the time I saw Ricochet (who's only, like, 16) do the DoubleSalt it was maybe the most beautiful move I've ever seen.

I don't think he's done it yet, no.

By the way, the phoenix 630 isn't hypothetical. There's an indy worker called Hexgage who wrestles in various places around the midwest & southeast that can do it.

You guys are some sick, sick fucks. I wish I could forget this thread ever existed. (Though it's interesting to know that Kane is an intellectual.)

Yeah, he did invent it. By accident. He had a guy hooked in a front facelock, the guy stepped on Jake's foot, and they both fell, BOOM, that was it. That move was already called the Tombstone Piledriver. That's why the WWF had Undertaker do it as his finisher, because it fit his gimmick. (And no I don't know where the name originally came from.) As to how new moves get invented... well, how does anything get invented? Someone gets an idea for something new, tries it out, it works, and hey presto! you've got the Phoenix 630 or whatever.

I'm trying not to bang my head against the keyboard. What is bad about a missle defense system? This thing won't kill anyone. It won't be used to invade other countries. It isn't threatening in any way. It's a purely defensive measure, just in case one of the several countries with ICBM capabilities gets a wild hair up its ass and decides to lob one at the North American continent. Yeah, disarmament would be nice. So would be a time machine to go back & kill every single scientist who worked on The Bomb. The two are about the same in terms of probability as far as I can see.

Talk China into dismantling all of its WMDs, and then maybe we'll talk about not needing a defense system. I'm sorry, but I just don't trust a government that enforces the "one child per family" rule with partial-birth abortions.

I still don't understand why anyone could be mad at America for GIVING Canada a FREE missile defense system, just in case something bad happens.

I am highly disappointed that you didn't use either the Edward Norton Fight Club "Beat The Shit Out Of Yourself" strategem or the Kevin Spacey American Beauty "Threaten A Homo-Sexual Harrassment Lawsuit" ploy.

Not too many movies come off well in that atmosphere, no. But try Apocalypse Now next time you decide to watch a movie that way (the original, not Redux). The Last Detail: 8/10 Damn fine example of grungy 70's moviemaking at its finest, with Nicholson turning in a performance that just goes to show how much of a self-parody he's become in recent years. Watch for Gilda Radner in a pre-fame cameo in the "chanting" scene. Dead Ringers: 6/10 The first half of this movie is excellent, with Jeremy Irons doing double duty as codependent identical twin brothers who share everything, even their women. But the last thirty minutes or so bogs down into vague go-nowhere plot developments, and the ending is maddeningly ambiguous. Still, kudos to director Cronenberg for proving that he can do an "ordinary" movie without resorting to horror/sci-fi stuff.

Heard about this on NPR today. Kudos to everyone involved, it's nice to see that a Middle Eastern government can change in a bloodless revolution.

I couldn't care less about bands who are whores for money. My problem is with the dishonesty that lip synching represents. The performers involved are claiming to be giving a real "live" performance, that's what the fans are paying to see, but then not providing it.

Hey! I resemble that remark. (And you need to see "The Body".) I enjoyed the Manos episode just because of how incredibly laughable the movie was, but I'm agreed that some bad movies just don't make for good episodes. I saw Red Zone Cuba and Eegah! last week, and barely laughed at all just because of how wretchedly bad & unentertaining they were. Do see Attack of the Clones sometime, you may like it. I hated Phantom Menace as much as anyone, but episode II wasn't that bad.