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re: Harrison Ford accepts SAG-AFTRA lifetime achievement award - worth the listen

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/3/26 at 1:17 pm to Sam Quint
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comparing Temple of Doom to the post Last Crusade movies is fricking heresy.

I would agree that Doom is a lot better than Skull and Destiny but definitely below Raiders and Crusade.
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but the Ark melting faces and angel-demons killing Nazis + a 900 year old knight + magical healing water + a man ageing fifty years in seconds is all in play?

You’re missing the point.

All of those things originate from the same supernatural source: the Judeo-Christian God. I can go along with that. But how do God and Shiva coexist in the same universe? They can’t both be supreme creators of everything, can they? And then you throw in interdimensional beings and time travel in there with them.

It’s all a theological clusterfrick.
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re: “Jimmy’s & Joe’s”

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/3/26 at 9:47 am to JacieNY
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I always thought the phrase was "It's not the X's and O's, it's the Jimmy's and Joe's" meaning the players are more important than the scheme.

This is the correct meaning, and it’s true.

Coaching matters but players matter more. A great high school staff could take a typical Georgia or Ohio State roster and beat the brakes off most teams regardless of who’s coaching them.
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re: Harrison Ford accepts SAG-AFTRA lifetime achievement award - worth the listen

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/3/26 at 8:05 am to thenza
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Indiana Jones or Han Solo?

Indy.

Better character plus it’s the main character of the franchise.

Personally, Raiders (especially) and Crusade are among my favorite movies of all time. Doom and the rest not so much. There’s just too many irons in the fire when you start bringing in Hindu rocks and black magic, interdimensional beings, and time travel. I mean, what doesn’t exist in this universe?

I would prefer Raiders and Crusade as the only two films and if there had to be a third for a trilogy, then center it around the Holy Lance / Spear of Destiny.
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re: Mississippi House pass a bill on no tax on NIL.

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/2/26 at 5:07 pm to WildcatMike
There’s a great irony here.

People generally don’t like NIL and how it’s used (for the most part), but people caring so much about winning that the House wants to exempt NIL income from state taxes is why you have NIL in the first place.

I have said before that CFB right now is a Mexican standoff. No one wants to shoot or die but no one trusts anyone else enough to put their gun down. Even Dabo is doing what’s necessary now from an NIL and portal standpoint.

This stuff will never be sane until the fans walk away (unlikely) or someone with skin in the game and millions to earn (an AD, coach, etc.) is willing to accept a disadvantage on principle and likely lose because of it (also unlikely).

I fully support the players being paid (and fairly taxed), but they’re not getting a dime of my money beyond my eyes on a TV screen or a once-a-decade trip to a game. I’m not directly paying shite for anything - NIL, facilities, whatever. Never have.

I’m a Bama alumnus and former walk-on, but the Tide can lose every game from now until the end of time before I give a penny. BUT some more passionate fans are not going to watch the Tide get beat to death year after year and will begrudgingly pay whatever to keep them winning. Other fan bases will do the same.

But I must admit that as someone who doesn’t really care who wins and loses, the NIL and portal drama is entertaining to watch.
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re: Why Christianity makes a better society than Islam

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/2/26 at 2:07 pm to Hback
I think the world would be better off without any religion. It’s just another thing to divide people and keep society mired in primitive thinking.

Many animals, including insect species, are very good at working together for the benefit of everyone. We don’t need a deity shouting at us from the pages of books written thousands of years ago to justify and create laws to govern ourselves.
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re: TOP 50 Shows of All Time

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/2/26 at 8:12 am to Yaz 8
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Way too much recency bias. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Andy Griffith Show, Gunsmoke?

Agreed.
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re: Deion Sanders makes history

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/2/26 at 8:00 am to Geauxldninja
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The people saying color shouldn’t matter are the same people who focus on it constantly in everything they do.

Black people and women want what suits their interests in the moment. When DEI or equality isn’t in their favor, they change their tune.

Make major college and professional football and basketball teams reflect the diversity of the USA and black athletes would be outraged. And when it’s time for someone to stay behind on the Titanic or storm Omaha Beach, you won’t find any feminists around.
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re: Around the World Cruise

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/1/26 at 12:35 pm to FourchonRoad
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I have sailed on 78 cruises in my life

Wow.

I have been many places but zero cruises. I may take a short one to the Bahamas or someplace just to experience it, for better or worse. But cruising isn’t really something I’m drawn to.
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This cruise is 120 days.

Good grief. What’s the cost?
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re: a national parks thread

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/1/26 at 7:12 am to cgrand
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how many have you visited?

A lot. All the “brand name” ones and several lesser known ones.
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which are your favorites?

Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton. Might have a different three if I answered this question tomorrow. Lots of great parks.
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what has been your favorite hike or activity?

I haven’t done a ton of hiking in national parks, but Glacier is probably the best in the country for hiking. Several good trails and Going to the Sun road is awesome.
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what parks are next on your list?

Probably will see Roosevelt National Park this spring or summer. North Dakota is one of four states that I haven’t been to at least twice, so I would like to complete a second lap at some point.
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what's the park you've visited that most people haven't?

Google says Gates of the Arctic and North Cascades are the two least visited national parks. I haven’t technically been to GOTA but have driven the Dalton Highway that runs right beside it for many miles. I have been to NC and it’s very underrated. Beautiful park. Wrangell-St. Elias and Great Basin are both in the top ten (or bottom ten, I guess) and I have been to those.
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re: Which CFB games are you ready for in 2026?

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 3/1/26 at 6:26 am to FAT SEXY
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LSU at Ole Miss

This certainly has to be one regardless of the records going into it, but if both teams are doing well it could be the game of the year from a hype standpoint.
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re: David Fincher's best movie is...?

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/28/26 at 7:53 am to boomjosh
Se7en laps the rest of the field for me.
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re: Science confirms earthquake described by the Gospel of Matthew at the Crucifixion...

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/28/26 at 6:35 am to ole man
I have been to Jerusalem. People don’t even know if Jesus was crucified in the area of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, or the Garden Tomb, or perhaps somewhere else. The Cenacle (Upper Room) is advertised as the location of the Last Supper, but the building it’s housed in was constructed at least 1,000 years after Jesus supposedly lived. Beneath the Cenacle is the purported Tomb of David, which most historians don’t actually consider to be the Tomb of David.

But yeah. Zero chance there might have been some bullshite back in the day in an area notorious for its religious zealotry.
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re: I don’t see any great options for Democrats in 2028

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/27/26 at 7:39 am to DyeHardDylan
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I don’t see any great options for Democrats in 2028

The weaker the candidate the better, but the electorate is changing in unfavorable ways and most of those people will vote for a box of rocks if it’s on the Democratic ticket.

I worry about the future of this country.
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re: What is the most famous crime/murder in your area?

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/26/26 at 5:50 pm to WMTigerFAN
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Serial killers Henry Lucas/Ottis Toole allegedly took the life of 3 co-eds

Toole is suspected of having murdered Adam Walsh, which would have to be up there in the most notorious Florida crimes.
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re: What is the most famous crime/murder in your area?

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/26/26 at 4:34 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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I'd go with the Atlanta Child Murders (Wayne Williams). That had the whole city on edge for a long, hot summer.

The whole world was watching Atlanta in the summer of 1996. The OP said “famous,” not infamous, scariest, or whatever.
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re: What's on your Mt. Rushmore of speeches?

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/26/26 at 10:10 am to AlwysATgr
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Maybe Ike's talk to the troops before D-Day should be considered.

One of my favorites.

“Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.”
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re: What is the most famous crime/murder in your area?

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/26/26 at 10:05 am to stout
Atlanta metro here. I guess the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.
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re: Bleacher Report: Ranking the Top 99 Quarterbacks in NFL History

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/26/26 at 8:10 am to msudawg1200
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That 1980 team was probably the best team in the nation, no offense Georgia, that year. I watched them four or five times that year and they were bad arse.

They were. Had two Hogs (Redskins) plus Hall of Famer Jimbo Covert of the ‘85 Bears on the OL. Hugh Green and Rickey Jackson on the defensive front.

But we all know it’s 0% Marino’s fault that they fricked up and didn’t win a national title. Not just that year but in 1981 and 1982 when they lost as the #1 team in the country. Everyone always says, “If Marino had had Montana’s 49ers or Aikman’s Cowboys or Elway’s Broncos, he would have done this, that, and the other.” And maybe so.

BUT… what if a lot of college QB’s had Marino’s Pitt teams? What if they were drafted by a team that had just played in the Suoer Bowl and was ready to win immediately? What if they played for only two coaches in their career who were both Hall of Famers? What if they had three conference championship games at home? What if they played entirely in a warm weather climate? What would their stats be if they led the league in passing attempts five times? What if they had played in what was by far the inferior conference? Maybe they would have done some things Marino didn’t.

Marino was a great QB. I’m not saying he wasn’t. But for people who think he’s the GOAT or top 2-3… only having one AFC Championship on his resume leaves a lot to be desired. He absolutely had the talent around him to win a natty at Pitt and at least make it to more than one Super Bowl if he were as great as some think.
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re: St Aug launches new NIL program. Seems to be the start of what we all And Here We Gooo

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/25/26 at 2:24 pm to ChatGPT of LA
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People just don’t like college athletes (present or future) being paid big money because it hurts their enjoyment of the sport and they’re bitter about it.

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Not true at all.

Yes, it is.
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Kids making more than pros is moronic on every level

How many horses that won one or more Triple Crown races made more money in that year than older, faster horses due to the prestige of those events and that only 3-year-old horses are eligible to compete?

There’s sometimes a novelty aspect to sports and other things that affect how much money you earn. It’s not always just about how good you are at something.
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re: St Aug launches new NIL program. Seems to be the start of what we all And Here We Gooo

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/25/26 at 12:50 pm to saintsfan22
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Yeah, this is going to be a nightmare with that kind of quick money and wealth/power disparity among students and staff.

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Rich kids have always existed

People just don’t like college athletes (present or future) being paid big money because it hurts their enjoyment of the sport and they’re bitter about it. No one bitches about the plethora of wealthy teenagers and young adults in the entertainment industry who have made millions for decades. No one watched Home Alone and said, “Macaulay Culkin better be ready to pay taxes on all that money.”
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re: Anyone been to the Noah's Arc replica...

Posted by Globetrotter747 on 2/25/26 at 11:07 am to Joshjrn
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Adult (ages 18–59) $64.99

I almost mentioned in my previous post that I recall it being rather expensive, especially for a religious venue that you *think* would be as affordable as possible since profit presumably isn’t everything.

I don’t know why it’s so expensive. It’s a nice place that’s well kept and has a fair number of exhibits - I will give it that - but there are no elephants to care for or a Space Mountain to maintain.
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