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In this case, obviously, the result was positive to all but the poor “La La Land” producers, with their earnest and spouse-approved speeches already delivered. “Moonlight” was no Donald Trump of cinema, and obviously a popular favorite. (Though there are those of us who found its beautifully photographed sentiments a bit, well, sentimental.) But the rhythm of the night was disconcertingly the same, and the sheer improbability of the happenstance scarily alike. Nothing like this has remotely happened before.This was a major malfunction. Trump cannot be President—forgetting all the bounds of ideology, no one vaguely like him has ever existed in the long list of Presidents, good, bad, and indifferent, no one remotely as oafish or as crude or as obviously unfit. People don’t say “Grab ’em by the pussy” and get elected President. Can’t happen. In the same way, while there have been Oscar controversies before—tie votes and rejected trophies—never before has there been an occasion when the entirely wrong movie was given the award, the speeches delivered, and then another movie put in its place. That doesn’t happen. Ever.
And so both of these bizarre events put one in mind of a simple but arresting thesis: that we are living in the Matrix, and something has gone wrong with the controllers. This idea was, I’m told, put forward first and most forcibly by the N.Y.U. philosopher David Chalmers: what is happening lately, he says, is support for the hypothesis that we are living in a computer simulation and that something has recently gone haywire within it. The people or machines or aliens who are supposed to be running our lives are having some kind of breakdown. There’s a glitch, and we are in it.
There may be not merely a glitch in the Matrix. There may be a Loki, a prankster, suddenly running it. After all, the same kind of thing seemed to happen on Election Day: the program was all set, and then some mischievous overlord—whether alien or artificial intelligence doesn’t matter—said, “Well, what if he did win? How would they react?” “You can’t do that to them,” the wiser, older Architect said. “Oh, c’mon,” the kid said. “It’ll be funny. Let’s see what they do!” And then it happened. We seem to be living within a kind of adolescent rebellion on the part of the controllers of the video game we’re trapped in, who are doing this for their strange idea of fun.
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/did-the-oscars-just-pr...
It's no secret to those who study these things that leftism is an organized attempt to deny reality, but you folks are taking it to new levels lately.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: charmskooldropout
Thom, have you met Nancy?
Thom, have you met Nancy?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ogkb
thom supports white
thom supports white nationalism
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: New & Improved
Pursuit of Happiness.
Pursuit of Happiness.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: W. Claude Dukenfield
^^“Oh, c’mon,” the kid said.
^^“Oh, c’mon,” the kid said. “It’ll be funny
Now that's funny!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jonaspond
So says the guy who's party
So says the guy who's party lives on alt facts. Thom, your embarrassing yourself.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jeff
the old tried and true dump
the old tried and true dump and run strategy with a leftist thrown in for good measure.
don't fall for the bait folks.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Johnny D
I don't get it.
I don't get it.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
No, I'll tell you what's
No, I'll tell you what's crazy...
cut n' paste > cut n' run.
no original thought processes.
its not "the left" who is burning churches, committing mass shootings, and toppling jewish gravestones.
aren't you happy that the us social fabric is being dismantled?
YOU"VE been winning since the 70's.
when will THE RIGHT be fucking happy?
psychos.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jeff
2.4
2.4
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jonaspond
Is there an alt right buzz
Is there an alt right buzz word for a self hating librarian?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
congress, whitehouse and 1/2
congress, whitehouse and 1/2 the supreme court...governorships and state senates....
why isn't america great or fixed yet?
corporate whoring anti-american mother fucking proto-fascists.
wrap yourselves in the flag and send some more poor kids to fight your wars.
.YOU DID go to Vietnam, right thomas?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jeff
basic human rights/planet
basic human rights/planet preservation is all any of this really boils down too. you're either for them or not.
i'd ask one of the few conservatives on here to comment but we all know they can't and won't.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: charmskooldropout
Not the social fabric!
Not the social fabric!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Back to Back
>> Is there an alt right buzz
>> Is there an alt right buzz word for a self hating librarian?
I believe anyone they deem insufficiently white and manly is cuck
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
i like thom's taste in music
i like thom's taste in music but at this point he really is no better than seapuppet.
just a stone cold troll.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cb
Thom's gonna freak when he
Thom's gonna freak when he hears Trump wants to give amnesty to the undocumented.
Seadoggie too.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/trump-immigration-bill/index.html
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face
That's some good trolling
That's some good trolling there, Hound Her!
Hey, I don't believe we've met, and I prefer to keep it that way.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
>>>that leftism is an
>>>leftism is an organized attempt to deny reality<<<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv0xSFkzgtk
That's your leader Thom. The leader of your team.
I wouldn't call him particularly realistic.
It must suck to have to stand behind a shallow clown like that and have him represent you just because you believe in more conservative ideas.
I think it's fine to be a conservative, but that guy and his possy aren't conservatives, they're lunatics and bullies.
Thom, are you really happy with these guys, or are you just happy that "your team" won and your hated rivals lost, and damn the torpedos?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Fountain Jam
The Left is flailingg, and of
The Left is flailing, and of course is OUT OF ITS EVER LOVING MIND!!!!!!!!
always has been, now they ARE THE HAS-BEENS.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Fountain Jam
"or are you just happy that
"or are you just happy that "your team" won"
Um, you guys seem to look the other way when "your team" wins. Like at EVERYTHING contitutional VIOLATION committed by the previous admin. so do not give me that "your guy" bullshit.
AAAAAAND...
YOU GUYS NOMINATED A CRIMINAL and defended her!
PATHETIC!!!!
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Period
Period
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
hey dipshit, the dnc is not
hey dipshit, the dnc is not "the left".
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Fly
Thom, you are a puppet.
Thom, you are a puppet. Seadog, you are a loon. Why are you guys so upset? your team won! I just dont get it. You guys cant play with my gi joe or ride my big wheel. nyeh
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Fly
AND (yes it worth bumping)
AND (yes it worth bumping) this is nothing but a troll thread Thom. You clearly just want to rile folks.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: JP (J Bomb)
I do think Thom and Seadog
I do think Thom and Seadog have excellent cut-and-paste abilities.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Old Fart Message Board
Thom bored on his day off or
Thom bored on his day off or something? Golf course not treating you well?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: The Sound of Steam and Caffeine
I like the Matrix theory. It
I like the Matrix theory. It makes a lot of sense
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jackstraw
When Nancy is humping
When Nancy is humping Catholic Charities, then you know the end is nigh. She hates the Catholic Church and has been very vocal about it over the years. Hypocrite extremism. LMAO
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Mmm, yes, the Christians.
Mmm, yes, the Christians. They have quite a bit to answer for, don't they?
~Nils Adolph Petersen~
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ltk173
That NYU "philosophy"
That NYU "philosophy" professor needs to move his office down to the Social Sciences Department.
Geeezzz.......us! lol
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face
>She hates the Catholic
>She hates the Catholic Church and has been very vocal about it over the years. Hypocrite extremism.
I volunteer along side religious people of various faiths, and there are good people who are Catholic - and Catholic Charities does great work.
Hyprocites like Fafa who have a problems with the work Catholic Charities does or what the Pope has to say about TRUMP can kiss my ass.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ogkb
haha fat mouth fafa, shut the
haha fat mouth fafa, shut the fuck up. drunk piece of shit.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Dave
But what about that Patriot
But what about that Patriot win over Atlanta, after being by oh a lot of points.
Seriously though, sometimes Viva La Zone political discussions venture into the deep unreal.
Sure it's a bit silly sometimes, but whatever works.
Carry on.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cb
I like the new Pope a lot
I like the new Pope a lot more than I like the new president.
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The Climate Change Deniers
The Climate Change Deniers are a special Niche breed of the Intellectually Challenged . . .
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Furious E
>>>!Like at EVERYTHING contitutional VIOLATION committed by the previous admin.
hey, seadog, did u know the constitution was designed by federalist elitists primarily for the purposes of establishing a strong centralized government and minimizing states' rights?
it's true.
very informative book about it here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-framers-coup-9780199942039?c...