So Im watching Top Chef S11 New Orleans and they have Anthony Mackie on because hes a native, so I guess it turns out his plot from Falcon America was actually pretty close to his roots. I had no idea.
What have you learned today?
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Today I learned that not only is Popeye still in syndication, they have the guy running Something Positive making it
I want one of those with the following phrase etched into the glass: "GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT, SHINJI"
I’m actually a little surprised Nerv’s motto wasn’t somewhere more prominent than the various symbols. Plus I’d be lying if I didn’t think that being able to set the GPU and CPU cooler’s RGB to mimic the pilot synch graphs wasn’t the coolest shit ever. Man that thing really hits the inner rings of my Nerd Dart Board.
What Bedinsis said. Also since it was mentioned, how big is Africa? This big:
I'm still waiting for them to finally let Genndy Tartakovsky make his Popeye movie.
If nothing else, the fight sequences between Popeye and Bluto would be friggin' sweet.
After decades of ceaseless battle with Denmark, peace has broken out over Hans Island, located in the Kennedy Channel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. No longer will the lifeblood of the children of our two nations be spilled in futile conflict.
www.nbcnews.com
Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle
The territorial dispute was nicknamed the “whisky war” by media.
I love the fact the solution to this problem was literally draw the border right down the middle of the island that nobody lives on and there is nothing of apparent value.After decades of ceaseless battle with Denmark, peace has broken out over Hans Island, located in the Kennedy Channel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. No longer will the lifeblood of the children of our two nations be spilled in futile conflict.
Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle
The territorial dispute was nicknamed the “whisky war” by media.
Surely something they couldn't have done decades ago because.......I don't fucking know.
National pride: A deep-seated, untreated mental disease.
My understanding, from way back in highschool so take it with a grain of salt, is that the fight was originally centered around the potential for the Kennedy Channel to be used as a trade route. This was in the 70's when the area was poorly mapped and extremely dangerous to traverse. Both groups wanted the island because the way costal borders work it would mean one side gets control of the pass and the other side gets to eat shit
Then, later, it turned out that there was a better northwest passage through Canada's north. Better meaning "slightly less likely to kill you, and a bit faster", but still an improvement. From there it just turned into basic pride that nobody took seriously. Denmark really could have had it if they wanted it that bad - Greenland actually operates in that region since it's their coast and Inuit would stage hunting grounds there, while Canadian vessels usually stuck way closer to the territories because there was very little reason to add a bunch of time to a trip just to skirt around Ellesmere island. The agreement reads like "let's just get this one off the books, and also throw a bone to First Nations by making no attempt to control their movement".
One of the comments was disturbingly funny -
KZR_ 161 1 year ago (edited)
It's truly terrifying how only small portion of this is taught in schools
I don't want to be given millions of dollars tomorrow and live the rest of my life in the lap of luxury.
What a trip -
He could’ve fought with the Van Der Linde gang at some point. Oh bloody hell, I can pretend if I want!
He could’ve fought with the Van Der Linde gang at some point. Oh bloody hell, I can pretend if I want!