Jennifer Lawrence to quit acting for a year to 'fix our democracy'
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Originally posted by jhe888: ... I am usually able to separate entertainer's performances from their actual lives.
I used to be able to do that. Not so much, any more. E.g.: I'm disinclined to ever rent another movie with Liam Neeson in it and I've seriously considered giving away our collection of "Bourne" movies on DVD and BD, as I don't know as I'll ever watch them again.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
February 20, 2018, 12:19 PM
Lord Vaalic
Just a year? Oh please, why don't you take a decade or two and go away
Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day
February 20, 2018, 12:22 PM
bigdeal
Saw this on the news last night and am still laughing. Anyone who's ever watched an interview with the rocket surgeon couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of this mindless nitwit's opinions on anything.
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February 20, 2018, 12:23 PM
remsig
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Originally posted by rscalzo: No one will miss her. someone will simply take those jobs.
rscalzo - your avatar is huge!
February 20, 2018, 12:25 PM
GWbiker
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....And then I don’t know what I’m doing next.”
I think she's way ahead of herself.
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February 20, 2018, 12:28 PM
ensigmatic
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Originally posted by remsig:
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Originally posted by rscalzo: No one will miss her. someone will simply take those jobs.
rscalzo - your avatar is huge!
Wow! Is it ever!
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
February 20, 2018, 12:41 PM
Sigmanic
JJJLLAAWWW to the rescue! Great, I'm sure the system will have a dramatic metamorphosis with her shrewd and able guidance.
February 20, 2018, 12:42 PM
Sigmanic
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Originally posted by GWbiker:
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....And then I don’t know what I’m doing next.”
I think she's way ahead of herself.
I hope it involves a goat!
February 20, 2018, 01:37 PM
TigerDore
February 20, 2018, 01:38 PM
PHPaul
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Originally posted by apprentice: Publicity stunt.
Seems to be working too, at least a little bit. So far in this thread I've counted two members who googled her that otherwise wouldn't have.
Very true, at least in my case. Devious little ...
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
February 20, 2018, 01:43 PM
italia
Quite an undertaking on her part. I assumed she must have qualifications such as a PhD in Political Science, Economics or Public Policy, but when I looked her up on Wikipedia, it said she dropped out of high school at age 14, and years later was allegedly home schooled for two years to get her high school diploma. She's got her work cut out for her.
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February 20, 2018, 01:48 PM
feersum dreadnaught
Hollywood encounters the concept of the Constitutional Republic...
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February 20, 2018, 01:50 PM
selogic
Another "useful idiot" .
February 20, 2018, 01:51 PM
tacfoley
The only person in recent history to enter politics with honest intentions was Guy Fawkes.
tac
February 20, 2018, 01:55 PM
S600MBUSA
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Originally posted by tacfoley: The only person in recent history to enter politics with honest intentions was Guy Fawkes.
tac
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February 20, 2018, 01:57 PM
Ianfiniti
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Originally posted by parabellum: We're not a democracy, genius. We're a constitutional republic...
This isn't the first time I have seen this response to this sort of thing on this site.
Am I missing something? Last I learned we were both an democracy (albiet an indirect, or representative democracy) AND a republic, they aren't mutually exclusive...
Can someone explain this point of view to me, have I been wrong all this time?
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February 20, 2018, 02:18 PM
chellim1
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Am I missing something? Last I learned we were both an democracy (albiet an indirect, or representative democracy) AND a republic, they aren't mutually exclusive...
Yes....
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February 20, 2018, 02:28 PM
oddball
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Originally posted by jhe888: But she has increasingly made herself obnoxious on political matters. So much so that I have soured on her, and I am usually able to separate entertainer's performances from their actual lives.
I too can usually separate an entertainer's voting stance, but when they try to become de facto leftist politicians themselves, or when they think they are so fucking important to change public opinion or policy using their celebrity status, I will not deal with them as a customer.
I have never seen this actress in a film. I vaguely know what she looks like. Much of the time, I am glad that I'm hopelessly ignorant of much of today's pop culture. She sounds really stupid.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
February 20, 2018, 02:44 PM
jayhalsey
I enjoy her pictures. And by "her pictures" I mean:
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Originally posted by downtownv: Her best work appears in a google search (Images) Her Daddie must be proud of her exhibitionism...
the ones that she takes on her phone and uploads to the cloud.
February 20, 2018, 02:51 PM
mark60
I've never seen any of her movies and she doesn't "ring my bell" but what I have seen and read she seems to be just another Hollywood type that's a bit full of herself.
