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Do any esteemed members know where I can download Series 2 'House of cards'. I successfully downloaded season 1 and the first episode of season 2 but it seems that 'rutracker' dot com have nanny state rules preventing me from getting the further episodes.

It is a fantastic series to watch and I highly recommend it. I would thus appreciate your assistance to satisfy my viewing pleasure again for this addictive series.

thanks

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While on TPB try the original British version.

For pure conspiratorial madness carried to its most fashion-forward extreme you might try Scandal 1, 2 and 3.

The Scandal has a long stumbling set-up but the series gets its legs toward the end of Season 1.

Apart from some profoundly hammy acting on the part of the lead gal, and some of the most UNconvincing sexual liaisons you can imagine, you will be treated to some of the most subversive anti-establishment artistic statements since the troubadour tropes and the Magdalenian heresy truffled their way into Medieval Christian portraiture.

"Sometimes, 'fuggedabowdit' just means fuggedabowdit. . . . "

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Hello

If you fail to download OK I have copies of series 1, 2 and 3 already downloaded. PM me if you would like copies

Norfolkboy

I suspect the OP was referring to the American remake, for which season 2 was released earlier this year. The UK original has 3 seasons.

Posted

Hello

If you fail to download OK I have copies of series 1, 2 and 3 already downloaded. PM me if you would like copies

Norfolkboy

I suspect the OP was referring to the American remake, for which season 2 was released earlier this year. The UK original has 3 seasons.

I suspect you are right.

I got my series 2 from kickass torrent and I found the whole series in one "bundle" and about 800mg per episode, good stuff.

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Downloading from the above url's can this be viewed on VLC?

Yes. I would go for the BTN internal encode (House.of.Cards.2013.S02.720p.NF.WEBRip.DD5.1.x264-NTb) which is the best quality out there.

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Posted

Hello

If you fail to download OK I have copies of series 1, 2 and 3 already downloaded. PM me if you would like copies

Norfolkboy

I suspect the OP was referring to the American remake, for which season 2 was released earlier this year. The UK original has 3 seasons.

My gal refused to persevere with the British originals because the actors were just too ugly.

BTW the removal of advertising from these episodes is a godsend, is it not ?

Profluence of plot and dramatic structure is radically different than that of most film and drama.

These series seem to motor along nicely until some acTOR decides that he or she needs/wants more "depth" or range to their role. Then it gets hammy, the plot suffers, and the story simply chuggs out. Seasoned actors know when they are getting a decent role and they stay out of the writers hair.

Witness "The Line" which was a writers series with some of the "acting" stuff that has killed other story lines.

Another great thing about downloads is that I can fast forward or eliminate tender family moments and sex scenes between characters I can't stand.

The plot rarely suffers as a result.

"Sometimes, 'fuggedabowdit' just means fuggedabowdit. . . . "

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Some posts removed:

3) Do not post about activities or links to websites containing such material that are illegal in Thailand. This includes but is not limited to: gambling, betting, pornography, illegal drugs, fake goods/clothing, file sharing, warez, cracks, pyramid schemes, etc. Discussion of file-sharing of pirated material is prohibited, however file sharing for legal purposes is allowed.

Posted

Whilst the original British version has actors who are not so 'pretty' as their American counterparts in the new version, at least their diction is understandable and they do not all speak like Marlon Brando with a mouth full of cotton-wool.

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This is related to piracy and is not allowed.

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Sorry boss, how about we leave that for the mods to decide ?

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Now smartypants just keep yourself to the rules and no mods should be needed to intervene.

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Hello

If you fail to download OK I have copies of series 1, 2 and 3 already downloaded. PM me if you would like copies

Norfolkboy

How can you have a copy of season 3 as it will be released in 2015?!?

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How can you have a copy of season 3 as it will be released in 2015?!?

If you'd bothered reading the previous postings and didn't have such a narrow, Americocentric viewpoint you might have read:

I suspect the OP was referring to the American remake, for which season 2 was released earlier this year. The UK original has 3 seasons.

Posted

House Of Cards is superb and available everywhere, so cant understand the original request?!!

Scandal is a boring piece of repetitive bullshit nonsense. Probably appeals to Americans. I pity your lack of class and awareness.

Posted

Whilst the original British version has actors who are not so 'pretty' as their American counterparts in the new version, at least their diction is understandable and they do not all speak like Marlon Brando with a mouth full of cotton-wool.

But that's just provincial lil' ol' you. Me, I hadn't the slightest problem w/ the diction or speaking throughout either of the two seasons of the American version. Kevin Spacey came out with a remarkably convincing high Southern accent, too. That's American Southern, not English.

You may be more comfortable after you improve your knowledge of and appreciation for American accents here: http://www.dialectsarchive.com/united-states-of-america.

Posted

House Of Cards is superb and available everywhere, so cant understand the original request?!!

Scandal is a boring piece of repetitive bullshit nonsense. Probably appeals to Americans. I pity your lack of class and awareness.

Scandal gets a lot of bad reviews at IMDB. Some like it of course. There's just no accounting for different tastes, eh.

Posted

Scandal is an extremely well crafted piece of subversive art.

It gets bad reviews because it explores rather dangerous themes.

In many ways the writers explore otherwise forbidden topics by specifically identifying them as "fringe".

After such a designation, the piece goes into direct validation of said fringe theme.

The viewer needs to watch the characters as one would watch kabuki.

One such theme has 39% of Americans as adherents.

Hardly "fringe".

It is no surprise that scandal gets "wet blanketed" by mainstreamers.

In the areas of civil religiosity, semiotic manipulation and meme-play this series is gonna be seen as the upfront in a series of major American zeitgeist gamechangers.

But hey, whatdoEyeknow eh?

"Sometimes, 'fuggedabowdit' just means fuggedabowdit. . . . "

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Scandal is an extremely well crafted piece of subversive art.

It gets bad reviews because it explores rather dangerous themes.

You wish, but the truth seems to lie elsewhere. A few from IMDb. Perhaps from watching you suffer the same problem as that of the last reviewer?

I'm always on the lookout for a good series as they're good to watch during exercise. However, this doesn't appear to be one. I might download an episode or two and confirm.

The worst acting you can get.......

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Author: Rakesh Ramachandran from India

29 June 2013

The cast in the show especially The title role actor is one of the worst actors i saw in a show. Its like she is overacting in every scene and am surprised she is the same girl in Django Unchained. Its horrible i couldn't watch the show more than three episodes. I wouldn't recommend this one to those who likes to watch meaningful drama with believable people.The supporting casts are equally bad and gets on your nerves.I am surprised that it has got a 7 plus rating here on IMDb , seriously people.The stories are all like unbelievable and the presidents character which should have been powerful is like a immature 16 year old.

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Author: mark635 from United States

24 October 2013

This is the worst piece of putrefied garbage I've ever seen.

My g/f asks me to sit and watch it with her..."Sure honey, love to join in with you." Makes her happy, right? That lasted exactly one and a half episodes. An hour and a half of my life I'll never get back.

The casting is way off, the acting is weak, Tony Goldwyn is completely unbelievable as POTUS! I'm sorry to see Josh Malina on this show, I thought he was good on The West Wing. BTW, if you like a decent political/White House drama, try the West Wing or House of Cards. This show is a bunch of salacious BS. Soap opera stupidity.

Never again my sweet. Call your girlfriends if you're going to continue to watch this tripe!

More Of The Same Old Rubbish 30.gif

Author: chrisduwe from England

13 October 2013

America can produce fantastic prime time TV like Deadwood, Damages, The Wire, Breaking Bad etc. but it also produces absolute trash like this. Take Breaking bad for example, an imaginative soundtrack, Scandal uses the same soundtrack I've heard a million times before, it's been used since the mid 90's, generic , annoying tripe. Why bother fleshing out the characters when you can go full head into people talking really fast which is supposed to mean they are cool, smart and worthy of our attention, throw some fast paced generic funk music over the top, it's easy.

Shallow, made for the masses who have no attention span.

Just not good 20.gif

Author: hr-27 from United States

13 May 2012

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This show is not very good. I have watched every episode hoping that it would find its legs, but sadly, it has not. The show is poorly written, the characters are very 2 dimensional. If you have watched T V in the last 10 years, you will easily guess what the characters will say and do. The shows repeated usages of characters saying "Olivia Pope" is irritating. The stories are so black and white no shades of gray. The stories each week do not fit into any current or past realities. The acting or directing is so poor I cannot figure it out. There is not real chemistry between the characters. The naïve character (Quinn Perkins) is so naïve you wonder why anyone would hire her. The tech guru/former black ops killer (Huck), does not that just sound silly. The slick, fasting talker (Harrison Wright), surprise, surprise is played by a black guy. Then there is the powerful smart women (Abby Whelan) who got beaten by her husband. The characters sound more like the cast of Leverage. The concept of the story is great but the execution is extremely poor. The show just does not have real passion behind it, then again how can you have passion or insight about this larger than life powerful black women who is having an affair with the President of the United States.

My brain is now less functional than before watching this show! 20.gif

Author: trojko700 from spain

1 August 2013

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

What appears as an intriguing storyline quickly reveals itself as a poorly executed concept. The acting is weak at best with the lead having only two facial expressions, the plastic surgery stiff face and then the weepy eyed look. The plot is hinged on the impossible and the relationship between the president and the main character is replayed in a pathetic unbelievable constant replay cycle.

The main point of contention is that the main characters are all very unlikable and guilty of what is an act of political terrorism as well as multiple murders, and they justify it this with the same excuse that all horrific characters use in cliché writing.

Make an intelligent choice and avoid this horrific attempt at television, once again proving that the private cable companies are still way ahead in the drama creation and execution. the big networks are really trying to catch up but just don't seem to have the ability to do so.

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Posted

Okay Joe

Look at my post again.

I actually watch the series ("gang watch")

You didn't really get what I meant in my comment now, did you ;-?

You don't understand what I am saying do you.

OR

You are pretending not to understand my comment aren't you.

Instead of Googling reviews on something you are considering why not sample it and use your own judgement ?

Read my post again. 39%, kabuki, dangerous memes, subversive, disturbing . . . . to which I will add "hidden" "iconoclastic"

I actually do not like Kerry Washington's performance. Nor do I care for the Cyrus Bean couple etc but THAT is not my point here.

Again. Please read what I posted.

The actors are hamming. The action is cryptic. The artistry is in what YOU have to put into it.

You need to have kept up or become familiar with modern western political history and significant pivotal events in geopolitics for the past 50 years.

These themes are examined in hundreds of political, historical, arts threads on hundreds of sites. They are not important to you.

They are not really not so to you.

It's just not for you.

Try Elementary, then. It is less political.

There are scores of series. Sample them. Some hold your interest. Some kack after two seasons because the "acTORS" grab onto the writers. Some lose their relevancy.

Suppressed information always resurfaces.

It re-emerges FIRST in the arts.

"Sometimes, 'fuggedabowdit' just means fuggedabowdit. . . . "

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You didn't really get what I meant in my comment now, did you ;-?

You don't understand what I am saying do you.

OR

You are pretending not to understand my comment aren't you.

Don't flatter yourself. You made quite clear your love of themes you find congenial in Scandal as they appeal to your own little idiosyncrasies. One's own pet agenda can make cliche-ridden, poorly acted tripe seem fresh and appealing. smile.png And so claim that others "just don't get it."

Any theme can be made compelling with the right artistry. Poor artistry diminishes even a great theme and makes the film not worth watching--and there seem to be many complaints indeed about the artistry here.

Looked at Elementary, didn't care for it--doesn't hold a candle to the great Brit Sherlock series. I liked House Of Cards and of course The Wire--both of which are quite political and, uh, subversive from one point of view anyway. You might like the one season of Rubicon. Wish it'd lasted another season or two.

Instead of Googling reviews on something you are considering why not sample it and use your own judgement ?

If you read my post, I noted I'd download a couple of episodes. I do, however, pay attn to intelligent reviewers to do some spade work before I bother to waste my time. It usually pays off.

Read my post again. 39%, kabuki, dangerous memes, subversive, disturbing . . . . to which I will add "hidden" "iconoclastic"

And what's hidden? A rottentomatoes.com reviewer found, "Clear away the soap bubbles, and you'll find ... more soap bubbles." laugh.png One man's soap bubble can be another's profundity, though. We learned that back in the 60s. ;)

These themes are examined in hundreds of political, historical, arts threads on hundreds of sites.

Yep, same ol' same ol'. But the artistry might save it--except the artistry in this case seems questionable.

But I'm truly glad you enjoy the series. I'll let you know if I can get into it. Who knows, I might. There's just not much else on right now that True Detective ended. Waitin' for Game Of Thrones . . . .

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First of all, I'll thank you to NOT parse and edit my posts.

They are to be read and considered in their entirety or not at all.

Your cherry-picking outs you even further as what I would term a status quo desperado of sorts.

Each to his own.

I pity people like you with a depth of field so shallow that they cannot see what's really going on in a piece of art. But be careful there six pack, your exclusive reliance on Rotten Tomatoes and some of these other critics you have so deftly Googled makes you appear as you cannot afford to appear.

There is a 39% who know exactly what is going on in these silly soapy ideological vehicles. Far from feeling marginalized in the minority you would nail into a frame of simple-mindedness which you and others of YOUR proclivities strive to establish, the 39% (and growing and strengthening day by day) takes heart in the shrill manor of our critics.

Art and artistry, often vulgar and crass in tone, stand the test of time.

The memes and literary devices, beards, tropes, and iconoclasm of this PURPOSELY soap opera-ish series are making a difference.

Themes and plot twists previously unthinkable are now on the table.

And you and your team of pick artist internet smear artists can do little to destroy this.

Look for 39% (not MY figures at all and not my proclivities at all . . . . . 39% in a bewilderingly fractionated field . . . . . Look for this group to grow and strengthen and spread and eventually expose what is really wrong in our present smug self-satisfied Exceptionalist ideology.

Anyway you've made your point, you don't like the series. Well actually, not YOU, PEOPLE whose opinions and literary background you deeply respect. Or at least respect deeply enough to comment on my own.

Didn't mean to upset you but if you really feel this way there's rough seas ahead for you.

"Sometimes, 'fuggedabowdit' just means fuggedabowdit. . . . "

Posted

True Detective copped out of the obvious trail that 12 or 13 episodes would have taken it. Woody has the eggs but no one else was on board.

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Posted

I find Game of Thrones tedious and it is now a series whose only goal is longevity. This will be pursued through the usual implicit sex and violence orgies.

The make-it-up-as-you-go-along politics in that series is wearying

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Posted

And finally your insistence on re-editing my explanation for holding this series up as pivotal and important, your terrier-like grip on reviewers opinions and finally your promotion of your own opinion and your own personal hissy fit regarding my assessment of this work is very telling.

I also find the Cumberbatch Sherlock to be hysterical, uneven, and poorly conceived.

The Baskerviles episode was a total catastrophe. The writing is so poor and the Holmes character so far off the mark that we've got Canon-Doyle spinning in his grave. Cumberbatch is doing as he pleases.

Miller on the other hand IS Holmes. And the extra added delight of Lucy Liu takes it into new territory. The art direction is superb. The plots are similarly fashion forward.

In any case I have no desire to waste arguing the subjective assessments you insist on advancing as valid argumentation merely because you have support from your reverence for Rotten tomatoes' mainstream media credentials.

I'll just stick with my own assessments and my own background in this side of US culture,

Anyway

Bubeye.

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Well, tried out 3 series today, none of which I cared for. Scandal was one of them. It's every bit as bad as the negative reviews held. So I felt glad once again I'd taken a look at them first and didn't bother to download more than a couple of episodes--which in itself was one too many.

Funny how one can tell whether a series or movie is going to be crap from the very opening scene. Such is the case with Deadwood, for example, and is w/ Scandal as well. Immediately evident:

  • bad acting,
  • stereotypical, uninteresting, portable characters,
  • absurd situations,
  • modern themes already hackneyed,
  • ridiculous melodrama,
  • annoying, frantic photography w/ silly effects, and
  • dialogue delivering tripe in the most pretentious staccato.

And all is oh-so-breezy, quick & easy, and pat--something Scandal shares with the series Elementary.

I kept hoping for a cue that this is all meant as comedy. But no: this is serious stuff targeted at superficial twenty-somethings--women in particular, and notably the African Americans among them.

After the opening scene, we go to a ridiculous kidnapped baby "rescue," said baby delivered in a filebox and then carried all the way back to the office and revealed still in the filebox--presumably after having lain around awhile stashed in the box. Yikes! w00t.gif

Then we move to a couple of hackneyed plot lines made nonsensical & constantly interrupted & montaged for short attention spans (deflecting attention away from plot holes and absurdities). One of the main subplots is pretty much resolved, finally, by the ol' CCTV footage gimmick. Of course. We end w/ a parade of political correctness for its own sake. Gag!

About the only redeeming quality here is that Kerry Washington is certainly a most attractive though not a particularly good actress. She didn't get naked. Now, amid the synthetic music score there was brief lyrical moment of Sam Cooke playing in the background. And that was probably the highlight of the entire episode.

Too bad. As many have noted, the idea of the series has potential but then is ruined in the telling: it all ends up "the same old rubbish." Now rubbish has its place and always seems to find an audience. I won't be in this audience, however.

My own quest nowadays isn't to find a GREAT current series. There aren't any at present I know of. Once-decent ongoing series like Mad Men or Homeland went downhill. No, it's to find a series merely watchable. Hence in the recent "fixer" genre, Ray Donovan, if mediocre and forgettable, is at least a watchable man's series if only for Jon Voight--whereas Scandal just isn't, period, unless it somehow fits a particular superficial feminine taste or compulsive political agenda.

Hence, for newbies who've never seen the series, I'd recommend approaching it w/ caution as did: read some reviews, try an episode or two before investing in the entire series. Good luck; I'm moving onto taking a look at Mad City and Damages.

First of all, I'll thank you to NOT parse and edit my posts.
They are to be read and considered in their entirety or not at all.
Your cherry-picking outs you even further as what I would term a status quo desperado of sorts.
Each to his own.


Little Emperor of thaivisa film critics, are we. biggrin.png Got a hearty laugh out this. The demonizing was all quite amusing, too. If you were really confident of yourself, my needling and questioning your pretensions would just bounce right off rather than twist your panties in such a wad.

Relax. Your posts were "read and carefully considered" in their canonical entirety, just not quoted in their entirety as I addressed their essential points ferreted from among the irrelevance and verbiage.

Better?

The artistry is in what YOU have to put into it.


Hmmm. Glad you're endowed with an abundance of artistry to put in there yourself. We should all be so lucky.

But I'd think you'd first need to excise the botched artistry already therein, leaving you with little more than a slideshow. Then you become your own director and producer, eh. Such diligence and perseverance.

You do all that while I watch something whose producers and directors have earned their pay.

39%, kabuki, dangerous memes, subversive, disturbing . . . . to which I will add "hidden" "iconoclastic"


Whatever. biggrin.png

Cheers!

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Well, tried out 3 series today, none of which I cared for. Scandal was one of them. It's every bit as bad as the negative reviews held. So I felt glad once again I'd taken a look at them first and didn't bother to download more than a couple of episodes--which in itself was one too many.

Funny how one can tell whether a series or movie is going to be crap from the very opening scene. Such is the case with Deadwood, for example, and is w/ Scandal as well. Immediately evident:

  • bad acting,
  • stereotypical, uninteresting, portable characters,
  • absurd situations,
  • modern themes already hackneyed,
  • ridiculous melodrama,
  • annoying, frantic photography w/ silly effects, and
  • dialogue delivering tripe in the most pretentious staccato.
And all is oh-so-breezy, quick & easy, and pat--something Scandal shares with the series Elementary.

I kept hoping for a cue that this is all meant as comedy. But no: this is serious stuff targeted at superficial twenty-somethings--women in particular, and notably the African Americans among them.

After the opening scene, we go to a ridiculous kidnapped baby "rescue," said baby delivered in a filebox and then carried all the way back to the office and revealed still in the filebox--presumably after having lain around awhile stashed in the box. Yikes! w00t.gif

Then we move to a couple of hackneyed plot lines made nonsensical & constantly interrupted & montaged for short attention spans (deflecting attention away from plot holes and absurdities). One of the main subplots is pretty much resolved, finally, by the ol' CCTV footage gimmick. Of course. We end w/ a parade of political correctness for its own sake. Gag!

About the only redeeming quality here is that Kerry Washington is certainly a most attractive though not a particularly good actress. She didn't get naked. Now, amid the synthetic music score there was brief lyrical moment of Sam Cooke playing in the background. And that was probably the highlight of the entire episode.

Too bad. As many have noted, the idea of the series has potential but then is ruined in the telling: it all ends up "the same old rubbish." Now rubbish has its place and always seems to find an audience. I won't be in this audience, however.

My own quest nowadays isn't to find a GREAT current series. There aren't any at present I know of. Once-decent ongoing series like Mad Men or Homeland went downhill. No, it's to find a series merely watchable. Hence in the recent "fixer" genre, Ray Donovan, if mediocre and forgettable, is at least a watchable man's series if only for Jon Voight--whereas Scandal just isn't, period, unless it somehow fits a particular superficial feminine taste or compulsive political agenda.

Hence, for newbies who've never seen the series, I'd recommend approaching it w/ caution as did: read some reviews, try an episode or two before investing in the entire series. Good luck; I'm moving onto taking a look at Mad City and Damages.

First of all, I'll thank you to NOT parse and edit my posts.

They are to be read and considered in their entirety or not at all.

Your cherry-picking outs you even further as what I would term a status quo desperado of sorts.

Each to his own.

Little Emperor of thaivisa film critics, are we. biggrin.png Got a hearty laugh out this. The demonizing was all quite amusing, too. If you were really confident of yourself, my needling and questioning your pretensions would just bounce right off rather than twist your panties in such a wad.

Relax. Your posts were "read and carefully considered" in their canonical entirety, just not quoted in their entirety as I addressed their essential points ferreted from among the irrelevance and verbiage.

Better?

The artistry is in what YOU have to put into it.

Hmmm. Glad you're endowed with an abundance of artistry to put in there yourself. We should all be so lucky.

But I'd think you'd first need to excise the botched artistry already therein, leaving you with little more than a slideshow. Then you become your own director and producer, eh. Such diligence and perseverance.

You do all that while I watch something whose producers and directors have earned their pay.

39%, kabuki, dangerous memes, subversive, disturbing . . . . to which I will add "hidden" "iconoclastic"

Whatever. biggrin.png

Cheers!

Yeah, uh uh, Jsixpack.

The 39% is just not buying your hackneyed blow off of this series.

And the more shrill your posts, the more obvious you become.

You needed to lay claim to having sampled and rejected. So studied a tale. So weak a tactic.

You are just sooo obvious.

At this point you're so extended, you could substitute one of those amazing geoduck clams as your avatar.

And you know what's happening out here in reality land as well. . . . . . a truth that makes all your window-piffle even more of an astro-obvious "turf claim."

Turns out 2.3 trillion and whatever else is currently being skimmed will never be enough.

As a before bed treat I'd just like to recommend Snow White and the Huntsman.

Another "overly melodramatic" tale that you might also feel the need to crap on.

G'head. Be a good little lone gunman and tell us like it really really is ;-)

Can't wait for the tiresome feigned obtuseness of your reply . . . . . Like I say, CAN'T wait . . . . . so kinya do us a big fave there and just don't bother.???? . . . . . . n-n-n-kay, now ???

"Mirror, Mirror", to ya.

All that semiotic stuff's gonna bite the once proud coward squad back s-o-o-o hard.

"Sometimes, 'fuggedabowdit' just means fuggedabowdit. . . . "

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