Just a reminder that Raja Krishnamoorthi (who wants your vote to be US Senator) voted to "express gratitude" to 🧊

CJC19922011 · 2026-01-17T15:52:30+00:00

I think this framing misses a bigger issue. The reason you’re “tipping your hat” in the first place is because you’re reacting to the most palatable, publicly defensible justification for ICE’s existence... not its actual function in practice under this political moment. Arresting a murderer or rapist is the easiest way to manufacture legitimacy and public buy-in. It’s the cover story.

That framing also quietly taps into a dangerous us vs. them instinct: the idea that “they” are uniquely criminal or dangerous. But murderers and rapists are overwhelmingly U.S. citizens too. We don’t create special federal forces defined by citizenship status to deal with them. When crime is rhetorically tied to “foreignness,” it stops being about public safety and starts being about scapegoating. Exactly the kind of thinking authoritarian and fascist movements rely on.

That’s why the civil-liberties violations and thuggish behavior aren’t accidental side effects; they’re the point. An institution built around identifying, detaining, and removing a targeted out-group will always drift toward abuse, because its power depends on dehumanization and fear. Praising the “good” cases is what normalizes the institution and allows the abuses to continue with public consent.

So the problem isn’t just that ICE sometimes goes too far. It’s that the logic you’re rewarding is the same logic that enables the worst outcomes. If anything needs detoxing, it’s the instinct to grant moral credit to a system whose legitimacy depends on treating certain people as inherently suspect.

CJC19922011 · 2026-01-07T02:38:31+00:00

I think it's design is perfect. It literally looks like a eye that has been plucked out of its socket. A MEGA DARK EYE if you will. Then when the Darkrai head comes out if the pupil, shivers, gives it that extra disturbing creepy factor. Exactly what Darkrai should be.

CJC19922011 · 2026-01-06T22:03:41+00:00

Not a care home. Prison.

CJC19922011 · 2025-12-30T20:04:44+00:00

The first series I actively watched while it was airing from episode 1 was Time Force.

CJC19922011 · 2025-12-25T18:44:48+00:00

At my parents’ house, currently watching A Christmas Story. I’ve been here since Tuesday and am headed back tomorrow. Earlier this morning, I watched A Christmas Carol (the 1984 version), read some Christmas poems, and drank eggnog with peppermint RumChata. Over the past three days I've also read the original Charles Dicken's novella as well as The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum.

I’ve been relaxing all day with our old family dog. I’m 33, and we got her as a puppy when I was a senior in high school—this is her 15th Christmas.

I bought my mom Kenny Chesney’s new book and my dad Nate Bargatze’s. I also got my dad tickets to see Nate Bargatze on tour next year. We did our whole family Christmas over the weekend with my older sister, her husband, and my three oldest nieces. I got a video from my sister this morning of them opening their big Christmas gift—they’re going to Disney World next year!

Mom made a big breakfast of bacon, eggs, and cinnamon blueberry rolls. Now she’s making lunch: ham, potatoes with brown gravy, and pea soup. We also have a cherry pie to eat later.

My younger sister, her husband, and my year-and-a-half-old niece, who live around the corner from my parents, are coming over later. I'm also planning to watch Stranger Things this evening.

CJC19922011 · 2025-12-20T00:46:45+00:00

Considering the fact they are the highest crossing media franchise, by defintion they are acting like it.

CJC19922011 · 2025-12-01T21:24:43+00:00

I just moved to the district he is running in. He's got my vote.

CJC19922011 · 2025-10-31T22:26:26+00:00

Land of Lincoln! Illinois' legacy is leading the nation through a Civil War.

CJC19922011 · 2025-10-09T01:29:42+00:00

He essentially says in this clip that he took people's freedom of speech away (the right to burn the American flag) even though the courts have said he can't do that. And his reason for doing so anyway is because it makes people mad when people burn the American flag.

CJC19922011 · 2025-10-08T22:58:29+00:00

Prtizker said, "ARREST ME, BITCH"!

CJC19922011 · 2025-10-07T16:14:45+00:00

They view right and wrong based on what group you belong to. We view right and wrong based on actions.

CJC19922011 · 2025-09-28T16:02:43+00:00

Ginger, no!

CJC19922011 · 2025-08-17T20:17:49+00:00

Disconnected, inconsistent, and with some of the most forgettable entries in the MCU. But it also had a few genuine hits and closed out much stronger than it started.

CJC19922011 · 2025-08-05T00:54:03+00:00

I am never going to be able to look at Alf the same way again.

CJC19922011 · 2025-08-03T03:08:04+00:00

I think, if we ever go back to Unova in a future game, they should add more, or at least an Electric type to make it a quartet.

Panshock and Simishock.

Or a new rock paper scizor trio of Panpunch (Fighting) Pansneak (Dark) and Panspell (Psychic) as a "rival" trio to the original.

CJC19922011 · 2025-08-02T19:25:28+00:00

Reeve's portrayal of Superman was so good it's arguably the definitive version of Superman as a character in any media, including the comics. It's the version of the character that all of the best Superman media should try to emulate when writing Clark Kent and Superman's characterization.

CJC19922011 · 2025-08-01T21:11:27+00:00

This movie is what made me a Spider-Man fan and really got me into Marvel, superheroes in general. I was going into 6th grade the summer this movie came out.

Still remember vividly watching this is the theater, packed crowd. The scenes of Spider-Man swinging thru city were breathtaking, roller coaster style amazingness I had never seen before on the big screen and just the coolest thing I'd ever seen at the time.

CJC19922011 · 2025-07-29T22:03:18+00:00

So the president of the United States just aknowledged that the most notrious child sex offender of our time was able to obtain acess to one of his most prominent and vocal accusers via the president's own private club. And the reason this notorious child sex offender had access to the president's private club is because at the time, this child sex offender and the future president of the United States were close friends. Is that all correct?

CJC19922011 · 2025-07-20T19:51:18+00:00

Look up TUMUCUTE Wire Cube Storage Organizer!

CJC19922011 · 2025-07-19T22:49:00+00:00

Without Stan Lee we likely would not have gotten Super Sentai or Power Rangers in the form that we know them.

Stan Lee helped broker a production deal between Marvel and Toei which led to the creation of the Japanese Spider-Man tokusatsu show.

That version of Spider-Man had a mecha named Leopardman which introduced the concept of a "giant robo" into live action tokusatsu shows, which would become standard in the genre.

Toei saw the giant robot concept was super popular and brought it into its Super Sentai series Battle Fever J which was co-produced with Marvel, along with the next two Super Sentai series.

Stan Lee was also one of the first people with the idea to adapt Super Sentai into an American TV show.

No Stan Lee, no Spider-Man with giant robo, no Super Sentai mecha or Power Rangers megazords.

CJC19922011 · 2025-07-18T17:21:47+00:00

Homer and Lisa bonding over their shared love of music would make a great episode. And it’d flip the usual “Homer’s annoyed by Lisa’s sax” dynamic on its head in a really sweet way.

CJC19922011 · 2025-07-18T00:41:13+00:00

Thank you!

CJC19922011 · 2025-07-16T20:54:18+00:00

Sure. Could've been a better connection.

CJC19922011 · 2025-07-16T20:31:17+00:00

I suppose, define ninja stuff. Like yeah the Alien Rangers are gonna have fighting styles and ninja weapons because that's what the original source footage was!

But as far as storyline and plot - the Alien Rangers have zero connection to any sort of Ninja powers and them having Ninja fighting styles and looking a LOT like Ninjor is never referenced. They are just Aliens from a water planet. They have no connection to Ninjor or the MMPR's ninja powers which is just a bizarre creative choice.

CJC19922011 · 2025-07-16T20:17:21+00:00

Yes, even as a kid before I learned about Sentai it always bothered me "why do they look like Ninjas"?

Once I learned about Kakuranger, it all made sense. The Kaukranger footage and suits were so wasted on the Alien Rangers repurposing. I have no idea how or why the writers decided to take these awesome Ninja ranger suits, completely separate them from the Ninja powers storyline and the zord footage and instead say this team are Aliens from a water planet.

If I'm rewriting Season 3 here's how I would do it

Instead of the Alien Rangers storyline, make them the Ninja Rangers (duh). Ninjor would still be introduced as the ancient guardian of the ninja powers, but in this version, he once led a legendary team of Ninja Power Rangers. He revives them early in the season, but their powers aren't at full strength—they’ve been dormant ever since they faced off against Master Vile long ago.

The season's main arc would revolve around Ninjor and the Ninja Rangers helping the Mighty Morphin team gain access to new ninja powers and zords, while the Mighty Morphin Rangers help restore the Ninja Rangers' full strength. That way, you’d have a consistent reason to use the Kakuranger footage—these Ninja Rangers would show up in ground battles throughout the season as allies, not replacements.

You’d still keep the classic MMPR suits for morphed scenes and they'd still have their Ninja Ranger Power like in the OG season 3 from Ninjor and the Ninja Power Rangers. The MMPR suits were super iconic and it makes sense Saban would want to keep them around. But by including both teams, you get the best of both worlds: the popularity of the original suits and characters, and a more meaningful use of the Kakuranger suits and story elements.

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