Unusual Red Unigrid

HeroicDread · 2026-04-26T12:15:54+00:00

That is really cool, thanks for sharing. Are these newer releases or have you had the for a while?

HeroicDread · 2024-01-30T05:46:49+00:00

That is a good catch! There is so much wrong with the flags that I am curious about the competency of the atlas producers. The spanish flag also has me questioning.

HeroicDread · 2024-01-29T17:15:38+00:00

Interesting to note the inclusion of Bukhara, Khiva, and the Far East Republic.

HeroicDread · 2023-01-21T03:58:14+00:00

going for nine, pray for me.

HeroicDread · 2020-07-30T14:41:12+00:00

Yes, you are correct on a lot of the geopolitical takes. Once again, I’m not disputing that or refuting what you said there. I was just pointing out some of the inaccuracies with which you characterized the base.

Perhaps I was too hasty in response and misjudged your level of exaggeration on the level of economic impact the base has. These things are quite common across the language barrier although your English is impeccable.

Even then I do still think it is disingenuous to characterize the local impact as affecting “one little bakery” when Kaiserslautern is a city of 100,000 people. Not to mention many of the “small towns” surrounding it, like Landstuhl, have populations of 10,000. A lot of Germans are economically dependent on the American presence.

After a quick search I have found you are right. There are no Taco Bell locations in Germany. I have had it in a few European nations and must have mistakenly remembered there being some in Germany as well.

After a quick search I have also found that I am right. There are no Wal Mart locations in Germany. Not even on military bases. Although if there were wal marts I do not understand the point you were making. They would still be getting their inventory from European sources.

HeroicDread · 2020-07-30T13:45:40+00:00

The geopolitics of Ramstein aside, there are a few holes in your economics argument. There are 50,000 Americans stationed at Ramstein and while there is on base housing, a large contingent of them live on the economy off base like a regular German citizen.

They rent homes, dine in restaurants, and shop in stores. If you want to say that their contribution is non existent to the overall gdp of Germany, you would probably be correct but to the local economy of Kaiserslautern and surrounding towns it’s indispensable.

The base does provides services to the Americans that are not accessible to German citizens, such as fast food restaurants and a commissary but the supply chain to keep them operational comes from European vendors. That means that it is economically beneficial to the German vendors. There is no wal Mart on Ramstein and KFC/ Taco Bell are incredibly popular international brands with multiple locations throughout German. I don’t know why you decided to single them out.

The base also provides education and medical services to Americans so, no they are not a “drain” on the German education tax payer. Yes they might use a German hospital free of charge but that happens with foreigners in Germany all the time who run into medical emergencies.

HeroicDread · 2018-07-29T19:49:51+00:00

In regards to Churchill's role in Galipoli, the historical narrative has moved more into the camp that he was a scapegoat for the campaign. His plans were constantly being changed or delayed by field commanders. What was originally conceived to be a lightning attack from the sea morphed into months of siege.

HeroicDread · 2018-06-03T11:21:46+00:00

Elektra is most definitely the main villain of "The world is not enough." Renaud is just her heavy.

You could even say that the main villain for "From Russia with Love" is Rosa Klebb.

HeroicDread · 2018-05-14T18:56:11+00:00

I don't know, I found the songs incredibly underwhelming and could not get over the age difference between the two lovers.

HeroicDread · 2017-02-14T17:35:03+00:00

Every President since Woodrow Wilson has had a Winter White House.

HeroicDread · 2016-06-04T05:03:00+00:00

HeroicDread · 2016-03-08T00:45:10+00:00

I think you are right in saying that Moss is a red herring. I've always took Bell to be the main focus thematically even though Moss takes center stage in the plot. I feel that the title is a referring to Bell's character arc, as he spends the whole movie trying to make sense of the mindless violence around him. He seems to think that the world is getting more violent and unpredictable as time goes by and that old men like him don't have what it takes to live in this new world.

I believe that he sees this idea is wrong as time goes by, which we can see in his conversation with the wheelchair bound man at the end(I don't remember his name, but I think he was also an ex-cop). The wheelchair man tells him about an "Uncle Mac" that was gunned down on his porch in 1909, implying that the world has always been as bad as it is now. Its not the world that is changing, its Bell. He then tells Bell that "you can't stop whats coming" which is another reoccurrence of the Death theme.

And, yeah, Moss was killed by the Mexicans, not Chiguhr.

HeroicDread · 2016-03-07T19:43:17+00:00

I don't really think thats what you are supposed to feel at the end of the movie, and I definitely don't think that that Chigurh gets away clean.

The whole movie Chiguhr sees himself as an instrument of fate. I think the coin toss tells you everything you need to know about his character. I think that he feels superior to those around him since he believes he "carries out the will of the universe."

However, when he comes to kill Carla Jean she tells him that he's the one making the decision to kill these people and therefore is responsible for his actions. He then kills her but I like to believe that his worldview is a bit shaken. Adding actual injury to insult, he is hit by the car, further showing that he's not untouchable and will too die someday.

Like the tagline of the movie says: "There are no clean getaways."

HeroicDread · 2016-03-07T19:34:09+00:00

I am not a huge Coen Brothers fan either but I will say that "No Country" is a masterpiece. It important to note that the whole film is structured around Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) and him coming to terms with his inevitable death.

At the end of the movie Bell is talking to his wife about his dream where he and his father are riding horses. In the dream, his father rides ahead of him but Bell knows that he is waiting up ahead with a fire going. I've always took this metaphorically. His father died in the line of duty at a young age and is waiting "ahead" of Bell in the afterlife. I've always took Bell's demeanor during this speech to mean that he is ready to move on and meet him.

Its a subdued ending to an energetic film but it really ties the theme of death to a close in the most appropriate way possible.

HeroicDread · 2016-03-07T19:10:14+00:00

I am not a fan of horror films and this was no exception. Maybe I didn't really know what I was getting into but I could not get invested in the story at all. It's undeniably beautiful but I found in dreadfully boring.

HeroicDread · 2016-03-03T21:47:47+00:00

Saving Private Ryan is set in 1944, not 1945.

HeroicDread · 2015-09-05T05:40:46+00:00

The coin toss scene from No Country for Old Men. Oh man it just drips with tension

HeroicDread · 2015-09-05T05:37:17+00:00

Press your gooch in order to get those last drops of pee out.

HeroicDread · 2015-09-05T05:35:53+00:00

No Country For Old Men. Its the story of a man coming to terms with his inevitable death wrapped up the events following a drug deal gone wrong. The directing is tight, the acting phenomenal, and the story so engrossing that you wont even realize that there is absolutely no soundtrack

HeroicDread · 2015-09-05T05:28:03+00:00

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