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do you see Trump's presidency as evidence of the strength of those checks and balances?

for conversation's sake, what makes/made this country great (in your opinion)?

I'll agree with Valaverse on one thing: I also do not like talking about Donald John Trump, today, tomorrow, and forever. but that will be a lot easier once he is no longer president.

too often I feel like self-labeling as a 'centrist' is for people too chickenshit to hold any strong opinions. or a way to let people know 'yeah everybody on either side of me is nuts, I'm the only sane, un-ideological one here.' sorry if I can't recognize your bravery. one of my main, uh...

all very possible.

m'yeah, there is plenty about the Disney Star Wars that I'm not a big fan of but I would hate it if anything I said got love-bombed by the reactionary set. in retrospect, reading complaints of 'forced diversity' when TFA came out was the first sign of things to come. for me, there are a lot of...

you didn't hallucinate, but it is in the UK https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-original-cut-edit-screening-george-lucas-1236191847/

I remember responding to some Kathleen Kennedy rant with some version of 'well, if producing some subpar movies and TV shows is the worst thing she's done, she can't be that awful'. that's more or less my feelings. I know a lot of people aren't thrilled with how the new trilogy lacked a central...

if it were up to me we'd also see them re-do the McQuarrie Vader and Kenobi that were just inaccurate enough for me to pass up. very low likelihood of that happening but ya can't stop me from dreamin'

for what it's worth, I don't assume any of you guys are hunting down your respective grails for profit's sake. just pure (agonizing) love of the collecting game!

quick addendum, just realized we do not have Han in his pre/post carbonite duds, which ought to be an easy figure to produce since it would only need a new torso (and an alternate post-thaw head if you want to be generous). that might be it regarding the essential alternate outfits for the main...

gave a Holy Grail figure/collectable in your collection and want to brag about it? here's the thread for that admittedly I don't own anything that would be considered insanely rare or would net me a large sum on the secondary market. maybe the rarest thing that I had owned (and do not currently...

some of the issues I have with a lot of 3.75in figures are 1) paint/printing on face sculpts can look kinda iffy and 2) sometimes the articulation can look unsightly, depending on the size of the joint/limb. BUT I know that these are issues that are better ameliorated when you are working on a...

this maybe be kinda sacrilegious but I prefer the 6in line to the 3.75in line mostly because I think the figures themselves look better. I am well-aware that switching to 6in meant losing out on a lot of world-building (vehicles, creatures, environments) though there are other lines that satisfy...

chiming in to say that Han and Chewie are (y)(y)(y) it looks like Chewie's arms and head are new.... legs don't have thigh cut so maybe they're new as well? I always thought the first Black Series Chewie was a bit too tall so maybe they shrunk him as well, I dunno

for what it's worth, I voted 'uncommitted' in the 2024 Dem primary mainly due to Biden's support of the genocide in Palestine. if I were consistent I should have not voted for Kamala. :-/

yeah I'd be fine discussing this stuff here rather than the tariff thread dunno if Captain Cracker will be coming back but I am familiar with the kind of Trump voter who do the whole 'yeah I voted for him but I don't agree with everything he's done/said so it's unfair that you judge me for...

eh, if I wanna see myself as an action figure that bad I'll pay a customizer

m'yeah, things are not good. also: I have a really bad feeling that Abrego Garcia is dead

there is a lot that is unique to this era that could make comparisons to past fascism only useful up to a certain point https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk which doesn't mean studying history is useless either, y'all know what...

I have a family member with a 'Back 2 Back World War Champs' bumper sticker and she still voted for Trump. I know there are comparisons to be drawn between MAGA and the Nazi regime but I've accepted that either a) they don't feel that the similarities are important; there are plenty of...

btw in some sense I can relate because in 2020 I was in the position of having voted for a presidential candidate who would go on to support a (still ongoing) genocide in the Middle East. in 2024 I voted for a presidential candidate who supported the same policy (my principles are not as strong...

if having your feelings hurt during these next four years is the worst thing that happens to you, you're probably in a better place than many also there are a number of groups and politicians advocating for a more equitable distribution of wealth through organizing and peaceful protest if you...

and as far as moving tech manufacturers into the US: do you really think Donald Trump is that serious about re-industrializing the country?

that's what we call The Art of the Deal, baby in all seriousness, I am very much not surprised that the first China rollbacks are hitting the most widely purchased goods. I just didn't think it would happen this soon.