It’s okay to not have an opinion on every piece of news that floats by, which I will illustrate.

Oh I agree, and there’s a reason a lot of news flows past me without making an impact. It’s also why I find people acting like gadflies and unceasing bothers to be annoying, which is why I’ve had harsh words with om in terms of their approach, among others.

I agree with the first seven words of your above note, but have no position on the rest. If I was substantially compensated to opine on all that, I would compose something thoughtful. You’ve done a serviceable job of that yourself. Thanks for sharing.

No worries, and thanks for providing thoughtful and civil replies, as well as providing useful sources. We may not agree with everything, but then why should we?

In any case, take care BL.

It’s okay to not have an opinion on every piece of news that floats by, which I will illustrate. I agree with the first seven words of your above note, but have no position on the rest. If I was substantially compensated to opine on all that, I would compose something thoughtful. You’ve done a serviceable job of that yourself. Thanks for sharing.

I have little respect for the ICC, but even less for Putin and the bitch lieutenant of his that got indicted. Are you seriously trying to argue that what they shouldn’t be charged for forcibly relocating children in occupied territory with the intent or forcibly assimilating them?

That’s a war crime and has been acknowledged as such for decades, since it is a method of genocide. It’s what the Lebensborn Bigwigs got in trouble for even though most of them had never killed anyone, and had the WWI war crimes trials gone through like they would have it would’ve been subject.

There’s a lot wrong with the ICC and a lot of their proclamations I wouldn’t touch, but this isn’t one of them.

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin. No need to explain WHERE this paper should be used.

Frankly, I wouldn’t dirty myself by touching it.

I mentioned it a few weeks ago and got around to googling her interview of a few years ago on French TV.

My goodness. I’m no authority, but I am impressed. There are several “reaction videos” from native French speakers and they are all WTF.
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OK. I’ve always heard she was good at French. I didn’t know she was bilingual.

–“Reacting to Jodie Foster Speaking French – StreetFrench.org”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUCOAIWpnNo&t=56s
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This isn’t an American speaking passable (and more power to them) French. Jodie nailed it.

Sure, she got some gender stuff wrong (I am informed) and some verb tenses were debatable. But I suspect her pronunciation, confidence, nice little touches, and content would win over any audience in the heart of Paris. Not to mention her beauty.

Foster did attend a French school as a child in LA. That can definitely work.

FOAF, neo:

Agree about the greatness of the original.

The Peter Jackson 2005 remake has grown on me as a worthy successor. Jackson worked hard and generously to live up to Merian C. Cooper’s 1933 film.

In particular Jackson got Kong as a 3-D character in love with Fay Wray (as I always think of the woman).

Agree about King Kong. Wonderful expressiveness that modern films don’t convey.

That scene with the T-Rex scared me tremendously as a little child, though.