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  1. The second link says it's a TV show when you click on it. That's the TV show. (I'm taking as a given that it's accurate.)
  2. Ok, this is a round of short-lived "historical" shows, name any to take the round. A) This show was meant as a comedy, but actually made a lot of sense in terms of the story. This series showed a main character "passing the torch" to his successor, which was always part of the narrative when it was meant as serious stories. It lasted 5 episodes. It took place in California, and introduced a new character named Carlos. B) This show also took place in California. The theme-song was sung by Jose Feliciano. It lasted for 8 episodes despite 22 episodes having been filmed and completed. A DVD version was later released in France under the title "Sous Le Signe de L'Épée." The main character was female. C) This show took place in France. It lasted 13 episodes. One of the main characters was the son of a famous character in literature, the others were all new. The cast included Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Ironside, and Sheena Easton. Karen Cliche was in the principal cast.
  3. The "B" show does not include a Zorro, and AFAIK, never mentions a Zorro under any circumstances.
  4. Cleve Gordon William Struthers Father Chuck O'Malley Clinton Jones Rubin Flood Roger Morgan Steve Blair Jay Follett Ace Bonner Joseph Dobbs Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside Tom Lindholm Sr. Big Ed Bookman Hadley Chisholm Ben Sunday Mike Finnegan Dennis Riordan Dr. Irving Finegarten Carole "Toddy" Todd "Big" Ed Bookman
  5. Ok, this is a round of short-lived "historical" shows, name any to take the round. A) This show was meant as a comedy, but actually made a lot of sense in terms of the story. This series showed a main character "passing the torch" to his successor, which was always part of the narrative when it was meant as serious stories. It lasted 5 episodes. It took place in California, and introduced a new character named Carlos. B) This show also took place in California. The theme-song was sung by Jose Feliciano. It lasted for 8 episodes despite 22 episodes having been filmed and completed. A DVD version was later released in France under the title "Sous Le Signe de L'Épée." C) This show took place in France. It lasted 13 episodes. One of the main characters was the son of a famous character in literature, the others were all new. The cast included Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Ironside, and Sheena Easton.
  6. Cleve Gordon William Struthers Father Chuck O'Malley Clinton Jones Rubin Flood Roger Morgan Steve Blair Jay Follett Ace Bonner Joseph Dobbs Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside Tom Lindholm Sr. Big Ed Bookman Hadley Chisholm Ben Sunday Mike Finnegan Dennis Riordan
  7. Two Boston-area detectives investigate the kidnapping of a little girl. She later joins a special task-force solving abduction and missing-person cases. She becomes worried that her own kidnapper has finally returned when her sister goes missing. Cast includes: Case Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Leven Rambin, Chris Noth, Danny Pino, Andy Mientus, Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1838544/?ref_=rvi_tt https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6483836/?ref_=rvi_tt This should help. This is still a stealth round, so you don't have the entire title right now, you're still missing one movie.
  8. Maybe George has heard this song before. I've heard lots of songs that charted before I was born, but I've hardly heard them all.
  9. I'll get back here eventually. If Human's got one, Human can go.
  10. You're on the right track with "Gone Girl", but it isn't part of the answer. (The other parts aren't even close.) And the round is stealthed- we have what looks like exactly one name of one movie, but another movie and a TV show are included.
  11. Threads about lcm and nobody lining up to make an lcm ministry: "I'm somewhat surprised..." "Does the way lidership that was loyal to lcm form their own splinter groups after they leave?" "PFAL vs WayAP- Comparing Foundational Classes" "Why hasn't Loy started his own splinter group?" http://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/21658-im-somewhat-surprised/ http://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/19281-does-the-way-lidership-that-was-loyal-to-lcm-form-their-own-splinter-groups-afther-they-leave/ http://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/6425-pfal-vs-wayap-comparing-foundational-classes/ http://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/4649-why-hasnt-loy-started-his-own-splinter-group/
  12. Are you kidding? A) People with personal experience of lcm remember him as abrasive, domineering and foul-mouthed. Parents said their kids learned to curse from mandatory exposure to his tirades. Some of them were kicked out by him, and others got fed up and left because of him. B) The chicks in charge of twi (we need a nickname for the 3 chicks running the show now) painted lcm as the big villain when he was in, and made it look like their hands were clean, no matter how complicit they were in everything. He was set up to take the blame for everything THEY did as well as everything HE did. C) Leaders who were around dealing with lcm found him difficult to deal with at best, and abrasive and domineering at worst. None of them had positive memories of him overall. Even when he was "at his best", he insisted on pushing his way into the spotlight and making sure his capricious whims were followed no matter how impractical that was. D) vpw knew to turn on the charm and fake being a nice guy. vpw knew to fake liking the leaders so long as he got his own way with them. vpw was older and had the mystique he constructed, that he was on another level than the leaders that he dealt with (for the most part; a few never quite bought into it- hi, Ralph!) E) People who have fantasies that twi was nearly perfect when they were young and naive credit vpw for the idyllic paradise of their fantasies- and need a villain to explain what went wrong. In their case, they blame lcm for freaking EVERYTHING. F) lcm lacks academic credentials, and the skill to plagiarize the way vpw did. So, he has nothing of his own to bring to the table. He presented his own versions of vpw's stuff, but in his urge to be different, he managed to construct inferior material to graft on, and it showed. So, the old stuff is seen a superior to the lcm stuff. So, in short, at best, lcm is the designated villain, and at worst, the plague that adulterated vpw's stuff and ruined what was good to begin with. So, lcm counts as zero when he doesn't count as a negative number.
  13. All technology has side-effects, and not all results are bad- and some are the price for the advantages. Yes, I think the printing press was one of the most catalytic pieces of technology ever invented, and the internet is another. Both offer great advantages, and those come with consequences, also. Sure- the printing press allowed knowledge to be passed along in a book with far greater efficiency. That meant that learned people could learn more, and that was expected. What some people never saw coming was the idea that the uneducated would want to read, and not always to become educated. I mean, look at books from the early 20th century. They include references to Latin without translating them and other literate references. That isn't because the authors were trying to be pretentious. They were educated and thought that only those with advanced degrees would read their stuff. Bullinger certainly seemed to think so, to name a reference we'd all recognize. Hislop's book drops references also. Some public domain books from that time are in PDF online- and may be difficult reads UNINTENTIONALLY for those very reasons. I think it's wonderful that information can travel more freely. On the other hands, A) some people want information restricted and their voices to be the only ones heard; and B) when voices are unrestricted, every tinfoil-hat wearer can publish a book. So, those are seen as different problems- which is worse depends where on the spectrum you are. So, yes, a few decades ago, the foolish, naive and unstable could look for answers in a library and read the most ridiculous hogwash and embrace it. Nowadays, the foolish, naive and unstable can go online for the most ridiculous hogwash and embrace it. On the other hand, there's perfectly useful information that's easy to find. A Bible student has lots of resources online. Anyone learning to cook can find a recipe with a few clicks, and learning lots of things can be done with a few more clicks. Want to practice a foreign language? You just need the right website. So, yes, it's a double-edged sword. Any fool can make videos and put forth he's some great one. In the long term, however, remember that this fool's competing not only with legitimate sources of information live and online, but he's also competing with the other fools. Ex-twi fools are bottom-feeders who wouldn't have made it in cons outside of twi. So, they can only really appeal to ex-twi, and that audience is aging out. The twi and ex-twi population is not replacing its numbers with new converts nor kids staying in the groups. For every one who is, there's several people who just plain die of old age. So, they're competing for a continually-shrinking audience. This problem will resolve itself progressively, and in the long run. In modern culture, twi is a quaint footnote. As time progresses, that will apply moreso until it dwindles away. Ex-twi fools are no different in that respect. They won't make groups that will appeal to a big audience nor last. The biggest ones will work locally for years or a decade, then pass their peak and begin fading slowly or quickly. This is a problem that affects a few handfuls of people for now, and will affect almost nobody fairly soon.
  14. Ok, this TV- movie is a stealth triple. Hold on to your hats. Yes, this is 1 TV show and 2 movies. In a stealth round. Two Boston-area detectives investigate the kidnapping of a little girl. She later joins a special task-force solving abduction and missing-person cases. She becomes worried that her own kidnapper has finally returned when her sister goes missing. Cast includes: Case Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Leven Rambin, Chris Noth, Danny Pino, Andy Mientus, Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan.
  15. No. Nobody quite so iconic. He seems to have gotten a lot of work where he faded into the background or something. He's well-known for about 2 roles. Oddly enough, I know him best for a 3rd role and not for the other 2. Well, knowing me, it's not so odd, but statistically it's unusual. (It's a little like recognizing Shatner for "" Incubus" or "TJ Hooker" and not the other stuff.) I'm hoping one or more of the other roles will trigger something like "Hey, that's right, [actor's name] was in that movie playing that guy! Clean forgot until now!"
  16. Robert MacArthur Charles Bent Martin Bradley Kent Dick Allen Digby Geste Johnny Potter Ronnie Logan Chuck Lane Steve Lewis Donald Morse Paul Bryson Jr Steve Van Ruyle Robert Draper Dan Cutler Michael Crane Pvt Joe Doyle Captain Nick Stanton Francis Macomber Jim Davis Rev. Philip Y. Andrews Tate Riling Murray Sinclair Brad Brady David Boothe Pat Barnett James Cloud Kid Wichita John Graham Matthew Fowler Joe Waldner Sheriff Jack Potter Jack Roberts Ben Wagner Phil Baxter Isaac Eaton Jed Kennedy Jim Tweedy Professor Richard Wanley Jeff Frazer Col. Frank Marston Capt. Bob Wainer Thomas Howard Jesse James Zachary Meredith Doug Hallock Tom Waycroff Tom Collier Doug Hallock
  17. Yes. He showed how to quote Psalms "The fool saith in his heart, 'There is no God' " to say it technically says "there is no God." He also used I Corinthians to tell Jim D that God Almighty was ok with orgies. His rationale: Where it says "It is good for a man not to touch a woman", it's acceptable because the verses says that's "good" but not required, and that it would say "BEST" if God had issues with that, therefore God Almighty was fine with orgies- according to vpw in private.
  18. Next song. "She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh. I told her I didn't, and crawled off to sleep in the bath."
  19. I like my settings with a double-serving of security on the side, thank you. Other than here, it's not an issue anywhere else, and I take sensible precautions.
  20. "We disagree on this doctrine, but if he'd lived long enough, he would have agreed with me." "We disagreed on doctrine publicly, but PRIVATELY, he said he really agreed with me but didn't want to lose his job so publicly he still disagreed with me." "We disagreed on doctrine most of his life, but on his deathbed he changed his mind and agreed with me." 3 different, dishonest ways to treat disagreeing with someone you respect. Conmen pull this, and vpw pulled this, although I have no need to repeat myself.
  21. It's gotten to be that we've seen so many instances of vpw shown to have lied about things that it actually counts as news when he's found to have told the truth about something. So vpw actually went to India. It would not have shocked me terribly to find out the whole India trip was a hoax with doctored photos attached to it.
  22. "AMERICAN CHRISTIAN PRESS" should not be confused with "CANADIAN CHRISTIAN PRESS." BG Leonard started that, and vpw ripped off his content and his printing company title as well. In the category of Christianity, the man had few original thoughts in his life.
  23. Robert MacArthur Charles Bent Martin Bradley Kent Dick Allen Digby Geste Johnny Potter Ronnie Logan Chuck Lane Steve Lewis Donald Morse Paul Bryson Jr Steve Van Ruyle Robert Draper Dan Cutler Michael Crane Pvt Joe Doyle Captain Nick Stanton Francis Macomber Jim Davis Rev. Philip Y. Andrews Tate Riling Murray Sinclair Brad Brady David Boothe Pat Barnett James Cloud Kid Wichita John Graham Matthew Fowler Joe Waldner
  24. Ok, this TV- movie is a stealth triple. Hold on to your hats. Yes, this is 1 TV show and 2 movies. In a stealth round. Two Boston-area detectives investigate the kidnapping of a little girl. She later joins a special task-force solving abduction and missing-person cases. She becomes worried that her own kidnapper has finally returned when her sister goes missing.
  25. Unless I'm wrong, this is Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child of Mine."
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