D-Day's 80th

[Scoop Snoop]

I wonder how long before this thread goes rocky-locky.

[Pakuni]

I wonder how long before this thread goes rocky-locky.

You're free to report to the mods that you're disturbed by a thread in which you've repeatedly engaged.

[Scoop Snoop]

Anybody see the 2004 movie Ike with Tom Selleck playing the lead role? It was about the 90 days prior to D-Day. I cannot vouch for its accuracy, but I had the sense that the producers did not get too "creative". It was/is another perspective to the invasion and underscored the immense amount of not only training but risks that could not easily be calculated. My favorite scene was Ike showing up in the early hours to visit the paratroopers shortly before they disembarked. He knew perfectly well that many of them would not survive the day.

[Scoop Snoop]

You're free to report to the mods that you're disturbed by a thread in which you've repeatedly engaged.

Not a chance. You need plenty of time to correct everyone with an endless stream of posts. And yeah...in which I repeatedly engaged. 

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Anybody see the 2004 movie Ike with Tom Selleck playing the lead role? It was about the 90 days prior to D-Day. I cannot vouch for its accuracy, but I had the sense that the producers did not get too "creative". It was/is another perspective to the invasion and underscored the immense amount of not only training but risks that could not easily be calculated. My favorite scene was Ike showing up in the early hours to visit the paratroopers shortly before they disembarked. He knew perfectly well that many of them would not survive the day.

No, but I've seen Stripes, which taught me all I need to know about D-Day

[NCMUFan]

No, but I've seen Stripes, which taught me all I need to know about D-Day

Scoop reaching new heights.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The next 5 months will be fun...,

Tower and TAMU (2 guys who are among the most reasonable and levelheaded here on Scoop) are letting loose.

I wouldn't expect this often. Misusing scripture for political reasons is one of my buttons. It offends me as a Christian. I noticed my question went unanswered

[4everwarriors]

Suckers and losers.

Kinda like "stupid fookers," hey?

[4everwarriors]

Jesus was woke.

Also, "woke" is so 2023. Y'all need to come up with a new word you don't know the meaning of to serve as a putdown for all the allegedly lib stuff y'all don't like.

Oh, and for the few still using "woke," it has become almost exclusively the domain of rabid supporters of the convicted felon, which you claim you're not.

I'm goin' with buffoonery, hey?

[tower912]

When have you not?

[4everwarriors]

Doc Scrivello, I am not sure what you mean?    From my perspective, you are the one who is anti-law and order, anti-democracy, etc.

I guess if that's how you define anti-law and order and anti-democracy, there really is no point in debatin' my point. We're reached a place where the bridge is too far, aina?

[Not all scoop users are created equal apparently]

I wouldn't expect this often. Misusing scripture for political reasons is one of my buttons. It offends me as a Christian. I noticed my question went unanswered

Yeah and the usual suspects casually ignore that. Because at the end of the day they aren't actually good Christians.

Catholic school taught me about dissent and how it works within the faith. I've had quite a bit of time back and forth with it. But what I have been able to realize.

They aren't dissenting, they're lumping what they're uncomfortable with to be sins, and it's pretty pathetic. It's simplistic thinking at best, racist at worst.

[4everwarriors]

I would love to see an answer to this question but doubt it'll come.

Herr ewe goe, kin, hey?

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[Pakuni]

Herr ewe goe, kin, hey?

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Quality sourcing, as usual.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66838794

[ATL MU Warrior]

Quality sourcing, as usual.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66838794

Yeah, even ignoring his legal issues, am I supposed to be impressed with a Russell Brand interview or even take it halfway seriously?  Not even worth reading.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Herr ewe goe, kin, hey?

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Yes, yes indeed. The guy convicted of sexual assault, who bragged about sexual assault, who has been convicted of multiple business and tax frauds, who staged a violent coup, who said his VP deserved to be hung, who idolizes Putin, Orban, and Kim Jung Un...he's the law & order guy. 

Yes indeed.

[NCMUFan]

Yeah and the usual suspects casually ignore that. Because at the end of the day they aren't actually good Christians.

Catholic school taught me about dissent and how it works within the faith. I've had quite a bit of time back and forth with it. But what I have been able to realize.

They aren't dissenting, they're lumping what they're uncomfortable with to be sins, and it's pretty pathetic. It's simplistic thinking at best, racist at worst.

I'm glad you are beautiful examples of Catholicism and Christianity.  Please keep up the awesome work.

[tower912]

I will continue to pray for 4ever and you.

[Pakuni]

Yeah, even ignoring his legal issues, am I supposed to be impressed with a Russell Brand interview or even take it halfway seriously?  Not even worth reading.

When I want knowledgeable insight into American politics, I always turn to middling British comedians turned conspiracy theorists.
Don't you?

[Uncle Rico]

Herr ewe goe, kin, hey?

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That's fantastic.  Good fishing

[The Lens]

I was down at McKinley marina on Friday and saw a boat flying a flag that said

God, Guns & Trump

I thought to myself how could anyone who read Jesus's words in the Gospel honestly believe this is what he'd want?

Jesus was woke.  He lived with prostitutes & tax collectors, he welcomed all.

If he were here today he'd be at Pride Fest this weekend. He spent his life making sure the marginalized were ok. 

Gods, Guns & Trump.  That's some serious Old Testament stuff.  Turn the page. 

[MU82]

I was down at McKinley marina on Friday and saw a boat flying a flag that said

God, Guns & Trump

I thought to myself how could anyone who read Jesus's words in the Gospel honestly believe this is what he'd want?

Jesus was woke.  He lived with prostitutes & tax collectors, he welcomed all.

If he were here today he'd be at Pride Fest this weekend. He spent his life making sure the marginalized were ok. 

Gods, Guns & Trump.  That's some serious Old Testament stuff.  Turn the page.

In accordance with Old Testament rules, the convicted felon should have been stoned to death numerous times already for his serial adultery alone. Not to mention for lying, stealing, taking the lord's name in vain, projecting himself as a god and other commandments he has broken and continues to break.

[Uncle Rico]

As an evangelical Christian, I firmly believe adultery is okay if the broad is hot and it helps own the libs.  I haven't read the Bible but I am very certain Jesus would believe in 2A

[NCMUFan]

I will continue to pray for 4ever and you.

Thank you Tower.  One can never have too many people praying for them.

[lawdog77]

I know it's like Sisyphus, but trying to get back on track:
Best D-dAY MOVIES
https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/10-classic-films-about-d-day-recommended-war-historian.html

1. True Glory (1945)
All the nations involved in the second world war produced propaganda. True Glory is a notable example of the approach adopted by the western allies.


A combined Anglo-American endeavour (much like D-day itself), the film – which was released shortly after the war ended – is introduced by General Eisenhower and was the 1945 winner of the Academy Award for best documentary feature. It starts with the D-day landings in Normandy and then follows the march of the allied army through Europe.

2. Breakthrough (1950)
The war film emerged as a popular genre in postwar Hollywood with several notable features produced in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Breakthrough is one example. It follows a newly graduated infantry officer, Lieutenant Joe Mallory (played by John Agar), as he leads an experienced platoon of the 1st Infantry Division, an American unit that played a central role in the D-day landings at Omaha Beach.

3. D-Day: The Sixth of June (1956)
This film put D-day in its very title. Based on a book by Canadian writer Lionel Shapiro, at its centre is a love triangle involving a British officer (Lieutenant Colonel Wynter, played by Richard Todd), an American officer (Captain Brad Parker, played by Robert Taylor) and a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (Valerie Russell, played by Dana Wynter).


The American and Briton are both members of Special Force Six, a fictional Anglo-American unit with a key role in the Normandy landings. But they are also in competition for the heart of Russell. Is the success of D-day compromised by jealousy or distrust? Watch it and find out.

4. The Longest Day (1962)
Until the release in 1998 of Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day was for many years the D-day film. Based on a book by Cornelius Ryan and featuring a who's who of contemporary movie celebrities (including Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery and John Wayne), the scope of the film – which focuses specifically on June 6 itself – is almost as vast as the original D-day operation.

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Keep an eye out for Richard Todd, here in his second D-day film. Todd was a real-life D-day veteran, who parachuted into Normandy on June 6. He plays Major John Howard, who led the famous British glider assault on the bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne River.

5. Overlord (1975)
Taking its name from the official military designation for the Battle for Normandy, Operation Overlord, this is a rather unusual and enigmatic film.

Directed by Stuart Cooper, it follows a young man named Tom (Brian Stirner) from civilian life, to joining up, to D-day. But this is no celebration of martial heroics; it is a sad and sombre tale that lingers on loss.


6. Big Red One (1980)
Drawing on the real war experiences of its director, Samuel Fuller, this film is focused on the same formation as Breakthrough – the 1st Infantry Division (the insignia of which is a "big red one").

It follows a grizzled veteran played by Lee Marvin as he leads his squad of soldiers from North Africa, to Sicily, to Normandy and on into Germany. Among their number is a young private played by Mark Hamill, then at the height of his Star Wars fame.

7. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Perhaps the most well-known D-day film of the modern era, this Stephen Spielberg production stars Tom Hanks as a US Army Ranger on a special mission. He is to rescue a paratrooper, the eponymous Private Ryan (Matt Damon), given a ticket home by the army top brass after the death in action of his three brothers.

Celebrated on its release for the visceral violence of its opening scenes, the film won a best director Oscar for Spielberg.


8. Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
The figure of General Eisenhower has featured in several D-day films. As overall commander of the operation, it was Eisenhower – or Ike, as he was known – who had ultimate responsibility for deciding when the assault on Normandy would begin.

The discussions that surrounded this decision feature prominently in The Longest Day, but this made-for-television American film puts Ike's burden at its very centre.

9. Les Femmes De L'Ombre Female Agents
D-day films have tended to be very male-centric, giving relatively little space to the contributions made to the success of the landings by women.


This French film flips this on its head and focuses on the invaluable role played in the allied war effort by those women who served in the Special Operations Executive, a secretive espionage and sabotage unit. It follows five female agents as they help prepare the ground in Normandy for D-day.

10. The Great Escaper (2023)
Starring Michael Caine in his final film role, this production is based on the real tale of Royal Navy veteran Bernard Jordan who famously broke out of his care home in June 2014 to attend the 70th anniversary D-day commemorations in Normandy.

Interestingly, another film released the very same year and starring Pierce Brosnan, The Last Rifleman, was also inspired by "Bernie's" great escape.