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What does the community think? Will Ro convince Mamdani to be a guest?

I assume Bill will offer Mamdani the one-on-one interview, although having him be a panelist would be super cool, too.

I am a fan of Maher, and Mamdani.

It's absurd that this sub thinks Costner's John Dutton wasn't the man to meet the moment.

He was surrounded by enemies who wanted to steal his land and turn it into malls, parking lots, ski resorts, airports, and gift shops--the absolute worst America has to offer. The best thing this country has ever done was preserve land. Best if it is public, but private will do. People hate on private landowners, but under this current government, we have seen what they are willing and able to do with publicly-owned land--sell it off, or open it up to drilling and mining. Ten Turner owned 2 million acres in North and South America. He used it for conservation and sustainable bison ranching, managing over 45,000 bison. He owned one of the largest contiguous parcels in the country in New Mexico, at almost half a million acres. In this political climate, vast stretches of privately owned land are less vulnerable to destruction than publicly-owned properties.

Back to John Dutton, his enemies tried to buy his land from him, and when that didn't work, they were entirely comfortable with using violence. John politely refused at first, and when that proved to be ineffective, he responded the only way in which they would understand: he had to kill some people.

Was he abusive? Maybe. Was he an asshole? I guess. Did he safeguard his family and his land? Yes, right up until the end when Sheridan got bitter over fucking up how he and Paramount ruined their relationship with Costner and Kevin had to walk to go film Horizon. Sheridan let pettiness cloud his judgment and wrote a poor ending for John. For canon's sake, the YSEU got the ending it did, which is how we'll have to analyze the series.

The way this sub thinks it should have gone was like this:

John "Flanders" Dutton: "Hi-diddly-ho, neighborino! Can't help but notice you're rustling my cattle. I can help. My best bulls and heifers are actually two fields over. Let me load them into a trailer for you. And seeing as I am already out of bed, I might as well let you borrow my truck while you're at it; here are the keys."

It's just ridiculous that this sub can't see John as the hero he was. Was he flawed? Yeah, of course, and the best heroes are flawed--because they're human--and that's what makes a compelling story. Flanders as protagonist is dead in the first scene.

Here's how Yellowstone should have played it, and did play it:

John: Are you trying to kill my cattle, and take my land?

Market Equities, et al: Yes. You think you can do anything about it?

John: Rip, show them what we do to outsiders.

Rip: Yes, sir.

Looking for damaged RPG books with lots of illustrations, full-color, or black+white, or anything in between. Also, any books with cool charts, maps, or other fun visuals.

Torn covers, busted spines, missing or ripped pages, wrinkles that make you shudder at your clumsy, oafish body--none of that concerns me; bring it on!

Get at me : )

(I am on old reddit, and photos are poorly visible through the chat, so I would prefer communicating through email, whatsapp, or telegram. Will happily provide my ebay name so you can see my feedback.)

Surely there must be other authoritative resources besides "Murder Inc – The Story of the Syndicate" (1951), by Burton Turkus and Sid Feder to learn about Murder, Inc.?

The wiki lists lots of NYT articles, but only the one book under "In Popular Culture".

I am looking for a book about famous forest fires or building fires, with heavy emphasis on photos and fewer words.

Woke Bill is the jam.

And if you don't like Donna Brazile getting flirty, that's on you. You're cringe, hmm?