Argo

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Have not seen it but there is some chatter about this one. Probably rent it this weekend. See if any Americans escape the embassy this time.

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Have not seen it but there is some chatter about this one. Probably rent it this weekend. See if any Americans escape the embassy this time.

I saw it. Not bad but, Hollywood being what it is, They played fast and loose with the real story. I was sort of surprised it got an Oscar nomination myself.

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I saw it. Not bad but, Hollywood being what it is, They played fast and loose with the real story. I was sort of surprised it got an Oscar nomination myself.

Yup...... Hollywood in this movie sort of considers Canada as real insignificant in that operation to rescue U.S. embassy personelle ....... a little askew on the real historical events :-?

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Yup...... Hollywood in this movie sort of considers Canada as real insignificant in that operation to rescue U.S. embassy personelle ....... a little askew on the real historical events :-?

More than a little askew. If anyone is interested, here's a link to the real story (https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art1.html). Be forewarned: it's at cia.gov, so you may want to transfer all your porn to a thumb drive first.

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More than a little askew. If anyone is interested, here's a link to the real story (https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art1.html). Be forewarned: it's at cia.gov, so you may want to transfer all your porn to a thumb drive first.

That's where I go to get my porn.

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That's where I go to get my porn.

Well, sure, but you know where they get that porn, right? Right.

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Oh, and lest I forget:


Argo fuck yourself!

(You'll get the joke once you've seen the movie)

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I saw it. Not bad but, Hollywood being what it is, They played fast and loose with the real story. I was sort of surprised it got an Oscar nomination myself.Of course they did. You're surprised?

It's a movie based on the real story. It's not an historical re-enactment.

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Any movie with Ben Affleck as the leading man must be terrible-HOLLYWOOD has sucked for 20 odd yrs

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Any movie with Ben Affleck as the leading man must be terrible-HOLLYWOOD has sucked for 20 odd yrs

More than that, Paul.

PS: I have a cat that does the same thing. Amps are WARM.

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I finally did see it last night. Good one liners.

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Yup...... Hollywood in this movie sort of considers Canada as real insignificant in that operation to rescue U.S. embassy personelle ....... a little askew on the real historical events :-?

What is the significance of Canada?

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What is the significance of Canada?

Did you see the movie? For starters, did you believe the part where the Iranian housekeeper simply kept her mouth shut with no coercion or incentives?

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What is the significance of Canada?

Back bacon and maple syrup. Also, a nice cold Okanagan hard cider, eh?

More specific to this thread, however, check out the real Argo story (https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art1.html).

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Back bacon and maple syrup. Also, a nice cold Okanagan hard cider, eh?

More specific to this thread, however, check out the real Argo story (https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art1.html).

I read the story on the CIA site and was impressed with the accuracy of the story......ambassador Ken Taylor had for years denied he was working for the CIA up until a few years ago he let the cat out of the bag and admitted it after his oath to secrecy expired and allowed that part of it to be admitted....

......and a cold Okanagan hard apple or peach Cider can't be beat! :yum:

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I read the story on the CIA site and was impressed with the accuracy of the story

That's no surprise seeing how the article was written by Antonio Mendez—the guy Ben Affleck's character in the movie was based on.


......ambassador Ken Taylor had for years denied he was working for the CIA up until a few years ago he let the cat out of the bag and admitted it after his oath to secrecy expired and allowed that part of it to be admitted....

And Mendez made it very clear that Taylor and the Canadian government in general were crucial to pulling this stunt off.


......and a cold Okanagan hard apple or peach Cider can't be beat! :yum:

No argument there, although there's a cider that's recently come on the market locally that's pretty good too.