Holinyx t1_j2d60gi wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:45 AM

Reply to Was Bruce Willis in Die Hard the ushering in of the modern everyman action star? by SquatOnAPitbull

Hard to ignore Raiders of the Lost Ark. Dude was a school teacher trying to sell stuff to museums

Holinyx t1_j2a0c8h wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:51 PM

Reply to TIL John Matuszak, best known for playing Sloth in The Goonies, was a state champion in the shot put, was the #1 overall draft pick in the NFL, was served a restraining order during a game, had a head coach perform life-saving CPR, won 2 Super Bowls, and acted with Ringo Starr before ODing at 38 by PasghettiSquash

The Tooz. He was a legend. Sometimes I confuse him with Lyle Alzado, another Raider who lived fast and died young, but he died of Cancer.

Holinyx t1_itm7wec wrote on October 24, 2022 at 5:57 PM

Reply to comment by 5-On-A-Toboggan in TIL That Matt Bissonnette, the former DEVGRU operator who, under the pseudonym Mark Owen, wrote the first book about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was forced to turn over the almost $7 million he made from the book because he failed to get the book approved before it was published. by GentPc

lol his own people put in in the trunk of a car and then stabbed and shot him. Watching the video of it was quite surreal.

Holinyx t1_itkk9ys wrote on October 24, 2022 at 10:01 AM

Reply to comment by HereForGames in TIL That Matt Bissonnette, the former DEVGRU operator who, under the pseudonym Mark Owen, wrote the first book about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was forced to turn over the almost $7 million he made from the book because he failed to get the book approved before it was published. by GentPc

We don't want operation details about how we conduct kill ops to be known because then the enemy can anticipate our tactics and kill all our guys. Info like what kind of vehicles we use, how we approach certain targets, how many people are generally on an op, the type of gear they are using, ect.