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Was curious, grabbed it for $10. That and I've never paid for any ME game so figure tossing EA/Bioware $10 is fair I am sure the game will be "ok" in my book, we'll see.

Well, at least we're in RA2 reality now.

Yeah, don't get me wrong, there are reasons to not like him or what he's doing on a personal level...but on a political level, it's really difficult or me to muster up much fury about any Democrat holding what should be a 30 point or worse blow-out seat for Republicans, particularly when it's pretty widely accepted that literally nobody else could replace him...heck, if you could somehow get conservative Democrats in seats like that for other deep red states, the party would be absolute fools not to - just being able to control the majority party via that 50/51 seat caucus is very powerful for making sure what has literally already happened with the Supreme Court doesn't transpire. Unfortunately, voters have overwhelmingly stopped caring about the quality or positions of individual candidates in favor of pure party politics - more and more voters inextricably tie who they vote for to their political identities instead of evaluating who and what the candidates are....

It just doesn't make sense to me to think of it from that way given the political reality of that particular seat being the darkest shade of red possible. Looking at a WV senatorial seat as somehow being in any way equal to a blue or purple state's senatorial seat is just...not realistic: nominate any other Democrat for that seat, and it's forever Republican again. Accept the small blessing that is the Supreme Court not becoming 7-2 or 8-1 conservative when Republicans inevitably win the presidency again because Democrats couldn't ever get control of the Senate at the same time that they had a president - Manchin was critical for that. The lack of Senate control in the latter half of Obama's second term was pretty key to the current breaking of the Supreme Court. Once upon a time, the particular candidates for senate races mattered a lot more than they do now, so exceptions like this didn't used to be so uncommon and it lead to more "big tent" politics where the parties were able to get to the 60 senatorial seats required to pass general bills because their caucuses were allowed to have members with much more varied positions that would support most but not all of their party's positions, making it so that they could actually unite on and agree upon at least some bills rather than be in the never-ending fillerbuster deadlock that we face today (though admittedly, AFAIK the current fillerbuster rules are the most restrictive they've ever been). Now senatorial races are so nationalized that every single member of their respective caucuses needs to practically be in lockstep with each other or be dubbed a traitor (and god forbid they ever cross the aisle to support a common sense initiative that practically every voter supports for fear of giving the opponent party a "win"!), even when it makes zero sense for that to be the case. The situation is so dire that it seems likely the senatorial fillerbuster will be eliminated if Democrats are able to get to 52 or more members this upcoming November while retaining the House (though the former is probably a lot more likely than the latter, and if they don't get both, it won't happen), and there's a good chance of all hell breaking loose politically if that happens because they're likely to do some very stupid stuff with it that will lead to a huge backlash. If it ends up with Republicans back in complete control in the succeeding years, they will undo anything and everything Democrats tried to do...and worse. It is a most dangerous game when both parties keep pushing the envelope farther and farther out of "revenge" for what the other did, particularly when one of those parties is bordering on being openly fascist.

she is reasonably popular with independents, and arizona is an oddball state with ~30% identifying as independent. 'course for primaries sinema's popularity with independents and republicans is immaterial. only registered democrats vote in democrat primaries. her behaviour the past couple years is just so... weird. if there is method to the madness, we don't see it, and she ain't having any sorta consistency which would make these kinda moves predictable; can't even chalk it up as her being an idealogue. am admitted perplexed. HA! Good Fun!

But why?

Patch 0.14.0 Public Test - 3811 to 3813 Changes All Fashion and Tough Nugget crafting recipes require 1 Sap and 1 bug part. Cookery UI updated to mention cooking meals instead of baking. Defrag and Pet Inventory buttons in the Inventory UI have labels. Added more upgrade stones in the Hedge and Haze. BURG.L animation / dialogue fixes. BURG.L will resume asking for help when he is down before meeting him. Pet Inventories count towards "Nearby Storage" when crafting. Crafting Recipe buttons no longer randomly show the "you can craft" checkmark even when you couldn't Clients now get MIX.R activation sounds and UI notifications when another client triggers one. Adding audio to the Rest Time-lapse. Updated icons for upgrade nuggets and rotten meat slurry. Knocked down pupa locations are properly synced on clients. Disable Pet Home equip button when a non-equippable item is selected. Payback attacks can no longer trigger if a boss fight is active. Weevils will hoard less around dropped mushrooms. Attempting to import Steam saves the old way into a Window Store build will no longer cause your game to get stuck on an infinite save conversion screen. Thistles should be easier to pick and require less cursor precision. Fixed some random memory corruption crashes.

I have a vague memory of some Van Damme film from the 90s where he starts adding stuff to his pistol until it looks not quite as bad as the image above then he uses it as a sniper rifle or something. I'm probably misremembering since the 90s were like 10 years ago by now.

Thanks. Now i understand why my first PotD playthrough was so difficult for me - i didn't have a single chanter in group

...which appears to be a DLC, where you have to know the actual URL in order to (maybe) be able to buy it for the non-enhanced version of the original game since it's no longer an official/listed product. >.> ...don't think I'd be into guard/bandit/family management either. I could just build a small "home" in the editor and plop it into the world somewhere.

Sandy Hook Parents’ Attorney Tells Judge ‘Various’ Federal and ‘Law Enforcement’ Agencies Want Access to Alex Jones’s Inadvertently Disclosed Data Judge Gamble denied the mistrial motion and indicated that Jones’s legal team likely would not be able to stuff the proverbial toothpaste wholly back into the tube. “I’m not going to seal the quantity of information without knowing what’s in it,” she said. Medical records, she indicated, likely would remain sealed. “We can have a little bit of time while we’re waiting to research whether there’s some reason I should not allow Mr. Bankston to make those two disclosures,” she added, referring to the Jan. 6 Committee and plaintiffs’ lawyers from the Connecticut litigation. after a brief in camera viewing, expected outcome is all those texts 'bout which alex jones took the 5th regarding post election voter fraud nonsense and january 6th is gonna end up with the january 6 committee and the doj. HA! Good Fun!

Yeah, I dunno about Sinema either and argued with Bruce or somebody who applauded her a while back. Best as I can figure she's angling for her post-DC gig because she's going to lose her primary and/or she's just on a power trip with no thought of tomorrow.

KP beat me to it, but yeah, actors tend to get work based on previous work, so big project is locked away and never seen, they've basically sacrificed that time to build their career. I guess you can think of it like when a pro-athlete is stuck on a team when the owners have decided to tank the season. Sure, they are getting paid, but their reputation will suffer. Edit: Thinking on it, it would be more like getting benched so that the team can tank, since the player doesn't even get to showcase their own talent.

I haven't been interested in superheroes for a while now, but this is just mind bogglingly dumb. There's still time. From a purely monetary perspective, actors/writers/directors could be missing out the residual payments that would come from the movie playing on TV, not to mention the potential prestige that comes with a mid-budget film doing well. This movie getting scraped could impact their career prospects by associating them with a failed project and laying the blame on them. The creative vision not being seen is also an issue, because some of those art types want their stuff to be seen. Shocking, I know.

Almost to the end of ME3. Giving Garrus the Typhoon proves to work out quite well, well the rare moments he realizes he actually has LOS with the target rather than mag dumping a wall or indestructible box. I guess after this will be Andromeda, better start that download.

I personally wouldn't really dump any attribute on a FF/SG (down to 3 I mean). I think it's one of those multiclasses where a rel. balanced attribute spread works well. I would always max RES with a FF though.

If the Forbidden Fist is using his fists for combat he should probably use it since the +5 Accuracy with the main-hand fist is too good to pass up. Without the shield this build is probably better of with a different weapon and equipment setup though since other bashing shields are pretty terrible, like f.ex. switching the armor to Casità Samelia's Legacy and dual-wielding Sabres or Axes with monastic fists as backup.

Well, now I can post Spy x Family memes and someone will understand.

Also need bayonet and possibly some sort of night vision optic on it as well.

Glocks don't have a traditional safety, they have what they call the safe action system or whatever. The only part you can see is the little outtie on the trigger.

You're not joking. It's cheaper to buy in bulk, so I invested in 1000 rounds of 180 grain FMJ: It set me back a buttload of pretty pennies, but at least I'm set for a while.

My order arrived today, earlier than expected: Look at the size of that beast! It obviously didn't come with the reflex sight, I added the Vortex Venom Red Dot myself. I have Friday off, so I'll spending some time at the range.

No worries, the president has used the Voice again. Abortion rights: Biden signs new executive order on abortion rights: 'Women's health and lives are on the line' - CNNPolitics Now Congress should act.

i think explosives have a better upper end than potions. potions are pretty decent, but you also don't need a lot of alchemy unless you're doing drugs imo. but imp spray, frost, or shock bombs are great to have tons of accuracy on in late game (and the solid cinder bombs are good throughout the entire game). even the heal bombs are decent mid-late game with explosives investment.

the kansas abortion numbers is the reverse o' the trump v. biden results from the 2020 election. is not a win issue for republicans. however, given the US tribalism and polarization we see today, am unsure how much meaning we derive from the results in kansas save for as an issue-specific concern. sure, a whole lotta republicans is obvious reluctant to support a few o' the draconian abortion bans we are seeing implemented by republican controlled legislatures in numerous states, which would appear to reveal a disconnect tween the elected and the voters. even so, how many republicans in kansas, texas, ohio, mississippi or elsewhere will now vote for a democrat 'cause o' their personal pro choice stance? the republican party needs the increasing radicalized and angry base to win elections, but moderate republican voters, and many independents, will ignore or accept any gop excess as long as the alternative is voting democrat. HA! Good Fun!

Smart of them and a great move. As of 08:31 they have a commanding 59% to 41% lead.

is plenty o' reasons to dislike President bush, but he went against party and gained the ire o' many conservatives by not only caring 'bout a disease which at the time were considered a curse on homosexuals by too many in this country but by sending money to africa with almost no short-term roi prospects. sure, in 2022 we got kinda/sorta bipartisan support for pepfar, but such were most assured not the case at the time. you and Gromnir can do little 'bout the hiv problem which continues to plague too much o' the world, but you may vote for representatives, senators and Presidents who care 'bout the same stuff you do, and those people collective may bring 'bout the changes you believe is appropriate. and sometimes, as in the case o' bush, determined individuals may bring 'bout monumental change. you caring might mean as little as self-educating and then voting for national level government folks who are capable o' making the world a better place, or at least a world a bit less terrible. is a flood in bangladesh which kills hundreds or thousands tomorrow or next year. we have empathy for the dead and those survivors who must rebuild... again. however, unless we know somebody who actual died, is unlikely we weep over the bangladesh deadly floods. at the same time am forced to decide just how concerned we actually are 'bout the dead and future dead in places like bangladesh. how do we change our votes based on candidates who could do something? am honest enough to admit a Presidential candidate's position on infrastructure aid to bangladesh is not a priority. chilloutman is unlikely to be concerned 'bout anything bad happening in south america. *shrug* converse, while the khashoggi murder represents the death o' one reporter we never met, we would/will change vote depending on how our elected officials responded. ... am also gonna recognize how at the time we were ambivalent 'bout bush's efforts to combat hiv in africa. helping were the right thing to do but the help were also representing a whole lotta money and while we ain't a maga proponent am gonna concede we prioritize homeless US veterans over nameless and faceless multitudes in sub-saharan africa. is perhaps unfortunate a US President has more power to help those in africa than he does homeless and/or mental ill in topeka. even so, while pepfar were not a voting priority for us in the early 2000s, am glad bush were more caring o' the suffering o' those in africa than were Gromnir. HA! Good Fun!

0.14.0 Public Test - 3805 to 3811 Changes Stones of Toughness and Rocks of Fashion now show damaged states when you are busting them with a hammer. Fixed Payback base attacks sometimes not triggering. Fixed crash that could occur when viewing the Accessibility tab in German. Pets can no longer drown. Lowering cook times a bit in the Cookery. Icons updated for Pet Tombstones, Glue Masher, and Cookery. Untamed Gnats no longer can carry stacks of Grub items while flying around. Clients can now crouch after exiting a turret they entered while on a ladder. Cookery now cooks all items at the same time and cooks faster. You can now exit Turrets using the Interact button (E on Keyboard default, X on Controller default). Pet Gnats will actually stay at the Pet House when deposited instead of continuing to follow the player. Broodmother boss music removed from the final Haze lab encounter. Smithing Station UI properly updates after upgrading a weapon or armor. Apple core chunk locations are properly synced on clients. Upgrade Nuggets added in the bird bath.

Today I've learned that apparently you can legally lie in america to influence votes. America could be a great country, but crap like this keeps pulling it down into the sewers.

Bastard Russians are adding to the global warming!

SUPER ULTRA ELLLLLLLLLLLEGAAAAAAANTO

The memories from the other world were hilarious as usual. Yes, we definitely needed more Yor.

Looks like WB-DIscovery just scrapped the already filmed, 90 mil BATGIRL film.