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Ukraine war: The surrender hotline for Russian soldiers PS finally heard from my wife's cousin again. He's still kicking though even angrier than usual thanks to all the blackouts and given the chance would beat Putin to death with his bare hands. Those are his words, not mine. I think it'd be better to beat Putin with bear hands... or paws, as it were.

Well, it can't get any worse than the last one...

Bad move by the protagonist. If you have a gun with only 1 bullet in a horror scenario, you save the 1 bullet to off yourself when you're about to get eaten by monsters.

A slasher movie with a bear on coke directed by Elizabeth Banks statting Ray Liotta, Angry Retail Guy, and Isiah Whitlock Jr? This is going to be one of the greatest movies of 2023, up there with M3gan. Wait for Cocaine Bear vs Meth Moose.

Keir Giles, who I mentioned yesterday, has made some interesting new points about the situation in Ukraine. I think they are worth considering. Like: - The West is currently playing precisely according to Russian rules. The way the West is helping Ukraine is predicated on the idea that Russia shouldn't suffer any military consequences for its actions on its own territory. Zelenskyi has explicitly been told that he cannot strike back into Russia. - The West is doing this because Russia has actually won its information campaign, for the time being at least. The point of the campaign being the idea that opposing Russia would mean nuclear war and the end of the world. (According to Giles, there are no scenarios in Ukraine where the use of nuclear weapons would be a good idea for Russia.) - There is currently no reason for the official Russia to try to make any change for the better (in our estimation of what is better). Putin has made a lot of effort to eliminate everyone who has an idea of a more Western Russia. And many of those he hasn't eliminated have now fled the country. Again, whether he is right, I don't know. And elsewhere, Lavrov has just blamed NATO's rampant expansion for everything. This tallies well with the idea that Russia seriously believes that NATO forces other countries to join, like the SU forced countries to join the Warsaw Pact. He's constantly in denial about the fact that NATO has no desire to attack; heck, if it had, the perfect opportunity would have been there since February: Russia's forces are in Ukraine, there has never been a better moment to invade Russia. But no one wants to do it, despite Russia's paranoia about it.

Mostly about recent (last three decades) Australian political shenanigans, but the principles may apply to other countries too (and @BruceVC likes JuiceMedia)

5 more objects of critical infrastructure caught fire today (30.11.) in Russia, three at the borders, and two deep in Russia. Ukraine did not comment on being accused that they’ve done it. edit: also one shopping mall in Krasnoiarsk with extremely large capital Z on caught fire, too.

Yes...uh, kind of. Basically, the mechs are said to be actually quite difficult to control, so I guess it's all kind of muscle memory building exercises. Noriko talks about how she just can't seem to get the hang of using all of her limbs while also looking at the different screens to be able to control the stupid thing - she says that the girl she has a crush on just has a knack for it, but that girl actually tells Noriko that it's really just a lot of hard work and training to really get it down right. I also assume the gymnastics stuff is because they're all girls and...yeah, of course girls in mechs would be doing gymnastics and borderline cheerleading stuff, why wouldn't they?

Morocco winning Group F is a tad unexpected, but certainly well deserved.

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So pick Wheel of Time, Shannara or Davis' nose? ... ... I'll get me coat...

Depends, I got my tetanus shot for free when I sliced up my hand, but shingles vaccine costs 135-165 dollars. Sauce. Well technically I paid 10$ for my tetanus shot, but it was an all inclusive kind of deal

Nicola Rizzoli was the referee for the 2014 WC final and the Germany - France semifinal in the Euro 2016, and right before the game the German football commentator was complaining hard about the UEFA putting Rizzoli in charge of the game because "he is for sure going to try and make up for 2014". Well, that's fair enough.

Shingles vaccine is free from 65-70 only here. Other than that maybe $200 cost.

Ahh, ok. Hey, he got the ball! Oddly I don't really mind seeing Argentines get knocked about, bunch of irritating **** every WC I watch them in.

end result is same, but much sounds different. for example, we got a serious tax advantage for capital gains in the US, but it don't cover real property save for your personal residence and even then there is a limit. US capital gains is nevertheless a factor, but only in a tangential way and is likely not a root cause o' our current rental crisis. is also a mistake to generalize as a US issue given each state and city is gonna have laws, rules and ordinances which change the equation more than a little. most other western nations tends towards a bit more uniformity regarding such stuff as taxes. for example, prop 13 has a significant impact on your personal suffering as a california resident, 'cause compared to most states, property taxes is low, and is lower for people who has owned their property a long time. might come as a shock, but regular people tend to move every decade or so on average... 8 years is the number am recollecting. is more motivation for would-be robber barons to hold onto their income generating property than is for the case o' real people who likely need move at some point for jobs and the like. 'course as hurl is no doubt painful aware, the bay area is not the same as the rest o' the country or even much o' california. rental problems have been an issue for decades in the bay area and is magnified and different compared to parma, ohio or hillsborough, tennessee. however, regardless o' the state or city, depreciation and maintenance cost deductions as well as the ability to carry tax losses forward to subsequent tax years means that owners o' rental properties rare lose in the long run. am s'posing being the owner o' rental property is a bit like being the house in vegas. the biggest single cause o' our current US rental crisis were a result o' the great recession which predictable saw more property end up in fewer hands. covid made the issue worse and if we enter a full blown recession next year, then chances are the property ownership number is gonna shift even more in favor o' the haves and the have-nots will find it more difficult to rent... or buy for that matter. is no ez fixes though 'cause if you are a landlord and your costs sudden increase, then chances are you end up passing on the pain to your tenants, no? would be swell to blame IT ( "it" being whatever you believe the root cause to be) on the fat cats and wall street folks, but the problem is the people most likely immediate f'd by any meaningful solution is the poor and young. HA! Good Fun!

Is there any in-universe explanation for the mechs doing gymnastics and muscle building workouts?

Shingles vaccine is free to over 65s here in NZ. Same for flu vaccine, though you have to pay for that one if you're younger or don't have a relevant medical condition ($25; a lot of employees get it for free through their employers though). The covid ones and childhood ones (MMR diptheria etc) are all free as are the ones that need later boosters like tetanus (as I got one myself recently).

Seems he is announcing something tomorrow.

I'm really glad I waited to jump in. Instead of living through the $#!+storm that was Cyberpunk's less than stellar launch, I got to watch it from afar and enjoy the schadenfreude and chaos. I jumped in after the 1.61 update and I have to say that the game is quite fun. I'm already planning out some things I'm going to do differently on a second playthrough. For one, I think I'll go heavy into strength and get gorilla arms and just run up to people and punch them. Exploding heads with my sniper rifle is pretty great, though. I'll probably also make my second character male so that I can hook up with Panam. As an aside, I thoroughly enjoy the driving physics in the game. For a non-racing game, I think the driving is really well done. It's way better than Watch_Dogs and Saints Row and at least as good as GTA driving. I particularly like motorcycles. I keep it in 1st person view when on a bike and powerslide around corners. Good times! I very rarely use fast travel to get around, which is a hallmark of a game with fun traversal mechanics. The game does feel too easy on standard difficulty, I'll probably go up a notch on my second playthrough.

Whenever you get a vaccination at a Walgreens, they give you a printout that describes the vaccine, possible side effects, etc. Part of the etc. is they show the cost of the vaccination. As I was perusing the document I noticed the cost for a single Shingles shot (2 are required) costs $205.99! Now my insurance picks up 100% of vaccinations (and generic drugs) so its not my problem, but just imagine some Joe Shmoe walking in off the street with no insurance! $412.00 for the complete round of vaccination is criminal! My wife even said, if we werent covered, she would just take her chances getting Shingles before paying that much, and I wouldnt be surprised if a lot of people think that way. This causes people to "roll the dice" wrt their health, and then when the guano hits the air circulation mechanism, they have no recourse. This is a great example of why we need UHC.

Will wait for the sequel Meth Moose

Same ********ery going on here, the current government wants to get rid of rent control and so does the owners of apartments. We had a small crisis a while ago when the Swedish Left party and Greens threatened to force the government out if they tried to get rid of rent control. It's funny though that the owners of rental properties are complaining that they can't build new buildings if you have rent control, but somehow they keep making billions of profits each and every year... Not to mention the fact that new apartments aren't really rent controlled.

WoD is still pretty usable (+0.5s self buff, -2s foe buff, per Hit) but there should be more situations where it is much trickier to use consistently. And a couple of very powerful effects aren't extendable (Scordeo's Cascade, Prevent Death condition - Barring Death Door also works differently and is just a very big damage shield but for a longer duration). BPM isn't balanced around solo indeed. But the base game isn't balanced around solo to begin with.

As far as I know, the Iranian team has been the bravest one so far by quite some distance. The Dutch and the English teams gave up their protests so easily, even if there was nothing substantial at stake for them.

Lmao. We should aim for "I feel completely refreshed. Like I just put on fresh underwear on New Year's Day" next thread, if we can land it on New Year's Day.

To be fair, that was how my post could be understood, because I accidentally left out the first part of the quoted post But reading your reply, I figured it would do nicely for both purposes

I lost two chest pieces so far that I had upgraded a lot because of the way gear works when it breaks. If you have full inventory when your gear breaks it drops on the ground with just a tiny icon if you are really close to it when you try to find it. This is extremely frustrating because it’s usually happening when I am around enemies trying to survive. So when it drops, I don’t notice and only find out later after Ive grabbed my bag and thinking I successfully made it out. So by that point I have no idea where my gear could be. The solution is simple. Broken gear should still be equipped and NOT returned to your inventory upon breaking. It should have no stats or perks since it is broken but there is no reason it should enter your inventory because things like this happen. Please allow broken gear to remain equipped so you don’t lose it. Another thing that would help is the ability to scan for gear in the resource surveyor. If our gear does get dropped then at least allow us to scan and find it that way.

Of course, you can always disable the BPM nerfs if you want to play a build that was heavily impacted by them, like Blood Mage. @Elric Galadkindly separated BPM into the buffs and nerfs packages, enabling one to use one or both as you wish.

The 80ies called, they want to tell you something...

It is going to get so much better than that. So, so much better! You know, there's deliciously funny irony in the only recommendation from @Sarex that kind of worked for you (or which you did not hate, at least) being one made to me. Had a belly laugh reading your exchange here and thinking of that. Kinda made my day, so thanks. edit: Maybe. I am uncertain, really. It's such a weird thing to not recommend a film that I really enjoyed watching and still can't... yeah. Odd, to say the least.

SC2 release stuff was such a disappointment to me, I have never played SC again ever since.

I liked StarCraft because it was a nice blend of likeable and interesting characters, had a decent sci-fi story, nice background lore and a fun campaign. StarCraft II came out and assassinated the characters within the first two seconds of the very first cutscene and then proceeded to took a giant dump on the world building and established lore in that afterthought of a campaign that was flashy style over substance coupled to a game designed solely to appeal to RTS e-sports players - and that is without even considering the audacity to sell content worth one game in three separate installments to rake in some more cash. As much as I sometimes complain about Mass Effect 3's ending, for me, SC2 ranks very high amongst the biggest disappointments in gaming. WoW's Cataclysm just sealed the deal in the same year.

So with the new grounded update the devs changed what you loose when you die to drop only resources instead the whole backpack which personally is not my thing, I enjoyed dropping the whole backpack instead cause it feels more challanging to me, which brings me to my point, when I want to change the settings to drop the whole backpack I also have to disable achievements which is pretty dissapointing, so my suggestion is still allowing achievements with the different settings.

CGI cocaine bear? They couldn't get a real bear hooked on coke for the movie? -0/10 literally unwatchable

A Holiday Treat During the month of December, a few new unlocks will be purchasable at the Science Shop that will grant the "Holiday Tree" and "Holiday Wreath" building recipes as well as a new December Sign Set. The "Holiday Tree" may also present random gifts to the player only during the month of December. Note: While these unlocks can only be purchased at the Science Shop through the month of December, they will stay unlocked forever for your world if you have purchased them. Creative games will have these recipes unlocked permanently if loaded during the month of December. New Features Additional Row of Backpack Inventory The teens have discovered a hidden pocket in their Holding backpacks, providing an additional row of inventory space and allowing you to carry more items while adventuring. ZIP.R (Go Up Ziplines Upgrade) Ascend Ziplines and traverse them more quickly with this ingenious device from Wendell. The ZIP.R utilizes Aphid power and a gear train to overcome the force of gravity. The ZIP.R can be found in a new room in the Oak lab that requires the Assistant Manager keycard. Once collected, this new ability is permanently unlocked for all players. Building / Crafting Quality of Life Nearby Storage Range Increased The "Nearby Storage" range has been doubled from 10 centimeters to 20 centimeters. Build From Nearby Chests Base buildings can be built using ingredients from nearby chests. Build From Nearby Pallets Base buildings can be built using ingredients directly from nearby grass and stem pallets within a 40 centimeter range. Multiple HotPouch Bars The HotPouch now supports 3 sets of favorites that you can swap through while running around the yard. Have more items and gear ready to quickly use or swap out. Naming Trail Markers Trail Markers can have text added to them. The text will be shown anywhere you can see the marker. Adjust Depth of Field Option Players can change the background depth-of-field blur between High, Medium, and Low settings (High is the default). Wall Mounted Trophies - Mark Foe ability Players can "Mark Foe" on any wall mounted bug trophy to give them a 15-minute damage buff against that creature type. Colored Lights All lights that you build can now be customized to any color of the rainbow using new Color and Saturation sliders. New Content New Buildings New Base Buildings Mushroom Stairs Mushroom Half Stairs Grass Half Stairs Grass Side Table (acts as storage as well!) New Vanity Buildings 3 Vases Koi Scale Chair 3 Folding Partitions Note: Scale will be adjusted in future Public Test Build update Additional Stuffed Bug Trophies Antlion Ladybird Black Ox Beetle Scarab Termite Worker Termite Soldier Termite King Moth Tick Black Widow Black Widowling Black Ant Worker Black Ant Soldier Fire Ant Worker Fire Ant Soldier Spiderling Infected Ladybug Infected Larva Ladybird Larva Roly Poly Stink Bug Green Shield Bug Mantis Note: Some of the above trophies are missing icons that will be updated in future Public Test Builds Additional Wall-Mounted Bug Trophies Antlion Ladybird Black Ox Beetle Scarab Termite Worker Termite Soldier Termite King Moth Tick Black Widow Black Widowling Black Ant Worker Black Ant Soldier Fire Ant Worker Fire Ant Soldier Water Flea Spiny Water Flea Spiderling Tiger Mosquito Infected Ladybug Infected Larva Ladybird Larva Diving Bell Spider Water Boatman Tadpole Roly Poly Stink Bug Green Shield Bug Mantis Note: Some of the above trophies are missing icons that will be updated in future Public Test Builds New Trap Large Spikes Upgraded spike trap that deals double the damage. Made from Ash Cement, Splinters, and Lint Rope. Note: this trap is only available in Creative Mode. We will patch in the ability to unlock this receipe in normal games soon. New Pose Added the "Power Up" pose to Armor Dummies and Photo Mode Other Quality of Life Each individual Storage building can be configured as included or excluded from Nearby Hot Deposit. Looking at a creature in PEEP.R mode that has already been PEEP'd will show you their card for quick access. Broken items will no longer unequip or drop in the world when destroyed. Equipped items that are broken will not appear on your character and you will not gain any of their effects. Buildings now give back 100% of their resources when destroyed or recycled by the player. Thrown items markers have been adjusted to show at further distances and to always stay on screen to make thrown items easier to find. Added a "Respawn at Nearest Field Station" button on the Death screen. When a creature that drops raw meat is killed with a spicy weapon, they will drop cooked meat instead of raw meat. When a creature that drops raw meat is killed with a salty weapon, they will drop jerky instead of raw meat. When sleeping, if your wakeup time was in the middle of the night, you now will wake up in the morning. You can now copy options from the customization window (such as lights) and paste them onto other, similar objects. Copying a building using the Pick control will copy its customizations to the newly placed buildings. Bows and Crossbows can no longer be thrown. The default throw button now brings up the ammo radial when using a bow or crossbow. Difficulty Adjustments Dying now only drops natural resources in the death backpack, in all difficulty modes. You no longer drop any crafted items when you die. Durability damage on death increased from 5% to 10% in Medium difficulty (still 0% in Mild and 10% in Woah) When a player dies in the pond depths, their backpack will be teleported to the top of the pond. Dying in the pond from drowning will trigger a survival quest about crafting pond diving gear (if you have not already crafted it). Pets are now invincible by default in Mild difficulty. Adjusted the outside nighttime lighting to make it easier to see at night. Other Changes / Tuning Audio Audio for combat has been improved (including a new Perfect Block sound). Combat Charged Attacks Damage of all charged attacks increased. New animations for all charged attacks will better communicate when an attack is charging Blocking You can now block with bows and crossbows. Damage reduction provided by non-perfect blocks increased from 50% to 75%. Blocking an attack will now consume stamina when blocking with anything instead of only when blocking with a shield. Stamina regen rate is now increased by 25% while blocking instead of being decreased by 25%. Stinkbugs can now jump. Mutations The summon from the Mantsterious Stranger mutation no longer does friendly fire damage. Weapon Mutations have been reworked from random procs to guaranteed bonuses. Additionally, each one grants a "mastery bonus" for hitting level 3 with that mutation. Dagger OLD 5/10/15% chance to apply bleed on hit. Bleed for 100 damage over 10 seconds at all levels NEW 100% chance to apply bleed on every hit (non-stacking, but it reapplies and resets the duration) Bleed for 30/50/75 damage over 5 seconds Mastery Bonus: dagger hits reduce target's bleed resist by 25% Axe OLD 5/8/10% chance to stagger an enemy on hit NEW 100% chance to reduce an enemy's physical damage resistances (chopping, bashing, slashing, and stabbing) on hit Damage Resist reduction scales up based on level of mutation to 10/15/20% Mastery Bonus: Attacking with an axe applies a buff to the player that removes their non-exhausted stamina regen delay Hammer OLD 15/25/30% chance to slow enemy attack speed by 20% NEW 100% chance to slow enemy attack speed by 10/20/30% Mastery Bonus: Hammers apply 50% more stun damage on all of their attacks Spear OLD 15/25/30% chance to lower enemy enemy damage resist by 20% Thrown damage with spears increased by 10/20/30% NEW Thrown damage with spears increased by 10/20/30% Attacking with a spear gives you a temporary buff that reflects 50/75/100% damage back to the enemy Mastery Bonus: Charge attacks with spears deal 30% more damage Sword OLD 5/10/15% chance to lower stamina consumption for weapon swings by 20% NEW Hitting a creature with a sword lowers their attack damage by 10/20/30% Mastery Bonus: Hitting an enemy with a sword gives you a temporary buff that lowers your exhaustion timer by 90% Club OLD 15/20/25% chance to enter Rage in combat Rage increases damage by 20% at all levels Rage prevents perfect block NEW 100% chance to enter Rage when hitting a creature with a club Rage increases club damage by 15/20/25% Rage prevents perfect block Mastery Bonus: Regenerate 1 HP per second while in rage (scales with healing received buffs) Staff OLD 5/15/25% chance to proc an extra elemental effect based on the staff type Spicy adds a burn effect for 50 damage over 5 seconds Fresh adds a 30% movement slow for 5 seconds Sour adds 10 additional stun damage NEW Adds the appropriate elemental effect to staff attacks 100% of the time Spicy adds a burn effect for 25/50/75 Fresh adds a movement slow of 10/20/30 Sour adds 2/4/6 stun damage Mastery Bonus: Attacks with staves apply a buff that reduces stamina cost of further staff attacks by 50% Bow OLD 5/10/15% chance to root an enemy for 2 seconds NEW Reduces stamina cost of sprinting after landing a bow attack by 50/75/100% for 5 seconds Mastery Bonus: Elemental arrows apply their special effects Spicy burns for 50 damage over 5 seconds Fresh adds 30% movement slow for 5 seconds Sour adds 10 additional stun damage Unarmed OLD 25/50/75% chance to increase unarmed damage dealt by 2% until combat ends. Stacks infinitely. NEW 100% chance to increase unarmed damage dealt by 1/1.5/2% until combat ends. Stacks infinitely. Mastery Bonus: Every unarmed attack launches a mini follow-up punch for half damage. UI Each player can hide their own nameplate and map marker from the other players, using the visibility toggle on the legend entry in the Map screen. Game Mode selection in the game lobby is now in a standalone window with more information about the different modes, instead of just a dropdown. The Game Lobby UI has been updated. You can access the multiplayer text chat window while you have any other UI window open. HUD markers that display cm distance will only show it when directly looked at, to help reduce UI clutter. HUD markers will fade out when obscured by closer markers, to help reduce UI clutter. If many items of the same type are dropped in the same place, only one HUD marker will be shown for the whole pile. The "building under construction" wrench HUD markers have been removed as unnecessary. The Science Shop now shows you what tech chip each unlock came from (except recommended items, which all go to the "Recommended" group). Sign Sets in the Science Shop show you the sign images you will unlock before purchasing them. The profanity filter has been tweaked to fix certain false positives. Creature trophy buildings for the same class of creature are now grouped as material variants in the building radial. Pet inventories can no longer be accessed or used as Nearby Storage unless the pet is nearby. World Labs now contain "Water Coolers" where you can quench your thirst and discuss the most recent televised sports event with your coworkers. The secret locked door at the end of Black Ant Hill lab now better indicates how to open it. Removed shelves from Pond Lab biometric scanner room to clear up the line of sight to the scanner. Loot on these shelves has been moved to chests in the vicinity. Consumable items dropped in the world will despawn after two days. Added Data page entries for the Super MIX.Rs and a few other items found in the Upper Yard. Optimization Reduced memory usage to fix memory-related crashes. Reduced CPU usage across the game. Buildings Spike Strips no longer deal friendly fire damage. Spike Strips now deal 50 damage per hit instead of 40 damage. Armor and Weapons Moth armor "Ranged Cut" effect chance to proc increased from 20% to 30%. Mantis armor "Cutman" effect damage increased from 15 per second to 20 per second. Accessibility The Read To Me narration of the Game Lobby, OS, Resting, and Customization menus has been improved. The Read To Me narrator will renarrate the Building Radial when the player changes the building material. Bug Fixes Crash Fixes Fixed a crash that could occur when a creature performed a charge attack through clovers or grass. Fixed a random crash that could happen while generating navigation data for creatures. Major Fixes Ants no longer gather excessive amounts of food in ant hills. They will stop when they feel they have a sufficient amount to feed themselves. Creatures should no longer get halfway stuck in the ground. BURG.L should no longer randomly go missing. If the audio log in the Haze Lab was missing on older saves and was never collected, it will show up now. Creatures will properly lose aggro after incapacitating a player instead of immediately retargeting them on revive regardless of where they are. Other Fixes Creatures in the Sandbox no longer get stuck on ****tail umbrellas. Fixed some spots in the Mantis arena that the player was not supposed to be able to get to. Players can no longer trigger emote animations while attacking. Fixed a handful of world terrain visual issues. Music changes from entering a new biome will transition more cleanly. Ladybugs will properly aggro players when hit by thrown two-handed weapons. Fixed memory leak in the Mantis boss fight. The Resource Scanner will no longer hitch when opened with a lot of items unlocked. Usernames with leading numbers will no longer become scrambled in certain contexts when playing in Arabic. Read To Me will no longer read conversation lines that are already voiced. The player can no longer connect ziplines to inappropriately angled target anchors. Fixed the Pond Biodome POI sometimes not unlocking. Sap Catchers can no longer be built on Fresh Storage. The game will no longer slow down when the player rapidly scrolls through building radial pages. Wall-mounted buildings can no longer be placed on turrets. Wall-mounted buildings can no longer be placed on stuffed flying creatures. Pets will no longer trigger inappropriate banter dialogue when player characters see them. Zipped haulable items will no longer float away when they contact a character. The player will no longer enter first-person perspective while zipping in some rare cases. The player will be correctly restored to their desired perspective after freeing themselves from multiple spider webs. Black Widow will no longer jump abnormally high. Thistle needles will no longer respawn immediately after loading a saved game. If a player disconnects while on a ladder, the ladder can now be recycled. Ingredients dropped from destroyed stuffed bees and gnats can now be picked up.

gets credit as being lgbt but those elements is implied more than overt so could disappoint a few viewers who were expecting paradigm shifts from an admitted lesser known 80s bowie flick. we don't wanna ruin the experience by saying too much. am gonna highly recommend not reading wiki or on-line synopsis before viewing. to this day we do much approve o' the score and is why we share. regardless, we were reflecting on movies we consider important but relative unknown and this were among the first to come to mind. ... nevertheless, at the risk o' tainting the well, we will observe we enjoyed merry christmas mr. lawrence a bit more when we were younger. such reevaluation doesn't make the film less worthy o' consideration. HA! Good Fun! ps am gonna admit the initial reason we thought o' mr. lawrence is 'cause we saw one o' those a bit too early best christmas movies polls and 'course being Gromnir, our first thought were the lion in winter. others making the cut is edward scissorhands, stalag 17, kiss kiss bang bang, the hudsucker proxy, rocky, gawain and the green knight and the animated 1966(?) how the grinch stole christmas tv special.

Keep safe Katphood and I hope you achieve the political change you want Keep us updated, we will be following developments

@Katphood stay safe mate

i am conflicted. on the one hand i am sincerely hopeful that in the thick of the chaos just beyond your door you are seeing something more dramatic in the events around you than that which is actual playing out, because that would mean you, and many like you, face less imminent danger than believed. converse, i would welcome this moment as one o' those instances of real change, but rare do such social, cultural and military revolutions occur w/o the blood o' villains, heroes and innocents being spilled indiscriminate and beyond measure. regardless, good luck.

Good luck man, stay safe. Hope it end well for you guys