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apologies for the double https://www.instagram.com/stopicenet/reel/DI5r8cRRtv4/ americans might be surprised to learn the feds likely don't need an arrest warrant for these kinda situations. am suspecting one reason why the guy in the vid is being detained at a courthouse is to avoid needing to have to deal with judges and warrants. arrest at home? yeah, then you need a warrant. it often makes sense to get an arrest warrant when you are arresting sans non exigent circumstances, but you do not necessarily need such. but why the plain clothes? why the refusal to show badges? why the balaclava ski mask? and no offense to mr. man-bun in the video, but am having met a whole lotta cops over the years and these guys don't seem like cops-- attitude is wrong and behavior is... weird. these "cops" seem far too anxious to be police with any kinda experience. am knowing it sounds ridiculous, but our thought on watching the vid were, "is homeland security deputizing rando office personnel?" and again, why the refusal to show badges? even if you secret squirrel your way into explaining the plain clothes, then why don't they display badges when making their arrest? and the ski mask? serious? everything about the arrest just looks wrong and am seeing so much potential for accident. HA! Good Fun! ps am certain almost nobody will watch, but... in the linked vid, trump is talking to a room full o' financial experts about the economy and inflation. almost every time trump said something outrageously stoopid, the people in the audience cheered/applauded. am gonna suggest that everybody in that audience who applauded knew trump were either lying or stoopid... or both, but they cheered anyway. those folks in the audience wanted a 2025 extension o' the previous trump tax cuts and they wanted more deregulation, so they not only ignored trump lies/stoopid, but they cheered. as such, is hardly a surprise politicians can get away with distorting economic realities. late edit to avoid double and

Maybe I *want* it to be a mutalisk aerobic flight simulator for the Wii, where you have to use those sticks to flap your arms/wings. Because now that you mention it, that actually sounds kind of novel.

https://www.reuters.com/business/stockpiling-ahead-tariffs-likely-hurt-us-economy-first-quarter-2025-04-30/ Biden's fault

Oh, why can't you simply be happy it isn't a mutalisk aerobic flight simulator for the Wii, where you have to use those sticks to flap your arms/wings?

am gonna concede we added the link at the last second before posting when a thought occurred to us: the only person am certain is gonna get this is amentep. HA! Good Fun!

too obvious to need be stated response: politicians is able to lie, misrepresent or just plain be wrong 'bout inflation w/o real repercussions because electorates don't understand inflation. is actual ok that most voters don't get micro and macroeconomic, but in the past, before the internet, those voters recognized that they only had the most surface level understanding o' economics even if they went to university and got some kinda liberal arts or stem degree not related to econ. in the 20th century and earlier, the electorate relied on reputable voices/sources for their econ education, just as they relied on experts to answer their medical, meteorological and early childhood education questions. 2025 is different 'cause expertise don't mean anything. voters either don't care enough to do research, or worse, when they do self education, they rely on internet searches to find sources that already support their "feels" or the position o' their chosen tribe, at which point they then believe they is experts. the problem is not that people are dumber or less educated today than they was twenty years past. today, too many voters don't care and just as many o' those remaining who do care only wanna listen to answers which support their previous held position. however, this ain't a new problem, at least not in the US. back in the late 19th century and early 20th century, the story were same, with americans furious about immigrants w/o real cause, coupled with transformative technologies changing what the majority population thought o' as cornerstones o' american culture and economy. virtual all the founding fathers were farmers, but by the late 19th century, manufacturing were taking over and waves o' immigrants were making america look, sound and even smell different, 'causing fear and anxiety 'mongst the electorate. needed to protect the american way o' life, right? https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Passes_Smoot_Hawley_Tariff.htm "A thousand economists signed a petition, drafted by a Chicago economist, and future U.S. senator, Paul Douglas, that implored the president to veto the tariff. “Poor Hoover wanted to take our advice,” Paul Douglas mused, but he could not bring himself to break with his own party’s congressional leadership. Ignoring the experts, Hoover signed the tariff on June 17, 1930." (edit: the original envisioned 1930 tariffs were limited and targeted, but politicians, recognizing the groundswell of popular support for tariffs, kept adding to the industries and products which would eventual be covered by smoot-hawley. the result were a vicious circle o' stoopid with a handful o' populists convincing the public that simple were the solution to all their problems: 1) get rid and/or limit immigration ... 'cause those dirty foreigners were committing crimes and taking american jobs; and 2) support protectionist policies which would save american farms/farmers and simultaneous limit foreign competition o' american manufacturing. win al around. experts pointed out how the tariffs were self destructive and it is likely many o' the politicians supporting the tariffs knew that tariffs would result in a kinda economic self-immolation, but americans wanted to believe in easy solutions and there were enough politicians and "experts" willing to tell those frightened americans what they wanted to hear. sound familiar?) back in the late 1920s, with historic divisiveness not seen since the civil war, experts were ignored. politicians spun to convince or appease their potential voters knowing it were in their best interest to ignore or even mock experts. same happened pre antebellum btw. the more frightened and divided is the electorate, the easier it is to fool 'em by telling 'em what they want to hear, or by confirming that their fears is justified. the internet, which were 'sposed to make it easier to self educate has ironic led to people being even more easily manipulated. no longer does the electorate need rely on experts whom they likely do not trust. instead, the internet is a useful tool for making most people believe they is experts when what they is typical doing is nothing more than repeating whatever is the narrative o' their chosen tribe. again, is no real mystery and is definite not new. added: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/tariffs-amazon-prime-day-sellers-report cowardice from big biz being the most predictable response in 2025, bezos backing down should also come as little surprise. HA! Good Fun!

I really hate this dumb woman. You think it can't get worse, and then they pulled out this She-Goebbels.

Aye. I am more interested how Avowed will end up doing compared to PoE1&2. It being bigger budget, action RPG should draw considerably bigger crowd. I wonder if it succeeded (will succeed) in that, or not.

Tried this Clair Obscur thingy, since it's getting so much hype. Don't like it that much. Too much dodging and parrying and QTE. I'd prefer if it was just pure turn-based. Story seems okay. Would refund if the prologue wasn't so overlong I had to play over 2 hours to get somewhere.

In Korea, Starcraft2 wasn't super popular but the Starcraft brand is very well known. So, time for a quick cash grab game!

Make a note of the date, I agree pretty much wholeheartedly with Gromnir. The concept of what inflation is is easy enough to understand. If politicians genuinely didn't get the concept they should have nothing at all to do with economics. But fundamentally the classic politician inference that if inflation goes down prices will go back to how they were- which is obviously a load of bollocks- exists because that will get them votes and allow them to do things they want more easily while the truthful observation that prices won't go back down but will just increase more slowly, won't. You can pretty much guarantee the party that goes for approach A will be the one voters think is more economically literate because it's what they want to be true. eg it's brilliant rhetoric for depressing wages. Inflation is 5% but going down, and when prices 'return to normal' you'll still have that 1.5% pay increase! So you aren't really 3.5% worse off year on year, indeed you'll be 1.5% better off after the prices stabilise! Again, obvious rubbish if you know what inflation actually means. But it's what a lot of people- including many getting that 3.5% effective pay cut- want to hear.