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just a reminder, 'cause with all the new illegal and improbable, people convenient memory hole the old. cecot. the US government sent an unspecific number o' people to this place no trial. not even a hearing. we can't be certain o' how many american residents were sent to el salvador, nor has the fed confirmed the identities o' those sent to cecot 'cause o' some ambiguous amalgam o' "state secrets" and "terrorism." we only know for sure the details regarding one person sent to cecot: abrego garcia. the only reason we learned the circumstances o' the abrego garcia situation is because a government lawyer admitted that the fed made a mistake by sending mr. garcia to cecot. that lawyer were fired. the government public says that everybody sent to cecot is a gang member, but the fed has offered no proof in court o' such 'cause "state secrets" and "terrorism." sure, we has been told via caroline leavitt and fox news that everybody "deported" were a nasty and terrible nogoodnik, but that ain't the same as going before a judge and providing affidavits, is it? why would you take on faith that the government is being truthful 'bout this? the only way we have even a rough idea o' who was sent to cecot, other than abrego garcia, is 'cause news outlets such as the washington post and sixty minutes did research... pieced together info from lawyers and family members o' persons with immigration cases who sudden disappeared from ice facilities contemporaneous with the military jets going to el salvador. cbs managed to get ahold of an internal government document via a leak which provided identities of most/many sent to cecot, but the government has only voluntarily provided the number o' persons sent to el salvador via the alien enemies act and traditional deportation efforts. again, since there were no trial or hearing, plus something-something "state secrets" and "terrorism" means there is literal no proof that the people we sent to cecot is criminals, gang members or undocumented. regardless, even if the government had held the hearings SCOTUS says 9-0 (even thomas and alito agreed on this point) were a necessary prerequisite to deport people under the alien enemies act, that ain't what happened in reality. the more than a hundred people, some o' whom might be american citizens who never committed a crime for all we know, were not deported back to their country o' origin. those +100 people (something 'tween 137 and 250?) were sent to serve out an indefinite period o' incarceration in a facility which manages to make a few o' those siberian gulags look like resort spas. ... where is the outrage? serious, what is wrong with americans that this don't bother more people? particular from the i don't trust the government and you could be next crowds, where is the justified anger? why is this not an inflection point for more people? how is this so last week/month already? in case it isn't clear, am a bit disappointed. HA! Good Fun! ps @Malcador not that it matters. shame is no longer a thing.

you just can't help yourself, can you? ... there is no american shared reality. facts mean nothing. we had a comprehensive response, but it just ain't worth it. you didn't see a difference during trump 1.0 and you can't see the danger after the past five months of 2.0. if a President calling out the marines to confront protesters doesn't move you, then... am not surprised that you tenaciously embrace brobdingnagian false equivalency as a defense for your they are all bad mantra even after the deluge of unprecedented authoritarian and unconstitutional actions by trump, actions which has managed to shock even our self who predicted chaos and corruption. no, am not surprised. however, am nevertheless genuine disappointed.

Im 130 hours in WoRT and its still going great I have reached the Midnight Fane I use the whole Crusader mini-RTS components to have breaks from the RPG progress, I like being in charge of the commander choices and my choices have results like additional army units I am really enjoying all my companion side-quests and potential Romance arcs with Camellia and Arueshalae. It took a while before Sosiel accepted we were just going to be friends but it really took a while around numerous dialogue options Its also the first RPG where I have made certain "evil " choices because my main objective is to defeat the demons and close the Worldwound so the end justifies the means, so for example I have undead units in my army, I aligned with Jerribeth at the Ivory Sanctum and Im prepared to work with most groups who are opposed to Deskari. I also didnt kill the Succubus who gave me the key in the Midnight Fane The game really delivers on a myriad of narrative choices that makes me constantly think what is the overall best path I should follow And Im not suffering from the demon killing fatigue that many people have raised as a legitimate criticism of the design in parts of the game

I don't post about politics very often, but I will say I love my state of California. The Trump administration has been lashing out at my state for the better part of a decade. It doesn't bother me, because I'm very comfortable in what California is. It's the 4th largest economy in the world. We have amazing cities, national parks, beaches, and mountains. We have incredible diversity. I can find a good restaurant/food truck for every imaginable cuisine. We have all the schools. I mean, just incredible universities that cover every possible field of study. So watching a sitting President attempt to wage war against my state is sickening. This is the same President that had no problem pardoning the people who stormed the Capitol building. He is actively working against the Governor. I'm at a loss. On Saturday Trump is staging a birthday parade that is going to look like North Korea.

I m happy to see people posting with new builds in 2025!

Ha! You beat me to it. Was gonna' post the same thing. I think many of the rule changes are good. Some not so good. But in their attached survey, which I filled yesterday, there is the option to support TA also keeping some parts of the 2014 ruleset and modifying things they don't like in the 2024 ruleset. I strongly supported that option.

https://america250.org/news/the-united-states-of-america-to-honor-the-250th-anniversary-of-the-u-s-army-with-a-grand-military-parade-and-celebration-in-washington-d-c/ Huge and important US military parade on Saturday, 250 years to celebrate I except its going to be very well supported and it will be interesting to see the US military on display. Last time was in 1991 This is not about politics but rather the sacrifice and duty that the military and its personnel have made towards the country and its history. @rjshae @Gfted1 @kanisatha @ShadySands I imagine you will be watching parts of it?

Solasta 2 will be using 2024 ruleset. Good, bad? https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1096530/view/515211974718523887?l=english

The bigliest bigly winning tariff of all time.

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

It finally happened. I got eaten ny a sandworm. I was moving a bunch of stuff to a new base, and I was motorbiking across a big swath of desert. I had to swerve wide to avoid quicksand, and it put me on a bad path with a worm. He ate me whole. I woke up naked and back at my new base. Now I'm running around trying to rebuild me life. 10/10 - would become worm food again

That is worth pointing out: both priest and rogue sides learn duplicated AT 4-7 powers so can use them with different class resource pools (I was just being lazy and not wanting to list them out twice in my abilities section). I do like reserving my AT6 priest spellcasts for Salvation of Time to extend my buffs in case they are about to wear off since my priest spellcasts have to do double duty for defensive buffs, leaving me no extra room to recast them if necessary. But for a lot of combat encounters, a single casting of a buff is often enough and you can more freely cast Arkemyr's Wonderous Torment, which as you point out is a really nice spell to use on bosses. It's a good empowering candidate to start the ball rolling and breaking through a boss's high defenses, allowing you to hopefully land subsequent afflictions and other debuffs. I do dislike the fact that it only splits after the original effect expires on the first target, which means you functionally treat it as single-target spell since high duration boosts that you would normally want on a debuff renders its jumps moot. I would almost take an even lesser effect on the splits if it was able to jump to two additional targets immediately, or just wish that it would also jump upon death of the original target but I'm not sure how hard that would be to program.

G.E.C.K. That's the perfect gift: turn the lower wards into your own paradise!

illegal immigration is actually a boon for the US, but no politician could ever admit it. illegals do jobs no american will do and they lower inflation in the process. illegals pay taxes without drawing on entitlements. illegals commit less crime than natural born citizens. etc. in 10 years when china is f'd 'cause o' their self-made population apocalypse, they is gonna need millions o' indian foreign workers if they don't wanna see their economy implode. most o' europe as well as japan and korea is facing similar issues but is gonna take a bit longer for the impacts to hit home-- not enough workers or consumers and an aging population bleeding a nation dry is a problem you address ten years ago. is a problem the US suffers from to a far less degree 'cause? illegal immigration. our population and birth rate ain't been dropping the same as most o' the eu... and far less severe than japan. and again, china is already complete f'd. the US never could have gotten increased birth rates, low-pay labor and an increased consumer base in the numbers needed through legal immigration. like it or not, and in spite o' some real short-term costs, illegal immigration is arguably one o' the USA's greatest advantages. however, illegal immigration is illegal... even if it ain't criminal. we pass laws through representative democratic process and it not matter if those laws is wise when we decide whether they is legal. being in the US undocumented, like were the case for elon musk, is illegal, and there is statutory punishments for such infractions. that said, there is a reason illegals do not get criminal trials for their deportations and it ain't cause they is non-citizens. illegal border crossing or overstaying a visa is a petty infraction, akin to a speeding ticket. 'cause the punishment don't include loss of liberty (imprisonment,) deportation proceedings fail to trigger sixth amendment protections... though try and explain to us how sending people to cecot avoids such; we dare anybody to try and explain. regardless, arresting those suspected o' illegal immigration is not illegal. the current ice efforts is clear designed to provoke and inflame, but the arrests themselves... maybe what ice is doing is wrong, but it ain't illegal. trump sending troops to california is illegal and wrong. btw, the government lies and misleads. a 413% increase in assault o' ice agents? why not say what were the assaults and how many were assaulted? notice the government didn't claim any ice agents were seriously injured yes? if a child grabs the sleeve o' an ice agent while the agent is arresting the child's parent, that counts as an assault. if a citizen husband attempts to embrace his undocumented wife while she is being arrested and he happens to touch an ice agent in the process, that is an assault. and btw, if there were a 500% increase in la ice arrests over the course o' the past week, then how much would you expect assaults on ice agents to increase over the same period if all other factors remained constant? of the 118 undocumented rounded up by ice at the time o' their press release, only five were gang members, and am gonna remind people that being a gang member is not in and of itself illegal. please note that a handful o' crimes committed by those apprehended by ice is listed, but nowhere does it mention how many people had criminal records. one? why not say the number of criminals unless it is a comical small number? so yeah, this ice operation were performative and likely meant to help with trump's sagging poll numbers, 'cause the truth o' the matter is that trump's base, and many other americans, approve o' bad things happening to the undocumented. however, what ice did, rounding up undocumented individuals, were not illegal. the thing is, if more democrats had gotten off their asses and voted in 2024, we wouldn't be in this situation in 2025, so am actual a bit less sympathetic than you might suspect. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exploring-why-more-latinos-voted-for-trump-and-what-it-means-for-future-elections Geoff Bennett: There are people of faith who would wonder how you are able to look beyond Donald Trump's moral character, the felony convictions, the divisive rhetoric and cast your vote in support. Rev. Samuel Rodriguez: It's a legitimate question and something we have to discuss. And I put that right next to abortion demand without any restrictions, even in the late term, late-term abortion here versus character, tweets, rhetoric, personality and bravado. So I have to measure this. I have to measure government coming and intruding in how I raise my children versus character, rhetoric, tweets and bravado. So we measured it. Latinos measured it and went like — and many Latinos went, like, man, we don't like the guy. Many Latinos say, we don't like the guy, but his policies were amazing and his policies lined up with what I believe. And the Democratic Party sounds good, but the policies are counterintuitive to who I am as a Latino and as a Christian. Now, there may be, there may be an opportunity here. Let me explain. The policy of mass deportations, that policy is — it is controversial. I don't deny it. And what our understanding is mass deportations will take place regarding targeting primarily criminals, those that are involved in the terrorist activities. (Crosstalk) Geoff Bennett: Potentially, but the scale of what the Trump campaign has promised would likely extend beyond those undocumented immigrants who have committed violent crimes. So the question is, what does that mean for Latinos who live in mixed-status families or who are here legally, but are profiled and caught up in what could be this mass deportation effort? Rev. Samuel Rodriguez: Now, I could tell you right here to your audience, I would be the first one vociferously protesting if the administration comes after families that have been here 20, 25, 30 years, 15 years, God-fearing, hardworking, not living off government subsidies, whose children were born here. I will be the first one protesting, because that's not my understanding. And I can't disclose my conversations with the president-elect's team, but I can tell you that there have been multiple assurances from very powerful individuals to yours truly directly, regarding the targeted audiences. And we're talking about those involved in nefarious activities. So my understanding is that good, God-fearing, hardworking families that have been here for years, for years and are not living off government subsidies and whose children were born here, these families will not be targeted. I hope and pray that they adhere to — adhere to what they conveyed with yours truly regarding the mass deportation efforts. ... at least on twitter, we don't see mr. rodriguez's promised protests. a quick search reveals no news articles where he complains he were misled. nothing. most o' the protesters ain't complaining about the Constitutional issue which worries Gromnir. we know trump sent troops with the intent o' provoking a greater response and we see this move as yet another step towards overt authoritarianism, but that ain't what has people in the streets of la. ultimately, people are protesting 'cause when trump said he were gonna do mass deportations, not enough americans listened or believed. we dislike trump and his policies, but the folks we blame most for our current situation is all the democrats and independents who didn't vote, or who voted for trump 'cause o' the price of eggs, trans athletes and vaccine mandates... mandates which were imposed at the state and local level for chrissakes. Stephen Miller has set his sights on new targets to find undocumented migrants: Home Depot and 7-Eleven so ice goes out and legal does the bidding o' stephen miller who is implementing the policy goals trump promised during his campaign. for those only motivated to protest now, we got less sympathy. but again, sending troops to california is actual a different issue for us than the ice roundups. trump is clear exceeding authority granted to him by the Constitution, unless scotus once again goes ahead and invents a new trump authority which did not exist for the past 238 years. HA! Good Fun!

I really hate to play any FPS with gamepad on console. I have tried to play Dishonored, finished the game, but then, I have rather repurchased the games again on GOG, so I would not need to play with gamepad only for all eternity... That being said, Playing any Unreal game with Gamepad feels like worst kind of heresy

80 bloody bucks for TOW2!!!!!!!!!1 The push for Game Pass gets harder still. 😄 edit: Just wanted to create an opportunity to bring in Tim Curry, mind. 😄 I think the price rages regarding games are pure first world luxury, as there's an abundance of offers and choices everywhere, every day of the week, month, year. Mount Everests Of Shame exist for reason, after all. Hooray for the capitalism... I guess. 😄

Tried Fallout London mod. Londoners turned out to be excellent looters because the city was barren, or at least those very few places I could access were, because majority of everything seemed to be just for decor and whole city looked kinda like those photodrapes cities hang on historical buildings that are being renovated. Water gives you gazillion rads, I think this is game's equivalent of deathclaw conga line in Vegas, something to prevent you from going somewhere too early, but this + narrow walkways over said water everywhere + companion dog's propensity for pushing you from those walkways + looooong loading time = The last straw before scrubbing the mod from HD were invincible enemies who run at you and self-destruct very early on main quest, but that left me wanting to play Fallout 4. Turns out it's fun if you ignore main quest and just be a garbage collector who, along with his trusty dog, travels the place endlessly searching for more glue. I mean, it's easy to imagine my guy checks the logs of freeze-refreeze-unfreeze before leaving, sighs "RIP Shaun" and gives wide berth to Sanctuary because of bad memories. Concord too, because of proximity.

Speaking of which, Xenonauts 2 is super close to being done.

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They're literally pulling babies from mothers' arms Where are the 2nd amendment people

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