ShadySands

Again, the game is not an Epic exclusive as you can also get it from Obsidisoft here. Sure, it's not coming out on Steam at launch, if that's your preferred launcher/store/whatever, and will probably not be there for a year but at least it's first party plus one which is better than just first party.

Kawhi and PG13 to the Clippers. I was in the anyone but the Lakers camp so this makes me happy. I feel kinda bad that Kawhi drug this out so long and am going to dub it the Decision 3.14 because reasons. The reason I'm running it that is because he basically held the league hostage while deciding. I know that's a bit of hyperbole but I think it holds up for the 2 teams he held up that didn't get him and all the free agents that needed his domino to fall first. Almost all the other big names were done in the first couple days. I do have to admit that the drama was keeping me invested enough that I followed the story of a player I don't care about. I'll probably have to edit this in the morning when I'm not under the effect of so many be normal pills

Yeah, that looks similar to what I read but it also said that while they were doing it out of their own interests that the fleets in NY and SF did also offer protection for those ports though it was never tested if they would have actually fought on our behalf. That's why I was looking for more info because I've not seen anyone argue that it wasn't for Russia's own reasons but I've seen conflicting articles on whether or not they would have actually defended the ports they were stationed at and/or if their presence alone staved off any attacks. The dismissal of it seems to be based on the fact that Russia did it for their own interests and seemingly stops there. As I said, I've only heard about it today and haven't found much on the topic and since GD is somewhat of an expert I thought I'd ask.

Can you speak on Russia's assistance to the Union in the Civil War? I've only heard about it today and not in any history class I've ever attended

I finally found a DJ Khaled song that I don't hate, though I think the song would be much better with 070 Shake's part vastly reduced. I've recently discovered that I have a weakness for Reggae artists singing over hip hop beats and that Buju Banton and Sizzla are favorites of mine is also a plus.

The smoker setting worked really good. I smoked some ribs for several hours and they came out great. Much better than the smoker on my old grill but I've never had a separate dedicated smoker so take that with a grain of Lot's wife.

I've burned myself out on the 3 MMOs I cycle through and I'm still stuck using a broken down laptop so I fired up CK2 and spent too much time trying to get to a point where my immortal* Atenic Egyptian martial dude can kick out the Muslims and return Egypt to the worship of the one true god. Still seems a long, long way off. *I give my guys immortality at the cost of their fertility. They can't produce heirs but can live until the end of the game if they play their cards right and get a little lucky.

I grew up with a grill made from a trash can so I'm not all that picky with my grills. I went big my first and last time getting a serious business grill and was disappointed. My wife is the more discerning one and she picked out a Traeger which I'd say is more of an appliance than a true grill. I mean, you have to plug it in to use it and it doesn't take wood or charcoal either. It takes these tiny little wood pellets that you load into like a side compartment and then it's all buttons and dials so it's also really hands off.

Global mods hoarding all the best pies for themselves

Got a new grill yesterday and today we had a crazy unexpected hailstorm just after I started cooking.

****ing Clarence Thomas

People have been shooting off fireworks everyday for over a week. I don't know how much more my dogs can take. Considering calling the cops as fireworks are illegal here but since I also shot off illegal fireworks when I was a kid I'm hesitant. Though back then I only did it on July 4th because I had more consideration than to start shooting them off in June.

It's better than last years plan of having a full military parade but better still doesn't make it a good plan. According to your link the tanks will be stationary and not involved in the parade itself and at a cost of nearly 900k it seems indulgent for what, I agree with Gromnir here, is likely to just be a Trump rally/re-election campaign speech. Add to this who knows how many soldiers will be losing their 96 (4 day weekend) over this and it doesn't seem worth it. As I believe GD said about the last parade, if you want to honor the troops then give them a day off but I think we can all safely assume that our President really only does (or tries to do) things like this to honor himself.

Gotta work with what you got

We binged about half the first season and did mostly weekly viewings for the remainder and the show definitely benefits with time between the episodes.

Maybe they don't actually want to build nukes or maybe they already can and have chosen not to, I dunno. Most articles I've read seem to believe Iran wants to go back to the bargaining table so maybe they feel their hand is stronger if they can potentially build them but have not done so as of yet. I haven't been following it that closely but I thought the US had already backed out of the Iran Nuke-U-Ler deal.

Would be funny if they all chose Iran

After his previous internal polling had him losing to several Dems he had to come up with something he'd definitely win.

Looks like KD and Kyrie to the Nets. DeAndre Jordan too apparently. Kemba Walker to the Celtics. Middleton and B Lopez sticking with the Bucks while Brogdon gets traded to the Pacers. Lillard took a supermax extension to stay in Portland for the next 5 or 6 years Tobias Harris reupped in Philly and Al Horford headed to the Sixers Butler to the Heat in a sign and trade deal also including the Mavs Reddick to the Pelicans. Julius Randle to the Knicks Still nothing yet on Kawhi

Soccer isn't my jam but I've seen variations of the same kind of argument in basketball. I've played against and occasionally beaten college and NBA players in pickup games when I was in high school but nobody was stupid enough to think we were actually better than them.

Pulled weeds for an hour or so then went to Best Buy to get a new Chromecast for the TV in the basement. As I'm checking out I buy the little 5 bucks warranty they offer me because my last one broke in less than a year and where I live now the store is less than 10 minutes away. Anyways, I give them my phone number and the dude asks me to make sure my info is correct and surprisingly it was. I just moved 3 months ago and I still own the old place but they had my new address and everything even though I'm not sure how as I haven't bought anything from them in store or online in who knows how long. Big brother got me.

Interesting, I always thought checkpoints were meant as deterrents not as the most effective way of actually catching drunk drivers

It doesn't get any smarter and is super frustrating. The RLM review is pretty spot on.

Another Hacked Florida City Pays a Ransom, This Time for $460,000