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Should Trump divest of the hotel he was already in the process of leasing and developing before he announced his run for president? Trump is a developer. He should not have to sell his holdings to run for president. Is it reasonable that some of the people who come might just want to use his hotel because, well, hotels are in great demand? Listen, go ahead and say that he should. It's commendable to argue your point. It is not the equivalent of the Clinton Foundation debacle. Trump developed that hotel before he announced. Hell, he leased the property before the previous election. He didn't get out of office and use his influence to build the hotel. He clearly had plans to build it before he had solid plans to run. As a matter of principle, I can see having strong feelings. However, as a matter of politics, I'm telling you it's a losing story. There are better reasons to go after Trump than him owning the hotel. In fact, one such reason to go after him politically, which is also a matter of principle, is his decision to turn over the operation of his business to his children whom he also intends to maintain as political advisors. He should set up a blind trust for the operations while he is in office, but the idea that someone who actually *built* something in Washington DC should have to completely divest himself of his holdings is silly.
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I disagree. Trump ran as a business man with business interests in place. The Clinton Foundation was started after Bill Clinton left office and as a direct offshoot of his presidency. Trump secured the rights to take the chance to build on a property that clearly had potential and built the hotel under budget and on time as far as I know. The Clintons built a foundation whose administration is unorthodox at best, had poor accounting, multiple documented ethical concerns as raised by their own audit, and was inextricably intertwined with the Clinton campaign and the Department of State, including people who worked interchangeably at both and at least one who drew a paycheck from both at the same time. Equivalency arguments are all well and good, but I don't think it's the same. What I would suggest, as the article states, is the president-elect should put his business concerns in a blind trust. Of course, I also thought he should divulge his taxes. I'm going to tell you the same thing I told people who were concerned about the taxes (which was a far larger source of worry for me personally) it's a non issue right now. You're not going to make headway against Trump based on this small potato stuff. Now, if direct correlations arise between favors and diplomats staying at the Trump hotel, go after him. What the media needs to do now, however, is get a grip on themselves and stop trying to contrive a way to turn every Trump story into something bad. Over-reaching on the part of the press makes it easy for Trump supporters to view all negative stories with skepticism. How does that serve anyone? I also suggest that many people will read that article and actually have a more positive view of Trump. I thought the article was pretty well balanced and well written, so maybe some in the media are getting their heads straightened. Now I just want to see what the New York Times prints about it. Good job, Washington Post. I sincerely think they did a good job pointing out a possible concern without seeming completely hell bent on Trump's personal destruction.
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Yes? Sounds reasonable and there is no impropriety that I can see. It's smart for foreign dignitaries to stay at the Trump hotel and I seriously doubt there's quid pro quo related to people staying there. If the left uses this as a way to impugn Trump, a man whose own words suffice for that purpose, it'll end up as a losing ploy. However, it is an interesting aside. “'Believe me, all the delegations will go there,' said one Middle Eastern diplomat who recently toured the hotel and booked an overseas visitor. The diplomat said many stayed away from the hotel before the election for fear of a 'Clinton backlash,' but that now it’s the place to be seen."
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Looks like ol' mad dog mattis might make the move to SecDef. Have we had a teufel hunden Secretary of Defense? Shame to see a Marine overseeing the Secretary of the Navy, but if you're going to have one, this is definitely the guy. I remember some controversy some years ago regarding Obama, but I can't remember what it was. I think he resigned or retired or some such in protest to something. I've not been a big fan of Trump, and I think he talks more than he thinks, but it looks to me like he's threading the needle between renegades and establishment types so far, which is probably wise. I know folks hate Breitbart, but Bannon is already advising Trump. It's simply not reasonable to demand that Trump not keep his council. Sessions will probably be confirmed and I think he should. I don't like pile on Byrd, God rest his soul, but the explanation about his former comments was that he had made them long ago and didn't reflect his later views. Fair enough. I never used him as some sort of equalizing argument. Now, however, I think the other side should do the same thing and confirm Sessions. Hell, if nothing else, it gets him out of the Senate and that might actually appeal to some of the more strident Democrats. The Mattis choice? I think it's brilliant and, if there hasn't been a former Marine in the office, I think it's probably about time. The leathernecks have earned one. EDIT: sloppy typing making things unclear.
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Why Political Correctness (Cultural Marxism) Must End!
imaenoon replied to Valsuelm's topic in Way Off-Topic
I'd say if people are gullible enough to take Breitbart at face value, that's on them and has nothing to do with "the mainstream media" or "the left". Fair enough. I would say that about all media. Assess the source. determine how trustworthy your source has been and compare it to other sources. I typically watch Fox news, which can be incredibly biased in some hours (as if CNN and MSNBC and BBC aren't), but I don't tend to take Breitbart "at face value." Likewise with most talk radio. (as an aside, I listen to music in the car rather than talk radio.) Of course I feel the same way about National Inquirer and that particular rag broke the entirely legitimate story about John Edwards. The source isn't as important as the information. If the information is good, the source shouldn't be the issue. I'm about ready to turn into a pumpkin, so maybe I'm not thinking this through properly. *shrug* -
Well, it *is* their job to fix the bugs and it *is* our job to complain about them. Still, I don't intend to let bugs in any game ruin my Thanksgiving Holidays in the US. :broad grin:
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I wouldn't use that VRT thing as an excuse, but at least it affords a chance to get around bugs. It's come in handy for a lot of things, including the healing bug for me, which really sucked. I have a party I created that only goes through each scenario until victory and doesn't farm good stuff for good cards. Even with the bugs (and sorry, obz, there are many) I managed to get through all but a couple of scenarios (like honestly two) on the first try. Deck five looks really tough, but I don't think I had to repeat any of those. Well... I'm a bit forgetful at the moment, so maybe one of the times I suffered defeat and had to start again was in 5. Anyhow, I don't generally mind having to repeat a scenario. It happens. ...And I have yet to see a scenario where, if you're a belt and suspenders kind of guy, you need ever suffer a character's death. With that said, I think there's something qualitatively (if not quantitatively) different about getting screwed because of a bug rather than your decisions. If you lose, you should lose because of some decision you made, rather than a glitch in the game. On the other hand, the game is random. On the few games with my current six character build where I lost, mostly it had to do with luck anyway. I'm not excusing bugs. This VRT is a pain and clearly it should be fixed, but as long as you don't lose a character on permadeath mode, you can just throw yourself once more into the breach dear friend, because your death won't be lasting. I'll end by saying, as coherently as possible at this point, that I love this game. I've played many many hours of it and I still play it almost daily. Fix the damned bugs and you'll make a damned near great game damned near perfect!
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I fervently hope the right in Europe steamrolls over the sycophants that have no respect for their individual culture. Each country there is a treasure, not something to be sacrificed in the name of multiculturalism. Hrm, just out of curiosity, what would that sacrifice look like ? Heh, guess we are lucky here in Canada, can't really see much of a culture to put at risk You're right, there isn't much culture in Canada. Just look at your PM. There is in Europe though. Ouch That was a true zinger. Hopefully isn't the prelude to the night of the long knives or anything.
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That's an excellent article, but I would suggest that it's not just white people who are inured to the racist charge. Everyone is. I also told a group of people before the election, in September I think, "The smartest thing [Trump] did ... was to go to Black neighborhoods and ask, "what do you have to lose? Moreover, I'm no fan of Assange, but the Clinton organization (which is larger than her campaign) was clearly exploiting black voters. Whether you might argue the ends justify the means, an idea that it antithetical to a Republic, or simply saying it's just politics as usual, They were primarily talking about how to use Gardner's death to their advantage. I actually agree with the article. However, I would suggest that there is evidence that Donald Trump is sexist but, as I've been lurking here some time I know you have rightfully pointed out, he's a nasty bit of work about everybody. I don't even think that says it all since he's putatively quite nice to people in person unless he feels wronged. I would suppose that niceness would not be exemplified by grabbing some people by their genitalia. There's no real evidence Donald Trump is racist. Perhaps one could make the argument that he's bigoted against illegal aliens or perhaps even Hispanics. I would count that as ethnic rather than racial since we typically count so called race as skill color in our country and plenty of people counted as Hispanic are pretty much white. Some people say these issues aren't important and only the economy matters. In elections that come down to less than 1% in some states, these issues become magnified. They build into other issues. Economic issues aren't isolated from security and social issues. They move fluidly around one another. EDIT: Preening is unbecoming. I did it, regret it, and excised it.
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haha Comedy. The only true way to 'win' on the internet. Wear out everyone else and claim your victory.
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If it helps at all, Mr. Dev, I can tell you exactly when I first encountered it. I used the Staff of Hungry Shadows and discarded a spell as part of it's condition. That was supposed to recharge a random card from the discard, but it did not. I thought it was a glitch with only the staff, but after that happened none of my healing spells worked. Of course, correlation in one event does not confirm causality, but maybe they are related since I'd not had problems healing previously. I do sometimes leave the game running while I do other things, both off and on my tablet, so that's another one, but I've been doing that since the very first day or release without seeing this healing problem.
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I told a group of folks during the primary, over a year ago, "[t]he only thing I can say to my gloating Democrat friends who relish the idea of him [Trump] getting the nomination is this... you might want him to run because you think he can't win, but be careful of whom you root for in the primary because he or she may become President." Someone responded, "nless the American voting majority goes full on bonkers, there's no way Trump wins the Presidency. A segment of Republican voters are already crazy, so him winning the nomination -although remote- is still very possible." After trump had secured the nomination, late in July, I started telling people that he could win. In July, I even bet some friends that he would win under specific conditions and those conditions were damned near exactly what happened. By September, I was pretty certain Hillary was still going to win, but I maintained my original proposition, which I put in my social media account in mid-September: "if Trump's within 2% of Clinton, he's going to win. Dead even he's going to have a respectable win. Even slightly ahead he's going to have a commanding win. I think HRC will get back ahead of him before the election and pull it out, but Trump has more support than the polls indicate. Not by a tremendous amount, but enough to shock some folks." My point isn't to gloat, but to suggest that my positions on the post mortem are bolstered by my position before the election. Of course, I could be lying. ...But I'm not. So, yeah, the economy is a big issue, although some of the commentary about economy in blue collar areas is hyperbole. Some of the areas that voted for Trump were unhappy about the economic conditions, and that did redound to the benefit of Trump. However, social issues were quite important in this election. As important as economy? As important as safety? Probably not, but maybe. These issues aren't as discrete as people contend. For example, clearly some people see illegal immigration as part and parcel of safety and their personal economy while being a social issue as well. Evangelical Christians were central to Donald Trump's victory. The danger isn't trivializing the economy. Clearly the economy is important in every election. Trivializing other causalities before hand showed you didn't understand what was happening. Trivializing them now shows you don't understand what happened. I always ask why bother, but clearly I feel compelled to participate in this discussion, so I'd probably best just stop being cowardly, defeatist, and lazy and let this post stay unedited.
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EDIT: why bother
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haha mccrispy I'll have to remember the 'VRT.' I saw that trick here, btw. I've been lurking a long time before I created my account. Yeah, it also worked for me to fix the 'can't heal' bug. I would say this, having to re-roll, depending on the circumstances, isn't so bad. You take your chances no matter what. There are far worse bugs along those lines anyway. For example, weird bugs that take away your roll bonuses and whatnot. I don't demand that everything go my way and, hell, if I have to re-roll and lose, no biggie. I've been saving before big battles for about 40 years now. If the game gets a chance to sort of save and try the fight against me, no big deal. As regards this bug, at least you can progress 5-4. It's a pain of a work-around, but it did work for me in the situation in the OP.
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Some people said that if Trump were within 2% in the RCP average of polls that he would win. Some also said that bulk of the electorate would ignore the tax returns and concentrate on the more salacious aspects of the campaign. Some people said that opportunistic charges of racism, sexism, and homophobia would eventually have diminishing and then perversely contrary effects. Who could have thought that crying wolf would eventually invite a wolf into our midst? That was facetious. I personally didn't think Trump's past was the problem, merely his response to it. From a purely political perspective, mind you. Trump and Clinton are both unsavory characters. Once he started shutting up about his accusers and concentrated on the debate between Clinton's policies versus his own, he firmed up his numbers. That was already happening before the debacle of Comey's repeated proclamations, of which I counted four(if one reckons the House committee hearing). I was happy to take Comey at face value the first time, was unsure why he agreed to meet with a committee that doesn't even oversee his organization (the FBI is purely executive as I understand it) and then thought he looked unhinged to send out two letters so close to the election that would certainly make both parties unhappy and not in a good 'both sides hate me' sort of way. More like, 'he's the quintessential amateur' brand of stupidity. One last thought: Clinton won the popular vote. Fair enough. Even if she had won the election, the Democrats still would have put forth a dismal effort. I know this might elicit a barrage of internet 'facts,' but the Democrats should really take a look at their message and their brand. I said to people a long time ago, before Donald Trump won the nomination as a matter of fact, that the Democrats who were gleeful at the prospect of running against him shouldn't be so happy because he might just win. I remember distinctly someone laughing at me and saying something to the effect that he was simply not electable and that the Republic would never go for him. I'm not laughing now because the whole affair is too sordid for my tastes. The only good to come out of this is that maybe, and I'm not even very hopeful about this, we've rid ourselves of the Clintons for good. I don't hate Bill or Hillary. I wish them no harm. They are, like everyone else, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. ...But we are all better off to see them retire, Republicans, Independents, and Democrats all.
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Yeah, I just start the last scenario of deck 5 and heals no longer work. Originally I thought it was the new staff I just got, Staff of Hungry Shadows. Since I hadn't noticed this behavior before I had the SoHS in my deck and tried to use it, maybe it's related. I don't know. Anyway, I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet. EDIT: I had to leave the game and when I came back I went to the vault and went back into the game and heals work again. I know it sucks to have to do it, but it's a better brand of sucking than having no heals.
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Revelation Quill Bug
imaenoon replied to FlowingBits's question in Pathfinder Adventures: Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)
That's true come to think of it. Generally, you can move the cards around and eventually end up with the one you want, but that doesn't seem possible with the quill. It's irritating and it greatly reduces the value of the card. However, I'm going to keep it in Meri's deck. I want it to work right, but I have faith they'll get it fixed. In the meantime, I'm loving deck 5 even with a couple of glitches. -
I saw something that has worked a good number of times for me and if the game gets 'stuck,' it's the first thing I do. Hit the gears button on the bottom left, then go to the vault, then hit back to return to the game. I got stuck on 5-4 because I killed the third villain but there was an open location. I went to the vault and returned and it allowed me to send Val to the last open location. As an aside, by hook and by crook, with a little luck, I managed to win. Literally, on the last possible play of the last turn, Lem got a consecrate and allowed for enough turns to take finish the location deck and close. The moral is, try the vault if you can't seem to get out because whatever weirdness in the code, showing it the vault seems to calm it down.
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Revelation Quill Bug
imaenoon replied to FlowingBits's question in Pathfinder Adventures: Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)
I don't know about any other threads, but this one popped up when I searched. I can confirm that this bug also exists on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (SM-T810). -
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I saw part of this. They raised at least $6,800 last I saw doing nothing more than interacting with fans and playing video games. Even just subscribing to the channel will donate money that helps little kids. I'm not important and I'm new here, but for almost no effort (and maybe a few bucks if you have anything to donate) you can improve the lives of the little ones. Also, one of the devs ate a cheeseburger while dancing to A-ha's Take On Me. Come one, if the devs can put themselves out in such a public way for the kids, what can you do? lol
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I have as yet to die, but I thought I would be more... evil? I like the idea of redeeming my character, but I want it to mean something when I do. Redeeming a character who is more or less either a bureaucrat who really wants to help people or a bureaucrat who wants to profit off of the job does not have an appeal to me. If I'm a bad guy who owns his bad-guyery, that's fine. If I'm a bad guy who goes through the difficult process of personal redemption, then that better^100. If I'm just some aimless bureaucrat, then it's just sad. I haven't played much, just past the introduction scenario where I chose between the two factions of my overlord. I've barely scratched the surface, but I see it as a bad sign that I haven't been drawn in yet. However, to be charitable, I know it can take time sometimes before I get hooked.
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EDIT: It's late here, so maybe I should just shut up...
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EDIT: already quoted, but otherwise a foolish entry that I should not have made. Stand by what I said, but why bother say it?
