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The movie is decent, though the key element missing is the political background from the book. By the end, Ender is a superweapon capable of facing any threat and winning through his sheer genius, triggering a short world war between the powers of the International Fleet. What I liked was Asa Butterfield's performance. I felt he captured the essence of the character.

Yes, I believe this is an adjustment that should be made. Of course, it's entirely possible that the model is oddly proportioned below the waist to look better in isometric projection.

I am divided whether I should buy it. On one hand, it's an MMO. On the other, I can play as a Khajiit. CHOICES CHOICES.

It was an amusing pass time in the lead up to the Olympics. I have my start pages set to major news outlets and I haven't seen any mention of Russian toilets in Sochi for about a week.

This is the cutest thing I've seen in the past weeks.

That's an understatement. Also, I just recalled that Ender is of Polish descent. Quite cool.

Which are both designed to appeal not through the quality of the product, but the sexually attractive person. It doesn't have to be explicit or overt, but as a rule of thumb, the less logical the presence of a person on the advert, the higher the titillation factor. Also, it's good to see oby beat the dead horse and completely fail to notice the difference between the image Wals posted and his own.

Ender's Game. The movie was so condensed it felt more like a Cliffsnotes version of the original.

This one certainly would be.

Fixed. Using non-regulation Polish flags on the Internet is punishable by subjecting unpatriotic citizens to listening to looped recordings of Doda Elektroda in confined spaces for six hours per offence.

You seriously don't notice the sexualized advertisements and other content everywhere you go?

I find it healthy to look around myself and look for straight people going "Look at us!" It's pretty much everywhere.

Representative democracy means they vote indirectly. If people vote in corrupt people repeatedly, that means they suck as voters, not that the system is broken.

You're talking as if Russia was an actual democracy where people had a vote as to what happens with their money. It's also a country that institutionalized homophobia and yet hosts an international sporting event supposed to stand for equality and fairness, not personal bigotry of a de facto dictator.

Good lord, this reminds me of that one time I went skiing in jeans, rather than proper skiing gear I had. Worst. Idea. Ever. Good thing I didn't wear pneumonia.

While Cracked is an edutainment website, their latest article on Sochi is a decent summary of what's wrong with Sochi. It's not just institutionalized homophobia affecting the games. I particularly like the comparison between Beijing 2008 and Sochi 2014. Summer Olympics, bigger by a factor of three, cost about 80% of Sochi's budget. And you can't say China is a frugal spender either. I find it amusing that the budget of Sochi is the entire GDP of Guatemala or Bulgaria.

The **** I deal with in writing doesn't smell as bad. And it's definitely more amusing, like the week when I wrote a series of articles on genital piercing.

Actually, a freelance writer working for a Canadian company. Thanks for asking. It's interesting you equate independence with subjugation by the Russian state, given that the "Slav bros" already enslaved Poland twice in less than two hundred years (1795 and 1939). I told you to get a real book to read, not the one with Stalin on the cover, didn't I? "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." --Winston Churchill That's funny, because I get the exact opposite impression and I've been living in Germany for two years now. My diagnosis: Projection. Europe is also the biggest market in the world. Some decay is inevitable in a sea of money.

I wouldn't say the logistics were the problem, but rather that the military situation encouraged exceeding original operational goals to prevent the Germans from rallying. Pushing the retreating Germans beyond the Wisła river was a logical step. However, the sticky point is not so much that the Red Army didn't relieve the Warsaw Uprising, but that the Soviet command actively obstructed help. Stalin refused to allow allied planes delivering help for the uprising to land in Soviet territory for refueling and repairs, something that would have costed the Soviets very little. Except, of course, for the fact that it'd strengthen the legitimate Polish army subordinated to the legitimate Polish government in London. It was motivated by politics. "I'd have more sympathy for them" is kind of a ****ty way to put it. It's one step away from saying "The Third Reich legitimately invaded Poland because of Gliwice." You're ignoring the reality of the situation following the restoration of the independent Polish state and other countries in the region. After more than a century of enslavement by the Russian Empire (and occupation by other foreign powers in Poland's state), the new borders had to be created from scratch. It would have been impossible to recreate the first Republic, for a variety of reasons. The war with the Soviet Union and Lithuania were the unfortunate effects of the disaster that was World War I and the partitioning of the Commonwealth in 1795. As for Zaolzie, it's rather worrying to see you subscribe to Reich propaganda. Czechoslovakia was annexed by the Third Reich after it was given to it by the West. Poland did not participate in the partitioning and did not sanction the move. What it did was occupy a vital strategic region in Zaolzie to protect its interests. You can claim moral absolutism and say it was wrong, but the fact are that the Third Reich was an increasingly hostile foreign power. If you're in danger, do you ignore it or do you take whatever precautions are necessary? Czechoslovakia would've been a German colony either way, its fate was sealed. But the logical Polish move allowed Hitler's propaganda department to distribute the blame and slander Poland as a partner of the Reich in the partitioning. Last, the pre-emptive war. Do you honestly believe that a preventive war was unwarranted, considering numerous hostile actions by Germany aiming at the revision of the borders, undermining the Polish state, and rearmament? Both in context and in hindsight, it would have been the lesser evil. You're basically claiming that the Polish state should've taken it up the ass, because everyone except Poland has the right to self-defense. The comparison to Finland is also unwarranted, as unlike Finland, Poland never had the advantage of rough terrain that would be wondrous in a defensive war. We're a corridor on the Great European Plain, with no natural borders west or east. Decrying Polish foreign policy as aggressive while ignoring the context is ridiculous.

Isn't that a bit of a contradiction? We're basically holding you by the by the balls, without us, you'd be still ****ting into buckets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f23CPcTdY2M

There's also the issue of said laws promoting violence against sexual minorities and Vladimir Putin being a ****ing muppet who has no idea what he's talking about.

America will not stand for this blatant act of war waged against the American people by Sun.

The Producers. Mel Brooks is amazing, though seeing a young Brooks was uncanny. We only recognized him because of his distinctive voice. I do need to limit my quips, though. We love quoting movies we saw, but humming Don't be stupid, be a smarty/Come and join the Nazi party might not be the most reasonable decision in the middle of Germany. Hell, watching Brooks movies is a bit of defiance due to the way German law is structured (and mandated self-censorship, enforced by sad old men and women, lobotmized of all sense and rationality).