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Pneumonia can last a long time, especially if you don't take the time off you need- and it varies in severity. I actually had near exactly the same thing happen to me as happened to Hillary after an extended period (weeks, possibly months) of coughing and shortness of breath which was never quite bad enough to go see a doctor or take time off for. Then I mowed the lawns and started hyperventilating uncontrollably afterwards. After some antibiotics and a few days of proper rest it was fine*. Definitely more of a worry for a 70 year old than someone half her age though. *except for caffeine intolerance, which I got as an added bonus. Yep. No point saying that to Bruce though, he lacks the basic reading comprehension to know the difference between 'stronger' and 'better' deliberately misunderstands for purposes of trolling. Putin is a stronger leader than Obama, but I'd still vote for Obama over him any day of the week and twice on sundays (thanks, poor roboballot security).

Meh, Trump was right about Putin so far as it goes- he's a far stronger/ more decisive leader than Obama. But that's the system as much as anything, Obama just plain cannot be as strong a leader. Stalin was a stronger leader than Putin, you can even argue that Stalin was a better leader than Putin as well despite his obvious faults. Neither means the US should be electing a Putin or Stalin analogue. And while people love saying crap about Russia she regularly makes the US dance to its tune despite being far weaker. Not many you can say that for. Even the 'Putin is manipulating the election' rubbish reinforces that part of the narrative. I do feel sorry for her, on the health issues at least. On the political aspects she's again been her own worst enemy though. Right down to the cringe inducing photo op with the 'spontaneous' little girl outside Chelsea's apartment, as if pictures of that would displace her being half carried into a van from the news.

Nothing definite. But the somewhat truncated dlc run and little to no talk of a sequel suggests it didn't do as well as they hoped/ EA expected overall.

Having to ask for clarifications of a question asked in an interview means that the question was poor- at best it wastes time having to ask for the clarification and it's unnecessary if there was context. Meh, not that important anyway, I certainly don't think Johnson came off well from it, just that it wasn't entirely his fault for what happened. Actually they're closest to municipalism in the vein of Bookchin, which has it's roots in anarchism rather than Marxism. Nobody (well, almost nobody) knows what municipalism is though. They aren't really libertarian/ anarcho marxists- or anarcho syndicalists either- but it's the closest designation to what they are which you could expect someone to recognise from political compass/ Homage to Catalonia or similar.

The answer he eventually gave was decent enough for a quick once over, there's no reason to believe he actually didn't know anything about Aleppo as opposed to being thrown by the question. It's not just chemical attacks*, just in the last week or so Turkey invaded Syria in Aleppo province, ISIS lost their last bit of border to Turkey, in Aleppo; Turkey had tanks destroyed by both Kurdish and ISIS forces, in Aleppo; someone killed off a bunch of moderate not-Al-Qaeda-we-changed-our-name leaders, in Aleppo; the siege of the rebel areas in Aleppo City (50-200k civilians) was reinstated/ siege of the government areas (1.2-2 million civilians) fully lifted, rebels shelled a hospital in the Kurdish district of Aleppo City plus more. If you/ they wanted a specific answer to the question of the alleged chlorine use then he should have asked for that specifically. It'd be very easy to freeze at that question from being too well informed since you plain cannot give a decent answer to such a broad question in a short time. If they wanted an answer to what Johnson would do about chemical attacks, then they should have asked that question; if they want an answer about what Johnson would do about sieges, ask that question; if they want to know what he thinks of Turkey vs Kurds (probably the most interesting one since the YPG/ PYD Kurds are libertarian marxists and Johnson is theoretically Libertarian) then ask that question. That way you'll have the best chance of getting an informed response which would show whether Johnson knew his stuff or not. The only disadvantage of asking questions that way is that you're unlikely to get Johnson to freeze as he in fact did, because you've provided the necessary context. *which probably didn't actually happen.

I'm sort of 50/50 on that, it certainly didn't have the coverage of Nice and isn't so well known that it should be instantly recognised by a layman with no additional context but at the same time there's a strong case that a presidential candidate should know about it and be able to make an instant answer, Hillary at least certainly would be able to. If she didn't have a coughing fit, at least. Having said that, while I wouldn't call it a gotcha question it certainly wasn't a good one to ask if you wanted a 'good' answer. You could write pages on the situation on Aleppo- you've got 'coalition', Syrian, Russian, Turkish bombings, Turks/ FSA vs Kurds, everyone vs ISIS in Provincial Aleppo; FSA vs Kurds in Aleppo City itself, sieges of the government areas then rebel areas, Iranian and Iraqi militias, Al Qaeda etc etc in Aleppo City itself. The question was both too general and too specific, and demanded a mealy mouthed sound bite response more than one that would demonstrate knowledge of the situation or give any nuance. In the end I don't think Johnson or the interviewer came out looking good, the interviewer asked a poor question and at least partly as a consequence of that Johnson looked like a stunned mullet for a few seconds. Neither really should have happened.

Well, I'd hate to be criticising Johnson about Aleppo then making a string of embarrassing gaffes myself. Like saying it's ISIS's de facto capital, then correcting it to being Syria's capital (!) El Oh El.

"Oh, you mean Halab. Why didn't you just say so?" To be fair, it's not really a 'gotcha' question, it's just pointless, and on a subject where the media narrative has given an almost completely inaccurate picture of the practicalities on the ground.

What's the point of that? Pick France, win. Or fight over who gets to play the US in 1776- perhaps they could decide by playing the House Divided scenario from Victoria 2. Since Honest Abe was a Republican Trump, of course, gets to play as the north. yes. Well. Try to look clever and come across as a Git. This talent at least serves to amuse those in my company. Try déjà instead. Just as pretentious, easy to remember but also more accurate.

No. Atari isn't in a position to buy anything above the occasional latte, they're iply level of solvency themselves. Though you could probably buy interplay's name for the cost of a latte nowadays and certainly would after they've sold all their IP off. It's not difficult to keep a company going forever so long as you don't have much/ any debt or outgoings. You just have to keep up the statutorily mandated stuff. Indeed, while Interplay is/ was designed to make money plenty of companies are designed solely to lose it as a way to minimise taxes. I wouldn't be taking a Caen on as a financial advisor, personally, they may be decent at staving off the inevitable but they're also very good at making it inevitable in the first place. Interplay pretty much exists as a way to attract investors with old names like 'Black Isle'- probably well and truly tapped out now, except for actually selling the name- and for cashing cheques for back catalogue sales on gog and steam, which much also be close to tapped out. They'd love a Nordic/ Deep Silver or Night Dive/ Retroism- or CDPR/ GOG even- type to come along and buy them at this point hence the sales in the article, as it's the only way to make any further money.

It's 'born' in french. It's technically also née rather than nee but ain't nobody got time for accents nowadays. Only thing she was born as was Hillary Rodham, or perhaps [to be decided] Rodham if one believes she was really named after Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest, four years after she was born.

Few of them go to 'western corps'. They don't work in McD's or similar, they take jobs with illegal conditions on farms/ orchards (especially, which is where the comment comes from) and other family type businesses (ethnic restaurants being the big one). They typically end up with below minimum wage jobs with no job security under threat of deportation if they complain and with other slavery like conditions such as mandated housing that result in practical payments of a dollar an hour. Western corps on the other hand are fine with high turnover legit employees with crap but legal conditions. Coincidentally, the farmers and small business who run these slaves vote overwhelmingly for the PM's party. The other context is that if immigration is cut back then high value immigrants are cut back and they (1) vote for the PM and (2) contribute to the housing boom which gets other people to vote for the PM and (3) stop the housing bubble from bursting and splattering the PM with rancid sputum instant electoral rejection. Our PM is an utterly appalling human being, even worse than most politicians.

No mods or admins, only members! (One of the things I liked about Bioshock was that it co-opted pretty much everything including its slogans)

It was granted, then rescinded. That's a bit different than passively being ignored it's, uh, 'actively' being ignored. (Cancelling is a more accurate term than blacklisting though, without a pattern to judge by)

The stated reason they blacklisted the codex was for mentioning they'd be at a popular games convention before it was official though, not for spitting the dummy at the console release. Realistically they'd probably let it slide if there was any prospect of the codex being positive towards Torment, certainly. The publisher involvement- and that specific publisher- and associated console guff would certainly have meant no money from me at the kickstarter so I certainly don't think a refund request is unreasonable. Probably won't ask for one myself though. Kind of ironic really, Infinitron was primarily responsible for codex going mainstream(ish) and actively courting publishers and developers yet he's the stated reason for a blacklisting.

I mean, that's pretty clear isn't it? and renders impossible without access to a time machine. They can't cancel because of something that happens after the cancellation has already been made.

Bt is one of the companies that have claimed to have patented the hyperlink previously. Patent trolling for fun and profits.

Anyone even passably familiar with the codex would know that if there is a 'publisher' or 'editor' to be contacted it would be Greg Martin of Greg Martin Enterprises, renowned Mensa member and general coding god (only 2 microissues remain with the forums!). As for why they wanted to contact Infinitron, I suspect the main reason is that they wanted a refusal on record in case the codex asked for its $5k donation back so they could show 'unreasonableness'. Given Techland's record telling them to asterisk off was the only sensible option. They're basically a death spiral JoWood/ Herve Caen Interplay tier publisher. If the Codex were serious journalists Grommie could only have a beef with Sensuki because of his soggy knees and the codex because he hates freedom of speech, Techland would want Infinitron's details because of anti semitism, and the interview could only have been cancelled because Bubbles is a well known african american ex drug addict from Baltimore.

Devs said TQ would come to GOG once the round of update on steam was (close to) finished. It was semi officially announced in March, iirc. Good release though. Eh? Valve has had a wallet feature for years and they're the past masters of half arsing features and products, way more so than GOG. They've got the attention span of a kitten in a disco. For the vast majority of people using it their game collections will be worth far more than an amount in their eWallet anyway. Gamersgate has had blue coins for ages, and they worked pretty well despite GG being far smaller than either steam or current day GOG.

Bob Page: Your appointment to 2k should be finalized within the week. I've already discussed the matter with the COO. Walton Simons: I take it he was agreeable? Bob Page: He didn't really have a choice. Walton Simons: Has he bought DXMD? Bob Page: Oh yes, most certainly. When I mentioned we could put him on the pre order list he was so willing it was almost pathetic. Walton Simons: This dlc -- the rioting is intensifying to the point where we may not be able to contain it. Bob Page: Why contain it? Let it spill over into reddit and forums, let the flames pile up on Facebook. In the end, they'll beg us to buy them. Walton Simons: I've received reports of ddos attacks on LIVE and the PSN. There's not enough dlc to go around, and the underclasses are starting to get desperate. Bob Page: Of course they're desperate. They can smell their deprivation, and the sound they'll make rattling their cages will serve as a warning to the rest. Walton Simons: Hmm. I hope you're not underestimating the problem. The others may not go as quietly as you think -- intelligence indicates they're behind the problems on Steam. Bob Page: A bunch of entitled millenials playing at running the internet. But the world left them behind long ago. We are the future. Walton Simons: We have other problems. Bob Page: Thiaf? Walton Simons: Formed by executive order after Romero's strike on Ion Storm. I have someone in place though. I'm more concerned about Spector -- he's relocated to Austen. Bob Page: Our cyberpunk project is far in advance of theirs, as is our dlc distribution, and their... ethical inflexibility has allowed us to make progress in areas they refuse to consider. Walton Simons: The microtransaction project? Bob Page: Among other things -- but I must admit that I've been somewhat disappointed with the performance of the primary unit. Walton Simons: The secondary unit should be online soon. He's currently undergoing preparations and should be operational within six months. My people will continue to report on his progress. If necessary, the primary will be terminated. Bob Page: We've had to endure much, you and I, but soon there will be order again, a new age. Andrew Ryan spoke of the mythical City beneath the sea. Soon that city will be a reality, and we will be crowned its kings. Or better than kings. Gods.

They also take no cut at all from KS titles for a period of time, which is better than either GOG or Steam.

I predicted we'd get NWN2 forums when the Bioforums went kaput. I'm a veritable Nostradamus. To welcome them home I feel mildly compelled to work on a magnum opus about the chemical composition of Neeska's sweat. In slightly old random news all the Paradox games' sales figures are back on steamspy, including PoE.

They will cut the ISIS supply lines eventually as they want that whole border area held by their proxy forces and they know that ISIS is done, all they can do is lose to the government or the kurds. But they are actually being pretty overt about their primary goal being the kurds and to prevent them linking up with their western enclave in Afrin*, it's just that for some reason they don't show those clips on the news. The main 'FSA' (lol) groups involved are probably the worst of that entire lot- child beheaders (Nur-ed-din al-Zenki; named after a Turkish Sultan), Sultan Murad (murdered a doctor for being too sympathetic to Kurds, also name after a Turkish sultan) hard jihadis (Faylaq al-Sham; 'Sham Legion'. Direct translation, not commentary) and Ahrar ash-Sham ('Al Qaeda are our brothers'). Not exactly the shining lights of moderation, just the most direct Turkish proxies. Unsurprisingly the YPG has not being overly positive to the US request to go attack Raqqa now. *Or their complete destruction (and creation of a Quisling run area like Barzani's fiefdom in northern Iraq), Turks tend to refer to YPG as PKK which makes determining their actual intentions more difficult since PKK is actually the 'native' Turkish Kurd sibling organisation of the YPG.

Well, she definitely laughed at a guy getting raped to death with a bayonet in perhaps Boo's favourite youtube clip of all time. (Said it before last time it came up, but she's clearly a reflexive laugher who does it at inappropriate times as it isn't actual 'real' laughter)

2 Turkish tanks destroyed near Jarablus (w/ video proof) and perhaps two more as well. One tank pretty much definitively took the crew with it as well since it cooked off spectacularly. Theoretically the YPG has withdrawn and it's the other members of the SDF fighting, but I don't think anyone really believes it. Lots of rumours of Russians giving them ATGMs and the US withdrawing all support swirling round.