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Jennifer Aniston? Silly people with short memories. Gwynneth recently got divorced from Chris Martin, that can't be coincidence. I'm not sure what you're saying? Nothing, really. Before he was with Jennifer Aniston he was with Gwynneth Paltrow, who recently 'consciously uncoupled' from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. I rather doubt either has much to do with a split with Angelina Jolie, I just happen to remember a load of pointless crap.

Jennifer Aniston? Silly people with short memories. Gwynneth recently got divorced from Chris Martin, that can't be coincidence.

A racist right wing irredeemable! Get in that basket with Pepe Tone is a liberal hippy thing, though For this election I'd associate the word directly with Hillary, as she didn't like Bernie's 'tone' back in March. It was one of those semi meme phrases of hers, like telling Wall Street to 'cut it out'. Pretty pointless comment from Obama in any case, especially after Madeleine Albright's similar intervention labelling women who don't vote for Hillary as having 'a special place in hell reserved for them' did not work as intended.

There's certainly a happy medium between the two systems, especially for a company that makes that much money. Of course that happy medium costs money so you get either the equivalent of the office intern approving one game a week from small companies (old system) or the current one where that intern doesn't even do that any more and you have, basically, open slather limited slightly by a greenlight system which nobody likes. Not only does there tend to be a lot of crap and drivel let in- and more importantly games that don't or are basically scams- but that dross also tends to obscure the quality small scale titles too. GOG has curation, imperfect curation certainly but there's still a lot less shovelware and stuff that doesn't work there, and GOG is an order of magnitude smaller than steam is.

Almost certainly just a screw up. Absolutely terrible timing though, and apparently a 'double tap' strike too targeting rescuers which is why the death toll may now be as high as 100, and for a relatively small defending force that's a horrendous one day loss. The only real counter evidence of it being deliberate is circumstantial- the big one being that the US very seldom bombs immediately around DEZ itself so this strike even if it hit ISIS would be odd, because doing so actively helps the government and they really want their rebels to take that land since it blocks the land route from Iraq into Syria, hence why the direct US proxy New Syrian Army has tried to take multiple Syrian border crossings from ISIS at Abu Kamal and elsewhere. Also the positions around DEZ are relatively static and they 'should' be able to identify government forces from both position and by their equipment, flags etc with any proper reconnaissance. The alternative deliberate scenario is that there was bad intelligence from a 3rd party, either a Gulf Country or non ISIS rebels, trying to derail the ceasefire.

Three interesting developments 1) US Special forces chased out of Jarablus by 'moderate opposition' chanting the names of 9/11 hijackers and about how they'd like to behead them. One of the more bizarre videos I've seen recently. The SF came back later with Turkish support, but that pretty succinctly sums up the state of the 'moderate' opposition. 2) Israel is bombing the Syrian government in southern Syria in support of... Al Qaeda. No, not a joke, seriously, there have been about a dozen Israeli strikes in support of an Al Qaeda/ Jabhat al Nusra offensive in Quneitra. 3) US is bombing the Syrian government in support of ISIS. OK, this one is probably accidental, however last time the US bombed the government accidentally around Deir ez Zour ISIS made significant gains soon after in the area bombed. Still, may have to adapt the old WW2 adage: When the Russians bomb the rebels duck, when the Turks bomb the Kurds duck, when the US bombs everyone ducks. In this case it's particularly unfortunate, the Syrian army forces in DEZ have been there for four years of pretty much non stop fighting and they're protecting ~200k civilians from ISIS. There's also another truce, but it's a bit of a joke since nobody on either side is going to respect it.

No, they drive on the left because that enables people to pass each other with their sword arms free for easy defence. Fools, morans and the terminally naive drive on the right which simply means all their highwaymen are left handed. Americans may think their right to bare arms protects them from crime but it's simple fact that the UK has a lower crime rate because it drives on the left and so does Japan, another country with a low crime rate. Statistics don't lie.

Hillary: "I am a banana"-- we at politifact rate this mostly true. (Birther movement wasn't just started by some random democrats in Hillary's campaign, it was actively promoted by Sidney Blumenthal, perhaps Clinton's closest political confidante apart from Bill. That was the reason Obama vetoed Blumenthal having any official position while Hillary was SoS. He also promoted the 'closet muslim' theory which was promoted by Hillary in exactly the same way the birther movement was promoted by Trump- 'just asking questions' etc. It's another one of those technical answers from politifact, like Hillary being mostly banana, that is just utter crap from any practical standpoint. Hillary herself may not have started the birther movement, her campaign on the other hand definitely did and it was promoted by her closest confidants)

Pretty easy to see why Powell has been so chill about his emails leaking, doesn't seem to be anything there for him to be embarrassed about aside from some honest opinions that most people who aren't the target of them would either openly or tacitly agree with. Worst you can say is that he's a bit gossipy at times. Shame he didn't run in 2000, then again that also means he also didn't get Roved so fair enough that he didn't.

Does anyone really need to know for sure? Good for a chuckle though when you hear commentators talk about stripping east german athletes of records for their 'obvious' doping. She never failed a doping test (her retirement was... unusual though) but then neither, technically, did Lance Armstrong. And on the leaks themselves, it's always heart warming and inspiring how many top athletes overcome the odds of having severe asthma, ADHD and the like to achieve greatness in their chosen field.

'Adventure with up to 4 friends'. This signals MMO design choices for me. Can't actually remember if this was in the first reboot game, if it was then I guess it's not so pronounced, which is a good thing for me at least. It allowed two-player co-op by default, but let each player control two party members each. Mods quickly allowed for four player co-op and it was such an obvious move that it's just implemented by default in the sequel. Really the puzzle is why they didn't do it the first time around. Obviously they were surprised by the number of rpg nerds who had four three friends. Though they should have remembered that four is the practical minimum for a D&D session, at least.

This electoral cycle is starting to make me wonder if someone is supplementing my food with LSD. I see Hillary('s campaign) talking about green cartoon nazi frogs and Colin Powell writing about Bill Clinton "still [boffing] bimbos"*; and they're just the tip of an iceberg that includes Donald Trump winning a major party's nomination. It's utterly surreal and it'd lack believability, were it fiction. *That Bill is still richarding bimbos is not, of course, itself a surprise.

Not really relevant to anything but I'm just trying to break up the Clinton talk Didn't it pass with enough margin to override the veto anyway? Lol no, voice vote so no one risks those lovely Saudi $$$ by making their vote official. I'd put money on them not voting again on it, but making sure to pass the TPPA during the lame duck session.

When I had pneumonia I specifically asked about that since I have 2 young nephews I see regularly and was told not to worry about it. One of them actually got pneumonia later (9 months later, and viral, so not from me) and while he had to go into hospital he didn't go into isolation or anything. So she was probably fine with that, corny/ fakeness etc notwithstanding.

Yeah, just saw the statement from her physician elsewhere. I don't think they're claiming the allergy caused the pneumonia though, there would be no point prescribing antibiotics if that were the case. At this point I'd be more concerned about her ignoring her doctor's advice (or having a rubbish doctor) than any immediate ill effects, she really shouldn't be getting "dehydrated and overheated" at 70F if she was following doctor's orders. As for anything else that might be wrong with her '~fainting' is a very non specific symptom that could be nearly anything- but I have to agree that some scepticism is warranted.

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. But she was being seen by a doctor all the time, how wasn't the pneumonia diagnosed? And why was she allowed to proceed with her schedule after the diagnosis? I knew a fairly young guy who died from pneumonia in two days, you have to take it very seriously. I'd imagine the diagnosis came today, otherwise they would have managed things a lot better. As for the diagnosis itself we don't know when she last saw the doctor but pneumonia is tricky as it's more of a symptom than a specific disease (and thus has multiple causes) and has degrees of severity, so you can have a chest infection from a potential pneumonia causing source without it being actual pneumonia. Plus, a lot of the symptoms are not very specific, like tiredness or shortness of breath or coughing. She doesn't have severe pneumonia- clearly, she'd be in bed at least if not hospital if so- so it was probably a mild pneumonia and exhaustion combination that caused her collapse today. From a forthright person it probably wouldn't be much of a big deal either, but Hillary's tendency to obfuscation doesn't serve her well at all, again.

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.