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Also, Quote for the Day: "Genuinely, I've had people online tell me that I want to impose Shariah law on the West. Which, as the athiest son of Hindu parents, makes me feel ever so naughty."

Broward County brings in Expert Consultant to speed up ballot count.

Important Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI&

Regional News - State Senator, Protestors arrested at capitol hill while demanding "every vote count"

Its not so much scathing commentary as satire of fascism in general. But it is an entertaining film, with some surprisingly good performances.

Margaret Atwood comes ot the rescue on Twitter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQgobuN0sZQ

What would be the point of credentials if they cannot be given or revoked? This is lunacy. And as far as I know Freedom of press gives them freedom to publish any information not to get information. The point is there is a set procedure on how you go about removing the credentials of a member of the white house press, and they ignored them. The member of press gets a notice, they get told why, they get to present a defence, and then they get removed. With this, none of that actually took place. A member of the press offended the President with some questions, boom. They get removed. Now, if the President has the power to randomly remove the press from the White House because of that, how many Journalists will ask him questions he might not like? That's a bad precedent and creates a certain aura of intimidation of the press which reduces the nature of free speech.

It can depend on the press. But that just means you clean up the press - setting a precedent to deny access on the grounds used is a dangerous step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxejP4vRvIw

It's really funny in America "hey, lets think about some form of gun control due to mass shootings and such" "NO! That's a slippery slope that leads to tyranny and stripping us of our rights!" vs. "hey, let's make it so some people can't vote" or "hey, let's ignore the rules and strip press of white house credentials if they offend the President" "Eh, it's no biggie. We're America, nothing can go wrong with this. Just Fake News."

And Trump is tweeting he wants to take funding away from California due to "mismanagement" of the wildfires... ABC News - Trump threatens to pull federal funding for California wildfires due to 'gross mismanagement'

I took a pause in Deadfire a couple of months ago, planning to get back into it once the first two DLC's had been released. I don't know why, but I'm struggling to get back into it. I'd done most of the initial Neketaka visit and gained the extra companions there, but eh, for some reason I'm finding it hard to stir the enthusiasm to go back. Which is somewhat irritating.

Well this is likely to add to a few tensions Black security guard caught a shooting suspect, the police arrive, and shoot the security guard.

Alas. And besides Stan Lee, we also have the passing of Douglas Rain. Douglas Rain, the voice of HAL, passes at 90 https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE

I do think one of the flaws is the nature of all opportunities / problems needing to be handled by the first of the next month, regardless of when they actually appear. So you can have nothing, then on the 29th / 30th, you suddenly get a couple. But if you're not paying attention to the kingdom then, or have the needed advisors busy with other things you're just screwed. I mean, fine, have an x day counter for each problem can make sense, depending on the problem But having it automatically be the first day of the next month without thought of when the problem actually appears is annoying.

Out of curiosity I watched a couple of episodes of season 3 Lethal Weapon. Sean William Scott showcasing he's actually more than Stifler or the Goon. He's definitely grown up as an actor and is surprisingly good in that replacement role.

A Long Way Down. An interesting blend of pathos, drama, humour around 4 strangers who meet when they all pick the same rooftop to jump from on new years eve, then forming a pact to not actually suicide before Valentine's Day which leads to them turning into an almost family as they help each other deal with life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyhfZZupU7c