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Maybe thats why they dropped the ball with this game, they had no experience with making a RPG ?

Thats interesting, I didnt realize they had developed good games

So this is a consideration for us in SA, we not use to extreme cold or any snow really.

There is such a thing in the US and globally as real anti-White sentiment, I have raised this several times But this is definitely not one of them and Ziegler is just grandstanding and playing the " its anti-white and socialism " card. And to make things worse he is also playing the " its an attack on my religious views " card This entire inquiry is about the insurrection and events of 6 January and people must be held accountable

All you need to really be concerned about is you immigrated to a country like the Netherlands for various reasons and one of them is because its not a failed socialist experiment

There is an element of culture wars and grandstanding to how both parties in the US frame the socialism\Communism debate but then there is the reality to the modern day and insidious influence of socialism\Marxism Firstly whats the most important consideration around this debate is we must never dismiss other peoples lived experience. And when anyone, like KP, handwaves the concern that many people have in the US about socialism thats not right and its condescending You know from the Ukraine thread that we have several east European forum friends who have living memory of Communism and life under the USSR. And in the US and in Florida you have influential Cuban American community whose first generation members lost everything due to the Cuban revolution. And they will always be opposed to any mention or suggestion of socialism and you cant blame them But it seems to be in the US, and in other countries like SA , that the schools dont highlight the real failures and problems with socialism\Marxism and then some universities seem to promote it in the social sciences because its not promoted in any normal economic degree. At least it wasnt when I was at university in 1996-1998. Gromnir has also touched on this in his post And why do I say this about the US? Do you remember @Orogun01. He once told us a story about a 18\19 year old daughter of a Cuban American family coming home to Florida from university and saying things like " Cuba had such a nice socialist system and its wrong what the US did " or something similar In other words whatever social science degree she was studying they clearly didnt tell the historical and current truth of the failures with the Cuban revolution and the way the Cuban economy is managed So to answer your question, yes there are examples of glorifying socialism\Marxism in the US so a mandatory 45 minute education session is a good idea so young people are aware of historical and current failures of these systems

Okay but thats not what I want to know, who would you prefer? I realize neither is ideal but then who would you like to see as a GOP candidate in 2024? DeSantis has also implemented good policies outside the homophobia which include On March 22, 2022, DeSantis signed into law bill SB 1054, which requires students entering high school starting in the 2023–24 school year to take a financial literacy course. Florida is the largest U.S. state to mandate a financial literacy course. On May 9, 2022, DeSantis signed House Bill 395, mandating that schools observe the traditional Soviet October Revolution Day on November 7 as Victims of Communism Day by devoting 45 minutes to teaching about communism, the role of Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and other Communist leaders in history, and "how people suffered under those regimes". We have to tell the historical truth and stop glorifying Communism\Socialism and thinking its automictically better than Capitalism In June 2019, he signed an anti-"sanctuary city" bill in law; the legislation required law enforcement "to honor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers for undocumented immigrants who are arrested or convicted" of crimes. Illegal immigration is wrong and Im sure we can all agree on that

Who would you guys prefer in 2024 as GOP candidate, Trump or DeSantis ? I definitely prefer DeSantis and I know the problems with some of his policies but Trump is an anomaly and far too inconsistent and I dont like Trumpism which requires Trump to be truly sustainable

Sure but we still want the Nordstrom pipe providing gas than not providing gas. If Putin turns it off later I agree he can do that and EU and Germany will be impacted. But the concern was after the normal yearly maintenance Putin would not turn the gas back on And that would have impacted Germany and the whole EU economic recovery I dont see how it helps the EU economy if Scholtz decides to not use Russian gas because there arent working alternatives at the moment? But the EU will move away from Russia gas and then Germany can decide that I misunderstood your initial fishing analogy but I see what you saying but for me its not worth it due to the economic impact to leave Russia empty handed There are too many other real issues to do this now

I stopped believing anything from any Russian official since 2014 after the Crimean " referendum "

I miss the ME game world and characters, its good hearing your stories

I have finally started on BG1 EE with a good selection of mods but I decided not to use Sword Coast Stratagems or Tweaks because those mods really enhance the ruleset for hardcore fans and Im not going to play this game multiple times, like all games, so the standard EE ruleset is fine. I have just left Candlekeep and Im on my way to the Friendly Arm Inn with my 3 x companions that include Imoen, Xzar and Montaron. Imoen is already annoying me with her naïve banter but she is cute and means well. I am looking forwarding to meeting up with Viconia and hearing some adult views of the world I must say its great knowing a wolf can kill you, being 1st level makes the early journey exciting and risky but worth it

Great feedback, thanks Elerond. Have you been to Estonia?

I bought some Ox liver today, I am going to cook it for dinner tonight with mash potato I always cook all liver the same way. I fry it on low heat with onion and butter, its going to be delicious

Estonia looks really nice. Very clean and organized and free public transport in most parts of the capital Tallinn. Scooters are used for transport for many people. My brother is staying in whats known as old town and its got a real medieval look to it Here are some photos, beautiful parks

Okay, my bad. Sorry for the misunderstanding

Your post sounds like it ?

It sounds like you want the EU to be subjected to Russian energy blackmail?

Please Dark, no more ZH predictions. I get so anxious because I always believe you and then its not true My blood pressure cant handle it

And, stop being coy. Who is part of your Romance arcs, it must be Miranda in ME2 ....I love Miranda (I prefer the original Miranda of course )

Im surprised considering all the weapons being given to the Ukrainians but Im pleasantly surprised The objective for the EU is to not be dependent on any Ruskie energy but it takes time and we dont want the EU to suffer unnecessarily until thats done Once the West is not dependent on any energy from Russia then we can really ramp up the sanctions because the West hasnt done that yet because of certain transactions that are required

That is interesting. But Iran has been preparing for a bombing campaign for years, they have quite effective anti-aircraft defenses? It will cost the Israelis if they attack unilaterally What do you know about the Iranian defenses compared to the Israeli air force and will the US help directly with a bombing campaign from what you believe? I am not so sure with Biden but Trump would have helped, thats another advantage with a Trump presidency. He was more decisive around this type of geopolitical conflict

https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-release-date Here is a summary of the sequence of events of the problems Paradox has had around development, its still in development but the closest the project came to being cancelled was when the original developers, Hardsuit Labs , were fired Im cautiously optimistic that this game will be released but it concerns me Paradox wont announce who the new developers are. Why keep it secret?

Iran would never directly attack Israel using there army or using nukes because the latter would wipe Israel\Tel Aviv out because its a tiny country but then Iran would also be wiped off the face of the earth because the Israelis have nukes for a deterrent. So Iran is not suicidal But you still cant allow the hardliners in Iran to ever get nukes because they definitely cant be trusted if you just look at the numerous proxy wars in the ME that is supported by Shia fundamentalism and more importantly if Iran has nukes the Saudis and the Sunni states will want nukes and then you have a nuclear arms race in the ME which has to be avoided if you consider how volatile the region is That why the previous Iranian sanctions were supported by the entire UNSC, all 5 members agreed that Iran cant get nuclear technology. They just didnt all say it openly But Putin's War has changed this consensus but you dont need consensus from the UNSC to stop Iran getting nukes Its up to the hardliners in Iran to not go down this path, they have plenty of time to change the course they on and lets hope they do

Its fine to laugh about Iran and the response to them developing nuclear weapons but just so there is no doubt. Iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear technology. You cant possibly think that will happen, it will destabilize the ME and neither Israel or the Gulf states will accept that. So either Israel will act unilaterally, with political support from the Gulf States and the US, or the US will act with support from Israel and the Gulf States So if Iran continues on this path there will definitely be another conflict in the ME but it will the fault of the hardliners in Iran. Not anyone else