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Again its disappointing how out of touch the Dem strategists are, its almost like they want to hand another presidential victory to the GOP They need a candidate who is not so associated with Biden, Harris is seen as Biden v2 Surly there must be someone new who doesn't have previous baggage that the Dems can get behind? Newsome is the type of candidate Im talking about And I see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the second most popular candidate in this poll, you got to be joking

Yes, of course there is an appeal process and they often end up in the SC but the SC outcomes are not guaranteed because of the ideological views of judges Trump loses more cases in courts than he wins and he has lost on appeal https://democracyforward.org/updates/trump-loses-93-percent-of-cases-we-know-because-we-win/ But thats not really the point Im making, the main point is the US has an independent judiciary and that's why any US president cant do anything they want or pass any law\EO\bill they want because they can and do get challenged. We cant predict the outcome of any case but thats the same as any Democracy with an independent judiciary. It wouldnt be called independent if we could guarantee court outcomes Elerond try not to believe that the US is about to become a dictatorship or an autocracy. The Constitution still matters and so do court rulings

Great news, I am definitely going be playing Starfield but once more mods are released and established as providing the best ways improve the vanilla game , maybe 8-12 months from now? What are you enjoying about, its always good to hear positive feedback I can probably guess, you using LoversLab adult alien mods ...Im right hey

The reality of the independence of the judiciary in any Constitutional Democracy is the main reason why Im not concerned that Trumps presidency could or would lead to the collapse of Democracy in the US Its often overlooked because we tend to focus on what politicians say and then its assumed " this is what is going to happen " but the judiciary and courts provides an important bulwark around the actions of any government to destroy what Democracy represents and the interpretation will be based on the Constitution which is equally important Thats also one of the most significant differences between any established autocracy and any Constitutional Democracy, there is no judicial independence or challenge of new laws in a country like Russia. Putin can decide on any kind of legislation and the courts will rubberstamp it the next day South Africa thankfully also has an independent judiciary and even though I complain about certain rulings they make I would never want to see the independence of our judiciary undermined or controlled by the state Its easy to forget how important an independent judiciary is until you have a presidency like Trumps around some of his decisions and then the difference between a real autocracy and Democracy becomes real The judiciary really becomes the last line of defence

Thanks, this is good feedback but just to add some more context The intended maximum design is 6 official characters, so think of other similar games like BG In Pathfinder: Kingmaker it was also 6 official characters but then you could another permanent companion which was a wolf pet. So I ended up with 7 companions And Im concerned exactly for the reasons you mentioned which is about encounters and how the developers designed the game for intended challenge. I dont want to play any game where combat becomes too easy because that defeats the fun around achievement But since I made this post I have been busy with a part of the game called Drezen and Im getting hammered in several difficult battles despite having 7 companions So this confirms 7 companions is not a serious "cheat "

Sure but the contract could easily have been extended if he wanted to stay and Trump wanted that I dont blame him for leaving, its perfectly understandable considering how he conflated and underestimated the difference between the Federal governments and private sector restructuring that he did at several of his companies like Tesla and X Restructuring in the private sector has less dependencies and is just about the company being sustainable and being able to be functional afterwards Public sector is much more complex and restructuring can literally impact millions of citizens and there lives

True but what I mean by "cheating " is using a hack or mod that unbalances combat so you cant lose or it becomes very easy For example unlimited health And it undermines the core design of the developers because there are limitations for a reason But Kanie do you agree that 7 characters isnt " cheating " because I had 7 characters in P:K Its important that people agree with me because this is a personal principle for me?

With mods like Bag of Tricks or Toy Box you can increase default party size but I never did that yet I can have up to 8 party members But you make a good point, I dont have an animal companion like I did in P:K with Ekun and Okbo so I did have 7 party members because Okbo was basically a tank Thanks, you have made me feel better about having 7 party members because I did have that in P:K I am not "cheating " because 7 is not unreasonable

I think he is leaving because the reality of DOGE and what it can achieve is different to his rhetoric and grandstanding and its hurting his private sector businesses " Musk, who had clashed in private with some Trump cabinet-level officials, initially pledged to cut "at least $2 trillion" from the federal government budget, before halving this target, then reducing it to $150bn." But it was never a good idea to have the worlds richest man so close and influential to the WH Serious risk and perceptions of conflict of interest and Musk has also become the scapegoat for the failures and criticisms of DOGE because Trump can "separate " himself from its objectives despite the fact Trump supported what Musk claimed he could achieve

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9y4exj822o Its official, Musk is leaving DOGE " Elon Musk has said he is leaving the Trump administration after helping lead a tumultuous drive to shrink the size of US government that saw thousands of federal jobs axed. In a post on his social media platform X, the world's richest man thanked Trump for the opportunity to help run the Department of Government Efficiency, known as Doge. " Long over due, he should never have been involved in the first place

Im making good progress in WoRT after about 45 hours and Im busy with the siege of Drezen, its intense and I made a huge mistake last night I decided on the Regill suggestion and targeting the giants but somehow I overlooked the part where you can select your party so I started the quest with only me and Regill in my party and I assumed other party members would join me like the Lost Chapel quest Imagine trying to complete Drezen with 2 party members And I did well considering my serious combat disadvantage, I barely got to the 3rd gate and then I realized " this cant be right " So I restarted the quest and I have added my full party, at least I have knowledge of certain enemies Im really enjoying WoRT, it has some deep and thought-provoking narrative choices like the initial Worldwound choice and what to do around repairing it And the crusade battles are fun, they like mini-RTS features in the broader game I do have one conundrum, for some reason I can have more than 6 people in my party. And I have decided to have 7 because I like all the party interaction and combat contributions Does anyone think its a form of "cheating" because it can unbalance combat in my favour or is it fine because its only 7 people?

Im not " goalpost shifting " He cant Constitutionally run for a 3rd term and the GOP cant change the Constitution because they dont have the numbers This is the legal reason he wont run for a 3rd term even if you believe he intends to

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20lwedn23o Here is better link that summarizes this debate, Trump would have to change the US Constitution and the GOP dont have the numbers in Congress or support in the state legislatures even with there current majority. Then there is a " loophole" way to do it but that doesnt seem realistic or likely and the link discuses that as well "On the face of it, the US Constitution seems to rule out anyone having a third term. The 22nd Amendment states: "No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice, and no person who has held the office of president, or acted as president, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president shall be elected to the office of the president more than once." Changing the constitution would require a two-thirds approval from both the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as approval from three-quarters of the country's state-level governments. Trump's Republican Party controls both chambers of Congress but does not have the majorities needed. Additionally, the Democratic Party controls 18 of the 50 state legislatures. "

Yes but if you planning on running for a third term in 2028 you wouldnt be responding to questions about a successor because you wouldnt need a successor If Trump was serious about a 3rd term he would have said something like " why do I need a successor, I want to run again " The entire point of the questions was who comes after you and its specific to 2028 which is why he mentions Vance

Imagine Trump being a leader for life But on a serious note, Trump wont be a contender in 2028 and he has discussed his successor several times and those are honest interviews where he isnt trying to troll the media https://www.facebook.com/officialbenshapiro/videos/trump-puts-an-end-to-the-third-term-joke/1956953135112089/

He is both, he says weird and inaccurate things but he also cracks jokes and often its done to provoke the media and create drama for liberals. So when he talks about staying on for another term, he is doing that exactly because he knows the reaction he will get But there are lots examples of him just joking, like the baby clip I posted

Yes, I tend to agree Trump "likes " Putin because he admires strongman leaders and autocrats who have complete control of the country and things like the media But realistically comparing the US to any established dictatorship, autocracy or one party state is silly, sensationalized and inaccurate But the whole idea of " Rusmerica" was real for a while and it was peddled by a few people even if was completely unrealistic And it was raised by people mostly outside of the US

This is the type of rhetoric from Trump I found painful, Russia already faces severe US sanctions and I doubt more sanctions will really matter But the pipe dream of a more united Russia and the US is over. What did people call it, " Rusmerica " You might think that was always nonsense but there were Vatniks on Codex who initially believed Trumps presidency would create this new global seat of power with the US and Russia aligned on most issues and they called it Rusmerica But they also thought Russia would abandon its China ties for a better US relationship but thats never going to happen. Russia is far too indebted to China since the invasion to jeopardize that relationship

Come on he is funny sometimes, he says funny things Remember this classic baby crying at the rally

I dont think any serious US mining company would start a mining operation in Ukraine while there is an active conflict, its possible but it seems unlikely considering the risk vs return. But the Ukraine war is going to end, its not like DRC or other African countries that have grappled with instability for decades The Ukrainian mineral deal is a long-term investment like all mining investments and US mining companies have operations all over the world Having a local US mining operation is preferrable but that wont stop global mining because mining companies operate internationally Just one example, here is a mining company that is listed in SA and the UK but has sites all over the world including the US https://www.glencore.com/world-map

I dont think so, mining companies are always looking for new sources of resources anywhere and everywhere in the world But they have to balance this investment with risk and return, thats the biggest hurdle with mining investment in several African countries like the DRC Lots of untapped mineral sources but too much risk and instability

Long overdue but appreciated nonetheless Im not sure it changes the objective of ending the war but it is a positive step around military support for Ukraine

Yes you make several points I agree with and the difference between Bidens real dementia and Trumps habit of sometimes peddling fake news and then doubling down on it But what still surprises me about this type of criticism towards Trump is he has always been like this and it was very obvious even as far back as before the 2016 election, remember the whole Obama " Birthirism " fake news story that Trump raised Trump doesn't see it as lies, I think he repeats most of these things because its part of a political strategy and he considers most of the media as " fake news media " anyway and they the ones lying. For example I think he really believes there is white genocide in SA because he get his information from certain selective sources and other sources he either doesnt trust or he isnt interested in Biden has more integrity and more political decorum than Trump and I believe he means well but the Dems scored far too own goals in the last election and they handed Trump his resounding victory. You didnt need Trumps cavalier way of raising fake news to ensure his victory And the main points how the Dems lost were obsessed with vilifying Trump as the main political strategy, how many times did we hear " Trump is going to destroy Democracy ", no interest in the actual issues US citizens were mostly concerned about like the border and security and illegal migration real perceptions of the weaponizing of the DOJ to achieve political objectives and specifically stopping Trump from being a candidate Harris was not the right candidate, she was seen as Biden V2 and still represented everything that US voters were unhappy with But none of that changes the main point, Biden should never have been the Dem candidate because of his dementia After the midterms the Dems should have had a DNC and decided on a candidate in the normal way. But the Dem strategists became obsessed with believing " only Biden can beat Trump " and they decided to studiously ignore the biggest problem with Biden as the best presidential candidate. And that decision came home to bite them when the reality of Bidens dementia was unavoidable

You honestly consider Trumps mental state is the same as Bidens during the presidential debate? Biden couldnt even finish certain trains of thought and was confused about simple things and this was his reality for years that was never confirmed until much later And this has nothing to do with corruption, Im talking only about mental fitness?

Did you install any mods? I played DA:I about 3-4 years ago and it was fun but I wont play it again I thought the War room mechanics were well done and a good feature and I enjoyed the exploration part of the game