Everything posted by BruceVC
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The TV and Streaming thread Series 4
I started watching the new seasons of Charmed and I am really enjoying it, I wasnt sure I would enjoy it but its fun and I find the characters endearing and likeable on different levels 🧙♀️
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The all things Political Topic - For who in this dark, dream-haunted Land dares Resist the righteous flame of Wrath And Doom themselves to despair and death?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/24/democrats-need-show-they-can-be-trusted-with-power/ Guys here is a very worrying read, but not unexpected, about how effective Democrats have been at running states in the USA and the impact with not dealing with crime, and protracted protests IMO, and things like vilifying the entire police force and therefore making certain Democrat controlled states more lawless which has a direct result of less economic growth, businesses leaving and people wanting to live their Its basically warns of a real chance of more Republican victories in the midterms. After several real issues with the entire Trump presidency I hope the Democrats dont squander their political capital and we see the rise of another Trump type presidency...none of us want that despite my support for some of the GOP policies And the journalist is someone who votes Democrat and is very well informed and objective. So lets not just ignore this as " right wing propaganda " or " garbage culture war " hyperbole
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The all things Political Topic - For who in this dark, dream-haunted Land dares Resist the righteous flame of Wrath And Doom themselves to despair and death?
I tend to agree, I am much more likely to believe these UFO sightings are just unexplained, natural phenomenon I looked at your links briefly because science is not really my interest and strong point. Very interesting, especially abiogenesis....it opens up so many discussions around the origins of life I thought you were going to say all these sightings are proof of dimensional gates to other worlds 🐲
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The all things Political Topic - For who in this dark, dream-haunted Land dares Resist the righteous flame of Wrath And Doom themselves to despair and death?
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/25/politics/ufo-report-pentagon-odni/index.html So the USA has released its report on UFO sightings over the last few decades, I am not sure what everyone thinks? I am not convinced aliens exist as I have no personal, conclusive evidence they real but these types of developments interest me Is it time to get our tinfoil hats out ? 👽
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The all things Political Topic - For who in this dark, dream-haunted Land dares Resist the righteous flame of Wrath And Doom themselves to despair and death?
I hope they can somehow track who is responsible for this, that person needs to be fired and prosecuted. How can someone be so careless with documents that are marked sensitive and "Secret UK Eyes Only "
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What are you Playing Now: Living the Game Life
I am about 18 hours into Control and it is fun, its a nice distraction from my favorite type of games....fantasy RPGS. I am enjoying killing Hiss using Telekinesis and I appreciate the way you respawn at certain locations so that death doesnt waste too much time Navigating the map and finding certain locations can be confusing but I am improving my knowledge of the land so that isnt much of an issue anymore. Crafting and creating Mods for weapons is not clearly explained but I use the Interwebz for that information Its not a game that is gripping or really compelling like ELEX but its entertaining and thats good enough for me
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What you've done today - The Edge of Night
You did service in the US Navy right , do you find your ability to wake up without an alarm at this early time is from this period ?
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Good Old Games still good
Gorthfuscious I normally trust your recommendations but I need to know if these games contain important themes like critical race theory?
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The All-Things Cinema thread
Hoonding do you think this type of advertising objectifies women in an inordinately licentious way ? I dont think so, I cant understand how being liberated can be a negative
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Chris Avellone fights back
Thanks for posting this, I haven't been clear on what exactly Chris was being accused of and I didnt just automatically believe it because I cannot normally just believe certain accusations. Its not fair But reading this I dont see how he can accessed of being a sexual predator. I hope he can still find work
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The All-Things Cinema thread
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_(2019_film) I watched this brilliant movie last night, its not very historically accurate but very entertaining especially if you enjoy movies about the English and their numerous battles with country's like France Go UK Monarchy !!!!
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A Fifth of Coronavirus
@Zoraptor Can you clarify something about the reasons we have to wash our hands all the time. In SA the "science " behind this is because if someone with the virus coughs on table and I touch that table then put my hands in my mouth I can be exposed to the virus through my hands Is this even valid anymore as a reason the virus spreads? The virus is a respiratory disease as far as I know and is transmitted through infected air particles that float and we breathe ...so can you still get the virus through it being on your hands?
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A Fifth of Coronavirus
Thats fine when you live in a area where their is low virus load, like many parts of the US at the moment, but if you lived in Brazil, India or SA that would put you at a higher risk of general exposure so its all about the reality of the virus spread in your country
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What you've done today - The Edge of Night
What time do you normally go to sleep and what time do you wake up ?
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What you've done today - The Edge of Night
Before I moved to Cpt my sleep patterns were irregular and I made this post. Once I settled in to my new routine in Cpt which included regular exercise they are fine. I normally go to sleep by 11 pm and wake up from about 5:30-6:15 am @Guard Dog Many factors can lead to insomnia as mentioned by others and one solution wont necessarily work for others. If I was you I would ask how serious the insomnia is because one thing I would suggest is medical, legally prescribed cannabis. You dont need to smoke it and it can be ingested but literally one " joint " about 45 minutes before you go to sleep and it can have a hugely positive influence on general somnolence https://www.healthline.com/health/medical-marijuana/cannabis-for-sleeping#precautions But as the article mentions this is not a permanent solution and you just need to monitor how it impacts you and make sure you get cannabis with a higher level of THC I see its still " illegal " in Tennessee which is disappointing but I cant see it being a problem getting some?
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What you've done today - The Edge of Night
GD you have battled with insomnia for years it seems like, what are your symptoms around this ? Do you find your thoughts race and then you cant sleep, do you find you not tired? How would you describe the reasons you cannot sleep and is it worse in a certain place, for example do you find you sleep fine when you go camping ?
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rANDom vIdeo gaMe nEws
Thanks for letting us know, I have played UU1&2 previously and I wont play them again so I am fine with this
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The all things Political Topic - For who in this dark, dream-haunted Land dares Resist the righteous flame of Wrath And Doom themselves to despair and death?
I was watching this development today. He created such an enduring and excellent software product, in his garage in 1987, but lived such a bizarre life after he made his millions. To call him eccentric is an understatement
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A Fifth of Coronavirus
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/morgan-stanley-to-only-allow-vaccinated-staff-in-nyc-office/ar-AALmfVe I agree the US political landscape is complicated when it comes to mandatory vaccination required in different aspects of society but you can see in the Morgan Stanley example where things are going and this something I support
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A Fifth of Coronavirus
It is a valid concern and I hope all the types of vaccine passports arent easily forged But we will need ways to ensure people have been vaccinated....we dont have a choice with variants and how they can prolong the virus in all our countries
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What are you Playing Now: Living the Game Life
My gaming experience is definitely improved, I started using M\KB and I started using the telekinesis attack more effectively and it is fun I am more comfortable with the overall combat but I wont recommend it yet after your past experience, its fun so far but not great. I will give another update when I have spent more time
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A Fifth of Coronavirus
Yes, okay I see what you asking. Do you support mandatory vaccine passports that people have to show when working in private or public sector and then in institutions like schools and university's?
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What you've done today - The Edge of Night
I love the way some cats enjoy those types of games 🐈
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A Fifth of Coronavirus
Gromnir that is completely unhelpful to the reality all our societies face that have been ravaged by the virus and are busy hubs for both international and local travel and flights . So this includes countries like the UK, USA , EU and SA " Do you think people have a right to spread the virus " has to be only Constitutional or legal question that matters. Quarantine measures are a stopgap, a temporary measure. This has got nothing to do with people and children returning to work and school and the company or school expecting you to vaccinated. This is about the reality of virus spread and new variants. Quarantining people is just one of the strategy's until you get vaccinated
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A Fifth of Coronavirus
I was thinking about the reality of the virus and its spread and how different governments are trying to address the spread. In SA we are debating where we make vaccines mandatory because of the nature of virus mutations and variants So the question that your normal human rights lawyers like to ask cannot be " do you have a human right or Constitution right to not take the virus " that was the old question before the reality of how virus variants can still make people that take vaccines sick and even die The only question that matters and human rights lawyers should learn to argue is " do you have a human right or Constitutional right to spread the virus " @GromnirI am expecting people like Gromnir to agree that you dont have the right to spread the virus