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That is interesting. Im sure there are more cases of that and it would be applicable to happen in NJ and in that time period if you think of the era of prohibition and the influence of the mob and the rampant political corruption

The irony about Putin is if he had the confidence and belief in his own policies and support he could have a free and fair election and there is a good chance he could win legitimately Its impossible to know the true numbers but he has at least 40-60% of the country supporting him But autocrats like him cant take the chance of being defeated which is why they will ensure the reality of the political environment is not free and fair

I have played every Obsidian game you mentioned except for Outer Worlds and I loved them all for different reasons My favourite games being PoE2 and NWN2 But they all very entertaining. Obsidian is definitely one of my favourite current gaming studios alongside Bethesda, Larian and CDPR But its generally more accurate for me to list my top 10 favourite games because of the high number of excellent studios out there

Yes he won by getting 118% of total votes cast

Its quite funny and confusing but on Codex you have people in the Ukraine thread who are openly Neo-Nazi but Im not sure exactly what that means to them Most of them are Russian or from East European countries and they have these endless debates about Slavic ethnicities and who is white and who isnt But the Russian Neo-Nazi dont support Putin but they dont support Ukraine either because " white " people are getting killed on both sides and Putin is using a form of replacement theory in Russia with immigration from countries like Dagestan and Chechnya Its really confusing because there are all these ethnic groups within Russia that I have never heard of and most of the time I have no idea what they talking about

Like I often mention its always good to have breaks from playing the same type of genre That way I never get bored and I miss my favorite genre which is fantasy RPG

I have heard very good things about Underrail, is it a good party based RPG? Has anyone got any views

Dammit we were doing so well, you just used the Nazi word after such a long absence. Im a little disappointed

Absolutely, its one of those long videos you watch in the background and its also not a political message I have got into a habit of watching these types of videos during load shedding which is for 2 hour windows once a day. But sometimes we can go for 5-6 days with no load shedding and then it comes back for 2 weeks But its a good time to watch Youtube videos because I can use my cell phone and wireless and fiber still works

Im breaking my rule about not posting videos longer than 20 minutes but @Wormerine you and others will appreciate this. Its 2 hours long but very relevant and interesting

You thinking what Im thinking, bad Russians again

I am about 15 hours into Far Cry 5 and its delivering on exactly what I expect from FC games Ubisoft uses the same successful design with these types of games, you have your standard main quests but you have open world around how to complete them. Using resistance points is a genius way to give the player choice on how they want to progress Its also a beautiful game and Im running it on Ultra graphic settings and I enjoy the various companions and there stories Lots of activities and side quests means Im not bored yet and as usual with Ubisoft games I wont focus on the main quest until I start getting bored

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/czech-initiative-fully-funded-800-000-artillery-shells-to-aid-ukraine/ar-BB1jw3UK Really good news to see how different EU countries are helping with Ukraines ammunition shortages Its important to try to not rely on the US because of the vacillating nature of MAGA Republicans

Thats not completely accurate and in fact I would contend that my view is same as most people Protests are an enshrined right in all Democracies, as much as I get irritated by many protests I absolutely support the right of people to protest But the protests must be legal and protesters must not break the law and if people break the law they must be arrested and this applies to all protests irrespective if its a left or right-wing protest Im actually consistent in my view, I dont just say " only BLM protestors who are looting must be arrested " I said the same thing about the Canadian truckers protest. The moment the truckers blocked the highway they should have been given 2-3 days maximum to end the protest but then they should have been arrested

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240307-sweden-officially-joins-nato-prime-minister-declares-safer-country Sweden has officially joined NATO, well done Sweden Its a strange world we live in where countries like Finland and Sweden have now joined NATO because of Russian warmongering and concern of being invaded And yet I still hear people on Codex saying " Russia invaded Ukraine because of NATO expansion and because NATO wants to invade Russia " @Azdeus and @Pidesco I watched most of your PM NATO joining speech yesterday. He is very articulate and comes across in a very sincere and candid way I thought he explained the decision nicely and what he mentioned made sense to me

Malc please, no need for racism. Lets just keep this debate civil. Remember we all support tolerance and try not to ever discriminate

You know I like you but sometimes you misunderstand when Im joking or the context of what I say. And thats understandable because part of the misunderstanding is culture and translation and how the nature of Internet debate occurs, jokes and intent can often be misunderstood So in South Africa, and other countries, anytime there is protest or reason to protest people will 90% of time use the word outrageous when in fact its not outrageous what they say they protesting for or demanding, its opposite of outrageous and its an unreasonable demand they making . So the word gets misused and abused to achieve an ostensible " mass impact " in the conversation or to get public support for the protest. So for example public sector unions will demand double inflation increases and performance bonus when in fact all increases in SA are typically based on inflation So the unions will say something like " its outrageous the Capitalist public sector company wont agree to a 12% salary increase " when the reality is thats double inflation and most of our public sector entities are running at billions of Rands losses and dont deliver on services consistency like our electricity crisis and the failures to maintain power stations and corruption. So much of our pubic sector generally underperforms and doesn't do a good job at its core yet the unions are expecting bonuses and massive unjustifiable salary increases So I use the word outrageous because of that reason, its not to be taken seriously. Its part of much of global protest vernacular Our public sector wages bill uses 30 % of yearly tax revenue, we have the second highest paid public sector in the world relative to GDP yet we have terrible outcomes and delivery around the public sector https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-05-treasury-adopts-a-new-approach-to-rein-in-bloated-public-servants-wage-bill/

Fair enough, its just outrageous not absolutely outrageous And we love the word outrageous in protest vernacular so I assume you fine with that characterization?

Well in all Democracies you have a right to peaceful and legal protests But you dont have a right to break the law and block entrances so governments cant have meetings And then it depends on the nature of the protest and if that should influence government policy, Im not sure what pro-Palestinian protestors are expecting from the Canadian government? But lots of outrage from protests dont influence government policy, look at Occupy Wall Street or Davos protests. They dont achieve anything and they ignored but they allowed to happen

I would assume its obvious, the EU has an official policy of supporting Ukraine and they dont support the warmongering of Russia or its invasion of Ukraine. And the EU definitely wont be on good terms with any country that considers the EU an enemy which applies to Russia So you need to accept that as an EU member if you want to be part the EU Leave the EU if you want to align with Russia and you dont believe in sovereignty of countries or the principles of Democracy?

Yes, another Russian ship damaged or sunk by the usage of drones https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-sea-drones-a316215f5d9fc88a488ef2d99eb828c9

I completed the entire Shadowrun franchise and its gets a solid 65\100 on the globally respected " BruceVC game rating system" I enjoyed the combat mechanics and there were battles where you really had use strategies to win, I like that Hong Kong had one frustrating design and that was the freeing of Raymond and the Matrix where you only had 10 rounds, I dont like or enjoy this type of forced timing to complete a quest especially when the expectations are badly designed. I used save scumming to complete this part of the game But apart from that a good overall experience in the Shadowrun universe Now Im taking my normal break from playing the same genre and Im going to start on Far Cry 5, it looks good and its set in Montana where your enemy is a doomsday cult

And its expected, like I said in a previous post its a bad idea to try to use the courts to influence a political voting outcome

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/reception-for-trudeau-italian-pm-cancelled-after-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-blocked-entrances-1.6792416#:~:text=A dinner hosted by Prime,was set to take place. Absolutely outrageous @Malcador you see the problem when you fail to enforce the rule of law and order, now your PM couldn't meet with the Italian PM Why didnt the police arrest people? You cant allow aggressive protests to dictate or influence any government policy

Im still busy with the Shadowrun franchise, I installed about 4-5 new campaign mods and I was very impressed with the overall quality They not long about 5-10 hours but fun. Then I have just finished Dragonfall which was excellent and my best part so far of the narrative and now Im going to play Hong Kong