Everything posted by Leferd
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US Elections 2016
Look, the Clintons have street cred with minority communities. Victimized groups have long memories and the Clintons built up a lot of equity through their past deeds. Bill in particular knows and understands Black America. He knows the poor. For all his moral lapses, Bill Clinton comes across as genuine in his commitment to public service. Bill Clinton is also the best politician in the modern era. He understands how to get elected and how to run a government. Throwing all useless cyncism aside, the Clintons aren't Machiavellian schemers whose endgame is to rule for the sake of maintaining power. Hillary's not nearly as likable or charming as slick Willy, but I believe her commitment to public service is as strong as Bill's. Sanders is also genuine in his commitment to public service on behalf of the poor. But he'd make a terrible President for the sheer fact that he won't be able to get much done. He's a zealot, similar to Cruz and other Tea Party candidates, and zealots are just bad for Washington. Realist > Idealist. The Clintons at the very least have history and know how to make things happen despite a hostile legislature. There will be a waiting cadre of experienced and talented staffers and Cabinet members to make the administration work.
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US Elections 2016
Because William Jefferson.
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US Elections 2016
I'm a minority and all the other minority democrats I talk to prefer voting Clinton > Sanders.
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What You Did Today Thread
Oh that's a load of bull. It is impossible to classify the politics of an entire state you have never visited by the reputation you think it has because of what you've read on the internet. Yup. Also consider the demographics. Take Atlanta --biggest and most cosmopolitan city in Georgia. It's 51% Black who overwhelmingly vote Democrat. Yet the rest of the state is 59% White and Georgia is a red state.
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Moon Landing
Denying to believe that some of my favorite wallpapers were faked: EARTHRISE from Apollo 8 Sea of Tranquility from Apollo 11
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What You Did Today Thread
Bruce, just go by based on your definition of classic rock and who you like to listen to.
- NFL 2015 Season
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Moon Landing
Well, they could have made the moon landings to look closer like this. I mean, these are the expectations after all.
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XCOM 2
Gameplay is superb, but performance needs additional optimizing. Game defaulted to highest graphical settings on initial boot, which was odd.
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What You Did Today Thread
Kevin Spacey's "21" and the book it's based on, "Bringing Down the House" serve as pretty good primers if you want to get into the really advanced stuff. Casinos use multiple decks so the card counting strategy is going to be really difficult and cameras and security are trained to profile card counters. Stick to the bare basic tenets: -always assume the next card is a face card/10 -never buy insurance -always split on A,A and 8,8 -double on 11 -the House has the advantage
- NFL 2015 Season
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Project Louisiana? (not Fallout-related)
So this would seem to indicate that Louisiana is PoE2. Unless both Sawyer and Adler moved on to a completely new project.
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US Elections 2016
After the Iowa caucus, betting markets are doubling down (as they should) on Clinton and Rubio for the November showdown. Clinton: 5/6 Rubio: 11/4 Trump: 7/1 Sanders: 8/1 Cruz: 12/1 Bush: 40/1 Christie: 66/1 Kasich: 100/1 Ryan: 100/1 Carson: 200/1 Of course, betting on anyone underneath Cruz is dead money. It's still Clinton vs the field as the odds on HEAVY favorite at 5/6(!).
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US Elections 2016
Looks like it's going to be a Clinton v Rubio showdown in November --just as the futures betting market predicted. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/82042-democalypse-2016/?p=1756393 Of course, Democrat party leaders were hoping Trump or Cruz will still win the Republican nomination which could lead for an easier win for Clinton. But the strong showing by Rubio shows that the Republican establishment may just very well have enough to save itself fro the lunatic fringe.
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What You Did Today Thread
I've seen plenty MkVII's in the wild. But never near enough to touch. Perhaps next time I take mine in for servicing.
- Getting it in the hole. Basketball 2K15-2K16
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What's on the idiot box?
Seasons 3 and 4 of B5 absolutely killed. Awesome stuff.
- NFL 2015 Season
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3.00 patch teased by Josh on SA
He will make changes during the beta itself, he intentionally over nerfs or over buffs to get reactions from testers because if he makes small changes he feels they may go unseen. He feels like with two extreme examples it is easier to find the "sweet spot" of where things should be for the actual non beta release. Yup. When Sawyer adjusts, he starts by doubling or cutting in half. That's been his M.O. for a while.
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What game music do you like?
I'm impressed by the choices of younger me.
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Getting it in the hole. Basketball 2K15-2K16
Based on reports I'm reading from Wojnarowski, Windhorst, and the Cleveland beat writers...Blatt had no control over the locker room. He had a poor grasp the NBA culture and treated his stars with kid gloves. Because of that, he was never able to earn LeBron's respect. In hindsight, he probably should have taken the lead assistant job under Kerr last year to get his bearings first. I'm convinced Blatt can take this as a learning experience and still be a good NBA head coach. There's probably going to be an assistant spot open with Golden State next year.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
Is there anybody left from the Baldur's Gate days now? Janitor? I think Luke Kristjanson is still there. Isn't James Ohlen with Bio-Austin?
- Getting it in the hole. Basketball 2K15-2K16
- Soundtrack, again
- Soundtrack, again