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^ Considering the way Ukrainians like to dig trenches, perhaps some of these beauties? 🙂

^ It'd be amusing if that made him, well, squirrely.

I sense an unpleasant encounter with Novichok lies in his future...

After surviving a Con check the RPGWatch site will be resurrected on Sorcerer's Place under new management. The current editorial team will continue to update the news content, sans Myrthos. RPGWatch - The End has been Delayed

U.S. conservative conference with Hungary’s hardline leader reflects Republican divide Well this is disturbing. More anti-democracy behavior by the knucklehead faction.

Hmm, I wonder what Michael O'Leary would have to say? 😓

Mmm, actually we have plenty of evidence that repeating a statement, even a bold-faced lie, does have a reinforcing effect that makes it more credible to a significant portion of the populace. Cf. Trump.

...are tasty with fava beans and a nice Chianti.

Thousands of Britain’s ‘fish and chip’ shops could close within a year A sad fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. My Mum's parents ran a fish and chip shop in England, and eating chips and meat pie from a newspaper wrap is one of my fondest youthful memories.

There goes the American embassy...

People being what they are, I'm a bit skeptical about promises of utopia. Even the wealthy (who have everything they could possibly need) still commit crimes; they just have better lawyers. Do we get free high end lawyers as well?

Room for let. Inquire within.

Sounds like an argument for execution then. My issue with that is the cases where people have been unjustly convicted of violent crimes they did not commit. E.g. Thomas James. Perhaps though some day we'll be able to reprogram criminals with a neural interface?

I take the view that eighty years spent rotting away in a high security prison is a worse punishment than execution. It's a disincentive for those who would follow. Plus scientists can perform experiments on his brain.

It's not so clear cut. He was wearing a bullet proof vest and a tactical helmet, and he was (ineffectually) shot at by the security guard.

Technically, Uncle Sam is the personification of Samuel Wilson, so it would be his wife Aunty Bettsy. 😉

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The first Monday-night game has the Wilson-led Broncos taking on the Seahawks in Seattle. *sigh* I guess the league HQ likes its mini-dramas. They're a lot like Pro Wrestling that way.