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Of course. It's easy to be head over heels in debt if no one comes to collect. Not that the EU could implement something similar anyway. Cutting out the middle man by direct funding via the ECB would upset the poor investment bankers and a whole bunch of shareholders. Can't have that. Might have saved Greece though, who knows. But can't have that either because that would upset mama Merkel in Berlin. :>

GRRM stated flat out that Benjen is not Coldhands because we have seen a ADWD manuscript page with Martin's and his editor's notes where that question was asked: Leaf also stated that Coldhands was killed "a long time ago" and for a Child it seems odd that it would be a ranger who died fairly recently, given their lifespan. Not that I trust that resounding "No" here any more than I trust Leaf's words. Plus, why else would the show pull out Benjen after 6 years (with the same actor to boot)? Questions, questions... I almost didn't recognize Brutus though. For a moment I thought they swapped him for Faramir.

Look at Japan. 25 years of almost zero growth (and sometimes actual shrinking) and a debt to GDP ratio of 150 to 200%. Look what it has brought: Riots on the streets, anarchy, the collapse of infrastructure, massive unemployment rates, women prostituting themselves for a sandwich, the rise of populism both left and right wing... no, wait, that was Greece. Sorry. My bad. I got that mixed up somewhere along my train of thought.

Well, barring the creation of the Heart of Winter as seen on the show there are only a handful of known events in the history of Martin's world that could - in theory - lead to that sort of climate change: The Hammer of the Water employed by the Children to smash the land bridge between Westeros and Essos, its second use in the attempt to sever the north of Westeros from the south (creating Moat Cailin) and the Doom of Valyria. The Doom was too recent to be a likely culprit and creating floods and breaking islands is like to have an effect on the local climate but not on that scale. Somehow I doubt we'll get an answer either way.

Except I meant what the measters consider the official history of Westeros where the wall was supposedly built 8000 years or so ago, not the timeline as a sci-fi/fantasy concept. But yeah, Hodor becoming Hodor because Bran manipulated him from the future is not a concept that I liked. So why not stop the Children from creating the Others in the first place? Novels solved. Bleh.

They're vague hints. Actually, more a combination of a vision of Melisandre and what Bloodraven says to Bran. Besides, the timeline has been stated to be inaccurate so often we can pretty much assume it is out of whack. I don't think that D&D made the origins of the Others up (they are, after all, vulnerable to the one substance the Children made their weapons from).

So do you mind naming a few points how the EU is like the Nazis? I'm trying to understand this view Here you go : https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2016/05/21/greetings-slaves/ Ah, Hayek, the second worst thing to come from pretty Austria right after the little guy with the funny moustache.

You very seldom follow-up on certain interesting comments you make so I hope you do on this one What is your definition of "Yuroppan countries are outside the EU" Oh Bruce, really, HoonDing is all about shooting one-liners and not following up on anything. Sometimes he has a point, and sometimes, like here, he doesn't. Besides, with a minimal amount of research you'd figure it out: There are only two truly prosperous European nations that are not members of the European Union: Norway and Switzerland (I apologize to any posters from Iceland ). The former draws most of its wealth from natural resources and the latter from all sorts of criminal cash deposits (I'd write no offense meant but that wold be a lie ). While both are not members of the EU they all have a large number of treaties with the EU and enjoy many benefits without the most perceivable downsides like net budget contributions and overbearing EU regulations, but also the downside of being affected by some EU regulations without being able to partake in the decision making process. So far it would seem the, uhm, benefits outweigh the downsides. For populist parties they're also generally the go-to examples of wealthy states that do not need the EU to be prosperous, but it's very problematic to assume a nation could leave the EU and copy either Norway or Switzerland because of their very unique positions. Both could, though, serve as a template for a much needed EU reform by cutting back on the bureaucratic overhead and taking a few steps back to what the EU used to be in the past, a unifying economic pact, not a supra-national entity steeped in indecision and corruption.

Overwatch has terrible voice acting? Heh. Did they get Metzen to record all the characters again, like they always do in World of Warcraft?

So declare your opponents as enemies (=far-right, what's a far-right anyway?) of the EU, threaten with sanctions and refuse to debate them. What a time to be alive in this democraship. Original link: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/juncker-vows-to-use-new-powers-to-block-the-far-right-nq5r5tnqq No this is necessary to protect these countries from leaving the EU...I can explain it more detail? But its basically the reality that no country will leave the EU...and this is a good thing Why do you even ask permission? Your opinion does exist on the approval others, doesn't it? Yes I am nearly done....and yes I agree there is no point asking for permission but if no one is interested in me writing a long post I wont bother because what would be the point and its a waste of time But I do want to make this point, so I was looking for someone who would read it because its a few paragraphs And then people read it later and comment I don't think these nations need to be protected from leaving the EU. If they decide to do that, then so be it. They're not children and they don't need an overbearing EU sanction government father to protect them from making what he (or you) thinks are dangerous mistakes. Comments like the one from Juncker are also completely and utterly stupid (voting for right-wing populists now becomes the clearest act of defiance available to the general populace), but hey, what can anyone expect from the EPP these days. *sigh*

So declare your opponents as enemies (=far-right, what's a far-right anyway?) of the EU, threaten with sanctions and refuse to debate them. What a time to be alive in this democraship. Original link: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/juncker-vows-to-use-new-powers-to-block-the-far-right-nq5r5tnqq Here's the funny thing: Members of the European Commission are nominated by the national governments, members of the European Parliament are nominated by the parties voted for during the EU parliamentary elections and the European Council is made up by each member nation's head of government or state, whichever is appropriate. Therefore in all nations where the head of state has a largely ceremonial role the prime minister or chancellor is the representative of the government in the European Council. If Hofer had been elected he would have had as much to say in the EU decision making process as Van der Bellen (his opponent) or the King of Spain has now: None, what-so-ever. As for the other dribble written by Pamela Geller, erm, yeah. I'll retreat to my safe space because I feel offended. Reading that article made me dumberer. I can clearly feels it. Me happy.

I'm surprised nobody posted this yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcGVXr4M8T0

No, even on easy you will not be able to beat the games most of the time, but at least it allows you to somewhat consistently reach the final sector. Surviving the final sector is an entirely different matter. In my experience the game difficulties should read: Easy: You need a really good run to win. Normal: You need an almost perfect run to win. Hard: You need a perfect run and a lot of luck to win. May RNGesus be on your side. Oh, and yeah. If you turn on the Advanced Edition features the game just becomes even harder to beat.

No, he didn't, at least not on screen. I'm not really surprised by the Children of the Forest being responsible for the Others seeing how ADWD dropped a few vague hints in that direction already. Enough to give rise to theories that they're still working with them (I guess the episode jossed that idea though). Anyway, the Iron Islands were sort of terrible. That kingsmoot was ridiculous, as is Euron. Meh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b9Pwd-HhbA I saw an old interview with Kurt yesterday where he recapped his '81 tour in South Africa. White guy and his Jamaican wife show up during the Apartheid with a mixed race band with no racial segregation on stage facing death threats from pretty much everyone, going on a tour of 21 concerts and not backing down. "Almost immediately I was approached by four or five underground commandos, armed to the theeth, telling me to pack up and leave or they'll kill me. And I was like 'Yeah, then go ahead and shoot me now, I'm doing this tour.' and they actually backed down and followed us afterwards, trying to protect us." That sure took some serious brass balls.

The practice is from way back to make books cheaper by cutting lines of code samples while retaining at least some readability. It's outdated, much like Cap is in the movies. No way Tony would do that. Well unless it is JavaScript where you sometimes have to so the JavaScript engine doesn't get confused and assumes a semicolon where there should be none. Stupid JavaScript, really.

InfoWars? Like, really? I love the part where Gysi's comments are mistranslated on purpose (and the rest is, I guess, hobbled together and quoted out of context, but seeing how I don't know the full source material it is hard to say, of course) and then it talks about big government, a boogeyman that is much more at home in the US than it is in Germany. While it is undeniable that there ARE many and massive issues with the current migration crisis and even more problems with second generation immigrants this is... classic truther stuff. Pass me some chemtrails, mon.

Buy him an upgrade so he doesn't fall off any more, at least until such a time when you no longer need zip lines and simply blast your way through everything.

Isn't 10$ in Canada like 7$ in real money? /scnr

Big Brother would be proud of you Bruce. You're the king of sheep.

Proscription worked for the Roman Empire and we've already established that the Roman Empire was kind of the pinnacle of "western" civilisation, so what worked for them should work for us as well.

The video is hilarious. On the one hand it is about an absolutely retarded news story about people who pretend to be liberal and progressive but being regressive arseholes and on the other hand you have a regressive butthole pretending to be progressive (he slips near the end) talking ranting about it. Sprinkled with a helping of supressed rage and making himself feel better: The pot is calling the kettle black.

Our dear friends of the Turkish government once again prove just how much of an ally they really are. Because true allies blackmail each other whenever possible. It just shows how much you care.

No, the game just ends there seemingly out of nowhere. Now you obviously missed some shrines but which ones is kind of hard to tell. There is one gated behind a quest you can only do with high Rover reputation and one hidden behind a secret passage in the Queen's Lair, those are kind of easy to miss...

So this is the second episode in a row without bewbs. What gives?