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Hurlshort

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  1. Because it happened in a hotel overlooking a large concert venue? That seems like a dumb question.
  2. I think we are getting caught up in the details of the gun, when that seems a bit like a dead end. Whether it was illegal or not, modified, etc. is going to mean very little because you will have one side crying out for gun control and the other (NRA) side shutting down any notion of that sort. It will get us nowhere, and I see it as pointless. Besides, is it really any better if he has to fire slower? The guy was in an elevated position and there was no simple way to get to him. I'm more interested in what hotels will be changing and how will large concert venues handle security differently. Bag checks? Cameras in the rooms? Metal detectors?
  3. Oddly enough, Vegas has been making a huge push to set up cement barriers to protect pedestrians from vehicles.
  4. Regardless of the weapon, this is going to fundamentally change the way we check in to hotels. Other than that I'm pretty much at a loss. Are we going to have snipers set up at all major events from now on?
  5. Vegas.
  6. Hard to disagree with the tacky comment. Gaudy isn't a positive quality. It also just looks outdated.
  7. Why not just get an emulator, they're free and you have access to games that were Japan exclusive that have been fan translated. Because it is nowhere near as cool.
  8. Seems like an understatement.
  9. Nothing like explaining away the humor of a fun joke.
  10. Geez, it's like the White House exists in a vacuum and has no idea what type of tone should be taken at any time. That Puerto Rico stuff is just brutal.
  11. Sure, but it seems pretty bizarre to punish the dad.
  12. Ubisoft did the crowdfunding deal with Might & Magic X, I believe.
  13. I think you are just falling for clickbait journalism. I teach in liberal California and you can wear a cross, we have a Christian club on campus, and we do the pledge every day. But really all this stuff varies from school to school, district to district, and state to state. The great war on Christianity and Country is vastly overstated.
  14. Yeah, we do the pledge every day and you can wear an American flag shirt whenever you want. All of those examples are weird exceptions to the norm. Most of them are better examples of bungling administrations than any war on the American flag. That Infowars story is the best. I live next to that school. It's fake news at its finest.
  15. Thinking on it a bit longer, there is nothing wrong with seeing this protest as an insult to the flag and what it stands for. I've heard a lot of veterans voice their concerns that they fought for that symbol. I would never tell a Veteran that they are wrong to hold that opinion. That being said, I would also never tell a black person that they are wrong for protesting against racial inequalities. I've seen a lot of white people trying to explain that this is the wrong way to do it. They want these athletes fired or they want the NFL to make them stand. They want race and politics out of their sports. The President has joined in on that chorus. That sounds crazy to me. You are only strengthening the point these athletes have been making. The answer to a protest about oppression is not to oppress.
  16. Is it, though? John Carlos does not agree. I would have agreed with you until the President spoke out against it. When he basically said the NFL should force these men to stand, I realized how important it is that they have the freedom to kneel. I'm extremely impressed by the response of the owners and the league. That, much more than anything else, shows how far we've come since 1968.
  17. I disagree. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/30/black-power-salute-1968-olympics Read the story.
  18. He did a bit more than call them weiners.
  19. Trump just might be a unifying force after all.
  20. Ah yes, it makes me feel much better to know these guys aren't carrying Nazi flags. Just another frat out on the town! This looks like a friendly protest group:
  21. Hoonding is always on the cutting edge with his reviews.
  22. I believe Lone Wolf is for people that choose to play without companions.
  23. So far it is pretty close to my GotY. It's almost October, so I don't think it is too early.
  24. It makes me sick. I'm not alone, either, it is a huge problem with the whole concept. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/virtual-reality-has-motion-sickness-problem
  25. Excellent point! Thought all Catholics were trad though All 1.2 Billion of them? Hardly. I doubt Pope Francis even qualifies.
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