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If you look over the wall to see them, they are neither illegal nor an immigrant.

Well it isn't entirely conceptual, treatment has long been considered less expensive than incarceration. This guy that was deported 15 times is now going to be incarcerated in the US, most likely, because of the severity of the crime. I'm not saying treatment is always going to work, but it seems like we can put more resources into it, at the least.

The Giants have been hard to watch.

/not sure if serious... Iyo, the lifetime costs to dealing with Mexico's "societal problems", the very same problems that Mexico itself cant fix, would be less than the one time cost of a wall? I wasn't talking about dealing with all of Mexico's societal problems, I was talking about a very specific case where we had a guy in custody 15 times and we failed to treat him in any way (that I know of). We just keep tossing him back over the border, despite the clear evidence that it was not working. The end result was he ended up injuring a child in a tragic car accident. WoD blamed the lack of a strong border wall for this. I consider that to be fairly far down the list of problems with the situation. In the end I would rather see money spent on improving our treatment for mental illness, substance abuse, etc. than a wall. These two things may not seem related, but I'm not the one that keeps citing stories where repeat offenders do something terrible as a reason to build a wall.

According to Trump, 1 million people cross that border legally every day. We do half a trillion dollars worth of business with Mexico. The wall is certainly not going to work, at least not against the type of person that has been deported 15 times. I'd rather us work with Mexico to treat societal problems. Maybe that is just as fantastical as the idea that a wall will solve our problems, but at least it has the chance of benefiting our own society, and is likely a fraction of the cost.

Ah yes, that 2,000 mile stretch of land just needs a better wall. That will protect us from the bad people. I mean, personally I'd rather see us effectively treating people that are clearly societal problems, whether it is mental illness, substance abuse, etc. But I suppose that is a silly use of resources. Let's build a big wall instead!

Jesus, that is a crazy clip.

If a guy is deported 15 times, that shows a major problem with how both the US and Mexico are handling these repeat offenders. A wall isn't going to stop a person like that, instead we need an effective justice system that works in conjunction with Mexico. edit: Think of it this way, if the guy was not illegal, but had simply been in an out of jail 15 times over the last 15 years, is it any less tragic?

I had a rough dream where I was yelling at my dad and shoving him. I was still in a bit of a funk about it, so I went for a jog until I felt better. Cheaper than therapy, I guess.

So apparently the FTC has sent warning letters to a bunch of celebrities about promoting brands without disclosing the relationship. This sounds insane to me. I think it is dumb that people buy stuff because celebrities are into it, but I think it is even dumber that the government feels the need to get involved in it.

So I've been playing Prey for a couple days, and now I wake up at night and think things are crawling across the ceiling.

We are too anti-social for that here.

Guardians of the Galaxy - lots of feels and lots of laughs. It was fun.

In Batman V. Superman (or is it vice versa) I thought she actually looked pretty impressive. Did they mess with the scale or something? I don't remember her looking frail, quite the contrary. She seemed large, like the same size as bulky batman and shiny superman.

I don't disagree with any of that Gorgon. Heck, I plugged nearly 40 hours into the game and feel like I got nowhere in that time. It was unrewarding for me.

I would think that would be more like "People without kids push not having kids" (edit: which they totally do with all their vacations and free time. )

I wasn't talking about the history of religion or even the reality of religion. I was talking about perception. It is a popular perception in countries where these religions are dominant that Christianity and Islam provide a moral compass and those without it are lacking. Again, it is not an idea I agree with, I am simply saying it exists. My question was; is it similar to the idea that only people with children can be concerned about the future; which is what Meshugger put forward.

That's an interesting way to look at it. Is that like the idea that people without religion are immoral? no its like idea that people without religion push secular ideas. Don't understand where you get religion = morality It's a pretty popular idea, I am certainly not saying I agree with it. Of course the idea that you need to have children in order to respect the future also seems a bit off to me.

Strange, from my experience people that complain about diverse societies are either close-minded (general fear of anything different and lack actual historical context for how constant change and diversity is in human society) or have a degree of hatred towards others. Strange how i been to many homogenous societies and never experienced what you are talking about. On the contrary, they are quite curious to strangers and are more than happy to share their cultural quirks, like celebrations, dances and such. Of course I don't to villages on the czech countryside for example with the attitude of them being better of if it was less of them and more of someone else. Strange how you confuse homogenous societies, which I have no problem with, and people who complain about diverse societies, which I was addressing. I feel like we've had this discussion before. edit: To elaborate, I think diversity and change are fairly inevitable. Those homogeneous societies sound delightful, and no one should ever ask them to give up their culture. If they are curious of strangers, that would not fit the criteria of complaining about diversity.

That's an interesting way to look at it. Is that like the idea that people without religion are immoral?

I'm not really sure that the Fallout series isn't hardcore anymore, though, I just don't think it is what I am looking for in a game. They chose to go nuts with the building and defense aspect and move away from the skill and character development that I loved. By all accounts it is a superior shooter and action game than in the past, but again that isn't what I want from Fallout. They also continue to make fantastic exploration simulators, which eat up a lot of hours. In the end I didn't like Fallout 4, but I can hardly fault them for going after a different audience, and I will always be glad that we got New Vegas out of the revival. edit: The Wolfenstien stuff is fantastic, btw. Again, not really my cup of tea, but those games have a ton of style.

I would hardly say they are a crappy publisher. They struggled at first, but they have clearly been a good partner for both Arkane and id, as those two have been releasing fantastic title after fantastic title. I get why someone would be upset with the direction they are pushing Fallout and Prey. But these were also both dead IP's that were resurrected. Personally I am more annoyed with Prey, where they totally changed the story and universe, than Fallout. But they are also in the business of selling games, and there is no doubt they are finding a broad audience for their titles.

I hope Norm and Cliff can work things out. Yes, Jeb violated Bob's trust. Both of these guys sound like terrible gossips. I'm not sure that right, wrong, or reason really matter. If Bob sees it as a violation of trust, then Jeb should apologize for the sake of the friendship. It may seem silly or unreasonable, but sometimes you have to choose the relationship over personal convictions. This seems like the type of situation where it is best to apologize profusely and buy him a beer or three.

My recently planted hops are starting to peek out of the ground.

I failed.