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Oh? So you're insinuating I'm crazy? What's wrong with the link? Obviously you didn't realize what it was if you're making that insinuation. Either that or you're a extra special level of brainwashed to have such a knee jerk reaction to what I linked. I'll give you the option to check again. I'll agree the website could be better designed, but the information I linked is anything but crazy. It's one of the best books I've ever read (and I read a lot) for a variety of reasons. Not the least of which is it's enlightening on a level that most are not, especially if you know your history, and have done research yourself on some of the subjects the author touches on. If I recall right you're a teacher aren't you? Forgive me if I'm wrong but I seem to recall you saying such sometime ago. If there was ever a book you should read as a teacher or as a parent if you have kids in the public school system in the U.S., Europe, or any other nation that has a schooling model based on theirs (which is most at this point), the book I linked or possibly another one by the same author is one that should be read. The author, John Taylor Gatto, was kind enough to put the book I linked on his website for free. If you don't know who he is, I suggest you look him up, and then read his book either on the website or order a copy. Also, putting aside the innumerable things wrong with the 'mental health care' system in our nation, what gives the Federal government Constitutional authority to say or do anything at all in regards to 'mental health'? I wasn't insinuating anything about you, the barb was pointed more John Taylor Gatto. But I do apologize for being dismissive, thank you for responding. I am a big supporter of education reform and thinking critically about how we teach. Gatto has earned the right to be critical of education, for sure, but he comes across as a doomsday prophet with a lot of his hyperbole. Here is a response that I identify with and is better written than I can manage at this point: http://researchnetwork.pearson.com/college-career-success/all-criticism-and-no-leadership-make-jack-a-bad-instructor

Oh, for a second I thought we were going to have an actual discussion, but this statement makes it clear you feel you know more than everyone else.

The entire review is tongue in cheek. It's a comedic device where praise is actually concealed as a scathing condemnation. Insert dry chuckle here.

So I clicked on Valsuelm's link... Let's just say I really nailed it when I mentioned Reagan's negative effect on mental health care. On a serious note, we need to make a major push to repeal the Patriot Act. It needs to be a major issue and it needs to be non-partisan. Everybody needs to set aside their little party booklets and say get rid of it now. I mean every aspect of it, not just a piece or two.

I'm pretty sure that is between you and Steam. This is the developer's forum. They don't have any control over your steam account.

What wrong did Calvin Coolidge do? Coolidge gets a bad rap when it comes to the Great Depression, but he did stabilize the office after a tumultuous Harding administration.

In a different tone, there is one great thing Obama will be remembered for. 50 years ago black kids were not even allowed to go to many white schools in this country. We had a segregated society. 150 years ago black kids were bought and sold like cattle in this country. The election of a black president is a tremendous symbol of how far we've come as a nation. In another 150 years his policies will be forgotten, but the legacy of the American voters breaking the mold will continue to resonate.

Yes yes, we are all doomed and we live in the worst times in history. You guys remember when Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus for all American citizens, right? Or when FDR rounded up a bunch of Japanese Americans and put them in internment camps? You can literally name any president and we can go down the list of shady things they did in office. Reagan effed up psychiatric care, Clinton got impeached. Doom and gloom and all that.

I would be interested in seeing how a film would turn out if it was directed and produced by someone who had never watched a movie in their life.

Am I the only one that sees Weird Al Yankovich when someone talks about this Ukraine President?

Did Tammy create Princess Daphne? Does she own the rights to her? Does anyone know how artist's rights work in regards to fanart? Can artists re-draw another persons IP and then sell it/license it? I ask, not because I think it's cool that Anita used the art without permission... I'm just wondering if the artist has a leg to stand on. I have no idea how the legal implications work out, but it is very bad form to just yank an image off google images and use it for your own marketing material. Sarkeesian should at least recognize the artist. It would seem to contradict feminist ideals to take advantage of this female artist in the name of open source art.

I thought it was more the fact that it offered you a significant advantage going up against a possible greater threat, and they do play up the whole "Monika lives on in her." But maybe that's just my guilty conscience trying to rationalize why I let that monster loose.

I didn't really think there was a good path on the APEX issue. But honestly I enjoy being able to take the high road, I'm not a fan of having bad outcomes regularly.

I've really never understood the hours = value argument, because every other media is waaaay more expensive in that regard. If it is a quality game, you should pay the retail price because that is your most powerful tool as a consumer. Buy the games you want to see more of.

No. Andrew Johnson (violation of the Tenure of Office Act) and Bill Clinton (Perjury and Obstruction of Justice) were impeached. They were acquitted in their trials but they were impeached. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment It was pretty early in the morning, so I probably didn't word it carefully enough, but that is what I was getting at with the word successful. Without a conviction, the impeachment is just a bunch of bluster.

The books usually had pretty happy endings. But I'm not really sure how more bleak you want the setting to be. You've got terrorist groups attacking metahumans, stim addicts, leukemia, human cloning, your rigger jacks into a modified troll and pulls his strings, people get their brains fried online, etc. It's not exactly My Little Pony.

That may be the most reasonable I've seen you be about Obama, and I agree with you. Although I want to see the Republicans clean house a bit and refocus. For example many of the top Republicans have changed direction on immigration, and I see that as a positive. But yeah, no President has ever been successfully impeached, it won't start now. Heck he'd be out of office by the time they could get a full trial together, with the speed of everything in DC today.

Being able to speedread has been a huge boon in my career.

Good to hear Setzer. I'm really hoping this game pulls me in like LotRO did. No MMO has matched up to that yet.

King's Quest I is probably an important one from a game history perspective.

I'm pretty excited for Obsidian that they have another well-reviewed game under their belt. South Park is pulling in the same critic reviews as Fallout: NV and the user reviews look even better.

Honestly I could care less about a campaign when I buy a game like Battlefield. In fact I prefer that they put as little resources as possible into that sort of thing. I don't really play RTS games, but I think there is a lot more to learn in an RTS game, so having a single player component is good for slowly familiarizing the player with the functions of the game. I don't need to shoot a bunch of NPC's in order to prepare to shoot real players.

I'm sure she will marry some rich guy and sue him for alimony.

I am subbing for a Japanese class for a period, so of course I had to show the trailer of Godzilla versus Mothra. And now I have that Mr. Roboto song stuck in my head.

It's a triple A game with triple A costs, so yes, it is worth the standard triple A price of $60.