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But Churchill was racist. Yes, he bolstered UK morale during WWII, but he wasn't necessarily a good person. Quoting CNN: "He said that he hated people with "slit eyes and pig tails." To him, people from India were "the beastliest people in the world next to the Germans." He admitted that he "did not really think that black people were as capable or as efficient as white people." Not exactly a humanitarian role model

Playing War in Russia these days... as the Soviet Union taking on Nazi Germany, full campaign 1941-1945 I love the game, even if the interface shows its age. Bring your own dos-box to run it It's originally made by Gary Grigsby, a name that some old wargamers might recognize. The current owner of the game after SSI's demise is Matrix Games, who offers it as a free download from their website (i.e. fully legit). For those who prefer the Pacific War, that game is also there for free. Warning, if WIR was big, PW is humongous, not byte wise, but in scope and time investment. Edit: Link for any fellow wargamers out there who might be curious/interested https://www.matrixgames.com/game/war-in-russia-matrix-edition

Since embedding works again...

Back to your regular Rammstein... 😁 A song with lyrics that are mostly old song titles stitched together to form a song

For Australia, it's a blessing. The Morrison government is hopelessly inept, so the more the states decide to shoulder the responsibility of decision making, the better for all Australians. The governing Liberal Party, not to be confused with the American use of the word 'liberal', is very much a social conservative and fiscally.... owned by the local mining and fossil fuel industry and wont do anything without the blessings and encouragement of their masters, regardless of how ridiculous and irresponsible those decisions are.

The Scott Morrison government (the federal government) is doing what it's really best at doing, i.e. nothing. Unlike the bushfires, this crisis is being handled by the state governments and each state decides its own policy on the subject. The state premiers convene regularly (video conferencing) to discuss the state of the nation and where we're at.

@BruceVC Victoria and Melbourne to be further isolated (from the rest of Australia). From the BBC: "South Australia and Queensland have cancelled plans to open their state borders to all Australians as an outbreak in Victoria gathers pace. Victoria has recorded double-digit increases in infections each day for two weeks, including 64 in the past 24 hours. The cases - concentrated in several areas of Melbourne - have become Australia's biggest concern in almost three months. Fears are growing that the outbreak could spread to other states, all of which have far fewer or no infections. In announcements today, South Australia cancelled plans to fully reopen its borders on 20 July, while Queensland said it would open on 10 July but not to Victorians. Though her state remains open, New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian told locals today: "Do not allow anyone from a hotspot in Melbourne or from greater Melbourne to come into your home - you have the right to say no." Australia has had more than 7,500 cases in total and 104 deaths."

Censorship kracking down on Kanadians! 😝 Were you by any chance trying to post an embedded video? Looks like that function has issues recently.

Hmmm Testing. Looks like embedding videos is no longer allowed. So, here is another Rammstein without preview picture. Rather aptly named 'Zeig Dich' (show yourself) A song about the depravities and sexual abuse done by the church and the great lengths it goes to, to cover it up. Now it works for me too. Seems like the powers that be likes Rammstein too 😇

English is the platypus of European languages 😝

Ok, I'll leave out Dead Space then... it does have some "impressive" locations Genuinely beautiful games... Guild Wars 2 was already mentioned. A hidden little gem of a game would be Trine (and 2 and 3). Besides being visually beautiful (imho) it is also a fun coop game for up to 3 players.

The summary is bloody milennials (the tl;dr; version) https://www.heraldsun.com.au/coronavirus/new-saliva-test-fasttracked-to-coronavirus-hotspot-suburbs/news-story/f7e706de36bbf5c7b47cec1b5de77e7e Then you can always start digging into why they think rules are for everyone except *me* 🤦‍♂️

It was a bit hard not to laugh at the delivery of that last part I mostly remember fireworks from New Years in Sydney Harbour and Guy Fawkes day in Wellington 🎇 Australia is almost doing good on the covid19 front these days except those bastards in Melbourne. Can't build that wall on QLD's southern border fast enough! Edit: Don't ask why, it's probably a British thing celebrating a terrorist trying to blow up the parliament.

I would like to stress the point, that he's not talking about the moderator team 👀 Sorry to hear Fionavar. I know cats aren't always as close to people as other four legged friends, but I do I remember growing up with what can best be described as just about managing to make themselves an indespensable part of the family before fate decided it wasn't to be, After the third time, my parents decided it was too much heartbreak for us kids. I hope you and the rest of the pack will cope

Hooking up with a pair of young ladies tonight at one of their places for some take away food and an evening of video gaming and rum tasting... probably more of the latter Edit: Jackbox games amongst others, is quite fun when you can get a few people together (2-3 other will join us online). As for the rums... Kraken, Ratu (from Fiji), Bundaburg... a few others

Modern, spoken English is a bit like "simplified English". Seveal old place names have the ces part silent. Like e.g. Leicester. Worcester & Gloucester. (lester, woster and gloster) Edit: There were some quite funny youtube videos a few years ago where non-English speakers were trying to pronounce Leicester (after they won the English Premiere League) Edit2: And you're by far not the only one... an American trying to pronounce English names (Worcester is about the minute mark)

A bit late to the party, but there are some decent free to play MMO's out there which might fit the bill. Both Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic are perfectly playable as single player, 3D rpgs. I know, the latter isn't really "fantasy", more like space opera. But still, you got knights in shiny armour prancing around, fighting with swords. (and the former has a slight steam punk influence too, I mean, nowhere in Tolkiens books did your armies form up around gun batteries, protecting the mega laser while it's charging up to shoot a baddie)

Bad Hollywood producers couldn't make up that stuff. Edit: correcting myself, if could be a filler episode of X-Files

I know generalizing is lazy, but he fits the mold from which populists are spewed forth. Mussolini, Bolsonaro, Trump, Kim, Modi, Erdogan, Netanyahu etc... cut from the same fabric. Thriving on division, conflict and aggression. A fearful population looks for aggressive leaders, so they do what they can to stir up unrest and if no flames are to be fanned, start a few little convenient wars (or trade conflicts).

On the bright side, shopping at Newegg may become a bit cheaper...

One day, Queen met a Dalek...

I'm sure if, that if humans don't kill themselves off the surface of the earth, Yellowstone will do it for them. "In terms of large explosions, Yellowstone has experienced three at 2.08, 1.3, and 0.631 million years ago. This comes out to an average of about 725,000 years between eruptions. ... Although another catastrophic eruption at Yellowstone is possible, scientists are not convinced that one will ever happen." https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/yellowstone-overdue-eruption-when-will-yellowstone-erupt?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products Reminds me of one of the reasons I was keen to leave Wellington (NZ) and move elsewhere. Down through Lambton Quay (in the the heart of the city) are plaques commemorating the shoreline that was there in 1855.... and Wellington seems to get a major earthquake like every 150 years or so? (don't quote me on the last figure, based on memory). If the last one moved the shoreline 250 meters... better hang on to hats and umbrellas, it might get rocky.

....the already created (and closed) thread on the subject.

Lots of derailment that followed has been split off to another topic. Lets stay on discussions about the game in this thread.

Did you listen to what you just wrote? The only one who said anything about having refused him was Chris. Oh yeah, and because she was having her period, which may have had something to do with it. There was no mutual agreement to "stop" (more likely Chris got turned off by the idea of sex with a girl having her period, no matter how horny he was and how passed out she was)