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Even if the crime is committed in the past, can the president pardon it if a sentence hasn't been passed yet? I.e. not "officially" a crime yet?

Yeah... some people were apprehensive at the prospect of facing Russia after Syria but before Ukraine. Sometimes the image in your head is more intimidating than reality once it gets put to the test. Besides Syria, Russian military units are also active all over central and western Africa. Maybe there is a Molotov-Ribbentrop pact equivalent for partitioning Africa? edit: between Russia and China that is

Man, that 10/11 obstacle when you have to move upwards again!

I've always been fascinated by old languages. Whether Basque, Celtic, Cobol, Old Norse etc.

I couldn't say, because I don't know enough about the forces trying to root out the entrenched part. But I suspect both decided the risk of loss of life of own troops outweighed any consideration for collateral civilian casualties (in both cases) edit: i.e. for me, there is no difference between Hamas in Gaza and HTS in in Aleppo, nor is there any noticeable difference between the approach of the Syrian and Israeli government when it comes to dislodging them

Are you saying terrorist groups entrenching themselves in urban areas, deliberately hiding amongst civilians bear no responsibility for the consequences? Genuinely curious, because most people claim the opposite...

I'm sure the people of Aleppo will be much happier under their new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Al Qaida and Isis) overlords After all, Afghanistan is such an exemplary society edit: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce313jn453zo

Talk about validation... quoting yourself So, where to start? Like most episodes, no write up of what's happening does justice to it. Best recommendation is, watch it for yourself! Last episode left off with the aliens (Serpoians) ripping off Okaruns clothes and bringing out the bit snipper to harvest his banana organs... Aira came to the rescue, showing her newfound abilities granted to her when Silky's Aura got transferred to her. The got a light beating and let go of Okarun. The main theme of this episode: Yes, Okarun spends the entire episode from start to end, literally butt naked (this also led me to leave out most of the screenshots I made watching it, because I was too lazy to censor all of them) The aliens strike back and use their psychosomething powers to create a field, that nullifies both Okaruns and Airas powers of transformation (using Turbo Grannys and Silkys powers respectively). They call this particular containment field for: Suddenly Momo appears, she has a the power of disabling the Aliens special powers... as long as she stays focused that is Much hilarity ensues when first Aira uses Okaruns real name (which rattles Momo) and later Okarun uses a well known quote from Ken Takamura, both times causing her to lose her concentration and the aliens get back in control. That Mantis guy from last episode is back. At first Aira and Okarun together beats him up, but the aliens force feed the poor gig worker an energy drink ("Regain"), which seems to have been a popular thing in the past in Japan (a lot of local cultural references, which I had to look up, seeing what the energy drink and the ads for it was all about) And the hired labour sets about kicking some butt, not just Okaruns exposed butt, but everyones butt (I added the dark spot) With Momo's aid, Aira and Okarun can now both transform and use that to create a ballet of butt kicking, sending the mantis flying. This is where Nessie shows up, the other hired help brought here by the aliens. Their environment suddenly turns into bottomless waters, with walls and ceiling made of water. The three tries to make a run for it, chased by the mantis, Nessie and the aliens.... Aura is developing a bit of a crush on Okarun The water column behind Momo and Okarun is/was Aira, getting caught from beneath by the mantis guys punch, sending her flying through the ceiling Momo uses her psychic powers to ride Okarun like a dolphin, giving chase and they pull Aira out of the water. After checking everyone is alive, she orders Aira to strip, as well as doing so herself, to reduce drag in the water, because the two girls are now going to ride Okarun at high speed while dodging laser beams. Aira is not amused, but Momo couldn't care less... The aliens have merged themselves as well as Nessie and mantis guy into one monstrous being that packs a punch both at a distance (shooting underwater laser beams at the kids) as well as knocking the stuffing out of Aira as she tries to break it's neck, so stop it from shooting beams at them... Momo, being the brains in the group, comes up with a plan on how to beat their pursuer. She confronts it and like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, gestures to it to take its best punch at her. Using knowledge imparted in a previous episode about mantis shrimps, she creates an air bubble between the mantis' fists the moment it strikes and causes it to injure itself (because there's suddenly no resistance from the water when it strikes) All three cooperate to create an unstoppable juggernaut, that manages to escape the void domain create by the aliens. Lets just say they end up in an "interesting" position. Fun and giggles and some jokes. Okarun notices they are on a hard surface, Momo starts giggling and thanks the hallway floor, and also thanks it for "being so hard"... while they are both laughing, they realize they have not only left the water, they are back in school and surrounded by gawking students wondering what two naked (more of less) students are doing on the floor? Comical relief as they run away from school, joined by Aira, also just in her underwear And that... only scratched the surface of what happened edit: completely related, got this video recommended on youtube

Watched Dandadan episode 9... I'll add more details and a few pictures later (if I manage to stop laughing). Some censorship required as Okarun spends the entire episode butt naked

I'm fairly sure a game like GW2 does well, despite featuring not just same sex marriages, but some of the best inter-species erotica literature (no kidding) I've read... one of the NPC's (Snargle Goldclaw) in the game is an author that writes literal soft porn novels featuring the "interactions" between the different species (and mixing the genders too for good measure) in Tyria (the GW2 world). The pitchfork mob seems to focus on one game at a time. Can't risk running out of views on Youtube

Blame it on my age... I grew up with games having exactly one release! It either worked or it didn't. If it didn't you would not buy more from that developer (you probably also developed some thick skin and high tolerance threshold, anything short of a game breaking bug that would corrupt your save was not considered a real bug)

I had actually considered getting STALKER 2, but... my favourite game reviewer gave some damning feedback. Maybe in a year or two, after a dozen patches?

...and baby seal skins, wont anyone think of the baby seals???

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New thread...

Think of us poor bastards in third world countries that only have a 2080 with 8gb ram

Some... something? As someone said in some comment, a Dutch singer, a Finnish band, singing English for a German audience of 820000 From Wembley...

Those Australian universities are at it again! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o "Two Australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare." ... "The results indicated that even if every chimp in the world was enlisted and able to type at a pace of one key per second until the end of the universe, they wouldn't even come close to typing out the Bard's works. There would be a 5% chance that a single chimp would successfully type the word "bananas" in its own lifetime. And the probability of one chimp constructing a random sentence - such as "I chimp, therefore I am" - comes in at one in 10 million billion billion, the research indicates." There you go, very little chance of a chimp infringing on Shakespeare's intellectual property!

That's why monarchies are the superior form of government... Politicians and governments come and go every few years

Dandadan episode 8... After the emotionally devastating episode 7 (not joking), it's back to make you smile and occasionally laugh again. After saving Aira's life by transferring "Silky's" (we never get her real name) life force to her, they all seem have ended up at Seiko's (Momo's grandmother) house for some dinner. Udon noodles unless I'm mistaken Starts out with an argument between Momo and Aira. The former apologizes for smashing a basin over Airas head and the latter is still convinced Momo is a demon in disguise. Hilarious argument that also has Japanses subs, because the bickering with their mouths fuill of noodles is incomprehensible, presumably even to Japanese ears. edit: No screenshots, but honourable mention to a scene that mixes Jurassic Park (the water ripple scene and hiding in the kitchen from raptor scene) with what I assume is Godzilla completely with laser beam cutting the walls in half, trying to obliterate Momo... Aira leaves the house and it's time for Turbo Granny (still trapped in the Neko Doll) to return the first of Okaruns balls. She shows herself as an excellent pitcher and returns it with a strike (I'm sure Okarun felt that one)! Turns out that Aira is developing some kind of feelings for Okarun, ambushes him behind a building at school... But Okarun, besides being shocked by the suddenness (wow, 3 double consonants, not something i see often), adamantly rejects Airas advances Asking her, where the heck that came from, she confesses top have learnt it from a book about romances she read! When pushed on where she found such "novels"... This is by the way (of course), the moment Momo walks by and sees what they're currently up to behind that building... Momo feels her day is ruined... Suddenly the school goes dark and the Momo is trapped by herself, while Okarun and Aira are trapped together. Turns out our old friends the Serpoans are back for more "bananas" Okarun is not amused, he was so happy he just got the first of his two missing balls back Turns out Aira got more than just Silky's life force in the previous transfusion, she inherited her spiritual powers too. Now she's truly the chosen one (because she's so pretty)! Back story, why Okaruns balls are missing

They should hire Ricky Gervais to host those award shows… might be worth watching then

More anime this way...

Split off from previous thread.... Incidentally ran across this interesting take on Dandadan episode 7. About how to do flashbacks in an interesting way and the power of show, don't tell. As well as comparisons to manga panels for the same sequences

I’m fairly sure the shrimp thing came from the same travel guide that introduced drop bears Ie an urban legend that exists overseas Usually I put steak or chicken on the bbq. Sometimes fish or vegetables. Some mornings I do egg and bacon on it edit something I grew quite fond of is mushrooms with lots of thyme

Ran across this trailer and started digging a bit. Looks like it could be fun (i.e. no guarantee it's any good, but at least it looks interesting). Basically a Japanese Fallout game set in 80's USA in a world where Japan successfully took over America Yes, full of 80's retro