Gromnir

am thinking the mod in question is once again shooting past irony. the custody issue were most assured not an example o' "make stuff up" and imposing on people. best interest of the child is the guide for the judge in custody/visitation/whatever. show a judge were unreasonable in concluding an unvaccinated parent poses an increased health risk for a child? is gonna be tough to prove such with enough certainty to overturn the decision and ignoring legal aspects, is tough to argue such a position is common sense unwarranted. judge not have to be irrefutable correct but cannot be obvious wrong. to criticize hurl given the mod's own mischaracterization is... amusing. converse, a judge forcing a doctor to violate ethical demands o' the profession is rare. do no harm is a thing. doesn't matter that the patient is dying. ordinary, the law won't compel a doctor to provide medical care which is likely to cause harm even if the patient is dying. 'course in end o' life situations there has been conflicts 'tween judges and doctors. the judge is clear wrong on the law in this situation, but from a practical pov, it don't matter. is likely a doctor may be found who will administer the dewormer and will be up to the hospital and another judge to block administering o' the treatment. trump were booed at a recent rally when he advocated getting vaccinated. republicans no longer have control o' this. six years ago antivaxx were embraced almost exclusive by hippie moms, minority communities and a few ultra religious groups, but thanks to trump pushing fake news narrative, promoting distrust o' science and the equal curious injection o' faux libertarian (no compromise on guns and masks and anything they imagine is a Liberty Right) into the national republican platform o' grievance and fear, republicans now face the choice o' holding on tight and riding the tiger or getting mauled by the beast they created. HA! Good Fun!

again, not one report. one intelligence element which contributed to the report reached a conclusion differing from every other contributor to the report. a single intelligence element reached a conclusion, with moderate confidence, that the most likely explanation for initial human exposure were lab escape. such an opinion were clear a minority opinion. being a minority opinion don't make the minority wrong, but you keep skipping over that rather important detail, much as you purposeful chose not to mention the consensus regarding the rejection o' lab creation. so again, is most assuredly not the case that the report established with moderate confidence that lab release were most likely. report is not a huge leap from what were being circulated last year. you were misreading articles last year and you are doing same today. HA! Good Fun!

only clerics and oracles. druids and shamans were not invited to the party. obvious question: why is the spellbook merge feature of the angel mythic path limited to oracle and cleric? never seen an explanation from owlcat. lich spellbook merging works similar to angel but is the arcane caster version and is only benefitting sorcerer and wizard. HA! Good Fun!

again, the intelligence community were having a high degree o' confidence on at least one point: the virus was not created in a lab. consensus conclusion. as such, it kinda depends on what you mean by "where it came from." no, we won't know with any certainty who were patient zero and where and when the virus first took hold in the human population. nevertheless, there does seem to be enough evidence to conclude with a high level o' confidence the virus were not "manmade" or whatever term you wanna use to indicate conscious human intervention. is kinda a big deal if you are able to eliminate the possibility o' intentional human buggery, no? as such, "where it came from," has already been narrowed a bit albeit w/o absolute certainty. what we know o' as covid-19 mighta' been transported to a lab where it then escaped, but the US intelligence community appears to have concluded that covid-19 were natural as 'posed to crafted. there is no The Scientific Community which could release some kinda similar report, but thus far the weight o' experts willing to weigh in on the issue appear to have confidence covid-19 were not lab created. as such, am thinking at worst one could state that the most likely origin for covid-19 based on what is known today is that nature is where it came from, yes? HA! Good Fun!

that is so not what the report says. consensus is the virus were not created in a lab, a dp hobgoblin paraded 'bout these boards with some frequency. is odd you do not share this revelation, eh? however, as for the possibility the virus escaped from a lab, while the intelligence agencies agreed it would be impossible to reach any kinda definitive conclusion, four intelligence "elements" and the National Intelligence Council concluded with low confidence that the most likely origin were natural animal to human contact. one intelligence element said with moderate confidence that the most likely origin were a lab leak. as has been stated previous, we would not be at all shocked if the virus did indeed escape from a lab. would not be the first time a pathogen escaped from a chinese lab. however, such is considerable different than lab created and your portrayal o' the report revelations is either intentional misleading or based on ignorance from having misread a single source which at first glance appeared to confirm your bias. honest, why do you keep posting this stuff, especial if you all you do is turn yourself into a punching bag opportunity for anybody who bothers to examine your sources? HA! Good Fun!

bard doesn't do much for us personal, but skald is intriguing both for single and multiclass options. unfortunately, skald has been one o' the more busted classes all during the beta. with a cegorach inspired main, is unlikely you got seelah and ember in your party, but a court poet skald provides a nice powerup for not only self but for those two companions as well as for nenio, daeran and to a lesser degree, sosiel. am also curious 'bout battle singer as well but have not tested at all. ... give seelah eight court poet levels has gameplay upside but am having some difficulty explaining from a roleplay pov. HA! Good Fun!

education has been around much longer than 1639, but a separate field o' study for education is relative new and real world application is limited almost entire to teaching of children. seven thousand years ago if you were learning to be a farmer or hunter you would be taught by a farmer or hunter. is no different today... at the university level. is highly unlikely your professor o' physics at princeton or berkeley has a background in education. you wanna learn to be a physicist and are willing to pay to be educated? your teachers is gonna be people who has studied the subject in which you wish to gain knowledge and/or proficiency. unlike university courses or truck driving or cooking (or pretty much anything else) if you wanna teach kids in the US, you is expected to have some bear minimum knowledge in the subject matter you teach, but you need have substantial hours o' classwork completed in education specific. education as a distinct field o' study is newish. knowledge and proficiency in education as a pre req to teach kids is having even less tradition. HA! Good Fun!

only just saw this, so apologies for the kinda necro aspect. could probable smoke a couple packs o' virginia death sticks and such would be no more unhealthy than consuming a typical batch o' baked beans, and am ok with that. traditional baked bean recipe includes 1:1 ratio o' dried beans to bacon plus a substantial 'mount o' sugar. if am using a pound o' beans, then am personal adding 'bout a 1/2 cup o' sugars... even split brown sugar and molasses. cook for at least six hours. ... am s'posing you could make healthier baked beans, but what would be the point? HA! Good Fun!

'cause am certain somebody was eventually gonna link. HA! Good Fun!

well, he has pretty much written the same book a few dozen times, changing little more than the cover and title page, nevertheless he keeps getting paid, so he is clear doing something right. HA! Good Fun!

if you retire at 65 and want to make $35k per year based on extreme safe interest only investments, you would need more than $1 million saved to last into your 80s. if you are 25 today, to save $1 million dollars by 65 you better start by saving $600 per month and increasing steadily. more than 50% o' the adult US population has more debt than assets. is a whole lotta the adult population making just enough to cover rent and bus fare and little more; their retirement plan is lotto scratchers. comrade wouldn't recognize the american psyche if it jumped up and smacked him across the face with a rotting trout. HA! Good Fun!

well, from the beta it were not quite tdkr joker homicidal or something wicked this way comes g.m. dark level o' sinister. there were a killer klowns from outer space kinda mayhem aspect to the trickster. am not sure what we expected. am s'posing is difficult to achieve an ideal and universal appreciated level o' mischievous, but mostly am thinking somebody at owlcat forgot the rules and the mogwai were fed after midnight. HA! Good Fun!

Memoirs of My Services in the World War 1917-1918-- George C. Marshall marshall usual gets recognition for being the architect o' the marshall plan, which won him the nobel peace prize, but that were a peace time effort and he were secretary o' state at the time. marshal were made made chief of staff o' the US army on the day poland were invaded by germany, and at that time the US had an army on par with bulgaria. marshall admitted that the US were not even a third rate military power at the start o' ww2. as such, marshal were an essential figure in transforming the US army from a 4th rate institution into a dominant military superpower. is no memoir o' ww2 from marshall although he were offered more than a million dollars by Time Life for the rights to publish. marshall claimed that if he wrote a memoir o' ww2 it would ruin too many reputations. in the book marshall shares his views on what is necessary for a good American general, and for that alone the book is worth reading particular as his opinions on command officers were controlling during ww2, and endures to some degree even today, but marshall's belief that ineffectual officers need be weeded out aggressive and immediate were abandoned. am having a hard cover edition, but am recollecting it is available online for free. HA! Good Fun!

haven't been able to use our bike for morning rides in over a week 'cause the air quality here is so bad, and the stationary bike we got just ain't the same. not surprising, late afternoon is ordinarily the worstest time o' day for air quality. current aqi is in the 200 range and it is only a little better in the am when we would be on the bike. the thing is, if is like last year and the year before, then am probable need waiting for the end o' september or mid october before we will be able to do regular outdoor exercise w/o needing to chew our air given all the particulates it contains. our place up in idaho is looking like an increasingly attractive alternative. HA! Good Fun!

am gonna admit that as much as am liking trickster abilities and the general concept, the problem is the story implementation. if you wanna be a conman who is willing to exploit friends and foe alike, then the trickster is a good option, but while beer elementals and fish missiles might sound funny, we found the trickster story elements increasing less humorous as we got deeper into the game. shame too. HA! Good Fun!

am o' the opinion that tell somebody they is privileged is self defeating. call somebody racist or privileged immediate makes the situation adversarial. am a minority and we grew up poor by any standard, even by standards in the poor nations o' the middle east. nevertheless, the people who raised us made sure we knew we were loved and they stressed the value o' learning if not formal education. we also were a gifted athlete who were offered full-ride scholarships in multiple sports. oh, and we had a pony when we were a kid. compared to more than a few poor white trash kids who grew up with an alcoholic/addicted parent and took regular beatings or suffered debilitating indifference during their formative years, am having a hard time complaining 'bout their privilege. after gifting half our accumulated wealth to charities the remainder is nevertheless substantial and we retired comfortably at fifty. so is our fortune earned but the white person who grew up in the burbs and is maybe able to send both of her kids to college and possibly retire before she is too old to enjoy twilight years needing to ask forgiveness from minorities everywhere? US institutions since the inception o' the nation has been active promoting racist policies which disadvantage minorities. true statement. now what? tell somebody their opinion is less worthy and their accomplishments is tainted 'cause they is white and refuse to admit their privilege bothers us on a fundamental level in addition to the fact am realizing such condemnations and recriminations is self defeating. 'ccording to most any poll we has seen, the overwhelming majority o' americans, even republicans, believe there is endemic racism in this country, but almost nobody is believing they personal is racist. perhaps such a recognition is evidence o' a disconnect but it should also been seen as an opportunity. is a whole lotta not minorities in this country and they largely believe that minorities is treated unfair-- is not like the 1920s or 50s. is objective better. tell those not minorities, many o' whom has been suffering decades o' financial hardship that they is lucky to be so privileged and you is transforming potential allies into enemies. what a waste. and am gonna note the comments made in the article 'bout the community in colorado is less the kinda stuff rich people says so much as the kinda thing douchey people would believe. me and mine attitude is less 'bout wealth than is 'bout being an a-hole. during a pandemic a community particular hard hit by a disease which has killed hundreds o' thousands o' americans took efforts to slow spread o' covid-19. mass quarantines woulda' been impractical solution, so at least prevent the non-resident population from accelerating the spread were seen as a reasonable option. the fact some people cannot look past their own selfish interests is not so much a wealth problem as is recognition some people is gonna be selfish regardless o' the circumstances. HA! Good Fun!

tony todd has a ridiculous number o' screen credits and yet in spite o' the fact Gromnir is not anywhere near the trek fan as is more than a few on these boards, whenever we think o' mr. todd is always first and foremost as old jake sisko and then second as kurn. HA! Good Fun!

such an observation has no relevance in deciding what were the right choice in 2020 and 2021. withdrawal were not gonna resurrect the dead, but you were certain withdrawal were gonna result in the suffering o' thousands (millions?) in afghanistan and you had to be aware at least a few americans could suffer during a withdrawal. am indeed questioning your indignation. am suspecting that no matter the reality, you were gonna complain in spite of having had your prayers granted. biden indulges in a bit o' snark with a reporter and you see as proof he is an, "absolute f——-g a———e?" unfair. have personal not been a biden supporter regarding afghanistan, but your misdirected attacks compel us to defend a guy with whom we disagree. HA! Good Fun!

the quip were decide not about those left behind. you are reaching to make this story fit into your larger narrative o' they are all bad. the feckless charge is inappropriate given the context, and surely the "absolute f——-g a———e," is at best (am giving you the benefit o' the doubt) unwarranted. the withdrawal, haphazard or otherwise, were gonna result in the unnecessary deaths and suffering o' many thousands in afghanistan and the possibility o' at least a few american casualties, given your recognition o' the savagery o' the taliban, were hardly unthinkable. you were ok with such a reality and your previous complaint were it didn't happen sooner. even so, we can see an argument for incompetence, but obviously we will never be certain who made pivotal errors 'cause investigations are a waste. prayers granted.

based on the newsweek article, the worst accusation we may level at biden is that he were condescending to a reporter. POTUS took the opportunity to deliver a less than mature parting shot w/o giving the reporter a chance to respond. *gasp* whatever is the mistake biden made, is not as gd and the washington times clickbait headline described. HA! Good Fun!

and just so is clear, recall it were Gromnir who criticized biden for following through with the trump negotiation including the brobdingnagian stoopid hard deadline. we saw calamity in the making and unnecessary suffering, but we understood there would be a few people, particular veterans, who genuine believe no more american deaths, no matter how few, is worth an additional day in afghanistan, much less years. am not a biden supporter regarding the handling o' afghanistan. am understanding why some support his decision even if am more conflicted. however, am recognizing just how unfair is much o' the venom being directed at biden. sure, we disagreed with biden implementation o' withdrawal, but as a young Congressman biden also reported to President Ford that vietnam were hopeless and that a withdrawal were the best course o' action. consistant. am recognizing biden in 2021 made a hard choice which were not supported by his military advisors and that he had to know that american deaths were possible during the withdrawl and that he would be blamed for those deaths as well as the suffering o' millions in afghanistan. biden made a hard choice and am thinking people are stretching themselves in impossible directions to make him a different villain than he is. given the fact biden's son served honorable in the US military and the POTUS is obvious proud o' his son's, service, suggesting biden is lacking respect for americans serving abroad is bordering on the unbelievable. incompetent? possible. we get the incompetent argument given how bungled has been the withdrawal even though as already noted multiple other nations were clear caught similar unawares. feckless? please. HA! Good Fun!

whatever helps you sleep at night. you knew many thousands were gonna suffer and die. you were ok with those deaths and the predictable suffering o' the multitudes which coulda' been avoided for the foreseeable future. you advocated for the mass suffering and widespread murders to happen sooner as 'posed to later. one american dies in what were predictable gonna be a botched withdrawal (though admitted the scale o' just how botched has been the withdrawal is demanding an investigation no less than an attack on the US Capitol in which more than 140 cops were injured and sever beaten) and you see inevitable and deserved political death... in spite o' the fact the botched vietnam withdrawal would suggest otherwise. am not sure if we would suggest newsweek is better. "when the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." HA! Good Fun! ps based on newsweek context, there appears to be a mischaracterization o' the biden comments as he ain't joking 'bout or minimizing the deaths o' americans. appears he is taking a shot at a journalist, no? is some mental gymnastics required, but you wanna get to the point where biden is proved feckless so your earlier ridiculous labeling is functional redeemed.

gd knew they were savages. gd had to know that it were possible americans would be killed during the withdrawal 'cause no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the main enemy forces. only the layman believes that in the course of a campaign he sees the consistent implementation of an original thought that has been considered in advance in every detail and retained to the end. you knew many thousands o' afghanistan women would be facing functional slavery once the taliban regained power. you knew many afghanistan citizens would be murdered 'cause they supported americans these past two decades. you knew. nevertheless, you draw the line at a single us fatality? gotta be careful using that feckless label 'cause it could have much broader application than you want. US intelligence (and numerous foreign intelligence services as well given how similar unprepared were germany and the uk and others) underestimated the extent to which individual afghanistan political leaders and military commanders would cut deals with the taliban. were a whole lotta mistakes starting with the trump administration negotiation/surrender and biden's similar embrace o' a hard deadline. mistakes were gonna happen. this too were known, but somebody is gonna need explain the multiple failures o' the withdrawal... though we assume gd doesn't want an investigation o' any kind 'cause what would be the point, yes? regardless, this post hoc handwringing and finger pointing would be more convincing if it weren't looking like just another excuse to advance your favorite narrative. and again, washington times is not the most reliable source. am gonna need context. HA! Good Fun!

is it quote time, cause we got one. “when the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”--oscar wilde, an ideal husband seeing as how the biden thing is wasington times, we would want more context before passing judgement. that said, for those who demanded for years we abandon afghanistan asap, even when recognizing the savagery o' the taliban, to so quick turn on the guy who finally gave 'em what they asked for is at least deserving the feckless label, though we will stop short o' "absolute f——-g a———e." no sooner were prayers answered than the wailing began, eh? HA! Good Fun!

am seeming to recall that were for leprosery specific. it may not be our job to ruin every meme, but it probable seems that way at times. (no longer responding to raithe in particular) am s'posing this is exact what the bible thumpers is angry 'bout: indulging in hyperbole, they equate mask wearing mandates, which has been de rigueur since at least the time o' the black death, to be being treated like a leper. anybody who isn't wearing a mask, says the religious folks, second amendment honks and @Guard Dog, is being treated as if they actual have leprosery in ye olde times. of course is bs, but there is a whole lotta bs no? claim: early in the pandemic, the cdc offered conflicting guidance? reality: the cdc offered guidance based on what were reasonable and supported by science at the time. recognizing how at the start o' the pandemic, given the extreme limited supply o' n95 masks, and before it were understood that an individual infected with covid-19 were most contagious prior to being symptomatic, the wearing o' mask were discouraged 'cause at the time mask wearing were seen as a largely ineffectual measure for preventing an individual from catching the disease and we only later understood how important were masks in preventing the asymptomatic carriers who were already widespread in the community from spreading the disease. IF there is a complaint 'bout cdc guidance it shouldn't be at the not genuine confusing or conflicting guidance regarding a NOVEL virus at the beginning o' a pandemic, but rather their willingness to lift social distancing guidelines and mask restrictions more recent... which ironic is the opposite o' what the Liberty and Personal Responsibility folks is complaining 'bout. have said it more than once that all liberties have a body count. spread disinformation 'bout a disease which has already killed hundreds o' thousands o' americans in a relative brief period o' time is a rather extreme example o' how painful may be the costs o' protecting speech rights o' the malicious and stoopid. the fact that in the US we ere on the side o' freedom o' speech as 'posed to public safety is telling and is indeed a strong argument (but in our mind insufficient) for a finding that the First Amendment is too protective. however, personal responsibility and law all too often has little in common and we wish people would stop conflating. Legal is so not a synonym for Right or even Justice. the recognition that covid-19 makes it difficult if not impossible to identify which liberty loving american who refused to wear a mask in a hardware store managed to nevertheless infect multiple people asymptomatically with the delta variant, should makes the personal responsibility folks more willing to don masks and social distance, but all too frequent it don't. similar, we will never legal prove which alt-right radio personality convinced an individual white and male conservative to forego getting vaccinated or to resist wearing masks. yeah, such irresponsible behaviors led to innocent third persons dying, but prove the causal link is extreme difficult. however, given that a high percentage o' folks being hospitalized and dying is unvaccinated, pretending as if the alt-right radio guys and self-interested republican and libertarian politicians ain't at least partial responsible requires a three wise monkeys approach bordering on the willful obtuse. am thinking the fundamental error o' the current group o' death cult hypocrites is that they confuse a lack o' personal liability with an absence o' personal responsibility. lack o' a provable causal link 'tween stoopid behaviours and deaths or a recognition that the First Amendment prevents prosecution even when such a link is found does not in any way diminish personal responsibility. the government won't be locking up alt-right radio personalities and "conservative" politicians for spreading disinformation 'bout covid-19. God help us, but am ok with not making the radio hosts and politicians personal liable for so many unnecessary deaths. however, americans should should be able to recognize the personal responsibility 'o those same radio personalities and politicians for spreading disinformation which led to harm. there should be a personal reckoning... but there won't be. heck, as weird as it may sound, trump is the only politician am able to name who suffered some kinda political setback 'cause they spread disinformation regarding the pandemic. there may be other such politicians who were voted outta office in large part 'cause o' covid-19, but we cannot name a single such individual. go figure. HA! Good Fun! ps funny aside 'bout the mask wearing and social distancing guidelines during previous pandemics, but for many christian nations, social distancing guidelines and mask wearing mandates which were ordinarily enforced with draconian severity for centuries were lifted w/i the confines o' churches and during mass... 'cause 'course God would not allow disease to spread in a church. spanish flu were actual kinda a turning point in the US regarding special rules for churches. more than a few cities in the US, for firstest time evar, refused to make religious exceptions to social distancing mandates. not surprising, those cities which ignored exceptions and were quick to act fared better... relative speaking. *chuckle* in 2020, SCOTUS actual scroll back the calendar regarding religious exceptions by a century.