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Okay, I see where what mean. It would be a much more complex task to change the Constitution than I have assumed. Would this apply to military service for citizenship as well as you mentioned the Article 1, Section 8 consideration? Article 1, Sec. 8 Clause 4(? color us embarrassed... we could check, but occurred to us we need check) gives Congress the power to enact rule o' naturalization. Congress makes the rules... pass a law and get a President to sign. done. no Amendment needed, but cannot be done through executive order or similar nonsense either. HA! Good Fun!

since ww2, there has been 6 Amendments added to the Constitution... one o' which took more than 200 years to be adopted. 22nd Amendment were actual a reaction to wartime events, so may almost discount such inclusion as wars has a way o' increasing typical frequency o' Constitutional Amendment adoption. nevertheless, let's say one every 12 years or so? given how polarized the nation is at this time, chances is reduced further. is hardly a subject which enjoys bipartisan support... unlike the proposed flag burning amendment which were disappointing popular. lack o' widespread popular support further reduces chances. am thinking we get a manned (more likely to be womaned btw) trip to mars before you see a mandatory service Constitutional Amendment. such foolish optimism is almost akin to planning on lottery winnings to fund a building project... or a lightning strike to power your time machine. HA! Good Fun!

We had mandatory service in Germany from end of WWII until a few years ago. Like many other countries on earth that I wouldn't call slavers. The idea (at least in Germany) was that you'll have a sound cross section of your actual society in the military (or an alternative service like fire service, Federal Agency for Technical Relief, community service - if you don't want to fire weapons and stuff). Also lifts the average IQ in the military quite a bit. I think that's a very reasonable point. I didn't go to the military but did community service in a home for wayward children (13 months). And while it was a hard time I also learned a lot. I met people I would not have met if I would have just went from school to university. My best friend did community service in a home for trisomy 21 people. At new years eve we would meet with them and celebrate - and this was honestly one of the nicest party I ever attended. Meanwhile very decent former schoolfellows went to the military and left their footprint there. Then Germany switched to voluntary service. Guess what happened? And guess if it was a good thing for the military, the civil sector (think about hospitals, elder care...) and the society as a whole. gd can be a bit hyperbolic at times, but the 13th Amendment to our Constitution forbids slavery AND involuntary servitude, and such categories has been read pretty broad by Courts. the draft o' young men for military service is specifically considered in Article 1, Section 8 o' the Constitution, so is a bit different than mandatory service. am thinking there is good arguments both for and against mandatory service, but is a legal non-starter. socicialy obligatory service, on the other hand, is worth considering. if university admissions and businesses hiring effective penalize those who do not serve in some capacity, many (not all) legal issues is avoided. HA! Good Fun! ps while the movie were campy and woulda' offended heinlein, the book were the first scifi novel to be added to west point's recommended reading list. rico, in the book, were filipino, but such detail were noted almost as an afterthought, but were clear done to make a point. pps is gonna be a sore spot for gd as heinlein is often revered as something o' a patron saint o' libertarians

this kinda conclusion were exact what the russians were hoping for when they started their interference. isn't any good evidence that substantial votes were shifted by russian efforts, but they did hack and lie and do all kinda other bad stuff. 'course trump did all kinda bad stuff, and clinton did bad stuff and the fbi and obama did bad stuff... deflection and false equivalency. now admitted, gd is a bad example o' russian success in undermining the perception o' legitimacy o' elections or instilling the presumption o' widespread government corruption. russians were preaching to the choir on those issues with gd. regardless, am disappointed by how successful the russians were... beyond their wildest dreams we imagine. as to the report, have admitted only absorbed a bit as is not our first priority at the moment. two most significant quick Gromnir observations: that report lamented that lies by trump campaign actors "materially" limited the investigation into russian collusion. as already noted, we couldn't help but compare nixon to trump, and found trump misdeeds arguable more skeevy. also, as to bernie... we like bernie priorities, but we would have difficulty voting for him. free education and healthcare ain't free; somebody has to pay for such stuff. bernie is good for a 2020 election 'cause he is forcing other folks to address income inequality problems and education issues and a whole truckload o' important problems which need attention. were bernie and mccain who, a few years past, led efforts to get attention for veteran problems. in general, we like bernie, but am thinking when he looks at fed government he sees bernie's tax the rich scheme to pay for all his proposed programs is only slight more practical than aoc's ****tail napkin deep plans. US debt is an enormous problem and solution to the problem ain't to throw money at it. bernie is good for 2020 'cause he is talking 'bout important stuff, but have said before what the dems need is a centrist candidate who is gonna be able to appeal to independents and to republicans dissatisfied with trump. as much as independents and increasing numbers o' republican voters express lack o' confidence in trump (particularly educated women, regardless o' ethnicity) am not seeing such voters switch their 2016 vote from trump to sanders. HA! Good Fun!

at some point, pundits is gonna do a side-by-side analysis o' nixon and trump's actions. is not gonna look good for trump as his dirty deeds were more numerous and more active than were nixon's. difference? a tape and nixon's cronies actual carrying out extra-legal activities. and am thinking gd has all wrong. modest fumbling, when viewed in retrospect, is kinda the norm as is relative harmless. obama's actions were hardly flawless, but Presidents are working with imperfect information, extreme pressures and many competing interests. minor blunders is the norm and not at all bad given the stakes. our mount rushmore includes presidents who engaged in some pretty scurrilous behavior, and they were frequent ridiculed by their opponents and allies as unsuited for office. heck, jefferson's efforts to destroy burr after the Presidential election were making trump look mature and dignified by comparison. and while gas stations were something like 50 years in the future o' the civil war, your gas station guy's great granddaddy woulda' been able to make a similar promise regarding lincoln w/o any chance o' needing make good on the offer. is any number o' things we would call out obama regarding, but refusing to aid in putin's gaslighting efforts is not on our list o' obama fails. HA! Good Fun!

you know well how we ain't an obama fan. that said, if you got a foreign power whose main goal appears to be gaslighting in an effort to undermine american confidence in the electoral process, then fiery and public rebukes o' putin and russia does little more than aid in such efforts. putin prefered a trump presidency, 'cause donald is a trainwreck, but ultimate it didn't matter who won as long as americans lost confidence in the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9DHw9xdAys we mentioned earlier how the soviet reflexive indulged in false equivalency arguments, and putin and putin defenders is using the same playbook. the russians must be laughing themselves silly today 'cause not only did they succeed in undermining confidence in the outcomes o' national elections, but with trump daily attacks on doj and fbi, a significant number o' americans became increasingly suspicious o' the folks who were doing the investigating. obama having the russian shenanigans quiet investigated w/o public undermining the integrity o' the electoral process sounds like the one reasonable course o' action given putin's goals. am not suggesting obama did everything right, but gd does have a kinda general government distrust which borders on paranoia at times, so maybe he is seeing villains where is only ordinary fumbling and mistake. we would happily throw obama under the bus if we thought there were a legit reason to do so, but we don't see it. HA! Good Fun!

once a year, at most, we make a jazz offering on these boards. we think o' it as akin to dressing up on halloween to fool the demons and ghosts. HA! Good Fun!

not to trigger vol, but is easy to recall 4/20 as the unofficial day o' weed celebration 'cause it coincides with hitler's birthday. freaking hippies. HA! Good Fun!

technical, our highest level d&d (old white box) character were a 6th level dwarf, which were representing a multiyear investment and were max possible for a dwarf. were embarrassing proud o' the character. however, for ad&d we managed to legit advance two human clerics to level 9 (the great mystery & trithereon respective.) again, am talking 'bout literal years o' regular gaming sessions to achieve level 9. we did have a level 13 cleric (homebrew campaign-specific pantheon) but were a character for a campaign which started at level 5-- our dm hated levels 1-4. also, for the campaign we reached level 13, would kinda be a stretch to call it ad&d as while we had d&d classes, there were so many house rules as to make it almost unrecognizable as d&d. HA! Good Fun!

if such is what you admire, then trump should doubly offend 'cause he had an opportunity to tell those in power to stick it wherever, but instead he took the weasel's route and slunk away as quiet and meek as possible. a doctor signs off on what would seem to be a condition which lasted as long as the vietnam conflict, and no longer. converse, ali public refused service on basis o' religious reasons. literal hurled his gold medal in a river, and fought all the way to the SCOTUS. ali took a stand. ali fought. ali embraced american spirit o' civil disobedience, and against all odds won... not that winning made the fight more meaningful. trump didn't complain or fight power. trump didn't suffer for his stand 'gainst power. trump used power to his benefit. even vol must see the difference. HA! Good Fun!

ali didn't actual dodge anything though, did he? draft dodge is traditional when avoidance is achieved through dishonest or evasive maneuvers. muhammad ali very public applied for conscientious objector status and were initially denied. ali were arrested when he refused to respond to his draft summons, and had his boxing career effective suspended while his case wound its way through the courts... with the boxer achieving an eventual 8-0 victory before SCOTUS-- thurgood marshal recused. no slipping away to canada or phony medical excuse. conscientious objectors is frequent offered alternative service but such never came up given the legal brouhaha which ensued. perhaps folks saw hacksaw ridge? desmond doss were a conscientious objector. might balk at calling him a draft dodger. is possible ali woulda' refused alternative service, but we will never know. one reason ali won his Court case unanimous is 'cause he were never offered alternative. government were so intent on making an example o' muhammad ali they forgot to follow procedure. ali did suffer considerable public scorn for many years following his refusal to submit to service. were a long time before public perception o' ali shifted. perhaps if trump had manned up and fought for something, as did ali, then perhaps public perceptions woulda' shifted for him as well. instead, trump deserved gets the corporal bone spurs label. funny aside, trump announced he were gonna posthumously pardon muhammad ali, not realizing ali had won in court and were not requiring a pardon. were yet another day gd's gas station owner didn't need pony up free fuel. HA! Good Fun!

am assuming you mean netflix disc release. any disney release post december 2018 will not be streaming on netflix in 2019. as such, the final marvel movie to be added to the streaming que were ant-man and the wasp. that said, am likewise not gonna see in theatre, but am also gonna try, no doubt in vain, to avoid spoilers. have actual been pretty lucky avoiding mcu spoilers but star wars is a different issue entire. we might be reading a post on a food site, looking for options on a carcassonne cassoulet, and we see random guy insist partridge is essential for authentic, and oh, ______ died in last jedi. what are you gonna do? HA! Good Fun!

Oven baked Salmon is one of the best things I can make for myself (and easy to clean up afterwards too!). A bit of baking paper in a tray, a squirt of olive oil, add lots of Salmon (boneless but with skin on one side) and cover with a bit of dill and alu-foil. Leave for 25 minutes at 220C in a fan force oven. Being lazy, I usually improvise steamed vegetables by throwing some cauliflower and broccoli in in a plastic bowl with a bit water in it and cook it for 10 minutes in the microwave. Lemon is good. I sometimes always add a bit of tartar sauce too. Mostly because I love the stuff and need an excuse to have it being lazy is precise why we started steaming vegetables as kinda our default. we prefer to roast stuff, but doing so takes more time. and we also end up with a largeish bowl coated in olive oil which then needs be cleaned. sit one o' those metal steamer baskets in a pot with 1/8th inch water. requires little water to produce needed steam. takes less than a minute to bring to boil. takes less than two minutes to steam most veggies. dump steamed veggies in a colander and run under cold water for a few seconds to stop the cooking. season as desired. done. lazy has us steaming everything... though at the moment, asparagus is just becoming available in our area. big and tender stuff. shoots as big 'round as wilson fisk's thumb. dunno why we always thought the skinny asparagus would be better, but is actual the big and thicker shoots which is tastier and more tender. we will roast or grill asparagus when it is at its bestest. contrary to expectations, there is limits to our sloth. HA! Good Fun!

Barely anyone would complain if the changes made to Deadfire were caused by DLCs and the addition of turn-based mode. However, check how many huge balunz patches were released before we even got a single DLC.. makumba were making such complaints, which is how we got where we is. regardless, and once again, the folks you gotta convince that balance is evuhl is obsidian developers. https://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/161302725596/balance-in-single-player-crpgs additional, we would suggest very few complained 'bout obsidian indulging in pre dlc balance changes, seeing as how there were daily howls o' anguish on these boards 'bout how ez were potd and the s'posed ineffectual cipher as well as a host o' other concerns. am suspecting the complaint most voiced, if there were a consensus complaint, were that obsidan weren't addressing balance problems as fast as folks would wish. "it's already july and you still haven't fixed _______." that sorta thing. HA! Good Fun!

we never had a legit character get to bg2 kinda levels in pnp, and we had started playing in the late 70s. that said, from the 1980 ad&d rogue's gallery supplement, numerous characters actual played by original d&d developers were included in the final pages. particular noteworthy were the following: bigby (gary gygax)-- level 13 mage erac's cousin (ernie gygax character)-- level 7/14 dual-class mage/fighter mordenkainen (gary)-- level 16 mage tenser (ernie)-- level 14 mage robilar (rob kuntz)-- level 15 fighter robilar, btw, would eventual reach level 19 'ccording a q&a from an old oerth journal. would solo all thirteen levels o' the original castle greyhawk. am not certain what levels gary's characters would eventual reach, but am betting he had at least mordenkainen keep pace with robilar. so while bioware were kinda making up high level gameplay for bg2 based on what they assumed were s'posed to happen at such levels, the original d&d munchkins did manage to reach such rarified levels. bloat were there before the biowarians and other crpg developers got ahold o' the rules. 'course is anybody's guess what a session involving gygax dming kuntz's robilar through castle greyhawk were like. well, you could ask rob kuntz as he is alive as far as we know, but am not recalling biowarians claim they did so. HA! Good Fun! ps erol otus (d&d artist for the rogue's gallery and other works) included his own character. were a ng, high dex fighter. level 12. had a number o' unique magic items. david cook and jeff r. leason had their characters die and were reincarnated as 'posed to resurrected. ended up with centaur and lizardman characters respectively. lawrence schick played an elven multiclass fighter/mage (7/11) who exceeded typical level limits based on his 16 str by means o' wish spells.

irrelevant. is both games. haven't explained why is fundamental different. if obsidian could make money from deadfire after 142 years o' releasing the initial rules, do you believe they would reject doing so 'cause is not a sport? obsidian has released dlcs, whether you hate or not, which necessarily required new balancing efforts based on obsidian balance notions. turn-based, ill-advised or not, also required balance efforts. regardless o' whether you like ongoing, deadfire has been ongoing and future games will follow a similar progression just so long as is economic smarty to do so. am perfect fine with obsidian reaching some kinda point of diminishing returns for rules improvements (you still have not responded to josh observations as to why continued balance in a sp game is a boon. why?) and concluding their balance efforts, but both obsidian and Gromnir seem to be on the same page that the current iteration o' poe2 needs improvements. for example, while unlikely, we would love it if obsidian took our advice and made a few needed changes to priests to allow for greater flexibility in powha availability. https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/99362-what-is-your-worst-single-class-in-deadfire/page-3?hl=%2Bpriests+%2Bgromnir&do=findComment&comment=2022103 is an 11 month old post. 'bout a year after release, and adding a vade mecum, prayer beads or medicine pouch trinket as kinda a poor-man's grimoire would still be a welcome change to fill a perceived current need. and please, do analysis o' your cipher complaint. w/o analysis, am not certain there is a point to this. HA! Good Fun!

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/21/full-list-of-proposed-nfl-rules-bylaws-and-resolution-changes-for-2019/ rules were codified in 1876. were 8 changes last year, which is 'bout average. after a century and a half, numerous changes is still being made every year. and rather small change to extra point had a rather dramatic impact on many games last year. literal game changers. 142 years later and game changing rules is still being implemented. first rules book for the nfl: 19 pages current rule book: 89 pages. still no analysis. why? HA! Good Fun!

changes may improve as well as harm. every year, the rules committee for football changes rules and those changes is neither inherent good or bad. were adding the forward pass good? we would argue adding a rule which prevents horse collar tackling (grabbing the player's shoulder pads at the helmet from behind) were a good rule change as it dramatic improved player safety and concussion statistics, while poor kept at the time, were showing a decrease in such injuries following the change. the rule did not dramatic change offensive or defensive output when one looks at statistics for the year o' implementation, but player safety improved. less injured players means better players is more consistent on field and overall quality o' the game improves. call it a win. rules changes, in any game, may be good or bad. cannot conclude good or bad w/o analysis o' some kind. so give us analysis which supports your conclusion. nerfs rendered cipher bad, yes? so show us. should be ez to show us if were such a dramatic shift. what specific nerfs made cipher bad? how did those changes decrease usefulness o' cipher and were cipher made worse overall when one considers buffs which enhanced usefulness? is possible you feel opposite: buffs hurt, and nerfs helped... or nerfs and buffs both hurt the class overall. regardless, to be meaningful criticism, show how and explain why those specific changes harmed the class and the game. complex games tend to evolve. is often good reasons for altering rules o' complex games. rules may be unintended self contradictory. rules may unduly hinder a certain style o' play unanticipated by the developer. etc. boeroer mentioned checking josh's feedback on balancing crpgs and is worth a gander. if you are trying to convince obsidian that changes to rules is fundamental bad, then you should probably know why obsidian is believing rule changes after release may be positives. after reading, you may argue specific tailored responses rather than making generalizations. if you are not gonna do analysis for cipher, which considerable undercuts your argument strength, at least tailor your critique to respond to obsidian pov on balance. HA! Good Fun! ps am honest trying to help you. have listened to developers over the years and obsidian specific since before they were obsidian. if you are gonna convince them they is doing wrong, then you gotta offer analysis. general impressions and feelings o' perceived failure based on general theory o' applicability is gonna get you no response or the posting equivalent o' a dismissive eye-roll.

might as well get it out of our system... am knowing we said we ain't considering self a prog rock fan, but in addition to supertramp, am also liking yes and rush is not as if we listen to rush, yes and supertramp frequent, but might be a bit misleading to say we don't like prog w/o mentioning our appreciation for the aforementioned bands. but heck, we never even owned a black 2112 starman logo t-shirt. HA! Good Fun!

you said inconsistency is bad w/o ever showing how and why such inconsistency is bad. your argument had no analysis. all you got is feelings and a conclusion. this started specific with your concerns 'bout deadfire cipher, so take your Rule 'bout inconsistency being bad, and apply it to cipher changes made by obsidian. show us how the changes were bad and why those changes were bad. equal important, show how the bad changes resulted in cipher becoming bad, 'cause as has been pointed out, the cipher received buffs as well and would be unfair to compare pre nerf cipher w/o considering post buff cipher if you are establishing how the nerfs resulted in the cipher becoming trash-worthy. analysis. w/o analysis, boeroer and others is correct 'bout analogizing your post/thread to p00p hurling. help Gromnir, help you. help obsidian, help you. w/o the analysis, there is nothing for obsidian to fix now and no reason to fix in future games. HA! Good Fun!

I played BG2 first, did not give a toss about Imoen, "Khalid who?" and Irenicus was such a cheesy and hammy pile of videogame Big Bad's cliches that I couldn't ever invest in him as personal nemesis. That's why I always eyeroll at people who are all "Deadfire gives me no motivation, waaah!" and then "Baldur's Gate 2 is perfectly perfect slice of perfection with perfect motivation!" No, it's f†cking not. Not everyone who's into RPGs worship that thing and it's not the pinnacle of videogame perfection. No, seriously. Eye of the beholder, tentacle of the illithid, all that. I loved the game, by the way -- the setting, the cities, all the sidequests and secrets, and my indifference about anything Irenicus did not ruin my enjoyment of those things in a slightest. our fave crpg is ps:t, but we wouldn't call it a pinnacle o' video game perfection. combat were bordering on bad and much o' the dialogue were comical overwrought. bg2, by comparison were a better game, even if it weren't our favorite. irenicus were supposed to be a tragic character, and we get how many players didn't see him that way. many o' the joinable npcs were well-written, but a few weren't, and we had no interest whatsoever in the cringe-worthy romances which is so popular. even so, bg2 were an extreme large and deep crpg with intriguing locations, vast improved combat over its predecessor, and the villains and companions were developed far beyond what were done in bg. maybe not our fave, but am thinking bg2 deserves to be discussed when arguing 'bout crpg pinnacles... in spite o' fact Gromnir is not an ad&d fan... and we kinda dislike the forgotten realms setting. 'course you may be taking commentary 'bout bg story the wrong way, 'cause the side-quests and setting is very much is part o' the bg2 story. sure, critical path plot is largely insular and discrete, though kalah's circus tent and the bard quest and others actual were all reinforcing the main irenicus plot whether you realize or not, but those major side-quests in bg2 also had narratives which could be intriguing and even compelling. cult of the eyeless (speaking o' beholders) were a largeish set piece side quest in bg2... so too were spellhold and de'arnise keep and umar hills and the thieves guild and others. bg2, unlike bg, were less 'bout the sandbox and more 'bout developing larger and more involved sidequests, each with their own plot and characters. if you didn't care for irenicus, there were a goodly number o' sizeable side quests which you could find compelling. with a few exceptions, deadfire eschewed the larger set piece stuff and instead attempted to maximize "exploration." had loads o' small encounters on small islands or quests in nekataka which required only a couple steps to complete. if you didn't care 'bout the main quest, there weren't much else to care 'bout in deadfire, and unlike poe, where all the companions had common thematic elements, deadfire were once again having companions be largely insular and isolated and utter tangential to the critical path story. when Gromnir says his favorite crpg story is ps:t, we ain't even talking 'bout the tno-focused critical path plot 'bout which we have difficulty maintaining interest once plane-hoping starts. even so, we care 'bout the joinables and ravel is our pinnacle crpg character. setting and characters is as much a part o' story as is plot, and ps:t had fantastic setting and characters. as an aside, seeing how chrisA were revisiting his ravel chatracter with kotor2 kreia, is no surprise kreia is, on most days, our second favorite crpg character... evar. regardless, if bg2 ain't a best, am thinking it deserves to be discussed when making such a claim, and am not a rose-hued glasses kinda guy. we much prefer deadfire and poe mechanics to bg2's kinda/sorta ad&d. heck, from a mechanics pov, we prefer iwd2 to bg2... and that would be an ee offering for which we would be willing to pay good money. bg2 with iwd2 mechanics? ideal ie pairing. regardless, bg2 did story elements well (not just plot) and had so many well-designed and unique quests it is difficult to think o' a game with similar depth and breadth. as such, bg2 is an arguable crpg high-water mark... regardless o' our many criticisms. HA! Good Fun!

have the last two years produced less illegal immigration and economic migration? even if you like the ideology, competence needs to work into the equation, yes? meaningful immigration reform is gonna require Congressional support, and trump couldn't manage such change when he had republican control of the house and senate. the president keeps firing his own appointees at dhs and ice 'cause they tell him his policies is impractical, unreasonable and/or illegal. a guy like kelly were perfect situated to help trump achieve immigration goals as he were respected on both sides of the aisle and he had significant dhs experience... but at least his successor at dhs is still around, right? no? as for economic migration, trump takes credit for companies which stay in the us, even if the plans to stay were cemented before trump took office. other feel good stories, were achieved through sweetheart tax cuts that only prolonged the inevitable. the jobs being lost via migration is never coming back, 'cause even when such businesses do return to the US, they is largely handled by automation. trump has never had a coherent immigration policy and there ain't nothing he can do 'bout basic economic forces behind economic migration. instead, the president has rhetoric meant to resonate with angry folks out of work or furious with Congress and the lack o' meaningful immigration reform. you are buying snake oil. HA! Good Fun!

The Largest Unnamed Object in the Solar System Needs a Title—and You Can Help "International Astronomical Union (IAU) guidelines stipulate that all minor planets in the Kuiper belt with similar orbits must be given names associated with mythological creation figures. Accordingly, the astronomers who located OR10 have come up with three possible names for it: “Gonggong,” a Chinese water god who, in addition to creating chaos and causing floods, is known for tilting the Earth; “Holle,” a Germanic spirit of fertility and rebirth; and “Vili,” a Norse god who, along with his brothers Odin and Vé, conquers the giant Ymir and uses the body to create the universe. You can vote for your favorite selection until May 10." HA! Good Fun!

as long as the filthy, disease-ridden, vermin is gone from our property before we can say "schadenfreude," am gonna call it a win. oh, and we would want the coyote gone too. kid... we kid. HA! Good Fun!

shoot away from tn (not recommended) or make other loud noise. regardless o' extent o' injuries, the coyote likely goes crazy and savages tn. when tn drops the vermin, we shoot it. afterwards we bring out a bottle o' bactine and a large garbage bag or two for tn. bactine for his wounds. garbage bag for the dead vermin he carried onto our property. leave up to tn to collect his trash and git. call it a day. am a problem solver. HA! Good Fun!