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according to obsidian developers, the two most common player complaints o' every obsidian game is as follows: it is too easy. it is too hard. both is always in the top two o' mostest frequent player criticism o' obsidian games. as such am genuine surprised obsidian spends so much time on difficulty balancing given the seeming impossibility o' satisfying players. am nevertheless appreciative o' obsidian efforts to adjust difficulty based on seeming trends in feedback and observations made by qa and the voodoo rituals obsidian doubt indulges in to divine what is teh rehul deadfire player experience, but am wondering if the payoff is worth the blood, sweat and tears as 'bove complaints remain constant regardless o' sisyphean efforts. am also gonna observe how we once lamented the failure o' crpg developers to include unwinnable encounters into games. from a narrative pov, defeat may be more evocative and compelling, particular when win is expected. the no-win encounter were, from our pov, fertile and untilled soil waiting to be exploited by creative developers and writers. however, developers explained to us that no amount o' warning and signposting would cure a player o' the need to beat every encounter-- the belief in player entitlement o' victory were deemed a practical god-given right as set forth by the digital deities since pre commodore 64 times. am mentioning this 'cause threads such as this has had us revising out previous position on the no-win encounter. am thinking developers is correct regarding player inability to accept no-wins. if level-up-first or difficulty slider options is not even considered by a player in spite o' availability, how then does one teach such folks to accept unwinnable? as such, am gonna admit we were wrong 'bout unavoidable player fail. too bad. HA! Good Fun!

God Wanted Donald Trump to Become President am not doubting ms. sanders believes. couldn't help but recall a scene from constantine. trump as President is part o' the divine plan? the instrument o' our salvation making us worthy o' god's love... or something. is unlikely ms. sanders sees same as does gabriel, but nevertheless were our first thought 'pon hearing the huckabee's comment. HA! Good Fun!

one priest spell we never see anybody give love to is warding seal. underrated. nice accuracy. cast outside o' combat for a functional free use per encounter. is an aoe providing interrupts on hit, which is particular nice at start o' combat when every foe is unleashing powhaz. as warding seal may be cast outside o' combat and has a lengthy duration, it may be empowered and the empower-per-encounter will regenerate before you need initiate a combat sequence. warding seal is not gonna do huge damage even when empowered, so no doubt folks is disappointed, but am thinking the spell has considerable use which tends to go unnoticed. now admitted, if am only having a single buff-bot priest in a party, warding seal is not gonna be a priority, but for micromanagers such as Gromnir, choosing the aoe lightning interrupt is a decent choice for a priestly multi-class. HA! Good Fun!

Litany for the Body is a super long way to get +2 AR pretty easily on a tank, I would say it's easily worth the point without much effort. Prayer, though... Also: with respect I always find your posts a little hard to follow, but are you essentially arguing that priests are "at the bottom" because single-class priests lack a lot of design space? That's an interesting take, sure, but even if there were only one optimal way to build a priest (a sentiment I would disagree with but for sake of argument), if that one optimal is really good I'm not sure I would consider it the bottom. But hey, I guess that's the point of "pick a loser, dare you" (alternative formulation: what do you call the person who graduated last in their class in med school? a doctor) am gonna note how obsidnaties specific observed during development, more than once, that clear best classes, builds, powhaz and gears were one o' the cardinal crpg mistakes they were attempting to avoid with poe/poe2. the existence and value o' a plethora o' viable and entertaining builds for a class is functional diminished if there is an "optimal" and "really good" build available as it will act as a kinda lodestone for those who mistaken, but understandable, view crpgs as games which need be won as 'posed to enjoyed. if the optimal build were viable, entertaining and only pretty good as 'posed to "really," the crpg evhul developers were seeking to avoid would be diminished. and no, am not thinking there is one specific best priest build, but variation from that best is gonna be small... so small as to render the variation insignificant. we typical has xoti as off-tanking, which am s'posing is not the most common way to utilize her. from a practical pov, all such means is we change gear and add the weapon and shield talent. and sure, depending on our party layout, a smallish number o' spell choices will vary 'mongst our dedicated priests... smallish number. small variations. as for litany of the body, the problem is not lack o' usefulness o' the spell, but what we need sacrifice to acquire. a single-target hardy buff with a long duration is swell, but tier iv priest powhaz is a kinda sweet-spot. if we had played any o' our wael priests multis as a pure tank, then is likely we woulda' chosen litany o' the body as kinda an ego stroke, if nothing else. otherwise? nope. as a debate topic, we may make a good argument for the priestly hardy inspiration, but the reality is it ain't been a choice thus far and likely won't in future 'less we get serious 'bout a wael templar tank. HA! Good Fun!

y'know, am willing to concede priests is "at the bottom" o' our list o' best poe2 classes. 'course am suspecting our measure is different than other folks, and am also thinking such a ranking is irrelevant and prejudicial (denotative v. connotative.) keep in mind, our worstest poe 1 class were barbarians. is not 'cause poe 1 barbarians were ineffective we ranked 'em so low. barbarians were, in point o' fact, powerful and useful in poe 1. however, contrary to design goals, carnage were a singular class-defining ability. as such, in spite o' poe flexibility, there were correct ways to build barbarians and those builds required a player to maximize carnage. obsidian developers liked to observe in interviews and board posts how, unlike other crpgs, a poe barbarian could be a genius and not a dumb muscle-bound brute. *snort* most poe builds o' barbarians were genius 'cause int were so important to barbarians. is not simple could be genius. fail to make a genius barbarian were a kinda self handicapping for a barbarian in poe. such singular clarity o' value for the barbarian made an admitted powerful class a clear loser in our mind. after all, takes no design skill or imagination to make a powerful class. does take skill to make flexible and dynamic. poe2 priests is... *shrug* have explained ad nauseum what we believe is wrong with poe2 priests and the fixes we believe might improve the class. repeat here is bordering 'pon spam. regardless, we got loads o' criticism 'bout poe 2 priests. however, to identify worstest o' poe2 classes w/o further explanation is a missing-the-forest-for-the-trees mistake, 'cause worst poe2 class is not same as identifying the class as bad or failing. no, we got no desire to make our main poe2 character a single-class priest, and such is a result o' design flaws. however, am having found much usefulness from single class priests in our party, and we has also found much enjoyment and variety o' gameplay resulting from a wide range o' priestly multi-classes. have played through game complete with contemplative, shaman and itinerant main characters, and we have had numerous varieties o' templars included in custom parties. clerics is potential strong, but... am admitted surprised to admit we share boeroer's ineffable absence o' interest in poe2 fighters both single and multiclass. 'pon reflection, the only priest multiclass we ain't got at least 1/2 through game is a celebrant. regardless, given how much time we has invested in priestly characters on potd runs, anybody who tries and tells us priest multi classes is ineffective is gonna be in for a long fight. similarly, but 'long more subjective lines, convince us o' dearth o' priestly flexibility as a multiclass option will see us resistant. our single-class priests is largely identical as there is obvious best priest spells at every power tier. bad. however, with multiclass builds am feeling a bit more freedom to indulge in those otherwise situational useful spells which deserved result in contemptuous sneer from most folks. in fact, am thinking the only two priestly spells we have never utilized on a multiclass priest build is prayer for the body and litany for the body. poe2 priests is at our bottom, but the poe2 bottom is gonna be stratosphere kinda altitude compared to most crpgs and we would not hesitate to claim poe2 priest is better than poe1 barbarians. sure, carnage were a more novel gameplay mechanic than is the traditional (and frequent boring) priestly buffing and healing powhaz, but insofar as actual meaningful design qualities is concerned, poe2 priests is a valuable and variable, if flawed, addition to the poe franchise in ways the poe2 barbarian were not. bottom is not actual much o' a criticism in and of itself. pick a loser. dare you. HA! Good Fun!

spent the week in san francisco with the +$2000 suit crowd. main reason why we were there were to tell 'em what they already know: government NDAs is stoopid. there is some few exceptions, but the problem is strict scrutiny, the standard by which the validity o' govt nda is measured, requires not only a compelling state interest, but the method by which state achieves ends must be the least restrictive means. least restrictive is no joke-- virtual auto-fail for government. as such, the typical government nda (which is surprising common) might as well be written on kleenex for all the good it does. describing the margins o' law where an nda might be enforceable kept us occupied for four days? whatever. we did get to do dim sum at yank sing's... though everytime we go to sf we lament the closure o' clown alley. franchino's, an unpretentious family-run restaurant, is up the street on columbus from where clown alley once were and am glad we were able make a stop at one o' our favorite italian restaurants. as such, the week weren't a complete loss. HA! Good Fun!

am kinda an opposite number to enoch as am doing law stuff to mildly annoy the state. a wee bit sweary most days, our profession is to let lou (the government) beat on us 'til he becomes exhausted or so frustrated as to make capitulation a reasonable course o' action. HA! Good Fun! ps doesn't pay well but at least we lose the respect o' our professional peers.

am guessing there is people who don't like tower of power, but takes a herculean feat o' imagination for Gromnir to conjure up the existence o' such a personage. HA! Good Fun!

Yeah, those planes had both a left and a right wing... Edit: That's it, I need more sleep. Dang heat is starting to get to me reminds us o' only engineer joke we know. a flight departs warsaw on a trip headed to nyc. flight is uneventful, but just before landing, the captain entertains the passengers by pointing out a famous usa landmark. pilot: attention passengers, if you look out your starboard window, you'll notice the statue of liberty. the passengers move over to view the iconic monument and immediately the plane crashes, killing everyone on board. q: why did the plane crash? a: all the poles were on the right side of the plane. *shrug* didn't say it were a good joke. HA! Good Fun!

the report only addresses what is described as domestic or homegrown extremists, therefore, 9-11 doesn't apply. as such, only 2016 would be excluded from your 50 year guesstimate, although the reports only go back as far as 1995. the 49 killed by omar mateen is a notable exception to typical white supremist... supremacy? regardless, the way ktchong presents report is misleading. unrelated-- https://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=200 is also a press related ethics in america video. forgot to identify episode 10. cannot stress how valuable we believe this video series to be and while am doubtful more than one or two people frequenting these boards will ever bothers to watch 'em all, that reality is a shame. give 'em a chance if you have patience and time. HA! Good Fun!

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is easy to forget, but paul is 'posed to be fifteen at time o' dune. am not too annoyed by movie director insistence to go considerable older with paul casting, but depending on how true-to-books the movie is, there could be moments where paul atreides behaviour feels less believable for a twenty-something than would be for a youngish looking eighteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old. am s'posing the real issue for director is the age o' chani's actress. paul is gonna need be similar age to chani unless they is aiming to be uncomfortable creepy. go for 20-something hotness for chani but keep paul fifteen? *shudder* HA! Good Fun!

sure there is accountability for press, just as there is accountability for individual citizens who publish libelous content... is why we have libel tort. standard o' proof is tough, and again, is thankful tough. founding fathers did not want to chill open and frank discussions o' noteworthy persons and events. need scrupulous fact checking for every schnook passing out pamphlets or writing letter to editor is not only resulting in less speech but is unAmerican... or at least it woulda' been almost universal viewed as unAmerican to hamstring political speech even a few years past. 2019 is different. as to wh access, is getting pretty far afield from initial issue, but will answer more fully than is deserved, w/o resorting to case names 'n such. custom and tradition, as much as written law, may have weight o' law. no doubt any involved in regular course o' business understands the wisdom o' such generalities. in the hypothetical widget business, a "truckload," as a matter o' custom and tradition, actual represents a specific number of units: 500. got a contract tween manufacturer and vendor which specifies delivery o' one truckload per month. evuhl manufacturer thinks he is sneaky and uses a remote controlled toy truck 'bout the size o' a bread toaster and delivers a single widget to the vendor in june. goes to court and points out to judge how the vendor were the one to write the contract, so any ambiguity in the C is gonna work against the author. truckload, in ordinary english, is unspecific. manufacturer complete loaded his truck and made delivery as promised. most o' us would be justifiable outraged by manufacturers actions. thankful, if vendor is able to show "truckload" is indeed custom in the widget business, then vendor is likely gonna win case. is a similar principle with government actions, particular when actions is utter transparent. if wh has been allowing reporters, including reporter D in particular, access to wh press room frequent enough so as to make clear such is ordinary course o' business, then sudden stop such access is gonna trigger due process, regardless o' lack o' any specific rule or law granting access to reporters. during the civil rights era, government institutions in the south found ways to seeming legal deny access to blacks from vote and important services. literacy requirements for voting is no doubt familiar. less well covered in high school history texts were apparent innocuous stuff such as business hour restrictions at government offices which government knew disproportionate affected minority access. when government changes rules and behaviours to disadvantage folks it doesn't like, the Court should hopeful steps in and delivers a smackdown on the government. and keep in mind, the President don't in anyway own the wh. gifted and Gromnir ain't been vetted and cleared for access to press room. is obvious and reasonable security concerns related to random persons gaining access to wh. converse, prevent a person who has gone through all the security protocols from government space they has been previous been afforded access to 'cause they is rude or antagonistic to President is not gonna be an argument which gains much traction. am honest surprised the wh press room access thing were gaining the President any sympathy... and to be fair, even the majority o' fox commentators chastised the chief executive on this point. HA! Good Fun!

you are speaking of breitbart and fox news of course. yes, such organizations play fast and loose with truth. they use protected sources which is unreliable or providing alternative facts so skewed from norms that mostest people would at least hesitate to use. heck, can see how on this board folks will indulge in referencing any google'd article regardless o' how transparent ludicrous. joshua ryne goldberg? worse, some commentators will so mangle actual facts as to hardly seem plausible, but prove they were doing malicious is difficult as ignorance is so widespread. heck, on these boards we had multi-page discussion explaining how global average temp rise is not same as rate o' change and were utter baffled by intransigence or ignorance we encountered. prove ainsley earhardt is a malicious liar as 'posed to bafflingly ignorant and incompetent is tougher than might initial appear... which again, is good for ordinary citizens and press alike. regardless, purposeful and organized lying is not protected, so is another non-issue. there is no Constitutional or common law libel protection for those who indulge in purposeful and organized lying, regardless o' the narrative some folks is spreading. HA! Good Fun!

Well, the "press" is hardly monolithic. But even so both things can be true at once. more significant is the obvious mischaracterization o' the press getting a free pass. ny times v. sullivan (9-0) is a free speech case as 'posed to a press-specific case. all Americans, when discussing public figures and events, has a low threshold for fact checking... and thank goodness for folks such as gifted and gd and Gromnir 'cause "publish" applies equal to tens o' thousands o' printings daily by a city newspaper as it does posting on a game message board or pamphlets handed out on a street corner or similar. can't knowing or intentional print falsehoods, but mistake is forgiven and aggressive advocating a particular pov is historical more common than is attempts at impartial reporting. 'course the the myth o' the unbiased press were created to vilify the press and hold it to a standard which has never existed in this country. free pass? *chuckle* https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/104780-political-thread-xx/?p=2087953 there is this notion o' the press being coconspirators with and getting a free pass from obama during his administration. have personal pointed out the error o' such a notion more than once. Congress and many elements o' the press rolled over for obama during the first two years o' his administration, but after that, no President since lincoln had been as aggressive in attacking journalists as were obama. https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bs-ae-zontv-trumpvpress-20170304-story.html the thing is, not obama and not even lincoln attacked legitimacy o' the institution o' the press. both lincoln and obama understood the essential role o' the press in US politics and they similar recognized the deference the founders afforded the rabid and biased journalists o' the late 1700s. core American values and all that. appreciation o' place in history and whatnot. there is no free pass for the press, so is no point refuting, but even so, the thankful enlightened men who has typical held office o' the President has, for the most part, recognized the worth o' the traditions and laws which protect the press (as well as individual Americans) when discussing newsworthy persons and events. also, we never subscribed to the doomsayer pov offered up by some elements in the media. we specific noted how 2019 and 1919 were hardly interchangeable. heck, one o' our favorite spencer tracy monologues doesn't work quite same today as it did 1967. even so, the past decade has been disappointing for us. is not the rough beast slouching towards bethlehem, but have personal been surprised by degree o' political polarization and the magnitude o' individual intolerance we has seen from fellow Americans in recent years. worse, as we noted earlier in the thread, we has become numb to what we previous woulda' considered unthinkable. catholic schoolboys in a confrontation with native americans and black israelites? compared to antifa and white supremacists in numbers literal stabbing and clubbing each other on steps o' state capitol, the covington boys brouhaha is minor. our standard for normal (not same as acceptable) has shifted in the last few years and the move has been more than a little. yeah, the media indulges in hyperbole, but the carus effect o' the last few years o' increasing improbable news may be a contributing factor. check out the ethics in america series, particular episode 3: public trust, private interest. https://www.learner.org/resources/series81.html# is 1989, which is not so long ago for an old dog such as Gromnir. at 4:50-- why don't you lie? of all the videos in the series, the only one which feels complete outta touch, but enlightening for that very reason, is the discussion o' media. good thing? HA! Good Fun!

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/107079-are-priests-still-a-boring-superfluous-class/page-2?do=findComment&comment=2121395 https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/107079-are-priests-still-a-boring-superfluous-class/page-2?do=findComment&comment=2121557 https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/107079-are-priests-still-a-boring-superfluous-class/page-2?do=findComment&comment=2121575 is many priest + options which work well, but most important advice we may provide is as follows: do not make your multiclass priest the party's primary buffer and healer. the buff+buff+heal+repeat cycle appears to be the greatest cause o' priestly frustration commented 'pon by the message board collective. as such, don't try and make your priest multiclass replace what would be gained by a single-class priest. HA! Good Fun!

never saw reverse sear specific described as reverse sear 'til 'bout 2017. no doubt some o' the kewl kids were talking 'bout reverse sear before 2017, but is first time am personal recalling seeing the term in print. became kinda a fad in 2018. fish is kinda an ideal application as unlike most cuts o' meat, indirect heat on fish is still not gonna result in particular long cook time... and 'course grill fish outside means girlfriend/wife/partner is not complaining 'bout fish smell in house. HA! Good Fun!

Were your parents by any chance French? I remember working on a project outside Paris for a while.... the local places seemed obsessed with boiling otherwise perfectly good meat Meat belongs on a BBQ dammit! am gonna observe there is extreme few situations in which we would boil meat. homemade dog food? make stock? braise or stew meat is not same as boil. braise is low and slow, like barbecue, but wet heat. tough cuts o' meat cooked in such a way has connective tissue turn to gelatin and infuse meat with goodness. think pot roast, brisket and many short rib recipes if unfamiliar with braising. braise is stereotypical grandmother's favorite cooking heat and results in wonderful comfort foods if you gots even a smidge o' skill. difference 'tween braise and stew is amount o' wet. stew has meat complete submerged in fluid, but is similar low and slow. am getting much use from our dutch oven to be doing braises and stews. however, am gonna note we don't grill often save as a matter o' practicality. is a few chicken recipes using rubs which require high heat to be effective. many fishes works good on grill as long as got additional tools to keep fish from falling through grate. for steaks and burgers, our go-to heat o' choice is stove and oven with a cast iron pan-- not grill. am not complete sold on the reverse sear trend, but am using more frequent for stuff such as flank steak. science o' reverse sear is sound, but am a curmudgeon and slow to change... plus regular sear o' burgers and steaks is a far quicker process. that said, even our barbeque efforts is rare actual done on a grill even though the device for grilling is often referred to as a barbeque. barbeque, as a cooking technique, is low temperature and long cooking period with dry heat. is kinda opposite side o' coin from braising. regardless, grill is not our choice o' cooking most meats. however, the grill is often where we go when cooking burgers and steaks for larger groups o' people as with only a couple large cast iron pans at our disposal, am not able to do much in the way o' volume cooking. also, searing produces a fair amount o' greasy smoke, which we prefer to keep outside if am able. if we need do a whole bunch o' searing at one time, chances are we do grill. arguable most relevant, sacramento summers mean consistent +100 F temperatures for weeks at a time making indoor cooking oppressive. will often use grill for no other reason than am trying to give our ac a break. so, almost never boil meat and grill is used for three months o' year or when have large numbers o' carnivore guests. HA! Good Fun!

if you haven't learned by now the inherent dangers o' following an untitled vol link, then shame on you. shame. in different news measles outbreak so the washington county with lowest immunization rate suffers a measles outbreak? measles is extreme contagious. herd immunity for measles depends on high rates o' immunization to be effective. wouldn't mind folks in washington getting sick save for fact kids is overwhelming suffering 'cause their parents got the worstest o' incurable conditions: willful obtuse. unnecessary. HA! Good Fun!

never saw leave no trace, but in addition to already mentioned arguable snub, am thinking only addition we might make is the black and white polish film, a description which is kinda self-explanatory as to why am not surprised it failed to get a best picture nomination. cold war is a movie we liked, in spite o' our general loathing for jazz and searingly bleak romance films. replace a star is born with cold war wouldn't have bothered us much. and am s'posing we read too much 'bout neil armstrong and apollo missions to fully appreciate first man. the rl first man were an utter genuine and unflappable eisenhower era boy scout from the american midwest. such a person, while real, were no doubt too cartoony for modern audiences. felt somehow disrespectful to "humanize" neil armstrong, as if the reality weren't good enough. were also minor bothered by a few instances o' dramatic license and the hamfisted attempts to inject social awareness into the flick. making first man fit within historical and cultural milieu were a worthy goal, but the manner in which such were achieved were forced as 'posed to seeming flow natural from the narrative. add whitey on the moon were a calculated attempt to cheese off the far-right. song were a powerful addition, but kinda came out o' nowhere, and then were abandoned. am not a fan o' directors and their social pretensions muddying films. make integral and develop as 'posed to using as a surprise backhand slap. addition, movies ain't history books or comprehensive biographies and so am typical able to divorce our self from questions o' the merits o' real v. art. in all honesty, first man is actual pretty darn accurate insofar as the history is concerned (at least as far as we know) and given time limitations o' a movie runtimes n' such. even so, the instances o' dramatic license in first man felt utter unnecessary to us. the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford did not get our shorts in a twist 'cause it played fast and loose with facts. jesse james were a good story and we appreciated it as such... though am thinking it coulda' benefited from a bit more editing. converse, jesse james weren't actual selling itself as historic accurate. bloody up neil armstrong after a crash when all he had were a split lip? whatever. if beale street could talk and cold war is only two we think o' as snubs, and we never actual believed cold war would be considered. not bad overall. HA! Good Fun!

agreed. am not the film buff as is amentep, but westerns and musicals were, at times, the most popular o' genre films, and more than a couple o' such films won best picture oscars or garnered critical acclaim for actors, actresses and directors. in fact, is hard not to see superhero flicks as kinda the 21st century western. so many familiar superhero characters and plots gots western origins. heck, logan didn't even pretend to hide the western influences... though am gonna suggest we saw more thunderdome than shane in logan... with thunderdome also having much in the way o' western influence. am thinking the shocking thing 'bout superhero films is they has taken so long to become mainstream. gilgamesh. beowulf. nibelungenlied. how many o' us grew up enjoying norse and greek mythology? superpowered heroes fighting gods and monsters? such stuff is the first and most enduring stories. am thinking dark knight returns and watchmen were the books which helped a generation shake off the comic-are-for-kids baggage. no doubt special effects tech also needed to catch up enough to make superhero movies anything other than laughable, but am not certain if such an explanation complete accounts for consistent lack o' superhero movies throughout movie history... and batman (1966) don't count as consistent in our estimation. however, and not 'cause am a contrarian, am still kinda disappointed black panther is getting the best picture nod. off the top o' our head, am able to name seven superhero films we thought were superior to black panther. am admitting is not fair to compare films from different years. competition ain't the same in 2019 as it were in 2008 or 2017. am trying to think o' a terrible 2019 snub for best picture and am at a loss. if beale street could talk? we did enjoy black panther; were a solid superhero movie. just weren't what we think o' when we think o' best picture candidates. HA! Good Fun!

you might notice our complete lack o' outrage regarding the incident. whenever these kinda things happen, we hold judgment as am knowing how confused the reality may be regardless o' how events first appear based on print and video accounts. nevertheless, is few things more stoopid than a group o' young men. vol will no doubt think such an observation is sexist and nazi, but am thinking it is hardly up for debate neither. young men, individual, may be thoughtful and intelligent, but get'em in a group and their brains dribble out o' their skulls with shocking speed. we didn't expect a bunch o' young men to be particular mature, and their maga hats didn't particular trigger us. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/12/nazi-salute-baraboo-high-school-boys-wisconsin/1975695002/ am not making excuses for the teens, but am similar not shocked by immature and stoopid teens... particular a largish group o' teen boys. am similar not surprised by how easily triggered is folks nowadays. see maga hats and is triggered. get insulted by random stranger and get triggered. feel as if you might be getting disrespected (*snort*) and is triggered. am not surprised by events on the lincoln memorial steps 'cause nowadays people is so freaking easily triggered (or whatever is the term du jour) it is impossible to see beyond hats and stereotypes. will observe how there were a teaching moment missed by the chaperones o' the boys. stand on the steps o' the lincoln memorial and best response one arrives at is yelling school fight songs in reply to insults? how 'bout remove hats, link arms and give us some amazing grace? now imagine how that mighta' gone viral? whole different viral opportunity and utter missed 'cause the responsible adults in the crowd were equal triggered and immature as a bunch o' teenage boys. regardless, is proving increasing difficult for Gromnir to become outraged. am no longer certain what constitutes acceptable behavior in over-polarized 2019. have always been concerned 'bout a return o' the ignorance and stoopidity o' the pre civil rights era, but am thinking we never genuine believed such would return-- were one o' those worst-case-scenario or boogeyman worries. look at person and based on nothing but color o' skin or their political party or their freaking hat, decide such peoples is worth... less. btw, the great danger o' Court activism, which hinges on fuzzy and utopian notions o' evolving standards o' justice, can be seen lurching up the steps o' the lincoln memorial. as much as one would hope evolution is progressive and beneficial, the truth o' the matter is social norms is as much subject to rot as advancement. no, am not suggesting 2019 is as bad as 1919 insofar as many social and cultural norms is concerned. however, am thinking Gromnir is hardly alone in recognizing and lamenting the increased polarization and general anger o' Americans during the past decade... and is no guarantee situation gets better 'fore it gets worse. HA! Good Fun!

is disappointing to realize college graduates is significant lower. only 40% o' usa adults has at least a 2-year degree and the percentage o' folks who do not finish their university/college journey is actual increasing. dropout rates were once the law school and med school boogeyman. look to your left, then look to your right. in 2019, more than 1/3 o' the typical student enrolled in college is gonna dropout permanent, and many others is gonna decrease their goals. more and more kids is pushed into college in spite o' reality they ain't ready for such. college ain't any kinda guarantee o' success and there is many jobs which pay well and do not require four or even two year degrees. unfortunate, schools and families is not communicating alternatives. the real value o' the typical liberal arts degree is not 'bout knowledge or experience gleaned in classrooms or university libraries. get a four-year degree announces to a your potential employer that you is able to achieve long term goals. more than anything, a degree means an applicant gots either personal willpower or stability o' life to make four-year degree possible. poli-sci or communications ba is largely useless insofar as skills is concerned, but is nevertheless making a huge difference when one looks at success predictions. those success numbers is not faked. you will, on average, make far more money if you got a degree. will be far more likely to own a house and send your own kids to university. in 2019 the degree is still useful, even more than in the past. the thing is, in the US we seem willing to ignore the increasing large % o' folks who fail to achieve at least the bs/ba threshold. you don't need the degree, but w/o you are fighting stoopid preconceptions and there is far less folks trying to help you. we break thousands o' kids each year. for many kids who graduate high school but aren't prepared or suited for college, we increasing send 'em to college. you fail college? you are, by definition, a failure. what a waste o' human potential. as a unicorn, we nevertheless got much sympathy for those folks who couldn't will themselves to success. yeah, there is loads o' opportunities for kids these days and if they just put forth a little effort... is not so easy. if we hadn't gotten scholarships, we nevertheless likely woulda' ended up going to college, but we probable go to a local and encheapened school and after graduation head back to the rez and work the family ranch or something similar. one serious injury in high school woulda' nixed the athletic scholarships. our mother had cancer when we were in high school and cancer meds back in the 80s were less nice than they are today. woulda' been so easy for our grades to have slipped. a couple complete reasonable bad grades while mom is sick? academic scholarships is gone. a couple bad breaks, and Gromnir is back on the rez, and we were one o' the unicorns who had great test scores and free-ride athletic ability. in optimal world, opportunities should be enough. is plenty of opportunities for folks with a little self-motivation to succeed with or without college. real world is not optimal. real world has kids believing they is failures, convinced they is failures before they hit age twenty. send off to colleges their high school didn't or couldn't prepare them for and then nod sadly when they fail. am not certain o' solutions. encouraging more kids to start college ain't working particular well. HA! Good Fun!

I'm sure it was "accidental". That's what I said to hubby those times I've locked him out by accident .... while we were both still at home (eg, I didn't realize he was outside/in the yard). I think he carries a housekey in his pocket at all times now. am uncertain where our house key is. if we go out o' town for more than a day, then we lock the front door, but garage door opener in the car is how we gain access to the homestead. otherwise, front door and rear sliders is always unlocked. only crime in our area is teen silliness or the infrequent domestic dispute.... although there has been two murders over the past couple decades. when were planning on selling the home residence, we did look around for our house keys. spent a couple hours looking through drawers. no luck. figured we were gonna have to get replacement lock for the door so real estate agent would have something to put in the lockbox. 'tween the dogs and the complete absence o' meaningful crime in the community, we never has seen a real need to lockup our home. HA! Good Fun! ps on the other hand, the improbable ways in which we has accidental locked our self out o' our car(s) is legion. kinda embarrassing.

Republican Congressman: Trump’s Border Crisis Is a ‘Myth’ "Hurd’s district includes 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, more than any other member of the House of Representatives. But if you’re expecting Hurd, who was narrowly re-elected to a third term last year, to support President Trump’s “big, beautiful wall” and stand with the decision to partially shut down the federal government over the fight, you’ve got it all wrong. Trump’s border crisis is a “myth,” Hurd tells Rolling Stone, and a wall made of cement or steel slats is a “third-century solution to a 21st-century problem.”" some will be dismissive o' rolling stone 'cause is rolling stone. the thing is, this piece is, for the most part, an interview with hurd. is hurd opinions you is reading and hurd has first-hand knowledge o' the places and people most immediate affected by the so-called border crisis. HA! Good Fun!