Gromnir

He's announcing his Supreme Court nominee next week, how's that for significant? To your broader point, Republicans have to realize either they hang together, or they'll hang apart. So far they seem to be getting the message, even little Marco says he'll vote for Tillerson. Edit: None of these are significant either: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/23/donald-trump-executive-orders-kills-tpp-announces-federal-hiring-freeze-restores-mexico-city-policy/ Or the pipelines he just approved. actual, no. virtual everything trump has done so far is not significant. heck, media must need explain why tpp matters to folks and again, the abortion stuff is not a mainstream issue even if it is vital important to a small number o' people. and yeah, trump will eventual announce appointments. right now he don't have the clout to force through any genuine controversial picks, so likely he goes moderate. and no, the republicans don't need hang together with trump. is the reason why so many republicans did not back trump during the election. sure, trump fail will damage the party, but republicans is more concerned 'bout being reelected. if a Congressman believes he/she can be reelected by standing 'gainst a floundering and failing trump, they will do so. worked for more than a couple in 2016. will be interesting to see how trump tries to generate positive support in the near future. he needs a sea change. HA! Good Fun!

agreed. am thinking there is obsidians who wanted to do things in fallout and failed. well, not so much failed as fo:nv didn't match their goals. ravel showed up in many black isle/obsidian games not 'cause she were a fail, but 'cause the obsidians (chrisA) weren't done with her. there were things chrisA wanted to do with ravel in ps:t, but couldn't. games development results in much good content ending up unrealized. no doubt there is a natural tendency to try and "fix" old games using content in new games. am kinda worried 'bout poe2. faith were the thematic core o' poe and we believe there is much left to be said 'bout faith in eora and in crpgs in general. the manner in which poe joinable companions were utilized for bluntforce lore exposition diminished their value o' advancing core theme. companions can be fixed. faith should remain thematic relevant. am not wanting to see obsidians get fixated on micro explorations o' lore or fixing fo:nv. am concerned the developers will get so caught up in the lore and mechanics o' competing factions they forget/marginalize theme. end up with better factions mechanics and lore than poe or fo:nv, but w/o a reason to care 'bout 'em. HA! Good Fun!

am kinda surprised by how little recognition there is for silence. is kinda a natural contrast to lala land as scorsese's work (vanity project) has almost no music and is brutally introspective. sure, lala land can drag a bit in the middle, but the 2 hours and 41 minutes o' spiritual angst which is silence will no doubt feel like actual religious penance to many viewers. even so, silence is the kinda flick we expect to see recognized. am s'posing hacksaw ridge fills the niche silence might otherwise occupy. *shrug* have been increasing less curious 'bout oscars in recent years. our onset o' curmudgeondom leaves us with little patience for the politics o' the academy. channeling our inner carl? too young... hope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRAfm5glLFY HA! Good Fun!

disagree. the sad truth is "cutting funding from women clinics in developing countries that offer abortion services," is something most americans don't care 'bout. most americans don't care 'bout planned parenthood neither. during the election trump didn't create controversy to distract. myth. groping incident hurt him. so too did refusal to provide taxes. his history o' hiring undocumented workers were argued in the media to distract from what exactly? the truth is most americans who ended up voting (damn you stay-at-home democrats) didn't care 'bout what the media thought were important and trump's biggest advantage were, ironically, his complete lack o' any real experience. trump could spout empty promises all day long, but his own political record were unimpeachable simple cause he didn't have one. trump hammered the democrats for obamacare, and immigration issues, and security concerns and jobs for middle class americans. trump hammered clinton failures and her personality quirks. he didn't use his own fails to distract, but sadly most americans didn't care enough 'bout trump's business or personal failures 'cause he were promising to be different than everybody else, democrat or republican. so disappointed with washington were americans that they actual wanted somebody with no washington experience, somebody who would be different. trump isn't using distraction. is nothing to distract from save for his diminishing popularity and he ain't gonna use proof o' diminished popularity to distract from it. during the election, trump blunders didn't matter 'cause he could always point to democrats and clinton and washington fails. distract from what? what trump is current doing is killing stuff people should care 'bout but don't. he is also trying very hard to convince folks o' his popularity, 'cause he wants to be the next andrew jackson, but to do so he needs be as popular as were andrew jackson. the reason trump's popularity keeps dropping is 'cause he no longer has the clinton and the democrats and washington elites to blame. during the election, trump actual complained 'bout snl not giving him equal time. *chuckle* trump is now part o' washington and people is looking to see what he will actual do. so far he has done little save kill programs few americans genuine care 'bout. yeah, he may try and make the media the new villain now that clinton is unavailable to him as a punching bag, but is only a handful o' stormtrumpers buying into such nonsense. eventually, trump will need do something, and he can't do anything significant w/o more political clout. HA! Good Fun!

is not impressive. our elephantine recall is largely limited to anything we has read, and that which is accompanied by music. our admitted limited brainpower is most often wasted recollecting show tunes and tv jingles. is annoying. try not to think o' a pink polar bear. can't do it, can you? now imagine that same situation but with an entire musical. is maddening. HA! Good Fun!

I wouldn't say that the resemblance goes any further than both of them being roughly triangular. And that explanation doesn't account for the waves and the reference to sharks-- Eir Glanfath is landlocked. am holding out hope for a coastal aumaua druid with wildshape octopus. HA! Good Fun! ps http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/70970-building-a-druid-need-advice/?p=1584404

for funsies https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004887057/comparing-inauguration-crowds.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-inauguration-crowd-size/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottommedium the image used by cnn is identical to the photos used by the nytimes... or near enough one cannot tell w/o a magnifying class and a whole lotta free time. cnn observes the Getty photo being used was taken during trump's speech. what kinda delusion has a person see inauguration comparisons and they conclude the media lies while spicer and trump simple got "carried away." HA! regardless, is many news outlets reporting same, and sources other than media (transit and nielsen, plus a dozen or so dress shops and hotels) adding to support to media as 'posed to trump. who in their right mind would use inauguration crowd size as evidence o' media falsehood when it is a far better example o' trump being a pathological fabulist? ... is reminiscent o' the moon landing conspiracy theory thread we had on this board. no matter the evidence or science used, there were still folks who were compelled to come to conclusions exact opposite o' what a reasonable person would reach. were baffling. HA! Good Fun!

for chrissakes. and you got nerve to complain 'bout nyt misleading? is a very limited camera angle compared to the genuine aerial views. why the hell you need to know exact time? from video you can see from predawn to completion and never does crowd genuine extend to washington monument. puhlease. and yeah, we type signature every single time... is tradition from old interplay boards. HA! Good Fun! ps again, for wod conspiracy to be plausible, we must need accept that every other news outlet which showed similar aerial photos were likewise in on the fix. need marginalize dc transit and nielsen numbers. trump and his press secretary lied. you wanna fixate on a photo from nyt you think is misleading but you "argue endlessly while completely ignoring whatever point your opponent is making." the world o' news outlets and numerous other sources is being ignored by you. why work so hard?

the hypocrisy is strong with you. argue endlessly while ignoring responses? *shrug* can't tell when video ends? it is continuous for chrissakes. when crowd begins to shrink, is kinda obvious the inauguration is over. you are working hard to believe alternative facts. the aerial video refutes what you claim to see in the photo taken from a limited ground level view, and you ignore how at least a dozen news outlets produced similar aerial photos (which largely reflect what is seen in the video) and instead craft a conspiracy theory which ignores the Fact that trump and his press secretary lied 'bout crowd size. multiple news outlets. transit authority. nielsen. they is all in on the fix. HA! Good Fun! (edit: failed to space before signature... didn't wanna mislead 'bout actual length o' our post.)

you didn't watch the video, did you? you can see inauguration crowd from start to finish. and again, nielsen ratings, and transit numbers also reinforced what were evident in the aerial images. gotta work hard to believe those alternative facts. come up with conspiracy theories. choose to believe photos from limited angles. ignore transit and nielsen and hotel and dress shop feedback. is what we were talking 'bout 'bove with people wanting to believe the outliers. either a dozen major media outlets, the dc transit authority and the nielsen folks is all in on the fix, Or... why work so hard? HA! Good Fun! I saw it, towards the end of the video it starts zooming and it's hard to tell exactly what time the video ends. I'm not saying Trump's crowds were bigger or anything like that, but you can clearly see in the gigapixel I linked the crowd went all the way back to Washington Monument as Trump said, and why would NYT use a picture from 45 minutes before the swearing in for comparison instead of during, if not to mislead? dear lord. you are proving our point. HA! Good Fun!

you didn't watch the video, did you? you can see inauguration crowd from start to finish. and again, nielsen ratings, and transit numbers also reinforced what were evident in the aerial images. gotta work hard to believe those alternative facts. come up with conspiracy theories. choose to believe photos from limited angles. ignore transit and nielsen and hotel and dress shop feedback. is what we were talking 'bout 'bove with people wanting to believe the outliers. either a dozen major media outlets, the dc transit authority and the nielsen folks is all in on the fix, Or... why work so hard? HA! Good Fun!

what you can't see from the picture is our nazgul doglover ignoring the p00p his pooch left in its wake. evhul. HA! Good Fun! ps am with hurl in our failure to grok the scarlett johansson image/joke.

by now we has all seen the comparative transit authority figures, the nielsen ratings and aerial video/photographs o' the trump inauguration day. leading up to the event, trump made numerous false claims 'bout dress shops being sold out and hotels being unavailable. ain't the least bit surprising the media actual followed up on the President-fabulist's claims. even so, we still got folks who believe trump's narrative. *shrug* is baffling to us, but the need to believe the conspiracy theory is strong with many. the tinfoil hat brigade grows daily. this thread, while hardly representative o', well, anything actually, nevertheless has at least a couple o' dedicated stormtrumpers who is gonna obediently march lockstep regardless o' how ridiculous or unbelievable is the claims o' the new executive. HA! Good Fun!

in and of itself, crowd size matters little. however, the relative popularity of the President is gonna be pivotal in determining how much o' trump's domestic agenda is realized. most o' the stuff trump wants to accomplish requires Congressional action. the legislative branch is notorious somnolent and it takes a popular President to rouse 'em from their collective torpor. http://www.npr.org/2017/01/17/510256862/trump-polls-tweet-favorability-popular sure, trump and a republican Congress will frequent align on issues. nevertheless, trump needs to be able to lead the national debate on any number o' issues if he wishes to be anything other than a lame duck executive. first 100 days is most important for an executive during peacetime and it usual is a honeymoon period. trump is the least popular incoming executive in recent memory. crowd size is indeed a silly issue, save for the fact trump needs to be seen as popular and vital. am not surprised to see trump working hard to bolster his brand. his methods need serious work, but his fixation with his own image is actual quite reasonable given his current predicament. HA! Good Fun!

am doubting trump improved his relationship with the intelligence community by using the memorial wall as a backdrop for his dog and pony show. HA! Good Fun!

there is so many warhammer pc titles. every time we check out steam it seems as if there is a new warhammer title available. am hoping one day we get a crpg sea change for warhammer similar to the one we saw result from kotor being added to the star wars franchise. 40k would be our preference, but any warhammer cRPG would be welcome. am not sure why we we can't get a decent warhammer crpg. seems like such an obvious development opportunity. HA! Good Fun!

a good number o' republicans got elected in 2016 in spite o' the fact they public distanced themselves from trump. almost unheard of to have so many republicans up for election who were public rejecting or ambivalent regarding the party candidate for President. republicans don't need trump now more than they did in november when he lost the popular vote but republicans managed to win Congress. unlike the President, there were no electoral college for Congressman. now, as always, Congress will be fickle. whichever way the wind is blowing is how Congress will lean. and truth to tell, if the past decade is any indicator, Congress will do as little as necessary regardless. trump needs Congress and Congress will only back trump just so long as doing so improves their individual chances for reelection. trump needs to be popular and he needs to be popular fast, 'cause first 100 days is invariably the most important... baring a war or national catastrophe or somesuch. HA! Good Fun!

trump's popularity is significant. am repeating self, but Presidential power as granted by the Constitution is limited, particularly when referencing domestic policy. appointment power is both under and overvalued. in reality, a President's greatest powers is not granted by the Constitution. shape the national agenda. influence Congressional action. as the President's popularity waxes and wanes, so too does his power to alter the national agenda and to sway the legislature. widespread protests and underwhelming inauguration turnouts is reinforcing the fact o' trumps historical low popularity for an incoming President. http://www.npr.org/2017/01/17/510256862/trump-polls-tweet-favorability-popular trump needs to be popular, which is why he is trying so hard to convince folks that he is popular in spite o' polls and photographs o' small inauguration crowds and widespread protests in cities 'cross america. trump, possible more than any other President, is aware o' the importance o' perception o' popularity and power. the protests and polls won't change the election results. the protests and polls is being watched close by Congress, and that matters much. HA! Good Fun!

am thinking the scumbag % for women is same as men. even so what do we win? HA! Good Fun!

have seen estimates o' upwards o' 2.2 to 2.5 million for protests today. protests in philly and pittsburgh and ann arbor and madison. *shrug* can't help but wonder if a bit more activism a few months ago mighta' made a difference. that being said, it is very american to complain after the fact. we complain in spite o' the fact it were our own initial indifference causing the problem. 'course is not actual an american thing so much as a human failing. HA! Good Fun!

am kinda conflicted. am much in favor o' exercising free speech. am also in favor o' anything which diminishes trump's political clout as perceived popularity issues will reduce the President's legislative influence. ... protests is welcome, but why didn't the protester's freaking vote? protest with their vote woulda' been the smart thing to do. we are stuck with trump precise 'cause so many people (particular democrats) in battleground states didn't bother to get up off their arses and vote. the democratic party machine is much at fault for forcing clinton 'pon voters as their de facto candidate, but is ultimate the voters who didn't bother to cast a vote who made a trump President possible. we would laugh at the protesters for their belated efforts if not for the fact that Gromnir must also endure four years of trump. HA! Good Fun!

well, money can be had if you raze raedric's hold. go with the bloody route and kill everybody and 1007 their corpses for armour and coin. kill all at raedric's will keep you supplied with coin for a long time. am thinking there are a few spell combo threads. for a wizard, early fantastic spells is eldritch aim, chill fog, fan of flames, slicken, combusting wounds (combine with chill fog and any number o' aoe damage spells,) curse of blackened sight, and miasma of dull mindedness. the aforementioned all get much use. early druid spells is typical more 'bout damage than applying afflictions, though you can hobble many foes with tanglefoot which will then make'em more susceptible to attacks which target reflex. most likely you will use your priest to buff, your wizard to debuff and then hit foes with druid damage spells... in that order if possible. http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Wizard_spell http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Druid_spell http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Status_Effects HA! Good Fun!

kinda off-topic, but folks who think trump is some kinda unique nightmare should read 'bout the andrew jackson Presidency. now to be fair, jackson did do away with a considerable washington cronyism, but folks in the fed government had much reason to believe the death o' the new American political experiment had arrived when mobs o' deplorables swept through the white house itself during the inauguration celebrations o' 1829. 'course andrew jackson actual were popular, which makes trump a different and less dangerous creature. http://www.npr.org/2017/01/17/510256862/trump-polls-tweet-favorability-popular the american people have had to suffer any number o' horrible and/or classless Presidencies. eventually, in the distant future, we is gonna get another trump once folks forget the terrible mistake o' the 2016 election. is almost inevitable. HA! Good Fun!

pause frequent. use auto-pause for spells cast. then pause s'more. success in encounters depends on careful positioning o' your resources and use o' geography to determine the course o' battle. can't be flanked if there is a wall behind you, eh? pause. if you are having difficulty with spells which damage friend and foe alike, it is likely due to poor party placement, but there are foe-only spells. read all spell descriptions, but for example, wizard's blindness is a powerful level 2 spell which targets only your enemies. give your priest a hatchet and shield for one o' his weapon slots. unless you built durance to be competent with swords, there is little reason for you to be entering melee combat save to defend self. stick to ranged and position party so durance will not be swarmed by on-rushing mobs... but give him a shield and hatchet as well. (edit: don't have durance wielding shield and hatchett all the time, but if he does become the target o' multiple melee attackers, switch to shield and hatchet from whatever ranged weapon you had him using.) power/ability synergy is also invaluable. if you feel as if your spells ain't hitting anything, then learn how spells work to enhance the effects o' other spells. trolls is vulnerable to fire and typical have unimpressive resolve. psychovampiric shield is a low-level power which targets will and lowers resolve by 10. it also boosts your cipher's deflection by 25. so you hit a troll with psychovampiric shield and sudden your cipher has deflection similar to your tank and the troll's will has been reduced to basement levels. well then, seems like an ideal time to have durance cast divine mark. divine mark is a paltry level 2 spell which does 40-50 burn damage and lowers the enemy's deflection by 25. perhaps you had aloth cast miasma o' dull-mindedness on the group o' trolls, which is gonna have further lowered will saves to possible negative numbers. when durance casts divine mark, there is a good chance you will have scored a critical hit. even if the troll don't explode into fiery chunks, it is gonna have taken serious burn damage and the divine mark will have reduced the troll's deflection by 25 such that even your least competent ranged and melee combatants is likely to score hits. HA! Good Fun!

we have. numerous times. given the tone o' the thread, this is not the place for us to discuss our feelings regarding obama's gutting of nasa. in the spirit o' the thread, we will observe how obama deserves credit for killing the absolute asinine don't ask, don't tell policy o' the us military.