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  1. Nekojin

    Gaming thoughts, bite-size chewables - new orange flavor!

    FWIW, I started watching Critical Role at about 2/3 of the way into Season 1 (Vox Machina), and circled back around to watch the beginning of it. I then watched Season 2 (Mighty Nein), and lost interest after a half-dozen episodes of Season 3. The weekly thing just doesn't cut it for me. I have...
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    Domestic consequences of the 2024 US presidential election: the quickening

    It's in the very things you referenced. He knew what Xi had for dinner the last time he was at the White House? How would you know whether that's incredible memory or fast-paced jibber-jabber?
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    Domestic consequences of the 2024 US presidential election: the quickening

    No, he knows how to bullshit. There's lots of times when he makes "off the cuff" commentary about things that you have no way of verifying. It makes him sound like he's on the ball. Go back through that list of things he mentioned, and see how many of them you can't confirm.
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    Domestic consequences of the 2024 US presidential election: the quickening

    Most of the things that people are fearful of Trump doing aren't possible within the powers of the President. He can't disband the IRS. He can't privatize the Post Office. He can't get rid of birthright citizenship. None of those are within his powers of the Executive Branch. He'd need heavy...
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    Gaming thoughts, bite-size chewables - new orange flavor!

    Wait until we get the next trailer of Fable 4, and we get another round of whining about how she's not Hollywood-beautiful.
  6. Nekojin

    Ars Sekrit Santa 2024 Loot Thread!

    Glad you like it! The kitty black mage is sort of a cross between you and me, and when I saw it, I knew it was perfect as a gift for you. The rest fell into place - the Draw 4 is certainly Diabolical. :devilish:
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    Domestic consequences of the 2024 US presidential election: the quickening

    You have to have intelligence to detect intelligence. He'll never know whether there isn't any, or he just can't see it. Other people might have similar problems with finding the intelligence there, too, but for different reasons.
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    Domestic consequences of the 2024 US presidential election: the quickening

    In a normally-functioning government, it would be impossible for Trump to unilaterally privatize the USPS. It was established by a law passed in Congress in 1792, giving Congress the ability to create a postal system. It's a function of Congress, and can therefore only be modified by Congress...
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    Gaming thoughts, bite-size chewables - new orange flavor!

    Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm only vaguely familiar with the franchise), but "Witcher" is a class, a title, a designation of a specific job and skillset, right? It's not a unique signifier of Geralt. So we should be seeing more Witchers than just him.
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    Creeping Theocracy: Reproductive Rights in America

    But there's logic in that, at least. It's not the company being taxed, it's the customer; companies have a legal obligation (through their business licenses) to collect any appropriate taxes that are due. The tax has to be paid by the buyer, but there's no way for the buyer to add it in an...
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    Domestic consequences of the 2024 US presidential election: the quickening

    Arizona stopped doing DST in 1968 (one year after it was introduced), and they're still doing fine. Hawaii never started doing DST. Most of the reasons for starting DST in the first place are either completely irrelevant today, or significantly less impactful than they were then, and there...
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    Gaming thoughts, bite-size chewables - new orange flavor!

    If anyone is really seeking an open-world exploration and crafting game that has a clean and clear end, pick up Grounded from 2022. Unless you have arachnophobia. If that's the case, don't click on that link.
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    Creeping Theocracy: Reproductive Rights in America

    The gun store has a Federal liability if they haven't done their due diligence of screening the buyer (Firearms Transaction forms), but they don't have a legal liability in Massachusetts. They also have a Federal liability to the same extent that all interstate commerce does - did it arrive...
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    Creeping Theocracy: Reproductive Rights in America

    I'm looking forward to seeing how the Supreme Court pretzel-twists established law to make it so that Texas has any jurisdiction over someone that isn't in Texas. The fact that her customers are in Texas is irrelevant - the customers are reaching through the internet to her, not the other way...
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    In this episode of 'Things That Piss Me Off'.........

    My mother has encouraged us to spend the night at her place for Christmas Eve for the past few decades. We did that for several years, but I'm not as young as I used to be, and I can't sleep well in beds other than my own (including hotel rooms). Worse, her house is in high desert, and the area...
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    Gaming thoughts, bite-size chewables - new orange flavor!

    5.) Shoot Claptrap in the head face thorax whatever and never have to hear a word from him again.
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    Domestic consequences of the 2024 US presidential election: the quickening

    We can at least take some comfort in the fact that something like polio, which has had standard vaccines for decades, isn't going to be a sudden drop in herd immunity, it'll be a slow decline, and the four years of Trump 2.0 might not be long enough for RFK Jr. to wreck it before someone without...
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    Gifting Every Surplus Code: the GESC key, code, and coupon exchange

    Okay... well, here's the first ~20% of my list, numerals through E. All are Steam Keys except where noted.
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    Gifting Every Surplus Code: the GESC key, code, and coupon exchange

    My list of unused Humble codes is enormous. Most of it is games that nobody really cares about. I'll make a list later, but right now, let's keep it short. So here's the new stuff, all Steam codes: Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (with bonus DLCs) Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition Planescape...
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    Domestic consequences of the 2024 US presidential election: the quickening

    Given that a large part of what he was pardoning were drug possession (IE, marijuana) charges, there's a high likelihood that his pardons skew toward minorities, particularly blacks. He doesn't need to scream that for everyone to hear, else he might end up causing them to be re-targeted later.