Lurker > Mussurana

Seems about the level I'd expect for the basic test tbh.

Remember that's a gender/age/job neutral basic test.

Don't expect that to be the standard for infantry or any of the other teeth arms.

GhostFaceLeaks posted...

The world in general is going more far right. And many people in the church were against Francis's left wing ideals. We won't get another left wing pope again lest you want America and other countries to flip their shit.

110 of 135 electors are Francis appointees.

I'd certainly be wary of trying to predict the machinations of the conclave, but your response doesn't seem well reasoned.

No

Neither will shake it any faster, so take the one that makes you feel better.

They're symptom suppressors not cures, so whatever works for you.

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Undoubtedly, reminds me of those tales about wrestlers taking on (declawed and tooth pulled) bears.

Much like them however, at least their fucking about results in some finding out that can be laughed at.

I assume so at least, not giving that any views.

AceMos posted...

they are doing that thing where they delete there own posts after they know people read them to try and avoid getting modded

Bit silly really, can't claim to be checking threads that regularly.

All I see is a ton of deleted posts, what a waste of effort on their part.

Suspect the 3k is the least of the potential problems.

Was her phone in there? Her Signal messages are a potential treasure trove for hostile intelligence agencies.

2 of the potential frontrunners are black, so it's a possibility.

Trying to 2nd guess the conclave is difficult though.

I'll play along.

Calling himself Pope might be a mistake?
Note how Henry VIII used the "Defender of the Faith" title previously bestowed on him by Rome for legitimacy.

The exciting alternative might be to declare the new Pope illegitimate, and try to install his own. Not new of course, multiple Popes is a historical good time, and plays into that good old American self obsession. Half of them would believe the US President can appoint the Pope.

With a bit of luck we could get a rerun of Henry IV (Holy Roman Emperor) vs Hildebrand, America excommunicated, religious rebellion, all kinds of interesting times.

wanderingshade posted...

She's a Protestant who hates Catholics, and the Pope is the "leader" of Catholic faith. So take a big ol' guess.

Fascinating that's still a thing in the US. Just you, Scotland and Ireland in that group now I think?

I agree with her lawyer, the optics are terrible. Looks like a desperation move.

Full disclosure: I've read a quite a few of Gaiman's novels, enjoyed them, and recommended them to others.

This is no longer the case naturally.

hmnut7 posted...

HOWEVER: Trump could do what the Church of England did and just declare America no longer recognizes the authority of the Catholic Church, and declare the leader of America is the head of the Church.

The difficulty he would face is that he isn't trying to replace a single unified church in the way Henry the Eighth did.

Christianity in America encompasses an enormous number of denominations.

I'd almost encourage him to try (mostly because it would be hilarious). I would need so much popcorn.

Aristoph posted...

More likely that he hates whoever is chosen as the new Pope, and tries to pull some ridiculous King Henry shenanigans to establish a new Church of America led by whoever the fuck he chooses.

Poor example, you could have used the Henry that pulled this off successfully creating the Church of England and thus the Anglican Communion.

If he was baptised a Catholic, technically yes.

Real answer, of course not.

Two thirds of the Cardinals who will be voting on the next pope (ie those Cardinals under 80), were appointed by Pope Francis. Likely giving a strong bias towards a progressive (by aging Catholic Priest standards) candidate.

The conclave will no doubt see a lot of hard-nosed politicking of course, so we'll see.

Vegy posted...

Don't pick madrid den

Indeed, terrible idea. Looks tryhard but gets walloped by the Arsenal.

No positives there at all.

Irrelevant question, as Newton said, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Needs luck and/or charisma, aka the interesting stats to max.

HighSeraph posted...

Hardly anyone here voted for Trump.

There's a few, besides my sympathy level for Yanks is pretty low atm.

Your problems are pretty minor compared to what your malignant shit funnel is inflicting around the world.

I don't know what you're all complaining about, Americans voted for Trump so he could run the country like he ran his businesses.

2 trillion wiped of the US stock market, and 1.8 trillion extra tax on US consumers (before the rest of the world retaliates), it checks out.

He is 100% running the country like he ran his businesses, it's what the US voted for.

Buying Trump coin with it wouldn't be too obvious right?

Commanders are often in charge of smaller ships, makes sense for a frigate.

It's a smart move, likely the strategy Zelensky has agreed with European leaders in his recent whirlwind diplomacy tour.

Think it through, the Europeans have refrained from saying what they really think, because that would cause Trump to double down, he always does (also avoids immediate tariffs, diplomacy has many angles).

US shipments and intelligence resume at a time they are sorely needed.

Trump gets something he wants, but it's only useful if the Russians agree to a ceasefire (something they are unlikely to do at a time they are making gains on the battlefield).

It's a potential wedge to drive between Putin and Trump, if Putin won't agree, Trump looks foolish.

A lot of this is likely attractive to Rubio too, he's no Russia fan, even if he's eating a lot of shit at the moment to keep his job.

Now, this may all be for naught, if the hold Putin has over Trump is too strong, but at least we'll all know where we stand at that point, and time will have been bought.

Tyranthraxus posted...

The flag essentially just a blue cloth stamped with the seal.

Not helping your case.

Look at Texas, a US state can make an effort (ok it has other issues), solid flag design there.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Above the group and within the border conforming therewith, shall be the word "Virginia,"

If you had to write your name on your flag for it to be identified, it is a shit flag (more name tag than flag let's be honest).

rexcrk posted...

a paid holiday by any chance?

Don't be ridiculous, you don't have those in the US.

Now get back to work for your masters.

I doubt it made a difference, unless this is a parody thread where we pretend Americans care about foreign policy.

He did cut Odin in half, gotta give him credit for that.

Bit of a dick otherwise though.

EPR-radar posted...

So the reality TV president will almost certainly have a reality TV secretary of defense, because God forbid that Republicans in Congress have any standards.

I suspect so unfortunately, astonishingly unsuitable twunt though he is, the party will no doubt fall in line.

It's a pretty dire time to be alive I fear.

That's our next 4 years, new fuckwittery everyday.

Thanks Americans.

Oboe

I saw the Bolshoi perform it in London i think, but that was at least 25 years ago.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Okami 2 is not something i even considered a possibility.

Wasn't on anyone's radar, an exciting prospect though.

Let's really push it, first non arcade game I remember.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pet/217958-artillery

Didn't have it at home, but my infant's school (kindergarten to Americans) had the mighty 1k machine that played this.

(Yes, it is kinda Angry Birds, nothing is original.)

TomClark posted...

Used to play Repton and Chuckie Egg on the BBC Micro at school every break time.

My Grandma even had Chuckie Egg on her computer - it was her favourite game.

My man!

Honourable mention to ablegator for Defender.

UnfairRepresent posted...

You forget what Republicans did on Jan 6th

Recent research shows most Americans approve of Trump :/

Point 1: Coups don't end in representative government.

Point 2: I know, it's like Brexit. People can be really fucking stupid sometimes.

What do you want people to do? He's been elected by the democratic systems your country employs. A majority of the votes cast were for him, much as we might hate that.

Resistance, such as it is, probably consists of dragging his legislation attempts and executive orders through the courts, and galvanising the Democrat vote to deprive him of majorities in Congress and the Senate as soon as possible.

No one is pretending that this isn't a disaster for America, the planet, and a rules based international order, but it's where we are.

I was going to chime in on the Ring of Red remembrance, but then this turned up in the dusty files of memory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repton_(video_game)

I'll be impressed if anyone else knows it (credit will also be given if you remember Defender or Chuckie Egg).

No problem, I've told way bigger fibs than that.

He believes it anyway, a lie from me makes no difference.

SauI_Goodman posted...

What are we gonna do about it?

Eat shit for the most part, Trump's currently named cabinet has a combined wealth of 340 billion, so we know who he is governing for.

Could be worse, you aren't Ukrainian or Palestinian.

Certainly have, like I accepted Brexit, with the realisation that people are in fact, just that stupid.

DCinGA posted...

Obama - 1,927

Joe can pardon all he wants, he's earned that privilege. Every president has done it, it can right many wrongs.
My personal issue with this particular pardon is that he emphatically proclaimed a number of times that he would not pardon his son, then he does. It will most likely be the thing he is remembered for.

He hasn't though, most states have a pardon power yes, but not at the behest of one man (not even most monarchies), that's a US thing.

It's open to abuse, and has been abused repeatedly over the years.

That it is about to get a serious workout in a few weeks is slightly irrelevant to just how silly this medieval concept is in the first place.

Tenaku posted...

Did you beat that giant robot scorpion yet?

If you're not level 99 before that fight you're just not playing the game right.

Not the topic answers I expected.

My green flags were going to be:

Mechs

FromSoft

I might be more Gamer than I thought, mildly distressing.

dotsdfe posted...

It was a great system.

And one that unfortunately died for me right as I was about to dig into some excellent games.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/945cd590.jpg

Super glad to have access to my backlog again.

That's some good stuff there, some of which is on my bought but had no time for list...

Which is why I appreciate my back catalogue, and learned experience about buying crap I don't have time for too :)

Bass posted...

Correct. I have no desire to get a PS5. This will be the first gen where I won't be getting every console since there's no point when you have a PC and Switch.

Why the fuck would you get every console in the first place?

Not even mentioning that you apparently have a Switch you need in addition to the PC.

Maybe it's just me? My plastic box has a thousand times more shit than I can legitimately hope to play. Am I unreasonably busy or something?

Nb I really don't care which plastic box you chose btw, only picked mine for previously bought back catalogue, and assumed the sane did similarly.

dotsdfe posted...

.....I just bought a PS5 a few days ago on sale.

In my defense, my PS4's disk drive messed up in January and it seemed too expensive to fix, so getting access to my massive PS4 physical backlog was a major motivation for it.

I loved my PS4, but even I'll concede that it did a fine impersonation of a chopper dusting off under load at times.

CRON posted...

I haven't upgraded my PC since 2018/2019 and I can max almost every game at 1440p/60FPS and even max a lot of games at 1440p/120-144Hz.

That's lovely, I download games and press play.

Whatever makes you happy.

Eh, I'm too stupid to fight with PC spec requirements everytime I want to play something.

Bought a PS5, (eventually, 'cos fuck scalpers), which has more games than I have time for by a factor of *checks notes* lots.

It's not honestly a problem. No doubt the XBox gang are having a similar experience.

Which begs the question, why do you care?

Did a PS1 hurt you tc? Should we report the XBox360? We're here for you, let us help.

Error1355 posted...

Sometimes you just gotta turn off the brain and just enjoy the camp.

I feel that.

Wrestling roots are at Blackpool pier, in the small town US shows. There's a rich heritage of working class entertainment there that I'm not comfortable with sneering at.

Whether I like the billion dollar business it became? That's a different question.