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I don't think anyone is actually expecting theatrics or Celebrity Apprentice style boardroom drama.

But relative to Watergate, which erupted over a simple "uh hum," today is significant.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Keep calm and best of luck to you.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

More viewing/listening options updated in the first post...

Listen Via Phone (US Only):
C-SPAN Radio is announcing a partnership with AudioNow, a mobile phone radio distribution platform, that allows listeners to access the station's live programming by dialing (202) 626-8888 on any phone. Phone company charges may apply.

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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

ssj3vegeta_ posted...

Where can i listen on my phone, what iheart channel, give us working hard folks some thing mang

The hearing will be playing over the CSPAN radio app on Android and iOS. Beyond that... sorry, don't know.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Recommended reading:

Comey's opening statement (released yesterday): https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-jcomey-060817.pdf

FiveThirtyEight analysis on Comey's prepared statement: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/emergency-politics-podcast-comeys-prepared-testimony/

Poll (Pre-Hearing) - 61% of Americans Think President Trump Fired James Comey to Protect Himself: http://time.com/4810257/donald-trump-james-comey-firing-poll/

2 hours to go. (Twitter stream starts early in 1 hour 40 min)
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Flasbangs posted...

Nothing is going to happen.

Comey is going to say "hookers in Russia" and it's going to be entered into the Congressional record. I mean, the hookers aren't going to be doing it on the desk in front of him while he gives sexposition, but this is CSPAN we're talking about, not HBO. What more do you want?
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

tremain07 posted...

It's way to fucking early for this topic!

Gotta leave enough time for people to finish the recommended reading.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I wouldn't expect impeachment proceedings to begin immediately following the testimony (although House Democrat Al Green has promised that he's drafting up the papers now).

Tempered expectations: Comey's testimony may prompt the Senate Intelligence Committee to call upon Jeff Sessions (and others) to testify about their communications with Comey.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Hearing starts at: 10:00AM EST / 7:00AM PST.
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Who's ready to watch history in the making?
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I prefer my covfefe with constant negative press.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I'm personally not a fan of pop music being grafted onto video games, film and television, but at least they made an attempt to integrate this one with the traditional FF arpeggio.

Ho man, the original score for FFXV is amazing though. The only thing holding it back from being the indisputable best of the series is a weak main villain theme, imo.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Contact the current owner of the debt and negotiate a resolution, on the condition that they agree to remove the negative info from your credit report, and request that in writing before you make any payment.

Also don't explicitly admit that you actually owe the money.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Captain_Qwark posted...

What does this mean? I've seen Seinfeld before but didn't know about his distaste for hugs.

The show is a critique on social convention. The Seinfeldian ethos asks, "why should I lift a finger or make myself even slightly uncomfortable for the sake of a stranger?" Life is too short. Seinfeld is pretty much the antithesis of the Parable of the Good Samaritan.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Ever since summer of 2016 when I first really became aware of Comey and his body of work, I've thought he was an honest, hardworking guy. But when that story came out about him trying to blend in with the curtains (and when I saw the video of him awkwardly peeling himself off of the wall) I gained a new level of admiration for him. His wallflower game is 100x better than mine will ever be, and I've been practicing my whole life.

Comey is a total pro.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

lol, that's quintessential Seinfeld right there
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

There's no reason not to have a Sony/Nintendo/Windows PC combo, provided that you have the disposable income for it, unless you have very specific, narrow tastes (no negative connotation implied for either of those).

I haven't seen the data, but this Sony statement rings true for me.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

From my point of view, the Jedi are evil.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Star Trek TNG
Battlestar Galactica (modern version)
Firefly
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

You know, Octillery... I think I might have to agree with you on this. Normally I'm very pro-leak; I think Snowden is a hero, for example. But this NSA doc deals with some seriously dangerous, destabilizing stuff.

It's one thing if most of the population (myself included) believes that our President is mentally unfit to serve, is surrounded by treasonous advisers and may have participated in treason himself. Even if Trump tries to dismantle the institutions designed to keep him in check, even if the hyper-partisan Congress drags their feet, I still believe in our democracy because I know that the 2018 and 2020 elections provide a legitimate opportunity to undo the damage that's been done.

However, once you cast doubt on the legitimacy of the vote count itself... then we have a very big problem. This particular leak doesn't go quite that far but it tiptoes right up to the line. Once we step over that line, when people say "not my president" they might literally mean it. If the NSA is holding onto something more, it might be best if they hold onto it a little longer, until there is a process in place to re-legitimize and stabilize our government.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Sugar is now more dangerous than gunpowder.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Strider102 posted...

You know Carl, we really are the walking dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kCxN6o4ymA&t=1m33s
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

The faculty letter signed by 71 professors made a promise to capitulate to the student’s list of demands, while blaming Weinstein for endangering students.

Mass delusion. Weinstein must feel like he's living in the Twilight Zone.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

"He's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight."
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

MaverickXeo posted...

Louis CK probably said it during an 'age-gated' event, did he not? Maher said it on public TV, didnt he?

It sounds like Louis CK's use of the word is much broader than I know, so I'll stop commenting on that. As for Maher though, he said it on his HBO show. HBO is a paid cable channel with no traditional advertisers/sponsors and they generally allow uncensored profanity and nudity.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I assume you're talking about Louis CK's coffee barista joke? If so, the difference is that Louis CK's joke is much easier to parse. He spends maybe 30 seconds painting a picture of this hard-working dude before throwing out the n-word as a shocking synonym for "hard-working."

Maher's joke only has a one-sentence setup and it seems that it flew right over a lot of critics' heads. Maher is mocking the n-word in his joke but it requires more thought to parse out the meaning and Maher provides less space for the audience to do so.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Voyager also suffers from being produced in the latter half of the 90's, when CGI was still fairly primitive, but overconfidence in CGI prowess was at an all-time high.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Trump is living proof that you can get only 4 hours of sleep per night and still act prezdede
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/556b8bbdeab8ea7d521c0e4b-1200-706/the%20hound.jpg
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Easily the Protoss Sentry, for me.

-Force Field carves up armies, traps units, and is the deciding factor in whether or not Zerg breaks an expansion and wins the game. So much depends upon this ability.
-When a Guardian Shield pops off, you know that shit is about to go down. This ability heralds the beginning of a huge battle.
-Hallucination doesn't look all that exciting, but it's responsible for some of the greatest premature ragequits in the history of StarCraft II.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

iPhone_7 posted...

ICryEvryTeim

Yeah... I know there are mixed feelings on the ending, but I get chills every time. I credit 50% to Michael Caine's performance and the other 50% to Hans Zimmer's underscore.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

TDK was too good... the next movie never stood a chance. I'm glad we got closure on the story but it's unfortunate when the final movie in a trilogy is the weakest. TDKR ends up looking worse than it really is because the expectation is that the third act should be the peak; instead, TDKR is the low point.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

May as well say that a Taco Bell taco isn't really a taco because you don't know how the meat got there.

wait. bad example.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

DiesMortis posted...

Hollow Knight is the best Metroidvania made in fucking years. It's no shit a fucking masterpiece.

This. Hollow Knight is in a tier of its own.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

CW_McGraw posted...

It's like poetry. It rhymes.

Whoa, slow down there, Mr. Lucas.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I haven’t crunched the numbers on this, and let me be clear, I am a fan of crunching the numbers when it comes to matters of inclusion and diversity (or the lack of it that is still the hallmark of too many segments of the TV industry).
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So, given my penchant for numbers, charts and data when it comes to these issues, I am fully aware that one anecdotal list does not prove anything definitively. Lots of shows get canceled every year, especially in spring and early summer, when the networks are clearing the decks for their next few rounds of acquisitions. If someone wanted to make a counter-argument, they most certainly could do so by mentioning that “Last Man Standing” and “The Odd Couple,” two shows with white male leads, were also canceled in recent weeks. WGN America didn’t just cancel “Underground,” it also canceled the predominantly white “Outsiders.”

The article is leading but also thoroughly acknowledges its speculative nature. The author asks a valid question, given the history of the industry. Unfortunately, she doesn't provide a substantive answer. But she raises an issue worthy of investigation and discussion.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I can't recommend it without a mod to fix the leveling system. Luckily, you can simply install Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul (a.k.a. "OOO") and you're good to go.

A bunch of the guild quests are better than Skyrim's, imo. And Shivering Isles is arguably the best expansion ever released for a game, ever.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Black trash bags?
Black ink.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Individually, they're great. As one, unified work/trilogy though... the structure and pacing don't make a whole lot of sense.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I think that's what it's all about, at this point, for the Trump supporters who show up in my facebook feed. Pretty much all of their posts are just trying to score points on the Democrats while their ship goes down in flames. A few of them are still huffing and puffing through the smoke and fire, in a pitiful display of mental gymnastics. But mostly, they've given up on trying to defend their guy and have turned to repeating tortured false equivalencies instead.

That's all anecdotal, of course, but it describes my own social circle to a T.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Awakened_Link posted...

Aren't most Zelda games like that? The plot in each game reiterates time and time again that Ganon is about to destroy Hyrule (especially near the end), and yet there's nothing stopping you from taking your sweet ass time to fish or take pictures or derp around.

I think that BotW is noticeably more hands-off (btw, for me that's not a flaw). At the other extreme end you have Majora's Mask, which feels like it's constantly breathing down your back. You have infinite time to explore the world of Termina too, but it doesn't feel like it.

BotW doesn't really place much pressure on the player and the tone is extremely laid-back. Other Zelda games fall on a spectrum between BotW and MM.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

My problem with the Borg Queen is twofold:
-She's antithetical to the concept of the Collective
-She's got too much human personality (lacks the cold, efficient, uncaring, Terminator-esque demeanor)

The Borg were terrifying at first because they didn't stop to have a conversation with anyone. When Picard tries diplomacy the first time in the TV series, the Borg just start talking over him like he's nothing, and then start carving up the ship. When Locutus is trotted out as a mouthpiece for the Borg, it's chilling because he doesn't behave like the Borg Queen; it's just Picard's body with the mechanical voice of the Collective.

Where were they supposed to go with it, you ask? They ought to have kept Borg appearances rare and used them sparingly (i.e. not run them into the ground like they did in Voyager). They should have shown restraint. When you overexpose the monster, it loses its mystique and is no longer terrifying.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Oh, also... Ganpuru: Gunman's Proof
And these:
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I don't think that "agency" is quite the right word... the player has more agency in this game than most. If you mean that there's a lack of propulsion inspired by the narrative, I'd agree with that.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I feel like all of the TNG movies dropped the ball, tbh. They killed off characters without really earning it and without much reason. First Contact is by far the best of them, but the Borg Queen almost ruins the Borg for me.

I dunno... they're still enjoyable, but I feel that there are dozens of TV episodes that are better than the movies. First Contact is really the only film I'd rank among my favorite TNG stories, mainly because everything other than the Borg Queen is actually pretty excellent.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Most entertainment is pandering, to a degree. Most movies, games and comic books are inherently gratuitous and indulgent.

Where racial/etc pandering crosses a line for me is when it's highlighted in a conspicuous way that doesn't serve any greater purpose... Or alternatively, when the character is written with a style and register which are a clear mismatch (i.e. it's obvious that someone behind the scenes, with zero knowledge of a certain culture, is shoehorning a poor representation of said culture into the work in question).
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

It's hard to find a close match. StarTropics is maybe halfway there.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

ROD posted...

I was really into it and really wanted to see it, despite their shit choice of actress.

I hear that Gal Gadot has acting chops on par with Arnold Schwarzenegger, but also all the qualities needed to be a good action film hero.

Anyway, I don't go to the theater anymore since I'm raising multiple newborns. I might have gone to see this though, if it were a slow work week. Seems inevitable that I'll stream it once it's available.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Sad_Face posted...

Polycosm posted...

Reminds me of the time the New York Times published a sneering article about Gary Johnson's Aleppo gaffe but had to issue two corrections because they misidentified the city twice.

lololololololol

For your reading pleasure: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/us/politics/gary-johnson-aleppo.html

Correction: September 8, 2016
An earlier version of this article misidentified the de facto capital of the Islamic State. It is Raqqa, in northern Syria, not Aleppo.

Correction: September 8, 2016
An earlier version of the above correction misidentified the Syrian capital as Aleppo. It is Damascus.

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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)