Lurker > Antifar

They still have to lose once more
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The Yankees don't win in the playoffs, though
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KainWind posted...

Watching baseball

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I feel like for a long game, which RPGs typically are, combat almost has to be a bit simplified, less intense
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They should be punished by having their kids vaccinated.
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Listen: don't make your 5-year-old dress as Hitler
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https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1056324117329297409
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"The buck stops over there"
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Just asking questions
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We can't get enough of that shit
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To be clear, this shooter injured three SWAT team members
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I don't recall the structure: was it set up so that you had to get the shines from each "world" in order?
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Normal country
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Bad take, imo.
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*looks at the events of the past week*

Nah
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dqcrv0HWsAEIYbA.jpg
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Because I get to play it before you
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Well?
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neat
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Ah man, this shit sucks
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That I unfortunately love.
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Southernfatman posted...

But if some liberal even just said the word "bomb" they'd get their panties in a twist.

A 67 year old man talked about kicking them and they went into a tizzy.
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FairyLeviathan posted...

And?

This is the key bit for me:

Antifar posted...

But it shows how political partisans cannot often assess what forces carry the greatest impact on their lives.

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This is a really good question. I'll say Steep, in that the whole point of the game is exploration, and there isn't really an end point you're expected to get to.
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https://theintercept.com/2018/10/26/cesar-sayoc-foreclosure-steven-mnuchin/

CESAR SAYOC, THE Donald Trump-loving Floridian who was taken into custody in relation to pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats, was foreclosed on in 2009 by a bank whose principal owner and chair is now Trumps treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin.

The documents used to enact the foreclosure were signed by a prominent robo-signer and seemingly backdated. Nonetheless, the evidence was good enough for the famously inattentive Florida foreclosure courts to wave the case through. Years later, Sayoc became a supporter of Trump, who came into office and appointed a treasury secretary who ran the bank that snatched Sayocs house.
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By early 2009, foreclosures had soared across the country to record highs, particularly in Florida, one of the hardest-hit areas. Millions of subprime mortgages would go sour as the housing bubble collapsed. Sayoc was living in Fort Lauderdale, in a house purchased in 2006. He refinanced in April 2007, getting an adjustable-rate mortgage from IndyMac Bank for $385,500.

Through the often operatic system of mortgage transfers at the time, the mortgage holder for Sayocs loan ended up as MERS, a shell company that housed an electronic spreadsheet in which mortgages could be quickly traded between buyers. By making the owner MERS, IndyMac could trade the mortgage with other institutions without having to file additional documentation.

Not even two years after the mortgage sale, on January 7, 2009, IndyMac Bank filed for foreclosure. The docket in the case indicates that Sayoc did not receive notice of this lawsuit; the summons was returned unserved in February.
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In a final irony, David J. Stern, the law firm that handled Sayocs foreclosure, eventually went out of business, with its leader disbarred. But the state investigation opened into Stern in 2009 fizzled, after the two lead investigators on the case, career attorneys June Clarkson and Theresa Edwards, were fired by the Florida Attorney Generals Office, under the leadership of Pam Bondi, a close friend of Trump.

Its highly doubtful Sayoc knew any of this when he allegedly sent bombs through the mail. But it shows how political partisans cannot often assess what forces carry the greatest impact on their lives. A miscreant bank foreclosed on Sayoc. Democrats could have done more to punish that bank and others like it for a mountain of foreclosure-related crimes, but they failed to do so. That created a sense that the system was rigged, providing an opening for a right-wing populist like Trump.

Sayoc was immediately attracted to Trump and his political movement. But when Trump got into power, he named a treasury secretary whose bank had taken away Sayocs home.

The story is a lesson about the toxicity of the foreclosure crisis and how it upended millions of lives. Its also a lesson about how the failure to uphold the rule of law can reverberate in unforeseen directions, and how a combination of ignorance and partisan passions can make people believe their assailants are their saviors.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/nyregion/who-received-pipe-bombs-explosives.html

Fantastic work being done by the New York Times. Christ
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#JobsNotMobs
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Citations Needed
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https://twitter.com/RochelleRitchie/status/1055867631461416962
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Some games just do a blanket Midnight Eastern across the US
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Nobody who posts on this board should pretend there's merit in debate.
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Meanwhile:







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It's still funny, imo
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https://twitter.com/Jordanfabian/status/1055865508397019137
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At the rate the news cycle moves in 2018, nobody will remember either story by election day. We're like 5 massive scandals away from November 6.
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MacDaMurderer posted...

Antifar posted...

https://twitter.com/jayhawk618/status/1055511737217232897

hmm

Dude tweets like a fucking Russian bot

He tweets like an American over 50. We are perfectly capable of producing idiots
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Well, for one, it's about 1,000 miles south of the border
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-26/jpmorgan-s-secret-punishment-u-s-halted-its-growth-for-years

For almost six years, Washington secretly shackled JPMorgan Chase & Co., the nations biggest bank.

Now the chains are off, thanks to bank-friendly regulators in the Trump administration.

In actions never before made public, Obama administration regulators prevented the bank from opening branches in new states as punishment for violating banking rules, according to people familiar with the matter. JPMorgans ambitious plan to expand nationally, announced earlier this year, was made possible by the Trump administrations rollback of those restraints, which date from 2012, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing regulators impact on the banks plans.

JPMorgan has racked up more than $30 billion in penalties, legal costs and related obligations since the 2008 financial crisis, some of which stemmed from its acquisitions of Bear Stearns Cos. and Washington Mutual Inc. Missteps include excessive risk taken by the London Whale trader and failing to flag transactions related to Bernard Madoffs Ponzi scheme. Privately, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency stopped JPMorgan from expanding into additional states while resolving compliance breakdowns as part of an unwritten regulatory policy, the people said.

While banks often have private conversations with regulators and even gauge their reactions to potential plans, the people with knowledge of the matter described the ban as one of the more extreme ways they exerted their control behind the scenes.

Regulators went to even harsher lengths earlier this year to punish Wells Fargo & Co., placing a cap on its assets after a pattern of lapses and abuses. Janet Yellen, who served as Federal Reserve chair under President Barack Obama, announced the unprecedented punishment on her final workday in office.

JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, operated 5,130 branches in 23 states at the end of last year. With fresh assurances from regulators under President Donald Trump, the people said, its planning to open 400 branches in as many as 20 new markets in the next five years, including plans to build in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. This is the first time the bank is opening branches in a new state in more than a decade. The moves could translate into an additional $1.5 billion of revenue a year by 2022, according to Morgan Stanley.

We are extremely excited to be expanding again, as smart regulatory policy and a competitive corporate tax system help us to deliver on our commitment to invest in our customers and communities, Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said Oct. 12.

JPMorgan has resolved many of its compliance issues, but the OCC still has open enforcement actions against the bank, according to agency data.

Andrew Gray, a JPMorgan spokesman, said the bank wouldnt comment on supervisory issues.

Opening new branches is a sustainable and long-term investment in the communities we serve, Gray said. Entering new markets will bring the full force of JPMorgan Chases business and philanthropic capabilities, create thousands of good-paying jobs, and allow us to serve more customers and local businesses by lending and investing in their community.

OCC spokesman Bryan Hubbard declined to comment.

It's political malpractice by the Obama administration to have done this behind closed doors.
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https://twitter.com/jayhawk618/status/1055511737217232897

hmm
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FFX7 posted...

How is it not? Everyone was FORCED to have it or face penalty.

There are 28 million people left uninsured, and even those with insurance are still paying premiums, deductibles, and copays.
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Very normal guy: https://twitter.com/hardrock2016/status/1050668297086164995
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https://twitter.com/thereal_mo01/status/1055844641952665600

The soccer stuff is very out of place
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He can only relate the events of the outside world to himself
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Very normal stuff
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1055826295337172993
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This is the game equivalent of Oscar bait: designed to impress critics more than actually entertain.

That doesn't mean it can't be good, but
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Big brain
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I Can't Drive 55
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Which do you prefer?
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