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| Topic | Huh. Maybe some softer forms of communism can work after all. |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/10/18 1:28:41 PM #7 | There wasn't any consensus of what communism would be prior to the Russian Revolution, and there's really no reason to base yourself off of that. Personally, I think it's impossible to build a meaningfully communist society without democracy. |
| Topic | Sears to file for bankruptcy |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/10/18 1:21:53 PM #49 | The Sears in my local mall is somehow still there, even though it always appeared deserted whenever I looked in there. Speaking of the mall, it actually seems to be doing alright, perhaps because it got a big movie theater and a half-dozen restaurants(not including the food court) to move in. The other old "anchor" stores(Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods) probably aren't doing great, but people are always in Target(it's the pro place to buy theater snacks). |
| Topic | When she takes off her shirt and the nipples are brown, not pink |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/10/18 1:04:06 PM #13 | EvalAngell posted... who cares, she's topless |
| Topic | Woman investigating corruption in EU discovered raped and murdered. |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/10/18 10:41:06 AM #14 | ThyCorndog posted... it looks like she was investigating the misuse of EU funds by bulgarian officials, so if anything wouldn't that mean the bulgarian govt had her killed and not the EU? Hey, get out of here with that reasonable interpretation of events, this is a tinfoil-only zone. Obviously it was Soros! |
| Topic | What if Final Fantasy 7 remake comes out and is bad |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/10/18 2:17:03 AM #31 | The original itself has some serious pacing issues(Kalm plot dump, Corel is filler-ish and overlong, like a dozen important plot points get dumped on you all at once at the Northern Crater the first time, a vital piece of back-story is squirreled away in a basement you have no reason to revisit, etc.) Even if they resist the urge to add onto the plot(lol no they're not), it's easy to see them bungling it up. |
| Topic | Trump crowd chants to lock up Dianne Feinstein |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/09/18 11:31:46 PM #12 | I really hope De Leon knocks her off. |
| Topic | Sun and Moon are pretty bad |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/09/18 11:29:56 PM #16 | It's definitely too slow to take the training wheels off, but the plot, particularly in regards to Team Skull and Lusamine, is actually pretty good. Pokemon selection is alright, but, for example, Mareanie only appears from a Corsola S.O.S. That's just all kinds of dumb(speaking of which, Mareanie will actually attack Corsola, which is a cool touch, but still!) |
| Topic | Supreme Court upholds ND law disenfranchising Native Americans |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/09/18 11:26:46 PM #50 | sktgamer_13dude posted... thelovefist posted...I've always found Americans' resistance to providing proof of identity before voting to be bizarre. Yeah, in theory, there's nothing wrong with Voter ID laws. The problem is that, in practice, they're an attempt to continue the long, sordid American tradition of disenfranchising poor people, especially African and Hispanic Americans or just anyone who won't vote the "right" way. If you want to ask people for an I.D. , fine. But voting is a right, and it is the obligation of the states and the federal government to make getting that I.D. easy. And your vote should never be thrown out because you don't have one or you go to the wrong polling place. Because, in the end, voter-side vote fraud basically doesn't exist. |
| Topic | Cruz declines town hall debate, O'Rourke gets an hour to himself on national TV |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/09/18 8:21:21 PM #5 | I'm glad CNN is sticking it to Ted Cruz, because everyone should stick it to that smug pile of pond scum and mosquito larvae. |
| Topic | Supreme Court upholds ND law disenfranchising Native Americans |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/09/18 8:19:52 PM #18 | Dash_Harber posted... Esrac posted...I don't really follow the indian reservations thing. Are they considered citizens on the state or is it an entirely separate thing? Yeah, that's how it works in the U.S. , so far as I know. Or, well, how it's supposed to work. The federal government as well as state governments still love screwing over Native Americans. |
| Topic | Apparently James Gunn in talks to direct Suicide Squad 2. |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/09/18 4:59:36 PM #15 | Well, I'm glad they got some one with a track record of making good movies this time. |
| Topic | Sometimes I just like to think of the Ace Attorney series from Edgeworth's point |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/09/18 4:52:19 PM #3 | Poor Edgeworth. Everything's cut-and-dried, and then Nick blunders along with a few teenagers with magic powers and all of a sudden nothing makes sense anymore. |
| Topic | Why do lefties/libs love Apple when it represents.... |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/09/18 4:14:13 PM #19 | Apple, Amazon, Google, etc. etc. They're all garbage. |
| Topic | It's sad we haven't seen another trilogy/series like Mass Effect this generation |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/08/18 11:32:34 PM #3 | If we do, it would be great if they didn't completely drop the ball on the ending this time. I haven't touched the trilogy since. I found it so disappointing and dispiriting. |
| Topic | I can't wait to see Susan Collins get voted out in 2020 |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/08/18 11:25:51 PM #10 | The money's great and all, but it's worthless without a strong candidate. Knocking off an incumbent Senator is a difficult task(for example, Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill appears likely to survive yet again despite being from an increasingly red state). Collins is popular, and we can't yet be certain how much that will change because of her vote for Kavanaugh(Maine is a reasonably blue state, so she will almost certainly take a hit). Plus, the Maine Democratic Party has struggled of late. |
| Topic | A review of weird meats |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/08/18 8:20:40 PM #6 | Man, that's cool. I always like eating/cooking unusual things. |
| Topic | Do you have any good local, non-chain pizzerias? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/08/18 2:04:32 PM #21 | I live 15 minutes outside of New Haven. Pizza places are basically everywhere. |
| Topic | is there actually a chance that Roe v Wade gets overturned? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/08/18 1:42:51 PM #11 | It doesn't need to be overturned(though it could be). The Court just needs to look the other way as states make abortion virtually inaccessible. |
| Topic | Post in this topic if your NFL team sucks |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/08/18 11:53:48 AM #10 | The Bills may be 2-3, but rest assured, they are quite bad. Josh Allen looks like the starting quarterback for a team in the Mountain West Conference(wait...) and Kelvin Benjamin is easily the worst "#1 receiver" in the NFL. Josh Allen still owns though. We should utilize him as a runner more, at least until he gets the whole forward pass thing ironed out. |
| Topic | The Venture Brothers season 7 season finale will air within 24 hours |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/07/18 11:53:59 PM #27 | Tropicalwood posted... Brock seemed out of character in the final episode. Perhaps he intended to use it as a bludgeon? In any case, he's definitely mellowed out a bit. And been going up against much tougher competition than the Monarch's mooks. The finale airs on TV in just 7 minutes! |
| Topic | Trump goes to town on NFL kneelers with brand new 'Trump' Football jerseys. |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/07/18 12:05:18 PM #14 | I'd rather give the NFL money. And the NFL is awful. |
| Topic | Are you playing games this weekend? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/06/18 7:58:52 PM #14 | I have a Mewar game going in EUIV. Control most of northwestern and central India now. Facing down Vijayanagar and Orissa, but they're both a few techs behind in military and Mewar has baller military boosts in its national ideas, so I basically mulch their armies unless they manage to bury one 2-3 times as many troops. Ottomans bought a province in India, but I'm allied with a massive Persia, so I should be safe. |
| Topic | Simon Blackquill is the best prosecutor in Ace Attorney. |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/06/18 12:50:52 PM #27 | I really enjoyed Spirit of Justice, but Nahyuta is like a lead weight. He's just grating and Klaviers everything up. |
| Topic | I've finally been hired, but I have to move to Indiana then CT. Should I do it? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/06/18 12:19:32 PM #13 | Tony_Biggie_Pun posted... 1NfamousACE_2 posted...Muffinz0rz posted...Easy yes. CT is driving distance back to NY as well in case your mother needs attention or you just want to visit. Oh. You can take a train into New Haven and then onto NYC. |
| Topic | I've finally been hired, but I have to move to Indiana then CT. Should I do it? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/06/18 12:16:41 PM #9 | 1NfamousACE_2 posted... Muffinz0rz posted...Easy yes. CT is driving distance back to NY as well in case your mother needs attention or you just want to visit. I mean, it's probably in Stamford or New Haven, but even Hartford would be within easy driving distance of New York City. Connecticut is tiny geographically. |
| Topic | Trump: Women for Kavanaugh are not paid professionals handed expensive signs |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/06/18 11:36:33 AM #23 | hockeybub89 posted... "Everyone who disagrees with me is a paid off by George Soros and the deep state!" https://www.topic.com/the-nib/burn-it-down The first one is relevant to this. |
| Topic | The Venture Brothers season 7 season finale will air within 24 hours |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/06/18 1:07:12 AM #13 | Okay, finale spoilers. Also, Brock got to play murderhouse. It's been a while since he's gotten to cut loose. |
| Topic | My hope is that now Collins is obviously voting yes, GOP enthusiasm drops |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/05/18 3:28:29 PM #14 | shockthemonkey posted... CruelBuffalo posted...AlephZero posted...here's how Kavanaugh getting confirmed is actually good for democrats I'd consider it a draw if Manchin votes no, but I'm pretty sure he'll support Kavanaugh. |
| Topic | My hope is that now Collins is obviously voting yes, GOP enthusiasm drops |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/05/18 3:26:38 PM #9 | CruelBuffalo posted... Questionmarktarius posted...I'm guessing on the senate vote going 50 + VP for, 50 against. LOL if you think Chuck Schumer is going to yell at Joe Manchin for voting yes. |
| Topic | What is the most Obscure Gen 1 Pokemon? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/05/18 3:11:46 PM #36 | The_Theorum posted... hollow_shrine posted...I'm going to say Pinsir https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/7/74/127Pinsir-Mega.png/600px-127Pinsir-Mega.png |
| Topic | Do democrats have any actual ideas? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/05/18 3:03:36 PM #44 | Hillary Clinton didn't even support a $15 minimum wage. |
| Topic | Do democrats have any actual ideas? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/05/18 1:14:53 PM #39 | The Democratic Party establishment is not interested in doing anything that would upset its donor class. This is why, for example, you have Nancy Pelosi saying they'll bring back pay-go and Chuck Schumer is saying they'll raise the threshold for approving judicial nominees back to 60: they don't want to do Medicare-for-All, they don't want to significantly raise taxes, or even seat judges who might upset their donors. And they're still better than the Republicans! That's the most damning indictment of American politics. |
| Topic | Is josh Gordon elite? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/04/18 11:07:51 PM #3 | He's better than the entire receiving corp of the Buffalo Bills combined. |
| Topic | The democratic process died when we stopped having meaningful civil debate |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/04/18 7:47:33 PM #14 | KamenRiderBlade posted... I didn't realize we were in the midst of a civil war. |
| Topic | Why aren't we mining the moon? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/04/18 6:36:54 PM #14 | Colorahdo posted... Isn't Helium-3 pretty useful and not very abundant on the earth, but super abundant on the moon? Moderately. A cursory search reveals its useful in medical imaging and neutron detection. More relevantly, fusing it would theoretically create a ton of energy without any radioactive by-products, but energy-positive fusion still eludes us. |
| Topic | So the native population when Columbus arrives in Hispainola is estimated 3 mil |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/04/18 6:32:47 PM #18 | Ryetoast posted... K181 posted...To be fair, the whites only intentionally murdered a fraction of the lost population. The diseases killed the vast, vast majority. Well, Isabelle did, anyway. All of the New World colonies were technically under the auspices of the Crowns of Castille and Leon(i.e. hers). (On a side note, the fact that he was essentially the junior partner of the union really bothered Ferdinand, enough that Isabelle always made sure his name was placed before hers in official documents and decress). In any case, they did not and could not do very much about it. Emperor Charles V also ordered Pizarro not to harm Atahualpa(Charles was all about the divine right of kings, so even though Atahaulpa was a heathen, Charles still believed he was the divinely-appointed leader of the Inca). Also, while it's true Europeans had little to do with most of the natives dying, their treatment of them was undeniably brutal to the point that even some contemporary observers were horrified and disgusted. And it's well-documented. |
| Topic | If liberals are smart why do they always lose |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/03/18 9:36:39 PM #4 | Forgettable posted... Does that mean Trump is smart for winning? Obviously. He's a very stable genius. Just the smartest, hugest intellect. |
| Topic | Best Television Programs |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/03/18 4:53:16 PM #13 | Ooh. Killing Eve. |
| Topic | Best Television Programs |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/03/18 4:30:59 PM #7 | BoJack Horseman Venture Bros. Steven Universe Not necessarily in that order. |
| Topic | Pokemon that should have another evolution. |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/03/18 1:50:17 PM #9 | A lot of the pokemon mentioned either got a Mega-Evo(Pinsir's in particular is baller. And the fact that it's dex entry talks about how much it loves getting to fly makes it better) or Alolan formes(Alolan Marowak is really cool). Here's one: Qwilfish. It's a single-stage pokemon with underwhelming stats. They could do a lot of things: riff on another franchise(a Final Fantasy Bomb-esque evolution) or incorporate the concept of another spiny, poisonous fish(like the lionfish) and give it nasty, spined fins. |
| Topic | Let's say that Kavanaugh is nominated. |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/03/18 1:27:28 PM #2 | Well, they could finish off the VRA, overturn Roe v. Wade, continue their assault on unions, government regulation of all kind, etc. etc. Basically with impunity. |
| Topic | FBI expands the scope of Kavanaugh investigation |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/03/18 1:24:44 PM #33 | Coffeebeanz posted... Questionmarktarius posted...There's no real way to lose here. You're treating the Democrats and Republicans like their monolithic, which, in this case, is uniquely misguided. Senators Collins and Murkowski are unusually sensitive to women's issues(for Republicans) and the charges against Kavanaugh being substantiated could well lead them to oppose Kavanaugh(and, unlike Jeff Flake, they've demonstrated they'll actually vote against their party when it matters). On the Democratic side, you have Senators Donnelly, Manchin, and Heitkamp, who all voted to confirm Gorsuch. Manchin in particular seems to openly be looking for cover to vote for Kavanaugh, and all of them could possibly benefit politically by putting daylight between themselves and their Democratic colleagues. But only if voting for Kavanaugh becomes less controversial(i.e. the investigation doesn't turn up much). |
| Topic | Is Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes black? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/02/18 10:26:09 PM #10 | So glad the Bills traded out of that pick. So. Glad. |
| Topic | You are allowed any one Pokemon as a pet. |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/02/18 10:02:27 PM #20 | Bellsprout. It doesn't need much food, and it eats annoying insects. |
| Topic | Candace Owens: "Liberals believe that we are their slaves." |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/02/18 9:58:44 PM #59 | Monolith1676 posted... Even Malcom X didn't like the liberals. Well, now I've seen everything. |
| Topic | Why did space exploration grind to a halt the last few decades? |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/02/18 9:55:37 PM #41 | Because, in the past 50 years or so, taxes have been slashed, military spending has increased precipitously, and faith in science has cratered. Also, the Shuttle Program was both kind of a dead-end and suffered two high-profile disasters, which hurt the prestige of the space program immensely. Without sufficient funding or political will, space exploration is mostly a matter for telescopes(Earth and space-based) and for the amusement of billionaires. Capitalism as an economic system is also not really good at "thinking" long-term. Space exploration isn't going to be profitable anytime soon. |
| Topic | Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees |
| ElatedVenusaur 10/02/18 10:45:43 AM #63 | Amazing what happens when a popular politician drags a billionaire instead of massaging his ego. |
| Topic | Fitzmagic bout to end |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/30/18 2:30:28 PM #7 | Damn, the Bears are slaughtering them. At least they're giving the home crowd some stress-free excitement, I guess. |
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