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| Topic | Elizabeth Warren: 'I will take a hard look into running for President' in 2020 |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/30/18 11:19:36 AM #101 | Yeah, the "Pocahontas" thing worked great for current senior senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown... Wait.... |
| Topic | Elizabeth Warren: 'I will take a hard look into running for President' in 2020 |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/29/18 9:04:24 PM #30 | Pepys Monster posted... Bernie is literally the democrats' ONLY hope of beating Trump. They need to bring out the big guns instead of underestimating him again if they want to win. I don't know about that: Warren is significantly further left economically than the Democratic mainstream, and decent at articulating her positions. Plus, she is less likely to face the threat of Third Way types rebelling or at least dragging their feet. The way the Dems lose to Trump is nominating Biden. Can't shake the feeling he might have some sexual harassment skeletons in his closet. Plus, he's basically the same as Hillary ideologically. |
| Topic | Roman Polanski Announces First Movie in #MeToo Era, 'J'Accuse' |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/29/18 8:53:09 PM #9 | shockthemonkey posted... Polanski is scum |
| Topic | Super Mario RPG, my favorite game of all time, is unbalanced as FUCK >_> |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/29/18 8:51:21 PM #91 | One thing I'll criticize it for is that the isometric psuedo-3D makes the few times the game requires you to do platforming a chore. Especially with moving platforms. Still a classic. |
| Topic | Elizabeth Warren: 'I will take a hard look into running for President' in 2020 |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/29/18 8:48:11 PM #21 | She would be good, but I've become convinced we really need the full Bernie. |
| Topic | As a Brit can someone explain this kavanaugh thing to me? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/29/18 3:26:28 PM #8 | Also, it's worth mentioning that, constitutionally speaking, the Supreme Court has no fixed number of justices. It's just that 9 became the generally-accepted number. FDR tried to increase the number after the Court stuck down a lot of his New Deal attempts at assuaging the Depression, but even his own party balked at the idea. |
| Topic | As a Brit can someone explain this kavanaugh thing to me? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/29/18 3:04:58 PM #2 | Crepes posted... So the guy who is going to be top dog in the courts has an active investigation going on and hes still voted in? So long as no Republicans defect, yes. |
| Topic | Andrea Kremer And Hannah Storm Will Be First Female Duo To Call An NFL Game. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/26/18 9:10:47 PM #7 | Jason Witten isn't good at his job though. He's still better than Aikman, but that bar's somewhere in the Earth's mantle. |
| Topic | Poll: fewer than half of GOP women support Kavanaugh confirmation |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/26/18 3:34:02 PM #21 | Gorsuch is proof that there are plenty of hard-right ghouls in the wings without this kind of politically-toxic baggage that Blue Dog Senators will support out of some misguided sense of decorum, let alone Republicans. It's absolutely incredible that they managed to nominate the one who seems to be a serial sexual assaulter, if not full-blown rapist. |
| Topic | Third Kavanaugh accuser has come forward |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/26/18 2:22:23 PM #12 | JacquesArc posted... He's done. Now they won't have time to confirm the next scumbag before elections. I'm deeply pessimistic about anything that relies on Republicans having a conscience, but Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski seem (somewhat) sensitive to women's issues and voted to kill the Republican ACA repeal over their concerns(so they're not just talk, like the Jeff Flakes and Ben Sasses of the world). And the former may not survive a vote to confirm. Politically speaking. Doesn't mean it can't happen though. |
| Topic | Jeff Flake laying down a verbal hammer. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/26/18 1:35:22 PM #7 | Ah yes, another member of the #Resistance. |
| Topic | New XFL commissioner confirms all players must stand for nathional anthem. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/26/18 12:59:09 PM #61 | The league that starts a year after the AAFL? |
| Topic | I legit thought there was a chance the Bills wouldn't win a game all year. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/23/18 4:27:34 PM #3 | The weirdest thing was that a team was killing the clock for an entire half, and it wasn't the team playing the Bills, but the Bills themselves. Josh Allen owns Anthony Barr now, I think. Like, literally. |
| Topic | Stormy Daniels was terrified of Ben Roethlisberger after he made kiss attempt |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/22/18 9:27:25 PM #15 | That sounds 100% consistent with what is public knowledge about Ben Roethlesberger. |
| Topic | Wait so Bill Clinton is a confirmed rapist and people are cool with him still? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/21/18 4:36:32 PM #60 | Oakland510_ posted... Damn, how could Bill do this....This Broaddrick lady wasn't even attractive 20 years ago. It's more about power than anything. |
| Topic | You know what I'll say it, IDC. The web is censoring Alex Jones to help the Dems |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/21/18 3:30:33 PM #3 | Imagine defending Alex Jones. |
| Topic | Wait so Bill Clinton is a confirmed rapist and people are cool with him still? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/21/18 3:00:18 PM #30 | Wil_Knights posted... This is what I just don't understand about the left. Bill Clinton is a hero to them, and they tried to get his wife elected... even though he has multiple women claiming he raped them, and essentially raped Monica since he was her boss. They completely turn a blind eye since he's on "their side". You can't call yourself left and support the Clintons(except as "Well, the other candidate is literally Donald Trump"). They're incompatible. Hillary Clinton was nominated because the Democratic Party is fundamentally a platform for centrist corporatism(i.e. neoliberalism). This why Bernie did so well(relatively) in the primaries, and why the left is hunting establishment Dem scalps. But of course, none of that matters to you. |
| Topic | Why is corporate America so stupid? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/21/18 2:56:08 PM #18 | clearaflagrantj posted... PhazonReborn posted...I've learned over the past 10+ years of being in an industrial sales office environment that 90% of management in my Industry isn't qualified to manage people. It's especially bad, because "management position" is the only route for advancement in most places, but they also seem to be held to lower standards in many companies, meaning these overmatched boobs hang around for a long while. |
| Topic | First look at Joaquin Phoenix in Joker makeup |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/21/18 2:07:55 PM #22 | I like the overtly clownish look. Lots of people are scared of normal clowns. |
| Topic | Republicans are fucking idiots about this Kavanaugh hearing. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/21/18 1:47:29 PM #22 | Balrog0 posted... also, the real way that conservatives are fucking up is that they are talking too much about the philosophy behind this and the whole metoo movement Yeah, they really can't help themselves on that front. I still happen to think Kavanaugh will get confirmed(he shouldn't, IMO), but the Republicans have no one to blame but the president for this farce. |
| Topic | The Cleveland Browns won a Football game! |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/20/18 11:40:03 PM #14 | spudger posted... Jets fans salty over on nflb Darnold looked really bad tonight. The Browns and Cleveland deserve the win, but Hue Jackson sure doesn't. |
| Topic | America's game of the week: Jets @ Browns. Who you got? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/20/18 7:52:28 PM #12 | MabusIncarnate posted... This sounds like a really, really bad game. I'm gonna watch preseason hockey instead. I don't know man, this may transcend past boredom to pure clownball. Turnovers, inexplicable mental errors, and busted plays/coverages on the offing. Go Browns! |
| Topic | Hillary: I believe we should abolish the electoral college" |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/20/18 7:50:11 PM #101 | I'm glad a prominent centrist Democrat is saying such things, but it's only because it affected her personally. None of the others will care. |
| Topic | Mega Man 1 is the best of the first 3 >_> |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/20/18 5:03:31 PM #24 | HylianFox posted... I love 3 but I do agree it kinda drags with the Doc Robot stages The Doc Robot stages and fights are at least pretty interesting. The real crime is the obligatory Wily Fortress, which is a massive let-down. There's really not much going on there, as if they just slapped it together at the last minute. MM2 suffers from having two infamously bad bosses(Boo Beam Trap and The Alien). Like, they make Yellow Devil look good(because at least Elec Beam kills him swiftly and isn't literally the only thing that even hurts him and you can actually afford to miss). Plus, 3 has pretty good weapons. Shadow Blade is balanced a Metal Blade. Top Spin allows you to mulch weak enemies mid-jump. It also randomly glitches when confronted with enemies it doesn't one-shot, which is fun considering it's Shadow Man's weakness. Needle Shot is Buster 1.5(kind of boring, kind of good). Search Snake crawls along the floor, making it good in rooms with lots of uneven terrain. Gemini Laser is strong, but the bouncing gimmick is baaad. Hard Knuckle hits like a truck, but is slow. Magnet Missile is kind of gimmicky, but the cool kind of gimmicky. Spark Shock is utterly worthless unless Magnet Man is giving you trouble. It's one of the better bunches in the classic series, IMO, even with Spark Shock being garbage and Top Spin being glitchy. |
| Topic | Why do millennials going to these urgent care places instead of a regular doctor |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/19/18 1:28:45 PM #38 | monkmith posted... ElatedVenusaur posted...monkmith posted...KBGiantsfan posted...I had some young mid 20's kid working under me who literally went to the ER for a splinter because he was scared it might get infected. I just laugh at that shit. I don't remember, but it was pretty deep. Bled enough to make me feel faint. |
| Topic | Why do millennials going to these urgent care places instead of a regular doctor |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/19/18 12:04:13 PM #30 | monkmith posted... KBGiantsfan posted...I had some young mid 20's kid working under me who literally went to the ER for a splinter because he was scared it might get infected. I just laugh at that shit. Eh. I cut my thumb real bad by accident and work sent me to the ER because it was 9PM and none of the clinics were open. I got to spend my night at the ER though. They've got better things to do than bandage a thumb(I only just got out of stitches). |
| Topic | Some of Hilter's paintings were quite good. Look at this. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/18/18 4:24:09 PM #52 | I don't know much about art, but Hitler's paintings don't do anything for me, like some other paintings do. This is a bit of tangent, but: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/19/featuresreviews.guardianreview34 That's a poem by the Georgian poet Soselo a.k.a. Joseph Stalin. |
| Topic | Japan has railway repaired merely two weeks after typhoon destroyed it. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/18/18 10:19:10 AM #9 | The Japanese government is riddled with inefficiencies, corruption, etc. But they certainly take their infrastructure very seriously. |
| Topic | Playing Pokemon Moon as the girl, when can I take off this stupid ass hat? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/17/18 11:18:47 PM #2 | As soon as you can go clothes shopping. |
| Topic | The woman who said Kavanaugh tried to sexually assault her has come forward |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/16/18 7:41:48 PM #121 | Anteaterking posted... Yeah, what's up with due process meaning "We're not going to look into it at all". It certainly hangs over the victim, but they're presumably okay with that because she's a woman. |
| Topic | Wu vs. Wei vs. Shu. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/16/18 6:52:01 PM #13 | I've always thought they could do all sorts of Warriors games. Like, the formula would fit the Trojan War perfectly. I personally thought they handled Wei almost-perfectly in DW7(they screwed up by putting Xiahou Dun in everything. Past Guan Du, he was basically a civil official who oversaw the governance of part of Cao-Wei's most important territories. And they've never made a big enough deal of Cao Ren holding off Guan Yu even after his castle was flooded out). |
| Topic | Other than Hitler who just as bad? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/14/18 6:01:49 PM #33 | Bashar al-Assad is a well-qualified modern contender. |
| Topic | Pretty interesting poll for that Florida governor's race |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/14/18 3:12:41 PM #6 | That's definitely encouraging. |
| Topic | Can't believe people stayed in their homes for this Carolina hurricane |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/14/18 3:11:55 PM #3 | My understanding is that a large portion of both Carolinas is low-lying land, so flooding is a massive concern. I know houses are important and people form emotional attachments to places, but all that means nothing if they end up being your tomb. |
| Topic | What's the worst Final Fantasy? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/14/18 12:41:13 PM #16 | Caution998 posted... 2 at least has the excuse of they didn't know what the hell they were doing yet. Dude, Final Fantasy I is a much better game than II. II, is, like, your textbook NES sequel: weird, overambitious jank that falls well short of the original. And it's bugged to hell and back. It just doesn't have anything going for it. |
| Topic | Do you use your turn signal in turn only lanes? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/14/18 12:32:21 PM #26 | I try to always use my signals appropriately. I'm sure I forget from time-to-time, but it's important to communicate exactly what you're doing/trying to do to other motorists. |
| Topic | Pickle Rick won an Emmy |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/13/18 6:01:12 PM #31 | Pogo_Marimo posted... nn-DMT posted...i like rick and morty. but it kills me that people liked pickle rick. its not a good episode. the only thing creative about it was some of the violence was actually imaginative. outside of that, there's nothing special about it. it's one of the worst episodes of the series. It also serves to highlight how insane and even stupid Rick can be at times. He puts himself through that entire insane adventure where he almost dies a half dozen times because he didn't want to go to family therapy, but didn't want to cop to it. And then he shows up anyway and is snide to the therapist, who actually has him pegged perfectly and rips him pretty hard, but it doesn't matter. It begins to set up Beth's revelation in a later episode. Steven Universe got robbed though. |
| Topic | They're going after Lovecraft now |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 11:11:51 PM #48 | It should be obvious he's super racist just from the few times he mentions actual black people in his stories. That knowledge hurts At The Mountains of Madness a little bit. In the end, he's still a great writer and well worth reading. |
| Topic | If Michael B Jordan is the next Superman then who should play Lex Luthor? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 7:09:23 PM #10 | DeadSite posted... Chadwick Boseman This is the only right answer. |
| Topic | Is there good beer? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 7:06:05 PM #17 | BlameAnesthesia posted... I feel like most people drink lagers and when they delve into "other" beers they try IPAs and pale ales, which are bitter and hoppy. Southern Tier makes literal dessert bears. Choklat, Choklat-Oranj, Salted Caramel, Cherry Cordial, Thick Mint, Samoa This, etc. etc. |
| Topic | I hope Shadow, Isabelle, and Geno are announced tomorrow for smash ultimate. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 5:20:26 PM #11 | Let's get evil doctors in mechs. |
| Topic | The FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecast is out |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 5:15:42 PM #9 | Balrog0 posted... AlephZero posted...66% probability of Republicans holding the Senate is lower than I would have thought. It may be the model is bullish on the prospects of Beto O'Rourke(TX) and Phil Bredesen(TN). There may also not be much polling data on certain vulnerable incumbent Democrats, and thus the model is weighting those races primarily based on other factors. In any case, now is when most voters start paying attention to races. |
| Topic | The FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecast is out |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 4:58:33 PM #1 | https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/senate/ Basically, the Republicans are likely to lose 1-2 seats, as things stand, which would leave them in control of the Senate. It mostly has to do with the fact that the Senate seats that are up are, collectively, extremely favorable to Republicans(they only control 8 of the 35 up. The Dems or Dem-caucusing Independents control the other 27). So, check it out. Nate Silver and his team do great work. |
| Topic | Why do most fascist dictatorships pretend to be socialist? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 3:27:40 PM #2 | Authoritarians will appropriate anything and everything if they believe it will be useful in extending and securing their power. |
| Topic | New York is stupidly undemocratic |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 11:15:33 AM #3 | All in service of protecting the incumbents. |
| Topic | EU rules that Hungary isnt EU enough. May strip them of right to vote. |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/12/18 11:14:22 AM #4 | Good. The EU shouldn't condone autocracy. Of course, it will go right back to screwing Greece/Spain/Italy etc. |
| Topic | Do you favour full reparations to descendants of American slaves? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/11/18 4:47:54 PM #29 | hollow_shrine posted... Slaves? What about the descendants of the Greenville race riot in Tulsa? Or generations of housing discrimination in this country? It's always been my impression that the discussion of reparations is more thought exercise than serious policy. Basically, do you take seriously the continual and continuing damage white racism has done to the economic standing of black Americans and agree that something(s) concrete must be done to rectify the problem? |
| Topic | Do you favour full reparations to descendants of American slaves? |
| ElatedVenusaur 09/11/18 4:41:34 PM #22 | LightHawKnight posted... What about the descendants of the Africans who sold other Africans to the slavers? To European slavers? The way you worded that, you sound like you're actually blaming the European slavers for creating so much demand in the first place! Surely you didn't mean to though? |
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