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fusespliff posted...

Western European here, we do.
But it's more like turkey filet and sausages and such. I have never even seen a fully roasted one you guys traditionally serve on Thanksgiving though a friend of mine grew up with that as his yearly Christmas dinner.

Probably for the best. The meat is a bit dry, so it's tricky to roast right.

May stepping down may have been a good and timely thing a year and a half ago.

hockeybub89 posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

I don't really see the point of impeaching. The Senate is going to vote to acquit, so all it's going to end up doing in the end is emboldening him and his supporters.

Embolden them to what? Vote how they were going to anyway?

How many Trump supporters that are still on board are just waiting for a good argument from the Democrats to swap sides?

Yeah, this is what I don't get about Pelosi's argument against impeachment. It's simply not based in reality. Trump's supporters tend to be the kind of older, upper middle class white people who show up to vote on town budgets.
Failing to impeach, of course, dissatisfies the Democratic base and also signals to people who aren't really paying attention that Trump hasn't done anything that merits impeachment. In short, by failing to impeach Trump, the Democratic leadership in Congress is helping to downplay Trump's malfeasance.

creativerealms posted...

DaveTheUseless posted...

Trump isn't getting impeached.

Yeah even if Pelosi had the guts to start the proceedings it would die in the Senate.

But she doesn't have the guts.

Well, she can't do it, it would undermine Biden's message of bi-partisanship and put all incumbent Republican Senators on record thinking an unpopular incumbent's crimes are no big deal.
It would just be rude!

Duncanwii posted...

Current_Events posted...

for doing that, u will be condemned to hell
and i will laugh at u from uphigh on the heaven with these big tits angel girls

Angels in the bibles were less human and more abominations against nature that had four faces and such. No boobs for you.

Yeah, there's a reason they always introduce themselves to mortals with, "Do not be afraid". Even when they're trying to keep things low-key, they're terrifying to behold.

The American system simply doesn't support anything else. The nature of the Senate does two things: 1) It makes individual senators extremely powerful and 2) It drastically overpowers the minority. Basically, individual senators are allowed to gum up the works of actually considering and voting on bills, and a minority can grind the entire chamber to a halt with little effort unless there is a supermajority(60+ votes). Lately Republicans have exploited this to torpedo the entire Obama administration and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made no secret that he plans to do the same to the next Democratic president. Trump, in spite of being a Republican, can't pass anything that Mitch McConnell doesn't also want. If you were to split the Senate between 3+ parties, you would need two or more parties to agree to work together to do even the most basic things. Really, the Senate as is is killing American democracy.

Retail sucks. Even "good" retail jobs generally don't bother to pretend you aren't considered replaceable. Your manager is probably incompetent, but then their job is probably impossible due to insane corporate mandates aimed at reducing labor costs as much as possible so the shareholders can reap as much profit as possible. Your customers make the same five jokes all the time, and that's the nice ones. The mean ones are insane lunatics who are dissatisfied when they learn the employee that maybe slightly inconvenienced them haven't been fired.

Samman123 posted...

Cate Blanchett

She would be legit awesome as Samus. Could definitely handle being dour and awkward, but with a warm heart.

Let's get a little Ace Attorney...
AA2 - The scene where you uncover the truth about Matt Engarde. The way he completely changes his demeanor, the music, the way he warns you that "ignorance is bliss", it's beyond goddamned perfect!
AA3 - Cross-examining Dahlia in Case 5 is tense as hell. And then your reward is Mia tearing her a new one: Dahlia was channeled by Maya, the very person she was supposed to kill! Also, that scream! For my money, it remains the most surprising and dramatic breakdown in the series. Mia will always own your ass, Dahlia, even in the Spirit Realm!
AA5 - The murderer's DNA is a match for...Athena Sykes!? WTF!?

Oh, Disgaea! Chapter 8- Laharl throws a fit because his prinnies are leaving to go get reincarnated in the light of the Red Moon. When he finally succeeds in defeating the guardians, he discovers that one of the prinnies is his mom, who killed herself in a magic spell that saved his life. He relents.
Oh, and then there's Heav-err, Celestia:
It's basically a 24/7 rave, I guess?
Oh...and this is bigger spoilers...
Mid-Boss is actually Laharl's dad watching over him.

Chrono Trigger: Crono dying was a real curve-ball. Even today, I can't think of many RPGs that kill off the main character
FFVII: Aeris' death, obviously, but also the entire sequence with Tifa in Cloud's head. That's a really heavy sequence that basically finally solves the mystery of what happened in Nibelheim and the mystery of what Cloud's deal is
Super Mario RPG: Wait...Bowser is in my party? He's working with Mario!? This. Is. AMAZING.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Wait...there's an event chain for the Girdle Decree plot that I've never seen?*
*This requires a number of things to happen starting from the 194 scenario that are highly unlikely to all happen.

A_A_Battery posted...

Its a declining world power, youre witnessing the insanity of it.

Grandpa has severe dementia, but unfortunately he also has nuclear weapons and the world's premiere conventional military. Also he's racist.

Absolutely.

Psyonix posted...

Alabama the worst

Shocker

absolutely did not see that coming

Mississippi must be absolutely heart-broken.

Doom_Art posted...

Every time I think of something to nitpick in that movie I remember Giant Man punching a Chitauri Leviathan in the face and Thor dual-wielding mjolnir and Stormbreaker and all my criticisms fade away

Really, the entire final battle sequence was amazing. Plus, they actually explored the post-snap world. Thor was particularly funny...and sad.

100% going to vote for Trump again and then be shocked, just shocked that his wife remains barred from re-entry. Because, at the end of the day, that's the only thing that Trump is doing that he doesn't agree with.

The entire premise of his campaign is that President Trump is some kind of horrible anomaly and not the natural end result of the political culture of the past few decades.
It's a comforting thought, but it won't lead anywhere comfortable.

yusiko posted...

DKC3 starts off easier than the other 2
but by the end its about on par with the second one for difficulty
its the worst in the trilogy however

i would have preferred if it had been dixie kong teaming up with donkey kong instead of kiddy kong
i hate that brat

Yeah, seriously. Let the big guy be playable in 2 games of his own series. Plus, then K. Rool is just reflexively kidnapping whichever Kong beat him last(or at least the one he blames for it), which is funnier.
They also did a bad job communicating that Baron K. Roolenstein is supposed to be King K. Rool, for a game with more "story" than the other two combined. I do like that he just changes his gimmick every game though.

They basically seem to have him doing a Robin Williams impression, and that's not something anyone could ever pull off. So, it's not even entirely or even mostly Will Smith's fault, he's just been made to play a game he can't win. I don't think a properly Will Smith-ified genie would be as beloved as the original, but at least it would be fresh. That seems to apply to the whole movie though.

Bacon wasn't listed either.

Blazing Sword(i.e. "Fire Emblem" for the GBA), IMO.

Indian food is great, though my crippling cilantro weakness means I need to pay attention(coriander IS cilantro).
Much easier to navigate than Vietnamese food. Or Greek food(I'm even weaker to dill).

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/ck2-dev-diary-123-iron-century.1178442/
https://forumcontent.paradoxplaza.com/public/468482/CK2_IronCentury_1920x1080.jpg
It's 936 A.D. Apparently, Persia is really divided and an attempted Zoroastrian restoration just failed, so there should be lots of well-situated Zoroastrian characters. The Norse are just starting to Christianize, but the Viking Age is still going.
But the star of the show is the gentleman in their new loading screen: Emperor Otto the Great.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
The new bookmark starts on the day of his coronation. Are you a bad enough dude to save Christendom?
Oh, and this is a free update. It may be a sign that CK2 is at the end of its life and will receive some continued support but no more full-scale DLC. Time will tell, though.

HagenEx posted...

ElatedVenusaur posted...

young actor keen to redeem himself for Twilight

What does this mean, exactly? Why should he need to redeem himself? You can hate the source material for whatever reason, but Twilight was a decent adaptation and he did a great job at playing the part.

It's more that it's well-known he hates Twilight, and if he nails Batman, people will remember him more for that than for playing Edward in Twilight. Which would undoubtedly make him happy.

I think a relatively young actor keen to redeem himself for Twilight is a good pick, personally. Affleck was basically slumming it, playing Batman in these past few D.C. movies.

Pesto is great. A good tomato sauce never goes wrong, of course, but sometimes, you need a change-up.

BlingBling22947 posted...

Why is he running for President of the United States?

Christ, how many candidates are being fielded?

Apparently he hates being Mayor of NYC, but doesn't realize he can just...stop being mayor?
He's not even in my top 5.

Tsukasa1891 posted...

I hope they don't forget all the little mini games.

Well, it's best they forget some of them.
But not this one.

Meh, soap is soap, man. It doesn't really matter who it's being marketed too.
I do like Every Man Jack though. I favor the cedarwood. I want to smell like wood or waterfalls or the ocean or something, myself. Not a huge fan of flowers.

I would definitely complement her on those earrings.

And, in any case, even if you assume Chief Justice Roberts wouldn't overturn Roe v. Wade, they're simply one justice away from doing so.

So, the counties would probably be Miami-Dade, Broward, or maybe Duval. That's where the voters are, anyway. Doubt they would bother hacking otherwise.

ScazarMeltex posted...

Sad_Face posted...

Why are there states trying to lower the time span allowed for abortions?

Conservative politicians trying to pander to their morally bankrupt voter base.

Assuming Roe V Wade is overturned it won't matter to the politicians one bit. Abortion will be treated like drugs. Winked at for the rich and powerful while being used to imprison the poor.

Yeah, it's a tool for social control, much like the War on Drugs and mass incarceration in general. A tool to keep women where they "belong", in this case.

She just spoke at an event with Sen. Sanders and Sen. Markey this weekend?
Also, they're currently busy smearing Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Poor Ayanna Presley, Deb Haaland, Sharice Davids, Ro Khanna, etc. etc. must feel left out.

ThyCorndog posted...

CNN (or at least I think it was CNN) recently had a thing where they tried to make it seem bad Bernie has remained consistent for decades

I think they forgot it's only good to change your stance if you're wrong.
Of course, no one told Biden that.

That's some excellent news. Looking forward to it.

iClockwork posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

is the US leadership peaceful and conflict adverse? sounds like you can you use your logic to have someone come liberate us too

Does the United systematically oppress and murder its own people on the same scale and with the same brutality as the Iranian regime?

Nah, we just do that with foreign nationals, here(including those with an internationally-recognized right to be here!) and abroad. Does Iran destabilize countries and entire regions like we do?

Taharqa_ posted...

There's a type of synergy going on with these evangelicals, MAGA, alt-right with these draconian abortion laws in places like Alabama and Georgia and with voter suppression places like South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The shared goal is the restoration of rigid hierarchies of gender and eventually race.

Talk radio and Fox News has been baking this cake for the past three decades. They feel emboldened now more than ever due to the demagogue that is currently occupying the WH.

I mean, the modern conservative movement began as a reaction to the Civil Rights movement and Feminism experiencing success. It's what they've always been after.

Sativa_Rose posted...

If we overthrew the Saudi monarchy there would be a good chance it would be replaced by something more radically Islamic, which would be even worse.

How would that be different from now? Oh no, the Saudi government might fund extremist groups abroad, and, welp, that's exactly what they already do!
They probably wouldn't defend China putting Uighurs in concentration camps though.

Intro2Logic posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

Trump could literally invade tomorrow with pretty much zero justification and the American population would do nothing but sit there and allow it. You know how I know? They did they same fucking thing when Dubya invaded Iraq with literally zero evidence of anything.

Millions of people protested in the streets over the War in Iraq.

And the media eagerly carried water for the Bush administration and smeared them as kooks and cranks. If they paid any attention to them at all.

Wait, which one is Swalwell again? Dude's probably ecstatic there's a genuine article out there that mentions him by name.

gamer167 posted...

I knew women had it way easier in the dating world but fuck.

I mean, they do have an easier time getting sex(men are more willing to put out, for various reasons), if they want it. They also have an easier time getting STDs or getting sexually assaulted, raped, and/or murdered. And they also have a harder time getting good sex. With us, anyway.

Pogo_Marimo posted...

GasMonkey posted...

if the cult is gonna follow 45 as much as they do. then i want ONLY sons and daughters of republican voters thrown into that meat grinder. Iran would wreck our shit, and the public will turn when endless red state caskets come home. they all foam at the mouth for this, so lets see them strap up and go first.

Nah, the U.S. would blow Iran out of the water, although they'll put up a stiffer fight than Iraq. The occupation afterwards might be a quagmire though.

*Might*? Iran has several times the population of Iraq, with lots of rugged mountainous terrain(in which most of the major cities are located!), and the odd jungle. There are no serious ethnic divisions, religious differences or political factions that would ease the process. Persia historically assimilates conquerors or becomes their graveyard. It would make Iraq and Afghanistan look like Grenada.

s0nicfan posted...

Godnorgosh posted...

"I'm a realist, you all just need to be realistic and pragmatic about politics"

"We can compromise with Republicans and continue to make progress and win elections"

He's not wrong. Unless you hold a supermajority, you literally have to compromise with the other party to make any progress in congress. Those votes don't come from nowhere.

I too remember how Obama's sensible, centrist policy appeals attracted great Republican support and brought the budget deficit under control by cutting Social Security and Medicare.

I doubt her experience is typical...but where's the link?

What's more depressing than old men confronting the specter of their impending deaths?


Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
It's got to be a member of the 27-club. Amy Winehouse was a fantastic talent who was seemingly incapable of dealing with fame or really life in general. She was a depressed bulimic who did all of the drugs and did them in dizzying quantities. Needless to say, she sung this one from experience.