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Not only is this article old, it may be the oldest full article posted in this topic series...but I just read Hunter S. Thompson's obituary for Richard Nixon and holy shit he throws it down.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/07/he-was-a-crook/308699/
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10/23/2017
MILITARY TIMES - One in four troops sees white nationalism in the ranks

Nearly one in four troops polled say they have seen examples of white nationalism among their fellow service members, and troops rate it as a larger national security threat than Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new Military Times poll.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2017/10/23/military-times-poll-one-in-four-troops-sees-white-nationalism-in-the-ranks/

This link is nine months old, but when combined with the above link about discharging immigrant recruits...pretty fucked up.

And don't forget Donald pushed for banning transgender people from the military too.
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7/5/2018
AP - AP NewsBreak: US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits

The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable, jeopardizing their futures.

It was my dream to serve in the military, said reservist Lucas Calixto, a Brazilian immigrant who filed a lawsuit against the Army last week. Since this country has been so good to me, I thought it was the least I could do to give back to my adopted country and serve in the United States military.

Some of the service members say they were not told why they were being discharged. Others who pressed for answers said the Army informed them theyd been labeled as security risks because they have relatives abroad or because the Defense Department had not completed background checks on them.

Spokespeople for the Pentagon and the Army said that, due to the pending litigation, they were unable to explain the discharges or respond to questions about whether there have been policy changes in any of the military branches.

Eligible recruits are required to have legal status in the U.S., such as a student visa, before enlisting. More than 5,000 immigrants were recruited into the program in 2016, and an estimated 10,000 are currently serving. Most go the Army, but some also go to the other military branches.

To become citizens, the service members need an honorable service designation, which can come after even just a few days at boot camp. But the recently discharged service members have had their basic training delayed, so they cant be naturalized.

https://apnews.com/38334c4d061e493fb108bd975b5a1a5d
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What does "disputed waters claimed by Canada" mean? That it's arguable whether America or Canada has the area officially but Canada is usually assumed to be the one over that area?
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So...it's a "job's too sweet" kinda deal?

It IS an issue in the sense that I'll be so far away from existing friends and family, but easy comfortable money is a great three-word combo.
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Weakupedia posted...

just don't fall into the trap of doing it for a year.... for 7 years in a row

because once that ends, you realize you haven't really made progress in your real life

So this worries me about not making progress in one's life. Does it not save enough money? Is it considered more of an entry-level position? Does it not look good on resumes? Is it a situation where I'm not likely to learn much about the language around me?
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I've been bouncing around on here -- I've heard people occasionally ask me if I wanted to join them in doing this over the years and we never did, but now the thought's returned. May as well ask.

Like...what are things to consider just to see how real the interest is?

I've got a degree and have taught various workshops and trainings. I loooooved living in NYC three years so I like the idea of a culture shock again, but I've never left America before.

I've seen this work described as fun, easy, and safe without a need to know another language...and depending on the country, you can save some reasonable money. Is this accurate? Because it souunds too good to be true.

I took their quiz twice...

https://www.internationalteflacademy.com/where-should-you-teach-abroad-quiz

...once with my main picks, once with some second-choice picks. Both times, they recommended I go to Seoul, South Korea...which I never considered before. I went into this with an interest in Karachi, Pakistan. I also would be cool with a Spanish-speaking country so I could learn that better and bring back to America another day.

Apparently China's a good market I can dive into and get my flights paid for...? Never thought about living their before.

Anyway, rambling now -- just looking into new ideas for a day-job while still pursuing theatre at night.
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That's one perspective. Another is that it is a bad meeting to have.

Same tweeter from May last year, almost inmediately after Comey was fired...

5/9/2017
TWITTER - Seth Abramson (CNN, MSNBC, BBC, NPR, Seattle Times, Dallas News, Washington Post)

BREAKING: Trump, not Tillerson, to meet TOMORROW with the Russian (Lavrov) who, per ex-MI6 Steele, *ran* Putin's election-hacking operation.

*BEGINNING OF THREAD*

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/862121601562791936

...now Republicans are meeting with Lavrov in Moscow on the 4th of July.

And as posted earlier...

7/3/2018
TWITTER - Natasha Bertrand (Atlantic, NBC, MSNBC)

Trump wants to meet with Putin alone, with no other aides present on either side, in Helsinki this month. That means no note-takers, witnesses, or official record. https://t.co/nUepSFAUNP

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1014218861296660480?s=19

...this is a continued pattern of Donald's administration crossing weird lines for Russia while we as a nation are deep in the investigation of Donald's connections with Russia.
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7/4/2018
TWITTER - Seth Abramson (Attorney, CNN, BBC, CBS, Vanity Fair)

Can you believe Republican Congressmen are in Moscow meeting with the men who coordinated Russia's pro-Republican attack on America...

...on INDEPENDENCE DAY?

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1014562783936081926?s=19

I haven't seen a link to this yet. If true though, man.....
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It's one thing if wg just spoke up about over-reacting to the #MeToo movement. There can be an argument for that -- not one I'm crazy about, but sure, there are fair points to be made.

Insulting along the way, however -- men pansy'ing it up and having their dicks retract -- suggests a condescending lack of nuance. I can see why that post got pounced on.

I think wg probably worded his post poorly, and it doesn't help he got more into a defensive mode than clarifying mode after that...but I don't think those accusations against him were what he wanted to insinuate. It's a good lesson to be mindful in the future about how to present a point on a touchy subject.

Also, Tarvauld's Quest is fine and dandy, dunno why I see jabs at his streams here ocasionally.
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And Bob-Omb Battlefiend did have a shell.

And it was both the first level as wll as one of the levels you pretty much had to return to later.

Okay, that does it:

Tall Tall Mountain
Whomp's Fortress
Lethal Lava Land
Bob-Omb Battlefield
Cool Cool Mountain
Big Boo's Haunt
Shifting Sand Land
Snowman's Land
Tick Tock Clock
Rainbow Ride
Wet Dry World
Dire Dire Docks
Jolly Roger Bay
Tiny Huge Island
Hazy Maze Cave

Bowser 2
Bowser 1
Bowser 3

Ghost Cap
Metal Cap
Flying Cap

flying power
walk-through power
metal power

Cool Cool Mountain Slide
Tall Tall Mountai Slide
Princess Slide

Bob-Omb Koopa Race
Tiny Huge Island Koopa Race

Giant Lava Bully
Giant Ice Bully
Giant Whomp
King Boo
Mr. Wiggler
King Bob-Omb
Pyramid's eye-hands
getting that dang eel out of the ship what a terrible villain

Fancy jump
Meeting Yoshi
Fat penguin
100 Lives
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LeonhartFour posted...

it's just nice to see that there are still people who are playing Mario 64 for the first time in 2018

This is true and probably underrated with all the parents showing games to their children now.
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Tick Tock Clock is only the best if you're getting the very highest star on the map while the clock is stopped. Otherwise, eh, it's fine.
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One lady who brought a SM64-cartridge and answered Bob-Omb Battlefield stood out to me in particular. Shortly after I asked her that about her favorite level, she said she's determined to beat the game now that she's met Mario.

"Oh cool, how many stars do you have right now?"

"I dunno, but I just got to the level with the castle."

"Whomp's Fortress?"

"Yeah."

"...nice, get it girl!"
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LeonhartFour posted...

turbopuns2 posted...

I guess it's not too surprising, just disappointing? Like it's hard to think people are all that genuinely happy to see and interact with fans if they won't just do it for the sake of it. But that's just the biz I suppose.

I mean they will interact with fans just for the sake of it

you don't have to take pictures with them or have anything signed by them

That's the thing, yeah. They'll shake hands, say hi, and listen to ya for a few seconds before moving it along for the next fan who's ready to pay.

Charles was funny to hear encourage upselling. "Tell them if they get pictures with their autograph, it's ten dollars off!" For being the voice of Mario, he was about that money like his name was Tom Nook. Mario was pimpin', and I was something between the bouncer and the bottom bitch.

That's probably part of why I got an extra autograph at the end too. Inbetween asking people if they were general/VIP access and if they had a favorite Mario level (every SM64-fan that brought their cartridge to sign said Bob-Omb Battlefield was their favorite...so weird to see that streak #TeamTallTallMountain), I was filling people in and probably made him a lot of extra $30s.
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It's funny you mention Ric Flair. He was the only celebrity I recognized by name when I skimmed the list of who'd be there that day, and seeing him was my one mission for the day while I was volunteering.

And then I got there, and I couldn't see him because of an even better reason: getting to be around Mario for about three hours.

Traded one "Wooooo!" with Naitch for a bunch of "WooHoo!" with a plumber, aw yeah.
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LeonhartFour posted...

wait the Backstreet Boys were there?

Yup! Had to laugh at a real sad-looking woman with a tank-top saying "I was supposed to marry a Backstreet Boy." Sorry lady.
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And yeah STM! Mark your calendar for the end of June next year -- they're not doing an October event this year.
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$40 for three posed pictures with him, $40 for a signed picture, or $70 for both. He was the only celebrity I noticed who offered a combo-discount like that.

Also $50 for a signed giant poster like my SMB3 one or $50 for a line-reading in Mario's voice.

Blew my mind about these prices. I thought after people paid $150-$300 just to get in (I volunteered so I got in free), these autographs and pictures would be free or at least much cheaper. Nope!

There were also the venders all around who who selling items at what I thought were generally-acceptable prices -- two-for-$5 game-themed magnets, two-for-$25 game-themed drinking glasses, $20 stained glass piece, that sort of deal.

If I had to pay $150-$300 just to get in and if I wasn't gifted that second autograph for my time (he was the only celebrity nice enough to offer an autograph for volunteering, by the way), I would feel very different about my experience there.

I'll try to volunteer again, but I'm not paying vacation-prices like that.

EDIT: there were times his line was the longest, but that wasn't to say he was in more demand than the Star Trek cast or Backstreet Boys.
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The conclusion:

https://imgur.com/gallery/iMaWe58

Swag swag swag.
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If we're trying to riff on somebody being subservient to somebody else, and we're cutting out sexuality for the gay-community and misogyny for women...

...I mean, there's the slave-angle, but that is NOT going to play well.

So in the PC-world of comedy, are there other angles to poke fun at for being subservient that doesn't offend a protected class?
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Woke up, still hyped.
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He was cheery through-out and he felt bad when he had to step away for five-minute food breaks or bathroom breaks. Support him when you can!

He definitely put more time into signing posters than I expected. He even put in moustache-details!
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X_Dante_X posted...

you did the mario, right

I understood he didn't do the voice for anything but the games. That's like asking showing Jack Nicholson my impression of the Joker slamming a person's head on a vertical pencil.

Thought of you and 'poooooooooooooooooooooooooot though!
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

Nice! He's one of those guys I'd like to meet for a minute just to say thanks.

Also, requesting SWAG PICS

http://imgur.com/gallery/cnMLbYj

Not pictured: me. Already paid $50 for the SMB3 poster and bought some other items for gifts/myself so I didn't wanna pay another $40 to share a picture together too. I felt like he took a liking to me though because he gifted another autographed picture for my time and effort.

Made me feel a lot better about spending that much on a poster of at best the #5 Mario game COME AT ME
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LeonhartFour posted...

should've asked him to do his Vigoro voice

I've gotta play Skies of Arcadia one day.

ScareChan posted...

did you say ITSA YOU

Missed opportunity!

In hindsight, as someone who thinks I have a great SM64 triple-jump impression, I wish I would have asked for his advice on doing Mario's voice.
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ninkendo posted...

how does he feel about Waluigi having Big Dick Energy

https://www.cnet.com/g00/news/waluigi-has-big-dick-energy/?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3D&i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=14

If I was working tomorrow, I'd show him this article and ask him for his thoughts.
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I volunteered for Fanboy Expo and spent about three hours around the dude.

He also voices Luigi, their baby versions, Wario, and Waluigi. He loves them all, but then he confessed Mario was his favorite to do. I heard so many one-second sound clips I've had etched in my brain throughout my life there. Nice lighthearted guy.

I told him I hope he has a sense of his impact, and his face changed a bit -- it was one of the few moments I noticed he didn't do a voice and he said that meant a lot.

And then I got swag swag swag. Now I'm trying to figure out where I'm gonna hang this giant SMB3 poster he signed.
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Link please?
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I don't know your tastes at all for shows, but it's a show I feel like would be broadly enjoyed by most people interested in seeing theatre.

Worst case scenario, you'll still be able to say "Yeah, we saw Hamilton when it came to Boston" and see people gush in jealousy.
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And it's not the best musical ever, but it's in the conversation for modern musicals. I prefer Passing Strange and Book of Mormon to it, but it's an exciting and wellmade musical.
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Listened to the soundtrack a lot and was shown a bootleg performance.

The soundtrack matches the show in a way most musical soundtracks don't, because most musicals have scenes between songs and Hamilton is all musical.

It's your call. If I knew I was about to watch the show, I'd choose going blind, but having listened to it a bunch doesn't diminish me wanting to see it on-stage for myself either.

Main songs in my mind:

Alexander Hamilton
Not Throwing Away My Shot
The rap battles

Favorite songs would probably be those as well as:

Nonstop
Burn
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No luck, really -- just time and a GameFAQs feature.

Choose how lucky you wanna be.
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I...kinda forgot Ulti still posts here.
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Do we have an open borders-policy now on containment?

I really don't care, do u?
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Jakyl25 posted...

Corrik posted...

They are closer to being designated a hate group and terrorist organization than permeating government seats.

Highly, HIGHLY disagree

6/23/2017
POLITICO - DHS halts planned funding for anti-white extremism group

The Department of Homeland Security is restarting a stalled $10-million grant program for Countering Violent Extremism this morning. Life After Hate, a group dedicated to deradicalizing neo-Nazis and stopping white extremism, was slated to get $400,000 in the final days of the Obama administration (http://bit.ly/2sxsh6x) before the program was halted for review, but the Trump administration dropped them from the new grant list thats getting announced today.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/23/playbook-dhs-extremism-life-after-hate-239889
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6/28/2018
NEW YORK TIMES - Inside the White Houses Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening

President Trump singled him out for praise even while attacking other members of the Supreme Court. The White House nominated people close to him to important judicial posts. And members of the Trump family forged personal connections.

[...]

Mr. Trump himself said he wanted to appoint justices who would overrule Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion. Justice Kennedy has voted to reaffirm Roes core holding. And Mr. Trump has not hesitated to criticize far more conservative members of the Supreme Court, notably Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

Justice Roberts turned out to be an absolute disaster, he turned out to be an absolute disaster because he gave us Obamacare, Mr. Trump said in 2016, presumably referring to Chief Justice Robertss votes to sustain President Barack Obamas health care law.

There is reason to think, then, that Mr. Trumps praise of Justice Kennedy was strategic.

Then, after Justice Gorsuchs nomination was announced, a White House official singled out two candidates for the next Supreme Court vacancy: Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Judge Raymond M. Kethledge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati.

The two judges had something in common: They had both clerked for Justice Kennedy.

[...]

Say hello to your boy, Mr. Trump said. Special guy.

Mr. Trump was apparently referring to Justice Kennedys son, Justin. The younger Mr. Kennedy spent more than a decade at Deutsche Bank, eventually rising to become the banks global head of real estate capital markets, and he worked closely with Mr. Trump when he was a real estate developer, according to two people with knowledge of his role.

During Mr. Kennedys tenure, Deutsche Bank became Mr. Trumps most important lender, dispensing well over $1 billion in loans to him for the renovation and construction of skyscrapers in New York and Chicago at a time other mainstream banks were wary of doing business with him because of his troubled business history.

[...]

There is nothing particularly unusual in urging older justices to retire for partisan reasons. During the Obama administration, prominent liberals called for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire so that Mr. Obama could name her successor.

[.,.]

His departure is a triumph for Mr. Trump, who has taken particular satisfaction in his judicial appointments. Naming justices and judges is easier than forging legislative compromises, and Mr. Trump understands that his judicial appointments represent a legacy that will long outlast his presidency.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/trump-anthony-kennedy-retirement.html

Donald had a billion dollar loan from Justice Kenmedy's son, huh. Seems to be worth following.
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StealThisSheen posted...

You say that, but just look how he could protect us from North Korea:

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/58c1bb87dd0895dd4b8b4b8d-.gif

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW HE'D PROTECT US
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StealThisSheen posted...

Let's get The Rock to run as a dem

I like him, but please no. That would be a R-turned-D with no prior experience against a D-turned-R with no prior experience.
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And did Grand Poo Bear throw his controller or just drop it? He said dropped it, but he was clearly mad and I missed the moment it happened.
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Suprak the Stud posted...

I am personally super jelly and like hearing the insider info.

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Somebody else take 500 before me.
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Donald was SHOOK.
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Hate to miss the Strider race.
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SpikeVegeta was the best in the pre-show.
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So do I understand right you can't benefit from switching weapons like that anymore?
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Midterms don't determine who will choose the next Justice.

I don't disagree with Shumer -- get mad and call them out -- but the point that's being made will ring a little hollow in 2019 in their best-case scenario of blocking through this election.

Or is their best-case scenario holding off until 2020...? Because I dunno if I want that either (in an ideal world where people play fair, which lol but the point stands).
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