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legendary_zell posted...

For decades, there was no individual right to bear arms and no legal problem with gun control. It's literally only in the 80s-90s that the current interpretation of an individual right started to bubble it's way up through right wing. Even conservative justices have referred to this current interpretation as a fraud. There is nothing obvious about an interpretation that stops AR-15s from being banned or regulated.

That's because Scalia did some creative historical analysis and conflated the right to bear arms with the right to self defense and the right to have a revolution. All three are separate things. This whole thing about a "prefatory" vs "operative" clause is an inherently circular argument that was not taken seriously until a widespread information/misinformation campaign successfully convinced conservatives and then the American public that the whole militia thing was irrelevant.

Basically, the current interpretation is a result of a fixation on originalism, agenda driven amateur historical analysis, luck, and one side having extremely intense feelings about guns.

I agree that the second amendment doesn't guarantee access to all types of arms, but handguns have been established as a baseline in modern case law.

As for the idea that the distinction between "prefatory" and "operative" clauses was cooked up... there's plenty of evidence to the contrary. I'll grant you that the second amendment is unusual in the context of the Constitution, no doubt because it was a result of sloppy (but necessary) compromise. However, in the context of other law written at the time-- and the many state constitutions that followed-- the prefatory/operative distinction is well supported.

Specific examples are summed up nicely, here: http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/common.htm
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how. strangely. erotic..
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Great show. I loved participating in the speculation each week. Actually, it's one of the few shows that's dense enough that it's better-watched on a weekly basis than binged in a couple of sittings, imo.

Ultimately, I feel that some of the theories and speculation was more clever than what the show delivered. But it still delivered some great twists and set a very high bar for TV.
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A_Good_Boy posted...

You have no framework for when you'd actually get to use the amendment? You have tons of theory and arguments justifying its use but nothing stipulating when you'd actually do so. Why even have the 2nd amendment at all? When you actually gonna use it? Who'd let you?

District of Columbia v Heller outlines why and when you might want to use the second amendment, in a modern context.
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Complete_Idi0t posted...

Is my copy of the Constitution the only one that mentions gun rights in the context of a well regulated militia?

The militia is mentioned in a preambulatory clause. It was used as the primary justification for the second amendment at the time it was originally debated, but the right to keep and bear arms isn't legally predicated on it. If your goal is to ban all firearms then you're going to have to amend the constitution, plain and simple. The meaning of the second amendment is crystal clear in that regard.
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DevsBro posted...

Polycosm posted...

Verilog?

VHDL. East representin'.

Nice.

Hardest class I ever finished, by the way. But you're over the hump. Good luck!
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Verilog?
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Traditionally, California is thought of as having three main economic pillars: tech, agriculture and Hollywood. What's not as well known is that CA accounts for 10% of global market share in the Aerospace industry and our largest economic sector is the service industry, which is largely fueled by tourism.
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I dunno about "best," but it's Top 3 for me, for sure.
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PiOverlord posted...

CrimsonRage posted...

NDT likes the smell of his own farts

But don't we all?!?

Evidence collected over many years, obtained from many locations, indicates that this is in fact true.
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MP3 has the most beautiful levels in the series, and the shooting controls (with Wiimote + nunchuck) are fun and feel great. It's the next best thing to having an arcade cabinet with a lightgun.

It's got satisfying lore too, with implications that go beyond just the Prime games (that tie into the franchise at large).

That said, the FPA elements take a backseat to the shooting and the level design is highly segmented. It's not the best Metroid game but it sets itself apart in some notable ways which make it worth checking out, imo.
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Shmashed posted...

KazumaKiryu posted...

They meddled as far as shitposting on the internet... there was no sort of rigging the actual election.

This.

There's no evidence that they rigged the actual election... yet. That's an important distinction. We knew, last year, that Russia attempted to gain access to private voter registration data. This year, we learned that Russia actually was able to gain read-access in dozens of major cities. Are you sure that's the end of it? I'm not.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Yeah, very similar scenarios have happened at my workplace too. Like, I would never have called one of my co-workers "sweetie" because it always sounded unprofessional and borderline condescending to me. But after seeing how a couple of them reacted when other people used that word... apparently it's a bigger deal than I originally thought.

I think it's part generational, too. The younger women in my office don't seem to care, but the Gen X-ers really hate that word, I imagine because there was a time where it was more commonly used with malintent.
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BLAKUboy posted...

Antifar posted...

The most damning allegation made so far is that they attempted to breach state level election systems. Were they even successful in that?

Not the ballot machines to my knowledge, but they did reportedly get the voter registration rolls of a few states.

There's been confirmation that Russia gained access to voter registration rolls. We can be relatively certain that they used this information to guide their social media campaign. It's yet to be determined whether they were able to alter the rolls. What's particularly concerning, though, is that reports of Russia's success have been upgraded a couple of times now... hopefully for the last time, but it could still be worse than we thought.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Russia's propaganda campaign is "meddling."
The DNC manipulating their primary is "rigging."
If Russia managed to dis-enroll voters and/or alter vote counts, that's "stealing the election."

imo
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

come on, guys, he deserves another mulligan
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

How will Fox cover this story today?
A. conspicuous silence
B. move goalposts
C. "...but do you even care?"
D. "We'll cover this on Monday" / cut to gruesome car crash footage
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Zeeak4444 posted...

Polycosm posted...

That list was written by someone who doesn't live in California.

Idk about that, I thought it was pretty good satire.

I think what threw me off is that it's like 80% satire and 20% true... just enough to make me doubt.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

When is Niantic going to fix these load times? I've been standing in line for bread for 3 hours.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

That list was written by someone who doesn't live in California.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

The best thing about the second quest, imo, is that it ruthlessly preys on your assumptions about the games level design. Buckle up for Dungeon 4...
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I want to share a breakfast sandwich with Chloe Kim and Arielle Gold in a couple months ofc.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

CE makes fun of Real Dolls but what do you think 99% of CEmen do, first thing, when dropped into Westworld?

Yeah, I thought so.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Wow, how was the Mormon episode knocked out so early? (not that I have any right to complain, since I didn't participate...)
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Yeah, like others have said... the platforming is relatively easy the entire game, except in an optional late game area. The difficulty curve is tied to the combat. Personally, I died A LOT to some of the bosses and felt incentivized to explore for items that would make me stronger.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Beccaro presents an airtight case that he's completely ignorant of how the FISA warrant process works.
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Anteaterking posted...

There's still something of a question of whether the president can be indicted.

This. There's a good chance that Trump's fate will still ultimately be decided by Congress. I have little doubt that Mueller is building an airtight case against Trump, from a legal standpoint... but Congress is not a court of law-- rather, it's governed by the logic of politics.
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This guy are sick.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

SimpleMan posted...

Nomadic View posted...

I cant really think of anyone else that fits the beach tunes category.

Dick Dale, king of the surf music.

uh... The Beach Boys?
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white noise machine / app is the single most important thing
you can never have too many burp cloths
frozen meals

also, RIP TC's disposable income
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Guys... come on. He's the most chill, non-serious, laid back songwriter in the biz. If Jimmy Buffet lyrics make you angry... you got some personal issues to work on.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

That would be needlessly draconian. I mean, A) we could just exclude smoking-related illnesses from coverage; and B) I don't know what you've got against hot sauce.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I've got a meh feeling about this...
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Jimmy Buffet isn't best-known for his country songs and isn't primarily a country musician. He's written more country songs than some country musicians, but that's more a byproduct of how insanely prolific he is.
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

i thought they did a good job with the JP theme. made it creepier

The musicbox / piano with 200% reverb trick is way overplayed... but at least it makes sense, tonally. When the theme tries to come across as ominous with the brass though... the interval just doesn't work that way. You can't just take a theme that originally represented a sense of wonder and force it to convey impending doom by blasting it on low horns.

In other words:
Guerrilla Soldier posted...

eating food montage? dun dun dun!

happy scene where they're all having fun for one second? dundundun!

oh shit a dinosaur! DUN DUN DUN!

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PiOverlord posted...

Polycosm posted...

If you're looking for any kind of serial plot, you're going to be disappointed. Cloverfield = Twilight Zone.

That isn't the point. This movie was not deserving of the title at all. Very lazily added on that monster at the end for a few seconds to justify being a part of the Cloverfield universe.

I think that the scene you mentioned would have been more effective if the movie cut all of the Earth subplot and just stayed on the space station the whole time. The tie-in stuff hasn't done these movies a whole lot of good, from a purely critical/quality point of view. And I'll grant you that the marketing has been inconsistent and misleading at times. They clearly warned everyone that 10 Cloverfield Lane was going in a Twilight Zone direction, but Paradox over-promised when it claimed it would provide answers.

Still, if Paradox isn't deserving of the title, that's only because it doesn't live up to the high bar set by Lane, imo.
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scar the 1 posted...

You learned that today? That's like... really basic knowledge.

pronounced kuh-nawledge
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

If you're looking for any kind of serial plot, you're going to be disappointed. Cloverfield = Twilight Zone.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I can't stand the way they're trying to force the JP theme to fit into this trailer music. Hate hate hate.

(sorry to be a downer)
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flussence posted...

reading PACER will get you killed in America

wtf... PACER is open to the public and I use it semi-regularly.

The dark web is like the 1990's internet, where there are no search engines and it takes a minute to load a jpeg at sub-dial-up speeds. You think twice before clicking on anything more because of how long it takes to open a link, rather than legal concerns. The dark web is boring, tbh.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Controls are fine, imo... although the roll-jump window when rolling into a pit is kind of weird. Great games though.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

MP2 seemed like they gave their level designers free rein to make up whatever they wanted without providing compelling context. The design is brilliant but it feels contrived, like a game... not an organic world I could get sucked into.

MP3 has the most satisfying shooting controls (in terms of feel, not accuracy) I've ever experienced in an FPS/FPA. But yeah... the areas were totally disconnected. The environments were some of the most beautiful ever in a Metroid game, but it was lacking that satisfying feeling you get when you link back up to an area you've previously visited.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

It has an enthusiastic fanbase on these boards but was overlooked in gaming media... Hollow Knight
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Bernie's security team let him down, but his reaction was fine. He's an elderly intellectual; it's not his job to tackle people away from the mic. He stood there patiently and listened. These are not signs of weakness.

Trump, on the other hand, ducked behind his podium and then clutched his bodyguard's arm like a frightened child, when someone tried to rush his stage.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I'm getting close to what I assume will be "Ending C" and it's really really good. Nier: Automata takes advantage of the gaming medium's strengths in ways that have never been explored before, to my knowledge.

The gameplay mechanics have taken me for a ride. Automata seamlessly hops from genre to genre in ways that would sound crazy if I tried to explain it, and yet they all tie together and are thematically consistent.

Oh, and it's got the soundtrack of the year, easily. In fact, that's the sole reason I bought the game, and now it's almost an afterthought. Best blind purchase I ever made.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Who's Roger Mueller?
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)