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It's pretty much, do you want to eat at a consistent 6-8/10 or an inconsistent 4-10/10 restaurant.

Neither is better or worse way to go, it just depends what kind of person you are.
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Peace___Frog posted...

Oh by the way, net neutrality in the US ended today, and the supreme court ruled 5-4 that voter purges due to inactivity are ok.

Big wins for the trump team. Gotta vote in November, folks.

How long do they have to wait before they can purge? In Canada you are removed after some time of inactivity, mostly to remove the dead and people who move and fail to report the change.

Of course in Canada we have same day registration so it isn't a big deal outside of it taking ~10 minutes longer to vote.
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Drats, I thought it was going to be the International House of Breakfast.
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

red sox 777 posted...

Or the people of Crimea?

saying "the people of crimea" wanted crimea to get back to russia is pretty misleading (and makes it sound like you just take vlado's bullshit at face value). plenty of people of crimea didn't want this at all (hence the conflicts in the region).

The UN Development Program had commissioned polls in the region and 60-70% wanted to join Russia from 2009-2011. Sure plenty of people wanted to stay with the Ukraine, but that's a strong majority and that was before the events of 2014 which would have likely pushed more people to side with moving to Russia.
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Would you demand gifts given by your father be returned after he died?
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Crimea has always been an interesting area, even before 2014 a majority of the country wanted to (re)join Russia. Of course that doesn't mean Russia can just go in and take it.
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Here are the results of the Ontario provincial election

Conservatives - 76 (40.50%)
NDP - 40 (33.56%)
Liberals - 7 (19.59%)
Green - 1 (4.60%)

2014 Map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Ontario_Provincial_Election_2014_Riding_Results_Map.svg

2018 Map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Ontario_general_election_2018_-_Results_by_Riding.svg

The Conservatives were able to grab a majority while the previously ruling Liberals lose party recognition status meaning they will be treated as independents. The Conservatives may give them an exemption and lower the threshold of 8. The Greens make history and win their first seat in Ontario.
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PrestonStarry2 posted...

The casual revolution pretty much DID start in 2007.

90% of the Wii's library was nothing but shovelware, heartless, mini-game compilations that I'm sure companies can put together on the shelf in a month.

The same can be said of any popular console.
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Looks like Corker has unveil a bipartisan bill to prevent the President from enacting tariffs without congressional approval.

Not sure if it'll get 2/3 support since Trump would likely veto it.
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The Ontario provincial election is today, here's what the map looked like in 2014

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Ontario_Provincial_Election_2014_Riding_Results_Map.svg

Since then the boundaries have changed and we now have 124 ridings. Overall the population is tired of the Liberals and at a time it looked like the Conservatives may push for triple digits, then their leader resigned due to a sex scandal and was replaced by the populist Doug Ford (the brother of the late crack smoking mayor of Toronto).

At first there wasn't much change since the alternative was the Liberals, however once the NDP overtook the Liberals the not-Liberals people had a different option and now we are in a close race, though the Conservatives have the vote distribution advantage. The Conservatives have a recent history of choking in Ontario, but if they somehow lose this it would be their most embarrassing yet.

Also the Green party has pretty much put most of their resources in an attempt to win a seat in Guelph, which would be their first seat in Ontario.
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No one is really a deciding vote because there are so many what ifs, so I don't know what you guys are trying to argue.
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It did inspire a song that's played in our grade 11 history class.


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NFUN posted...

We had reasonable casus belli, though we did get a little grabby in regards to Canada

Well yeah, the US just didn't go "I think I'll invade Canada today" war is rarely like that.
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/war-of-1812-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-tariff/index.html

According to the sources, Trudeau pressed Trump on how he could justify the tariffs as a "national security" issue. In response, Trump quipped to Trudeau, "Didn't you guys burn down the White House?" referring to the War of 1812.

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In a war that was started by the US, before Canada was a country...
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Elected judges is a terrible system, it causes them to pander to citizens and it erodes away their perceive neutrality.
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Except that isn't the point I was making and you know it.
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Ashethan posted...

charmander6000 posted...

Pretty much, you could have done the reverse and probably get the same reaction.

Pretty sure if someone said "As President Obama once said... Grab Em' By the Pussy" most people wouldn't applaud. They'd be appalled.

Was that quote the student said appalling?
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Pretty much, you could have done the reverse and probably get the same reaction.
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red sox 777 posted...

And it may be that the EU is a good deal for the richer countries in Northern and Western Europe. The institutions of the Union appear to be fairly responsive to what those countries want.

You can say the same thing about large/swing states in the US.
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Here's a more detailed list of what tariffs Canada is proposing against the United States

https://www.fin.gc.ca/activty/consult/cacsap-cmpcaa-eng.asp
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Canada's response to the US tariffs

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-steel-deadline-1.4685242

Canada is countering the United States' move to slap punishing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports by imposing dollar-for-dollar tariffs of its own on everything from steel products to maple syrup.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada is hitting back with duties of up to $16.6 billion on some steel and aluminum products and other goods from the U.S. including beer kegs, whisky, toilet paper and "hair lacquers."
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

maybe i'm a lion

I've never seen a Bane.

That's because they live in the dark until they reach adulthood.
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Aren't protests inherently disrespectful? If they weren't they would just be debates/negotiations or nobody would know about the cause.
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Zelda just doesn't have the sales. Nintendo may like the series, but it's clear that Zelda is a step behind the top selling Nintendo series.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Zelda has sold 82 million copies throughout the series. Animal Crossing has sold 25 million.

Zelda also has more games. A mainline Animal Crossing game is going to get you 10 million copies.

Breath of the Wild helps Zelda, but the series is more of a 7 million seller series
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Zelda doesn't make as much money for Nintendo as the other series. Animal Crossing is probably the weakest A-tier series for Nintendo, but they make them a lot of money
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Tokoyami posted...

I'd say Kirby could be a solid B. And Fire Emblem has been rising to that point.

A-tier
Mario (mainline)
Pokemon
Mario Kart
Animal Crossing

B-tier
Super Smash Bros.
The Legend of Zelda
Splatoon

C-tier
Donkey Kong
Kirby
Metroid
Fire Emblem
Mario Party
Mario RPG
Xenoblade

D-tier
Pikmin
WarioWare
Yoshi

E-tier
Kid Icarus
Punch-Out

F-tier
F-Zero
Mother
Golden Sun
Advance Wars

Not sure where the rank "Wii" series since they made a lot of money for Nintendo, but I doubt they will release any more games.
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Anagram posted...

Because he's the villain of a C-list franchise who's only shown up once, and the that franchise already has three reps. I would love him, but the chances of him getting in are low. I could imagine him as like a stage boss, though.

C-list? That's Fire Emblem/Kirby territory, Kid Icarus is more like E or even F-list in terms of Nintendo's priority.
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They'll lose to Germany again.

Portugal will win the cup, winning only a single match in regulation.
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Scrappy was meh during my childhood, but I think I watched Scooby-Doo in syndication so the episodes were random making him more of a recurrent character for me.
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So Blastoise would win (ignoring any rallies)
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That happens here some times.
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I have heard of people being pulled over for that.

As they should, it's quite frustrating when you're behind a car and they do that.
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What if both teams do it?

Does it stack based on the number of players doing it?

Honestly if they want it to stop suspend the player for one game, it's not that hard.
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Nintendo is an anomaly. Does the Switch have any non-Nintendo exclusives worth getting?

However, they do justify getting a Switch and PS4 while getting a PS4 and XB1 is a waste of money.
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Exclusives are almost non-existent in today's gaming.
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That their position was an oversimplification of reality.
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I said it was an oversimplification.

What percentage of the population would you sleep with? I doubt it's anywhere near the majority for most people. Of course the type of women I would sleep with won't completely overlap the type of women someone else would sleep with. Some women are desirable by most men and vice versa, but pretty much everyone has a subset of people that would find them attractive.
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TheRock1525 posted...

UInstinctGogeta posted...

What even is the "sexual marketplace" (hypothetically of course), that they are speaking about?

The idea that 80% of women are going for 20% of men. And because of that there's a shortage of women to sleep with the rest of the guys.

That's a bit of an oversimplification and kind of ignores that the opposite is also happening.
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You can watch it on YouTube


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Bugs Bunny defeats everyone
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Looks like the US imposed deadline for NAFTA will pass without a deal.

The deadline was placed to give congress enough time to pass it before mid-term elections begin.
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Match I - (1) Mario vs. (16) Servbot

Games Featured

Mario
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64

Servbot
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Legends 2

Analysis

What a novelty idea CJayC has, 64 characters going head to head until one is declared the winner. There are some questionable choices as to the characters in the bracket and Servbot is definitely one of them. If you wanted a Mega Man Legends character why not Tron Bonne?

Mario is a gaming legend and is one of the favourites to win the bracket. He also has one of the biggest games of the year coming out in about a month; Super Mario Sunshine. Overall I expect this to be one of the largest blowouts of the contest. It wouldn't surprise me if Servbot ended up being one of the weakest characters of the tournament.

charmander6000's Bracket: Mario > Servbot

charmander6000's Prediction: Mario wins, 81.52% - 18.48%
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I see they are going the "takes one to know one" route
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