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by SCRawl
2019-03-15 09:57am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: MORE Conversations From the Professional Front Lines
Replies: 747
Views: 447784

Re: MORE Conversations From the Professional Front Lines

A reply from a colleague to a client:

"Hi [clientName],
I am running a little late, I will start meeting at 1:45 PM.
I apologize for any incontinence."

Auto-correct is not always your friend.
by SCRawl
2019-03-08 11:25pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Captain Marvel Release Thread *Spoilers*
Replies: 49
Views: 27213

Re: Captain Marvel Release Thread *Spoilers*

Marvell most probably obtained it as part of project pegasus. She build that space ship in orbit using the tessaract and then hid the Skrulls on the ship. She probably didn't build the ship in orbit; it was likely her ride from Kree space, and that's just where she parked it. She must have been usi...
by SCRawl
2019-02-03 11:29am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Governor of Virginia allegedly turns up in old black face photo.
Replies: 72
Views: 21455

Re: Governor of Virginia allegedly turns up in old black face photo.

Re: "smear", I don't know that a smear has to be false. Perhaps it can be interpreted that way, but to me a smear campaign is one that throws negative allegations about a person into the public domain. Those allegations could be true or false. I am open to being corrected on this. Governor...
by SCRawl
2019-02-03 10:45am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Governor of Virginia allegedly turns up in old black face photo.
Replies: 72
Views: 21455

Re: Governor of Virginia allegedly turns up in old black face photo.

@thefenix Allegedly two different photos, two different events, two different people. Sounds like he has been caught up by either a dirt digger or a smear campaign. Both labels appear to be true: someone dug up dirt on the guy in order to smear him. I'm not sure why that matters, since the governor...
by SCRawl
2019-01-31 10:03pm
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Belgium Considering Ban Loot Box Gambling
Replies: 118
Views: 138018

Re: Belgium Considering Ban Loot Box Gambling

Well I don't see how EA has a leg to stand on here: the thing is clearly gambling. If you're selling a product, either you expect to get what you pay for with a reasonable level of certainty as to the thing you're buying and its purchase price or you're setting up a lottery, which is clearly gamblin...
by SCRawl
2019-01-31 07:10pm
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Belgium Considering Ban Loot Box Gambling
Replies: 118
Views: 138018

Re: Belgium Considering Ban Loot Box Gambling

I haven't read the whole thread, but it seems to me that a compromise for Belgian video game enthusiasts would be for EA to offer their premium content at its expectation value cost. In other words, if the drop rate for a thing is 1%, and the cost to buy a ticket for a random thing is 1 point, then ...
by SCRawl
2019-01-29 09:37pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Kristen Gillibrand announces Presidential campaign on the Late Show.
Replies: 47
Views: 15624

Re: Kristen Gillibrand announces Presidential campaign on the Late Show.

I've mostly seen (or rather heard, since I tend to digest these sorts of programs as podcasts) Ryan on the Sunday shows, spinning the GOP side of the story of the day. So I don't have a video to point to about this. I mean, I disagree with most of his politics. He's just wrong about some things he s...
by SCRawl
2019-01-25 09:57pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Lagmonster Needs Our Help
Replies: 1
Views: 142613

Re: Lagmonster Needs Our Help

Dalton is satisfied that this is legitimate -- he confirmed to me that it came from Lagmonster himself -- therefore I am as well.
by SCRawl
2019-01-21 09:38pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Kristen Gillibrand announces Presidential campaign on the Late Show.
Replies: 47
Views: 15624

Re: Kristen Gillibrand announces Presidential campaign on the Late Show.

It is perfectly consistent for a person, however misguided they are, to identify with the core principles of a political party without endorsing or preferring that party's nominal leader, especially when you consider that that leader is chosen by those least informed among the electorate. Yeah, but...
by SCRawl
2019-01-20 07:41pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Kristen Gillibrand announces Presidential campaign on the Late Show.
Replies: 47
Views: 15624

Re: Kristen Gillibrand announces Presidential campaign on the Late Show.

But what ARE the core principles of the Republican Party, at this point, other than lockstep allegiance to Donald Trump? I think that most Republicans would suggest that smaller government, decreased regulation, and a stronger emphasis on States' rights are the main planks of their party. All the o...
by SCRawl
2019-01-20 11:24am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Kristen Gillibrand announces Presidential campaign on the Late Show.
Replies: 47
Views: 15624

Re: Kristen Gillibrand announces Presidential campaign on the Late Show.

You claim to loathe Trump, but remains a Republican? How odd. It is perfectly consistent for a person, however misguided they are, to identify with the core principles of a political party without endorsing or preferring that party's nominal leader, especially when you consider that that leader is ...
by SCRawl
2019-01-16 12:39pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ocasio-Cortez proposes a 70% tax on the most wealthy to pay for a "Green New Deal".
Replies: 103
Views: 38841

Re: Ocasio-Cortez proposes a 70% tax on the most wealthy to pay for a "Green New Deal".

My policy proposal: Exempt all state or multistate lottery winnings from income tax. Make it a big, vocal part of the push. You’d see a lot of poor people lose or soften their resistance to high marginal rates if you did this. The temporarily embarrassed millionaires thing goes away iwhen the only ...
by SCRawl
2019-01-14 09:27pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

On CNN now: Dems discussing subpoenaing Trump's interpreter at the Putin meetings, after revelations that Trump confiscated the interpreter's notes and forbad him to talk about what was discussed, even to other high ranking members of the administration. They may also subpoena Rex Tillerson, who wa...
by SCRawl
2019-01-13 05:27pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Game of Thrones Final Season Predictions/Wishes.
Replies: 5
Views: 5644

Re: Game of Thrones Final Season Predictions/Wishes.

Think. Hence the term predict. It's what would fit in the show's theme of nihilism. Oh, I understood the meaning of the terms, I was just wondering if you really meant it. I personally can't imagine the showrunners going in that direction, or GRRM going in that direction for that matter, but that's...
by SCRawl
2019-01-13 05:22pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Game of Thrones Final Season Predictions/Wishes.
Replies: 5
Views: 5644

Re: Game of Thrones Final Season Predictions/Wishes.

I predict that the ending will be the fall of Westeros, with a few token survivors making it Eastward. Everyone else will die due to not having enough strength to fight against the White Walkers because of the constant deaths from the previous wars. There will be hope, as they do strike a mortal bl...
by SCRawl
2019-01-11 10:20pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

What you fail to understand is that describing US wars against Afghanistan and other countries in “that’s just the way the world works” terms is condoning them by treating it like some sort of immutable natural process that can’t be helped. It means that launching a war in Afghanistan that would ki...
by SCRawl
2019-01-04 11:29am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

But expecting Iraq (and other victims of US foreign policy) to sit back and tolerate attacks is totally awesome? You know what would be totally awesome? If there weren't any superpowers, if countries dealt fairly with each other, if no nations ever tried to use force or intrigue to advance their in...
by SCRawl
2019-01-02 04:54pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

So does the US have the right to just invade anyone who harbours people wanted by US authorities? Can others attack the US for similar reasons? This point seems to keep sliding past you for some reason, but I'll state it again: the concept of a "right" doesn't really exist with respect to...
by SCRawl
2018-12-30 04:43pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

Gandalf wrote: 2018-12-30 04:22pmI'm not sure how this is related to what I wrote, or if it's even meant to be. I was trying to apply rule of law?
In a nutshell, this is the problem with your question. For international relations, in a very practical sense there's no such thing as the rule of law.
by SCRawl
2018-12-27 08:36pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

Yeah, by virtue of having the news, I know that the world is unfair, and the myriad of war criminals that run and have run the US will all lead comfy lives despite the countless deaths they've caused. It's the same way that Bill Cosby and the Catholic Church got away with their crimes for so long; ...
by SCRawl
2018-12-27 07:53pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

If the Taliban had turned over Osama bin Laden the US might not have invaded Afghanistan at all... but they refused to do so. For whatever reason, they were harboring a guy who masterminded a hit on the world's only remaining superpower. The notion that that would be ignored is ludicrous. I will ag...
by SCRawl
2018-12-27 04:26pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

I've now had a look at TRR's report, and the use of the terms "lie" and "liar" do not seem justified to me. Ralin, you will either back up these claims or retract them with an apology. Afghanistan was a relatively poor country without the military strength or industrial base to ...
by SCRawl
2018-12-27 09:54am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 577151

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

He's basically openly rooting for the Russian/Chinese intervention in the Middle East, thus putting the lie to any claim that he is sincerely anti-Imperialist, as opposed to just anti-American No. I’m rooting for an end to imperialism in the Middle East by removing the evil military machine that de...
by SCRawl
2018-12-17 05:10pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Avengers: Endgame First Trailer
Replies: 62
Views: 36028

Re: Avengers: Endgame First Trailer

It was really Nebula's fault for failing to restrain Quill since she was the only other character who wasn't otherwise occupied at the time. Why should anybody bother to restrain him in the first place ? Who cares if Quill breaks a few knuckles impotently pummeling Thanos as long as they get that d...