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by Solauren
2024-03-17 05:37pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 987

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

My wife was watching something last night that said the real reason the US wants to ban TikTok is some rich asshole wants to own it, can't, so he's trying to get the government to ban it to force a sale.

No idea if that's true.
by Solauren
2024-03-17 03:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 987

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

BUT, along your vein, the safer thing for the US government to do would be to declare 'any company working with TIKTOK, in any capacity, will be investigated for being an US Security threat'. (I can also see them 'any individual workng with Tiktok....) Now, instead of those nice legal protections e...
by Solauren
2024-03-15 10:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Can't believe some of the shit I've read in this thread. So much so I had to fish out my old log in password from the dusty recesses of my brain and get through this dumb website's obtuse captcha requirement to log in for the first time in over a decade to tell you cunts to take a wash. HOLY SHIT, ...
by Solauren
2024-03-15 08:58am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 987

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

That's how you get around government bans and blocks in the US and Canada (probably most of Europe too). Example - Contractor that owes the government money and they are garnishing your wages? Set up a corporation, and have that corporation bill people for your services, and then just take your pay...
by Solauren
2024-03-15 08:57am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 987

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

I would have thought the director of a corporation will be liable if the corporation is breaking the law, this seems like a strong disincentive to that approach. That's actually a complicated issue. I'm not sure of the legalities in the United States, as it's a patchwork of Federal and State laws. ...
by Solauren
2024-03-15 08:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 987

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

Wow, you're a moron. That's how you get around government bans and blocks in the US and Canada (probably most of Europe too). Example - Contractor that owes the government money and they are garnishing your wages? Set up a corporation, and have that corporation bill people for your services, and th...
by Solauren
2024-03-14 05:01pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 987

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

And all you have to do is set up a third party company for billing purposes to bypass the ban. Guys it's fine, just set up a third party company now that the United States Congress has gone through the trouble of banning you specifically from operating in the US on national security grounds. It's e...
by Solauren
2024-03-14 03:37pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
Replies: 723
Views: 436153

Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V

If Sunny does that she'll have to turn off the antimagic ray first, and if that happens, Bloodfeast goes back to being a lizard and the fire breath is back in play. That's not a problem? Close the central eye (standard action), then hammer it with all the eye rays (free action). Next round, open th...
by Solauren
2024-03-13 10:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 987

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

Banning a website doesn't mean making it physically impossible to access. Most people won't be willing to bother with a VPN, and obviously it affects their ability to do business in the country in question. You'd be surprised how many people I know use VPNS for stuff. And all you have to do is set ...
by Solauren
2024-03-13 09:59pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 987

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

Banning Websites is virtually impossible. Even if you manage to get every ISP to agree to it, you'd also have to do that to VPNS. Since you can get a VPN from any country, you'd also have to start banning the VPNS that didn't co-operate, etc, etc, etc.
by Solauren
2024-03-13 09:47pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
Replies: 723
Views: 436153

Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V

If Sunny does that she'll have to turn off the antimagic ray first, and if that happens, Bloodfeast goes back to being a lizard and the fire breath is back in play. That's not a problem? Close the central eye (standard action), then hammer it with all the eye rays (free action). Next round, open th...
by Solauren
2024-03-12 06:06pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
Replies: 723
Views: 436153

Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V

LadyTevar wrote: 2024-03-12 05:35am
Solauren wrote: 2024-03-11 10:19pm The dragon is about to lose a claw. It's in the Allosaurus's mouth.
I think he's trying to pry the mouth away from his neck.

Not sure what spell the Cleric is using but Sonny is back to normal again. Keep that eye on the nasty dragon, Sonny!
Blast it with all your other eyes, Sunny!
by Solauren
2024-03-12 05:58pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

For non facist regimes, I'm thinking more of a 'you can vote here', not a 'did you vote, and the right way?' tracker
by Solauren
2024-03-11 10:23pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Russians sent ‘loyalty app’ to show they’ve voted in ‘task set by boss Vladimir Putin’ You know, this would be a useful type of App in most countries. Polls open, you put in your postal code or whatever, and it goes 'you can vote at the following places....' However, as it's being used by Russia, i...
by Solauren
2024-03-11 10:20pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

J wrote: 2024-03-10 12:43pm The deranged psychopath who said, and I quote, "fuck the EU!" and played a huge part in getting us into this mess in the Ukraine is now gone. Good riddance to a piece of trash.
Putin and the upper levels of the Russian government are gone now? Excellent news, thanks J!
by Solauren
2024-03-11 10:19pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
Replies: 723
Views: 436153

Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V

The dragon is about to lose a claw. It's in the Allosaurus's mouth.
by Solauren
2024-03-11 06:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Replies: 802
Views: 385386

Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II

Apparently there's something up with Kate Middleton and the royals don't want to let anyone know. Dead, Coma, something else? Some people have likened the earlier released photos akin to attempting a Weekend At Bernie's. She was in the hospital for surgery, then recovery for a week, and no one has ...
by Solauren
2024-03-07 03:23pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Nothing. Other than a lot of butt hurt & hysterics. Haha, imagine being the sort of hysterical butthurt loser who gets all upset about your prime minister being murdered by another country's military! Goddamn you're a piece of shit, J. Under the treaty, that's all it would be, if the Prime Mins...
by Solauren
2024-03-07 12:42pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

How do NATO articles cover targeted assassins against government officials of member states, by outside powers?

Because IF the Greek Prime Minister had been killed, I could see Greece going 'he was the target!'
by Solauren
2024-03-06 04:40pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

It depends on alot of factors. if Russia near-Immediately apologized and offered a ceasefire for negotations to end the war, then possible nothing. However, if Russia handled it badly, ("it was his fault, he went into a war zone") and Greece declared war on Russia over it, then that could ...
by Solauren
2024-03-06 03:35pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Assuming it's authentic, and not a fake...

I don't see what the big deal is. These are military offices in a country that is supplying one side weapons in a war.
Of course they are going to consider every weapon they have.
by Solauren
2024-03-01 11:47pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 37
Views: 1687

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

I'd say we're about one riot or highway blockade away from a modern day Bleeding Kansas at this point. Take everything political or politically related that has happened since Obama was elected (when the Conservatives really started pushing hard), to now, and I'd say it's already occurring, just it...
by Solauren
2024-03-01 02:44pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

That's part of the reason I'm in favor of hiring every merc. company in the world to help booster Ukraine.
(or at least the acceptable ones).

They come with their own munitions and equipment.
by Solauren
2024-03-01 02:41pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 37
Views: 1687

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

They know how to play the voters.

Until the voters are no longer required.
by Solauren
2024-02-29 06:43pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 201
Views: 7333

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

At this point, I think the best thing the West/Anyone that wants to support Ukraine could do is to hire every 'security contractor' and mercenary group they can, and send them to the Ukraine to fight Russia.