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by Civil War Man
2021-05-03 05:52pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Manchin/Sinema Speaks To National Restaurant Association Not To Worry About $15/Hour Wage
Replies: 10
Views: 4864

Re: Manchin/Sinema Speaks To National Restaurant Association Not To Worry About $15/Hour Wage

That's something I've never understood about the US, this expectation of tipping someone. In the UK, you can, but it's entirely optional, as staff are paid at least minimum wage without tips, those are a bonus. It used to be considered an insult in the US, since it was either considered an attempte...
by Civil War Man
2020-12-25 07:35am
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Obligatory Cyberpunk 2077 Post
Replies: 34
Views: 27547

Re: Obligatory Cyberpunk 2077 Post

When I first heard of that ad, what I thought of was the backlash a corporation would face from transphobes if they tried something like that today. That the society of Cyberpunk accepts trans people enough that such an ad doesn't face a backlash. Sure, I can see the argument that the ad is exploit...
by Civil War Man
2020-12-25 07:09am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Biden declines to cancel all student debt, supports only minor loan relief
Replies: 41
Views: 19457

Re: Biden declines to cancel all student debt, supports only minor loan relief

I don't care how many people have paid off their debts. This attitude "I had to do it, they do too!" is one of the problems with getting shit done. I don't see anybody saying they should have to pay it like I did. My feelings are that if they don't have to pay it, I want my money back. I ...
by Civil War Man
2020-12-04 12:36am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Replies: 802
Views: 386925

Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II

A good and watchable video on the ridiculous antisemitism stuff going on the UK. https://twitter.com/DoubleDownNews/status/1331910592446263298 So, funny story, but the woman in that video (Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi) has been suspended from the Labour party, along with the chair of the CLP she's vice-c...
by Civil War Man
2020-11-14 10:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: POLITICAL CARTOON DISCUSSION THREAD 2018
Replies: 53
Views: 90402

Re: POLITICAL CARTOON DISCUSSION THREAD 2018

I mean, I think it's a well-done cartoon in general, hence why I posted it. There are a ton of little details the closer you look at it, from the bottle of bleach with a straw in it, to the torn up Constitution, the Putin bust, the picture of Mount Rushmore, and the cartoonist trusted the reader to ...
by Civil War Man
2020-11-07 12:23pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 764487

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

Question - now that he's been voted out, are his powers limited between now and his final day in office? In theory no. He holds the office of the Presidency until Biden is sworn in. In practice, yes-ish, since the civil servants are more likely to start transitioning towards prepping the new admini...
by Civil War Man
2020-11-06 10:12pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 764487

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

There's no legal prohibition for a convicted felon to run for president, but it would be a very interesting thing to see having a presidential candidate trying to run a campaign from a jail cell. I mean, it has already been done, but you are right in that it'd be interesting to see. He's 74 now and...
by Civil War Man
2020-10-12 12:16pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor, Start Civil War
Replies: 44
Views: 18126

Re: Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor, Start Civil War

Yeah - but that would ironic, a bunch of anti-government types relaying on a presidential pardon and/or support... Only if you take them at their word at them being "anti-government" and not "anti-government-that-doesn't-let-us-kill-or-enslave-people-we-hate" Kind of like how Co...
by Civil War Man
2020-10-03 01:44pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264910

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

They who have sown the wind shall reap the whirlwind. The only one of them I feel even the slightest sympathy for is Melania, who is rather obviously regretting a lot of her life choices right now and to the best of my knowledge hasn't done anything particularly illegal anyway. I don't think a lot ...
by Civil War Man
2020-09-02 05:54pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Migration and integration
Replies: 18
Views: 4870

Re: Migration and integration

I note that the Irishman is depicted as having a primitive, ape-like face to go with the bloody knife. Yup. I find looking at anti-Irish racism to be a good way at demonstrating just how disingenuous the hate-mongering of recent immigrants is. After all, according to those anti-immigrant activists,...
by Civil War Man
2020-09-02 12:17am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Migration and integration
Replies: 18
Views: 4870

Re: Migration and integration

This is something I repeatedly hear in issues of immigration, and how migrants are not willing to integrate with the wider community. I just thought I should add something to this subject, especially given that I AM now a migrant from a non-western (abit heavily westernised) country living in "...
by Civil War Man
2020-08-28 11:37am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets
Replies: 148
Views: 71143

Re: Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets

What we really need is legislation rolling back the power of the Department of Homeland Security. Really, we've needed that for some time now (edit: even Richard A. Clark thinks so! And he used to be on the National Security Council!), but this is no longer about demilitarizing/defunding/disestabli...
by Civil War Man
2020-08-11 09:25am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264910

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

Except that Putin is an intelligent and competent man who wouldn't risk looking like a fool for declaring something like this and having it fall flat. Not without a specific reason, which I'm not seeing one. Which isn't to say I trust his word on this, but I expect any deception to be along the lin...
by Civil War Man
2020-07-24 07:55am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Washington Redskins no more
Replies: 18
Views: 6436

Re: Washington Redskins no more

We've got our new team name, people! This actually isn't The Onion Effective immediately, Washington will call itself the "Washington Football Team" pending the adoption of a new name, the NFL franchise announced Thursday. This is not a final renaming and rebranding for the team; this is t...
by Civil War Man
2020-07-19 11:52am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Washington Redskins no more
Replies: 18
Views: 6436

Re: Washington Redskins no more

some Uncle Ben-looking character. I'm still trying to figure out the Uncle Ben thing. Okay, the brand personification is a Black guy, but it's not like rice is tied to offensive stereotypes about Black people. If it was watermelon I'd get it, but rice? Plantation crop in the South. It would be like...
by Civil War Man
2020-07-19 10:10am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Washington Redskins no more
Replies: 18
Views: 6436

Re: Washington Redskins no more

How about the D.C . Redskins? Seriously though, as long as Snyder owns the team, whichever nickname they take will be tainted. Probably. Under most circumstances, Red Tails would be a good pick, since it is evoking a specific group of people instead of a general ethnic group like the Redskins, Indi...
by Civil War Man
2020-06-30 06:59pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death
Replies: 722
Views: 233312

Re: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death

Confederate statues are a big deal because the anger over them has been stewing for quite a long time, and now the voices who want them gone are loud enough to force their removal. Most of the statues are being removed because of popular uprisings specifically targeting and destroying them, and thos...
by Civil War Man
2020-06-30 04:53pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death
Replies: 722
Views: 233312

Re: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death

Eh, as far as I'm concerned, painting Black Lives Matter on the street in order to troll Donald Trump is just useless theatrics by powerful people who want to appear to be allies without actually doing anything to fix the underlying problems of what's going on, or even to address the symptoms of tho...
by Civil War Man
2020-06-30 08:22am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Harley Quinn (2019 cartoon) review/discussion.
Replies: 18
Views: 17466

Re: Harley Quinn (2019 cartoon) review/discussion.

Setting all other things aside, I think they did do a decent job of handling Kite-Man in the last episode, at least regarding his decision to break off the wedding with Ivy. It manages to get Harley and Ivy together while avoiding the "jilted man left at the altar" trope. Plus, he ends the...
by Civil War Man
2020-06-30 08:10am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: New Empire vs New rebellion in the sequels: Biggest mistake?
Replies: 451
Views: 197678

Re: New Empire vs New rebellion in the sequels: Biggest mistake?

I had heard about RJ's thing about having Holdo flirt with Poe before. I do hope that was something that ended up not making it into the final product, because if what we saw on screen was that vision fulfilled, that would make Holdo a massive scumbag. It takes some mental gymnastics, but the initia...
by Civil War Man
2020-06-11 10:34am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: New Empire vs New rebellion in the sequels: Biggest mistake?
Replies: 451
Views: 197678

Re: New Empire vs New rebellion in the sequels: Biggest mistake?

And here's the part where you claim that Poe and others justifiably mutinied in response to not being told highly sensitive information they didn't need to know, ignoring that he starting going behind Holdo's back almost immediately after their first meeting, and ignoring the fact that when she did...
by Civil War Man
2020-06-10 07:51am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: New Empire vs New rebellion in the sequels: Biggest mistake?
Replies: 451
Views: 197678

Re: New Empire vs New rebellion in the sequels: Biggest mistake?

Yes, but the duration between Palpatine announcing he has returned and his second fall took place in a matter of days, if not weeks at best. If I remember correctly, it was even worse than that. I believe there was some throwaway line during Poe's "Somehow Palpatine returned" briefing tha...
by Civil War Man
2020-06-09 08:51am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death
Replies: 722
Views: 233312

Re: Conflict erupts at Minneapolis, L.A. protests over George Floyd death

On top of the Cody Johnston video Straha posted a few pages back (which I would have recommended if he didn't do it first), John Oliver dove into a lot of the same issues on his last show. Oliver's video is about half as long and focuses a bit more on long-running issues as opposed to the current po...
by Civil War Man
2020-06-06 02:35pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: New Empire vs New rebellion in the sequels: Biggest mistake?
Replies: 451
Views: 197678

Re: New Empire vs New rebellion in the sequels: Biggest mistake?

It also crippled every other ship in the First Order fleet at the exact same time, which is part of why it has been causing so many complaints. The gambit was so effective that it became difficult to believe that something like that wouldn't already be in wide use. If a ship the size of the Raddus w...