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- 2024-03-28 12:21pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Haiti collapse
- Replies: 9
- Views: 406
Re: Haiti collapse
The UN stepped in as a result of the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. This is no different conceptually. Do I expect anything to happen? Probably not. I don't remember the UN being much use during that 2004 mess. I could be wrong. Either way, I do not see the UN going in with "peacekeepers" in a...
- 2024-02-19 04:01pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
- Replies: 726
- Views: 439391
Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V
I don't think throwing a T-rex at a dragon is every going to not be cool
- 2024-02-09 03:10am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 137780
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
This almost sounds like this war has drained out the military capacity of Russia and most of Europe. That's, not a good thing. I don't know, it doesn't seem that terrible that no one seems to have enough weapons to casually kill millions of people. Both sides having to stop due to running out of su...
- 2024-02-06 03:04am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will take step back from official duties
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1132
Re: King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will take step back from official duties
This would probably be a very good time for someone in government to ascertain whether or not William actually wants to take over the family business, and give some thought to what to do if he doesn't. I suspect that discussion was made around about the time the queen died if not further, given his...
- 2024-02-05 04:38pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will take step back from official duties
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1132
Re: King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will take step back from official duties
Even if not a funeral it may well speed up an abdication.
- 2024-01-08 01:54pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
- Replies: 726
- Views: 439391
Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V
A dragon also seems anti climatic really it doesn't even look all that big to me.
Not all that powerful a magic circle to keep it in either if it could just cast dominate monster or similar across it.
Not all that powerful a magic circle to keep it in either if it could just cast dominate monster or similar across it.
- 2023-12-12 02:58am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
- Replies: 726
- Views: 439391
Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V
I do feel they're sort of treading water at the moment, maybe all the set up will be useful but I think we need to get along to the presumably final confrontation soon.
- 2023-10-28 06:48am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 137780
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Make what you will of the fact that Homeland Security, the department whose responsibility is among other things to prevent the US from needing to go down this list due to enemy action, comes dead last. I make of it that they are the most recently founded department and the succession is in the ord...
- 2023-09-08 02:04pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
- Replies: 478
- Views: 113754
Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Or Immigrant Song in it's 'original' Old Norse
- 2023-08-27 04:23am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Wagner Thread (Was Russian Coup Thread)
- Replies: 123
- Views: 14364
Re: Wagner Thread (Was Russian Coup Thread)
There's also the matter that having Prigozhin arrested or shot seems like a direct link to Putin, while with a bomb it's probably easier to list the people who didn't want Prigozhin dead and have access to explosives then to list those that did want him dead (and have access to explosives). This is...
- 2023-08-26 03:54am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
- Replies: 726
- Views: 439391
Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V
The last place anyone would expect a gate is right next to another gate? Not sure if I buy that. Or does it mean that the first gate they destroyed was actually Serini's gate and the real first one is still out there somewhere?
- 2023-08-15 02:57am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
- Replies: 726
- Views: 439391
Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V
I think pretty much anyone given a chance to talk to their younger self would probably end up quite furious with them, and probably visa versa as well.
- 2023-07-20 03:08am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US Soldier Captured Crossing N Korea Border
- Replies: 65
- Views: 7311
Re: US Soldier Captured Crossing N Korea Border
Either that, or they don't know what the fuck they want to do with him yet. Or they haven't found him yet, or he stepped on a mine or fell off a cliff or something. He' s only believed to be in custody and I don't see anything which says why this is believed just that he crossed the border and hasn...
- 2023-07-05 03:15am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Indiana Jones 5 SPOILERS!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 873
Re: Indiana Jones 5 SPOILERS!
* Why bother with mentioning the moon landing at all? It wasn't the only thing going on in 1969. I assume it was highlighted to show that Indy's day was done, that the world was moving on to other fronters, on one was interested in Archeology because people had just walked on the moon! Also it gave...
- 2023-06-26 02:46pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
- Replies: 726
- Views: 439391
Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V
Really showing her Chaotic Good alignment there.
- 2023-04-08 03:53am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: D&D: Honor Among Thieves
- Replies: 106
- Views: 20456
Re: D&D: Honor Among Thieves
I know he's got a character sheet out there but really in my head he's more a 'rogue who took perform' rather than a bard.
- 2023-04-03 03:11am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: D&D: Honor Among Thieves
- Replies: 106
- Views: 20456
Re: D&D: Honor Among Thieves
Given the Spoiler
reaction to the party we can surmise than none of them are particularly blessed in the Intelligence department.
- 2023-04-02 12:57pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: D&D: Honor Among Thieves
- Replies: 106
- Views: 20456
Re: D&D: Honor Among Thieves
I felt that Doric get let down a bit when it came to character development and background, she had a number of fun action sequences but tended to be just following around in the background for the middle half of the movie. Not really a complaint, there is a limited amount that you can do in the dura...
- 2023-03-28 05:28pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 137780
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
WWW2-vintage or not, still capable of killing people.
- 2023-03-14 04:13am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 137780
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Not as dangerous *IF* they've had their shots, but still a massive drain on resources. Which they probably haven't. Did Russia even have an anti-COVID policy? Because from what little I've heard it seems like they did not. They created their own vaccine Sputnik 5 and started to roll it out from Dec...
- 2023-03-10 02:13pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 137780
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Ukraine LIVE: Russians nuclear panic as they are ordered to rush to bomb shelters Russians were urged to immediately take shelter and wear gas masks in a later-confirmed cyber attack on state media channels as the nation's war continues to rage in Ukraine. TV and radio programmes were interrupted i...
- 2023-03-10 09:37am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
- Replies: 726
- Views: 439391
Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V
That's not entirely clear, it may actually just stop people using disintegrate to burrow through any barrior until they find the thing.
- 2023-03-10 03:08am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
- Replies: 726
- Views: 439391
Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V
Close to how I would have done it. I'd have them in a specific order you have to do them, with clues to figure out that order. The final order before the final dungeon is also a speed run. Final dungeon is magic-dead, and full of psionic creatures who's powers are unaffected. The goal is to defend ...
- 2023-03-09 02:26pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
- Replies: 1780
- Views: 137780
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Yeah, the sad thing is that we're probably going to have a world filled to the gills with WMDs because this war shows that only WMD capability (particularly nuclear) is the only thing guarding your sovereignty. Make of that as you will. Hasn't that always been the case? The only way to ensure you'r...
- 2023-03-01 02:05pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Twitter board agrees to $44 billion sale to billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk
- Replies: 764
- Views: 116048
Re: Twitter board agrees to $44 billion sale to billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk
I wouldn't be too surprised if there wasn't some catch that the stock couldn't be sold for x length of time and may even be lost if they leave within y time period. It's a way try and retain the staff and try to get them to work harder.