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by Block
2019-01-28 07:29pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Shit hits the fan in Venezuela.
Replies: 81
Views: 25453

Re: Shit hits the fan in Venezuela.

In 1912? Very relevant.
by Block
2018-10-27 02:04am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Der Fuhrer deploys 800 soldiers to the border to "stop the caravan".
Replies: 173
Views: 58504

Re: Der Fuhrer deploys 800 soldiers to the border to "stop the caravan".

They're being deployed in an operational support role, it's not uncommon or even outside the scope of their typical duties. You're barking up the wrong tree, it's not authoritarian, it's cost savings for one department of the government at the expense of the DOD. Would you prefer they hire 800 more ...
by Block
2018-09-17 08:45pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Kavanaugh hearings- now with sexual misconduct allegations.
Replies: 138
Views: 59478

Re: Kavanaugh hearings- now with sexual misconduct allegations.

What I can say is that I don't think the accusations are provable this long after an alleged event. Most rapes can't be proven. Can you say why we shouldn't believe her and act accordingly? Because Trump appointees deserve negative benefit of the doubt. Believe, no. Take seriously, yes. You can't b...
by Block
2018-06-13 10:31am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Regime planning to set up "tent cities' (aka concentration camps) for unaccompanied migrant children.
Replies: 74
Views: 29892

Re: Trump Regime planning to set up "tent cities' (aka concentration camps) for unaccompanied migrant children.

This is disgusting, but can we stop with the unwarranted Nazi comparisons? No one is going to start marching them into showers, putting them in ovens, or lining them up in front of mass graves and machine gunning them. Kids shouldn't be separated from their parents, and I'm certain that the reason b...
by Block
2018-03-01 08:38pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Let's talk about the Recent(past year or so) WH40K fluff updates. Spoilers all
Replies: 108
Views: 67790

Re: Let's talk about the Recent(past year or so) WH40K fluff updates. Spoilers all

Right, sorry. What I meant by barely hanging on was logistically. They were having to scrounge armor plates, raid for simple armorer slaves, stuff like that. And replacements were few and far between, so very few full combat squads, fewer apothecary, etc.
by Block
2018-02-28 01:11am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Let's talk about the Recent(past year or so) WH40K fluff updates. Spoilers all
Replies: 108
Views: 67790

Re: Let's talk about the Recent(past year or so) WH40K fluff updates. Spoilers all

My understanding of the Night Lord's is that they're barely hanging on based on the trilogy of books about them. They do reunite as a whole legion at the end, but still only have very limited numbers.
by Block
2018-02-25 06:57pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Russian mercenaries attack US soldiers
Replies: 22
Views: 7953

Re: Russian mercenaries attack US soldiers

I'm saying that the Syrian government has official ways of contacting the US and requesting that they relinquish control of the oil rig. I haven't seen any evidence that said request happened or that the Russians were operating with Syrian nationals present. And that regardless of rights of possessi...
by Block
2018-02-25 06:43pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Russian mercenaries attack US soldiers
Replies: 22
Views: 7953

Re: Russian mercenaries attack US soldiers

From the article it looks like the Russians attacked a US (or possibly US ally) held position and got hammered in response. Title seems accurate. The Syrian-government with Russian allies in tow tried to attack a position in Syria that turned out to have American troops stationed there and a bunch ...
by Block
2018-02-25 11:14am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Russian mercenaries attack US soldiers
Replies: 22
Views: 7953

Re: Russian mercenaries attack US soldiers

Crazedwraith wrote: 2018-02-25 11:01am The title seems to have this backwards if a US strike killed Russians.
From the article it looks like the Russians attacked a US (or possibly US ally) held position and got hammered in response. Title seems accurate.
by Block
2017-10-20 02:49am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Moving
Replies: 50
Views: 22085

Re: Moving

Either way... after buying food for Mom (and Halloween candy), I now have a grand total of $77 in my bank. Moving costs a lot of money :( Oh, and Mom's oven just went out. The cheapest new one would be $400+ Do you have a Habit for Humanity Restore anywhere nearby? Sometimes they have donated appli...
by Block
2017-06-12 03:55pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Portland Republicans considering using militia groups as "security" for public events.
Replies: 85
Views: 15151

Re: Portland Republicans considering using militia groups as "security" for public events.

Then they should hire cops, or private security. Not Neo Nazis and white supremacist militias, right?
by Block
2017-06-12 03:10pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Portland Republicans considering using militia groups as "security" for public events.
Replies: 85
Views: 15151

Re: Portland Republicans considering using militia groups as "security" for public events.

Kon El it's interesting that you're conflating Antifacist anarchists with the Democratic party in order to defend the actual local Republican government hiring thugs to "protect themselves". Are you claiming that the Black Bloc in Berkeley was hired by the local city government to be disru...
by Block
2017-06-02 04:28pm
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Titanfall 2 and gamers' hypocracy
Replies: 13
Views: 8540

Re: Titanfall 2 and gamers' hypocracy

It's... not really a fun game. I've played way more hours of BF1, despite the campaigns or whatever they call the multiround games taking forever, because it's more fun. I love some of the TF2 mechanics, I definitely want NPCs to be part of the fight to give a feeling of scale for example, but overa...
by Block
2017-05-04 02:40pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Repub scum bring us one step closer to proper wage slavery.
Replies: 26
Views: 6395

Re: Repub scum bring us one step closer to proper wage slavery.

Damn few employees have a "contract" in the US. That's generally a feature of upper management in major corporations, and those would be salaried position to which overtime regulations don't apply. Hourly workers almost never have employment contracts here. Most hourly workers here would ...
by Block
2017-04-07 01:55am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Police Bodycams - One Less Excuse
Replies: 43
Views: 6534

Re: Police Bodycams - One Less Excuse

I'm absolutely supportive of them as well. I have no problem with the cameras being commercially produced either, because that's pretty much a necessity, as is the software production, unless state/federal standard programs are created and distributed. The storage and access is where I have the issu...
by Block
2017-04-07 01:45am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Police Bodycams - One Less Excuse
Replies: 43
Views: 6534

Re: Police Bodycams - One Less Excuse

I don't get why you all seem to think giving a private company access to all this footage is ok. You can poo poo all you want, but they will find ways to profit off your data that's more than just storage.
by Block
2017-03-11 01:14am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's International Women's Day message: think of the men
Replies: 92
Views: 10868

Re: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's International Women's Day message: think of the men

Umm All lives Matter is absolutely on message for what BLM is trying to accomplish. It's actually more on message, because you're saying all lives matter the same amount, so start acting like it. Branding for social movements is different than for a product where you're trying to target specific ps...
by Block
2017-03-10 05:33pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's International Women's Day message: think of the men
Replies: 92
Views: 10868

Re: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's International Women's Day message: think of the men

Umm All lives Matter is absolutely on message for what BLM is trying to accomplish. It's actually more on message, because you're saying all lives matter the same amount, so start acting like it. Branding for social movements is different than for a product where you're trying to target specific psy...
by Block
2017-03-10 03:53pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Why software engineers should ditch Silicon Valley for Austin
Replies: 17
Views: 10602

Re: Why software engineers should ditch Silicon Valley for Austin

Q99 wrote:Let's also not forget: The weather in San Fran is fantastic.

I'd live there, if it wouldn't involve selling limbs to afford it.
Um, it's awful unless you adore fog. The surrounding area has fantastic weather, SF proper is comparatively shitty.
by Block
2017-03-10 03:47pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's International Women's Day message: think of the men
Replies: 92
Views: 10868

Re: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's International Women's Day message: think of the men

Dragon Angel, Ray is saying it's marketing, and he's right. Would it have hurt anything if the BLM movement had started as All Lives Matter? Now, you know and I know that was what most of the supporters meant, but branding is important, as is disarming obvious and lazy criticisms before they start. ...
by Block
2017-03-02 07:42pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Looks I might be avoiding the US for a few years
Replies: 61
Views: 11232

Re: Looks I might be avoiding the US for a few years

No, Bureaucrats in civilized countries do not act like that. They sometimes do (and the US is a civilized country). They sometimes would abuse even those who have a certain right, and they would then claim they did it "because they were not fully informed that person X had such rights", o...
by Block
2017-02-10 09:49pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Arnold Schwarzenegger for President
Replies: 68
Views: 14130

Re: Arnold Schwarzenegger for President

Arnie was a pretty lousy Governor, I don't think he'd magically improve as a President. His fiscal policy is very Austrian economics, I'm pretty sure that's not what we need right now.
by Block
2017-02-10 09:43pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: 2020- a hypothetical.
Replies: 47
Views: 6410

Re: 2020- a hypothetical.

Flagg, TRR is not the only one to notice your tendency to spew unsupported and unending bile where Sanders is concerned. It's boring, obnoxious and frankly makes you look like a troll. I don't know what your deal is, but Hillary is why Hillary lost. She did what she always does, which is not improve...
by Block
2017-02-02 06:22pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 576199

Re: Trump reportedly threatened Mexican President with troops.

Yeah, at that point it's not really losing a war though, just a shift in priorities.