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Rogue 9 wrote: ↑2024-01-21 09:48am Someone reposted it on TFN in 2016.

Alternatively, a search of my storage drive reveals I still have it archived, so here you go.

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I remember years ago on this site there was a thread about how ridiculous the RLM reviews were. I'm 95% certain it was put into a pdf, but it may have been a link to an article on another website. Anyway, I read part of it and meant to finish it for years, but I never got around to it and I've gotte...

I thought this season had promise, but the last two episodes are a massive let down. Did they really need to bring the Borg into this as the final boss? The end solution was pretty simple and straight forward and I feel the Borg assimilation technology they used could have been developed a long whil...

You'd think that when Seven finally encounter Q again she would have asked about his son. When Wesley Crusher appeared, it didn't register to me that it was him. I just thought, "Oh, they got Wil Wheaton to make a cameo as some rando." Overall, I really didn't like this season. Time travel...

I had high hopes for this season after episode 2. I was disappointed in episode 3, but still hopeful. Now, I'm just massively disappointed. It appears that the writers haven't seen Time's Arrow although it could be that Guinan didn't recognize Picard until he said his name. Either way, it is really ...

NecronLord wrote: ↑2019-12-20 11:53am Doesn't the prop have it obviously welded back together with a plate on it?

Am I remembering wrong, or wasn't the broken lightsaber on the ship with Kylo when she left?

Wasn't Anakin's lightsaber destroyed in TLJ? How did Rey get it back?

Just got back from it. Not as bad as The Last Jedi, but still pretty bad. The Leia parts just felt weird. It reminded me of the "Return of Chef" South Park episode. They didn't really explain how Palpatine came back and he was also way too powerful. Rey being a Palpatine is fan service to ...

I really didn't like this movie. I was bored through most of it. The dialog and humor was really cringy. There were some things I did like though: 1) Kylo Ren betraying Snoke, but not because he turned back to the light side. He was trying to do with Rey what Vader had planned to do with Luke, but h...

Anyone else find it absurd that Macron essentially won with just 24% of the vote? The runoff was noncompetitive and Le Pen had no business running in it. If approval voting were used to get the top two, it would have been more competitive and more representative.

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Sorry if this has been posted already, but I couldn't find it in the search. I just discovered these parodies and I thought they were incredibly funny.

You'll have 10 candidates on the ballot for the entire nation ? Or are you splitting the country into regions ? I mean 10 candidates per riding. Parties and advocacy groups could endorse any number of those candidates that agree with their platform. Splitting the country into regions doesn't give m...

What stops politicians of an advocacy group deciding to work closer together until they become a political party in all but name ? There would be other parties voters can support. If a party is just in it for the party and not the issues, they'll lose credibility and influence less voters. If you'r...

Also, why does this have to be so party based? Imagine a politician who disagrees with his/her party on some issues. Lets say he/she is in a country where they elect the individual. Which votes for this politician are votes for the politicians policies and which are for the parties policies ? Under...

And speaking of the "godless socialist" NDP, it was FPTP that allowed them to win 62% of the seats in Alberta (the most Conservative province in the country) in the last election despite only having 40% of the vote. If proportional representation were in place I highly doubt they would ha...

This is infuriating. Clicky.

Saying income tax is theft is like saying paying rent to a land lord is theft. Taxes are the cost of citizenship. If you think the cost is too high then move to a country that gives you a better deal.

I don't like that because it sets a hard limit of two candidates in general elections. No room for other options. Much as I disdain the likes of Jill Stein and Gary Johnson, I don't think they should be unable to run, or people should be unable to vote for them, in the general election. They could ...

We should have a national popular vote and a non-partisan primary that uses approval voting. All candidates would run in this primary regardless of party affiliation and the two most approved candidates would move on to the general election.

Let's say that there was no Star Wars until Rogue One and A New Hope would be released next year. It would have the same script, but have been made with modern day graphics and technology. Do you think it would still be a box office success, or would it flop? Do you even think Rogue One would have d...

I also don't buy that the Death Star plans would take up so much data. I'd wager that it would be smaller than an average youtube video. You've clearly never dealt with CAD files before. A small office building can be in 500MB-1GB range. Now scale that up to a 160km diameter building... I didn't re...

Just got back from it. Overall I think it was a decent movie, but I was really disappointed that there was no opening crawl. Darth Vader seemed really, really off. I also don't buy that the Death Star plans would take up so much data. I'd wager that it would be smaller than an average youtube video.

OK, so the instant runoff voting initiative passed in Maine and it will be implemented statewide. I think IRV is much better than FPTP, but I do not think it is a very good system. I am worried that it may leave a bad taste in the mouths of the voters and it may lead to a repeal and subsequently poi...

I am really uncomfortable with voting by mail. We need a secret ballot. There is too much potential for coercion. If I were 18 and we had vote by mail, my dad would be the type to say “Hey, we got our ballots. Let's fill them out together.” He would not have directly punished me for voting Democrat...

I am really uncomfortable with voting by mail. We need a secret ballot. There is too much potential for coercion. If I were 18 and we had vote by mail, my dad would be the type to say “Hey, we got our ballots. Let's fill them out together.” He would not have directly punished me for voting Democrat,...