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Sanders fighting for a more progressive platform is reasonable, but I wish he hadn't completely undermined his bargaining position by saying he wouldn't run third party. Of course he shouldn't actually do it , but the threat of it would have given him something resembling actual leverage, which he d...

An extract from the Texas Declaration of Secession, with emphasis mine on the especially pertinent bits. Texas abandoned her separate national existence and consented to become one of the Confederated Union to promote her welfare, insure domestic tranquility and secure more substantially the blessin...

So on that basis, the recent UK election was quite democratic as it was conducted according to a system that 68% of voters decided to keep. One could even argue that it is anti-democratic to be against FPTP in UK as it appears the status quo as far as electoral systems has super-majority support. I...

When I first heard about this, I shrugged and went on my way. Then I found out it was a RICO case, and I started paying attention. An awful lot of people are going to go to prison for a very long time.

I was listening to NPR today. Ted Cruz is apparently running on a flat tax, eliminating the IRS, sealing the border, unquestioning support of Israel, destroying Islamic extremism, and "Christian values". Or the "I'm not really running for president but this will eventually make me a ...

“The administration has no sense of humor when it comes to how weakly they have been handling these negotiations,” said a top GOP Senate aide. Is this guy fucking kidding? "Yeah, we got almost half the senate to send a letter to the Iranians letting them know that we're going to undermine the ...

Revoke his title and keep him imprisoned for life.

That's some The Blacklist level incompetence, guys.

Nothing will ever compare to the comic where cyborg Sean Hannity saves America from Osama bin Laden and Chelsea Clinton.

I was going over the books as I rearrange my shelves (the Dresden Files broke the shelf from the weight!). In book 1, Dresden summoned a demon, and in exchange for information gave the demon part of his True Name. Now, that is one thread that has YET to be returned to. I really don't think that But...

Could they have made a stronger alliance with the Soviets without making concessions in the Balkans or ending up completely dependent on the Soviets for aid?

Wait. So European nations stopped attacking each other for 50 years after the most devastating war in history, and multiple atomic deterrents were created... This means that democracy is the reason for not attacking? This is probably the biggest hole in the theory. In the relatively limited sample ...

Only three weeks till Skin Game, I think, so you don't have long to wait.

Sherlock even uses the tools he used on Moran, from that episode where he completely loses it. At first I thought he was bluffing, like in that callback scene where he fills his torture-kit up with Legos to show he won't do that stuff anymore. It does serve to tease the Mycroft reveal, since, uh, w...

Hasegawa’s scholarship disturbs this simple logic. If the atomic bomb alone could not compel the Japanese to submit, then perhaps the nuclear deterrent is not as strong as it seems. In fact, Wilson argues, history suggests that leveling population centers, by whatever method, does not force surrend...

I will accept absolutely any stupid obvious retcon explanation for everything they stretched in this episode as long as I don't have to hear about the Time War ever again.

If you can stomach the GiTP Forums, Rich is explaining his views on Tarquin a bit in this thread. Example: Just out of curiosity, who was it that told the story about how Tarquin was a tactical genius and the mastermind behind his party's plot? Was it…Tarquin? If you bought into Tarquin's story that...

It is usually blamed on the election of 1800 where Jefferson and Burr deadlocked and it took multiple times going back to the Senate to break the vote - the winning one being cast by Alexander Hamilton for Jefferson, which surprised everyone given how much Hamilton loathed Jefferson. When asked he ...

That was metal.

Sure. They're "reasonable" people, and Tarquin isn't being reasonable. No profit in playing along.

The AI still builds armies made up entirely of one unit type, which was a problem at least as far back as Rome 1.

There is nothing in the entire world worse than an alignment debate.

Nale isn't in the inbox because Burlew doesn't want to read anymore speculation about Nale still having a part in the story from his annoying forum. The aggravation wouldn't be worth the gag.

From the Eagles one: About a decade ago, I took my wife to an Eagles game. My family have been season ticket-holders since the 1940s, and she recognized that this was an integral aspect of our family life about which she needed to learn if she was ever to truly understand us. Knowing what she would ...

Vaporous wrote:New comic up.

D'oh. Somehow I linked to the previous comic by mistake, and then missed the edit window. Fixed.

New comic up.

Uh, welp. That went south in a hurry.

Whoever called "Tarquin didn't realize Elan isn't the hero." wins the pool.